Chapter 137 Why Use Tricks (8000)

This proposal was very bold, but it made him feel uneasy, as if he had this tendency.

If he really did what Chen Guanjia said, and gave Xu Bai a false evidence, he would arrest Xu Bai first, and then say that the evidence was false and let Xu Bai go. This would also dampen Xu Bai's spirit.

And there was no disadvantage. As the governor of this place, it was reasonable for him to arrest people after finding the evidence.

If the evidence was false, it would require a relatively normal process to prove it, and before that, Xu Bai would need to be arrested first.

Even if he went to His Majesty, he was doing it impartially, and His Majesty had no reason to blame him.

"In your opinion, what reason do we need to find 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 more and more annoyed.

Little did he know that the reason why Xu Bai was so arrogant was entirely because of his own attitude. If his attitude was not a problem, Xu Bai would also cooperate well.

In this world, some people are like this, thinking that they are never wrong, and others are always wrong. Once others do something bad to them, they will put all the blame on them.

"I must teach him an unforgettable lesson, let him know the shame I suffered today." Tong Fuling said secretly in his heart.

In Taotu Mansion, he has always been unscrupulous, especially for those Jianghu people and martial artists, he looked down on them.

He thought Xu Bai was also a Jianghu person, but he just had shit luck.

Now he was made like this by a Jianghu person, of course he was not convinced, and this dissatisfaction, under the instigation of Chen Guanjia, has begun to breed the idea that he must take revenge.

"Sir, it's easy to find a reason. Just say we found a witness, and then grab a death row prisoner from the prison and lie to him that we will release him if he agrees to testify." Butler Chen began to make plans: "We will just lock him up for a few days and let him suffer a little. Then we will say the evidence is wrong, and the prisoner can be killed directly, so that there will be no evidence."

After hearing this, Tong Fuling pondered for a moment, and finally nodded and agreed.

"Go and do this for me, and keep your mouth shut. Don't let it spread anyway."

"Yes!" Butler Chen agreed, and then left directly: "I will go and arrange the prisoner first."

Tong Fuling nodded, and didn't say anything more.

Butler Chen did go out to arrange the death row prisoner. After arranging the prisoner, he left the government office directly, walked along the street, and finally arrived at a remote residence, and walked in from a particularly inconspicuous door.

As soon as I opened the door, I smelled a strange fragrance. I walked along the room and went straight inside. There was a woman wearing only a layer of gauze sitting there.

"Master, everything has been arranged. Xu Bai may be imprisoned. That is the best time to take action." Butler Chen hunched over, not daring to look at the gauze woman in front of him.

The gauze woman did not even turn her head around. She just looked at the bronze mirror on the dressing table and applied the best rouge on her face. Then she made a gentle voice.

"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, it is really uncertain to separate them." Butler Chen hesitated again and again, but still spoke slowly: "If Xu Bai is determined to take them with him, then they can only stay in prison together."

As soon as this sentence came out, the room fell into silence, as silent as a pool of stagnant water.

The woman in the veil put down the rouge in her hand and stood up from the stool. The veil swayed in front of her chest, and something could be vaguely seen.

"If it really can't be separated, then forget it."

Butler Chen hummed and agreed respectfully.

"By the way." The woman in the veil seemed to have thought of something, and her plump red lips opened slightly: "Take this thing and use it. You must do it cleanly and there can't be any flaws."

A square wooden box was placed on the ground, the height of the calf knee.

"Just press the button on the wooden box, the wooden box will explode and turn into fragments all over the sky, and people will be pierced by the fragments and become riddled with holes." The woman in the veil explained the method of use in detail.

"I will arrange a death warrior to use this box." Butler Chen agreed.

Who knew that before he could continue, the woman in the veil shook her head, pointed her slender finger at Butler Chen, and her tone changed from gentle to murderous: "You may not understand, only you are the most appropriate, and I will only send you alone."

Butler Chen was slightly stunned, then lowered his head and remained silent.

Obviously, when talking about this topic of facing life and death, anyone would choose to remain silent.

