Chapter 137 How to use ingenuity (8000)
This proposal was very bold, but it caused waves in his heart, as if he had this tendency.
If it is true what Steward Chen said, give Xu Bai a false evidence, then arrest Xu Bai first, and finally say that the evidence is false, let Xu Bai go, this will also frustrate Xu Bai's spirit.
And there are no disadvantages. As the magistrate of this place, it is very reasonable to arrest people after discovering the evidence.
The evidence is false, and it needs a relatively normal process to prove it. Before that, Xu Bai needs to be arrested.
Even if the trouble is brought to His Majesty, what I have done is to enforce the law impartially, and His Majesty has no reason to blame him.
"In your opinion, you need to find some reason to arrest him." Tong Fuling asked.
He had already planned to do this, especially when he thought of Xu Bai's arrogant attitude before, he became even more annoyed.
As everyone knows, the reason why Xu Bai is so arrogant is entirely because of his own attitude. If there is no problem with his attitude, Xu Bai will cooperate well.
In this world, some people are like this. They feel that they are never wrong, and that it is always others who are wrong. Once someone else does something bad to them, they will shirk all their mistakes.
"I must teach him an unforgettable lesson and let him know the shame I suffered today." Tong Fuling said secretly in his heart.
In Tao Tu Mansion, he has always been unscrupulous, especially for those Jianghu people and martial arts, he is even more contemptuous.
He thinks that Xu Bai is also from the Jianghu, but he just had **** luck.
Now that he was made into such a state by a quack, of course he is not convinced, and this dissatisfaction, under the instigation of Steward Chen, has begun to breed the idea that he must take revenge.
"My lord, the reason is actually very easy to find. Let's just say that we have found a witness, and then randomly arrest a death row prisoner from the prison, and lie to the death row prisoner that if he agrees to testify, we will release him." Chen Butler began to make suggestions: "We Just lock him up for a few days, let him suffer a little bit, and then say that the evidence is wrong, and the death row prisoner can be killed directly, and another death without proof."
Tong Fuling heard the words, pondered for a moment, finally nodded and agreed.
"You go and handle this matter for me, and you must shut your mouth to me. No matter what, you can't spread it."
"Yes!" Chen Butler agreed, and then left directly: "The villain will arrange the death row first."
Tong Fuling nodded and said nothing more.
Steward Chen did go out to arrange the death row. After arranging the death row, he left the government office directly, walked along this street, and finally arrived at a remote residence. He walked through a particularly inconspicuous door. go in.
As soon as I opened the door, I smelled a strange fragrance. I walked along this room and walked directly inside. There was a woman in a light veil sitting there.
"Master, everything has been arranged properly. Xu Bai may be imprisoned. At that time is the best time to act." Chen Butler hunched over, not daring to look at the veiled woman in front of him.
The woman in Qingsha didn't even turn her head. She just looked at the bronze mirror on the dressing table and applied the best rouge on her face, and then she made a gentle sound.
"The woman next to him, and the person wrapped in black this morning, are particularly strange. They must be separated, otherwise the plan will fail."
"Master, I'm really not sure if we want to separate them." Steward Chen hesitated again and again, but then said slowly: "If Xu Bai is determined and wants to take the two of them with him, then we can only let them stay in the prison together." Crouched inside."
As soon as these words came out, the room fell into silence, as silent as a pool of stagnant water.
The woman in the light gauze put down the rouge in her hand and stood up from the stool. The light gauze was shaking on her chest, and she could vaguely see something.
"If it really can't be separated, then forget it."
Chen Butler hummed, and respectfully agreed.
"That's right." The woman in Qingsha seemed to have thought of something, and her plump red lips parted slightly: "If you hold this thing, let him do it. It must be done cleanly, and there must be no telltale signs."
A square wooden box is placed on the ground, reaching the height of the knees of the calves.
"Just press the button of the wooden box, and the wooden box will explode and turn into fragments all over the sky. People will be pierced by the fragments and become riddled with holes." The woman in Qingsha explained the method in detail. .
"The villain arranged for a dead man to use this box exclusively." Chen Butler agreed.
