There were two guards at the gate of the prison, Yue Xingwen looked at Jiang Pingce, who understood and immediately used the formula for calculating the area of an isosceles triangle in the <Nine Chapters of Arithmetic> to draw an invisible triangle under the feet of the two men. The two guards were immediately grounded and unable to move.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yue Xingwen glanced at Xu Yishen, and Xu Yishen decisively turned into a cell, stuck to the guard’s body, and then squeezed in through the crack in the door.
Yue Xingwen’s ‘Golden Cicada Shell’ could instantly teleport within 500 meters, but he was afraid that if he directly led the people to instantly teleport, they would run into a circle of the guards, therefore, Xu Yishen must explore the way first to find the most suitable position.
Xu Yishen, who had become a cell, jumped around in the prison to investigate, and soon found an empty space, turning back to Yue Xingwen to explain the location, and only then did Yue Xingwen turn on his skill, bringing his teammates in instantly——
It was an unused cell in the corner, and the door was unlocked.
Xu Yishen lowered his voice and said in Yue Xingwen’s ear. “Turn left in front, and the row of cells at the end of the corridor are all for felons. I don’t know Di Renjie, but I guess he should be locked up there.”
At this moment, there was a heart-rending scream in their ears, apparently someone was using torture on the prisoners, and they didn’t know what kind of torture tools these jailers used. The person’s screams almost burst their eardrums.
Yue Xingwen glanced at his teammates and whispered, “Lai Junchen is probably interrogating whichever prisoner he is questioning, so we can’t afford to startle the snake. Senior brother Xu, please go and determine the specific location of Di-daren first.”
Xu Yishen quickly slipped out, relying on the jailers patrolling back and forth to jump quickly.
THe terrain inside the cell was not complicated, there were only two horizontal and vertical cross paths, and both sides of the road were full of cells, holding a number of prisoners. According to Qin Miao, Lai Junchen, a ruthless official, took pleasure in framing ministers, and it seemed that his recent ‘performance’ was good, and this prison was almost overcrowded.
They didn’t know which one was Di Renjie?
Xu Yishen was looking around in prison, and suddenly, he heard a gloomy voice, “Di-daren, do you plead guilty to the matter of you joining forces with someone to plot a rebellion?”
Xu Yishen immediately jumped in the direction of the sound.
He saw that in the dim cell, there were many strange torture instruments hanging on the walls, and there were clear blood stains on them. Di Renjie’s official uniform had already been taken off, his clothes were dirty and wrinkled, his hair was like weeds, and his face was also covered with dust, looking extremely embarrassed.
However, his eyes were extremely firm, and his voice calmly said, “Rebellion? Is there any evidence?”
Lai Junchen laughed and said, “As the saying goes, ‘He who recognizes the times is a wise man’, Di-daren must see the situation clearly! Now, the Emperor is on the throne, and the Emperor’s grace is immense. If you admit your guilt, the Emperor will be lenient and spare you the death penalty, and your people will not be implicated. Otherwise…”
He paused and deliberately lowered his voice, “Plotting a rebellion is punishable by nine clans.”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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When Lai Junchen heard this, he immediately smiled, “Di-daren is really quick, since you admitted to plotting a rebellion, I will definitely plead with the Emperor for a lighter sentence.”
Di Renjie looked at him with a cold face. “Many thanks to Di-daren.”
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After Lai Junchen left, Yue Xingwen took his teammates to act together.
Jiang Pingce directly released a huge right-angled trapezoid, immobilizing all the jailers in the cell. Zhuo Feng opened a Light Ball, and the jailer guarding Di Renjie only felt a bright light flashing in front of him, and suddenly he couldn’t see anything.
It was in these short seconds that Yue Xingwen and his teammates quickly dodged into Di Renjie’s cell.
Yue Xingwen took down a piece of cloth and handed it to Di Renjie, prepared a brush for him, and whispered in his ear, “Di-daren, we know that you have been wronged, you can write your grievances on this cloth, and I will find a way to help you take the cloth out.”
Di Renjie was also affected by the bright light, and he couldn’t see the person in front of him clearly, but he could hear footsteps and feel a crisp, clean scent hurrying in from the snow.
Di Renjie frowned suspiciously. “Who are you?”
Yue Xingwen said, “The one who came to help you.”
Di Renjie obviously didn’t believe it, and at this moment, Qin Miao suddenly said, “Di-daren, the law stipulates that those who take the initiative to confess their sins may not implicate their people. That’s why you confessed, right?”
Di Renjie could hear the voice of a young girl clearly, how could a young girl come to prison? Why did the jailer outside suddenly stop moving?
He thought about it for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, “Why did you save me?”
Qin Miao said seriously, “You are the benefactor of our family. Four years ago, when you were the ruler of Dali Temple, you adjudicated a large backlog of cases, including the case of my father’s unjust death. Our whole family is grateful to you, and when I heard that you were being held here, my brother and I slipped in overnight to see you.”
Most of what Qin Miao said was the truth.
A few years ago, when Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, was still on the thorne, Di Renjie did work for a period of time as the ruler of the Dali Temple, and during his tenure, he handled a large number of unsolved cases and wrongful convictions involving more than 10,000 people, but not a single case was wrongly convicted, and the efficiency and accuracy of his handling of the cases were deeply admired by the people.
Among the tens of thousands of cases he handled, there must be such a thing as ‘my father’s unjust death’, Qin Miao casually made up an excuse, and Di-daren would naturally match it up as a right thing.
