Chapter 183 Ruyan is online
Inside the second hall of the Di residence, a pretty woman dressed in men's clothing and looking heroic seemed a little restless.

She sat and stood, looking out the door from time to time.

Di Renjie hadn't arrived yet, and the housekeeper Di Chun hurried into the hall: "Miss Ruyan, the master said he would be here soon, please wait a moment."

Upon hearing this, Ruyan nodded slightly, and her eyes then fell on Di Chun, looking at him carefully.

Di Chun was also secretly observing Ruyan with his peripheral vision, and the two of them knew each other's identities tacitly.

Di Renjie finally came over with his heavy body, and called out from afar, "Ruyan!"

Di Ruyan looked at Di Pangpang and immediately went out to greet him, saying, "Uncle! I, Ruyan, greet you, uncle!"

Di Renjie quickly helped Ruyan up, smiling happily, and liked her the most. "Okay, okay, get up quickly. Oh, you really change a lot when you grow up. When I saw you more than ten years ago, you were still a childish girl, but now you have become a graceful lady."

Ruyan blushed slightly when she heard this, but she remained calm and responded with a smile: "Uncle, you are too kind. You are still as healthy as before and are becoming more and more energetic."

Di Renjie stroked his beard and laughed heartily, seeming to be in a very good mood: "Hahahaha, good, good. How was it, did you have a smooth journey?"

Ruyan was stunned, her big watery eyes blinked, and she asked in confusion: "Why, didn't Uncle Zeng tell you about this?"

"Uncle Zeng?" Di Renjie was a little surprised and didn't react for a moment.

Ruyan explained, "It was Zeng Tai, the Yongchang County Magistrate you sent to pick me up. Hasn't he arrived yet?"

Di Renjie couldn't help laughing and corrected him, "Zeng Tai is my student, and you are my niece. Although you two are a little different in age, you are indeed of the same generation. Why do you call him uncle?"

Ruyan suddenly realized what was going on, stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, and said playfully, "I made a mistake. I saw that Uncle Zeng, County Magistrate Zeng, was a little older, so I just called him that."

As he was talking, Li Yuanfang came back carrying Zeng Tai on his back: "Sir, the assassin hid Brother Zeng in the side room next door, and I brought him back."

Ruyan was surprised to see Zeng Tai lying unconscious behind Li Yuanfang. "Uncle, what's going on?"

Di Renjie's face darkened as he explained to Ruyan, "An unexpected guest just came to our house. Zeng Tai was poisoned by her and has been in a coma ever since."

"Oh, by the way, this is my captain of the guards, Li Yuanfang, the General of the Qianniu Guards. This is my niece Ruyan." Di Renjie introduced Li Yuanfang and Ruyan to each other.

At this moment, Li Yuanfang and Di Ruyan's eyes met inadvertently.

Time stopped at this moment, and both of them were in a trance for a moment.

Li Yuanfang was not good at dealing with women. This sudden eye contact made his heart beat faster. He lowered his head and said, "Miss Ruyan."

Ruyan came back to her senses and quickly saluted and responded: "Greetings, General Li."

Seeing this, Di Renjie smiled and pointed to the table and chairs beside him, motioning everyone to sit down: "Oh, sit down and talk slowly, I was just about to ask Ruyan what happened along the way."

Li Yuanfang had a blank expression on his face, but he felt as if he had been pardoned in his heart. He hurriedly carried Zeng Tai into the inner room.

Ruyan finally took her eyes off Li Yuanfang and sat opposite Di Renjie.

Di Chun came up with a pot of tea at some point, poured it for Di Renjie and Ruyan respectively, and then left.

Di Renjie picked up the tea, took a sip, and asked, "Tell me, what is going on?"

Ruyan began to tell the story fluently: "On the way to Shendu, I rescued a wounded postman and found on him the military report and memorial sent to Shendu by General Wang Xiaojie."

"So I handed the military report and memorial to Magistrate Zeng, asking him to rush to Shendu as soon as possible to inform my uncle. I took the injured postman and continued on my way."

"Last night, a group of purple-clothed men came to the posthouse and tried to attack us. I was able to escape death because I was on guard. I think the purple-clothed men who injured County Magistrate Zeng and attacked us must be in the same group."

Di Renjie fell into deep thought after hearing this: "Postman, Wang Xiaojie, the man in purple..."

