Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 777
Wang Mang shook his head and said, "But the time is wrong... Old man, are you sure that this happened at the end of September?"

The old man said: "That's right, just after Bailu, I was wearing thin cotton that morning, so I remember it very clearly."

Wang Mang looked at Di Renjie inquiringly, and Di Renjie asked, "Old man, didn't you see the other people in the carriage?"

Old man Liu replied: "There are three or four people serving vegetables, all of them are dressed in black, I don't see anything else."

Di Renjie asked again: "You just said that they went to the mountains, didn't you?"

Old man Liu said, "Exactly."

Di Renjie wondered, "According to the map, there are no other Zhendian villages to the north of Wuliu Town."

Liu Sandao: "Hey, old fairy, you don't know that there is Shangling Village to the north!"

Di Renjie raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, Shangling Village?"

Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang and Zeng Tai also showed a hint of curiosity in their eyes.

Old man Liu nodded: "More than 20 miles to the north of Wuliu Town, there is Shangling Village, but this village has long since been abandoned because of the lightning strike in the early years."

Di Renjie murmured: "No wonder there is no mark on the map."

Wang Mang took Di Renjie's words from the side and asked, "Old man, is there no one living in Shangling Village?"

Old man Liu said: "No. It's just that some sheep herders went there occasionally, and then they heard that it was haunted, so no one dared to go."

Wang Mang's eagle eyes flashed: "Haunted?"

Old man Liu nodded repeatedly and said, "A few shepherds went there and lost their traces, even the flocks. Since then, it has been rumored that there are ghosts there, but no one has seen it with their own eyes."

At this moment, Di Renjie said, "When did this happen?"

Old man Liu thought for a while and said, "About two or three months ago!"

Di Renjie looked at Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang, and Zeng Tai, stood up and took a few steps slowly: "Shangling Village..."

A flash of lightning flashed across the window, followed by thunder.

Di Renjie raised his head and said, "The storm is coming."

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang raised their eyes and looked out of the window. The sky was dark and dense, and it was obvious that a storm was coming.

Suddenly, there was a thunderbolt, the mountains shook, and the lightning pierced the sky and hit the earth directly.

Accompanied by rumbling thunder, heavy rain poured down.

Old Man Liu's vegetable shop in Wuliu Town was lit up, thunder was rolling outside the window, and the rain was pouring down.

In Old Man Li's kitchen, boiling water was boiling on the stove, teapots and tea bowls were placed beside the stove, and Li Yuanfang was sitting on a small stool beside him pulling the bellows.

Wu Yuanmin walked over on tiptoe, thinking it was quiet.

Li Yuanfang pulled the bellows and said without looking back, "Why aren't you sleeping?"

Wu Yuanmin stopped immediately, and said in surprise, "How do you know it's me?"

Li Yuanfang said: "I heard it with my ears, what's wrong, is it strange?"

Wu Yuanmin enviously said: "This is what it said in "The Legend of the Knights", seeing six directions with eyes and listening to all directions, right?"

Li Yuanfang smiled and shook his head: "You are a girl, you don't learn needlework and embroidery, you know how to dance with knives and sticks all day long, what will you do in the future? Your parents don't care about you..."

Wu Yuanmin snorted and said, "Don't mention my parents!"

Li Yuanfang glanced at her and shook his head.

Wu Yuanmin asked Li Yuanfang, "I heard Mr. Huai and others call you Yuanfang, is that your name?"

Li Yuanfang gave a "hmm" and said, "Li Yuanfang."

Wu Yuanmin squatted beside him and said, "Hey, Li Yuanfang, have you ever killed someone?"

Li Yuanfang glanced at her and said, "Why are you asking this?"

Wu Yuanmin said: "I'm curious, tell me."

Li Yuanfang coughed and nodded.

Wu Yuanmin became excited: "How many have you killed?"

Li Yuanfang said helplessly: "I said you are a girl, why are you so interested in killing people!"

Wu Yuanmin enviously said: "Whenever I can be like you, with high martial arts skills, I can kill whoever I want, that's good."

Li Yuanfang shook his head and said, "When did I tell you that I can kill whoever I want, huh?"

Wu Yuanmin curled his lips and said, "Hey, why don't I just say that!"

Li Yuanfang smiled: "Then tell me, who do you want to kill?"

Wu Yuanmin thought for a long time, shook his head and said, "I still can't remember it now, but I will soon."

Li Yuanfang laughed and said: "It's almost there? Why, you still have a plan for killing people? It's really ridiculous."

Wu Yuanmin patted Li Yuanfang on the shoulder and said, "Hey, seriously, can you teach me?"

Li Yuanfang asked: "Teach what?"

Wu Yuanmin's eyes widened and he said, "You have such kung fu!"

Li Yuanfang said: "Okay, if you don't have kung fu, you can go to robbery, and if you have learned kung fu, you can't kill people?"

Wu Yuanmin said angrily: "I told you, I robbed occasionally, and most of the time I was a chivalrous man!"

Li Yuanfang laughed loudly and said, "There is still time... You are really a character!"

While talking, the water on the stove boiled, Li Yuanfang scooped up water to make tea, and said to Wu Yuanmin, "Okay, it's getting late, go back to sleep!"

With that said, he carried the tea and walked out of the kitchen.

Wu Yuanmin sullenly said, "You won't teach me?"

Li Yuanfang said: "Never."

After speaking, he went out in the rain and ran to the east wing.

Wu Yuanmin stomped his feet fiercely and said, "What's the big deal, it's absolutely not. It's stinky!"

Candles were lit in the East Wing, and Di Renjie paced slowly, thinking quietly.

Someone knocked lightly on the door, Di Renjie raised his head and said, "Come in."

Wang Mang and Zeng Tai walked in: "My lord (mentor)."

Di Renjie raised his head: "Oh, it's Jingyang and Zeng Tai, why, can't sleep?"

Wang Mang and Zeng Tai looked at each other, they nodded and said, "Yes, we can't sleep either, so we want to chat with you."

As soon as the words were finished, there was a knock at the door, and Li Yuanfang came in with tea: "My lord, the tea is ready."

When Wang Mang saw Li Yuanfang, he smiled and said, "Look, another one who can't sleep."

Di Renjie took the tea that Li Yuanfang handed over, and said, "Thank you, General Li."

After speaking, he smiled and picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

Li Yuanfang said to Di Renjie: "My lord, I really don't understand why you brought that little red with you?"

Di Renjie and Wang Mang looked at each other, and there was a hint of smile in their eyes.

Di Renjie looked at Li Yuanfang and said with a smile: "Why, don't you think this little girl is very interesting?"

Li Yuanfang and Zeng Tai exchanged glances and said: "This guy is blocking the road and robbing, spending money like dirt, messing around, bossing around, what's the point?"

Di Renjie smiled, and looked at Zeng Tai: "Zeng Tai, what do you think?"

Zeng Tai thought for a while: "Master, what Yuan Fang said is reasonable, this child seems to have something..."

He pointed to his head with his finger and said, "Furthermore, we are here to investigate cases in microservices. It is really inconvenient to bring such a little girl with us."

　Preview of the next chapter: What will Wang Mang and Di Renjie find when they arrive at Shangling Village?Stay tuned!
　　
　
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