The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 44: Vicious
Sun Biehe's body was quickly disposed of by the owner of the casino. According to the current customs in Da Chu, transporting a corpse out of the city and giving a small amount of money to the soldiers guarding the gate were not even looked at.
It’s generally true that what goes up must go down.
This person may be forgotten for a very long time, and perhaps once forgotten, it will be forever.
The news that Sun Rugong was expelled from the academy would certainly not be spread. His father Sun Qiu said that his son left in anger because he could not stand some of the things going on in the academy.
Of course, they only said this at home and didn't dare to say it outside. With the strength of the Sun family, they didn't dare to confront President Gao directly.
It’s still the same casino, and still the same small house in the backyard.
Sun Rugong looked at the people he had gathered. Each of them looked ashen and as if they had lost their souls. Although these people were older than Sun Rugong, Sun Rugong really looked down on them.
However, he still had to use these people, so he had to pretend and act extra sincere. Most importantly, he knew how to take advantage of his identity as a child and how to take advantage of these people who looked down on him for being a child.
“My eldest brother may be gone.”
Sun Rugong said with a sad face: "My brothers, you are all my elder brother's former close friends. I invited you all here not only because of my elder brother's matter, but also because this matter involves you all."
One of them immediately took a few steps back and said, "I don't know what your brother did, and I don't know who he offended. Don't mention it involving us. It has nothing to do with us."
Another person followed up and said, "Yes, whether your eldest brother lives or dies has nothing to do with us."
" That's right, don't drag us into this, we don't know anything."
As these people were about to leave, Sun Rugong hurried over to block the door and said, "Brothers, can you please listen to what I have to say?"
Someone reached out to pull him: "Don't stop us, you little idiot. What does your Sun family's business have to do with us?"
Sun Rugong said quickly: "This is not just my family's business. Brothers, don't you want to know how my eldest brother died?"
Seeing those people hesitate, Sun Rugong said: "My elder brother has offended Prince Yu's Mansion this time. I just said it. I know that you are all my elder brother's close friends, so I didn't hide anything."
"My eldest brother has been missing for many days. He was last seen here. Some people said that they saw my eldest brother being killed... Prince Yu's Mansion is already investigating this matter. The prince who stood on our side before doesn't even dare to fart."
"So now we have to take care of ourselves and not become scapegoats for others, right?"
Sun Rugong said so much in one breath. Those people looked at each other, and no one wanted to leave anymore.
One person asked, "What do you mean?"
Sun Rugong said, "I heard from my father that Prince Yu may have rushed back because of the news that Xiahou Zhuo was injured. Once Prince Yu returns, those people in the palace who originally wanted to kill Xiahou Zhuo will immediately become cowards and will spare no effort to push the responsibility away."
He pointed at himself, then at those people and said, "Of course, push it to us."
"It's none of our business!"
One person said, "If it wasn't for your elder brother, why would we have provoked Xiahou Zhuo, that evil star!"
"It's all your brother's fault!"
"That's right, it's all his business!"
Sun Rugong said: "It's right to blame my elder brother. I also think that my elder brother has problems in handling things, but now is not the time for us to quarrel. It's time for us to discuss how to deal with it."
Someone said, "What a bullshit you little brat can come up with."
Sun Rugong said, "I just thought of it... You were there on that day, right? You guys were outside the restaurant showing Li Chi the way, and you also showed Xiahou Zhuo the way. Xiahou Zhuo didn't look for you because he was seriously injured and didn't have time to help."
Those people looked at each other, and seemed to be speechless for a moment.
Sun Rugong continued, "But who really knows about this? My brothers, me, and who else?"
One of them said, "There is also Xiahou Zhuo, and the one called Li Chi."
"yes."
Sun Rugong said: "Only us, Xiahou Zhuo and Li Chi know about this, and Li Chi is very likely to directly threaten us. If Prince Yu meets Li Chi after he returns, he will definitely tell everyone about us."
He said sincerely, "No matter how strong Prince Yu is, he has to provide evidence. Without evidence, would he dare to directly involve all of our families? He wouldn't dare, even if he is a prince. All of your families are prominent people. One person's power is small, but ten people's power is great. Prince Yu won't deal with all of us, will he?"
One person asked, “What do you mean?”
Sun Rugong said: "Xiahou Zhuo is the person involved. His words cannot be counted as evidence without supporting evidence. When the government interrogates the case, his words cannot be used as evidence, but Li Chi's words will be used as evidence."
These people finally reacted, and one of them suddenly realized: "You mean, if Li Chi died, Xiahou Zhuo alone can't explain this matter clearly."
Sun Rugong said quickly: "Yes, isn't Li Chi the only real witness in this matter? If he is dead, who can prove anything?"
Those people looked at each other again, and someone said, "But it's not easy to kill Li Chi now. He won't leave the academy, and we can't just go to the academy and kill him."
