Chapter 5 Di Renjie’s Suspicion

Author: Daoshu

Chapter 5 Di Renjie’s Suspicion

Tea stall in Youzhou City

On a small square table, an old man and a young man were drinking tea.

These four people are the investigation team led by Di Renjie.

Di Renjie drank the bitter tea made by the locals while observing the heavily guarded Youzhou City.

He found that the sergeants from Youzhou were very strict in their interrogations.

Anyone passing by, regardless of age or sex, must not only check their identity papers, but also have to open and carefully inspect their baggage.

This is not an ordinary city defense at all, but rather like searching for someone.

When he first entered the city, Hu Jinghui almost had a conflict with the soldiers guarding the city.

"Second brother." Di Renjie suddenly stopped the boy serving tea and asked with a smile: "I wonder what happened in Youzhou City to warrant such a martial law?"

When the waiter heard this, he was surprised and said: "Why, the old man didn't hear about it?"

Di Renjie shook his head and replied: "I first arrived here and didn't know about it."

The waiter nodded and explained: "Last night, the villagers of Daliushu Village rioted, broke into the prison, and robbed more than a dozen prisoners."

"A riot?" Di Renjie was surprised and continued to ask: "When I first entered the city, I saw a group of women, children and the elderly tied to the execution platform. Why is this?"

Speaking of this, the second brother couldn't help but sigh: "What a crime! The officers and soldiers couldn't catch the mob, so they arrested all the old people, women and children in the village.

A notice was also posted saying that if the thugs did not surrender in three days, all the elderly, women and children would be killed!"

After the second brother finished speaking, he shook his head helplessly and carried the teapot to add tea to other guests.

Snapped!

Di Renjie slammed the table and cursed angrily: "This is really unreasonable!

The governor of Youzhou, a high-ranking official, did not know how to care for the people on behalf of the emperor, but actually did this to bully the weak and disregard human life. He is really worthy of death!"

Shen Youzhi and Li Yuanfang also nodded heavily when they heard this.

It is said that today is a prosperous age, but the people in the prosperous age are still miserable.

Only Hu Jinghui consoled him and said: "Sir, we still have important cases from the court. Should we put these small things aside for now? Let's talk about it after the case is solved."

Until now, he still didn't understand why Di Renjie didn't go to Gannan Road where the mission incident occurred, but came to Youzhou instead.

"Little things?" Di Renjie's eyes were like lightning. He looked at Hu Jinghui and said angrily: "How can people's livelihood be trivial? Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!"

Hu Jinghui saw that Di Renjie was really angry and said quickly: "Jinghui is ignorant, please forgive me!"

Di Renjie shook his head and sighed: "You are the emperor's personal guard and you are at the top of the temple, so you don't understand the sufferings of the people. I can't blame you."

How could Di Renjie know that Hu Jinghui was not a playboy? He had climbed up from the bottom step by step. How could he not be aware of the sufferings of the people's livelihood?

He said those words just to suit his identity.

On the contrary, it was Di Renjie's heartfelt words that made Hu Jinghui admire him.

He is the emperor's personal guard, and he is responsible for inspecting all officials. He has seen countless cunning and evil officials who are corrupt, pervert the law, and care about human life.

Naturally, he sincerely admires people like Di Renjie who are willing to speak out for the sake of the people.

Not only him, but also Li Yuanfang on the side also respected the upright Lord Di even more.

"Let's go, let's go to the surrounding towns first." Di Renjie decided: "I want to see what kind of disaster this Youzhou governor has caused here!"

Di Renjie had made up his mind, and the other three people followed his orders.

Afterwards, the four of them went to the nearby countryside.

Daliu Shucun

Di Renjie took Shenyou and the other three people for a spin, and unexpectedly came here.

Shen Youzhi had to sigh at Di Renjie's luck, it was as if he had received divine help.

However, even though it was broad daylight at this time, Daliushu Village was deserted. You could not even hear the sounds of chickens and dogs. The surrounding silence was so breathtaking that it seemed like a ghost village.

