"Second Manager, Second Manager!"
"Let you be in charge of the spirit beast garden, you just... just want to be greedy. I believe that for the sake of your old age and frailty, the eldest lady will not care even if you lose more than a dozen spirit beasts. I will argue with you!"
"But you...but you are so unconscionable and so audacious that you actually gave nearly half of the spirit beasts in the Spirit Beast Park to Tan Mo!"
Chen Changan pointed at the second manager who was kneeling on the ground, felt sad and shouted angrily:
"How does the eldest lady usually treat you? Is this how you repay the eldest lady?!"
"Second Manager, look at me and speak!!"
The second manager's eyes widened and he looked at Chen Chang'an in disbelief. For a moment... he didn't know whether the person in front of him was a friend or an enemy.
No matter how kind you were to him before, you are so cruel to him now.
Stab a knife!
This is a dignified stabbing!
There is no way for him to survive at all. Killing people will hurt your heart. Killing people will hurt your heart! !
"I...I didn't steal the spirit beasts in the spirit beast garden. I also know where these spirit beasts have gone!"
The second manager was as arrogant as ever. He kept kowtowing to Ji Fengyan on the throne to admit his mistake. Snot and tears fell one by one. He was no longer as arrogant as before:
"The eldest lady makes the decision for me. I have been in charge of the spirit beast park for so many years, but never...never made a mistake. This time I lost more than a hundred spirit beasts. I... "
As he spoke, the second manager seemed to have a sudden enlightenment. He reacted instantly, pointed at Chen Changan in front of him, and cursed:
"Miss, I know where the spirit beasts that disappeared in the spirit beast garden went. It was Chen Changan who did it!"
"Not long after this boy became the third general manager, nearly half of the spirit beasts in my spirit beast garden have been reduced. There is absolutely no other possibility for this matter except Chen Changan's evil hand!"
"Miss, capture this boy and torture him to extract a confession, and you will be able to find out the whereabouts of the spiritual beast!!"
Facing the accusation from the second manager, Chen Changan raised the corners of his mouth slightly and did not argue. However, the disappointment and pain in his eyes became more and more obvious.
Ji Fengyan, who was sitting on the throne, saw that Chen Changan was silent, so she asked:
"Chen Chang'an, the second manager said that the spirit beasts in the spirit beast garden were lost because of you. Do you have anything to say?"
"If you want to incriminate someone, why bother?"
Chen Changan raised his hands in salute, his words full of determination:
"I have nothing to say. I just ask the eldest lady to grant me death to prove my innocence!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked. The eyes of the guards and attendants changed when they looked at Chen Changan, and they all felt sorry and aggrieved for Chen Changan.
Even the second manager, who had been making trouble, was so excited that he could not speak.
The second manager only felt that his powerful punch hit the cotton directly, which was quite uncomfortable.
"Since you have nothing to say, then..."
Ji Fengyan glanced deeply at Chen Changan. This look sent chills down Chen Changan's spine, and cold sweat formed on his forehead. Even the beating speed of the gluttonous heart in his body began to slow down.
fear!
Great horror! !
Ji Fengyan's eyes seemed to contain a magical power that could pierce Chen Changan's soul and make him tell the truth involuntarily.
Under this look, there was no secret at all. It was as if the eldest lady had transformed into the mighty power of heaven and capsized from the nine heavens.
"The spiritual beasts disappeared in the spirit beast garden..."
When Chen Changan opened his mouth subconsciously and was about to tell the secret of the Taotie Devouring Heaven Technique, the mysterious copper piece deep in his mind suddenly burst out with a dazzling light.
Under this light, the haze dissipates, and the soul instantly regains its clarity.
After reacting, Chen Changan was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder split. He bit the tip of his tongue without leaving any trace. Stimulated by the pain, he quickly changed his words:
"The spirit beasts that disappeared in the spirit beast garden...you said it was my fault. Then, the second manager, I want to ask you, even if I, Chen Changan, stole these more than a hundred spirit beasts, then I Where can I hide it?"
"Hide it in my spiritual grass garden? You can send someone to search my spiritual grass garden!"
"If you suspect that I have eaten these spiritual beasts, you can touch my belly. Can I eat more than a hundred spiritual beasts?!"
The second manager's old face turned red, but what Chen Changan said was the truth, and he couldn't refute it at all.
"Also, if you suspect that I sold these spirit beasts, you can send someone to check my whereabouts these days to see if I, Chen Changan, have ever left the Phoenix Mountains!"
In one sentence, all the second manager's escape routes were blocked.
