The Heavens Begin with Detective Di Renjie

Chapter 5 Di Renjie's Suspicion

Tea stalls in Youzhou City

On a small square table, one old and three young are drinking tea.

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

Di Renjie was drinking the bitter tea made by the villagers while observing the heavily guarded city of Youzhou.

He found that the sergeant in Youzhou was very strict in interrogation.

All passers-by, regardless of men, women, old or young, not only have to check their identity documents, but also have to open and carefully check their baggage.

This is not an ordinary city defense at all, but it seems to be searching for someone.

When he first entered the city, Hu Jinghui almost clashed with the soldiers defending the city because of this.

"Second Brother." Di Renjie suddenly stopped the servant who was pouring tea, and asked with a smile, "I don't know what happened in Youzhou City, so that there is such a martial law?"

Xiao Er was surprised when he heard the words, "Why, the old man didn't hear about it?"

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

Only then did Xiaoer nod his head, and explained: "Last night, the villagers of Daliushu Village rioted, broke into the prison, and took away more than a dozen prisoners."

"Riot?" Di Renjie was surprised, and continued to ask: "When I just entered the city, I saw a group of women, children and old people tied up on the execution platform. Why?"

Speaking of this, the second brother couldn't help but sighed: "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 rioters did not surrender after three days, all the elderly, women and children would be killed! "

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

Snapped!
Di Renjie slapped the table fiercely and cursed angrily: "It's really unreasonable!
The governor of Youzhou, a big official, didn't know how to support the people on behalf of the emperor, so he did such a thing of bullying the weak and disregarding human life, he deserved death! "

Shen Youzhi and Li Yuanfang also nodded emphatically when they heard the words.

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

Only Hu Jinghui comforted him and said: "My lord, we still have an important court case, should we let go of these trivial matters 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 happened, but came to Youzhou instead.

"Small things?" Di Renjie looked at Hu Jinghui with lightning-like eyes, and said angrily, "Is there any small thing about people's livelihood? Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!"

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

Di Renjie shook his head and sighed: "You are the personal guard of the emperor, and you live in the highest place in the temple, so you can't blame you for not understanding these sufferings of people's livelihood."

How did Di Renjie know that Hu Jinghui was not some playboy, he climbed up from the bottom step by step, how could it be possible that he didn't know the hardships of the people's livelihood?
He said those words just to match 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 many cunning officials who are corrupt, pervert the law, and ignore human life.

He naturally admires Di Renjie who is willing to speak out for the common people.

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

"Let's go, let's take a walk around the surrounding villages and towns first." Di Renjie decided: "I want to see what the governor of Youzhou has done to this place!"

Di Renjie had made up his mind, and the other three obeyed.

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

Daliushu Village
Di Renjie took Shen Youzhi and the three of them around for a while, and unexpectedly came here by accident.

Shen Youzhi had no choice but to lament Di Renjie's luck, it was like a miracle.

However, even though it was broad daylight at this time, Daliushu Village was empty, not even the sound of chickens and dogs could be heard, and the surroundings were so quiet that it seemed like a ghost village.

Suddenly, a figure flashed past in a hurry.

Di Renjie was pleasantly surprised and said, "There are still people here!"

Shen Youzhi was even more neat and tidy, using lightness kung fu to stop the figure.

Seeing that his way was blocked, the man was so frightened that he hugged his head and cried, "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! Lord, please spare me!"

Hearing the voice, it was 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, seeing that the person who came was an amiable old man, she gradually let go of her guard and asked cautiously: "Old man, why are you here?"

Di Renjie smiled and said, "I got lost, so I came here by accident."

Immediately, he asked again: "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 were captured by the officers and soldiers!

My child and I also hid in the kang cave so that we were not taken away.

Today I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it, so I came out to find something to eat. "

Di Renjie heard the miserable experiences of these villagers, and sympathized: "Sister-in-law, you go to each house to see if there are any people, and call them all.

