allonlinenovel Chapter 70 No More "Wu" Surname
Chapter 70 No More "Wu" Surname
Liu Yunhe didn't want to go, but he couldn't resist the look in his own prince's eyes. With a sword in his hand, he followed Lin Lezhi reluctantly in the direction of Tian's home.
"Little brat, you're walking so slowly, I'm afraid we won't be able to get there before dark."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was indeed a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and someone shouted at Lin Lezhi: "Who are you calling a brat!"
Lin Lezhi smiled and responded, "Of course whoever agrees is a brat."
"you……!"
Being retorted by Lin Lezhi with the same rhetoric was equivalent to falling into Lin Lezhi's trap again. Being provoked by the same words again made me look childish.
Knowing that he had been tricked again, Liu Yunhe blushed and said "you" for a long time, but he could not utter another word. He could only snort, folded his hands holding the sword in front of his chest, turned his head to the side, and said unconvincedly: "I won't argue with you."
Taking advantage of the fact that there were few people on the road, Lin Lezhi approached Liu Yunhe and teased him while also making some insults to Jiang Lian'an.
"Hey, little brat, what evil things did I do to make you dislike me so much? Is it because... of your young master?"
When he heard Lin Lezhi mention his son, Liu Yunhe turned around with a fierce look in his eyes. He put the sword in his hand to Lin Lezhi's neck and threatened: "I warn you, don't hurt my son!"
Lin Lezhi dodged backwards and pushed the scabbard to the side with his fingers.
"Oh~ kid, don't be so angry. Besides, your son is such a person, it's good enough that he doesn't bully me. How can I hurt him? Don't you know how powerful he is?"
"If it wasn't for your coaxing, how could my son go to a place like Ya Ren Zhuang?"
"You have to be reasonable when you speak. You were there the night before we set off, and I asked you to persuade him not to go. It was your son who insisted on relying on me. Even you couldn't persuade him, so what could I do?"
Lin Lezhi hit the key point all at once. Liu Yunhe also knew that no one could interfere with the prince's decision. He lowered his arrogance a little, withdrew his sword back to its original position, and said with a bad face even though he was not right: "My young master has his reasons for wanting to do something. He has done me a favor. If you do anything to hurt him, I will never forgive you."
Lin Lezhi narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, looked at Liu Yunhe and asked tentatively: "You said that, could it be that... I have hurt your son before?"
"Do I really look like that guy named Ayi?"
Lin Lezhi then added: "Otherwise, logically speaking, this should be the first time we met in the inn. There is no reason for you to be so wary of a stranger like me."
After a few questions in succession, Liu Yunhe's face was obviously panicked. He had been staring at Lin Lezhi's eyes with a fierce look just now, but now he didn't dare to look at him and began to avoid his gaze.
Seeing that Liu Yunhe didn't answer, Lin Lezhi sighed and said with a lonely look: "I have lost my memory and can't remember anything. I am all alone in this world. You have always rejected me, and I am also very sad."
"I've been blaming myself these past few days, worried that I've done something to hurt others, so... just tell me even a little bit about myself."
Lin Lezhi's words made Liu Yunhe look at Lin Lezhi again. When he saw Lin Lezhi looking at him with a lost expression, Liu Yunhe looked away again as if he had been electrocuted. Then he blinked, lowered his eyes and muttered, "You haven't done anything to hurt my young master, it's just..."
Halfway through his words, Liu Yunhe realized that he had almost let something slip, and quickly changed his words: "I... who is my young master? Anyone who approaches him must have bad intentions. Didn't you say that you should go early and come back early? Why are you still talking so much!"
After saying that, Liu Yunhe took a few quick steps and distanced himself from Lin Lezhi.
Children are children, they just say a few words and they want to write all their thoughts on their faces.
Lin Lezhi smiled helplessly and shook his head, then followed him, walking beside Liu Yunhe and said frankly: "Don't worry, I have no intention of getting close to your young master, nor do I mean to hurt him. Once the case here is over, I will leave."
Lin Lezhi raised his hand, rubbed Liu Yunhe's head, and said with a smile: "Now, you can rest assured."
Liu Yunhe didn't seem to be disgusted when Lin Lezhi rubbed his head. He just looked slightly unhappy. He stretched out the hand that didn't hold the sword and pushed Lin Lezhi's hand away: "I'm not a three-year-old child. Don't do this to me."
Mr. Tian and his family lived deep in an alley. Because their work was both respected and feared, they moved their family here when they were young so that they would not attract too much attention.
It had just been a month since Mr. Tian passed away, not even a hundred days yet, so there were still white lanterns and white cloth hanging at the door, and his children were chatting in the yard in linen mourning clothes.
They were just chatting about family matters, and the women next to them were looking at their hands with satisfied looks on their faces.
