"You've been standing here long enough, and it is estimated that the news that there is a madman in Deyue Tower who wants to commit suicide by jumping off the building has spread all over the city." Di Yi's voice came coldly.

Deyue Tower is a big restaurant in the prosperous area of the city, Di Jiu stood on the top of the building, and the pedestrians who came and went below, how could they not stop and look up.

For a while, there were already people on the street below, pointing and discussing, and Di Jiu's own mind was condensed, and he was completely unmoved, but he was so pitiful that the people up and down the upper and lower floors of the moon were waiting, not knowing what was going on, and he didn't dare to ask more.

"What are you doing here without guarding your master?" Di asked without looking back.

"My guard is an ornament, but it's dispensable. Now I'm not a shadow guard, and I'm not bound by the iron laws of the past, and I don't necessarily have to be by his side. Di Yi also climbed to the top of the building generously, looked at the sight of everyone downstairs, and naturally sat on the roof of the building, stretched out his arms comfortably, and sighed lightly: "I never dreamed that I could live such a relaxed life before." ”

Di Jiu glanced at him with a slight discoloration, and finally asked, "Why do you want to be his bodyguard?" ”

"Why?" Di Yi smiled slightly, "People like us will be grateful to Dade, and no one will believe it, right?" ”

Di Jiu looked at him quietly, and the ease in Di Yi's eyes that definitely belonged to people like them made him incomprehensible.

"What do you think I should do? Like you, because you have lost what is rightfully yours. and to be jealous of everything, to be besieged day and night by thoughts, to be troubled all the time, to be like some men, who remain with the general altar or with other kings, and are caught in the midst of struggle, from which they can never escape. Or is it like the other person, who is far away, thinking that he will start his life again, but he may never be able to escape the recourse or even the plot of his own religion. Di Yi said lightly: "Staying by his side is the best way to protect myself and get peace." All the intrigue, all the covetousness. Everyone's eyes will only be on him. Compared to him, it doesn't matter what status I used to be or what strength I have. ”

Di Jiu was silent for a while before asking, "So, if he is in trouble, will you save him?" ”

Di Yi smiled bitterly: "A person as powerful as him, if even he can't save himself, what can I do?" ”

Di Jiu stared at him without relaxation: "It doesn't matter if it succeeds or not. To do or not to do, how do you choose? ”

Di Yi was silent. For a long time, I don't answer.

Di Jiu looked at him coldly. The third time he asked the same question: "If he is in trouble, will you save him?" ”

Di Yiliang replied in a low tone for a long time: "Is there a difference between me answering and not saving or not?" Man's promise is the most unreliable thing in the world. ”

Di Jiu also fell silent. Yes, if Di Yi does not save him, he may suspect that this person is pretending to be indifferent, and Di Yi will save him, and he may suspect him of pretending to be loyal. They also came through the same blood and suffering. has also ground his heart into frost and iron, who will believe whom.

"Do you believe it?"

Di Yi said softly, "What he said. Do you believe it? ”

Di Jiu still didn't answer.

Di Yi laughed lightly: "It stands to reason that you and I shouldn't believe a word." But...... "he said with some sigh or bitterness," he said, "but we all believed it, and believed all the most ridiculous and ridiculous words. ”

Di Jiu couldn't help but sigh, that person was stupid, clumsy, and lazy, but he seemed to have an innate strength that made it impossible for people to doubt his every word.

"We don't believe that there will be a person like him in the world, we don't believe it, he does everything without any plans, we remind ourselves to guard against him all the time, but it is useless, with him, the most suspicious and suspicious people will naturally forget all precautions and show their true colors." Di Yi said softly, "All the kings, including you, are the same, you are angry in front of him, you are furious in front of him, in front of him, all the cultivation and disguise are gone, you tolerate him to become the sect leader, and you accept his lazy and unreasonable behavior, not only because you are afraid of his power, but also because you always believe in him inadvertently and inadvertently forget to guard against him. ”

Di Jiu's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he looked at Di Yi almost with a little murderous aura.

Di Yi said lightly: "Strange why can I see so thoroughly? Because I have nothing to fear of his schemes, there is nothing to guard against, the Shura Sect is not mine, the Heavenly King is not me, the original position of the sect leader is not mine, I have nothing, I don't have to suffer from gains and losses, so I have a lot less trouble than you. ”

Di Jiu's lips hooked slightly, bringing a faint sneer that seemed to be nothing, there was a lot less trouble, but it was not necessarily happy. People like them have gone through so much suffering that they have long forgotten what happiness is and how to be happy. Even if you get rid of your fate in the dark, you still don't know how to survive in the dark.