Who knew that before he could continue speaking, the Qingsha woman shook her head, pointed her slender fingers at Butler Chen, and her tone changed from gentle to murderous: "You may not have figured it out, it is only suitable for you to do it. And I'll only send you alone."
Steward Chen was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head and remained silent.
Obviously, when it comes to this topic of facing life and death, anyone would choose to remain silent.
After all, the horror between life and death is not something ordinary people can overcome. Now the other party wants him to die, and this approach makes him fall into a tangle.
"Think about your wife, children, and children. As long as you do this, I will provide them with food and clothing for the rest of their lives. I will do what I say. After all, you have no other choice." Qingsha woman walked slowly in front of Steward Chen , White fingers lifted Chen Butler's chin, and his tone was as gentle as water.
Chen Butler closed his eyes. After a long time, he finally opened them again and nodded fiercely: "The villain will definitely complete the task according to what the master said."
He didn't have any choice, he planted a seed in his mind, wanting him to die was just an idea of the master, and dying by himself, and allowing his wife and children to be treated well, was the choice he had.
"Go." The Qingsha woman put down her hands and said.
Chen Butler hugged the wooden box, gritted his teeth, turned and left.
After Chen Butler left, the Qingsha woman returned to the dressing table, looked at the beautiful face in the bronze mirror, and muttered to herself.
"I'm not like those idiots who only know **** with brute force. Sometimes killing doesn't require brute force, but ingenuity."
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Xu Bai didn't know what happened afterwards, and in the blink of an eye, another two or three days passed.
He didn't know what had happened recently, the other party had remained silent, as if he had disappeared suddenly.
But he is also very clear that as long as he has not arrived in the capital and is still in Taotu Mansion, the other party will definitely attack, the difference is only in the method used.
And in the past few days, under the boredom, apart from eating every day, he is in the inn of Tao Tu Mansion, watching the progress bar of the nameless knife scripture.
Originally, the liver progress bar was a particularly boring thing, but fortunately, Ye Zi was here, making this boring thing interesting.
"Young master, tell me more, just talk about the things in that county."
Ye Zi sat next to Xu Bai, put Xu Bai's calf on his thigh, gently kneaded, and while kneading, he talked coquettishly.
When he was free these few days, Xu Bai and Ye Zi talked about their past, of course, they talked about some interesting things.
To other people, these interesting stories may get boring after a long time, but to Ye Zi, they will never feel tired.
After Xu Bai asked the reason clearly, he also felt that Ye Zi was a poor person.
In the Ye family, even those direct descendants are commodities, and as long as someone is interested in them, the commodities will be sold.
In order for these products to be seen by others, in addition to the usual etiquette and a variety of knowledgeable personalities, one must also be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Every Ye family, from birth to the end, is given away as a commodity, and they are not allowed to step out of the door.
So they have never understood all kinds of interesting things in this world, they only know to recite some famous poems and learn various skills.
In Xu Bai's view, this kind of experience is extremely pitiful, and he took advantage of this time to tell Ye Zi tirelessly every day.
Ye Zi also listened with great interest. Whenever Xu Bai was not ready to speak, she would beat Xu Bai's shoulders and rub his legs, as if to please him, and let Xu Bai continue talking.
"Okay, I won't talk about it today." Xu Bai said helplessly.
It's not that he doesn't want to continue talking, but because the progress bar of the nameless knife scripture in his hand is about to be completed.
Ye Zi is not an unreasonable person, she can act coquettishly occasionally, but when something happens, she is very sensible, and when she heard that Xu Bai was unwilling to continue, she let out a soft oh, and continued to rub her legs with her head down. .
Xu Bai turned his head and stared at the nameless knife scripture in his hand.
The progress bar was still growing rapidly, and in a blink of an eye, when the last gap was filled, the progress bar finally reached the point of perfection.
Light blue smoke appeared, turned into lines of text, and regrouped in front of my eyes.
After a while, the text gradually became clearer, and Xu Bai could see the content clearly.
【You observe the Unknown Sword Sutra and comprehend the twenty-four steps (disabled) of piercing armor. 】
Looking at the name, he already understood that it is a skill of the body type. After all, the Wuming Sword Manual has already established a standard in his heart. It is a relatively complete sword method, including various supporting skills. Skill.