After all, the horror between life and death is not something that ordinary people can overcome. Now the other party wants him to die, this approach makes him entangled.

"Think about your wife and children. If you do this, I will provide them with food and clothing for the rest of their lives. I mean what I say. After all, you have no other choice." The woman in veil slowly walked to the front of Chen Guanjia, lifted Chen Guanjia's chin with her white fingers, and her tone was as gentle as water.

Chen Guanjia closed his eyes, and after a long time, he finally opened his eyes again and nodded fiercely: "I will definitely complete the task according to the master's words."

He had no choice. The seeds were planted in his mind. Wanting him to die was just an idea of ​​the master, and he played a role and died, and his wife and children would be treated well. This was the choice he had.

"Go." The woman in veil put down her hand and said.

Chen Guanjia hugged the wooden box, gritted his teeth, turned around and left.

After Chen Guanjia left, the woman in veil returned to the dressing table, looking at the beautiful face in the bronze mirror, muttering to herself.

"I'm not like those idiots who only know how to kill people with brute force. Sometimes killing people doesn't require brute force, but cleverness."

...

Xu Bai didn't know what happened later. In the blink of an eye, two or three days passed.

He didn't know what happened recently. The other party had been silent, as if he had suddenly disappeared.

But he also knew that as long as he hadn't arrived in the capital and was still in Taotu Mansion, the other party would definitely take action. The only difference was how to do it.

And these few days, out of boredom, every day, in addition to eating, he was in the inn of Taotu Mansion, grinding the progress bar of the Nameless Sword Sutra.

Originally, grinding the progress bar was a particularly boring thing, but fortunately, Ye Zi was here to make this boring interesting.

"Young Master, tell me more, just talk about what happened in that county."

Ye Zi sat next to Xu Bai, put Xu Bai's calf on his thigh, and gently kneaded it. While kneading, he also spoke like a spoiled child.

When he had nothing to do these days, Xu Bai would chat with Ye Zi about his past, of course, all of them were interesting stories.

Others might get tired of hearing these interesting stories after a while, but Ye Zi would never get tired of them.

After Xu Bai asked the reason, he felt that Ye Zi was a pitiful person.

In the Ye family, even those direct descendants were commodities, and as long as someone liked them, they would be sold.

In order for these commodities to be liked by others, in addition to the usual etiquette and various well-educated personalities, they must also be proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Every member of the Ye family, from birth to the end, was treated as a commodity and was not allowed to step out of the door.

Therefore, they had never understood the various interesting things in this world, and only knew to recite some famous poems and learn various skills.

In Xu Bai's view, this experience was extremely pitiful, and he took advantage of this time to tell Ye Zi about it every day without getting tired of it.

Ye Zi also listened with great interest. Whenever Xu Bai was not ready to talk, she would massage Xu Bai's shoulders and legs, as if to please him, asking him to continue.

"Okay, I won't talk today." Xu Bai said helplessly.

It was not that he didn't want to continue, but because the progress bar of the nameless sword scripture in his hand was about to be completed.

Ye Zi was not an unreasonable person. It was okay to act like a spoiled child occasionally, but when something really happened, she was very sensible. After hearing that Xu Bai was unwilling to continue, she gently said "oh" and continued to lower her head to massage Xu Bai's legs.

Xu Bai turned his head and stared at the nameless sword scripture in his hand.

The progress bar was still growing rapidly. In a blink of an eye, when the last gap was filled, the progress bar finally reached the point of completion.

Light blue smoke appeared, turned into lines of text, and reunited in front of him.

Not long after, the text gradually became clear, and Xu Bai also saw the content clearly.

[You observe the nameless sword scripture and comprehend the twenty-four steps of armor breaking (incomplete). ]

Looking at the name, he already understood that it was another skill related to physical skills. After all, the Nameless Sword Scripture had already formed a standard in his mind. It was a relatively complete sword technique, containing a variety of supporting skills.

"It should be integrated soon." Xu Bai thought to himself.

Sure enough, just as he thought about it, new text reappeared.

