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.
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The wife arrived from the back house and wanted to defend her cousin, but Hu Tiema glared at him and withdrew his words. She 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. 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 was really hearty. It was not as timid as it is now.
It can be said to be living on the last breath.
Although he is now a senior official in the state of Chu, he has no interest in doing so. He is always on tenterhooks about everything 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 sounds of breaking doors, scoldings, yelling, and crying were all mixed together and passed into Hu's mansion. The servants in the mansion wanted to open the door and go out to check, but Hu Tiema stopped them.
We could only listen to this heart-wrenching noise, each feeling uneasy.
Hu Tiema was not only uneasy, but also intolerable. Speaking of which, the two families on the left and right were all old people who defected to Chu 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 enemies 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: "Were they really arrested?"
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 said: "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 Lian Shen 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, equipped with iron chains, iron rulers, and copper rods.
When the magical artifacts of the Prison Temple were 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. In the team, he also saw Lu Kuang and Xiao
Huan and Huan were chatting and laughing with Xue Zhongxing.
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 Zi Gu murmured: "How come the investigation 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. Many obstacles were eliminated by them. Therefore, Lu Kuang and Xiao Huanyi showed a high-pressure attitude.
, Hu Tiema got scared. He had no choice but to be scared of something like this. If he dared to deny it, Shusun Mo and Yanjiu 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 hardware!"
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 they were taken to the Yingdu Academy. How could these two people withstand the various threats the academy used?
Under inducement and severe torture, both of them 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 though they were beaten 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 a worry 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 atonement.
After receiving a letter from Xue Zhong 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 to the student dormitory in the name of investigating the case.
Only fifteen days later, the three teams sent out all came back. The facts of the case were completely revealed, and the relevant people were all pulled out like grasshoppers on a line.
The principal offenders were Shen Douke and Bo Gui, the accomplices Zuo Bo, Shu Sun Mo, Yan Jiu, and the alchemist Yun Ji. The person who tested the elixir was a certain disciple of Shen Douke. Where did the elixir come from, how was it refined, and how did it pass the inspection?
How he was sent to the army, how he covered up the incident after it happened, everything is clear.
Wenzong sorted it out, and the relevant prisoners were sent to the school prison and reported to the Qingshu Office in Kuaiji to close the case. In the closing report, Wu Sheng wrote down Xue Zhong's contribution to the Yingdu School in a very significant way, and a copy of the case was also sent to him.
It was sent to Linzi Academy because he was afraid that Qingshu would suppress the case or cover it up and bury his own merits. It would be much safer to take a two-pronged approach.
Wu Sheng now needs some credit. 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 clear their name; and the higher your status, the easier it is to be exposed. This is a very balanced skill, like stepping on a tightrope, with both risks and benefits.
Need to grasp it well.
The case was quickly sent to Kuaiji, and like the documents sent from other schools in various places, it was collected at Luo Lingfu, who was in charge of the investigation. According to the rules, it could have been distributed directly, but Luo Lingfu, the disciple who handled the document, saw it in the case file.
The three words "Shen Douke" came up, so they were sent to Luo Lingfu as usual.
I came here for Shen Douke, and everything about Shen Douke should be reported to Luo Fengxing.
So Luo Lingfu opened the file, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
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