"It should be integrated soon." Xu Bai thought to himself.
Sure enough, just thinking about it, new words resurfaced.
【Find fusion options, fusion is in progress. 】
【Twenty-four steps of armor breaking (disabled) + two turns of walking breaking = three turns of walking breaking. 】
【The fusion was successful. 】
…
After the light blue text reappeared, it quickly disappeared, turning into a series of complicated messages, which were transmitted to Xu Bai's mind.
The Latest Properties panel appears.
【Name: Xu Bai. 】
【Realm: Sipin Sanren. 】
【Yidao Four Styles (Level 6): Full level. 】
【Reversing Zixiao Gangfeng Yin and Yang Breaking (Level 6): Full level. 】
【Returning Wind and Liuxue (Level 5): Full level. 】
【Walking break three turns (level 5): full level. 】
【Dou Zhuan Xing Yi (Level 4): Full level. 】
【Diamond Heart Demon Physique (level 4); full level. 】
[Strong Kidney Harvesting Technique (Level 5): Full level. 】
【True Solution of Hundred Poisons (Level 3): Full level. 】
【Ingenious Puppet Art (Level 6): Full level. 】
[Indestructible body (residual) (level 5): full level. 】
【Comprehension: full level. 】
…
Break three rounds and reach the fifth level. All aspects have achieved a qualitative leap. Speed and endurance, as well as flashing and maneuvering, have all made great progress.
This is a good thing, but Xu Bai frowned.
He found a rather interesting thing, which is the number of existing unnamed knife scriptures.
There are still seventeen copies of the Unknown Sword Manual, but now, the skills he has obtained from them can be divided into three types.
Mind method, body method, sword method.
The mental technique is at the sixth level, the body technique is at the fifth level, and the sword technique is also at the sixth level. Although it also incorporates other skills, he still has a full seventeen books!
According to the legend about the Wuming Sword Sutra, after concentrating all the parts, comprehending the things inside, you will be able to enter the first-grade state directly.
Seventeen books.
If you comprehend all of them, it is not just the first rank, even if the mental method can reach the first rank, how much unknown sword scripture can you spend?
Even if Xu Bai is exaggerating, it counts as five books.
The remaining 12 books, five with knife method, six with body method.
Is there another one?
The most important thing is that Xu Bai's calculation is quite exaggerated. If he is not exaggerating, he still has a lot left.
"Could it be... there are new supporting skills?" Xu Bai couldn't help but get hot when he thought of this.
Sometimes, you have to find a little something for yourself. Now that he has a new discovery, he is of course very motivated.
"continue!"
Thinking about this, Xu Bai took out another copy, continued to start the liver progress bar, handed one of them to Ye Zi, and said, "Burn it."
Ye Zi blinked, received it obediently, found the brazier, and burned the book that Xu Bai had finished.
Destroy the evidence. In this world, even those causes and effects have come out, and there are all kinds of feng shui. Maybe you can deduce something from the book he has finished. It is safest to burn it to ashes.
In the room, there was a burning smell.
Ye Zi waited until the book in front of him was turned into ashes, then got up and rubbed Xu Bai's shoulders again.
She likes to do these things very much, of course, it is also divided.
At the beginning, when Xu Bai protected her behind, she felt that she was much better than other sisters.
Now, she no longer contradicts the family's arrangements for her.
While pinching, Ye Zi sized up Xu Bai.
The time passed so imperceptibly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon.
At this time, Xu Bai was about to put down the nameless saber scripture in his hand, and take Ye Zi out for a stroll and have a meal, when there was a knock on the door.
"Who?" Xu Bai frowned, ran over to look for him at this time, could it be someone from the government office?
Facts have proved that he guessed correctly, and there was a trembling voice outside the door.
"Xu... Master Xu... Please come with us."
His voice was trembling, obviously he was terrified of Xu Bai.
Xu Bai thought about it.
The fourth-rank puppet standing next to him stepped forward and opened the door.
Outside the door, a yamen servant stood obediently outside. When the door opened, he shivered.