[Found an option that can be integrated, and it is being integrated. ]

[Breaking Armor Twenty-four Steps (Incomplete) + Breaking the Second Turn = Breaking the Third Turn. ]

[Fusion Successful. ]

...

After the light blue text appeared again, it quickly disappeared and turned into a series of complex information, which was transmitted into Xu Bai's mind.

The latest attribute panel appeared.

[Name: Xu Bai. ]

[Realm: Fourth-grade Wanderer. ]

[Four Styles of Yidao (Level 6): Full Level. ]

[Inverted Purple Sky Gangfeng Yin and Yang Po (Level 6): Full Level. ]

[Returning Wind and Flowing Snow (Level 5): Full Level. 】

【Xingpo Sanzhuan (Level 5): Full level. 】

【Douzhuanxingyi (Level 4): Full level. 】

【Vajra Heart Demon Body (Level 4); Full level. 】

【Kidney-strengthening Collection Technique (Level 5): Full level. 】

【True Solution to Hundred Poisons (Level 3): Full level. 】

【Mechanical Puppet Technique (Level 6): Full level. 】

【Immortal Body (Remnant) (Level 5): Full level. 】

【Comprehension: Full level. 】

…

After breaking through the three transformations, he reached the level of Level 5, and all aspects have made a qualitative leap. Speed, endurance, and dodging have all made great progress.

This is a good thing, but Xu Bai frowned.

He found something interesting, which is the number of existing Nameless Sword Scriptures.

There are still seventeen copies of the Nameless Sword Scripture, but now, the skills he has obtained from them can be divided into three types.

Mental Method, Body Method, and Sword Method.

The mental method is Level 6, the body method has reached Level 5, and the sword method has also reached Level 6. Although other skills are also integrated into it, he still has a full seventeen copies!

According to the legend about the Nameless Sword Scripture, after concentrating all the parts and comprehending the contents, one can directly enter the realm of the first grade.

Seventeen books.

If all of them are comprehended, it is definitely not just the first grade. Even if the mental method barely reaches the first grade, how many Nameless Sword Scriptures can be used?

Even if Xu Bai exaggerated, he counted five books.

The remaining twelve books, five books for sword skills, and six books for body skills.

What about the other one?

The most important thing is that this is still Xu Bai's exaggerated calculation. If it is not exaggerated, he still has more left.

"Could it be... there are new supporting skills?" Xu Bai thought of this and couldn't help getting excited.

Sometimes, you have to find a little motivation for yourself. Now that he has a new discovery, he is of course very motivated.

"Continue!"

Thinking of this, Xu Bai took out another book and continued to work on it. He handed one of the books to Ye Zi and said, "Burn it."

Ye Zi blinked, took it very obediently, found the brazier, and burned the book that Xu Bai had finished working on.

Destroy the evidence. In this world, even the causes and effects have come out, and there are all kinds of feng shui. Maybe you can figure out something from the book he has finished working on. Burning it to ashes is the safest.

The room was filled with a burning smell.

Ye Zi waited until the book in front of her turned into ashes, then stood up and rubbed Xu Bai's shoulders.

She liked to do these things very much, of course, it also depends on the person.

At the beginning, when Xu Bai protected her behind him, she felt that she was much better than other sisters.

And now, she no longer objected to the family's arrangement for her.

While pinching, Ye Zi looked at Xu Bai.

Time passed unknowingly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon.

At this time, Xu Bai was about to put down the nameless sword scripture in his hand and take Ye Zi out for a walk and a meal, but he didn't expect to hear a knock on the door.

"Who?" Xu Bai frowned. Could it be someone from the government office who came to find him at this time?

As it turned out, he was not wrong. A trembling voice came from outside the door.

"Xu... Lord Xu... Please come with us."

The voice was trembling, and it was obvious that Xu Bai was very afraid.

Xu Bai's mind moved.

The fourth-grade puppet standing guard next to him stepped forward and opened the door.

Outside the door, a yamen runner stood outside honestly. When the door was opened, he shivered.

