When Helen walked in with red and swollen eyes, Wu Lai felt very uncomfortable. He naturally didn't want to make Helen so sad, but the fewer people who knew about this matter, the better. Helen was too close to Ye Jianwu, and Ye Jianwu was not one of them after all. If Helen let the cat out of the bag one day, he might be pushed to the forefront.

"Wu Lai, does it still hurt?" Helen bit her lips and looked so pitiful that she almost made Wu Lai confess. Fortunately, although he was soft-hearted, he was not completely melted.

"It's okay. Look, I'm so energetic." Wu Lai said with a smile.

"How could it not hurt if you lied to me?" Helen held Wu Lai's hand.

Wu Lai sighed: "When the vacation is over, you go back to the college first and don't miss the classes. You have to go to my class for me as well." He knew that with his current "injured body", Helen would definitely insist on staying to take care of him if he didn't say so. Under the current circumstances, it was not appropriate for Helen to stay in the Green Building.

"Then..." Helen hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

"Let everyone in," said Wu Lai.

"No." Helen shook her head. "Let me stay alone with you for a while longer."

Wu Lai smiled and nodded.

…

When Khufu heard the news of Wu Lai's assassination, he was drinking in a tavern. After hearing it, his first reaction was to laugh happily. Then, he couldn't wait to ask the fox party who came to report the news: "How is he now? Is he dead?"

"I don't know, he shouldn't be dead yet, but he's in a very bad condition. I heard that the blood soaked his entire front." Fox Party hesitated for a moment, then suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "Master Hu Fu, everyone says that you hired someone to do it. Is that true?"

Just as Hu Fu was about to deny it, an idea suddenly occurred to him. He thought, "No matter who did it, I will insist that it was me. Let's see who dares to offend me in the future. Could it be that the man who assassinated Wu Lai still has the courage to jump out and refute me?"

"Yes, I was the one who sent someone to assassinate him!" Khufu thought, and patted his chest, "If anyone dares to go against me in the future, I will kill him just like I assassinated Wuleglindo!"

Khufu's words sounded majestic and heroic, but after he finished speaking, he felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, because the surroundings suddenly became quiet, all the drinkers stopped talking, and cast surprised looks at Khufu.

After taking a quick look, Khufu was stunned. He lowered his voice and asked a member of the Fox Party beside him, "What's going on? What happened to them?"

The fox couldn't help but groan in his heart, and replied in a lower voice: "Khufu, we know how much you hate Wuleglindo, but... Alas."

"Did I mess something up?" Khufu couldn't help but ask.

This time, more than one Fox Party member sighed.

Of course it was a mess. You could just assassinate him, but why did you have to tell it out loud? Now you're in trouble.

…

Guru hurried into Wu Lai's bedroom, nodded to Helen, smiled slightly, and said to Wu Lai: "Khufu admitted that he assassinated you."

"Admit it?" Wu Lai was stunned. How could this guy rush to declare that he was "responsible for the assassination of Wu Lailindo"? This doesn't make sense. Could he really be so stupid? "What's going on?" Wu Lai asked.

When Guru told him how Khufu had said those words in a tavern, Woolley understood everything.

It turns out that this idiot really has no brains. Wu Lai couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

"So, what should we do next?" Guru asked. In the previous plan with Wu Lai, they had staged such a stabbing scene just to mislead everyone and make everyone think that it was Khufu who did it. As long as the scene was performed well, no matter how Khufu explained, everyone would believe that he was the mastermind behind the scenes. Wu Lai could then take advantage of the situation to express his indignation but helplessness to the Duncan family. This would provide an excuse for politely declining Lev's offer and an emotional basis for winning over the families that were opposed to the Duncan family.

But now there have been some small changes - Huf Duncan, who was not originally assigned a role, actually jumped out to act. With his sudden intervention, Wu Lai and Guru, the director and deputy director, naturally had to change the script.

"Is there anyone willing to testify?" Woolley asked.

Guru nodded. Not only was Khufu stupid, but he seemed to be having bad luck recently. Among the drinkers in the tavern who heard his nonsense, there were actually a few who didn't get along with him.

"That's easy." Wu Lai nodded. "Gulu, take Fox to find Deputy General Yi Jiang and tell him about the situation. Then tell him that I plan to go to the Supreme Nobles Conference to seek justice and need his support."

“Anything else?” asked the guru.

Woolley shook his head.

"I'll go now and see if Wright has come back. If he has, let him know." Guru said.

"Okay." Wu Lai nodded.

After Guru left, Helen sat back on the edge of the bed and let Wu Lai hold her little hand in his palm and rub it, saying, "Wu Lai, you are becoming more and more like a leader."

"There's nothing we can do. The situation is pressing." Wu Lai sighed and said.

Yes, I can live my own life, why do you have to force me? Isn't this giving me an excuse to pull you down one by one and trample you under my feet? Wu Lai muttered to himself.

The next day, Yi Jiang accompanied Guru into the meeting of the highest nobles.

