Evil of all ages

Chapter 31: To cut the grass, we need to get rid of the root.

Huang Taichu's voice had already reached the Ding area before he even reached it.

This prompted Di Qingtian, who was deep in thought, to raise an eyebrow and step out to take a look.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

As soon as Di Qingtian stepped out, he saw Yin Tianying chasing Huang Taichu and asked with a serious expression.

Faced with Di Qingtian's angry expression, Yin Tianying restrained his behavior and came to Di Qingtian's side with the unruly Huang Taichu.

"My lord, your men are not joking at all. They draw their swords and stab me at the slightest disagreement."

Huang Taichu preemptively filed a complaint.

"Sir, that's not it. He had evil intentions towards the young lady. I just wanted to scare him."

Yin Tianying quickly explained.

"What did you say? My sister is here? Where is she now? Is she in jail?"

Although Di Qingtian did not believe that entering and leaving the Heavenly Prison would result in being cursed by so-called evil spirits, he could not help but be nervous when it came to the personal safety of his family.

“We hadn’t been back for a few days when Miss and my sister came looking for us. I happened to run into them and stopped them outside the prison, not letting them in.”

"They want to see you, sir, so I had no choice but to come in and find you."

Yin Tianying replied.

Di Qingtian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that his sister had not entered the imperial prison.

"Then what's going on with you? Why do you say he had bad intentions towards my sister?"

Di Qingtian looked at Huang Taichu with a dangerous gaze.

"My lord, it's like this, he..."

Yin Tianying immediately repeated to him word for word what Huang Taichu had said.

After listening to Yin Tianying's retelling, Di Qingtian's gaze was fixed on Huang Taichu.

"I only asked her name, that's not a crime, is it?"

Huang Taichu said with an innocent look on his face.

"I was able to guess that she was my sister just by observing her from one perspective."

"They also guessed that I have many female confidantes, and they know that I am both afraid of gaining and afraid of losing relationships."

"You're really something else!"

"The more you act like this, the less I can figure out your stance."

"Logically speaking, people who have committed crimes should feel very guilty and try their best to hide themselves, but you always inadvertently reveal your extraordinary nature to others."

"Tell me, what exactly do you want?"

Di Qingtian stared at Huang Taichu's eyes with a judgmental gaze.

"Sir, I think he's just provoking you."

“We’ve seen this kind of person before. They’re absolutely confident in their perfect crime and deliberately leave a little clue, thinking that the adults can’t catch them or do anything to them.”

"But such arrogant and conceited people always end up in a very sorry state."

Yin Tianying had already come to regard Huang Taichu as that kind of person.

"Tsk tsk, I don't think I did anything wrong, but this is being seen as showing off my tricks and flaunting my cleverness."

Huang Taichu spread his hands, indicating that he was innocent.

“When I was investigating cases before, many people resorted to desperate measures and threatened me with my sister.”

"If you have similar thoughts, or if the people behind you have such thoughts."

“I’m telling you, I’ve done things that go beyond the law before.”

"Don't take me for a fool who only knows how to obey the law."

Di Qingtian tapped Huang Taichu's shoulder with his finger, issuing a cold warning with a stern face.

“Sir, I also have a younger sister, so of course I know how much a brother can do for his sister.”

"Sir, asking your sister's name doesn't have to make the atmosphere so serious," Huang Taichu said with a smile.

"Trust me, if you have any problems, I will definitely not let you get away."

Di Qingtian remembered that his sister was still waiting for him outside. After saying that, he turned around and walked outside with Yin Tianying.

As for Huang Taichu, there will be people from the Zhenwu Division watching him in the shadows.

"Sir, you've asked me for so long, you should at least grant my request."

"Could it be that the adults are worried that mentioning someone's name will also incur a curse from this heavenly prison?"

Huang Taichu said lightly.

"Di Luoyun"

Without turning his head, Di Qingtian left behind his sister's name and disappeared into the Ding area.

"Di Qingtian, Di Luoyun... they have quite a poetic feel to them."

Huang Taichu smiled and turned back to his assigned area.