Since Xu Bai showed his power last time, they have learned a lot. Now they are only afraid of Xu Bai, and they are still afraid of him.

"What's the matter?" Xu Bai frowned.

The yamen runner said timidly: "Master Tong said... that he has found a witness, and asked you to go over quickly. We have come here specially to invite Master Xu."

As I said, Xu Bai is a very particular person.

If someone respects me one foot, I will respect him ten feet.

This yamen runner is now respectful, and Xu Bai will not make things difficult for him. Like last time, he did not kill him, which is already a mercy.

"Lead the way." Xu Bai put the nameless knife scripture back into the package, put it on his back, and then stood up and said lightly.

Is there evidence?

He is very curious now, what kind of evidence is there.

The yamen runner was relieved to see that Xu Bai did not get angry, and did not stay here, and hurriedly led the way.

Xu Bai took Ye Zi and the fourth-grade puppet and quickly left the inn, bypassed the streets, and came to the government office.

When he took the first step into the government office, he saw that a large battle had been set up in the government office. In the lobby, two rows of yamen runners holding killing sticks were standing.

In the middle of the two rows of yamen runners was a man in ordinary clothes. Xu Bai walked in and naturally attracted everyone's attention. When he walked to the center of the hall, he heard a snap from Tong Fuling.

"Master Tong, is it necessary to make it so grand?" Xu Bai asked with interest.

He had been in this circle for so long, but he had never been interrogated in the hall. He still felt it was quite novel.

"Bold!" Tong Fuling slammed the table and said, "Xu Bai, I called you here because I found out that you are related to the disappearance of those family members. Now, straighten your attitude."

"Why?" Xu Bai pointed at the ordinary-dressed man next to him and said, "Is this person the evidence?"

"Investigation requires both a witness and physical evidence. Although there is only one witness now, you must stay in the government office, Xu Bai, at least until the truth is revealed before you can leave." Tong Fuling had a smile on his face, and his smile contained a bit of pleasure.

At this time, the man who had been standing next to him finally spoke, made a panic expression, pointed at Xu Bai, and shouted, "Sir, it's him! That's what I saw at the time!"

Xu Bai: "..."

This acting is so bad.

He is very sure that there was no such man that night, and those people were dead, and there was no way they could be left alive.

"You should be very clear about the consequences of making false evidence. I am also an official appointed by the court. You use false evidence to frame me. Don't you know what will happen?" Xu Bai said indifferently.

The man in ordinary clothes suddenly became a little timid, because he was a little scared when he heard Xu Bai say that he was an official appointed by the court.

"If you lie and accuse my son, I will make sure you never come back." Ye Zi's beautiful eyes were cold: "Tell me everything you know, I want to see how you make up a perfect story?"

She was very angry and wanted to tear the man in front of her to pieces.

The man in ordinary clothes hesitated, but still told the cause and effect of the matter.

Xu Bai frowned slightly when he heard it.

Ye Zi wanted to speak, but unexpectedly Xu Bai held her down and stopped her from continuing.

"Since you have the so-called witness, how do you want to deal with it? Just want to put me in jail?" Xu Bai looked directly at Tong Fuling and said.

Tong Fuling nodded and said, "Of course, Lord Xu can rest assured that before that, you will not be harmed in any way, but you will lose your freedom."

"Let's go." Xu Bai turned around and walked directly to the cell without even saying a word of defense.

Tong Fuling was slightly surprised. He had thought there would be a very fierce debate, and he had even prepared many backup measures, but he didn't expect Xu Bai to turn around and leave without arguing.

I don't know why, this scene that should have been very relieving suddenly felt a little angry and even aggrieved.

It's like you set up a net and waited for the other party to get in, but the other party was strolling around, as if on a trip.

But now that things have come to this, it's like an arrow on a string, and it has to be shot.

Tong Fuling waved his hand and said, "Take Lord Xu away, wait, Lord Xu, these two can't follow you."

These two naturally refer to the fourth-grade puppet and Ye Zi.

Xu Bai turned his head and said, "Who made the rule? Did you make the rule? Am I a confirmed criminal?"

