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Chapter 164: ScapegoatSeeing that Yan Weiyi was scared speechless, Jing Rong sreat satisfaction, yet his appearance seemed incredibly evil “Teacher Yan, no need to panic If this Prince actually slipped shiban poison inside the tea, you wouldn’t be sitting here like this now” After declaring that, he switched his tone to a puzzled one “Anyway, this northern tangerine tree was grown by you Even if you are poisoned by it, you should also kno to detoxify the poison, no?”

Yan Weiyi knew that he was caught red-handed Everything that he did was all known by Jing Rong He raised his gaze fro to say, why don’t you ht to the point” Jing Rong leaned forward before speaking “Although you and I have never crossed paths, your fao At that time, you were a civil official at the imperial court However, you were rees”

“What about it?”

“Not long ago, your son, Yan Su, took the position of assistant minister of the Ministry of War He also happened to receive ation of the ‘Concealed Weapons’ case Who would have thought that all the puppets’ strings ultimately lead to your son? Your son was convicted, and the E hi Rong put an emphasis on the words “beheaded in public” While he spoke, he also carefully observed Yan Weiyi’s expression

His last sentence was like a stab to Yan Weiyi’s heart, whose ani Rong continued without pause “Teacher Yan ate, perhaps, he would have escaped this ordeal However, the Heavens doesn’t follow people’s will No o awry in the process In a sense, you should understand this principle more than I do After all, you were a junior clerk in the Ministry of Justice”

Yan Weiyi’s hostility bursted out, revealing itself cohness has been talking in circles for awhile; I believe what you want to talk about is theshtly nodded

“I also believe that you already knew everything pertaining that, is that correct?”

“Yes”

Contrariwise, Yan Weiyi let out a sigh of relief, then he continued to ask “So, are you going to send e me with the crime of attempted assassination on a prince?”

“There’s no need for that” Jing Rong curled his lips “I already gave arden At this tierine trees”

“What?!”

“Such a toxic thing shouldn’t be left alone, or it would only bring ood Your trees will receive the punishle pause

Yan Weiyi’s face was as dark as the bottoerine trees are used to manufacture Shiban poison, the main point was that those trees were his precious treasures Each seed took years to sprout and grow, but all his hard ent down the drain with just one word fro It would be a lie if he said it didn’t hurt him He choked on his saliva while his co’s s stated, “It’s i used’, right? The only reason you wanted to kill me is because of your son’s ambition A valid reason, I have to adoat for others?”

‘Acting as a scapegoat for others?’ Naturally, the ‘others’ referred to Jing Yi

Yan Weiyi kept quiet He vaguely understood Jing Rong’sunhurriedly picked up the cup of tea and poured the contents on the ground before he continued to speak “Since you are oat, this Prince has no reason to kill you Those trees can be considered as your scapegoat Therefore, I will no longer pursue thisthat fits this situation aptly: killing the chicken to warn thethis lesson, you will not repeat the sah that person lent you a hand to assassinate this Prince, having a coht to become the other party’s pawn, don’t you think?”