When they saw someone coming outside the door, the children immediately hugged each other and covered their faces and cried bitterly.
Seeing Liu Yunhe was about to go in, Lin Lezhi quickly stopped Liu Yunhe, and then said to Tian Lao's children in the yard: "I came here and didn't know that someone passed away. I hope you will express your condolences."
The people in the courtyard cried even louder, and responded to Lin Lezhi with sad faces.
As they watched Lin Lezhi and the others disappear into the alley, the crying stopped.
After leaving the alley, Liu Yunhe said in confusion: "Didn't you say you wanted to come to see Mr. Tian? Why didn't you go in when you got to the door?"
"Because there's no need to go in."
"why?"
As Lin Lezhi walked, he looked at Liu Yunhe and said, "Do you know why I didn't ask your son to come over, nor did I ask anyone else to come over, but only asked you to come over?"
Liu Yunhe was puzzled and asked: "Why?"
Lin Lezhi pointed at Liu Yunhe and then at himself: "Because you and I are the ones who look the poorest."
I thought it was because I had to be the one, but when I heard that, Liu Yunhe's face immediately turned red and he shouted, "What do you mean!"
"Of course I meant it as a compliment to you."
Lin Lezhi patiently explained: "Given the way your son is dressed and the presence of government officials, wouldn't it be obvious that we came here intentionally? Would they let their guard down?"
"So... you already know why Mr. Tian died?"
Lin Lezhi looked at Liu Yunhe and said, "Did you see clearly what they were wearing just now?"
"Coarse linen clothes, this is what people wear when someone in the family passes away. What's wrong with that?"
"That's right. You only saw their clothes, but you didn't see the accessories they were wearing."
Liu Yunhe tried to recall it, and said as he thought: "I remember that they all wore a lot of jade and gold ornaments. Although the quality of the jade was not as good as my son's, it was definitely not an ordinary product."
"I didn't expect that you have gained so much knowledge following your master." Lin Lezhi praised.
Liu Yunhe couldn't hide his pride and said: "Of course, but...what's the problem?"
Lin Lezhi stopped and looked at Liu Yunhe and said, "This Zhouqing Town is just a small place. Let me ask you, since you came to Zhouqing Town, have you ever seen anyone richer than your son?"
"Of course..." Liu Yunhe realized the meaning behind Lin Lezhi's words and said in disbelief, "You mean, Mr. Tian's death is related to his children."
Lin Lezhi nodded slightly, and then his eyes darkened. He took a deep breath and said slowly: "A loving crow will repay its parents, and a lamb will kneel down at its feet. In the end, it is just a waste of human skin."
Liu Yunhe said with a calm look in his eyes: "Then why don't we arrest them?"
"If they are caught, I'm afraid more innocent people will be implicated, so let's keep their lives for now."
After saying that, Lin Lezhi paused for a while before lowering his gaze to Liu Yunhe, only to find that Liu Yunhe could not hide the brightness in his eyes, and was looking at him with sparkling eyes.
Lin Lezhi met Liu Yunhe's gaze and said with a smile, "How is it? Are you impressed by my ability to solve cases? Do you regret your unfriendly attitude towards me before?"
"No way!" Liu Yunhe quickly looked away and denied, "When it comes to handling cases, you are far inferior to Chi Feibai from Tiandi Pavilion."
"Heaven and Earth Pavilion?"
"Yes! This Tiandi Pavilion was founded by Chi Feibai. Chi Feibai not only has superb martial arts skills, but is also very good at solving cases. He is respected by many people in the martial arts world."
"Heaven and earth are witnesses, and injustice can be cleared." Liu Yunhe gestured, and said with hope in his eyes: "In this world, right and wrong, truth and falsehood are hard to distinguish. Chi Feibai swears to heaven and earth as witnesses. As long as the Tiandi Pavilion exists, all the injustices in this world will be cleared one by one!"
"One day, I will go to the Tiandi Pavilion and add justice to this world!" Liu Yunhe vowed heroically and proudly.
It can be said that it is the youthful spirit.
"Well said!" Lin Lezhi couldn't help but applaud, and then said: "When you go there, don't forget to negotiate with the Pavilion Master there to see if he can recruit me as well."
After saying that, Liu Yunhe felt a little embarrassed. Although he didn't want to admit it, he still said truthfully: "I don't think you need to go to Tiandi Pavilion. You just need to go your own way."
Lin Lezhi was a little surprised and asked puzzledly: "Why?"
Liu Yunhe shifted his gaze elsewhere and whispered, "When you went to Yarenzhuang with the young master to investigate a case, I asked others about your name."
"Really? Then I'd like to hear what everyone says about me."
