Li Tai's emotions were completely stirred.
"I'll go find my teacher right now." He turned around and prepared to run. "But I have to get ahead of the other students. Ouch!"
Before he could finish speaking, he clutched his head and yelped.
A fan had appeared in Wu Jiong's hand at some point, and she had knocked him on the head.
It was not a heavy blow, but it still made Li Tai's face turn red.
"I hit you on behalf of my teacher. You are a Prince and hold a high position. How can you so easily believe the words of a single person?" Wu Jiong slowly said, her gaze fixed on Li Tai. "Besides, I have the final say in this group. Are you convinced?"
Li Tai was originally rather angry because he had lost face.
But at this moment, under Wu Jiong's bright gaze, his anger gradually faded.
Finally, he muttered and turned his head.
"We are all men. How can we listen to a woman … Don't hit, don't hit. You have the final say, you have the final say."
Seeing Wu Jiong raise her fan again, Li Tai jumped away in fright and hastily dodged.
At the side, Li Chengqian helplessly shook his head.
However, the way he looked at Wu Jiong also contained a hidden admiration.
Ever since they had stepped into the Immortal Bestow Academy, they had all been enveloped in Wu Jiong's charm. A group of men had been crushed by a girl in all aspects. At first, they were somewhat unconvinced, but as the gap between them grew larger and larger, they could only accept it. Moreover, they were in the period of their youth, so their feelings gradually turned into worship and adoration.
When the old farmer saw that this girl dared to hit his prince, he was already dumbfounded.
When he saw Wu Jiong looking at him, his entire body trembled.
He felt an inexplicable sense of fear.
But Wu Jiong did not look at him. Instead, she strode toward the village.
Li Tai and the others could only follow.
Wu Jiong noticed that there was a concrete road leading to the village.
It must be known that the Great Tang was currently building roads in an effort to connect the major cities. They were even preparing to replace the majority of the buildings in the cities and expand some of the major cities. Concrete had become the most scarce commodity, and its price was rising year by year.
Even a small village like this could have a concrete road.
This was rather rare in the Great Tang.
At this moment, there were already many students from the Immortal Bestow Academy in the village. They were walking around and asking the villagers about the situation.
Most of the villagers had expressions of disgust when they mentioned Goudan Lu's family.
Especially some people, their saliva splattered everywhere as they spoke, and all sorts of curses were thrown out without end, causing some of the young students who had never heard of a shrew cursing on the streets to be dumbfounded.
Even Li Chengqian was somewhat shaken.
"If it's just one person saying this, it might be because of some private grudge. But everyone is like this …" Li Chengqian's expression was solemn. "I'm afraid that this Lu Goudan is truly a heinous person."
What really made Li Chengqian reveal such an expression was not just the matter of a bully.
Instead, such an evil tyrant had appeared. The Ghost Rider Department, the Department of Supervision, and even the Day Roaming God and City God of the Underworld had not made any moves.
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became.
The more Li Chengqian thought about it, the more nervous he became. Even his forehead began to sweat.
Even so, he did not think about leaving. Instead, he was thinking about how to deal with this.
Shen Yi nodded slightly.
"It seems that the appearance of the Heart Questioning Stele and the Immortal Bestow Academy has a far-reaching influence on the Tang Dynasty."
"In these few years, the academy has already created an overall positive atmosphere," Clove said softly.
In reality, the Immortal Bestow Academy did not have very high requirements for the ideology and morals of serving the country and the people.
But the key was.
Regardless of whether it was the students or the teachers, they all compared themselves to each other.
Those who truly thought for the people would be more admirable.
Hence, the overall positive atmosphere was formed.
In the history of other worlds, or even in the original fate of this world, Li Chengqian would definitely not have grown to his current state. Even Li Tai, who had a relatively arrogant personality, would not hesitate to intervene to the end when he felt that there were officials who were harming the people.
And as the students of the Immortal Bestow Academy graduated, they would continuously enter the Tang Dynasty's officialdom and take up important positions.
This kind of atmosphere would gradually spread.
From the higher-ups to the people, from the officials to the people.
Perhaps.
This Tang Dynasty would have the opportunity to create its own "Soul of Civilization".
That was an ideal existence that was close to faith in the country and civilization. In theory, such a civilization would have a higher probability of continuing to develop.
Shen Yi had already begun to look forward to the future of the human civilization in this world.
But now.
He still paid more attention to Wu Jiong's performance.
The current situation was indeed confusing.
Within the village, almost all of the villagers were using malicious words to criticize Cheng Goudan. Bad things were brought out one after another. Even her companions, Li Chengqian, and quite a few of the surrounding students couldn't help but form the image of an "evil person" in their minds because of these people's actions and words.
It was not that they were not smart enough.
It was just that this was a characteristic of human thinking.
Don't talk about them.
Even if they lived in modern society and experienced the explosion of information, most people could not avoid the influence of this kind of biased public opinion.
Otherwise, there would not be such an idiom as "three people make a tiger" and "gossip is a fearful thing."
And at this moment.
Wu Jiong also asked a lot of people and asked about many details. Those cries, criticisms, and complaints did not cause any change in her expression.
Until Li Lizhi could not help but say,
"Sister Jiong, that person is really too despicable."
"You really think so?" Wu Jiong looked at her meaningfully.
"Is it not so?" Li Lizhi's eyes widened as she counted with her fingers. "Kidnapping women, beating the villagers with sticks, forcefully destroying the villagers' fields, disrespecting the elderly, and even kidnapping children … Now that the immortals are alive, how can there be such a bad person? Isn't he afraid of being haunted by evil spirits?"
"If there is a Ghost Controller protecting him, then of course there is no need to be afraid." Li Chengqian interrupted with a heavy expression. "I'm afraid this matter is not so simple. Not only does it involve the officials, but it also involves the Underworld and the Ghost Controller Department."
"If it were up to me, we should directly report this to Father and thoroughly investigate this matter." Li Tai pursed his lips.
It was obvious that these three people had already determined that Cheng Goudan was a bad person.
All of their thoughts were based on this premise.
But Wu Jiong was clearly not so.
Shen Yi felt a kind of "confidence" in her heart.
Or a kind of detachment.
From the beginning, she had a detached attitude towards everyone, including Li Chengqian and the others. So much so that whatever they said to the villagers could not affect her thinking — just like how an adult would not be affected by the words of a child.
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