After sending Lu Kuang and Xiao Huan out, Hu Tiema signaled for the door to be closed, returned to the main hall, sat down, and stared blankly for a long time. Then he stretched out his hand in front of his eyes, looked at the red mud marks on his thumbs, and sighed softly. .
The wife arrived from the back house and wanted to defend her cousin, but Hu Tiema glared at him and withdrew his words, so he had to ask the servants to carry him back to the back for treatment.
Hu Tiema sat witheredly in the hall, thousands of thoughts passing through his mind, and he couldn't help but miss the high-spirited days. At that time, the swords were shining on the alliance platform, and the warriors and horses were fighting in the battlefield. It can be called a last gasp.
Although he is now a doctor of the Chu State, he has no interest in it. He is always on tenterhooks about anything he encounters, for fear that it will implicate himself and his family.
It was so difficult that Hu Tiema couldn’t help but feel sad.
In the evening, there was a sudden chaos in the streets and alleys. The sound of breaking doors, scolding, yelling, and crying were mixed together and passed into Hu's house. The servants in the mansion wanted to open the door and go out to check, but Hu Tiema stopped them. Everyone could only listen to the heart-wrenching noise and feel uneasy.
Hu Tiema felt not only uneasy, but also intolerable. Speaking of which, the two families on the left and right were old people who had defected to Chu together from the Fish Kingdom. Although there were various bumps and bruises in the past, no one would submit to anyone anytime and anywhere, but they became the leaders of the country's subjugation. The relationship between the two queens is still good, but as of now, they can only focus on self-protection. How can they care about others?
When the wife heard the commotion, she ran to the front hall in fear: "Have you really arrested someone?"
Hu Tiema shook his head: "This is a solid case. What are they going to do if they don't arrest someone?"
The wife couldn't help but speak: "Can you please intercede with me?"
Hu Tiema's expression changed and he scolded: "You're confused! If you can't protect yourself, how can you control others?"
The wife murmured in a low voice: "After all, they have supported each other in the past few years. Although the relationship was not good back then, they have been quite respectful in recent years..."
Hu Tiema said: "How respectful have you been these past few years? That's because your husband, I, broke the Spirit of Refining and became a doctor! If not, do you think they are respectful or not? If you want to save this family, don't say anything nonsense!"
The noise in the houses on the left and right finally stopped. Hu Tiema couldn't help it anymore. He climbed up the courtyard wall and lay on the top of the wall to look around. He saw dozens of Yingdu temple officials gathering their troops, wearing iron chains, iron rulers, and copper rods. When the ritual artifacts of the Prison Temple became unspeakably dazzling under the setting sun, Xue Zhixing from the Yingdu Academy came forward in person to escort Uncle Sun Mo, Yan Jiu and their family members away. Among the team, he also saw Lu Kuang and Xiao Huan, chatting and laughing with Xue Xingying.
God, these two families have fallen into ruin!
Hu Tiema slid down from the wall, feeling his mouth was dry and his body was weak.
The wife was crying beside her: "Is he really captured? Can he come back?"
Hu Tiema nodded, then shook his head: "I don't know... This is a case caught by the academy, who knows?"
The wife asked: "Will this case involve our family?"
Hu Tiema was silent for a long time and said, "They agreed to keep the Hu family safe."
Then Zigu murmured: "How come the investigation of the case in the academy is so accurate? Zuo Bo, it must be Zuo Bo, he is not dead..."
The investigation of this case was certainly accurate. Whether it was Hu Tiema, Shu Sun Mo, or Yan Jiu, they were all involved in this matter back then, and they were the ones who eliminated many obstacles. So as soon as Lu Kuang and Xiao Huan showed their high-pressure attitude, Hu Tiema gave in. There was no way he could avoid such a thing. If he dared to deny it, Shusun Mo and Yan Jiu would have to recruit him!
Fortunately, he came to my house first. If he had gone to Yanjiu's house first, Yanjiu would be the one watching the fun now.
Thinking of this, Hu Tiema suddenly shouted: "Reward! Reward with five pieces of gold!"
The wife was confused: "Who do you want to reward, husband?"
Hu Tiema said: "Reward my brother-in-law. If it weren't for him today, our family would be ruined!"
Not to mention Hu Tiema's surprise at home, Shusun Mo and Yanjiu certainly had nothing to gain after being taken to the Yingdu Academy. How could these two people withstand the various tricks used by the academy? Under all kinds of coercion, inducement, and torture, both of them were recruited, not to mention themselves, including the dead Dazai Bogui, the fleeing Shen Douke, and even Yu Jun.
The only thing they refused to admit even to death was the pill prescription that was inexplicably found at home.
In this regard, Xue Zhong is very experienced: "The facts are all there, so how can we allow them to quibble. One family hid half of the elixir recipe, and the combination is perfect. It must not be said that it was framed by Hu Tiema, but they admitted it again in the Lingdan case. How can they justify themselves? ? It’s just that I’m worried about becoming a principal offender from an accomplice.”
As for the recognized Yu Jun, Xue Zhong said that there is a way. Although the case of the Academy does not involve the monarch, Yu Jun still has a name in the jade battlements of the Zhou Dynasty and cannot be easily questioned, but there is still a way to deal with such a down-and-out monarch. Treat him with something, such as a ransom.
After receiving Xue Zhong's letter asking about the case, Mr. Yu sighed: "Although I have no country, I am still called an orphan. How can I go to the school to be questioned? If it spreads, wouldn't it be a big joke?"
In order not to become a joke, Mr. Yu had no choice but to pay twenty gold and give it in the name of investigating the case in the student dormitory.
Only fifteen days later, the three teams sent out all returned. The facts of the case were completely revealed, and the relevant people were all pulled out like grasshoppers on a line.
The main offenders were Shen Douke and Bo Gui, the accomplices were Zuo Bo, Shusun Mo, and Yan Jiu. The alchemist Yun Ji was the alchemist. The one who tested the elixir was a certain disciple of Shen Douke. How the recipe came from, how it was refined, how it passed inspection, how it was sent to the army, and how it was covered up after the incident, everything is clear.
Wenzong sorted it out and found out that the relevant criminals were sent to the school prison and reported to the Qingshu Office in Kuaiji to close the case. In the closing submission, Wu Sheng gave a lot of credit to Xue Zhong of Yingdu Academy. He also sent a copy of the case to Linzi Academy. This was because he was afraid that Qingshu would suppress the case or cover it up. , it would be much safer to bury one's own merits and adopt a two-pronged approach.
Wu Sheng needs some credit now. He now has a deeper understanding of how to settle down in the academy: if he wants to protect himself, he still needs some credit. At least the name Sun Wu should be recorded more in the academy's merit book. change.
Of course, while recording merit, you must also grasp the scale of hiding your identity.
The higher your status is, the more you can help those around you to clear your name; and the higher your status, the easier it is to be exposed. This is a very balanced skill, just like stepping on a tightrope. The risks and benefits need to be well grasped.
The case was quickly sent to Kuaiji, and like the documents sent from other schools in various places, it was gathered at Luo Lingfu, who was in charge of the investigation. According to the rules, it could have been distributed directly, but Luo Lingfu's retainer who handled the file saw the words "Shen Douke" in the file, so he sent it to Luo Lingfu as usual.
I came here for Shen Dou Ke, and everything about Shen Dou Ke should be reported to Luo Fengxing.
So Luo Lingfu opened the file, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
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