Chen Jun carefully selected the most "obedient" soldiers of the city defense battalion, appeared on the streets of the state city, and extinguished the candles on the streets one by one.

It's just that......

He looked in the direction of the embankment.

That Lord Di who launched such a big operation tonight, is it okay?

……

Di Ying is not very good.

The wind grew stronger, blowing the weeping willows on both sides of the riverbank.

also lifted the river behind him and slapped on the embankment, impacting him, who was already soaking wet, to a little unsteady on his feet.

The rain was fading, and the tarpaulin on the torches was still burning, and occasionally some small sparks popped out.

Di Ying had to raise the torch again and again.

He didn't pay any attention to his body, and he was only worried about tonight's "food grabbing" operation.

Because the time was very tight and he was very short of manpower, he had no choice but to find one person who he had used to wash away his grievances for them in the process of trying the case.

Di Ying didn't want to do this.

The person was "rescued" and pushed into a larger fire pit.

He didn't want that. But he really didn't have any manpower to use.

And all the men of the chariots and horses were scattered, and went to the villages outside the city to gather the people.

I also had to go to the boatmen who had friends on the dock and help rob the grain on the big ship.

And the defenders and patrols are the most critical.

He had to beg to go to the door and beg people to go to the danger with him.

That's why the official position is too low.

He wanted to protect everyone who was willing to help, but he didn't know what it would be like if the operation was successful tonight, and when it was dawn, it would be like.

The mood is like this rainy night.

The head, like the body in this storm, doesn't know how long it can be carried around the neck.

At this moment, in the noisy but silent air, something strange came from the noise.

Di Ying's ears moved.

I looked at the river in the distance.

There, faintly, bits and pieces of small firelight slowly flashed.

Di Ying's heart tugged.

Tonight, Ma Xinggui and they are not just playing.

With the size of that flower boat, there were more than enough people to carry forty or fifty bags of stones.

According to Di Ying's plan, he shouldn't have seen the flower boat appear at all.

Could it be that Meng Zhenyao's task has gone wrong?

……

Meng Zhenyao, the eldest son of Shi Meng Zenglu, the governor of the Prefecture of Assassination.

After the death of his biological mother, his father Meng Zenglu married his stepfamily.

The stepfamily has a son, Meng Shicheng, and a daughter, Meng Xiujuan.

When the steproom entered the door, Meng Zhenyao was eight years old. Stayed in the academy all the year round and did not return home.

When he was eighteen years old, he was a high school jinshi, and his stepfamily arranged a marriage for him.

A daughter of a talented family who has tried and failed.

The girl's name is Dong Yani, and she looks enchanting and beautiful, and she is captivating the country and the city.

Meng Zhenyao didn't expect his stepmother to be so good to him, and when he thought of his attitude on weekdays, he felt a little guilty. So he resigned and did not do it, and he paid tribute to his knees for several years.

The only slight regret is that Dong Yani has not given birth in these years.

However, the young couple were very affectionate, and their father and stepmother did not say a word, so Meng Zhenyao did not take this matter to heart.

It wasn't until he was 26 years old, that is, in the last year's wax moon, that his wife Dong Yani's sudden disappearance shattered his peaceful and stable days.

Meng Zhenyao does not do anything on weekdays, but he will study diligently.

What he wanted was that when he was thirty years old, he would take the exam again and take up an official position again.

He didn't care about family affairs. I'm afraid that interfering too much will dislike my father and stepmother.

only occasionally drinks and plays with Ma Xinggui, She Yanbo and others.

It was a last resort, though he was impatient to deal with people who were clearly not good people.

But he also knew that when he took up official positions in the future, most of the people who came and went were probably like that.

It's time to practice.

And after discovering that his wife was gone, these daily interactions played a role.

Meng Zhenyao soon learned where his wife was, and chased him to a small courtyard in the suburbs.

Dong Yani's situation is already miserable.

And the initiator is Meng Zhenyao's younger brother Meng Shicheng.

Meng Zhenyao was enthusiastic, rose up the blood of a literati, and killed Meng Shicheng, who had always been unbearable.

was then sent to death row by his father.

Is it wronged? Unjust.

But killing people pays for his life, and he feels unjust.

It's just that he took pity on his wife, was almost beaten to death by his father, and then threw him to the family temple and forced him to leave home.

Meng Zhenyao stayed in the prison and waited to die.

He didn't resent his father or his stepmother, he felt that it was all his fault, that he was too impulsive.

Until......

The arrival of Master Di.

The file on Meng Zhenyao's murder of his brother has not yet been submitted to the Criminal Department, and Di Ying has arrived.

After a detailed interrogation and a series of verifications, Di Ying acquitted Meng Zhenyao.

All the people in the Meng family were confused, including Meng Zhenyao himself.

That's what Di Ying said to them.

"Meng Shicheng forcibly abducted his sister-in-law, forced her to become an adulterer, and imprisoned her body and forcibly restricted her freedom. A heinous capital crime has already been committed!

Meng Zhenyao bravely entered the tiger's den and fought with him to save his wife, what was wrong?

As a man, the head of a family, and a man of a woman, when his wife and children are suffering and in danger, he has the courage to take responsibility and defend it, what is wrong?

That's their duty!

Therefore: Meng Zhenyao was acquitted! ”

Meng Zhenyao, with one head, knocked deeply to the ground.

……

At the end of this afternoon, Di Ying hurriedly went back to the courtyard where he lived after looking for Captain Ximen.

He wants to go back to wear official clothes and get official seals.

was stopped by Meng Zhenyao, who was sweating, and dragged into a deserted alley.

Meng Zhenyao clenched his fists with both hands and shook deeply.

Said: "My lord, do you know about the grain?" Those noisy people have been arrested and put in the prison of the Assassin's Palace, are you really not going to take care of it? ”

Di Ying, who was caught off guard by him, did not reply.

Meng Zhenyao, although Di Ying is optimistic about him and thinks that he is a person with a good heart and integrity, but in such a big matter, his father is also involved in it, Di Ying has nothing to say.

"Master Di, I know you don't believe in Xiao Sheng...... Xiaosheng is also helpless, this official from all over the city, Xiaosheng only believes you.

You really don't know that something so big has happened? Or do you want to wait for the trial of those people, and then acquit them like they did with Xiaosheng?

That's not going to help. They still don't have food to plant, and they will still make trouble. If you make any more trouble, you won't be able to acquit them again, will you? ”

Di Ying opened her mouth when she heard this.

I couldn't say anything, but I closed it.

Seeing this, Meng Zhenyao fell to his feet and sighed.

Pursing the corners of his lips, he forcibly endured the disappointment in his heart and said, "That's it, if you can't even count on you, I don't know who to count on."

My wife, Yani, has found out where the new granary is.

If you don't interfere, I will also get on the boat with Ma Xinggui tonight, and I will find a way to stop them from breaking the embankment, I will......

You...... Take care! ”

After Meng Zhenyao finished speaking, he arched his hand and was about to leave.