The man rushed to Xi Yu like a crazy beast, his eyes turned red with hatred, and his eyes seemed to cut Dongfang Hong into pieces.
His lips trembled, and he squeezed out his words from his teeth: "It's him, this beast! He ruined my sister and made her innocent. In the end, he could only use death to relieve her endless shame."
As he said that, his eyes were filled with tears, but he tried to stop them from falling. The clenched fists turned white, as if they were about to swing towards Dongfanghong in the next second.
Dongfang Hong retorted loudly with a look of shock and anger.
"What are you talking nonsense? I have never done such a bad thing. Don't swear!"
The man roared.
"I saw you with my own eyes. That day I saw you coming out of my sister's room, dressed in disheveled and looked panicked. My sister was crying in the room. Do you still dare to argue?"
Xi Yu frowned, and he raised his hand to signal the two to calm down first, his eyes becoming extremely solemn. He knew that if this matter was not handled properly, it would cause a bigger storm.
Xi Yu's eyes wandered back and forth between Dongfang Hong and the man. He knew Dongfang Hong's character well, but the grief and anger of the man in front of him was not like a false act.
"Don't worry first." Xi Yu looked at the man, "Since you believe it is him, are you sure? It would be too hasty to convict just because of pursuit and escape."
The man's eyes widened.
"I depend on my sister for life. He did such a beastly thing, which made my sister die. How could I admit my mistake? Even if he turned into ashes, I would recognize him!"
"I have always been open and honest. This matter must be framed by someone. You can't believe his one-sided words." Dongfang Hong said.
Xi Yu then said to the man: "This matter is full of doubts, we will investigate thoroughly. If Dongfang Hong is really innocent, your reckless behavior will be a serious crime."
The man sneered.
"Hmph, if he is the real murderer, you can't favor it."
Dongfang Hong clenched her fists tightly.
"I have a clear conscience and must return my innocence."
A complex emotion flashed in Xi Yu's deep eyes. He just glanced at Dongfang Hong for a brief moment, but this glance made Dongfang Hong's heart sank.
Dongfang Hong's voice was trembling and grievance.
"Don't you believe me either?"
So Xi Yu said to the man with a calm expression: "I believe in Dongfang Hong, he is not that kind of person. If what you say is true, there must be someone else's evidence, so please come here."
When the man heard this, he suddenly opened his eyes wide open and shouted, "You are from the same group, so you will naturally protect each other!"
Xi Yu was not angry, but frowned slightly and advised calmly: "Don't be excited first. I can see that you are sad and angry at this time, but there must be something strange about this matter, and there must be differences in it."
Afterwards, Xi Yu asked the secret guard to properly place the man in a place and reminded him: "Don't treat him badly, let alone abuse him."
The secret guard took the order and left with the man.
The man looked at Xi Yu and asked suspiciously: "Who are you?"
Xi Yu replied calmly: "I am the prime minister, and I will definitely give you justice and will not let the truth be buried."
When the man heard this, he couldn't help but feel shocked, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes, some were surprised and some were suspicious.
After the man was taken down, the night was already deep, and the surroundings were so quiet that only the occasional sound of insects was heard.
But Dongfang Hong and Xi Yu were not sleepy at all, and their hearts were messed up by this tricky thing and could not sleep at all.
Xi Yu frowned and sighed softly: "This is really strange."
Dongfang Hong looked angry and snorted coldly: "What's so strange? That guy obviously came to frame me. Keeping such a person is also a disaster. He killed him directly and was framed for no reason. It's simply hateful!"
Xi Yu hurriedly stopped him and said earnestly: "Don't be impulsive. There are many doubts about this matter. How can you act so carelessly? Let's take a break first. When your mind is clear tomorrow, let's make a long-term plan."
Dongfang Hong was still a little angry when she heard this, but she knew that Xi Yu was right, so she suppressed her anger and nodded.
After a while, Dongfang Hong looked at Xi Yu and hesitated for a moment and said, "If you don't dislike me, just squeeze a bed with me. Don't find another place for this night."
Xi Yu was slightly stunned, then smiled and replied, "Okay, then I'll bother you."
After saying that, the two of them lay on the bed together, but they were still thinking about what the man said, and they couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
After a while, Xi Yu could clearly feel the uncontrollable anger on Dongfang Hong's body, so he persuaded again: "Let's rest first, it's useless to be angry now. If you have anything to do, we should go to class tomorrow. Don't affect the students because of our bad mood."
Dongfang Hong shook her head and replied angrily: "It just so happens that there is no class tomorrow, and I can follow you to investigate this matter. I can't take the blame for this for nothing. I must be honest, otherwise I can't swallow the tone in my heart."
Xi Yu looked at Dongfang Hong's firm and stubborn appearance and sighed helplessly. He understood in his heart that his temperament could not even bring back the nine-oxen cows, so he had to respond at the moment.
I thought I must check it out tomorrow.
In the morning of the next day, Dongfang Hong and Xi Yu got up one after another.