Since Xu Bai showed his power last time, they have gained some knowledge. Now they are only afraid of Xu Bai, and other than that, they are still afraid.
"What's the matter?" Xu Bai frowned.
The yamen servant timidly said: "Master Tong said... I have found witnesses, and told you to go there quickly. We made a special trip to invite Master Xu."
Again, Xu Bai is very particular about that.
People respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot.
"Lead the way." Xu Bai put the Wuming Sword Sutra back into the package and carried it on his back, then stood up and said calmly.
Is there evidence?
He is very curious now, what kind of evidence is there.
The yamen servant was relieved to see that Xu Bai didn't get angry, and he didn't stay here, and hurriedly led the way.
Xu Bai took Ye Zi and the fourth-rank puppet, and quickly left the inn, walked around the streets, and came to the government office.
When he stepped into the government office for the first step, he saw that a big battle had been set up in the government office. In the lobby, two rows were full of government servants holding killing sticks.
In the middle of the two rows of yamen servants was a man in ordinary clothes. Xu Bai walked in, which naturally attracted everyone's attention. When he walked to the center of the lobby, he heard a slap from Tong Fuling. .
"Master Tong, do you need to make it so grand?" Xu Bairao asked with interest.
It's been a long time since he stepped into this circle, and he has never been interrogated in the lobby, so he still finds it quite novel.
"Bold!" Tong Fuling slammed on the table and said, "Xu Bai, I called you here because I found out that you were related to the disappearance of those family members. Now correct your attitude."
"Why?" Xu Bai pointed to the ordinary man next to him, and said, "Is this person the evidence?"
"Handling a case requires one person to have all the evidence. Although there is only one person to testify now, Xu Bai, you have to stay in the government office. At least you can't go out until the truth comes out." happy meaning.
At this time, the man who had been standing by the side finally spoke, made a panicked expression, pointed at Xu Bai, and shouted: "My lord, it's him! What I saw at that time was him!"
Xu Bai: "..."
This acting skill is simply too bad.
He was very sure that there was no such man that night, those people were already dead, and it was impossible for them to stay alive.
"You should be very clear about the consequences of giving false testimony. I am also an official of the court. If you use false testimony to frame me, don't you know what will happen?" Xu Bai said lightly.
A man dressed in ordinary clothes suddenly became a little timid, because when Xu Bai said that he was an imperial official, he was a little scared.
"If you lie and slander my young master, I will make you come and go." Ye Zi's beautiful eyes were cold: "Tell me everything you know, and I'd like to see how you make up a seamless story? "
She was very annoyed, and she wished she could steal the man in front of her to pieces.
The man in ordinary clothes faltered, but he still told the ins and outs of the matter.
Xu Bai frowned slightly after hearing this.
Ye Zi still wanted to talk, but Xu Bai held her down, preventing her from continuing.
"Since you have the so-called witness, what do you want to do with it, do you just want to put me in jail?" Xu Bai looked directly at Tong Fuling and said.
Tong Fuling nodded, and said: "That's natural, Mr. Xu can rest assured, before that, you will not suffer any harm, but you will lose your freedom."
"Let's go." Xu Bai turned around and walked directly towards the cell without even saying a word of excuse.
Tong Fuling was slightly surprised. He thought there would be a very heated debate, and he had even prepared a lot of backup measures, but he didn't expect Xu Bai to turn around and leave without arguing.
I don’t know why, but in a scene that should have relieved my anger, I suddenly felt a little annoyed, even aggrieved.
It's as if you have laid a net and waited for the other party to get in, but the other party is walking in the courtyard, as if you are traveling.
But the matter has come to this point, as if an arrow is on the string, it has to be launched.
Tong Fuling waved his hand and said: "Take Master Xu down, wait, Master Xu, these two cannot accompany you."
These two naturally refer to the fourth-grade puppets, and Ye Zi.
Xu Bai turned his head and said, "Who made the rules? Did you make the rules? Am I already a definite prisoner?"
After asking three times in a row, Tong Fuling was left speechless.
Tong Fuling became more and more aggrieved, and always felt that he was getting bored instead.