The second manager was like a defeated rooster, slumped on the ground, obviously completely losing his fighting spirit.
Ever since he discovered that the spirit beast had disappeared, the second manager immediately suspected Chen Changan, but after so many days of investigation, he found that there was no possibility that this boy had committed a crime.
Taking a step back, even if this kid really stole these spiritual beasts, where could he put them? ?
Those are huge beasts, and even if their bellies are full, they still can’t finish eating!
"Back to Miss, according to the servants in the Lingcao Garden, Chen Changan has locked himself in his room for the past five days to refine medicine."
Lu Zhuer glanced at Chen Changan and began to clear him of suspicion:
"During this period, I also went to Baicao Garden several times, and Chen Changan did stay in Lingcao Garden."
Chen Changan glanced at Lu Zhuer gratefully and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The eldest lady is too terrifying. The stronger I am, the more terrifying I feel.
There was an attack on the soul. If it weren't for the mysterious copper piece in the back of his mind that showed its power just now, it would have been completely exposed.
"Miss, this old slave... I have nothing to say!"
"But the old slave was wronged! He was wronged!!"
The second manager knew that he could not get rid of the suspicion today, so he could only kneel on the ground and kowtow desperately:
"Even if I beat the old slave to death, the old slave would not dare to steal these more than a hundred spiritual beasts!"
According to the rules of the Ji family, losing nearly half of the spiritual beasts at once would be a capital offense! !
"Miss, the second manager is in charge of him..."
The chief steward sighed slightly, stepped forward and cupped his hands to Ji Fengyan who was sitting on the throne:
"The second manager is guilty. Please take a lenient sentence for the sake of his old age!"
Things have developed to this point, and it will be difficult to convince the public if they are not punished.
No matter why these spirit beasts disappeared, the second manager is responsible. Who asked him to be in charge of the spirit beast garden.
In the same way, if more than half of the spiritual herbs in the spiritual herb garden disappeared at once, Chen Changan would also be to blame.
The same is true for the ore that the Grand Steward is responsible for looking after.
No rules, no standards.
In the Phoenix Mountains, she, Ji Fengyan, is the only rule!
"Although these spiritual beasts were not stolen by you, you were guilty of negligence!"
Ji Fengyan, who was sitting on the throne, took a deep look at Chen Changan, then looked at the second steward who was kneeling on the ground. She opened her red lips lightly and began to judge:
"I miss you at your advanced age and you have devoted your service to our Ji family for so many years."
"Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be escaped. Now that your cultivation has been ruined, you should be dismissed from the post of Second Manager!"
As soon as he finished speaking, without giving the Second Manager a chance to beg for mercy, Ji Fengyan raised her hand, and a small handful of fire flew out from her fingertips and disappeared into the Second Manager's body instantly.
"puff!!"
As soon as the fire light entered the body, it burned all the meridians in the body in an instant.
The second manager gushed blood from his mouth, fell to the ground, and fainted.
Lu Zhuer waved her hand, and an attendant came forward and carried the unconscious second manager down.
The chief manager glanced at Chen Changan, his heart filled with sadness.
I remember how unhappy he, the second manager, and the third manager were in Ji's house when they wanted to get the wind and rain, and wantonly insulted the servants.
But since this guy rose to prominence, one of the second and third managers has been killed and the other injured, and now he is the only one left among the three old guys.
My lips are dead and my teeth are cold!
It’s hard to sing alone!
Do you want to follow in the footsteps of the two of them? !
Master Ji Wuxiang, if you don’t come back, you will never see this old slave again! !
"Chen Changan, five days are up!"
While the chief steward was still immersed in grief, Ji Fengyan's cold voice sounded from above the hall:
"Can you tell me now how to neutralize the medicinal properties?!"
Wow——
As soon as these words came out, the chief manager, who was originally filled with despair, suddenly shook his body and regained his consciousness.
He had also inquired privately that the Water Yun White Lotus and the Earth Fire Lotus Seed were one of water and one of fire, and water and fire were incompatible.
Even ordinary alchemists can't think of a way to neutralize it.
How could he, Chen Changan, a small mortal servant, do this?
Failure to do so is deceiving the eldest lady, which is also a death penalty! !
While the chief manager was full of excitement, Chen Changan took a step forward with a calm expression and sighed slightly.
"Miss, I'm telling you the truth."
He bowed his hands to the eldest lady Ji Fengyan on the throne and spoke calmly:
"The villain... really doesn't know how to neutralize the medicinal properties!"