Sun Rugong said, "I know Li Chi has a master. Find his master and force him to write a letter to Li Chi, or use some other method. Li Chi will definitely leave the academy when he finds out. As long as he leaves the academy, how he dies will be decided by you brothers, right?"
He clasped his fists and said, "I am a child with limited abilities. I can only ask you brothers to find Li Chi's master as soon as possible and use this to threaten Li Chi. There is no way he will not submit."
The men fell silent for a long time, and then one of them said, "Okay, let's go and look for him. If we find Li Chi's master, you, the Sun family, will do the killing."
Sun Rugong said, "Of course. This was caused by my elder brother. I am his younger brother. He is no longer alive. I will take the responsibility for him. If I do this well, it will be my apology to all the brothers on his behalf."
Sun Rugong clasped his fists again, looked at those people, and memorized their names one by one, because each of these names was the knife he used to kill people.
Liu Dengfei, Yang Yuzhi, Gao Xiao, Peng Peifei, Li Yan...
"But how do we find his master? Going from one inn to another to look for him? That's too much trouble."
"That's right. We may not be able to find him. Li Chi's master must have hidden himself."
After hearing these words, Sun Rugong couldn't help cursing them as a bunch of idiots, but he couldn't show it yet. He said as if he had suddenly realized something: "Brothers, I suddenly remembered that Li Chi wanted to buy a house for his master."
He looked at Yang Yuzhi and said, "Brother Yang, my uncle happens to be in charge of these matters in the government. I saw with my own eyes Li Chi took the banknotes from the assassins' arms. He will definitely give these banknotes to his master to buy a house, so..."
"I see!"
Yang Yuzhi's eyes lit up: "After I go back, I will try to find the files of houses that have been reported to the government for sale recently. There won't be many, and I will definitely be able to find Li Chi's master."
Sun Rugong said: "Even so, brother is still thoughtful."
Yang Yuzhi smiled and said, "You reminded me well... Well, I will go back now and try to get some information out of my father. We will meet here at this time tomorrow. If I can get the answer clearly, we will work together to capture Master Li Chi."
Everyone nodded in agreement and then dispersed.
Yang Yuzhi returned to his home and waited for his father to come back from the government office. He then attentively served hot tea to his father Yang Zhongzhou, walked behind his father, tapped his shoulder and asked a few tentative questions.
"Father, a friend from my academy came to see me today and asked me to do something."
Yang Zhongzhou snorted, "I thought that you must have some ulterior motive for suddenly showing your courtesy today. Tell me, what is it?"
Yang Yuzhi said: "My classmate's friend has a relative who has come to Jizhou. His hometown was broken into by bandits and he dared not live there anymore. But it is not easy to buy a house in this city. He has lived in an inn in Jizhou for more than half a month. It is really hard to endure..."
Yang Zhongzhou said: "Why do you still care about such trivial matters!"
Yang Yuzhi took out a few banknotes from his sleeves. They were given to him by Sun Rugong. He handed them to his father and said, "First, it is because that classmate and I have a close relationship. Second, he gave me these banknotes directly as a thank you gift. I cannot refuse."
Yang Zhongzhou took the banknote and looked at it, his expression changed slightly.
The total value of these silver notes is more than one thousand taels. Yang Zhongzhou is only a sixth-rank clerk in Jizhou Prefecture, and his annual salary is not much. If he didn't happen to be in charge of some things, how could he have so much money for Yang Yuzhi to squander.
The huge sum of one thousand taels was enough to tempt Yang Zhongzhou.
"Since it is your best friend, it would be inappropriate for me as a father not to help. Go get some paper and pen, and I will write down a few places for you. You can ask your classmate to take his relatives to have a look tomorrow. If they like any of them, I can help out in the Guanfu as well. Report as soon as possible."
Yang Yuzhi immediately became happy and hurried to get paper and pen.
Soon, Yang Zhongzhou wrote down some addresses on a piece of paper, handed it to Yang Yuzhi and said, "There are not many houses left to sell in Jizhou City. This is all that has been filed recently. You can take it."
Yang Yuzhi said quickly: "Thank you, father. I will send it to my friend tomorrow morning."
Yang Zhongzhou narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the silver bills, then put them into his sleeves.
The next morning, Yang Yuzhi went out early and first made an appointment to meet with those people. After they discussed it, they felt that it would be better not to get involved in this matter. They handed the paper to Sun Rugong and let the Sun family do whatever they wanted.
After the discussion, Yang Yuzhi went to the backyard of the casino with the papers and waited. Not long after, at the agreed time, Sun Rugong arrived.
He took the paper from Yang Yuzhi, looked at it, and smiled, bowed and said, "Thank you for your consideration, brother. Don't worry, this matter will be over."
Yang Yuzhi said seriously, "I've given you the things. This matter has nothing to do with us anymore. Do you remember that?"
Sun Rugong said: "Remember it, don't worry."
He went out with the paper, then looked up at the sky, grinning and couldn't stop laughing.
"Li Chi...I told you that you will regret it."