"By the way, what did Wang Xiaojie write in his military report and memorial?" Di Renjie asked again. Ruyan showed a look of recollection: "The military report was General Wang's report to the court about the defeat in Dongxie Shigu. The first half of the memorial was the general's apology for the defeat."

"At the same time, there were accusations that General Su Honghui of the Right Guard fled in fear of battle, and that the governor of Pingzhou, Qiu Jing, was incompetent and failed to supply the army with food and clothing on time, which led to the defeat of the army."

"The second half is to ask for merit for the soldiers under the command of Zhao Ji, the governor of Yingzhou. Oh, by the way, the memorial also mentioned that the Turkic army attacked Governor Zhao halfway and brazenly started a war with the Great Zhou. The court is requested to immediately dispatch a large army to the north to resist the Turks."

Di Renjie slowly absorbed the complex information and muttered to himself, "Su Honghui fled in fear of the battle? Qiu Jing is incompetent? The Turks are at war with the Great Zhou. Please ask the court to immediately dispatch a large army to prepare for defense?"

The matter of Su Honghui and Qiu Jing is not clear, but the news from the Turkic side is very different from what Zhao Ji said. There must be something fishy!

Ruyan looked at Di Renjie and asked softly, "Are you asking me?"

Di Renjie did not answer, but asked: "Where is the injured postman? How is his condition?"

"Just outside the door. I woke up this morning." Ruyan replied.

Upon hearing this, Di Renjie nodded slightly and said, "Very good, please invite him in to see you."

Ruyan stood up, walked quickly to the door, waved to the outside, and several servants helped the postman into the second hall.

Ruyan said to the postman, "This is the current Prime Minister Di."

The postman was shocked and tried to stand up and salute. Di Renjie stopped him and said, "No need. You are injured and you don't need to salute. Just sit down."

The servant helped the postman to a couch nearby and left.

The postman thanked him and said, "Thank you, Sir."

Di Renjie asked in a gentle tone: "What's your name?"

The postman replied, "My name is Wang Tiehan, and I am a guard beside General Wang."

When Di Renjie heard this, a trace of doubt flashed across his brow, so he asked: "Why would General Wang send a general to be a postman?"

Wang Tiehan smiled bitterly and explained: "This is what happened—"

After Wang Xiaojie was defeated, he reorganized his army and returned to Pingzhou. He then received a letter and a list of names requesting merit from Zhao Ji, with Wang Tiehan standing by his side.

"Zhao Chengyuan is still a loyal and honest man! There are always people who add icing on the cake, but it is rare for people to provide timely assistance. I, Wang Xiaojie, owe him a big favor." Wang Xiaojie said with some emotion.

Afterwards, Wang Xiaojie personally wrote a military report and a memorial, and solemnly handed them to Wang Tiehan, admonishing him, "Tiehan, something has happened in the army, and the postman may not be reliable. You must personally deliver these two important documents to the capital, and make sure they are not lost."

"Yes, sir!" Wang Tiehan agreed firmly.

After adjusting the video, Di Renjie seemed to be thinking about something.

At this time, Li Yuanfang happened to walk in. Hearing the news that there was a traitor in the army, he was shocked: "There is a traitor in the army?"

Di Renjie analyzed coldly, "Chengyuan was attacked by the Turks along the way. If he had gone through the Turkic territory as originally planned, it could be possible that there was a spy in the court. However, he had secretly changed the marching route. Chengyuan said that he only discussed this with Wang Xiaojie, so of course there must be a spy in the army."

Li Yuanfang was immediately shocked: "I only talked to Wang Xiaojie, the news is..."

Di Renjie waved his hand to stop Li Yuanfang from continuing, and turned to ask Wang Tiehan: "Tiehan, General Wang's memorial also mentioned the matter of Su Honghui and Qiu Jing. Do you know?"

Wang Tiehan replied: "In the battle of Dongxishigu, General Wang and General Yan were almost victorious, but Su Honghui was ambushed by the Khitans and was defeated without a fight, which caused the Khitans to cut off the retreat of the army and led to a great defeat. The general suspected that he had deserted the battlefield."

"As for Pingzhou Governor Qiu Jing, the military rations were not delivered to the army on time many times, and the transportation time and route were repeatedly leaked. The general was also very dissatisfied with him."

Di Renjie took a deep breath and asked, "Then why were you being hunted? And how did Ruyan save you?"

(End of this chapter)