Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 497: The True Hero's Words
"Ah-"

Outside the tent, Shao Dejin, who was standing in the crowd with his son, craning his neck to watch the excitement, suddenly sneezed.

"Wow...it's almost summer, could it be that you have a heat cold?"

Seeing that Shao Dejin still had the leisure to mutter such words, everyone should understand: He... is in a very good mood at the moment. It can be said that he is relaxed, but also exudes a sense of gloating joy.

Anyway, whether something happened to the Dugu family, or the Baquan Sect and the Murong family made a fool of themselves, he was happy to see it.

"Dad, what did happen in the tent? Could it be that... Dugu Yong died?" When Shao Shanhu was chatting with his father, he showed a lot of joy on his face.

"Oh... who knows?" Shao Dejin dared to answer, "But if someone really dies, it will be a lively day today~"

Ladies and Gentlemen, those who can enter this backstage are all high-ranking officials from various sects and martial arts masters, and their number is much smaller than that of the audience seats outside; you can imagine, right now, the Shao family father and son are talking about virtue here, how many people have already listened to these words silently and remembered them in their hearts...

Of course, in most cases, these words will not have much impact except making the Shao father and son more hated, because no matter if nothing serious happens in the end, or if there is an accident that causes the game to be cancelled, no one will care about their cheap words.

However, there is indeed a situation where the words they said proudly at this moment would be regarded as "a successful evil plot"...

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At the same time, inside the tent.

As soon as Du Zun's words came out, everyone fell silent.

To be honest, except for the two doctors who had nothing to do with the matter, no one in the tent believed Du Zun's answer.

Let’s not talk about Di Bujuan and Wu Mingzi, they know the truth.

And people like Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai, and the abbot, who had been highly suspicious of Wu Mingzi from the beginning and had basically pieced together the cause and effect after the incident, would naturally not believe it.

The last ones left were Huo Ming, Dugu Yong, the Gao family father and daughter, and the four people with the surname Murong...

No matter whether these people are extremely intelligent or slightly inferior, who can believe that the father and son of the Shao family can do such a thing?

Are they worthy?

But... at this moment, no one immediately came out to speak for the Shao father and son.

Because among this group of people, those who have a stronger sense of justice basically have grievances or even hatreds with the Shao father and son; and those who have nothing to do with the Shao father and son are either the parties involved or there for fun... or they want to protect themselves, or have unspeakable secrets... Anyway, from their point of view, they will never take the initiative to help the Shao father and son get in trouble.

Therefore, after hearing Du Zun report that the "mastermind" was Shao Dejin, no one spoke at first. Everyone was thinking... and observing other people's reactions.

"Are you serious?" The only person who knew what to do without much thought was the first to break the silence and began to help Du Zun pry open the door, "Master Shao is a famous martial artist in Cangzhou, don't make random accusations and slander him!"

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that lines like these are a message to the Du Zun. They couldn't be more fake.

Everyone can guess what Poison Lord will say next: "How can it be fake? If you don't believe it, you can call him in and we can confront him on the spot!"

Hearing this, Sun Huang came to his senses: So he had figured out all the things we had done in the "game" with the Shao father and son at the dinner table?
As a result, Sun Huang also became difficult to talk to, because Shao Shanhu had obviously seen through Sun Huang's "changing of medicines" before. When he was wrongly accused by Du Zun later, he would definitely turn around and blame Sun Huang. Then if everyone talked about it in the end... Sun Huang's action of "choosing to change the medicine instead of stopping it after discovering the problem" could undoubtedly be used to make a fuss.

Considering that there is the enemy Murong Ji and the villain Wu Mingzi at the scene, this situation is best avoided.

To take a step back, even if Sun Huang explained the matter of changing the medicine clearly, their credibility would be greatly reduced, and Wu Mingzi would be safer.

Therefore, after calculating Sun Huang's account, the final conclusion is that the Shao family father and son will have to suffer.

As for Boss Di, after he calmed down a little, he also took stock of the situation at the scene...

First of all, Sect Leader Huo and the Dugu father and son are now half-dead.

Among the remaining people, the only ones who can fight with Wu Mingzi are probably me and the abbot. The martial arts of the others... are probably not good enough.

Under this premise, even if I were willing to expose in front of these people the fact that I "knew the truth long ago but suppressed it and used it to gain merit", and speak out to expose Wu Mingzi, the final result would be nothing more than forcing the other party to draw their swords and fight us to the death.

