The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

The man rushed to Xi Yu like a mad beast, his eyes red with hatred, and his gaze seemed to want to cut Dongfanghong into pieces.

His lips trembled as he squeezed out words from between his teeth: "It was him, the beast! He ruined my sister and destroyed her innocence. In the end, she could only die to get rid of the endless shame."

As he spoke, his eyes were filled with tears, but he tried hard to hold them back. The knuckles of his clenched fists turned white, as if he was about to swing towards Dongfanghong in the next second.

Dongfanghong's face was filled with astonishment and anger, and she retorted loudly.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I have never done anything so evil, don't spit on me!"

The man roared.

"I saw it with my own eyes. I saw you coming out of your sister's room that day, your clothes were disheveled and you looked flustered. Your sister was crying in the room. Do you still dare to quibble?"

Xi Yu frowned, he raised his hand to signal the two to calm down first, his eyes became extremely solemn, he knew that if this matter was not handled properly, it would cause a bigger disturbance.

Xi Yu's eyes moved back and forth between Dongfanghong and the man. He knew Dongfanghong's character very well, but the grief and anger of the man in front of him did not seem fake.

"Don't worry." Xi Yu looked at the man, "Now that you have determined that it is him, are you sure? It would be too hasty to convict him just because of chasing and escaping."

The man stared angrily.

"My sister and I depend on each other for survival. He did such a beastly thing and caused my sister to die. How could I admit my mistake? I would recognize him even if he turned into ashes!"

"I have always been upright. Someone must have framed me in this matter. You can't believe his one-sided words." Dongfanghong said.

Xi Yu then said to the man, "There are many suspicious points in this matter. We will investigate it thoroughly. If Dongfanghong is really innocent, your rash actions this time are a serious crime."

The man sneered.

"Humph, if he is the real murderer, you can't be partial to him."

Dongfanghong clenched his fists tightly.

"I have a clear conscience and I must clear my name."

A complex emotion flashed across Xiyu's deep eyes. He just glanced at Dongfanghong briefly, but this glance made Dongfanghong's heart sink suddenly.

Dongfanghong's voice was trembling and aggrieved.

"Don't you believe me, either?"

So Xi Yu said to the man calmly, "I believe Dongfanghong. He is not that kind of person. If what you said is true, there must be other witnesses. Find them now."

When the man heard this, his eyes widened with anger and he shouted, "You are all in the same group, so you will naturally protect each other!"

Xi Yu was not angry, but just frowned slightly, and advised calmly: "Don't get excited first. I can see that you are really sad and angry at this moment, but there must be something fishy about this matter, and there must be discrepancies."

Afterwards, Xi Yu asked the secret guards to properly place the man in a place, and warned him: "Don't treat him badly, and don't abuse him."

The secret guard took the order and left with the man.

The man looked at Xi Yu and asked suspiciously, "Who are you?"

Xi Yu replied calmly: "I am the Prime Minister. I will definitely give you justice and will not let the truth be buried."

When the man heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, and a complex look flashed in his eyes, including surprise and doubt.

After the man was taken away, it was already very late at night and the surroundings were so quiet that only the occasional chirping of insects could be heard.

But Dongfanghong and Xiyu were not sleepy at all. Their minds were so confused by this difficult matter that they could not sleep at all.

Xi Yu frowned and sighed softly: "This matter is really too strange."

Dongfanghong, however, was full of resentment. He snorted coldly and said, "What's so strange about this? That guy is obviously here to frame me. It's a nuisance to keep such a person around. Just kill him and be done with it. It's too abominable to be framed for no reason!"

Xi Yu hurriedly stopped him and said earnestly: "Don't be impulsive. This matter is indeed full of doubts. How can we act so rashly? Take a rest first. When you are clear-headed tomorrow, we can make a long-term plan."

After hearing this, Dongfanghong was still a little angry, but she knew that Xi Yu was right, so she suppressed her anger and nodded.

After a while, Dongfanghong looked at Xiyu, hesitated for a moment and said, "If you don't mind, just share a bed with me. It's late at night, so don't look for another place."

Xi Yu was slightly stunned, then he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll bother you then."

After that, the two of them lay down on the bed together, but they were still thinking about what the man said in their minds and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

After a while, Xi Yu could clearly feel the uncontrollable anger in Dongfang Hong, so he persuaded her again: "Take a rest first. It's useless to be angry now. Let's talk about it tomorrow. We still have classes tomorrow. Don't let our bad mood affect the students."

Dongfanghong shook her head and replied unhappily, "It just so happens that I don't have classes tomorrow, so I can go with you to investigate this matter. I can't take the blame for nothing. I must clear my name, otherwise I won't be able to swallow the anger in my heart."

Xi Yu looked at Dongfang Hong's determined and stubborn expression and sighed helplessly. He knew Dongfang Hong's character well and knew that once he made a decision, nothing could change it. So he could only agree to it.

I'm thinking I'll get to the bottom of it tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Dongfanghong and Xiyu got up one after another.