Sure enough, the next moment he heard Di Renjie say, “You are Zhang Jian’s children?”
Qin Miao and Yue Xingwen glanced at each other, nodded and said, “That’s right.”
Di Renjie seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said, “Your father’s case, many years have passed, and you guys still remember to repay the favor, it’s really rare.”
Yue Xingwen said, “Di-daren, my friend happened to be on an errand in this prison, and I heard him say that you were imprisoned, so we came in overnight. Don’t worry, the jailers outside are all stunned by us, if you need to pass on anything, we’ll be sure to help bring you out.”
Di Renjie smiled and said, “Thank you both for your kindness, this is my private matter, I don’t want to implicate others, you better leave quickly.”
Yue Xingwen and Qin Miao glanced at each other, the latter nodded, exactly twelve o’clock, all the skills were refreshed, and everyone quickly left the cell with the ‘Golden Cicada Shell’.
After returning to the small courtyard, Qin Lu hurriedly greeted them and asked, “How was it? Is it going well?”
Qin Lu said helplessly, “He didn’t fully believe us and refused to let us bring things out. However, Xingwen gave him a brush and cloth, and told him to ‘bring it out’, so he should know what to do next.”
Yue Xingwen said, “If nothing else, tomorrow, he will take advantage of the jailer’s relaxation toward him after he confesses to the crime, and hide the cloth with his grievances written on it in his cotton coat and give it to his family?”
Qin Miao said, “I hope so. According to the historical plot, he will hand over the things to his son Di Guangyuan, and we will protect Di Guangyuan at that time, so that Di Guangyuan can smoothly send the letter to the palace and hand it over to Wu Zetian.”
Yue Xingwen was also not sure how much the historical plot would be modified by the library. Di Renjie’s confession was still developed according to the original plot, at least it showed that the library did not deliberately reduce the IQ of the NPCs in the plot.
As long as the character didn’t collapse, then Di Renjie must know what to do.
He was afraid that there would be another accident on Di Guangyuan’s side.
Everyone did not sleep well that night, and early the next morning, Xu Yishen entered the palace and informed Xin Yan, Ke Shaobin and others of the next plan.
Yue Xingwen, Qin Miao and others stayed far outside the prison. Sure enough, at noon, Di Guangyuan came to the prison to visit his father, he went in with a box of food, and when he came out, he held a cotton coat in his hand.
—— It was the cotton coat that Di Renjie took off last night.
Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce glanced at each other, and the latter said in a low voice, “This step of Di Renjie’s transmission of the message seems to be going very smoothly, and it’s up to Xin Yan and the others next.”
At this time, the Palace.
Ke Shaobin was preparing lunch in the Imperial Kitchen, and he couldn’t help much. As an Imperial Doctor, Liu Zhaoqing wouldn’t be able to interfere in this link as long as the people in the palace did not get sick and summoned him. Lan Yarong sorted out Wu Zetian’s winter clothes with several other maids, and she didn’t see the Emperor all day.
Only Xin Yan, as the Imperial Guard, saw Wu Zetian when he went to court today.
In the court, everyone had a heated discussion on Di Renjie’s rebellion with his ministers, and some people thought that Di Renjie was an honest official and it was impossible to plot rebellion; There were also people who fanned the flames, thinking that Di Renjie was only loyal to Emperor Gaozong of Tang and not to Her Majesty.
Lai Junchen’s news shocked the entire court. “Di-daren has confessed. He said that the Great Zhou Revolution, all things but new, the old minister of the Tang family, was willing to be executed. Rebellion is a fact!”
Wu Zetian was furious, and summoned Lai Junchen alone in the Imperial Study.
Lai Junchen said a lot of bad things about Di Renjie, just at this time, Di Guangyuan asked to see Wu Zetian. Xin Yan immediately stopped him, called him in the corner in private, and whispered, “Di-gongzi might as well go back first and come back in the afternoon.”
Di Guangyuan looked puzzled and asked, “You are?”
Xin Yan said, “Your father, Di-daren, has been kind to me, and just now, Lai Junchen told Her Majesty that Di-daren confessed to the crime, and that Her Majesty is in a fit of anger, so it would be better for you to see her again when she calms down.”
Xin Yan continued. “As far as I know, Her Majesty will summon a few ministers in the Imperial Study today, and at that time, you can come back to ask for a meeting.”
Di Guangyuan suddenly realized, and said gratefully, “I understand, thank you for your advice.”
After Di Guangyuan left, Xu Yishen, who was lying on Xin Yan’s shoulder, said with a smile, “Di-daren has been gracious to us all, and so many repayments have suddenly appeared.”
Because Di Renjie had indeed cleared the grievances of many people, and the number of people who had received his favor was too many to count, only by using this reason to help him would his family believe it.
Di Guangyuan obviously believed it.
When Her Majesty was angry, his request for a meeting with Her Majesty might add fuel to the fire and make things worse. In fact, Wu Zetian did not fully believe Lai Junchen’s claims, but Lai Junchen had given her so much information today, and she needed time to digest it. When she calmed down completely, Di Guangyuan would hand over Di Renjie’s handwritten blood letter, Wu Zetian would naturally suspect it and tracked down the truth.
What they needed to do was to restore the truth of history as much as possible.
thanks for the chapter!! <333
Time for truth
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stop this is so well written it actually feels like I’m watching history happening in front of my eyes