Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 519 The Truth About the Desert Robbery? (recommendation ticket, add more)
After a long time, Liao Wenqing leaned on the couch and sighed, "It turned out that this is what happened."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "We didn't really confirm your identity until a few days ago."

Liao Wenqing turned over and got up, with tears in his eyes, he said: "My lords' kindness in saving lives, I will remember it deeply, and I will never forget it!"

As he spoke, he kowtowed heavily.

Di Renjie helped him up: "Okay, okay, you don't need to be polite when you are seriously injured."

Di Renjie gave Wang Mang a wink, and Wang Mang nodded knowingly.

Suddenly, Wang Mang took a deep breath and said, "Lieutenant General Liao, we have been waiting for you, and we are also waiting for the truth. Now you can tell us the real situation of the robbing of the salary in the desert!"

Liao Wenqing sighed, nodded and said: "That day, shortly after the army entered the desert, there was a big earthquake. The strong wind swept up hundreds of feet of yellow sand and beat the army to pieces. Everyone was turned on their backs..."

As he said that, there was a look of fear in his eyes, as if he had returned to the terrible catastrophe...

The earth shook wildly, and the sky was already yellow mist.

The howling wind roared, violently kicking up the yellow sand on the ground, and then forming sand walls in the air, sweeping towards the [-] armored army escorting the salary led by Fang Zhe.

The army was in a mess, people shouted and horses neighed, the flags reversed and the carts turned over, and the violent vibration made both men and horses unable to stand still.

Facing a wall of sand tens of feet high, the army rushes towards it like an overwhelming mountain.

With an earth-shattering bang, the sand wall hit the army with devastating force.

In an instant, there was a scream from the ranks, and dozens of soldiers and horses were knocked into the air by the sand wall, and the bodies of the men and horses rolled repeatedly in the air, and fell heavily hundreds of meters away.

The army became even more chaotic, and panic made people lose their minds. In a blink of an eye, people turned on their backs, crowded and trampled, and the soldiers who fell from their horses were trampled on the chest and back by the horseshoes.

All the troops let out screams of despair; the leather bags tied to the horses to hold water fell to the ground one after another, and were broken by the horseshoes, splashing water everywhere, and the sound of howls resounded across the desert...

After a long time, Liao Wenqing sighed and said: "That scene is really terrifying! The last general is from Liangzhou, so it can be said that he is quite familiar with the desert, but he has never seen such a situation."

Wang Mang nodded and said, "Then, what happened next?"

Liao Wenqing said: "When the earthquake stopped and the storm passed, General Fang ordered the general to check the status of the drinking water reserves. After the general checked, the whole army only had forty bags of water left."

"Only forty bags left?"

"Yes. This is not the worst. The worst thing is that the official road leading to Liangzhou was buried by yellow sand.

In desperation, we had to use the compass and the map to bite the bullet and move forward...

At that time, the army was unable to move forward due to lack of water.

At the time when the mountain was at the end of the river, a fantastic phenomenon suddenly appeared in the desert..."

Di Renjie, Wang Mang, and Zeng Tai looked at each other and asked almost at the same time: "What fantasy image?"

Liao Wenqing took a deep breath and said, "We saw many black-clothed gods floating towards us with silver water bottles in their hands!
At first everyone was still hostile, and General Fang ordered the troops to form a battle formation.

But these black-clothed gods didn’t seem to have any malicious intentions. When they came close, they poured the water from the silver pot on the sand, and the soldiers couldn’t bear it any longer when they saw it, and rushed forward..."

Wang Mang and Di Renjie looked at each other and asked, "What do these black-clothed gods look like?"

Liao Wenqing said: "Wearing a black robe and a bronze mask, just like the statues in the black-clothed temples we saw when we were young."

Di Renjie asked, "Where are you from?"

Liao Wenqing replied: "The end will be from Wangjiabao in the north of Liangzhou City."

Di Renjie said "oh", "Are you from Wangjiabao?"

Wang Mang was slightly taken aback.

Liao Wenqing said, "Exactly."

Di Renjie looked at Wang Mang. Wang Mang knew what he meant. Wang Mang shook his head slightly, expressing that he didn't know Liao Wenqing.

Di Renjie nodded slightly: "Go ahead!"

Liao Wenqing said: "In a blink of an eye, the sergeants rushed forward, and it was really a gulp.

At that time, all the soldiers cheered, thinking that they really met a savior, but they didn't expect it, they didn't expect it..."

At this point, he couldn't go on, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Di Renjie let out a long sigh, and looked at Wang Mang and Zeng Tai.

Wang Mang and Zeng Tai looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Liao Wenqing tremblingly said: "My lord, my lord, the last general, the last general..."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "I can understand your feelings, don't worry, just speak slowly."

Liao Wenqing sobbed twice, calmed down his emotions and said: "At that time, General Fang said to the last general, 'It seems that these black-clothed gods are indeed here to save us, you should also go and drink some water'.

In fact, the general was already thirsty, but when I saw that General Fang had no intention of passing, the general had no choice but to endure it for a while.

At that time, I thought that the reason why he didn't go there might be that he was not good at grabbing water with the sergeants as a commanding general, but he always went when the sergeants had finished drinking.

So I stayed by his side.

"After drinking the water, the soldiers sang and danced, excited.

At this time, General Fang said that he was not thirsty, and asked the humble officer to drink water.

To be honest, Beizhi felt that his throat was about to burn, so he couldn't hold it anymore.

But, suddenly found that something was wrong, all the soldiers were bewildered, singing and dancing wildly, it was not because they were happy that they were so excited.

I grabbed an officer and ordered him to get ready to go, but he, he fell to the ground and couldn't breathe...

"I was shocked and rushed to report the matter to General Fang, but when I turned around, I found that he was already standing behind the humble officer.

I hurriedly told him that something was wrong, but he took the time to smile and said to me: 'Yes.Of course things are wrong, do you really think there is a god in black?

Do you really think that someone will send clean water to the army for no reason? '

After listening to these few words, I felt that my head was bewildered and I couldn't believe the facts in front of me.

I really didn't expect General Fang to be an inside thief who lured bad people to rob money and kill three thousand brothers!

At that time, my blood surged up and I drew out my knife to prepare to resist, but the men in black robes behind me had already made a move and restrained the humble officer.

"Those black-robed men tied up the generals, put them on the cart, and then drove the carriage loaded with pay to the northwest."

Suddenly, Wang Mang asked, "Northwest?"

Liao Wenqing said, "Yes."

Di Renjie and Wang Mang looked at each other and asked, "So, Fang Zhe is a traitor hidden in the army?"

Liao Wenqing said angrily: "The last general never thought that after following General Fang for more than ten years, he, he would..."

Di Renjie gave Wang Mang a look, signaling not to interrupt.

Wang Mang nodded slightly, sneered slightly in his heart, and looked at Liao Wenqing quietly.

Di Renjie nodded and said, "What happened after you were captured?"

Liao Wenqing said: "I was bound and bumped with the convoy for a long time, crossed the desert and entered the mountains, and arrived at an ancient castle in the barren mountains at about nightfall..."

　Preview of the next chapter: What attitudes will Wang Mang and Di Renjie have towards Liao Wenqing's words?
　　
　
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