Dongfang Hong rubbed her sleepy eyes, but she immediately remembered what happened yesterday in her heart, and hurriedly asked Yu Yu: "Where did the secret guards throw that beast?"
Xi Yu thought for a while and replied: "It should be in this school. They won't take people far away."
When Dongfang Hong heard this, she suddenly remembered that there was a remote warehouse in the school. There were few people going there on weekdays. She thought maybe the man was there, so she said to Xi Yu anxiously: "I remember there is a warehouse in the school. Maybe people are there. Let's go over and take a look."
Xi Yu felt it was reasonable, so he called the secret guard out to ask.
The secret guard reported that the man was indeed placed in the warehouse.
So, Xi Yu and Dongfang Hong no longer delayed and immediately walked quickly towards the warehouse.
Both of them were feeling a little excited and they must dig out some useful clues from the man's mouth.
When Xi Yu came there, he saw the man sitting in the corner with a look of pain, obviously immersed in the sadness of his sister's death and full of hatred.
Xi Yu walked forward and said slowly: "I haven't asked your name or your home address yesterday, so let's talk about it."
The man raised his eyes, looked at Dongfang Hong hatefully, and then said, "My name is Zhao Tianyue, my family lives in a village fifty kilometers away."
After hearing this, Xi Yu nodded slightly, and then said, "We are going to your village now."
When Zhao Tianyue heard this, she immediately became alert and asked loudly: "What are you doing there? That's my family, what does it have to do with you? Do you want to find an excuse to destroy the evidence so that you can continue to protect this evil man!"
Xi Yu responded with a serious face and a calm tone: "Of course, it is to better find out the clues. You keep saying that Dongfang Hong made a big mistake. We have to verify it. If it is really what he does, he will not let him escape. But if he is wronged, then we have to give him a cleansing, which is fair to everyone."
After hearing this, Zhao Tianyue still looked suspicious, but she could not find a reason to refute for a while, so she could only sit there angrily.
Xi Yu said seriously.
"As the prime minister, I have always been fair and I will never protect him. If I really wanted to protect you, I would have dealt with you long ago. How could I keep you here to speak?"
After hearing this, Zhao Tianyue was slightly stunned. Then he calmed down and thought about it carefully. He felt that this was indeed the case, and his face calmed down a little.
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I promise to take you two. But don't follow you, those who are like ghosts, they are elusive and scary."
After hearing this, Xi Yu shook his head gently and responded firmly: "That's not possible. They protect me from safety. You have no right to interfere in this matter, and this has nothing to do with this case, so they will follow."
Seeing this, Zhao Tianyue was dissatisfied, but he knew that he could not persuade Xi Yu, so he could only curl his lips and said nothing more. He just secretly hoped that these secret guards would not scare the people in the village anymore.
Xi Yu thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, I'll go and get a few quick horses here so I can hurry up as soon as possible."
As he said that, he looked at Zhao Tianyue again and asked, "Can you ride a horse?"
After hearing this, Zhao Tianyue nodded and responded: "Yes, I still have the ability to ride a horse."
Soon, Xi Yu led three horses. The three of them rose onto the horses, raised their whip, and raised their hooves to raise dust, galloping towards the village where Zhao Tianyue was.
Along the way, only the sound of horse hooves was clattering, and the three of them had their own thoughts.
Soon, the outline of the village appeared faintly in front of you.
Walking halfway, the sound of horse hooves beat the ground rhythmically. Xi Yu tied the reins, slowed down the horse's pace. He turned his head to look at Zhao Tianyue and asked, "When the incident happened that day, you said that Dongfang Hong did it. Did anyone else see it at that time?"
When Zhao Tianyue heard this, she immediately glared at Dongfang Hong and said angrily: "Of course, many people have seen this beast's appearance, so he can't deny it!"
Dongfang Hong was furious and shouted angrily: "Who do you think is a beast? Try to slander someone else!"
Seeing this, Xi Yu quickly frowned and stopped him, "Stop arguing! What's the use of arguing now? We are going to check the truth. Once we figured out the matter, we will naturally know who is right and who is wrong. If we continue to argue like this, when can we restore our innocence or seek justice?"
Although both of them were full of resentment after hearing Xi Yu's words, they both suppressed their anger and stopped saying anything, but the atmosphere still seemed a little tense.
After entering the village, Xi Yu stopped and said to Zhao Tianyue with a serious expression: "Now, you can ask a few villagers to come and see if anyone knows Dongfang Hong, so as to further verify the situation."
Zhao Tianyue sneered, with a little sarcastic tone.
"Then you wait at the entrance of the village, don't run around."
Xi Yu frowned slightly and responded: "I have been here so hard to find out the truth. If I want to run around, why bother like this? Don't worry."
Zhao Tianyue snorted coldly, turned around and left.
After he left, Dongfang Hong couldn't help but mutter, "Hmph, your temper is too good. You can kill someone like this who is abusing and wronged, just save trouble."
