Chapter 118: Confusion
Chen Youcai, who originally had a spring breeze on his face, heard this, his expression froze, although it was only a short moment, but he still did not escape the eyes of Team Leader He.
I saw him stroking his palms and laughing, and said, "Why is Brother Chen's face so ugly, as if he has been stepped on by someone." ”
Chen Youcai's eyes suddenly widened, and he said with a look of surprise: "You mean, you found a clue to the sweet potato thief in the Blessing Palace?" ”
Team Leader He's eyes narrowed slightly, a sneer tugged at the corner of his lips, and said lightly: "If people don't know, unless you don't do it!" ”
"Huh," Chen Youcai's lips suddenly had a meaningful smile, calmly looked back at his gaze, and said lightly: "Brother He, what do you mean by this?" ”
Team Leader He smiled coldly, and the words he said were like poisonous knives, "It means, Brother Chen, don't pretend to be confused." It's not just the two of us in this prayer palace just now! ”
Chen Youcai's expression turned cold when he heard this, and his tone was like frost: "What does Brother He mean that when he entered the palace to check just now, he found that the sweet potato thief was hiding here?" ”
Team Leader He glanced back at the incense burner on the pedestal, and asked rhetorically, "Isn't it?" ”
Tian Sili, who had been standing indifferently all along, hurriedly took a few steps back and looked at the incense burner in horror after hearing this, and said, "What does Team Leader He mean that the thief is hiding in this incense burner?" ”
"Exactly!" Team Leader He walked to the pedestal, pointed to the footprints all over the ground and said, "This is the evidence!" ”
Before his words landed, Tian Sili's shout came from his ears: "Come on, quickly surround the pedestal!" Hugh wants to let the thieves go! ”
With his voice, a group of guards rushed in from outside the door, surrounding the pedestal.
Team Leader He looked at Tian Sili blankly, obviously a little unbelievable about his approach!
Even Chen Youcai, who was standing not far away, looked stunned, he didn't expect Tian Sili to do this.
Team Leader He, who was standing on the pedestal, looked at Chen Youcai who was standing in the distance, and said with a smile: "Brother Chen, I'm sorry for you to come up!" ”
"I," Chen Youcai's eyebrows flashed with a glimmer of light, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the tip of his nose, and asked suspiciously, "Are you calling me?" ”
Team Leader He didn't seem surprised by his knowingly question, but just nodded slowly.
Chen Youcai looked sad, looked at everyone, and then raised his feet and slowly moved towards the pedestal, so slow that people thought he was afraid.
I finally moved to the front of the pedestal, but when I climbed the steps, I stepped on the air and fell on the steps.
Team Leader He, who was standing with his head held high, glanced at Chen Youcai who was lying on the ground, and said with a smile: "What? Are your legs weak? ”
Chen Youcai hurriedly shook his head and explained: "Hey, I have an old illness, and I don't listen to my legs and feet when I am nervous." ”
"Nervous?" Team Leader He smiled, squatted in front of him, stretched out his finger and pointed to the footprints on the ground and asked, "What is this!" ”
Chen Youcai naturally knew in his heart that these were footprints, and he also knew that this was exactly what his sister Chen Ruoxi left. But he asked in surprise, "What is this?" ”
For his answer, Team Leader He obviously expected it, only to see him smile slightly, reach out and pat the dust on his shoulder and say, "It's been dry recently, how can there be such muddy footprints here!" ”
"yes, how can there be footprints here?" Tian Sili, who was standing on the side, was also stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly walked over and stretched out his hand to point to the footprints on the ground and asked, "How do you clean on weekdays?" ”
Chen Youcai, who was lying on the ground, was stunned when he heard this, and secretly said in his heart: "It is worthy of being a civilian, this effort to shirk responsibility is not blown, and it will turn bad in a blink of an eye." ”
"If you go back to Lord Sili, this cleaning is not something I should ask about, but there is a special chamberlain."
Tian Sili was stunned for a moment, his expression suddenly turned solemn, and he said coldly: "This place is a place of prayer, how can it be so dirty, it seems that it needs to be rectified." ”
Team Leader He, who was squatting aside, looked at Tian Sili with a righteous face and said that the footprints were because they were not cleaned, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Tian Sili looked at the stunned Team Leader He, and asked with a puzzled expression, "What, Team Leader He seems to have other opinions on this?" ”
As he spoke, Chen Youcai slowly got up, patted the dust on his body, and said with a serious face: "Lord Si Li, you are right, these people are really too disagreeable, look at this dust." He deliberately patted the armor on his body as he spoke.
Team Leader He, who was about to talk loudly, was interrupted by him again, and suddenly snorted angrily and said: "What nonsense, what is called not cleaning, this is obviously the footprints left by the sweet potato thief!" I found out just now, but I didn't break it. ”
Chen Youcai was overjoyed when he heard this, so he asked, "Team Leader He, do you mean that you just determined that the sweet potato thief was hiding here?" ”
"Yes, that's right!" Team Leader He nodded, and said angrily: "Just now, you dragged on and on, and you didn't want me to search, didn't you just want to delay time and let him hide well?" ”
Tian Sili, who was standing on the side, looked at Chen Youcai with a puzzled expression, and asked, "Leader He wanted to search this place just now, why didn't you let it?" ”
In fact, Tian Sili asked like this, just to continue with the mud, and now it is very suspicious that he appeared here rashly, if he finds out the truth of the matter, he will not be able to escape the involvement.
