Chapter 4(4)()

It was already noon when Li Yuanfang returned to Di Mansion. He hurried to Di Renjie's study, but was caught by Di Chun before he even arrived in the second hall. Di Chun said repeatedly: "General Li, you are back. The master is about to ask the young man to go to the Governor's Office to find you."

"Oh? Is there anything urgent to do?" Li Yuanfang listened and speeded up.

"Actually, nothing important, haha." Di Chun smiled all over his face.

Li Yuanfang gave him a blank look, rushed into Di Renjie's study, and called out, "Sir, I'm back."

"Oh, Yuan Fang is back." Di Renjie came up with a smile and said, "Are you tired after being busy all morning?"

"Sir, I'm not tired. I've gained something when I went to the Governor's Office today, but I still encountered it..."

"Hey, Yuan Fang, you're not busy, you're not busy, you have time to talk about cases. Have a meal first."

Li Yuanfang was stunned. Di Renjie had already pulled him to the table, with a table full of dishes on it.

Di Renjie sat down and said, "Yuan Fang, I was very sorry for the meal I didn't eat well last night. I'll cook this meal, I'll treat you, we'll be the two of us."

Li Yuanfang shouted: "Sir." She smiled reluctantly.

Di Renjie looked at him and was speechless for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Come on, these are all special dishes from Bingzhou, try it."

After eating a few bites of food silently, both of them calmed down a little. Di Renjie asked thoughtfully: "Yuan Fang, you met Chen Changshi this morning. Do you have any opinions about him?"

Li Yuanfang lowered her head to eat, but didn't speak.

Di Renjie said: "Yuan Fang, you don't have to worry. I want to hear your true thoughts, so that will really help me."

Li Yuanfang said softly, "I just met once, so I can't say anything. But I don't like this person very much, sir, he seems to be trying to find out your intention to return home. And... he talks around the bush, always seemingly suggesting something."

Di Renjie nodded: "It's right. Since Chen Songtao is my in-laws, I have had some contacts with him. But this person always gives me a feeling of injustice. However, over the years, he has achieved great political achievements and no bad deeds to be found. Therefore, it is either my feeling is wrong or he is extremely cunning."

Li Yuanfang nodded and said, "However, Shen Huai, who was under his command, was very capable and quite upright."

Di Renjie smiled and said, "It's definitely not an ordinary person to be able to make General Li feel good so quickly." After a pause, he said, "Yuan Fang, eat more, we have something big to do this afternoon."

"What's the big deal?"

"I hated the hostess of Yingshan Villa to send an invitation in the morning and invited me to go to the villa this afternoon to have a talk. Isn't this an interesting thing?"

As he was talking, Di Chunlai reported: "Master, I hate Miss Lu Yanran from Yingshan Villa to pick you up to the villa."

Di Renjie smiled slightly and said, "Look, Cao Cao is here."

Li Yuanfang stood up and said, "Sir, I'm ready to eat."

"Okay, then we'll meet this Miss Lu now."

Lu Yanran stood in front of the main hall waiting. Her green eyes were like deep autumn water, reflecting the trees and houses that she looked at, but in the deepest part of the pool of water, there was infinite sorrow and sadness. Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang came to the hall and saw Lu Yanran, and they couldn't help but exchanged glances with each other. This was really an unforgettable woman, especially so that they two well-informed people were secretly surprised.

Lu Yanran is very beautiful, and very strangely beautiful. In addition to her green eyes, her snow-white skin, dark and thick eyebrows, straight nose bridge, and delicate lips all seem to indicate her extraordinary origin. Di Renjie couldn't help but be amazed. It seems that this Heying Villa is really a place worth exploring.

Hearing the movement, Lu Yanran bowed deeply to Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang and said, "Little woman Lu Yanran, the hostess of Mengshan Villa Feng Danqing, sent to pick up Mr. Di to the villa."

Di Renjie came to her and replied with a smile: "Miss Yanran came to pick her up in person, I'm uneasy."

"Mr. Di is an old friend of his master. Yanran should treat his master with courtesy. This is the duty of his disciples."

"Oh, Miss Yanran is Mr. Fan's female disciple?"

"That's right." Lu Yanran replied, his eyes turned and said, "Mr. Di, the villa is outside the city, and it takes an hour to walk from here. Why don't we set out now and talk about it on the way? Mr. Di, what do you think?"

"Okay, okay." Di Renjie agreed repeatedly and introduced: "This Mr. Li is a distinguished guest at home. I hate Yingshan Villa for Bingzhou, so I want to invite him to the villa with me today. I wonder if it is OK?"

Lu Yanran replied politely: "This is the honor of the villa. Please go with Mr. Li."

The three of them rode on the carriage brought by Lu Yanran, and Di Chun followed him on a horse.

As the carriage was walking on the road, Di Renjie was watching the scenery outside the car with interest, while asking casually: "When did Miss Yanran start to worship Brother Qixin as his teacher?"

"Mr. Di, when Yanran was three years old, both her parents died. She was pityed by her master and kept in the villa. She was both a teacher and a father. Yanran was able to grow up with her master's great kindness."

"Oh, I wonder how old is Miss Yanran this year?"

"The little girl is twenty years old this year."

"Ah, then it's no wonder that Miss Yanran entered the villa seventeen years ago. Haha, I left Bingzhou to Chang'an that year."

"Miss Yanran..."

"Mr. Di, please call the little girl Yanran."

"Okay. Yanran, I don't know who your parents are?"

"Mr. Di, Yanran doesn't know. Yanran was still young when her parents died, so she couldn't remember anything. Yanran had asked her teacher, but her teacher refused to reply."

"oh."

After a while of silence, Di Renjie said again: "This time I returned home, I wanted to talk to Brother Xin with him, but I didn't expect to get bad news. Why did Brother Xin die suddenly?"

Lu Yanran's face changed and she replied sadly: "To be honest with Mr. Di, Yanran is also confused about the death of her master."

"oh?"

Lu Yanran's tone became sad, and a little resentful, and said, "Mr. Di must have known that his master married a wife named Feng Danqing three years ago. Since then, his master's temperament has become more and more strange. He doesn't like to be close to others, so he has become even more severe. He only practices in the villa every day, and food and clothing must be handled by Feng Danqing. It is very difficult for me to see him. I stayed in the villa and did nothing, so I simply went to the medicine shop opened by the master in the city to help. I rarely returned to the villa in the past six months. A few days ago, I suddenly heard that his master passed away. Yanran was extremely sad, but Feng Danqing still did not allow Yanran to see his master's face at first sight. It's really..." She said low, and two lines of clear tears slowly slid down her cheeks.

Lu Yanran suddenly looked up at Di Renjie and said, "Yanran heard that Mr. Di was like a god to determine the case. I hope this time Mr. Di can understand the truth about the death of his predecessor and give him justice."

Di Renjie nodded but did not answer.
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