Xi Yu glanced at him helplessly and said, "How can this be done? Although I am the prime minister, I can't be free to kill people. I have to tell you about evidence and reason in everything."
Dongfang Hong curled her lips and said, "Look at you, as the prime minister, how tired you are in charge of so many cumbersome and difficult things."
Xi Yu sighed and gave Dongfang Hong a blank look and said, "It's not because you are my good friend. Do you think I'm willing to come. I have a headache when I'm having this kind of thing, but I can't watch you be wronged."
After saying that, the two stood at the entrance of the village and quietly waited for Zhao Tianyue to bring people over.
After a while, a group of villagers came to the entrance of the village one after another. Everyone said and said something, their faces were full of curiosity and doubt, and they were all guessing what had happened.
Seeing this, Zhao Tianyue immediately raised his voice and shouted: "Famous people, come and recognize this beast!"
As he said that, he pointed his hand at Dongfanghong.
After hearing this, the villagers turned their eyes to Dongfang Hong. Many people immediately changed their faces and pointed at Dongfang Hong.
Among them, an elderly man frowned and said with anger: "It's him. That day I saw him running out of the Zhao girl's house in a panic. He looked like he had done something wrong. Wasn't he just bullied Tian Yue's miserable sister?"
The others also agreed and talked about the scene they saw at that time. For a moment, accusations rushed towards Dongfang Hong.
Dongfang Hong's face turned pale, angry and anxious, and she defended loudly: "You all admit your mistakes. I have never done anything like that. It's someone who is framed me!"
But few villagers were willing to believe his words and still stared at him with anger.
Dongfang Hong's face was so angry that her face turned red, and she immediately scolded the villagers.
"You are simply nonsense. How can you speak so irresponsible! You just point out randomly, why do you think I did it?"
But those people were all stalking, saying with certainty that he did it, and did not listen to Dongfang Hong's defense at all.
Dongfang Hong was so angry that she had to argue again. Xi Yu hurriedly reached out to hold him and whispered: "Stop talking for now. I see that there is probably someone who looks very similar to you, so everyone admits it wrong."
As soon as these words were said, the villagers immediately stopped and accused Xi Yu.
"What are you talking nonsense? How can we admit our mistakes when we see it with our own eyes!"
They didn't know Xi Yu's identity at all, so they just thought he was an ordinary outsider who was making trouble here.
Seeing that the scene was a little out of control, Zhao Tianyue quickly shouted loudly: "Don't say it, this person is the prime minister!"
This sentence was like a bombshell. When the people heard it, they were shocked. Some even subconsciously took several steps back, their faces full of astonishment.
Someone in the crowd came to his senses and hurriedly asked Zhao Tianyue: "Why don't you say it in advance? If you bump into the Prime Minister, what should I do?"
Xi Yu looked at the people who looked frightened, with a gentle smile on his face and said, "Don't be afraid. I came here today just to investigate the situation clearly, not to make things difficult for everyone. Although Dongfang Hong is my friend, I will never just look at him, and I have to pay attention to evidence in everything."
However, after hearing this, many people still looked full of suspicion on their faces and were muttering in private, obviously not believing what Xi Yu said.
Zhao Tianyue also looked at Xi Yu at this time, and said with a bit of confidence in his tone: "The reason why I didn't tell you your identity just now is to let these fellow villagers tell the truth without any scruples. Now you should understand. What they said is the truth. There is no situation where you recognize the wrong person at all. It is the bad thing that Dongfang Hong did. You can't favor him."
After saying that, he looked at Dongfang Hong with a provocative look, as if he was saying, "You can't argue now."
Xi Yu explained to them patiently, then changed the subject and asked, "Have you heard of Jia Xu?"
Everyone was stunned at first, then an old man thought about it and nodded slowly.
Xi Yu continued, "Jia Xu is also a member of my camp, but I have not tolerated him because he committed a serious crime."
The old man nodded again and responded: "That's true, Prime Minister."
Xi Yu smiled slightly and continued, "So everyone can rest assured. I have always believed in the justice of the law and will never favor anyone. Now, I want to find a place to sit down and ask some people to tell me in detail about the situation at that time, so that I can understand this matter."
After hearing this, the old man looked at Xi Yu for a while, and then said, "I also heard that you are a good person and should not be unfair to deal with things. So let's listen to the Prime Minister."
When the other villagers heard the old man say this, they looked at each other and nodded in agreement, no longer as resistant as before.
It just so happened that there was a dilapidated temple in the village, and there was a place inside that could accommodate several people sitting down and talking.
So everyone walked towards the dilapidated temple. However, no one had taken care of the dilapidated temple for a long time, and as soon as they entered, they smelled an old and decayed smell.
The room was covered with dust and cobwebs were everywhere.
Seeing this, the old man and Zhao Tianyue started working with several other enthusiastic villagers and cleaned up briefly.
After all, I wiped the table and chairs and freed up a pretty clean area.
Then, everyone sat down together.
Chapter completed!