In the end, he let Xu Bai take Ye Zi and the others into prison.
"Snapped!"
The cell door was shut tightly.
After the yamen servant locked the lock, he left directly without stopping at all, and even ran very fast, for fear that he would be angered by Xu Bai if he stayed here for a while.
"My lord, Ye Zi doesn't understand, why don't we argue, in fact, we can ask a lot of things, that person may not be able to answer." Ye Zi's fair cheeks were full of confusion, and he couldn't figure out what Xu Bai was thinking.
It's not that she doesn't trust Xu Bai, it's just that she is very curious. After all, sometimes, when curiosity reaches a certain level, she can't help but want to explore.
Xu Bai smiled, found a seat against the wall and sat down, leaning his back against the wall, took out the unknown knife scripture, and said: "Some things will be clear after you read them, and I can't explain them clearly."
Now that we have reached this point, Ye Zi also understands that now is not the time to talk about these things. Seeing that Xu Bai is still at ease, she relaxes and runs behind Xu Bai to continue the conversation for Xu Bai. rub your shoulders.
"If something really happens, Ye Zi will block the way for the young master." Ye Zi said softly.
Xu Bai smiled and said: "If something really happened, why would I need you to block the way for me, don't worry, everything is under control."
If he really wants to go to court, he has a hundred ways to find out that what the person said is false, and he can even make that person admit it in person.
But before that, Xu Bai considered one thing, a very important thing.
Just a few days ago, Tong Fuling was still gnashing his teeth. There was nothing he could do about him, but in a blink of an eye, he came up with a trick, and even specially found someone to replace him to produce false evidence.
There is a problem here.
Either Tong Fuling thought hard and thought it out, or someone gave him a bad idea behind his back and asked him to do this.
If it’s the first type, it’s okay to say.
But what if it is the second type?
If it is the second type, the people behind it are likely to be those who blocked him.
Xu Bai will not let go of this opportunity, even though it is only possible, he has to go and see what tricks the other party is trying to play.
The enemy is in the dark and I am in the light. Under such a situation, I can only use the method of waiting for work, first watching the enemy's moves, and then counterattacking along with the enemy's moves.
Still the same sentence, Xu Bai firmly believes that there can be no perfect events in this world, as long as the opponent makes a move, there will inevitably be loopholes, only the size of the loopholes.
The more shots, the more loopholes, the bigger the loopholes, and he has an opportunity to take advantage of.
"Just be at ease." Xu Bai yawned, and continued to work on the unknown knife scripture in his hand.
…
Time gradually passed, and it was already night in a blink of an eye.
At this moment, the moon and stars are sparse, and there are not many dark clouds in the sky. The moonlight sprinkles silver light, shining on the dark land, highlighting a bit of tranquility.
In this dark night, except for the continuous ringing of the watch, the street was quiet.
Fu Ya Nei.
It was dark here, only two lanterns were lit outside the cell.
By this time, Tong Fuling had already fallen asleep.
According to Yun Zihai's habit, at this time, he is probably still burning the lights to fight at night.
Everyone handles things differently, and everyone's ambitions are different.
People like Tong Fuling are already too old, and the chance of climbing up is very small, so they simply guard the one-third of an acre of land. As long as there are no major incidents, they will be happy, and naturally they will not stay up late .
At such a late hour, he had already fallen asleep, and even heard a slight snore.
And in his dark backyard, there was a figure walking cautiously.
Chen Butler held the wooden box in his hands, with a look of determination in his eyes.
Tonight is the time for their plan to be implemented.
They didn't want to kill Xu Bai. In fact, now is not the best time to do it, after all, they are not absolutely sure.
If you don’t kill Xu Bai, then kill Tong Fu Ling.
This wooden box is an excellent contraption, if it explodes, it will be similar to the black knife in Xu Bai's hand full of cracks.
And this is their plan—to frame and blame.
Actually, this trick was used before in Zimu Mansion, but it was very bad.
The people at Qipanshan are very accurate in their calculations, and their methods are very clever, but the price is too small.
In Zimu Mansion, the dead are only members of the family, so how could it possibly bring pressure to Xu Bai?
