Chunyu Jia almost vomited blood. This was simply the greatest injustice of all time.
My master clearly avoids Huaiguzi, so why does he keep getting involved with him?
Chunyu Jia took a deep breath and said with great sincerity and deep sorrow: "Sir, my master, Dr. Chunyu, is an upright man and abides by etiquette. Such a person values etiquette over life, and values face more than life."
"How could he harm his reputation just for the sake of profit from a few books? Does my master lack money? Does my master value money? This is simply ridiculous."
Zhao Teng nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "That makes sense. That makes sense."
Zhao Teng analyzed it carefully and found that there were many doubts about this matter.
In the past, Chunyu Yue did cooperate with the banished immortal and used the opportunity of complaint to promote publicity.
However, Huaiguzi was mostly the defendant at that time, while Chunyu Yue was the righteous party.
After a lawsuit, the purpose of making money was achieved, but Chun Yuyue's reputation would not be damaged.
At this time, there is nothing wrong with Chunyu Yue being willing to cooperate with Huai Guzi.
But this time is different. This time Chun Yuyue has almost become a public enemy in Xianyang City, and he has almost become a stinker on the streets. With Chun Yuyue's personality, I'm afraid he won't be willing to do so.
If you put it that way, is there a hidden agenda in this matter? Sure enough, someone was plotting against Chunyu Yue behind his back?
Zhao Teng smelled a hint of conspiracy and immediately cheered up.
As long as you don't use your own internal affairs office to deliberately promote propaganda, that's fine. Zhao Teng still hopes to use his intelligence and wisdom to uphold justice.
So he said to Chunyu Jia: "Go on, what happens next?"
Chunyu Jia said: "Today, the man named Guapi lied and claimed that he was ordered by my master to spread rumors everywhere, saying that Journey to the North was written in a nondescript manner."
"His villainous behavior has damaged my master's reputation. Now the people in Xianyang City believe that my master will do whatever it takes to win the bet."
After Zhao Teng heard this, he looked at Chunyu Jia with sympathy.
Of course, Chunyu Jia ignored Chunyu Yue's article intentionally or unintentionally.
That article seems a bit embarrassing to mention, so I might as well not mention it. Anyway, Guapi pretended to be a member of Chunyu's family, flaunted himself everywhere, and spread rumors. It was true, so this was not an injustice to him.
Zhao Teng asked Guapi: "Why do you deliberately slander Dr. Chunyu's reputation?"
Guapi had already been beaten by Chun Yujia until he was submissive. At this time, he said tremblingly: "Sir, the villain is...the villain is under the instructions of others."
Zhao Teng said calmly: "I know that you were instigated by others to treat you as a lowly leader of Guizhou. It's just for no reason, and I don't have the courage to slander important officials in the court."
"Who ordered you?"
Guapi hesitated for a moment and said in a very cryptic way: "This person has a very high status and is respected by thousands of people. He..."
Zhao Teng said a little impatiently: "I am asking a question, who will guess the riddle with you? Come here, I will serve you with a heavy punishment."
Guapi panicked when he heard this.
Who among the gangsters who hang out on the street has never been beaten? Anyone who has been beaten frequently has experience and knows that a normal person cannot last long when being beaten. As long as the beating lasts for a long time, any confession can be made.
What's more, as a ruffian, of course he has to be shameless and treacherous. If you grit your teeth and refuse to confess, wouldn’t your character be ruined?
Therefore, Guapi had no intention of being beaten, he immediately wanted to confess.
But if the emperor is called out in public, wouldn't that mean he's dead?
But if you don’t confess and get beaten up, don’t you still have to confess? Otherwise, bite someone randomly?
Guapi looked at Chunyujia beside him, and suddenly felt that following Chunyujia's idea, it would be a good idea to blame the banished immortal for the matter.
Even if he offends the Immortal, he will probably escape death. But a life of nine deaths is better than ten deaths of no life.
Or maybe he gritted his teeth and did not confess the emperor. Maybe His Majesty will be soft-hearted and pardon himself, or even praise his loyalty and bravery heavily?
Thinking of this, Guapi felt a little warm in his heart and felt that he might turn over.
Well, that's right, we must muddy the waters today to preserve His Majesty's reputation.
So Guapi looked very honest and said to Zhao Teng: "The villain dare not deceive the adults. It was the banished immortal who asked me to slander Dr. Chunyu."
Zhao Teng suddenly looked like "it's true."
