Chapter 809 Go to the Village and Ask

The man rushed in front of Xi Yu like a crazed beast, his eyes red with hatred, and his gaze seemed to cut Dongfang Hong into pieces.

His lips trembled, and he squeezed out words through his teeth: "It's him, this beast! He ruined my sister, ruined her innocence, and finally had to die to relieve the endless shame."

As he spoke, his eyes were filled with tears, but he resisted not letting them fall. The joints of his clenched fists turned white, as if he was about to swing towards Dongfang Hong in the next second.

Dongfang Hong's face was filled with shock and anger, and she retorted loudly.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I have never done such a shameful thing, so don't spit on me!"

The man roared.

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

Xi Yu frowned. He raised his hand to signal the two of them to calm down. His eyes became extremely solemn. He knew that if this matter was not handled well, it would cause an even greater disturbance.

Xi Yu's eyes wandered back and forth between Dongfang Hong and the man. He knew Dongfang Hong's character well, but the grief and anger of the man in front of him didn't seem to be fake.

"Don't worry yet." Xi Yu looked at the man, "Since you think it's him, are you absolutely sure? It would be too hasty to convict someone just for chasing and escaping."

The man stared angrily.

"My sister and I depend on each other for life. 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. This matter must have been framed by someone. You can't listen to his one-sided words." Dongfang Hong said.

Xi Yu then said to the man: "There are many doubts about this matter. We will investigate thoroughly. If Dongfang Hong is really innocent, your reckless behavior is a serious crime."

The man sneered.

"Hmph, if he is the real murderer, you can't be partial."

Dongfanghong clenched her fist tightly.

"I have a clear conscience and I must return my innocence."

A trace of complicated emotions flashed through Xi Yu's deep eyes. He only glanced at Dongfang Hong briefly, but this glance made Dongfang Hong's heart sink suddenly.

Dongfang Hong's voice was trembling and aggrieved.

"Don't you believe me too?"

So Xi Yu said to the man calmly: "I believe Dongfang Hong, he is not that kind of person. If what you say is true, there must be other witnesses, please find it."

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

Xi Yu did not get angry, but frowned slightly, and advised in a calm tone: "Don't get excited first. I can see that you are sincere in your grief and anger at this time, but there must be something fishy about this matter, and there must be some discrepancies."

Later, Xi Yu asked the secret guards to place the man in a safe place, and warned: "Don't treat him badly, let alone abuse him."

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

The man looked at Xi Yu and asked with suspicion, "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. A complicated look flashed in his eyes, ranging from surprise to doubt.

After the man was taken down, the night was already deep, and the surroundings were so quiet that only the occasional sound of insects could be heard.

But Dongfang Hong and Xi Yu didn't feel sleepy at all. Their hearts were disturbed by this difficult matter and they couldn't sleep peacefully at all.

Xi Yu frowned and sighed softly: "This thing is really weird."

Dongfang Hong had an angry look on his face and snorted coldly: "What's weird? That guy obviously came to frame me. Keeping such a person is a disaster. Just kill him. He was framed for no reason." , It’s simply too abominable!”

Xi Yu hurriedly stopped him and said seriously: "Don't be impulsive. There are indeed many doubts about this matter. How can you act so hastily? Let's rest first. When our heads are clear tomorrow, we will discuss it in the long term."

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

After a while, Dongfang Hong looked at Xi Yu, hesitated and said, "If you don't mind, just share a bed with me. Don't look for another place this late at night."

Xi Yu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and responded: "That's fine, I won't bother you then.".

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

After a while, Xi Yu could clearly feel Dongfang Hong's uncontrollable anger, so he persuaded her again: "Get some rest first. It's useless to be angry now. We can wait until tomorrow to talk about anything else. We should return the favor tomorrow." We have to go to class, so don’t let our bad mood affect the students.”

But Dongfang Hong shook his head and replied angrily: "It just so happens that there is no class tomorrow, so I can follow you to investigate this matter. I can't take the blame for nothing for no reason. I must clear my name, otherwise I will feel guilty in my heart. I can’t swallow this breath.”

Xi Yu looked at Dongfang Hong's determined and stubborn look, and sighed helplessly. He knew in his heart that with his temper, even nine cows could not pull back what he had decided, so he could only accept it at the moment.

I thought I would check it out tomorrow.

In the early morning of the next day, Dongfanghong and Xiyu got up one after another.