Originally, the abbot and I might be able to win if we teamed up, but if we take into account these burdens around us, it’s hard to say.

And if I lure Wu Mingzi outside the tent and tell him the truth, I will have no problem winning with the help of the people outside, but my reputation will be seriously damaged.

Moreover, if Wu Mingzi escapes today, he will be on the run and become my mortal enemy. Is it worth it for me to do that?
I am now following the confession of the Du Zun. In the end, the person is rescued and the "mastermind" is found. Haven't I also made a contribution?

Even if we take a step back, I will have to deal with this grandson of Shao Dejin sooner or later just because of the bad things he did at the Seven Heroes Conference, so this time... I'll just make him suffer.

Then, it was Sect Leader Huo...

He didn't know that there was something wrong with Wu Mingzi, but his inner thoughts were similar: it seemed that this Poison Lord didn't want to and wouldn't reveal the real mastermind. Now that he dared to identify Shao Dejin, it showed that he was sure that he could successfully frame Shao Dejin, or at least make Shao Dejin unable to explain himself... Then there was no point in continuing to argue with him. He might even act like a rogue and accuse us of being untrustworthy and find excuses to go back on our word and not let him go.

Do I need to?
As for people like Shao Dejin, I have disliked him for a long time. If I, Huo Ming, am the face of Cangzhou martial arts, then this guy named Shao is a stinky bump in the face of Cangzhou martial arts. I wouldn't even blink an eye if such a person could yell to death in front of me today, so why would I care whether he is the real mastermind or the fake mastermind?
It's better to make that Shao suffer than to create more trouble.

Let's get this over with quickly. I also have to think about how I'm going to handle the next game now that I've lost so much energy.

Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you all understand what I mean by this. Anyway, after thinking about it for a while, most of the people in this tent felt that the "mastermind" given by Du Zun - maybe not really, but definitely could be.

So, after a while, Sun and Huang personally went out of the tent to "invite" Master Shao.

Of course, they did not forget to call Shao Shanhu along.

The Shao family father and son were also a little surprised when they heard that Sect Leader Huo and others invited them in. Especially Shao Shanhu, he felt something was wrong...

But Shao Shanhu changed his mind and thought: Anyway, the medicine in the bag that was replaced by Sun Yixie was not taken until the end, and I destroyed it when I went to the toilet. If anything happens to Dugu Yongzhen, it can't be related to me. What should I be afraid of?
Then he followed his father and was called in amid the suspicious gazes of the people around him...

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"Dear leaders, chief masters, I am Shao's honored guest." Shao Dejin, who had no idea that he had been sold, still greeted everyone politely after coming in.

However, the people he greeted were limited to those whom he considered to be of similar status to himself. He ignored the younger generations and the abbot with whom he had a conflict a few days ago.

"Junior, nice to meet you, senior masters." Shao Shanhu also followed and said this.

But those who answered their questions did not give them a good look.

"Master Shao, do you know this person?" Murong Shu asked a nonsense question.

The Shadowless Poison Lord is first of all “shadowless” and only secondarily “poison Lord”. With his disguise skills, he looks different every time in front of people. What’s the point of asking about his appearance?

"Ah?" Shao Dejin had seen a man in shorts being carried in from outside before, but his face was covered with a cloth. Now he looked at him again, "This... I have never seen this person before."

"Heh... Mr. Murong, your question is in vain. He is not stupid. He would say he doesn't know him even if he knows him." Du Zun still had that rogue face.

But I have to say that although he is a scoundrel, he is also very smart.

If the two pieces of information he provided today, "the antidote" and "the mastermind", were both true or both false, he would not be able to leave alive.

It is also impossible for the former to give false information and the latter to give true information, because if that were done, the true information would lose credibility because of the false one, and he would still die.

Only if the former is true and the latter is false, and the false one can find a scapegoat, can he survive.

Shao Dejin, or the Shao father and son, are the perfect scapegoats.

Shao Dejin has committed many unjust acts over the years and his crimes are beyond redemption. He has long been like a fly in the eyes of countless of his peers.

Shao Shanhu is even better than his father and has done even more disgusting things. Moreover, he just happened to have a feud with Dugu Yong recently which is known to the whole city.

In addition, he actually prepared to drug someone in the venue today in revenge, but failed.