No matter what choice you make, you still can't get back your true happiness and freedom, and even though you are no longer a slave, you still wake up in the middle of the night countless times, sweating profusely.

Only they understand each other's pain, each other's loneliness, and only they can be like this, that is, they guard against each other, spy on each other, but they only have each other, and they can really speak.

He sighed softly, and suddenly felt a little interested: "What about him?" ”

"What else, of course, find another room and go to sleep." Di Yi's voice even had a relaxed smile, "I asked Ling Xiao to call the people from the branch altar to come in and clean up the room and clean up the remnants, these boys, seeing that this bed has also collapsed and the floor has cracked, I thought that you two true and false sect leaders were fighting for power." ”

Di Jiu snorted lowly, and although he didn't answer, his attitude relaxed slightly.

Eyes leisurely looked downstairs at so many people gathered together, looking up at him, constantly pointing and discussing.

The common people thought that a madman was going to jump off the building, and after waiting for a long time, but they couldn't wait for movement, some people inevitably got anxious, and some people shouted loudly: "Who is this person, what is crazy on the roof?" ”

"Jump if you want to, go down if you don't jump, don't be so unruly."

"yes, it hurts my neck."

Di Jiu raised his eyebrows and sneered, for a speculation that he might jump off the building, he was so enthusiastic and so happy to wait to see the excitement, and his hearts were cold and cruel, and sometimes, he might feel it even more than when they were in the iron-blooded secret training.

His gaze swept down indifferently, and suddenly saw a distant street corner, galloping on a flying horse, it was Duan Tiancheng. It's a pity that he was blocked by people who were squeezed for half a street waiting to see the jumping building, unable to gallop his horse, and inconvenient to show his martial arts in the crowd, so he was in a hurry.

Di Jiu said lightly: "He came immediately, I think the case is over." ”

"There are thousands of people involved in this case, and there are hundreds of people who have sued in the court alone, and the trial can be completed so quickly, this Lord Lu seems to have some ability."

Di Jiu didn't say a word, and flew down from the top of the building, he was now in charge of affairs, and he wanted to ask Duan Tiancheng about the outcome of the case as soon as possible.

Di Yi was not in a hurry, he stood up slowly, his eyes casually swept over the people who had made countless exclamations because of Di Jiu's flying, and walked down from the roof step by step, his movements were relaxed and natural, as simple as going down the stairs. He even thought a little lightly: "To be able to provoke the Heavenly King to act so willfully, without any scruples about shocking the world in front of the public in the hall, the sect master's ability is indeed worthy of admiration." ”

On this day, there were many big names in the Daimyo Mansion who had a very hard time, suing officials, defendants, hiding from things, and manipulating behind the scenes

Dry people, etc., are not restless, even the Fu who can only eat, sleep and sleep all day long has been disturbed many times, and has to get up and work hard to deal with accidents again and again.

However, the hardest working person in the entire Daimyo Mansion is undoubtedly the official Lu Dongli.

This incident of great movement and wide implication frightened the officials up and down the Daimyo Mansion, and they all avoided it, this one closed the door to thank the guests, and the other said that he was sick and did not work, lest the prefect be caught and do drudgery.

Instead, he took the initiative to come to the door and hand over the post to ask for the case. The prefect was almost in a state of gratitude, and he was busy giving him full power.

He directly mobilized all the servants of the various yamen of the Daimyo's Mansion, and borrowed a sentry from the garrison, so that he could barely control the situation, suppress any chaos that might be caused, and bring all the people who complained to the execution hall to open a trial of the case.

The plaintiffs were all instructed, and everyone cried out for grievances, and was bent on blackmailing several businesses to death.

However, Lu Dongli urgently passed on the order, and in the shortest possible time, all the doctors who could be found in the Daimyo's mansion were detained in the lobby to examine the injuries of hundreds of people at the same time.

In the short period of three pillars of incense, all the injuries were examined. Those who were seriously injured didn't need to ask, but as soon as they had minor injuries or even just scratched a little skin, they were immediately pulled out.