Three questions in a row made Tong Fuling speechless.

Tong Fuling felt more and more aggrieved, and always felt that he had gotten nothing.

Finally, he let Xu Bai take Ye Zi and the others into the prison.

"Pop!"

The door of the cell was tightly closed.

After the yamen runner locked the door, he left directly without stopping, and even ran very fast, fearing that if he stayed here for a while, he would be angered by Xu Bai.

"Sir, Ye Zi doesn't understand why he doesn't argue. In fact, we can ask a lot of questions, and that person may not be able to answer them." Ye Zi's fair face was confused, and she couldn't figure out what Xu Bai was thinking.

It's not that she doesn't trust Xu Bai, but she is very curious. After all, sometimes, when curiosity reaches a certain point, she can't help but want to explore.

Xu Bai smiled, found a place to sit against the wall, leaned against the wall, took out the nameless sword scripture, and said: "Some things you will understand later, I can't explain it clearly."

Since it has come to this, Ye Zi also understands that now is not the time to say these things. Seeing that Xu Bai still looks leisurely, she relaxed and ran behind Xu Bai to continue rubbing his shoulders.

"If something really happens, Ye Zi will block the way back for the young master." Ye Zi said softly.

Xu Bai smiled and said: "If something really happens, why do I need you to block the way back for me? Don't worry, everything is under control."

If he really has to go to court, he has a hundred ways to find out whether the person said it was false, and he can even make the person admit it in person.

But before that, Xu Bai thought of one thing, a very important thing.

Just a few days ago, Tong Fuling still looked gnashing his teeth and had no way to deal with him, but in the blink of an eye, he came up with a trick and specially found someone to impersonate him and make false evidence.

There is a problem here.

Either Tong Fuling thought it over and figured it out, or someone gave him a bad idea behind his back and told him to do it.

If it is the first one, it is easy to explain.

But what if it is the second one?

If it is the second one, then the people behind him are likely to be the ones who intercepted him.

Xu Bai will not miss this opportunity. Although it is only a possibility, he will go and see what tricks the other party wants to play.

The enemy is in the dark and I am in the light. In this case, I can only use the method of waiting for the enemy to attack first, and then I will counterattack according to the enemy's moves.

As I said before, Xu Bai firmly believes that there can be no perfect events in this world. As long as the other party attacks, there will inevitably be loopholes, but the size of the loopholes is different.

The more times he attacks, the more loopholes there are, and the bigger the loopholes are, he will have an opportunity to take advantage of.

"Just be at ease." Xu Bai yawned and continued to recite the nameless sword scripture in his hand.

...

Time passed slowly, and it was night in a blink of an eye.

At this moment, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. There were not many dark clouds in the sky. The moonlight cast a silver glow, shining on the dark earth, highlighting a bit of tranquility.

In this dark night, only the sound of the night watchman continued to sound, and other than that, the street was quiet.

Inside the government office.

It was dark here, with only two lanterns lit outside the cell.

At this time, Tong Fuling had already fallen asleep.

If it was Yun Zihai's habit, he would probably still be working late at night.

Everyone handles things differently, and everyone has different ambitions.

People like Tong Fuling are already older, and the chance of climbing up is very small. He simply guards this piece of land. As long as nothing major happens, he is happy and free, and naturally won't work hard to stay up late.

At this late hour, he had already fallen asleep, and even heard a slight snoring.

And in his dark backyard, there was a figure walking cautiously at this moment.

Steward Chen held a wooden box in his hand, and his eyes showed determination.

Tonight, it was time for them to execute their plan.

They didn't want to kill Xu Bai. In fact, now was not the best time to do it, after all, they were not absolutely sure.

If they didn't kill Xu Bai, then they would kill Tong Fuling.

This wooden box is a perfect device. If it explodes, it will be similar to the wound of the black knife in Xu Bai's hand.

And this is their plan - frame up.

In fact, this trick has been used before in Zimu Mansion, but it was used very badly.

The people of Qipan Mountain calculated very accurately and used very clever methods, but the price was too small.