With so many conditions met, Du Zun really couldn't think of any other candidates more suitable than the two of them.

More importantly, Du Zun had a pretty accurate grasp of the psychology of everyone present. He anticipated that these guys with ulterior motives would help him prove that the Shao father and son were the masterminds because they didn't want to expose their own secrets.

This is the world of Jianghu.

Wuying Duzun and Wumingzi are both people who have been hurt by this kind of world. Naturally, they understand the rules of the game here better than anyone else.

"Mr. Murong, who is this man? What does he mean?" Although Shao Dejin had done a lot of low and bad things in the past, he had never hired a person like Du Zun to assassinate a righteous hero. So he gradually felt that the atmosphere was not right, and he became nervous and asked questions again and again.

But most of the people in this account have already decided to let him take the blame, so why would they care about him?

Then Du Zun, Di Buyan, Huo Ming and Murong Shu spoke one after another, either asking questions that no matter how they were answered were correct, or using cold words, changing the subject, and talking eloquently, trying to confirm Shao Dejin's guilt.

The two sides debated for a while before Du Zun brought up the fact that Shao Shanhu even wanted to "do it himself" today. Seeing that Shao Shanhu was about to mention Sun Huang, Sun Huang, who had been prepared, was also ready to "blame"...

Unexpectedly, at this moment.

"That's enough." The abbot, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up and said loudly, "I thought you wanted to 'confront' something, but this is the result? Isn't it just arguing without any evidence? What's the use of talking without evidence! With the Shao family father and son being so unskilled, do you really believe that they are the masterminds?"

This is the abbot - he says openly and honestly what others don't want to say or dare not say.

Even though he almost got into a fight with Shao Dejin over a few words at the "negotiation conference" a few days ago, at this moment, he was the only one who spoke the truth on behalf of the Shao father and son.

Shao Dejin and Shao Shanhu were both upset at this time. On the one hand, they were quite moved by the abbot's righteous act, but on the other hand, they felt that it was very irritating for someone to say to their faces that "that's all they could do", although that was also the truth...

"Heh..." After a breath, Dugu Yong suddenly laughed bitterly, "Brother Fang is right. I also think that this matter was not done by Master Shao and his men."

His smile was one of shame and self-abasement.

Dugu Yong seldom admired others in his life, but the abbot's actions at this moment convinced him.

Being a true hero is not about how strong your martial arts skills are or how high your reputation is, but about whether you can stand on a fair and selfless standpoint and speak out words that go against the general trend in a situation that does not involve your own interests and when all you need to do is remain silent.

"Fuck! You're right! I can't stand it anymore! Is it really okay for you to frame two losers like this?"

"That's right. Do they dare to assassinate the Lord of Sword King Mansion? They don't have the guts to do that! Even if they have the guts, they don't have the intelligence. Even if they have the intelligence, they don't have the ability, right?"

Afterwards, Sun and Huang also "followed the advice" quickly and began to speak "fair words" with their crude words, and by the way, made the Shao father and son receive a few more heartbreaking scoldings.

Of course, they were not completely influenced by the abbot and "repented", but mainly because after the abbot and Dugu Yong spoke, they felt that the wind direction on the field had changed. At this time, if they leaned towards the side of "justice", Shao Shanhu would naturally swallow back his insulting remarks against them, because Shao Shanhu would only need to turn around and confront Du Zun with them, then wouldn't he be able to get away with drugging him?
But this made it awkward for the four big guys who were about to take down the Shao father and son.

Huo Ming and Murong Shu were fine; their words just now were at most biased. But Di Buyan and Wu Mingzi... one was eager to make a contribution, and the other had shit on his body. They said all kinds of nasty things just now, and they were almost on the same side as Du Zun. Now that things are about to turn around, can they look happy?

This is just like those netizens who take sides too early when surfing the Internet. If you say too harshly when following others, it will be ugly whether you play dead or keep talking tough when things turn around.

Especially the leader Di, who started to have a stomachache again. He was thinking: "Are you two human beings? I have seen fence-sitters before, but this is the first time I have seen fence-sitters push over a brick wall. You two didn't have this attitude when we were discussing going out to call for help just now, did you? Now you are making me look like a nobody?"

"Huh? What does this mean?" Du Zun's humorous nature also kicked in. He glanced at everyone with a fake smile, "You're not going to accept my toast and you're going to get punished... You want to make trouble, right? Don't regret it..."