"...to uphold justice and punish the murderer, this is the expectation of those specially attending the meeting of the Supreme Nobles with Wuleglindo, because the other party's bad behavior not only seriously endangered Wuleglindo's life, but also tarnished the morality of the citizens of the Assyrian territory. If such behavior is not dealt with in time, it is tantamount to telling the citizens of the entire Assyria that the Supreme Nobles Council has become a mere formality. It is no longer a shelter for citizens, but a stone statue without life and power." Guru stated to the receptionist emotionally.

"Fourth Legion, I second the motion." After Yi Jiang and other guru on the side finished speaking, they expressed their opinions decisively.

"Okay, I will report this to the chief immediately," said the receptionist.

"That would be the best. If we delay, everyone might think that the assassination was tacitly approved by the Supreme Noble Council." Gulu nodded and handed a letter to the receptionist, saying, "This is a statement written by me, which was narrated by the special attendee Wulagrindo himself. In addition to the Fourth Legion, Lieutenant General Yiner of the Second Legion also signed at the end of the statement."

"By the way, let me remind you that the protest letter from the Assyrian Citizens' College will arrive soon." Yi Jiang raised his eyebrows and said, "As far as I know, the Citizens' College is very angry about the stabbing of the citizen of Wulaglindo."

In the evening, Khufu, reeking of alcohol, staggered into the front yard of Duncan's mansion. If it weren't for the two butlers' begging and threatening, he would not have been willing to come back here so early.

Wei Huo sat in the yard, which was rare, with two ceremonial armored soldiers standing respectfully behind him.

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When Khufu looked up, he happened to see Weihuo's angry expression.

"Father, why are you here?" Khufu was stunned and suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Capture him!" Wei Huo waved his hand, and two ceremonial armored soldiers rushed out in response, holding Khufu on the left and right, without being polite to him, and in a few moves they pinned him down in front of Wei Huo as he tried to struggle.

"Father!" Khufu began to tremble. He knew very well that in such a situation, he would be beaten physically.

"Humph." Wei Huo glared at Khufu and asked through gritted teeth, "How dare you murder a special attendee of the Supreme Nobles' Council?"

Khufu was startled, his eyes rolled, and he asked, "Father, are you talking about Wullegrindo?"

"Have you murdered other people?" Wei Huo asked angrily.

"No, no, father, I didn't murder anyone." Khufu quickly defended, "I was drinking with my friends these days, so I didn't have the time to do this."

"Okay, since you didn't murder him, why did you claim in the tavern that you hired someone to do it?" Wei Huo clenched his fist. If he hadn't had something else to ask, he would have swung his fist out long ago.

"Father, I just said it casually. Besides, Lev told me that Wuleglindo is already his friend, so I never thought of causing trouble for him." Khufu said.

"Then did you know that Wuleglindo has already submitted the complaint to the Supreme Noble Council, and the chief has personally inquired about why such a vile, disgusting, and despicable thing could happen within the territory of Assyria. Because of what you said in the tavern, more than one citizen who heard it has testified to the chief of the Supreme Noble Council." Wei Huo gritted his teeth, "In addition, the Second Legion, the Fourth Legion, and the Citizens' Academy have all expressed their opinions, asking the Noble Council to find the murderer. You, a fool, have brought a big trouble to the Duncan family."

When Khufu heard this, he was stunned. He thought to himself, this is too unfair. Why do they have to put the blame on me?

"Father, even you believe that I did it?" Khufu asked without thinking.

"Who else but you could do such a dirty thing?" Wei Huo couldn't help but kick Hu Fu. "I'll give you a small punishment today, and then you'll be grounded for ten days. During these ten days, you can't leave the house at all, otherwise, I'll break your legs."

"Father, don't..." As soon as Khufu finished speaking, Wei Huo stood up and threw out the horsewhip.

"Don't do anything yet, I have something to say... Ouch!"

"Don't... Ouch!"

In fact, the beating Khufu received was not unjust at all. This troublemaker never thought that just a complacent word or a lie he told in the tavern would cause such a big stir in the Assyrian city.

If anyone is to be blamed, it is only because Wu Lai's self-torture was ruthless and the timing was just right, and also because the Duncan family offended too many people in their rise and subsequent stability.

This is the norm in the citizen circles of the Assyrian territory. The separation of powers means that no one can truly dominate, and no one can truly dominate, which means that there will always be people who will find ways to make things difficult for you and make you make mistakes, and then seize the opportunity to pull you down so that they can take the position.

Wu Lai, who had seen all this clearly, naturally knew what kind of opportunities he could provide to those who hated the Duncan family at the right time, so that they could legitimately point their spearheads at the Duncan family...

Before going to bed, Wu Lai asked Hippo to call Guru. Now Guru's mind was no longer on studying, because he knew that what Wu Lai was about to do was very important.

"Gulu, call Wright tomorrow, and inform the citizens who came to visit me these days that I will talk to them about cooperation tomorrow." Wu Lai said with a smile, "Of course, you also have to tell them that I am very weak and cannot talk for a long time, so let them seize the opportunity."

Guru nodded, a smile on his face.