Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 60
Wang Mang was taken to the dungeon in the county seat by tolerance.

With a sound of "bang", the cell door was opened, and the jailer pushed him in, locked the cell door, turned and left.

"Jing Yang, why did you come in?"

Di Renjie's voice came from the prison.

Wang Mang looked at Di Renjie and smiled: "Didn't you come in too?"

After speaking, Wang Mang and Di Renjie actually laughed at the same time.

Di Renjie said with a smile: "It seems that Jingyang and I want to go together!"

Wang Mang nodded, looked at Zhang Chun and Wang Wu who were huddled in the corner of the wall, walked slowly in front of them, and carefully sized them up.

Wang Mang and Di Renjie looked at each other with a smile.

Suddenly, Wang Mang looked at Zhang Chun, Wang Wu, and the other two, and exclaimed: "Oh, you two don't look very good!"

Wang Wuben was a rascal, so he snorted in his throat, and replied angrily: "You look good! Are you locked in if you look good?"

Wang Mang smiled, pointed at Di Renjie and said, "You two, this is my master and a fortune teller, how about I do the math for you?"

Di Renjie smiled and said: "Yes, we, the master and the apprentice, were locked in only because we hit the county magistrate's pain point."

Zhang Chun smiled wryly, and said, "Sir, don't make fun of us, our lives are almost gone, what kind of lives are we?"

Di Renjie asked: "Oh, but why?"

Wang Wu looked at Di Renjie and said, "Can't you do the math? Do the math!"

Di Renjie smiled, looked at the two of them up and down, and said: "Well, the eyebrows are dark and gloomy, and the complexion is dull. You committed a serious murder!"

Zhang Chun and Wang Wu were stunned and raised their heads.

Di Renjie looked at Zhang Chun and said, "You have a seventy-year-old mother in the hall, but no wife or children."

Zhang Chun was startled, and stood up from the ground: "You, how do you know?"

Di Renjie smiled lightly and said, "Extend your hand."

Zhang Chun stretched out his hand involuntarily, and Di Renjie looked at it seriously, and said in surprise: "Oh, this pulse is very fierce, maybe you will lose your life!"

Hearing this, Zhang Chun's eyes were wet with tears, and he said sadly, "Sir, it is certain to lose your life. That's fine, don't forget about it."

Di Renjie shook his head: "Not necessarily."

Di Renjie looked at Zhang Chun's hand and said, "Although this pulse is fierce, it is a sign of new shoots on an old tree."

Zhang Chun quickly asked: "What is an old tree with new shoots?"

Di Renjie shook his head inscrutablely: "Don't say it, don't say it." Then he put Zhang Chun's hand down.

Zhang Chun grabbed him and shouted: "Sir, please, tell me!"

Di Renjie said in embarrassment: "This... the secret must not be leaked!"

Zhang Chun looked at Wang Mang, and begged, "You little god, please help me persuade Mr. Wang Mang!"

Wang Mang looked at it, felt that the time was almost up, and said to Di Renjie: "Master, I think they are quite pitiful, so please help them."

Di Renjie pretended to be in trouble, spread his hand, looked at Wang Mang, and said with embarrassment: "Well, it's okay, since I'm a young apprentice pleading for mercy, then I'll make an exception. The so-called new shoots of old trees mean that even though you stand A life lawsuit, but you didn't kill anyone..."

Zhang Chun grabbed Di Renjie's hand excitedly, and shouted excitedly: "Yes, yes, you are absolutely right!"

Di Renjie slowly closed his eyes and sat quietly, pretending to be thoughtful.

Zhang Chun was in a hurry: "Sir, keep talking!"

Di Renjie was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "A guest came to stay at your house and was killed at night, but you didn't dare to report it to the authorities, but just buried the body in your backyard. Find……"

Zhang Chun was trembling all over, his upper and lower teeth chattered together.

Wang Wu opened his mouth wide and stared.

Di Renjie said: "Although you have committed a crime in this matter, you don't have to plead guilty. However, someone secretly threatened you and forced you to confess to murder..."

Zhang Chun screamed, his body backed up again and again, curled up in the corner of the wall, trembling unceasingly.

Di Renjie opened his eyes, and said inscrutablely, "Why, I'm not right?"

Zhang Chun was shaking into a ball, and shouted: "Yes, yes, sir, what you said is absolutely right, you are really alive, alive!"

Di Renjie looked at Wang Wu, and Wang Wu was so frightened that his lower body was already wet with urine.

Suddenly, Zhang Chun knelt down in front of Di Renjie, kowtowed repeatedly, and shouted: "Live god, please save us!"

Wang Wu also quickly knelt down and begged: "Please, you are really a god!"

Di Renjie said: "It's not impossible to save you, but it must be transferred to the five spiritual officials through our own land, and then they will redress your grievances for you. This is what I call old trees and new shoots."

Zhang Chun said urgently: "Living Immortal, please don't take trouble, save us no matter what!"

When Wang Mang saw the pleading of the two, he felt that it was almost done, and said: "Master is a good man, let's help them!"

Di Renjie sighed: "I'll help you for the sake of my little disciples, but there is one thing, you must tell the truth, and you must not hide a single word, otherwise, I will not be able to help you."

Zhang Chun nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, definitely!"

Such a picture flashed in Zhang Chun's mind.

On the morning of the second day when the guest stayed overnight, at Zhang Chun's home.

Zhang Chun lifted the curtain and walked in, said with a smile, "Sir, it's time for you to get up."

The guest lay on the kang, with his back to Zhang Chun, and did not answer.

Zhang Chun was taken aback, walked up to him, and called out, "Sir, sir." There was still no answer.

Zhang Chun turned the guest's body over, and saw that the guest's eyes were wide open, and there was a gash in his throat. His blood had already coagulated, and he had obviously been dead for a long time.

Zhang Chun was taken aback and let out an exclamation.

……

Zhang Chun looked at Di Renjie and sighed: "I wanted to report to the official, but I was afraid that I would be involved in the report. Therefore, I buried the body hastily. I thought I could escape this catastrophe, but I didn't expect..."

Di Renjie and Wang Mang listened to Zhang Chun's narration quietly, and nodded slowly.

Suddenly, Di Renjie asked: "That's right. What about the baggage he carried?"

Zhang Chun was stunned, and recalled: "It was true that he was carrying a burden when he came to stay overnight, but he was never seen again after his death. Moreover, a kitchen knife was lost at home. When my mother asked, I dare not tell the truth, but I can presume that it was lost, so I went out and bought a new one for her. Now the new kitchen knife is still at home.”

Di Renjie and Wang Mang looked at each other and nodded.

After listening to Zhang Chun's story, Wang Wu sighed for a long time, and said with a sad face: "Sir, if Zhang Chun is wronged, then the villain is even more wronged!

The guest from Chang'an who hired the boat got off the boat when he arrived in Huzhou and gave me 30 taels of silver.I haven't seen him since then...

At that time, the yamen servants came to arrest me. I thought it was because of the fight with others a few days ago.

At that time, I injured someone, so I ran back home, and the yamen servants took me into prison.

But I didn't expect that when it was four o'clock..."

(End of this chapter)