Chapter 312 discusses the case.
Yu Xiaodi showed no panic at being exposed for his lie; on the contrary, he remained remarkably calm.
"How could they not be from our village? That child is my uncle's grandson, and the sick elderly man is the most respected elder in our village. I don't know where you heard this from, sir. Don't be fooled and wrong an innocent person."
He spoke with absolute certainty, but the students around him clearly no longer believed him entirely.
The dean rarely points out problems directly, so if she does, it means the problem is quite serious.
Since she said the children in that village weren't from their village, then they definitely weren't. And it's also true that the old man was a fraudster who had his leg broken.
The students of the academy all have a mysterious adoration for the Dean.
After Yu Xiaodi finished speaking, there was a sudden moment of silence around him. In that instant, Yu Xiaodi felt the hairs on his body stand on end.
"Since you are so stubborn, don't blame us for ganging up on you."
Before the sounds from inside the convoy had even subsided, Yu Zhaoyuan suddenly burst out, performing a somersault over the Imperial Guards and heading straight for the third carriage.
He landed in front of the car and reached out to pull the door open, only to see a crossbow bolt shoot out from inside. Yu Zhaoyuan couldn't dodge in time and barely managed to avoid a fatal blow, but he was still hit in the arm.
Then a tall woman opened the car door and stood on the car, holding a crossbow, and fired a barrage of arrows at Yu Zhaoyuan.
After Yu Zhaoyuan was hit by a crossbow bolt, he felt no pain in the wound, only numbness. With his skills, he could have dodged all the subsequent crossbow bolts except for the one that hit him when he was caught off guard. However, his consciousness became increasingly blurred, and he could only retreat, trying to avoid the range of the crossbow bolts.
Unexpectedly, after taking only a few steps back, he fell to the ground.
"You...you poisoned your arrows...that's not the act of a gentleman..."
"Heh, you're going to take our lives, and you're still going to act like upright gentlemen? Is the life of an upright gentleman more valuable?"
That infuriating voice came from inside the carriage again.
"Besides, we didn't apply poison; that would be too despicable. We were just giving them a taste of their own medicine."
"Knockout drug!"
It was Yu Xiaodi who was quick-witted. After lifting the tree trunk, he rushed over in the chaos and saw his beloved elder brother lying on the ground, delirious, pointing at the woman in the carriage.
"The arrow was coated with sleeping potion!"
Upon hearing the sounds from inside the carriage, Yu Xiaodi immediately thought of the sleeping potion commonly used in their village. However, sleeping potions never take effect so quickly, so how could his elder brother have fainted so soon after being shot by an arrow?
He wouldn't know that it was indeed a sleeping potion, but one that Yuan Hongqu had tampered with.
After encountering an assassin a few years ago, Yuan Hongqu began researching self-defense weapons.
This crossbow bolt is one of them.
Her approach is sophisticated and requires a certain level of formality.
Daiyu, inside the carriage, also had a miniature set of self-defense equipment.
Daiyu's set can be worn directly on the wrist and can fire six hidden arrows in succession. After changing to the arrow box, it can continue to fire.
These were all based on concepts and rough blueprints provided by the original Red Lotus, and then manufactured by the Ministry of War.
Aside from using it in experiments, this was the first time I officially used it, and I didn't expect it to be so effective.
"We just want to beg for food. One piece of your jewelry is enough to feed our whole village for a month..." Yu Xiaodi was still trying to confuse the issue and get these people to let them go.
Yu Zhaoyuan was unconscious. The sleeping potion could only be neutralized with a lot of water, otherwise he would be unconscious for a whole day and night.
Young Master Yu dared not delay and wanted to take Boss Yu to get rid of the sleeping potion as soon as possible.
When Yu Zhaoyuan rushed out, the Imperial Guards had already taken down all the other bandits.
Lord Yuan said that there was no need to be polite to these bandits, as long as they were not killed. Therefore, the Imperial Guards simply knocked down and tied up the bandits.
"Lord Yuan, they didn't hurt anyone or cause us any damage. As the saying goes, Heaven cherishes life, so why don't we let them go back?" An old woman from one of the carriages behind pleaded.
The old woman had a kind face and a Buddhist rosary on her wrist and around her neck, making her seem like a lay Buddhist.
Yuan Hongqu knew that someone would definitely come to plead for her, but she didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
Yuan Hongqu ignored her and instead shouted towards the bushes nearby.
"Have you all seen clearly? Tell me, should these people be forgiven today?"
"Yes, Dean." A unified voice came from the bushes, followed by rustling discussions and the sound of the bushes moving about.
These people, tied to the tree trunks that had blocked their path, one after another, were somewhat surprised to hear the sounds coming from the bushes nearby.
The students watching the play from the bushes began to discuss it, while the students in the carriages on the road, upon hearing the teacher's topic, also started passing notes and discussing it with each other.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, sounds came from the carriage behind Yuan Hongqu.
"In my opinion, it's better to punish them severely." The words spoken by that playful yet innocent voice chilled the hearts of these bandits.
Why?
"They traffic children, which shows they don't care about children; and they send elderly people out to scam others, which shows disrespect for elders. We know about these two things openly, but who knows how many more are going on behind the scenes! Once we send people to their village to investigate, we'll definitely find much more than we have now!"
In fact, Daiyu already knew about the behavior in this village, but since these people didn't show it, she didn't say anything.
One hundred Imperial Guards and bodyguards who were lying in ambush were dispatched to Yujiapu immediately. Meanwhile, someone else went to the nearest county town and asked the county magistrate to come to the post station.
The post station is only twenty li away from here. By the time they arrive at the post station, the county magistrate will be almost there as well.
The female students watching the scene from the bushes quickly came to their own conclusions.
“Your Honor, these people should not be forgiven for now. They blocked our way today, and although they didn't cause any actual harm, they still had the motive and the possibility of wanting to harm us. Moreover, if it weren't for Your Honor's vigilance and early preparations, how could we have escaped unscathed! I once read a case where, even if we didn't suffer any property loss, we were still able to claim compensation for the shock we experienced!”
The student representative who spoke was the granddaughter of the Minister of Justice.
She had been familiar with the laws since childhood and listened to case files as bedtime stories, so she was very sensitive to the things happening in the village and felt that they were not so simple.
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