Li Shui, who was eating wheat flowers outside the door, suddenly became stunned: "What, is this happening? Isn't this a blatant attempt to frame me?"
Suddenly, Li Shui felt that the wheat flowers in his mouth no longer smelled good.
In the lobby, Zhao Teng looked at Guapi and asked calmly: "Why did the Exalted Immortal instruct you to slander Dr. Chunyu?"
Guapi said: "The villain doesn't know much about the matters between adults. However, the villain secretly speculates that perhaps the banished immortal deliberately asked the villain to pretend to be Dr. Chunyu's family."
"Deliberately let the villain use clumsy means to slander Northern Journey, and revealed in a subtle way that the villain is Dr. Chunyu's man. In this way, the people will hate the villain, and then hate Dr. Chunyu, and then retaliate and buy more Bei Travel notes to express dissatisfaction with Dr. Chunyu."
Li Shui was already stunned: Damn it, there are so many twists and turns, you think you are the Infernal Affairs.
The people watching outside the door had already started whispering among themselves.
They suddenly felt that what Guapi said made sense.
It is recognized that the banished immortal is indeed a good person. But Ban Xian's mind is really flexible and he doesn't follow common sense in doing things.
As for Chunyu Yue? His reputation is also very good, and he is even less likely to deliberately slander Northern Journey.
Taking this into consideration, 80% of the time this incident was really done by the Exalted Immortal.
Li Shui shouted angrily: "That's nonsense, how dare you slander me."
He stuffed the wheat flowers into Li Xin's hand, strode in, and said to Zhao Teng: "Master Nei Shi, I want to sue this melon skin, but he actually framed me."
Li Xin held a bag of wheat flowers and ate a bag of wheat flowers. He smiled happily and nodded repeatedly: "That's right, that's right. Brother Huai comes off in person, so the show will be much more exciting. Well, it still smells familiar. .”
Zhao Teng looked at Li Shui slowly: "Exiled Immortal. It's not that I don't believe you, I just analyzed it based on common sense. It's really possible that you did this."
"This melon used clumsy means to damage Dr. Chunyu's reputation. Aren't you the one who benefited?"
Li Shui said: "What if Chun Yuyue is more clumsy, or this melon skin is more clumsy, and it is self-defeating? Master Nei Shi, you must know that at the beginning, these two people were wholeheartedly slandering me, but they were discovered by the people. That’s all.”
Zhao Teng smiled: "This Guapi, I just admitted that it was you who instigated it."
Li Shui said quietly: "How do you know that he didn't admit it on purpose? Maybe Dr. Chunyu had discussed it with him and deliberately let him use clumsy means to slander Journey to the North. First, Chunyu Yue's reputation would be damaged, and then Chunyu's reputation would be damaged. Yue took the opportunity to file a complaint again, pretending to be innocent, and said that I was the one behind the scenes."
"In this way, I will become the villain who plays tricks behind the scenes, and the sales of the Land of Yao and Shun will definitely increase dramatically."
Zhao Teng felt a little headache after hearing this: This ring is a ring within a ring, why are there so many rings?
He said to the clerk next to him: "Get a pen and paper. I'm a little confused. I want to write it down and take a look."
Zhao Teng wrote on the paper for a long time, then he suddenly realized it, nodded and said, "So that's it."
He looked at Li Shui with a bit of schadenfreude: "So, this melon rind may have been sent by you, or it may have been sent by Dr. Chunyu. This confusing account will be difficult to make clear."
Li Shui said quietly: "As long as he is tortured, he will naturally tell the truth."
In fact, Li Shui did not believe that torture could reveal the truth. But most in his life he hated people who bullied honest people. I didn't provoke anyone, I didn't offend anyone, and I was framed for no reason. Shouldn't this guy be beaten?
When Guapi heard that he was going to be tortured, he immediately said with a grimace: "My lords, there is no need to beat me. I have already recruited people and I will not change my words."
Guapi didn't dare to speak, otherwise, he would offend not only Huaiguzi, but also Chun Yuyue, and there would be no hope of survival.
So now he can only go all the way to the dark side, biting the bullet and framed the immortal.
Zhao Teng looked at Li Shui: "Exiled Immortal, what do you say? Did you do this?"
Li Shui shook his head: "I didn't do it."
Zhao Teng said slowly: "This is difficult to handle. He insists that you did it, but you refuse to admit it. Who should I believe?"
Li Shui said quietly: "I suspect that Chun Yuyue is the mastermind behind Guapi. Why not call Chun Yuyue over and let's confront him face to face."