I have some dry food here, share it with everyone. "

When the woman heard that there was something to eat, her eyes lit up immediately, but when she thought of the officers and soldiers, she hesitated, and said dully, "Then, what if the officers and soldiers come?"

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

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

But when she saw the three of Shen Youzhi next to Di Renjie, each holding a knife and sword, they looked like ordinary people, so she hesitated to call the survivors in the village.

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

These people are all old and weak women and children who can't run, all of them are skinny, and they are obviously very hungry.

Di Renjie hurriedly took out dry food and gave all of it to these poor people.

When the villagers saw this, they immediately bowed their heads to thank 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 a man in your village rebelled and was wanted by the court, can you tell me about it?"

The old man sighed, and told about the county magistrate's embezzlement of comfort funds, slandering the villagers of Daliushu Village for being part of the Turks, and forcing the villagers to rebel.

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

Elderly, don't worry, I will make the decision for you! "

After hearing this, the old man thanked him again.

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

Rainy night, thunder.

Di Renjie, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a thunderclap.

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

Just as he was about to drink from the clay bowl on the table, another bolt of lightning pierced the darkness.

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

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

Di Renjie was taken aback suddenly, and Tao Wan almost dropped his hand.

However, the viper didn't make a move, it just disappeared into the darkness with a "swish".

After this encounter, Di Renjie was even more disturbed, so he put on his clothes and went to the outhouse immediately.

外屋
There are three beds here, which should have slept three people, but now one bed is empty.

Shen Youzhi and Hu Jinghui were sleeping soundly, but Li Yuanfang had disappeared!
"Di Gong, why are you here?"

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

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

"Master Di?!"

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

Di Renjie smiled, and replied to the two: "It's nothing, I just can't sleep, come out to get some air."

At this time, Hu Jinghui was also woken up, and asked sleepily, "My lord, why are you all awake?"

Di Renjie sighed and said, "I can't sleep!"

"Youzhi, Yuanfang, Jinghui and I will rush to Youzhou immediately tomorrow." Di Renjie suddenly said again: "The two of you stay in Daliushu Village for the time being to protect these villagers.

After we return to Youzhou and arrange everything, you will bring these villagers to join us! "

When Shen Youzhi and Li Yuanfang heard Di Renjie's arrangement, they looked at each other and nodded, "Yes!"

This arrangement of dividing the troops into two groups seems reasonable, but there is a lot of mystery in it.

Shen Youzhi understood that Di Renjie was doubting himself and Li Yuanfang now, that's why he left the two of them and only took Hu Jinghui away.

After all, Hu Jinghui is the Qianniuwei Zhonglang General appointed by the emperor himself, with a fourth-rank official rank, his status is absolutely reliable.

Although Li Yuanfang was cleared of the suspicion of the mission's interception and killing, it was hard to guarantee that it was not a bitter plan, so he failed to gain Di Renjie's complete trust.

As for him, Shen Youzhi, he was originally a loose man who escaped halfway, his identity is a mystery, and he is even more unreliable than Li Yuanfang.

Comparing the three, of course Hu Jinghui, who is the emperor's personal guard, is more trustworthy.

After Di Renjie and Hu Jinghui left, they would not rush to Youzhou immediately, but instead went to the nearby Xiaolianzi Village to investigate the case.

There, Di Renjie rescued Li Er who was in a coma from poisoning, and was accused of being a spy by the governor's fake Fang Qian's men, and escorted to the governor's office.

After that, Di Renjie revealed his identity, and fake Fang Qian performed the amusing scene of "Being arrogant and then respectful" on the spot.

On the other hand, Di Renjie began to investigate the embezzlement of consolation money by county magistrate Zhao Chuanchen, which led to riots in Daliushu Village.

Before that, neither Shen Youzhi nor Li Yuanfang should be able to touch the core of the case.

(End of this chapter)