Dongfanghong rubbed her sleepy eyes, but immediately remembered what happened yesterday. She asked Xiyu hurriedly, "Where did the secret guards throw that beast?"

Xi Yu thought for a moment and replied, "It should be in this school. They won't take people far away."

Dongfanghong suddenly remembered that there was a remote warehouse in the school, which was rarely visited on weekdays. She thought that maybe the man was there, so she said to Xiyu anxiously, "I remember there is a warehouse in the school. Maybe the man is there. Let's go and take a look."

Xi Yu thought it made sense, so he called the secret guard out to ask.

As soon as the secret guard reported, the man was indeed placed in the warehouse.

So, Xiyu and Dongfanghong didn't delay any longer and immediately walked quickly towards the warehouse.

Both of them were determined to dig out some useful clues from the man.

When Xi Yu arrived there, he saw the man sitting in the corner with a painful look on his face. He was obviously still immersed in the sadness of his sister's death and the hatred in his heart.

Xi Yu walked forward and said slowly: "I didn't ask for your name and home address yesterday, so tell me now."

The man raised his eyes, looked at Dongfanghong hatefully, and then said, "My name is Zhao Tianyue, and I live in a village 50 kilometers away from here."

Xi Yu listened, nodded slightly, and then said: "We are going to your village now."

Zhao Tianyue immediately became alert when he heard this and asked loudly, "What are you doing there? That's my home, what does it have to do with you? Are you trying to find an excuse to destroy the evidence so that you can continue to protect this evil man?"

Xi Yu responded in a serious tone, "Of course, it is to better investigate the clues. You keep saying that Dongfanghong made a big mistake. We have to verify it. If it is really him, we will not let him get away. But if he is wronged, then we have to clear his name. This is fair to everyone."

After hearing this, Zhao Tianyue was still full of doubt, but he couldn't find any reason to refute it for a while, so he could only sit there angrily.

Xi Yu said with a serious face.

"As the Prime Minister, I have always been impartial and I will never protect him. If I really wanted to protect him, I would have dealt with you by now. Why would I let you stay here to talk?"

Zhao Tianyue was slightly stunned when he heard this, then he calmed down and thought about it carefully. He felt that this was indeed the truth, and his expression eased a little.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I agree to take you two there. But don't follow those ghost-like people of yours. They appear and disappear mysteriously, and it's scary to look at them." Xi Yu listened, shook his head slightly, and responded firmly, "No, they are here to protect my safety. You have no right to interfere in this matter, and it has nothing to do with this case. They have to follow."

Zhao Tianyue was dissatisfied when he saw this, but he knew that he couldn't win against Xi Yu, so he could only curl his lips and said nothing more. He just secretly hoped that these secret guards would stop scaring the people in the village.

Xi Yu thought for a moment and said, "In that case, I'll go get a few fast horses so we can get on the road as quickly as possible."

Then he looked at Zhao Tianyue and asked, "Can you ride a horse?"

Zhao Tianyue listened, nodded and responded: "Yes, I do have the ability to ride a horse."

Soon, Xi Yu brought three horses. The three of them mounted their horses, raised their whips, and galloped towards the village where Zhao Tianyue was with their horses' hooves raising clouds of dust.

Along the way, only the sound of horse hooves could be heard, and the three men each had their own thoughts.

Soon, the outline of the village began to appear before our eyes.

Halfway along the road, the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground rhythmically, Xi Yu pulled the reins to slow down the horse's pace, turned his head to look at Zhao Tianyue and asked: "When the incident happened that day, you said that it was Dongfanghong who did it, so did anyone else see it at the time?"

When Zhao Tianyue heard this, he immediately glared at Dongfanghong and said angrily, "Of course, many people have seen the appearance of this beast, so he can't deny it!"

Dongfanghong was immediately furious and shouted angrily: "Who are you calling a beast? Come on, try to spit bloody words at me again!"

Seeing this, Xi Yu hurriedly frowned and stopped them, saying, "Stop arguing! What's the point of arguing now? We are going to find out the truth. Once we figure things out, we will naturally know who is right and who is wrong. If you keep arguing like this, when will we be able to clear people's names or get justice?"

After hearing what Xi Yu said, although the two were filled with resentment, they suppressed their anger and said nothing. However, the atmosphere was still somewhat tense.

After entering the village, Xi Yu stopped and said to Zhao Tianyue with a serious face: "Now we can ask a few villagers to come and see if anyone knows Dongfanghong, so that we can further verify the situation."

Zhao Tianyue sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

"Then you guys just wait at the entrance of the village, but don't run around."

Xi Yu frowned slightly and responded, "I went through so much trouble to come here just to find out the truth. If I wanted to run around, there would be no need to go through all this trouble. Just rest assured."

Zhao Tianyue snorted coldly, turned around and left.

After he walked away, Dongfanghong couldn't help but mutter, "Humph, you have too good a temper. For a guy like this who is making trouble and accusing others, just kill him directly to save trouble."