But what he didn't expect was that Chen Youcai looked at him with a shocked face and said, "Didn't you tell the lower officials to close this palace before the sacrifice, especially at night." ”
As soon as these words came out, Tian Sili, who was originally serious-looking, involuntarily trembled lightly at the corners of his mouth, and muttered: "Oh, I forgot to forget, there is such a rule, the altar must be kept clean before the sacrifice." ”
Even no matter how stupid a person is, he can see that the two of them sing and harmonize, not to mention the somewhat clever team leader He.
I saw him purse his lips and sneer: "Even if Lord Tian gave an order, it was said that it had nothing to do with people, and I was... It's on duty! After saying that, he scanned the guards under the pedestal.
Chen Youcai frowned, and asked in surprise: "But you didn't tell me that you were on official business, and I knew about it." Besides, you came alone, I thought it was a private matter! ”
Team Leader He didn't reply, but just glanced at him with a knife in his eyes.
Seeing that he didn't refute, Chen Youcai continued: "I'm just a small guard, and Lord Tian here instructed me not to let people get close to the altar. You led the team to come to the Blessing Palace late at night and didn't say what they were going to do, they just said they wanted to go in and have a look. Who do you think I should listen to? Listen to your disobedience to Lord Ho's orders, and listen to Lord Ho's offended you again. ”
Tian Sili, who was originally standing on the sidelines watching the play, suddenly heard Chen Youcai push himself into the water again, and his heart was full of slander. In fact, he also knew in his heart that Chen Youcai was doing this to avenge the blocking of the door just now. But now I have no choice, not only to let him say, but also to help.
Thinking of this, his face turned pale, and he said quite angrily: "Heavenly prayer is the most good thing, what is good, and the heart is pure. Even the altar is dirty and messy, how can I be pure-hearted, if God makes my Great Zhou border officers and soldiers lose because of this matter, who can afford to be responsible for this matter? ”
These words made everyone present stunned, and even he himself admired it, and he could say such a righteous and awe-inspiring nonsense.
Even he himself felt righteous and awe-inspiring, not to mention the people who didn't know the truth or falsehood, and for a while everyone turned their heads and said: "That's right, the temple and even the good land, if we really have an impact like this, it will be troublesome!" ”
Tian Sili, who was originally talking nonsense, saw everyone's reaction like this, so he continued: "You may not know why the northern border of my Great Zhou is so stable, it is because my emperor has prayed for blessings every year. ”
More than half of the guards standing in the audience nodded, this is true, since the establishment of the palace, the emperor of Zhou will come to live for a period of time every year, during which he will definitely pray here.
At this time, in the entire hall, except for the three people who knew the truth, they all felt that it was a big rebellion for Leader He to rashly break into the Blessing Palace.
Seeing that the wind direction had changed, Chen Youcai raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said loudly: "Although the Blessing Palace is a place of prayer, Leader He is sincere in his meritorious service, I hope everyone can understand, let's first listen to his explanation of how he chose to leave after discovering his whereabouts." ”
Team Leader He glanced at Chen Youcai, who was looking at him with a smile, and said in a deep voice: "You don't talk much here, what is called meritorious service, this is obviously because you are afraid that the matter will be revealed and want to confuse the public." ”
Chen Youcai smiled miserably, raised his head and took a deep breath, and said in a low voice: "It's a good confuse, even if it's as you said." Can you explain why you chose to walk away after discovering the trace? ”
Team Leader He snorted coldly, and said in a solemn tone: "It's not that I'm worried that the two of you will join forces..."
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Youcai asked, "What are you doing together?" ”
"Together, kill me." Obviously, this sentence was unreliable, and after saying it, I saw that he looked a little embarrassed.
Hearing this, Chen Youcai smiled extremely sadly, and said with tears in his eyes: "Kill? Team Leader He, if I'm not mistaken, the last time the school performed martial arts, the team leader alternated for the battle, and the two of us happened to be opponents, didn't they? ”
Team Leader He didn't know what he meant by this, but he still nodded and said, "Yes, you and I are opponents!" ”
Chen Youcai's eyes narrowed, and he asked with a smile: "Then you must not have forgotten the final result!" ”
As the saying goes, there is no first martial arts and no second, and the competition in the ring will naturally be divided into high and low, even if it is a move and a half, it must be clearly distinguished.
Obviously, this matter is worth showing off, Team Leader He pursed his lips, with a condescending attitude, and said: "I only have a few small wins, you can practice for a few more years to tie with me." ”
Chen Youcai didn't stop because of his politeness, and still said aggressively: "If I'm not mistaken, tonight is a little thief who steals sweet potatoes, can the thief who even steals sweet potatoes be a master?" ”
Tian Sili, who was standing on the side, said coldly, "Even stealing sweet potatoes can be called masters, I guess it should be a child who is about to starve to death." ”
Hearing this, Team Leader He finally found that he had fallen into the trap set by Chen Youcai, a trap for planting blame.