Dongfang Hong rubbed his still sleepy eyes, but immediately remembered what happened yesterday, and quickly asked Xi Yu: "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 away."

After hearing this, Dongfang Hong suddenly remembered that there was a remote warehouse in the school that few people went to on weekdays. She thought maybe the man was there, and immediately said to Xi Yu eagerly: "I remember there is a warehouse in the school. Maybe the person is there, let’s go and take a look.”

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

The secret guard reported it, and sure enough, the man was placed in that warehouse.

Therefore, Xi Yu and Dongfang Hong walked quickly towards the warehouse without any further delay.

Both of them were holding back the urge to dig out some more useful clues from the man's mouth.

When Xi Yu came there, he saw the man sitting in the corner with a painful expression on his face, obviously still immersed in the sadness of his sister's death and filled with hatred.

Xi Yu stepped forward and said slowly: "I didn't ask you your name and your home address yesterday. Please tell me."

The man raised his eyes, glanced at Dongfang Hong hatefully, and then said, "My name is Zhao Tianyue, and I live in a village fifty kilometers away from here."

After hearing this, Xi Yu nodded slightly, and then said, "We are going to your village now."

When Zhao Tianyue heard this, he immediately became vigilant 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 person!"

Xi Yu looked serious and responded in a calm tone: "Of course, in order to better investigate the clues, you keep saying that Dongfang Hong made a big mistake. We have to verify it. If it is really what he did, we will not let him Escape, but if he was wrongly accused, then we have to clear his name, which is fair to everyone."

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

Xi Yu said with a serious face.

"As the Prime Minister, I have always upheld justice. It is absolutely impossible for me to protect him. If I really wanted to protect him, I would have dealt with you long ago. How could I leave you here to talk?"

After Zhao Tianyue heard this, he was slightly startled. Then he calmed down and thought about it carefully. He felt that it was indeed true, and his expression softened a bit.

He hesitated and said: "Okay, I promise to take you two there. However, those of you who look like ghosts, don't follow them. They are so elusive and scary just looking at them."

Xi Yu listened, shook his head slightly, and responded firmly: "That's not okay, they are protecting my safety, you have no right to interfere in this matter, and this has nothing to do with this case, they will follow of."

When Zhao Tianyue saw this, although he was dissatisfied, he also knew that he could not resist the teasing, so he could only curl his lips and say nothing more, but secretly hoped that these secret guards would stop scaring the people in the village.

Xi Yu thought for a moment and then said: "In that case, I will go and get a few fast horses to come over so that we can get on our way as soon as possible."

After saying that, he looked at Zhao Tianyue again and asked, "Can you ride a horse?"

After hearing this, Zhao Tianyue nodded and responded: "Yes, I still have the ability to ride a horse."

Not long after, Xi Yu led three horses. The three of them got on their horses, raised their whips, and galloped towards the village where Zhao Tianyue was, raising clouds of dust with their hooves.

Along the way, they could only hear the clatter of horse hooves, and the three of them had their own thoughts.

Soon, the outline of the village appeared faintly in front of us.

Walking halfway, the horse's hooves beat rhythmically on the ground. Xi Yu tightened the reins to slow down the horse's pace. He looked sideways at Zhao Tianyue and asked: "When what happened that day, you said it was Dongfang Hong who did it." That incident, did anyone else see it at that time?”

When Zhao Tianyue heard this, he immediately glared at Dongfang Hong and said angrily: "Of course, many people have seen this beast, so he can't even think of denying it!"

Dongfang Hong suddenly became furious and shouted angrily: "Who do you think is a beast? Try to slander someone again!"

Seeing this, Xi Yu quickly frowned and stopped him: "Stop arguing! What's the use of arguing now? We are here to find out the truth. When the matter is clarified, we will naturally know who is right and who is wrong. If we continue like this If the quarrel continues, when will we be able to clear people's names or seek justice?"

After hearing Xi Yu's words, the two of them were filled with anger, but they suppressed their anger and stopped saying a word, but the atmosphere still seemed a bit 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 over and see if anyone knows Dongfang Hong, so as to further verify the situation."

Zhao Tianyue sneered, his tone a bit mocking.

"Then just wait at the entrance of the village and don't run around."

Xi Yu frowned slightly and responded: "I went through all the trouble to find out the truth. If I'm going to run around, why go to all this trouble? Just don't worry."

Zhao Tianyue snorted coldly, turned around and left.