"The people all say that you, Jiang Lian'an, do not fear the powerful and only judge according to your heart when you solve cases. Although you have lost your memory, I think a person's character will not disappear because of memory loss. The Tiandi Pavilion is very powerful, and you are no worse than that Tiandi Pavilion."
Lin Lezhi smiled, couldn't help but stepped forward and rubbed Liu Yunhe's head and said: "Since you say so, why don't you just take me as your master? I can teach him what Tiandi Pavilion can teach, how about it?"
After hearing what Lin Lezhi said, Liu Yunhe actually thought about it for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses, took Lin Lezhi's hand away and continued to walk back and said, "You are all alone, how can you be as majestic as Tiandi Pavilion."
Feeling that this was inappropriate, Liu Yunhe quickly said, "Ah, I don't mean to say that you are the only one who is pitiful, but my priority right now is to protect the young master, so I may not go to Tiandi Pavilion."
Lin Lezhi smiled knowingly. He came to this unfamiliar place, but he was healed by the words of a young boy. It was the first time he smiled so happily. Lin Lezhi walked forward and said, "I understand. Thank you."
Liu Yunhe's face flushed slightly, and he walked faster and said, "Thank you...thank you for nothing, I'm just telling you the truth. The young master and the others are waiting for us to bring back the news, let's go quickly."
"Wait, we can't talk about this yet."
"Why can't you tell me?"
"Believe me, this is for the good of your son."
The two walked side by side in silence for a while, and Liu Yunhe suddenly said in a low voice with an awkward expression: "Actually, as long as you don't do anything to hurt my young master, you don't have to leave."
"Oh? Are you willing to accept me?"
"No, it's your choice whether to leave or stay. I don't care about you."
Just as Lin Lezhi said, the two of them only went out for a while before returning to the county government office. They did not hand the problem to Liu Yunhe. As soon as they arrived at the backyard of the county government office, they took the initiative to say, "I've checked it out, and there's no problem."
Liu Yunhe stood obediently beside Xiao Yihuo without saying a word. Xiao Yihuo saw it but also said nothing.
At 3:00 p.m., the Changluan County government office opened its courtroom to the public. The outside of the courtroom was filled with people who came to watch the case, the majority of whom were people whose houses were abandoned.
Lin Lezhi also saw Shopkeeper Zhang in the crowd.
Duan Hongzhi, Liang Gaocheng, as well as the bodies of Yan Jingyi and the second in command were brought to the court by the yamen runners.
With a cry of "Mighty!", the gavel slammed down, explaining the whole story of the case clearly. It brought justice to the 13-year-old injustice of the dry bones case and also implicated the case of the river god's bride in Yulong Village.
Even the people who did not know about the case were moved after hearing about it, and could not recover from their amazement for a long time.
Another gavel slammed down, and Yang Hancai said to Duan and Liang who were kneeling below: "You two have committed such a heinous crime, you can plead guilty!"
Duan and Liang nodded dully.
With the final bang of the gavel, the dust settled and Yang Hancai pulled out the warrant from the wooden barrel. On it was written the word "behead" in cinnabar.
Yang Hancai said to Duan and Liang in a resounding and majestic voice: "All the criminals in Yarenzhuang have arbitrarily deprived others of their lives. Their crimes are heinous and cannot be tolerated by the law. They will be beheaded immediately!"
The verdict of this case was greeted with applause from the whole room.
Duan and Liang collapsed to the ground as if they had just woken up from a dream.
Duan, Liang, Yan Jingyi and the second in command who had obtained the corpse were all dragged outside the yamen by the yamen runners. The angry people who had heard about the case threw rotten vegetable leaves and eggs on the four people.
Before the knife fell, Duan Hongzhi said with a guilty look on his face: "Third brother, it is your elder brother who is sorry for you."
Liang Gaocheng shook his head and said with a firm look in his eyes: "Brother, don't say anything. It is enough for me to meet you in this life. We can still be brothers in the next life. Besides, I can avenge my second brother. It is worth it!"
Duan Hongzhi's eyes turned red and he shouted, "Okay!"
The sun is scorching and the liquor is as sharp as a knife.
In an instant, the head fell to the ground and blood splattered on the spot.
On the same scorching sun, three brothers became sworn brothers, not asking to live together, but to die together.
The figure of the second old man was not the second in command of Yaren Village.
No one knew that they joined the bandits in the beginning just to avenge their second brother who died at the hands of the bandits. Unfortunately, they were obsessed with power and gradually forgot their original intentions.
"Everyone, be quiet, make way!" The bailiff ran out of the yamen with a notice and posted it on the bulletin board at the entrance of the yamen in front of the people.
As shown on the notice.
From now on, under Linnan Prefecture, all refugees who entered Northern Qi will be re-naturalized and will no longer have the surname "Wu".