Chapter 245 Someone Has to Take the Responsibility
Along the way, Ye Danxia tried every means to delay time, but Ma Hongyu kept staring at her. Ye Danxia had no chance to run away and was forcibly brought to Zhao Wuji's door.
The guard at the door said that Zhao Wuji was still recuperating with Han Xiaoyu.
Ye Danxia's eyes lit up, and she quickly said, "Uncle Ma, it seems the timing is a bit unfortunate. Why don't we go first?"
Ma Hongyu grabbed Ye Danxia's arm and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Ye, don't worry. If the Sect Leader needs something, we can just wait here. It's only natural for us to wait for the Sect Leader, but we can't let the Sect Leader wait for us. This is our duty as disciples."
Ye Danxia struggled to break free but failed. She felt a little annoyed, but she really couldn't leave.
The time spent waiting at the door was the most painful time for Ye Danxia.
She was desperately thinking about how to make this matter go away, and ideally, she could shift the blame to Ma Hongyu.
How to push it?
While Ye Danxia was thinking hard, the door opened by itself.
Han Xiaoyu came out.
Zhao Wuji's voice came from inside: "Hongyu, Danxia, come in."
"Senior Brother Han." Ye Danxia looked at Han Xiaoyu lovingly.
Han Xiaoyu was about to leave, but after seeing Ye Danxia's look, he couldn't move a step. He quickly stopped, turned around and followed Ye Danxia back.
Anyway, the master dotes on him very much, and Han Xiaoyu doesn’t think that the master will drive him away.
As expected. Seeing Han Xiaoyu turn around, Zhao Wuji just looked at him dotingly, without any intention of caring at all.
Zhao Wuji nodded at Ye Danxia, and when he looked at Ma Hongyu, his dignified expression had returned. "Hongyu, have you collected all the spiritual plants? How does the quantity compare to previous years?"
Ma Hongyu shook his head: "Master, I don't know either."
Zhao Wuji's expression changed slightly. "You don't know? You've always been responsible for these things. If you don't know, who should I ask?"
Ma Hongyu glanced at Ye Danxia, then said in surprise: "Master, don't you know?"
Zhao Wuji frowned: "What should I know!"
"This..." Ma Hongyu deliberately looked at Ye Danxia again. Everyone could see the embarrassment in his eyes.
Zhao Wuji's frown deepened. "But what's going on? Why did you bring Danxia with you? Could this matter be related to her?"
Ye Danxia lowered her head and didn't dare to answer.
She had tried hard to think of a solution, but Ma Hongyu was too cautious and she couldn't find an opportunity for a while.
Ma Hongyu was surprised and said quickly, "Master, I was supposed to collect the spiritual plants yesterday. It was Junior-Junior Sister Ye who came with the Master's token and said that the Master had given her this task. I checked the token and it was indeed the one that the Master carries with him. The sect rules say that seeing the token is like seeing the Master, so I naturally dared not disobey. Therefore, these spiritual plants were collected by Junior-Junior Sister Ye. The spiritual plants are now all on Junior-Junior Sister Ye, and I haven't seen even a single leaf."
As Zhao Wuji listened, his expression changed repeatedly.
Why is his leader token in Ye Danxia's hands?
Zhao Wuji couldn't help but glance at Han Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu borrowed this token from me because he wanted to study the patterns on it.
Xiaoyu is a child who is naturally interested in the art of talismans. There are indeed a few talismans engraved on the leader's token.
Zhao Wuji has always doted on this illegitimate son. Thinking that Xiaoyu has always been cautious and nothing will go wrong, he lent him the token to play with.
As a result, this token actually fell into Ye Danxia's hands and was used to falsely convey orders?
Han Xiaoyu was also startled, and he couldn't help but look at Ye Danxia in confusion.
Didn’t Junior Sister say that she was just playing around?
Ye Danxia was a little panicked, but she still managed to speak: "Master, I... I just felt that Uncle Ma was very busy, so I wanted to help him."
Zhao Wuji narrowed his eyes.
He still has some affection for Ye Danxia.
However, after so many things happened, he no longer trusted Ye Danxia as much as he did at the beginning.
Zhao Wuji couldn't help but ask, "Where are the spiritual plants that were collected?"
Ye Danxia gritted her teeth and was a little scared, but she still took out the storage bag reluctantly and handed it to Zhao Wuji.
As soon as Zhao Wuji saw Ye Danxia's expression, he felt something was wrong.
He quickly scanned it with his mind and his expression changed.
The number of spiritual plants in the storage bag is now half less than in previous years!
Thinking of Ye Danxia’s guilty look, one can imagine where the spiritual plant has gone!
Anger burned in Zhao Wuji's heart.
However, he restrained himself!
There must be something wrong with Ye Danxia.
However, now that Ma Hongyu is here, if I expose this matter, Danxia was already a guilty person, and now something like this has happened, wouldn't it be an even greater crime?
"Master." Ye Danxia's face was pale, and she looked at Zhao Wuji pleadingly.
Isn’t it just a spiritual plant?
Zhao Wuji has embezzled so much money over the years, he shouldn't be petty with me.
Zhao Wuji's face was dark.
This is not something he can ignore just because he wants to.
In the past few years, he owned the entire Tianxing Sect and indeed had abundant resources. However, these resources had long been used on himself and a few favored disciples. This time, in order to invite Li Heng's help, he also spent a lot of money.
Zhao Wuji's finances were far less abundant now. Furthermore, he was gradually losing control of the other peaks. To stabilize the remaining three peaks, he had given away many benefits.
After spending so much money, he was just waiting for this wave of recovery.
result!
Ye Danxia actually embezzled so much!
This is simply lawless!
"Master, is there any problem?" Han Xiaoyu asked nervously.
As he asked, his eyes kept drifting towards Ye Danxia, and the affection between his eyebrows could not be hidden.
Zhao Wuji suddenly became even more annoyed.
It is obvious that his son is interested in Ye Danxia.
Originally, a person with natural spiritual roots was worthy of his son.
But Ye Danxia is a little too bold.
Zhao Wuji suddenly remembered that Han Xiaoyu had been consuming a lot more spiritual medicine recently than before. He simply thought that Han Xiaoyu's body was recovering rapidly, which was why he was consuming so much.
Now that I think about it, there might be something else going on!
Zhao Wuji was already burning with anger, but Ye Danxia was his beloved disciple after all. If he exposed the truth in public, not only Ye Danxia, but Han Xiaoyu would probably also become estranged from him.
But he has to accept such a huge loss.
Zao Wou-Ki can't do it!
Zhao Wuji looked at Ma Hongyu and suddenly said slowly, "Hongyu, come forward."
Ma Hongyu stepped forward obediently.
Zhao Wuji handed over the storage bag containing the spiritual plants. "I don't know whether there were many or few spiritual plants in previous years. Please help me count them. There's no need to rush. Take them back and count them slowly. Just tell me the results tomorrow."
Someone has to take responsibility for this huge loss, and Ma Hongyu is a good candidate!
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