Chapter 348 You Deserve Your Arrogance
Zen Master Huineng laughed heartily and looked at Ye Buwei and said, "Buwei, you didn't misjudge him!"
Zhou Huaining's eyes were as big as copper bells. "Master, are you still laughing? It's okay that they don't understand the law, but Master, why don't you remind them? For a capital crime like this, if they don't run away, they will die!"
Zen Master Huineng said, "Huaining, aren't you the county magistrate? Given your position, isn't it a bit inappropriate to say such things?"
Zhou Huaining scratched his hair in frustration. "Then what can I do? I know the character of Senior Brother and Yan Ping very well. The fact that they committed murder can only mean that they are desperate! I don't have the ability to exonerate them. I can only let them run away!"
Ye Buwei said in a low voice, "Huaining, please sit down first. Next, you must listen carefully to what I say."
Zhou Huaining stamped his feet in a rage: "My uncle! If you have something to say, just say it quickly. It's urgent and you're still so slow! No one wants a slow-paced person like you to work outside! You're really driving me crazy! I'd rather talk to Auntie!"
Zen Master Huineng laughed, "Buwei... I never thought that you would have this day..."
Ye Buwei: “…”
Forget it, since he is the son of an old friend, I won’t bother with him.
"Huaining, the Imperial Guards were killed by thunder."
Zhou Huaining, who was furious, said: "Ah???"
"Yan Ping and Master, did not kill anyone."
"real?"
"real."
Zhou Huaining sat back in his chair with a gossipy expression.
"Uncle, did the thunderbolt kill all 100 imperial guards with just one roar?"
"To be precise, it was four loud bangs." Ye Buwei said.
"Oh my god! I missed the big event again!"
Zhou Huaining slapped his thigh with regret, and suddenly remembered something.
"Oh, right, the dispatch said that Master Hongkong came with the Imperial Guards. Could Master Hongkong have also been struck to death by the thunder? Oh, poor Master Hongkong, he didn't even know to stay away from those damn Imperial Guards..."
"Amitabha, why did the donor Huaining curse me?"
A voice came from the side door, and then Master Hongkong walked in.
Zhou Huaining blinked his eyes and asked, "Master Hongkong, did the thunderbolt not strike you?"
Master Hongkong almost couldn't hold it in. "Friend Huaining, the thunder from heaven only strikes those who have done many evil things. I have done no evil."
"That's good, that's good!"
After the excitement passed, Zhou Huaining picked up the teacup and drank tea again.
"Huaining, why don't you ask me why I stayed in Heihe Village?" Master Hongkong sat down.
Zhou Huaining blew the tea leaves in his cup and said, "Master Hongkong, do you even need to ask this? The imperial guards who came with you are all dead. Now that you have returned to the capital, you can't explain it even if you have a hundred mouths."
"Yes, so I decided to stay in Heihe Village with my senior brother."
"But you can't stay in Heihe Village either." Zhou Huaining sighed, "Even if I report to the court that the imperial guards didn't come to Heihe Village, I'm afraid the court won't believe it and will definitely come back."
"They will definitely come again." Ye Buwei said, "Not only because of the missing imperial guards, but also because of Xiao Jiuer."
"How...how did Xiao Jiuer get involved?!" Zhou Huaining's face changed.
Ye Buwei recounted what happened that day in general.
"That's too much, it's really too much!" Zhou Huaining shook his head. "These bastards deserve to be killed! I don't know what the court is thinking. Why would they go to such lengths with a little kid? No wonder the people are complaining about the court!"
After becoming a county magistrate and having more contact with the common people, Zhou Huaining realized that the people had many grievances against the court, which he had never understood before.
Ye Buwei said: "Now that you have figured out the whole story, you can go back to the county government office and think about how to respond to the court."
Zhou Huaining said nonchalantly, "Don't think about it, just report the truth."
He then looked at the three of them cunningly and said, "My answer is: Heihe Village has never seen any Imperial Guards! There's only one possibility for the Imperial Guards' disappearance: they went in the wrong direction and wandered into Wild Bear Ridge, a place where wild beasts roam, sunlight is invisible, and the locals never dare to set foot!"
"You are committing the crime of deceiving the emperor for the sake of Heihe Village. Aren't you afraid of bringing trouble upon yourself?" Ye Buwei asked.
"I didn't deceive the emperor!" Zhou Huaining opened his innocent eyes wide. "I investigated the matter of the Imperial Guards all the way, and this is the answer given to me by the local people! If this answer is a lie, then the people have deceived me! If the emperor wants to blame someone, he can only blame me for being too stupid and naive!"
Ye Buwei smiled. The son of Marquis Wuping was indeed interesting.
"Huaining, now that you understand everything, go back to the county government office!"
"But what are you going to do?" Zhou Huaining asked worriedly, "Uncle, listen to my advice. Take Xiao Jiuer and run away! You are no match for the imperial court!"
"We will not leave Heihe Village."
"What are you going to do if they come to your house again next time?"
"It's still the same. Let them come but never return."
"I'm really... convinced..." Zhou Huaining said speechlessly, "Forget it, I know there's a thunderstorm in Heihe Village. God is on your side, you deserve my arrogance."
"By the way, I haven't seen my senior brother yet. Where did he and Yan Ping go?"
Ye Buwei was silent for a while. He didn't want to tell Zhou Huaining about Zhao Xingjian's trip to Beijing. For Zhou Huaining, the more he knew, the easier it would be for him to be implicated.
Ye Buwei looked at the other two people in the room, both of them looked like old monks in meditation.
No, they were originally old monks in meditation.
Therefore, he must come in person to tell this lie.
Ye Buwei coughed twice and said unnaturally: "Huaining, Master and Yanping went to the place where the fruit trees were planted. I heard that the fruit trees were infested with insects."
Zhou Huaining had no doubt at all, "Okay, then I'll go to the mountain to meet Hawkeye."
"Hawkeye...he's not here either." Ye Buwei said with difficulty, "He went with them."
"Hawkeye is gone too?" Zhou Huaining said with disappointment, "But I don't have time to wait for them to come back. I have to leave."
Zhou Huaining picked up the long stick by the door and hurried away.
Master Hongkong laughed and said, "The son of Marquis Wuping was a playboy in the capital, but after coming to Xianchuan County, he seemed like a completely different person, much more mature and sensible."
Zen Master Huineng said, "He has always been a kind-hearted child, but his mother spoiled him. Like Achen, I don't want to drag him into this vortex."
"But he will one day face a difficult decision," Master Hongkong said. "He is the magistrate of Xianchuan County and the son of Marquis Wuping. Even if he has feelings for Heihe Village, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to change his stance."
"How can it be as we wish?" Ye Buwei sighed. "If that day ever comes, I just hope we don't have to fight. After all, I really can't bring myself to kill him."
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