In Zimu Mansion, only some family members died. How could it bring pressure to Xu Bai?

And now what they have to do is not those family members, but to kill Tong Fuling.

A court official died, and it was the magistrate of a prefecture. Coincidentally, Xu Bai was also related to this matter, so all this will become a different angle.

By that time, when it is traced that the wound is similar to Xu Bai's black knife, Xu Bai can't wash it clean even if he jumps into the river.

And by that time, Xu Bai will be in big trouble without them even doing anything.

This is the best way, not using brute force, but using cleverness.

But the only price is that housekeeper Chen will definitely die, because this mechanical explosion is an indiscriminate attack.

The reason why housekeeper Chen was asked to do it is because housekeeper Chen can be regarded as a close person of Tong Fuling, and he also has the opportunity to do it.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Housekeeper Chen came to the door and knocked gently.

After waiting for a few more breaths, the voice of Tong Fuling came from inside the door.

"Who is it?"

Tong Fuling's voice was a little irritable.

"Master, it's me." Housekeeper Chen whispered: "I just thought of another way to let Xu Bai stay in prison for a few more days to help you solve your worries."

As soon as the voice fell, there were bursts of sounds of dressing in the room.

After a while, Tong Fuling came to the door, opened the door, looked at housekeeper Chen, and frowned.

"It's enough to stay in prison for a few days, no need to stay in prison for a long time."

After doing what happened at noon today, Tong Fuling was actually a little uneasy.

Although he knew that he could no longer climb up and had already started to give up, he was still a scholar after all, and he felt guilty for doing such dirty and vulgar things.

So tonight, he lay in bed, unable to sleep, and got up quickly until Butler Chen knocked on the door.

"Master, I know you have already gotten rid of your anger, but Xu Bai's attitude this afternoon is still too bad. If you don't rub his sharpness, you will inevitably lose face!" Butler Chen said respectfully.

He acted as if he was giving advice to Tong Fuling in order to get a better reward.

Tong Fuling frowned, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Tell me, what is your method?"

"Master, look at this, this is the physical evidence." Butler Chen raised the wooden box in his hand and slowly approached Tong Fuling.

Tong Fuling came over with curiosity in his eyes.

The distance was getting closer and closer. Butler Chen was counting silently in his heart, and there was a fierce look in his eyes.

There was a button on the wooden box. Just when Tong Fuling had approached the closest angle, Butler Chen put his hand on it and then pressed it hard.

"Click!"

A slight sound was heard.

The surroundings were quiet and everything was normal.

Butler Chen: "..."

Tong Fuling asked in confusion: "What is this thing? Why is there a mechanical sound when pressing it?"

Butler Chen was stunned and continued to press it in disbelief.

"Click! Click!"

The sound came one after another, but the wooden box was still the same wooden box, and there was no sound at all.

"This... How is it possible!"

Butler Chen was stunned.

At this time, Tong Fuling finally found something unusual. He felt that the butler's expression seemed wrong.

"Show me your wooden box, what is it?" Tong Fuling stretched out his hand.

Butler Chen looked at Tong Fuling's hand and suddenly raised the wooden box in his hand, ready to throw it hard on the ground.

But the next moment, a strong wind came from a distance, cutting off both of his hands. The wooden box was not thrown heavily to the ground by him, but fell to the ground with gravity without any damage.

"Ah!"

Butler Chen screamed and rolled on the ground.

Tong Fuling looked surprised and turned to look at the darkness not far away.

Xu Bai walked out of the darkness with Ye Zi and the fourth-grade puppet and yawned.

"I heard the sound of the mechanical trick in the prison. You should never have chosen a mechanical trick?"

The faint voice was filled with regret.

"Xu Bai, you dared to escape from the prison, it's simply..." Tong Fuling came back to his senses and pointed at Xu Bai to question him.

"Pa!"

The next moment, Xu Bai slapped Tong Fuling in the face.

The fourth-grade hit the fifth-grade, it was so direct, Tong Fuling didn't even react.

"Stupid, from now on, if you dare to say another word of nonsense, I will make you die."