After chatting with Uncle Gao and the others for a while, Huang Taichu sat where they were drinking and eating. He seemed to be in a daze, but in reality, he was observing Di Luoyun from a god-like perspective for a while.

It wasn't that he was interested in Di Luoyun; it was that he suddenly encountered a woman who looked exactly like the woman from his previous life.

It's hard not to take a second look.

At this moment, Ren Zhengnian walked over with five trembling young men.

The five young people knew Huang Taichu was their target as soon as they saw him, and carefully handed him the gifts they had prepared.

"Uncle Ren, what's this?"

Huang Taichu asked.

“The prison guards are all hereditary; they, like you, inherited their jobs from their fathers. You should have already guessed who they are.”

Huang Taichu nodded to indicate that he understood. It was Shi Boyi's son. If there was no son, then the person with the closest bloodline in the clan would take his place.

“They found out some things in prison and insisted on coming to pay their respects to you, hoping that some grudges could be forgotten with the passing of the previous generation.”

"In addition, they did not take their fathers' place on duty in our Ding area, but were transferred to the Bing area by Chang Yucao."

“Besides the fact that Di Qingtian took over the area where Shi Boyi and his team were on duty to investigate the case, I think you probably don’t want to see them.”

Ren Zhengnian said.

"Put it down and leave."

Huang Taichu knew they wouldn't leave unless he accepted the gifts, so he told them to put the gifts down.

The five young people left the gifts, deeply grateful, and departed.

Despite expressing his deep gratitude, Huang Taichu noticed something amiss in the eyes of one or two of the five.

"Uncle Ren, please distribute the gifts."

Huang Taichu didn't like the gifts and had Uncle Ren and the others distribute them.

Uncle Ren and the others didn't stand on ceremony. They opened the gifts on the table, and if it was silver, they pushed it in front of Huang Taichu.

If it's food, they don't eat it immediately, but check for any problems.

Although the possibility of poisoning is unlikely, they are still the wolf cubs of Shi Boyi's group, so it's always good to be cautious.

Only after the inspection showed no problems did they feel relieved and begin eating.

They were enjoying their meal when something happened to the five young people who had just returned to Area C.

They were just like prisoners in jail, lying there sickly and listless.

This was naturally Huang Taichu's doing; since the two harbored resentment, he decided to eliminate them both at once.

If you don't cut the weeds at the root, they'll grow back in the spring.

Sure enough, Huang Taichu was summoned to Area C by Di Qingtian's men again.

In area C, both prison warden He Rongjiang and prison officer Chang Xingde are present.

At this moment, their eyes looked at Huang Taichu with even greater conviction.

The evil spirit that was causing trouble in the Heavenly Prison—no, it should be the Ghost King—was Huang Taichu's father.

"Greetings, esteemed officials."

Huang Taichu greeted the assembled officials.

Do you know why I summoned you here?

Di Qingtian squinted and carefully observed Huang Taichu's expression before asking.

"I didn't know at first, but now that I see the five of them looking just like prisoners, I understand why the adults called me over."

Huang Taichu said calmly.

"They've all sent you gifts to apologize, why won't you let them go?"

Di Qingtian asked resolutely.

"My lord, are you trying to say that I am the evil spirit in the prison, or that I have supernatural powers and instructed my father to do all this?"

Huang Taichu asked without any pressure.

Di Qingtian was stumped by the question.

If Huang Taichu is indeed an evil spirit, or if he can communicate with spirits and instruct his father to cause trouble, then he must provide evidence.

But if he can produce evidence, wouldn't that be admitting that there are demons and monsters in this world? Wouldn't that overturn his understanding?

“Lord Di, only a guilty person can be tricked out of their conscience by words, but he is obviously not a guilty person, on the contrary, he is honest.”

"I think he's fine."

"Besides, I think there's something wrong with these five. The other guards are fine, but these five are the ones who are in trouble, which isn't very noticeable."

"They must have committed a crime to become like criminals."

“I suggest that they be severely tortured to see what evil things they have done outside.”

Chang Xingde suggested.

(End of this chapter)