After he walked away, Dongfang Hong couldn't help but muttered: "Humph, you have such a good temper. Just kill a guy like this who is messy and wrongful. It will save you trouble."

Xi Yu glanced at him helplessly and said, "How is this possible? Although I am the prime minister, I cannot carelessly treat human life. Everything must be based on evidence and reason."

Dongfang Hong curled her lips and said, "Look at you, as the prime minister, you are so tired having to deal with so many complicated and difficult things."

Xi Yu sighed, rolled his eyes at Dongfang Hong and said, "It's not because you are my good friend that you think I am willing to come. I also have a headache when this kind of thing happens, but I can't just watch it. I hope you are wronged."

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

After a while, a group of villagers were seen arriving at the entrance of the village one after another. Everyone was talking to each other, their faces full of curiosity and confusion, and they were all guessing what happened.

When Zhao Tianyue saw this, he immediately raised his voice and shouted: "Fathers and fellow villagers, come and recognize this beast!"

As he spoke, he pointed at Dongfang Hong.

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

One of them, an elderly man, frowned and said angrily: "That's him. I saw him running out of the Zhao girl's house in a panic that day. He looked like he had done something. What’s wrong is that he bullied Tianyue’s miserable sister!”

Others also echoed, talking about the scene they saw at that time. For a while, accusations poured in towards Dongfang Hong.

Dongfang Hong's face turned pale, angry and anxious, and she defended loudly: "You have all admitted your mistake. I have never done anything like that. Someone is framing me!"

But few of the villagers were willing to believe what he said, and they still stared at him with anger on their faces.

Dongfang Hong flushed with anger and immediately scolded the villagers.

"You are just talking nonsense. How can you be so irresponsible in what you say? You just point out people randomly with empty words. Why do you think it was me who did it?"

But those people were stiff-necked, saying with certainty that he was the one who did it, and didn't listen to Dongfang Hong's excuse at all.

Dongfang Hong was so angry that he wanted to continue arguing. Xi Yu hurriedly reached out to hold him and persuaded him in a low voice: "Stop talking about it now. I'm afraid there is someone who looks very similar to you, so I made everyone admit their mistake."

As soon as these words came out, the villagers immediately quit and accused Xi Yu.

"What nonsense are you talking about? We saw it with our own eyes, how can we admit that we are wrong!"

They didn't know Xi Yu's identity, they just thought he was an ordinary outsider messing around here.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Zhao Tianyue quickly shouted: "Everyone, please stop talking, this person is the Prime Minister!"

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

Someone in the crowd came back to their senses and hurriedly asked Zhao Tianyue: "You kid, why didn't you tell me in advance? What would you do if you offended the Prime Minister?"

Xi Yu looked at the frightened people with a gentle smile on his face and said, "Don't be afraid, everyone. I came here today just to investigate the situation. I don't mean to embarrass everyone. Although Dongfanghong is My friend, I will never just follow him, I have to pay attention to evidence in everything."

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

Zhao Tianyue also looked at Xi Yu at this time, and said with some confidence in his tone: "The reason why I didn't reveal your identity just now was because I wanted these fellow villagers to tell the truth without any scruples. Now you also You should understand, what they told is the truth, there is no case of mistaken identity, it is just Dongfang Hong who did bad things, you can't favor him. "

After that, he glanced at Dongfang Hong provocatively, as if to say, you can't make any excuses now.

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

Everyone was stunned for a moment, 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 it."

The old man nodded again and responded: "That's true, Mr. Prime Minister."

Xi Yu smiled slightly and continued: "So everyone can rest assured. 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 and trouble you to explain in detail what happened at that time. The situation is so good that I can figure this out."

After hearing this, the old man looked at Xi Yu, and then said: "I also heard that Mr. Prime Minister, you are a very good person and you should not be unfair. Then we might as well listen to Mr. Prime Minister."

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

It happened that there was a ruined temple in the village, and there was a place inside that could accommodate a few people to sit and talk.

So, everyone walked towards the ruined temple. It's just that this dilapidated temple has not been taken care of for a long time, and as soon as you enter, you can smell an old and decaying smell.

The room was even more dusty, and cobwebs could be seen everywhere.

When the old man and Zhao Tianyue saw this, they worked together with several other enthusiastic villagers to clean up the situation briefly.

After all, I wiped the tables and chairs and made a relatively clean area.

Then, everyone sat down together.

Xi Yu looked around at everyone and said seriously: "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)