Now what they want to do is not to kill those family members, but to kill Tong Fu Ling.
The death of an official of the imperial court is still an order of a government. It just so happens that Xu Bai is also related to this matter, so all this will become a different angle.
At that time, when it was found that the wound was similar to Xu Bai's black knife, even if Xu Bai jumped into the river, he would not be able to wash it off.
And at that time, even without them doing anything, Xu Bai will have big troubles.
This is the best way, not brute force, but cleverness.
But the only price is that Steward Chen will definitely die, because this clever explosion is an indiscriminate attack.
The reason why Steward Chen was asked to do it was because Steward Chen could be regarded as Tong Fuling's close personal, and he also had this opportunity to do it.
"Boom boom boom!"
Butler Chen came to the door and knocked lightly.
After waiting for about a few breaths, Tong Fuling's voice came from inside the door.
"Who is it?"
There was a hint of irritability in Tong Fuling's voice.
"Master, it's me." Chen Butler said in a low voice: "Just now I thought of a way to let Xu Bai shut up for a few more days to help the master solve his worries."
As soon as the voice fell, there were bursts of dressing sounds in the room.
A moment later, Tong Fuling came to the door, opened the door, looked at Butler Chen, and frowned.
"It is enough to close it for a few days, and there is no need to close it for a long time."
After doing what happened at noon today, Tong Fuling actually felt a little uneasy.
Although he knows that he has no way to climb up and has begun to look bad, but he is a scholar after all, and he still feels a little guilty for a scholar to do such dirty and indecent things.
So tonight, he was lying on the bed, suffering from insomnia, until Butler Chen knocked on the door, and he also got up quickly.
"Master, the villain knows that you have relieved your anger, but Xu Bai's attitude this afternoon is still too bad. If you don't give him a good boost, you will lose the master's face!" Chen Butler said respectfully.
He acted as if he was advising Tong Fu Ling in order to get a better reward.
Tong Fuling frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Tell me, what is your method?"
"Master, look at this, this is physical evidence." Steward Chen raised the wooden box in his hand, and slowly approached Tong Fuling.
Tong Fuling came over with curiosity in his eyes.
The distance is getting closer and closer, butler Chen is counting silently in his heart, his eyes showing a fierce look.
There is a button on the top of the wooden box. Just when Tong Fuling had reached the closest angle, Steward Chen put his hand on it, and then pressed it hard.
"Crack!"
A slight voice came to mind.
The surrounding area is quiet, and everything is as usual.
Chen Butler: "..."
Tong Fuling asked doubtfully: "What is this thing? Why do you still hear the sound of the mechanism when you press it?"
Chen Butler was stunned, and continued to press it in disbelief.
"Crack! Crack!"
The sound came one after another, but the wooden box was still the same wooden box, and there was no sound at all.
"How can this be!"
Chen Butler was dumbfounded.
At this moment, Tong Fuling finally noticed something unusual. He felt that something was wrong with the butler's expression.
"Show me your wooden box, what is it?" Tong Fuling stretched out his hand.
Steward Chen looked at the hand extended by Tong Fuling, and suddenly raised the wooden box in his hand, ready to throw it on the ground viciously.
But the next moment, a strong wind came from a distance, and chopped off his hands. The wooden box was not thrown to the ground by him, but fell to the ground with gravity, without any damage.
"ah!"
Chen Butler screamed and rolled on the ground.
Tong Fuling showed surprise on his face, and turned his head to look at the darkness not far away.
Xu Bai walked out of the darkness with Ye Zi and the fourth-rank puppet, and yawned.
"I heard the sound of a machine jumping in the prison. It should never have happened. Why did you choose a machine?"
Pale voice, full of regret.
"Xu Bai, how dare you escape from the prison, it's simply..." Tong Fuling came back to his senses, and pointed at Xu Bai to question him.
"Snapped!"
The next moment, Xu Bai slapped Tong Fuling on the face.
Fourth rank beats fifth rank, it's so direct, Tong Fuling didn't even react.
"Idiot, from now on, if you dare to talk nonsense again, I will let your soul return to Jiuquan."
(end of this chapter)