After Lu Dongli put on full official authority, denounced, intimidated, and punished the crimes of deceiving officials and insulting the national law, the chaotic situation that was originally howling from the heavens and the earth was immediately put to rest. Inside and outside the courtroom, there was no noise.

Just when everyone thought that the plaintiff was going to be unlucky, Lu Dongli did not pursue the matter again, but began to take charge of the defendant's business and questioned them one by one.

The matter of the two sides of the battle is known to the whole city, and it is also a fact that cannot be denied, although the various merchants have repeatedly made up quibbles. In the end, it is impossible to completely deny it.

However, Lu Dongli not only judged the case in front of him, but also summoned many witnesses, and then summoned Duan Tiancheng and many of his shopkeepers to the court, interrogated them strictly, and soon found out that they were arrogant in their previous business operations. He didn't pay attention to the rules of business, robbed customers, and even injured other businessmen.

In this way, although the major firms are extremely excessive, the plaintiff is not completely wrong, and he pretends to be injured, creates momentum, and deceives the sympathy of the public. It's really inappropriate, like that. The hundreds of people who watched the trial were angry in their hearts. It also slowly disappeared, but I have to admire the old man for being clear and resolute, and he has never fallen into such a bad deed.

Subsequently, Lu Dongli reprimanded the plaintiff and others, and imposed a number of punishments that were not too painful. Then he punished several major businesses more severely, and fined a huge amount of silver, although it was far from the amount of blackmail that Di Jiuyi originally expected, but compensated for the goods. It is more than enough to treat the injured. After that, a few more so-called chief stewards were beaten up on a few boards. Two days as a punishment. Then he sent people to take the silver of the business in several places in the city, sent people, attacked in all directions, smashed the shops and beat people, and took the lead in beating the so-called hall owners, masters, and heroes of the rivers and lakes, all of whom were invited to the government to eat in prison.

In the end, he viciously reprimanded the two parties, admonishing them that they should be honest in doing business, and that they should not fight for it by force. If this happens again, the penalty will be severe.

After such a high-sounding speech, the whole case will be considered over.

The people were all wise and admired. And the plaintiff was caught by him at the beginning, and he didn't dare to make more trouble, he could get this kind of result, and he had to get it back, even if he was the defendant, seeing that he could deal with this unexpected case as soon as possible, and was not slandered too much, he was secretly grateful to Lu Dongli for his maintenance.

The only one who is not satisfied is actually only Lu Dongli himself.

This case seems to be handled evenly, but in fact, it fully demonstrates the weakness of the government's laws.

Such an unscrupulous large-scale fight, how can it be let go so lightly, really seriously investigate the beginning and the end, and really act according to the law, I am afraid that there will be a bunch of people who have been in prison for many years.

It's a pity that the four major firms have been in the Daimyo Mansion for several generations, and they have a lot to do with the official family, and they really have to be punished greatly.

What's more, even if he is iron-faced and selfless, and he forcibly re-handles people, the four businesses, the principal, the shopkeeper, and the elite backbone, are all arrested, and the money of the business is confiscated by the government, and the result will definitely lead to the collapse of the four big businesses together, and the entire Daimyo's mansion will be much depressed because of this, which is related to the livelihood of many people, as well as the performance of a group of officials and officials.

In addition, it is rare that these powerful people, local forces, and businesses who like to settle disputes in private, finally have people who are willing to come forward to sue the officials, and are willing to hand over the power to solve the problem to the government, instead of fighting in private, even if this kind of law of suing officials is a bit scoundrel, and there are deceptions and conspiracies, it is always a good start, and it is really a heavy sentence on both sides, and the trial is strict, which frightens the others. In the future, if there is such a dispute, they will still use the local methods of the people to deal with it themselves, and if they move, blood will flow all over the ground, and when they move, someone will die.

Therefore, I had no choice but to choose this kind of swaying from side to side, intimidating on both sides, appeasing on both sides, and touching flat on both sides, without seeking justice to be fully reflected, as long as the big things are small and the small things are nothing, so that everyone up and down can go to the burden.

Therefore, he used thunderous means to quickly solve the case. Everyone is good, most of them are satisfied, only he, tired, still has to smile to deal with the cheering people, thank you to the family of the plaintiff and the defendant businessmen. Deep down, in a world that no one knows, sighs gloomily.