Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 783 Unexpected Encounter
Ruyan intentionally brought up an old saying: "If you were willing to listen to me when you were in Di Mansion, would the situation be as passive as it is now?"

With a livid face, Fenghuang stood up abruptly.

Ruyan picked up the tea bowl and took a sip leisurely, "If you think your judgment is correct, you can do whatever you want. It's just that I won't accompany you!"

As she spoke, she placed the tea bowl heavily on the table.

Fenghuang took a few breaths and sat down on the stool.

Chunhong behind her burst out laughing with a "puchi".

Fenghuang suddenly turned around and shouted loudly: "What are you laughing at?"

Chunhong was so frightened that she shook her whole body and quickly lowered her head.

Ru Yan said: "The leader of the big pavilion, it seems that you don't have to lose your temper so much with the servants, you have lost your composure."

Fenghuang wanted to say something but held back the words, biting her lips tightly.

Ruyan looked at her and shook her head.

At this moment, footsteps sounded, and an inner guard came in with the store clerk and said, "My lords, the store clerk will bring you here."

Ruyan glanced at Fenghuang, then turned to the clerk and said, "Are you the clerk of this store?"

The man nodded quickly: "Yes, my lord."

Ruyan said: "Recently, have you seen a little girl in a pale pink dress going in and out of the town?"

The guy thought for a while, then shook his head: "No."

Ruyan asked again: "Then, did you see a little boy wearing a beggar's clothes?"

The clerk laughed and said, "Ah, that's true. It was still in our store yesterday."

Ruyan raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh? What does she look like?"

The guy said: "You look pretty, like a girl, between the eyebrows, between the eyebrows..."

Chunhong blurted out, "There's a cinnabar mole between my eyebrows!"

The guy said: "Exactly, exactly."

Fenghuang stood up abruptly, looked at Ruyan and said, "It's really her!"

Ruyan nodded and asked, "Where is she now?"

The man said: "I was taken to Old Man Liu's house by some foreigners."

Fenghuang asked anxiously: "Where is old man Liu's house?"

The guy said: "The vegetable shop at the corner of the street."

Ruyan waved her hand and said, "Let's go!"

……

The internal guards and yamen servants are searching Liu's house, and the old man Liu and his son are standing in the courtyard.

Ruyan and Fenghuang led the inner guards into the courtyard and asked, "Which one is Old Man Liu?"

Old man Liu was taken aback, and hurried forward and said, "That's the villain."

Ruyan said: "A little beggar came to your house yesterday?"

Old man Liu nodded and said, "Exactly."

Ruyan hurriedly asked: "Where is this person now?"

Old man Liu said: "Let's go, I left before dawn this morning."

Fenghuang stomped his feet fiercely: "Oh, I missed it again. Her, where did she go?"

Old man Liu said: "That little guy was taken in by a doctor surnamed Huai, and went to Ling Village."

Ru Yan was startled and said, "Mr. Huai? Isn't he fat, with five long beards, and beside him are two tall young men and a red-faced middle-aged man."

Old man Liu said: "Exactly, exactly."

Ruyan said to Fenghuang: "It's my uncle and the others!"

Fenghuang was also surprised: "Old Di Guo?"

Ruyan said: "Exactly."

Fenghuang asked: "Princess and Di Guolao are together?"

Ruyan nodded and said, "That's for sure."

Fenghuang said excitedly: "Ruyan, I really have you! It seems that we have found the right direction! God help me!"

Ruyan said with a smile: "But just now there are people who want to chase east..."

Fenghuang put his arms around Ruyan's shoulders and said: "Good sister, don't be angry, blame me! From now on, I will listen to you!"

Ruyan smiled and said: "Okay, the leader of the big pavilion, then I dare not be!"

Fenghuang said: "Tell me, what should we do now?"

Ruyan asked old man Liu, "Old man, where is Shangling Village?"

Old man Liu said, "Fifty miles north from here..."

Ruyan said to Fenghuang: "Order the brothers to get on the horses, we will chase north!"

……

Night in the mountains always comes earlier than in other places.

Amidst the rolling thunder, the last ray of light in the sky was extinguished, and the earth fell into darkness.

Dead silence.

The wind blew gently, and there seemed to be ghostly footsteps in Shangling Village.

In a broken courtyard in the middle of the mountain, Di Renjie, Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang, Xiaohong and two guards hid behind the collapsed gable wall, staring intently at the empty field in the village. After the lightning, a muffled thunder rolled across the sky.

Wu Yuanmin tremblingly said: "I, I'm afraid..."

Li Yuanfang said: "There are so many people around you, what are you afraid of..."

Before the words were finished, a bolt of lightning descended vertically, making a loud chirp.

Wu Yuanmin screamed and plunged into Li Yuanfang's arms.

Li Yuanfang patted her lightly and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Wu Yuanmin trembled all over, raised his head, and leaned against Li Yuanfang's chest.

Another bolt of lightning lit up, illuminating the entire Shangling Village.

Suddenly, in the distance, some will-o'-the-wisps flickered.

Wu Yuanmin tremblingly said: "Ghost, ghost..."

Li Yuanfang shouted, "Shut up."

Wu Yuanmin turned his head away, not daring to look any further.

Looking at the lights in the distance, Wang Mang murmured, "Could it be those five people?"

The will-o'-the-wisp arrived at the empty field in a blink of an eye, and it was the five people who had entered the village on horseback.

Di Renjie, Wang Mang, and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, and said softly, "Here we are."

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang nodded and looked down.

Five people hung up the lanterns, used a long wooden fork to pick apart the straw covering the carriage, and pulled the five horses out of the stable.

The leader said: "Let's set up the car."

Five people hurriedly fixed the shaft and frame on the vehicle body.

Di Renjie watched quietly, and Wang Mang said softly, "They are leaving."

Di Renjie nodded. At this moment, Li Yuanfang asked, "What should we do?"

Di Renjie whispered: "Don't worry, just wait."

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, and everyone held their breath to watch the movement of the five people carefully.

……

Zeng Tai led two guards to gallop on the mountain road, hoping to complete the task as soon as possible and rush back to Di Renjie.

There was a thunderous sound of horseshoes in the distance, and then, a fire dragon approached.

Zeng Tai reined in his mount violently.

"Fire Dragon" rushed forward in a blink of an eye, it was Ruyan and Fenghuang who were leading the inner guards and Yamen arresters, they all held their torches high and galloped on horses.

Zeng Tai was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "Ruyan!"

At this time, Ruyan also saw Zeng Tai, she reined in her horse suddenly, and blurted out: "Uncle Zeng!"

Fenghuang shouted loudly: "Stop moving forward!"

The brigade stopped in the middle of the road.

Zeng Tai urged his horse to come closer, and said in amazement: "Ruyan, Dage leader, why are you here?"

Ruyan said: "We are here to find the princess."

Zeng Tai was stunned: "Princess?"

Ruyan said: "It's the little beggar who was with you."

Zeng Tai exclaimed: "Xiaohong! She, is she a princess?"

Ruyan nodded and said, "Exactly."

　Preview of the next chapter: Can Ruyan and the others take the princess back?Stay tuned!
　　
　
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