Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 59 Cuiping Mountain

There are a few floating clouds in the blue sky, and the sun is shining warmly on Liujiazhuang.

Beside the flowerbed, a few bees were buzzing and dancing among the flowers to collect honey.

On the path next to the garden, two people walked slowly. The one walking in front was a beautiful young woman in a red dress, who was Liu Zhali's new wife——Yingyu. Behind her was a maid.

Looking at the beautiful scenery in the garden, Yingyu smiled and said, "The weather is really nice today."

The servant girl smiled and said, "Yes, ma'am, there are very few sunny days this season."

Yingyu nodded: "Hey, that's right, what about Master and Young Master, why didn't you see them?"

The servant girl replied: "Leaving the village early in the morning."

Yingyu stopped in her tracks and asked, "Oh, what did you do?"

The servant girl replied: "I heard from my family that the master asked the young master to accompany him to climb Cuiping Mountain."

Yingyu murmured: "Cuiping Mountain, Cuiping Mountain..."

Suddenly, Yingyu seemed to remember something, and became a little uneasy.

The servant girl was taken aback and asked, "Madam? Madam?"

After a while, Yingyu came back to her senses and said, "Ah, it's nothing. I thought of something else, you go, I don't need you to wait on me."

The maid hesitated.

Yingyu said again: "You go, I want to be alone and quiet."

The maid then nodded and left.

Yingyu stood where she was, pondering.

Suddenly, she raised her head, with a look of surprise in her eyes.

……

In Cuiping Mountain, the trees are lush and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

On the narrow mountain road, there was a sound of footsteps, it was Liu Zhali, Liu Chuanlin and Liu Da.

Liu Da walked in the front, Liu Chali was in the middle, and Liu Chuanlin was in the back.

The morning sun was falling, and Liu Zhali, who was walking in the middle, was already sweating profusely and out of breath.

Liu Da looked at the mountain road and said, "My lord, young master, I'll go ahead to explore the road first, you go slowly."

Charlie Liu nodded: "Go!"

After Liu Da left, Liu Chuanlin supported Liu Zhali to lean against a stone wall, and said, "Father, let's rest for a while before leaving."

Liu Zhali waved his hands and said, "Chuanlin, you go ahead of me, and I'll just follow behind."

Liu Chuanlin shook his head: "How can this be done? The mountain road is so narrow, and if one stumbles, there is no one to help you. You should rest for a while."

Liu Zhali was very stubborn and insisted: "Oh, I'll do it if I say so! Come on, come in front of me. If it's really not possible, I'll call you."

Liu Chuanlin hesitated and said, "This..."

Liu Zhali waved his hand, his expression changed, and he shouted, "Go quickly, what is there to worry about?"

Seeing that the old man was angry, Liu Chuanlin could only obey.

He squeezed past Liu Charlie and walked to the middle.

Liu Dazheng was walking in front, towards the mountain path.

"what!"

Suddenly, there was a shrill scream from behind.

Liu Da turned his head abruptly.

"Ah! Chuan Lin"

There was another scream, and it was Liu Charlie's voice.

Liu Da hurriedly turned around and ran towards the way he came.

……

The second hall of the county government.

Zeng Tai frowned and paced slowly in the room.

The master at the side said: "Master, since Zhang Chun and Wang Wu have pleaded guilty, I think the case can be settled."

Zeng Tai stopped his steps and shook his head lightly: "No hurry, no hurry. There is something strange about it."

The master's face was anxious: "Grandpa, don't forget, Mr. Di Ge will be here soon!"

Zeng Tai's face was tense, he thought for a long time, and said: "Well, I will take a few policemen to Xiaoyang Village where Zhang Chun lives. You lead another group of yamen servants to Yangcheng Town where Wang Wu lives. Let's work together. Search the scene thoroughly to see if there are any other clues."

The master said disapprovingly: "The prisoner has already pleaded guilty, so is it necessary?"

Zeng Tai became impatient, waved his hands, and said in a deep voice, "No need to say more, let's go right away!"

……

After Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang separated from Di Renjie, they went straight to Yangcheng Town.

Yangcheng Town is about [-] miles away from Huzhou County, and Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang arrived very quickly on horseback.

Wang Mang said to Li Yuanfang: "Brother Yuanfang, let's part here!"

Li Yuanfang nodded, his expression was still a little uneasy, and he said, "Jing Yang, you will be fine by yourself, right?"

Wang Mang smiled and said, "Don't worry, the adults should have their own considerations for separating from us."

Li Yuanfang could only nod.

Soon, Wang Mang found out where Wang Wu's boat was.

Wang Wu's boat was parked on the shore. The boat was not big, but it looked old. Wang Mang quietly boarded the boat.

Wang Mang glanced at it, and there was nothing in the cabin except simple tables and chairs.

Suddenly, a package caught at the bottom of the boat caught Wang Mang's attention.

Just as Wang Mang was about to open it to take a look, there was a sound of footsteps outside the boat.

The yamen servants came to the side of the boat under the leadership of the master. Wang Mang just wanted to slip away quietly, but after thinking about it, Di Renjie should be imprisoned by Zeng Tai, so he might as well go and see.

"Who are you?"

The master looked at Wang Mang who appeared in the boat and asked.

Holding the package in his hand, Wang Mang raised his head and said, "Idlers."

The master asked: "An idler with no name and no surname?"

Wang Mang smiled and said, "Wang Jingyang."

The master shouted: "What are you doing here?"

Wang Mang said with a smile, "It's only because the county magistrate is incompetent that I'm here to meddle in business."

A policeman behind the master stepped forward and shouted: "Presumptuous, do you know who this is?"

Wang Mang shook his head.

The catcher said: "This is the master of Huzhou County."

Wang Mang nodded: "I'm sorry!"

The master looked at the package in Wang Mang's hand and asked, "What are you holding?"

Wang Mang raised the package in his hand and said, "I just found this under the boat, and I haven't opened it yet."

Speaking of which, Wang Mang handed the package to the master.

The master took it, opened the package and saw that there were some clothes and 100 taels of silver inside.

The master's face changed, and he shouted: "You must be Wang Wu's accomplice, seeing that Wang Wu didn't confess you, that's why you came here to steal dirty money."

Wang Mang smiled noncommittally: "Really?"

The master smiled triumphantly, turned his head and shouted to the servants: "Come here, take it down."

Wang Mang shouted, "Slow down!"

The master sneered: "Why, what else do you want to say?"

Wang Mang took out his own fish bag from his arms and handed it to the master. The master casually picked it up and looked at it, and his expression changed.

Speaking of this fish bag, it was the identity certificate given to him by the emperor when he was named Uncle Xiaoyao.

It's just that he was never found. Later, Di Renjie handed it over to him when he was in Youzhou.

Seeing this, Wang Mang hurriedly "hush", and whispered to the master: "Don't say anything, put Zhang Chun and Wang Wu together."

At this time, the master's face was very exciting, and after a while, he came back to his senses and replied in a low voice: "Yes!"

The master said to the yamen servants: "Take this... criminal away!"

(End of this chapter)