Zhao Teng looked at the clerk beside him. The clerk understood and hurried away.
He went to call Chunyu Yue.
Two quarters of an hour later, the clerk came back alone.
Zhao Teng frowned: "Why are you alone? Where is Dr. Chunyu?"
The clerk said: "The doctor said that what happened today is a great shame and humiliation in his life. To complain here is just to make the humiliation worse."
"Fortunately, tomorrow is the day of the court meeting. Why don't we all discuss right and wrong in front of His Majesty?"
"If this Guapi is really instigated by the doctor, he will definitely commit suicide to thank the world. If he denigrates immortals with his clever tongue, confuses right and wrong, and slanders innocent people as villains who secretly do things in secret. He will not survive. I will imitate Chu Yuan and die to prove his innocence."
Zhao Teng said with emotion: "Dr. Chunyu is truly a loyal and righteous man."
Li Shui was a little helpless: "What nonsense is this? Does this mean that I must have ordered this melon? Otherwise, he will commit suicide? Isn't this a prank?"
"The housekeeper of their family also said before that Chun Yuyue values face more than life. If he commits suicide for the sake of face, wouldn't he successfully slander me?"
Zhao Teng looked at Li Shui helplessly. He didn't know how to refute this.
He just smiled at Li Shui and said, "Exiled Immortal, this matter is beyond my ability. There are too many people involved, and the consequences are too serious."
"It's better to follow what Dr. Chunyu said and ask your Majesty to make a decision tomorrow. Otherwise, if something happens to any of you, I won't be able to bear it."
Afterwards, Zhao Teng quickly slipped away.
He could feel that Chun Yuyue was really angry. If this old man was really forced to death, it would really be a public outrage.
Zhao Teng is gone, and this case can no longer be tried.
The clerk came over and said tentatively: "Exiled Immortal, why don't you put this melon skin in a cell? Exiled Immortal, don't worry, this person will definitely not be in danger. When I confront you in the palace tomorrow, I will definitely be able to show him alive." .”
Li Shui said, "Whatever."
The clerk took the melon peel away.
Chunyu Jia bowed his hands to Li Shui and left with his servants.
Li Shui sighed and walked outside.
Many people nearby were looking at Li Shui curiously.
Li Shui couldn't help but ask: "What? Do you think it was me who instigated it?"
The people all laughed dryly and said, "How could that be?" and then dispersed in a hurry.
Li Shui looked at the people's backs and asked Li Xin: "Brother Li, do you think these people believe me?"
Li Xin said: "Brother Huai, now is the time to compete in character. Who do you think is better than my sister-in-law or you?"
Li Shui thought for a moment and said, "Are they on the same level?"
Li Xin: "...Brother Huai, you are really confident."
Li Shui was also speechless: "Brother Li, have I ever done anything harmful to the world? I think my character is quite good. I can't be thick-skinned, but my character is not good, right? Besides, I'm not I’m thick-skinned, I just don’t like red tape and I like to be straightforward.”
Li Xin was a little confused: "Really?"
The two of them were neither riding horses nor riding in cars, they just walked slowly towards the Immortal Exile Tower.
Li Xin was silent for a while, and then suddenly said: "Brother Huai, during the meeting tomorrow, can you give my sister a little more freedom?"
Li Shui: "?"
Li Xin gave a bitter smile: "Brother Huai, you are so eloquent that you can win whether you are justified or not. But if you win, Chunyu Yue will definitely die."
Li Shui said: "Whether I win or lose, what does it matter? I don't value everyone's slander or my own face. I'm just surprised that you seem to care about Chun Yuyue?"
Li Xin said: "After all, he is my sister-in-law. If he dies, I won't even have a place to worship my sister."
Li Shui smiled: "Are you really going to pay homage to my sister? Why do I feel that you are specifically going to cause trouble for Chunyu Yue?"
Li Xin laughed loudly: "There is no conflict between the two."
Li Shui smiled, and then said with a serious face: "Actually, I don't believe that Guapi was sent by Chunyu Yue. He would not do such a dirty thing, and there is no need to ruin his character for a book. .”
"And this guy Guapi was not sent by me either. So who does he belong to? This person hiding in the dark is really abominable."
Li Xin said: "Should we interrogate him tonight?"
Li Shui shook his head: "Forget it. His Majesty will probably interrogate Guapi in person tomorrow. If we meet him privately in advance, we will inevitably attract criticism."
