The Heavens Begin with Detective Di Renjie

Chapter 18
After Shen Youzhi left Luoyang City, he went straight to the pier, preparing to go to Yangzhou by water.

From Luoyang, the capital of gods, to Yangzhou, it is much faster to travel by water than by land.

This also depends on the Grand Canal dug by Emperor Sui Yang, which greatly increased the speed of north-south shipping.

Thousands of years later, people are still enjoying the convenience brought by the Grand Canal.

However, for the hard laborers who dug the Grand Canal at that time, it is unknown how many of their bones were buried under the Grand Canal.

Who can tell whether the crime is in the present age or the benefit is in the future?

Castle Peak, Trail

Shen Youzhi was rushing to the pier at high speed, and in order to hurry, he took a shortcut on purpose.

Just as he was riding his horse and galloping, he suddenly heard a noise coming from ahead, and he suddenly became suspicious.

This is not an official road, but a country road, which has always been inaccessible, and the passers-by are also in twos and threes. How can there be such a big commotion?

Generally speaking, official roads are relatively safe because of the large flow of people, and there are many people from the court, such as messengers and servants, who come and go.

No matter how fierce the bandits are, they dare not be arrogant enough to commit murder on the official road.

Therefore, most people will choose to take the official route when they travel far.

Only locals who are familiar with the surrounding environment will take this kind of trail to save time.

Therefore, the trail is usually relatively deserted, and the flow of people will not be too large, let alone such a huge movement.

In a situation like this, it is likely that some bad guys robbed the road and blocked the passing pedestrians.

Since he was acting as a young ranger, how could Shen Youzhi stand idly by when he met Jiedao?
He immediately turned his horse's head and galloped towards the source of the sound.

Not long after, he saw a group of thieves surrounding a team of chariots and horses from a distance.

It looked like someone was robbing a passing caravan.

Looking at the configuration of the caravan, there are only three or four carriages, seven or eight bodyguards, and the carts are also loaded with groceries, so it should not be a wealthy businessman.

Looking at the group of gangsters, there are men, women, old and young, a motley crew, and all of them are in tattered clothes and haggard. They don't look like bandits, but rather a group of desperate refugees.

In this group, there are those with knives, some with bamboo poles, some with wooden sticks, and even some with stones.

That is to say, relying on the large number of people, otherwise they may not be the opponents of those strong bodyguards.

The two parties confronted each other like this, yelling at each other and probing each other, but no one dared to make a move first.

Seeing that the two sides were at war, Shen Youzhi immediately rode his horse into the battlefield, separating the two sides.

"Everyone, why are you gathered here?"

He looked at both sides and asked calmly.

The group of refugees saw that Shen Youzhi was riding a tall horse, dressed in hard clothes, and holding a sharp sword. At first glance, he was not an ordinary person, so they subconsciously took a few steps back.

"You, who are you?"

The leader of the refugees took courage and asked.

"People passing by." Shen Youzhi replied.

On the other hand, the bodyguards on the caravan saw that Shen Youzhi's clothes and conversation had a background, and they were overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly said, "Young man, these people are bandits who robbed their way, and I hope you can help them out. I will be grateful for it!"

The refugees were shocked when they heard this.

They came up with this bad plan out of desperation, and it was the first time they had done such a thing as robbery. Seeing a strong man coming, they were naturally timid.

Shen Youzhi heard that the bodyguard called the group of people bandits without any explanation, and immediately retorted: "Bandits? That's wrong.

If it was a bandit, how could he be ragged and skinny?
If they were bandits, how could they support the old and the young?
Such a bandit might even struggle to kill a chicken. "

"This"

The bodyguard was left speechless by the question.

He was just asking for Shen Youzhi's help, so he opened his mouth and didn't want to be exposed to the lie all at once.

"Everyone, who are you? Why are you intercepting the horses and horses here?"

Shen Youzhi looked at the refugees again and asked.

Seeing that he was reasonable, the leading refugees cheered up, and only then did they tell their origins.

It turned out that they were all nearby villagers. Because their fields were seized, they lost their livelihoods and had no other way out. They took risks to survive and started a robber business.

Shen Youzhi frowned upon hearing this, although this is not the city of gods, it is still under the feet of the emperor, who is so bold to do such a thing to seize the land of the people?

It's a pity that the refugees don't know either.

In their eyes, the county magistrate is already a big official, and a single word is enough to decide their life or death.

They have never heard of those big figures above.

Shen Youzhi looked at the old and weak women and children who were skinny and half-clothed in front of him.

Their eyes were dull, with endless confusion hidden in their eyes, as if there was no hope at all.

Shen Youzhi let out a long sigh.

Prosperity, people suffer; death, people suffer.

No matter when, the people at the bottom will always be the most miserable group of people.

"You should have dry food in the car, right?" Shen Youzhi looked at the caravan and asked.

Without waiting for an answer, Shen Youzhi said again: "I bought your dry food.

Not far ahead is the capital of the gods. When you get there, go buy supplies. "

Then, he looked at the group of refugees again, and said, "You are neither bandits, and you don't want to commit murder if you want to come here. Take the dry food and disperse."

This was the most suitable compromise that Shen Youzhi could think of.

But everyone knows that this is only a temporary solution, not the root cause.

As long as these refugees have no land and no source of livelihood, they will follow the same path sooner or later in order to survive.

Shen Youzhi could persuade him this time, but he couldn't persuade him the second time.

But with his current ability, there is only so much he can do.

A knight-errant in the rivers and lakes can only help the person in front of him, and the only thing he can save is temporary difficulties.

If you want to help the people of the world and save people for the rest of your life, the only way is to rule the world!

As for saving the people of a hundred generations, or even seeking peace for all generations, it is not something that can be done by changing an emperor or a dynasty.

Only by carrying out the scientific and technological revolution first, improving the productivity of the whole society, and creating a new class, and then relying on the power of the new class to carry out social changes and liberate the productivity, can the progress of the whole society be realized.

Obviously, Shen Youzhi can't do the latter two points now.

Therefore, he can only do his best.

Fortunately, there was no real conflict between the two parties, so they both accepted Shen Youzhi's mediation.

After a while, the caravan distributed dry food to the refugees.

After receiving the dry food, the refugees also retreated as promised, and did not embarrass the caravan any more.

"Take it."

Shen Youzhi handed a bag of silver taels to the leader of the caravan.

"This, this, young man, don't need it!"

The people in the caravan hesitated.

It stands to reason that Shen Youzhi helped them resolve a catastrophe, and they owed a favor, so how could they have the nerve to collect more money?
But Shen Youzhi said: "The thing belongs to you, if I don't pay for it, wouldn't it be a generosity to others?"

After speaking, he stuffed the silver into the other party's hand, then got on his horse and rode away with a whip.

(End of this chapter)