Xi Yu looked at him helplessly and said, "How can this be possible? Although I am the prime minister, I cannot casually treat human lives as nothing. Everything must be based on evidence and reason."

Dongfanghong curled her lips and said, "Look at you. As the prime minister, you have to take care of so many tedious and difficult things. How tiring it must be."

Xi Yu sighed, rolled his eyes at Dongfang Hong and said, "You are my good friend. Do you think I am willing to come? I am also very troubled by this matter, but I can't just watch you being wronged."

After saying that, the two of them stood at the entrance of the village, quietly waiting for Zhao Tianyue to bring people over.

After a while, a group of villagers came to the entrance of the village one after another. Everyone was talking to each other, with curiosity and confusion on their faces, guessing what had happened.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Tianyue immediately raised his voice and shouted, "Fellow villagers, come and recognize this beast!"

As he spoke, he pointed his finger at the East is Red.

After hearing this, the villagers all turned their eyes to Dongfanghong. Many of them immediately changed their expressions and started pointing at Dongfanghong.

Among them, an elderly man frowned and said angrily, "It was him. I saw him running out of the Zhao girl's room in a panic that day. He looked like he had done something wrong. It was him who bullied Tianyue's poor sister!"

Others followed suit, talking about what they saw at the time. For a moment, accusations were directed towards Dongfanghong.

Dongfanghong's face turned pale, and she was angry and anxious. She argued loudly: "You all admit your mistakes. I have never done such a thing. Someone is framing me!"

But few villagers were willing to believe him and continued to glare at him angrily.

Dongfanghong was so angry that her face turned red and she immediately started scolding the villagers.

"You are simply talking nonsense. How can you be so irresponsible? You are making random accusations without any evidence. Why do you think I did it?"

But those people just stiffened their necks and said with certainty that he was the one who did it, and did not listen to Dongfanghong's explanation at all.

Dongfanghong was so angry that he wanted to argue again, but Xiyu quickly reached out and held him back, whispering, "Stop talking for now. I think there's someone who looks very similar to you, so everyone made the mistake."

As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers immediately became unhappy and began to blame Xi Yu.

"What nonsense are you talking about? We saw it with our own eyes, how could we be wrong?"

They didn't know Xi Yu's identity at all and just thought he was an ordinary outsider making trouble.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Zhao Tianyue shouted loudly: "Everyone, stop talking, this person is the prime minister!"

These words were like a bombshell. When the people heard them, they were all shocked. Some even subconsciously took several steps back with looks of astonishment on their faces.

Someone in the crowd came to their senses and quickly asked Zhao Tianyue: "Why didn't you tell me in advance? What if you offend the Prime Minister?"

Xi Yu looked at the frightened people with a gentle smile on his face and said, "Don't be afraid, I came here today just to investigate the situation, not to embarrass you. Although Dongfanghong is my friend, I will never side with him. Everything must be based on evidence."

However, after hearing this, many people still had doubts on their faces and were whispering in private, obviously not believing what Xi Yu said.

Zhao Tianyue also looked at Xi Yu at this time, and said with a somewhat righteous tone: "The reason why I didn't tell you your identity just now was that I wanted these elders and villagers to speak the truth without any scruples. Now you should understand that they are all telling the truth. There is no such thing as mistaking someone for someone else. It's Dongfanghong who did the bad thing, so you can't be biased towards him."

After saying that, he looked at Dongfanghong provocatively, as if saying, you can't make excuses now.

Xi Yu patiently explained to them, then changed the subject and asked, "Have you heard of Jia Xu?"

Everyone was stunned at first, and then an old man thought for a while and nodded slowly.

Xi Yu continued, "Jia Xu is also a member of my camp, but he committed a serious crime and I did not condone him."

The old man nodded again and said, "That's true, Prime Minister."

Xi Yu smiled slightly and continued, "So don't worry, I have always believed in the fairness of the law and will never favor anyone. Now, I want to find a place to sit down. I would like to trouble you to tell me the situation in detail so that I can understand this matter clearly."

The old man listened, looked at Xi Yu, and then said: "I have also heard that you, the Prime Minister, are a good person and will not be unfair. So why don't we just listen to you, the Prime Minister."

After hearing what the old man said, the other villagers looked at each other and nodded in agreement, no longer resisting as before.

There happened to be a dilapidated temple in the village, and there was a place inside that could accommodate a few people to sit down and talk.

So, everyone walked towards the dilapidated temple. However, this dilapidated temple had not been taken care of for a long time, and as soon as they entered, they smelled a stale and decayed smell.

The room was covered with dust and cobwebs were everywhere.

Seeing this, the old man and Zhao Tianyue worked together with several other enthusiastic villagers to clean up the mess.

At least I wiped the tables and chairs and made a relatively clean space.

Then, everyone sat down together.

Xi Yu looked around at everyone and said seriously, "Could you please tell us what happened when you saw the 'murderer' that day? The more detailed the better. This is crucial to finding out the truth. Please tell us the truth." (End of this chapter)