Yu Ren then unfolded his narrative.

"I was going to pass through Phoenix Mountain that day to Jiahui Gate. Although I had just arrived in Hangzhou for a while, I heard from my friend that there is a road on Phoenix Mountain that can reach Jiahui Gate. Sir, right?"

Prefect Liao nodded slightly. "Yes, there is indeed a path on Phoenix Mountain that leads directly to the east of Jiacheng, but this path is not easy to walk on."

"I went out too early that day, when I arrived at Phoenix Mountain, it was still dawn. I looked in the direction my friend told me, but I couldn't find the entrance. So I searched in the mountains. I thought, "Phoenix Mountain is so big! Even if there is no road, I can find the east side of the city by myself!"

However, for some reason, I walked for an hour or two but still didn't get out of Phoenix Mountain. What's even more strange is that after walking for so long, I suddenly realized that I had returned to the starting point.

At that time, I was shocked and remembered something that people often said…”

"Ghost jumps over the wall!" The people watching the fun outside the door were very accompanied. When they heard this, someone rushed to shout.

"Yes! It's just a ghost jumping over the wall." Yu Ren said. "I was panicked at that time, so I hurried back. However, the more I panicked, the more likely I would be to go wrong.

As a result, I couldn't get out, but I got to a place I've never been to.

As for where it was, I didn't know. I just remember that I was looking for a way around and suddenly I saw a large yard with green bricks and green tiles appear in the woods ahead. At that time, I felt happy. I had been exploring for so long and couldn't find the way. At this moment, I finally had hope.

As long as you can find someone to ask, I believe it is still easy to get out of this mountainous area.

At that time, I thought that in such a mountain, there were either temples or Taoist temples. However, when I got closer, I didn’t look like it. The yard was very big, but I couldn’t tell who it was.

Originally, I planned to find someone to ask me about the way. But when I walked to the front of the main entrance of the yard, I was shocked."

Speaking of this, Yu Ren stopped. He was observing and observing the expression of the prefect Liao, but the adult sitting in the hall had a expressionless face and could not understand his thoughts. However, everyone outside the door was anxious.

"What's wrong? What did you see?" Almost all of these people are locals, and they are certainly familiar with Phoenix Mountain. Originally, people often went there. However, in the past two years, it has been reported that there are often haunted there, and it is said that some people mysteriously disappeared in this mountainous area.

Since then, few people have dared to go to that place. From then on, Phoenix Mountain has added a layer of mystery in the minds of most people in Hangzhou. Now that they hear that Yu Ren encountered ghosts and jumped over the wall there, they are even more sure that there are ghosts in that mountain area.

Now I heard Yu Ren say that he saw a large courtyard in that mountainous area. Most of them knew that there were no big temples or Taoist temples on Phoenix Mountain, and I never heard of any other family. This aroused everyone's curiosity.

Yu Ren looked outside the door and sighed secretly. It seemed that his foolings could only fool the ignorant villains outside the door. It was unlikely that he wanted to hide from the prefect Liao in the court. But even so, he would never tell the matter of the Li family, nor would he admit that he had anything to do with the Li family. Because he knew that as long as he admitted, he would be dead.

It seems that no matter how many people believe it, I can only continue to fool you now.

"When I walked to the front door of the yard, I was shocked. I saw that the gate of the yard had fallen down, and a large area of ​​the yard walls on both sides collapsed, and there were many houses in the yard. But they were basically collapsed, and none of them were intact.

What surprised me even more was that I saw many broken swords in the yard, and there were many blood stains on the ground.

At that time, I was shocked by the scene in front of me. I didn't know what was going on. It looked like I had just been looted by a robber. I was thinking at that time, and I didn't know if the family had all died or all ran away. Anyway, I didn't find a living person in the yard, and there was no body.

At this time, I heard footsteps coming from outside.

I was worried that those strong men were back, so I quickly turned around and ran away.”

