Sun Yingsheng wasn't surprised that Bai Li suddenly spoke, nor was he surprised that Bai Li had exposed him. Bai Li's identity meant that he knew a lot of things that other people didn't. However, Sun Yingsheng did not feel the need to respond to this. He did not pay attention to Bai Li. Holding the hot tea in his hand, he very seriously watched Little Sister Tang leave through the courtyard door, completely ignoring Bai Li.
Bai Li didn't seem to mind this. Seeing that Sun Yingsheng didn't reply, he closed his eyes again. He seemed to be quite content as he went back to sleep. The courtyard became silent.
Sun Yingsheng took a few sips of tea and put the teacup back in the room. When he came out, he had already rolled up his sleeves and started to clean up the fallen leaves in the courtyard.
However, the wind didn't stop. The courtyard lost its special ability, but the leaves didn't stop falling. From time to time, the wind would blow a two-leaf yellow leaf into the courtyard. Sun Yingsheng didn't seem to know that this kind of cleaning couldn't solve the root of the problem. Whenever a leaf fell, he would pick it up and repeat.
Finally, Lu Ping opened his eyes.
This round of cultivation didn't last as long as the morning, but because he had found the direction, the effect was good. He stopped now to rest and adjust, and also to prepare a few questions to discuss with Huo Ying. When he opened his eyes and looked to his side, he saw Bai Li lying on Huo Ying's bamboo chair and looking at him.
"You?" No matter how calm Lu Ping was, he couldn't help but be surprised.
"It's me." Bai Li sat up and quickly stood up from the bamboo chair.
"I have something to say to you." Bai Li didn't waste time and went straight to the point.
"Please speak." Lu Ping never lost to anyone in this aspect of straightforwardness.
"The seventh storehouse of the pharmacy was robbed. There hasn't been any breakthrough in the investigation." Bai Li said.
"That's a pity." Lu Ping said.
"I've never denied that I have my suspicions about you." Bai Li said.
"You're wrong." Lu Ping said regretfully.
"Perhaps." Bai Li said, "But when needed, if we can solve the problem, we don't mind making the best of a mistake and sacrificing some innocent people."
"It sounds like you're innocent is a bit like me," Lu Ping said.
"Originally." Bai Li said, "The impact of the theft of the Seventh Storehouse was not limited to the loss of medicinal ingredients. Suspicions towards the entirety of Megrez Peak, suspicions towards the Executors of the Dark's inadequate supervision, and even including suspicions towards the infiltration of Alioth Peak because of Yan Zhen's private actions. All of these are far more terrifying than the material loss of medicinal materials. "
"Perhaps this kind of chaos is what these hidden opponents want to see," Bai Li said.
"So?" Lu Ping asked.
"That is why we need to control the situation, we need to stop the spread of these terrifying emotions, we need to stop the chaos that they are looking forward to," Bai Li said.
"One or two scapegoats can at least suppress the situation on the surface," Bai Li said.
"Looks like I'm the perfect scapegoat." Lu Ping said.
"Originally," Bai Li answered again.
"But in reality?" Bai Li had phrased it this way twice. Lu Ping naturally knew that he would not be the scapegoat.
"Jin Qi." Bai Li said, "Remember him well, his persistence has protected many people, I hope you know this."
"I don't understand." Lu Ping shook his head.
"Since you know it's the fault of others, since you're all incompetent and unable to investigate the truth, the result is that the innocent have to bear the consequences. But you still speak so righteously, as if this is very noble?" Lu Ping said.
"The noble one is only Jin Qi, and the one you need to remember is only him. As for me, if shame could solve the problem, I would definitely be too ashamed to show my face. But regretfully, I can only continue to pull myself together on the basis of sacrificing my companions. " As Bai Li spoke, he was already walking towards the outside of the courtyard. When he finished speaking, he'd already walked out of the courtyard, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Lu Ping was silent, and Sun Yingsheng had also stopped his repetitive task of clearing the fallen leaves. Both of them looked in a certain direction at the same time. Over there was Megrez Peak, and that head disciple was sacrificing himself for the sake of the academy. Bai Li specially came over to say these words to him, it seemed like the academy originally intended to make him, the newcomer, a scapegoat. After all, compared to a head disciple, which was more important was obvious at a glance.
However, because of Jin Qi's persistence ….
Bai Li didn't say too much, and only said this sentence. He didn't need to explain what Jin Qi insisted on.
Lu Ping's mood was somewhat gloomy.
He and Jin Qi had only known each other for a few days, and their interactions were limited to a few times. It couldn't be said to have any deep feelings, but this so-called nobility made him feel oppressed.
"Really an idiot." Sun Yingsheng muttered softly, picking up a fallen leaf from the ground.
Lu Ping was silent, and very quickly, he once again closed his eyes, as if nothing had happened.
The news that Bai Li personally brought gradually spread throughout the North Style Academy. Even the Northern Mountains New Academy, where newcomers gathered, had many people discussing this problem with serious expressions.
"Have you heard? Megrez Peak's medicine workshop was actually stolen by the head disciple, Jin Qi. "
"Traces of senior brother Jin Qi's silencing were found on the bodies of the three dead senior brothers."
"Why did senior brother Jin Qi do such a thing?"
"I'm afraid this isn't something you and I can know."
… …
Lu Ping was sitting among the crowd in the dining hall. He could hear people talking about the same thing. It seemed like they were going to make this matter public. Everyone was no longer careful when they talked about it, and they started to talk about more and more details.
Lin Tianbiao, who sat opposite Lu Ping, heard these discussions, and said to Lu Ping, "I don't think this matter is so simple, what do you think?"
Lu Ping shook his head, and didn't express his opinion. His injuries had recovered pretty well, and now he could already get down from the ground and walk. His progress in the power of courage was also pretty good, and he was constantly reaping rewards every day. But this didn't make him very happy.
"How is Zimu now?" He asked Lin Tianbiao.
"I'm still asking around." Lin Tianbiao said, "The supervision on him has suddenly become much stricter. I don't know if he has any connection with the theft of the seventh storehouse."
"Will he be the same as senior brother Jin Qi?" Lu Ping said.
"Perhaps, there's still no clear information at the moment." Lin Tianbiao didn't come to a conclusion easily.
Lu Ping had some misgivings about this. He knew that Jin Qi took the initiative to sacrifice himself in exchange for the North Style Academy's temporary peace. Lu Ping, who originally would have become a scapegoat, was thus spared. But what about Zimu? If Jin Qi used his own sacrifice to prevent other innocent people from being implicated, then Zimu shouldn't be implicated as well. But now he was being watched even more strictly?
This matter really wasn't that simple...
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