Suddenly, a figure flashed past.

Di Renjie was suddenly surprised and said: "There are still people here!"

Shen Youzhi was even more neat and tidy, using Qinggong to stop the figure.

When the man saw that his way was blocked, he was so frightened that he hugged his head and cried: "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! Master, spare your life!"

Listening to the voice, it turned out to be a woman.

Di Renjie stepped forward, quickly helped her up, and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, we are not officers and soldiers."

The woman raised her head cautiously and saw that the person she came to was an amiable old man. She gradually lowered her guard and asked cautiously: "Old man, why are you here?"

Di Renjie smiled and said: "I got lost, so I came here unexpectedly."

Then he asked: "Is there anyone else in this village?"

The woman shook her head and said, "I don't know either. The men in the village rebelled and ran away, and the rest who couldn't run were captured by the army!

My child and I also hid in the kang hole to avoid being taken away.

I was really hungry today, so I came out to look for something to eat."

When Di Renjie heard the tragic experience of these villagers, he sympathized and said: "Sister-in-law, go to each house to see if there is anyone else, and call them all.

I have some dry food here, let’s share it with everyone.”

When the woman heard that there was food, her eyes immediately lit up, but when she thought of the officers and soldiers, she hesitated a little, and said nonchalantly: "Then, what if the officers and soldiers come?"

Di Renjie smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I guarantee they won't dare to hurt you!"

The woman didn't believe it at first. How could an old man be the opponent of the army?

But when she saw the three Shenyou people beside Di Renjie, each holding a sword, they looked like they were no ordinary people, so she hesitated to gather the surviving people in the village.

After a while, the surviving villagers of Daliushu Village were called together.

These people were all old, weak, women and children who could not run away. They were all skinny and they were obviously very hungry.

Di Renjie quickly took out the dry food and gave it all to these poor people.

When the villagers saw this, they immediately bowed their heads and thanked him, and called Di Renjie the "Lord of the Land".

Di Renjie reluctantly accepted this identity, and then asked the old man Yimin: "Old man, I heard that the men in your village rebelled and were wanted by the court. Can you tell me about it?"

The old man sighed and told the story that the county magistrate embezzled the consolation money and slandered the villagers of Daliushu Village as being rebels against the Turks, forcing the villagers to rebel.

After hearing this, Di Renjie was so angry that his face was livid, and his heart was filled with anger, and then he sighed: "The government is forcing the people to rebel!

Don’t worry, old man, I will definitely make the decision for you!”

After hearing this, the old man thanked me again.

That night, the four of them rested in Daliushu Village.

Rainy night, thunder.

Di Renjie, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a thunder explosion.

The depressing atmosphere of the rainy night made him feel a little tight in his chest, so he got up and prepared to drink some water.

He had just picked up the pottery bowl on the table and was about to drink it when another bolt of lightning pierced the darkness.

By the light of lightning, Di Renjie noticed some black dregs in the bowl.

At this moment, there was another "rustling" sound. When Di Renjie heard the sound and looked around, he saw a viper coiled at the window!

Di Renjie was suddenly startled and almost dropped the pottery bowl.

However, the viper did not make a move, and simply disappeared into the darkness with a "swish" sound.

After this incident, Di Renjie became even more uneasy, so he immediately got dressed and went to the outhouse.

outhouse

There are three beds here. They were supposed to sleep three people, but now one bed is empty.

Shen Youzhi and Hu Jinghui were sleeping soundly, but Li Yuanfang was missing!

"Mr. Dee, why are you here?"

Shen Youzhi, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly sat up and looked at Di Renjie blankly and asked.

At this moment, another deep voice sounded behind him——

"Master Di?!"

Di Renjie suddenly turned around and found that it was Li Yuanfang standing at the door.

Di Renjie smiled and replied to the two of them: "It's nothing, I just can't sleep. Come out and get some fresh air."
To be continued...