The crowd outside the yamen had already started to discuss this. Some said: I don’t know what forced people did this. Some said: I don’t know what kind of family they live in the yard. Some said: Maybe the yard is not originally lived in.

Prefect Liao remained silent. Seeing that Yu Ren stopped talking, he just asked lightly. "What happened later?"

"Later I ran down the mountain. Unexpectedly, after such a panic, I actually ran out. So I went back. Because I was afraid, I didn't report this to the official."

The prefect Liao suddenly leaned forward and stared at Yu Ren in the hall and asked, "Do you know, who lives in that yard?"

Yu Ren shook his head as if he was confused.

"That's the nest of robbers. According to the tips I've received recently, there was a group of pirates living in the yard on Phoenix Mountain you saw. They plundered merchants' property, robbed houses, killed people and set fires, and did almost everything. The court sent troops to encircle and suppress them many times, but every time they let them escape, they couldn't find their nests. Unexpectedly, they lived in our Hangzhou city.

Seven days ago, our mansion received news that he was about to gather troops and sent Judge Yuan Tong and Captain Ma to the mountain to encircle and suppress the enemy, but suddenly he received news that the pirates had a fight in the nest due to uneven division of the soil. As a result, when our mansion personally brought people to the scene, there was only a piece of ruins left there."

As the prefect Liao spoke, he observed Yu Ren's expression.

When everyone outside the door heard the prefect's words, they couldn't help but feel shocked. Yu Ren's expression was exactly the same as everyone else.

Although there was no flaw in his expression, the prefect Liao did not give up. He waved to the side. He immediately walked out of a row of constables standing on the left with a low-headed and eye-bending person. The man respectfully walked to the prefect Liao. The prefect Liao leaned over and said a few words in his ear, and the man returned to the queue.

"Grandpa Yu, tell me how you met this group of pirates!" The prefect Liao suddenly changed his mind and directly confirmed the relationship between Yu Ren and this group of pirates.

Fortunately, Yu Ren responded quickly and was not surrounded by the prefect Liao. He stood up and yelled, "Sir, the villain has never seen those pirates, let alone who they are."

The prefect Liao sneered again, "I don't know you! Why do you want to go there if you don't know you? Why do you have to stay in that dilapidated yard for so long? According to common sense, if you have nothing to do with this group of pirates, you will leave immediately after you see that scene. But you stayed there for half an hour. How can you explain this?"

Yu Ren was shocked again because he had already had a premonition that something was wrong.

"Sir, it's unfair! The villain was so scared when he saw that scene. The villain ran away for only one cup of tea at most, and never stayed for half an hour."

"I am not the one who speaks nonsense. I will not frame you without real evidence." After saying that, the prefect Liao waved to the side. "Wenyuan, tell this Mr. Yu about the situation at that time!"

The little man just now walked out of the queue and bowed to the prefect Liao. "Yes! At that time, the villain was ordered to secretly observe that there were suspicious people coming here in Wentao Courtyard in Phoenix Mountain.

That day, the villain stayed in Wentao Courtyard for a night and saw no one. Until the morning, he suddenly heard footsteps ringing. I thought it was Brother Bai and the others who came to change the duty with me, so I was about to come out, but suddenly I saw it was Mr. Yu.

At that time, the villain retreated back to his hiding place. Then he saw Mr. Yu walk into Wentao Courtyard in surprise. I also heard him say to himself: Why is this happening?"

When Yu Ren heard this, he finally understood. It turned out that this constable was hiding in the dark in advance. No wonder he clearly remembered that he was not discovered by the two constables who went up the mountain at that time, but they knew so clearly about the fact that they were going to Wentao Courtyard. It turned out that there was still someone hiding in the dark.

However, he clearly remembered that he had only been in the yard for five minutes. Since the constable saw himself clearly in the dark, there would never be such a big deviation. The only explanation was that this prefect Liao wanted to frame him.
Chapter completed!