In the blink of an eye, three to four days passed.
"Bitter strength Gu …" In the study room, Shang Ya Zi looked at the Gu worm in his hand, frowning as he had an urge — to kill this Gu!
But he had to endure it.
This bitter strength Gu was bought by him at a high price of eight hundred and ten thousand after all. If he killed it, he would feel heartache.
But every time he looked at it, Shang Ya Zi felt extremely depressed.
This bitter strength Gu was like a silent mockery, constantly reminding Shang Ya Zi of his stupidity!
A few days ago at the auction, he was schemed against by Fang Yuan in front of everyone.
Now, he had become a laughing stock. Even the surrounding clansmen did not want to see him.
So be it if he was stupid, but you are the Shang clan young master, your actions are smearing Shang clan's reputation!
As the Shang clan young master, Shang Ya Zi's every action represented Shang clan's image to a certain extent. His performance at the auction was not only a humiliation to himself, it also humiliated the pride and superiority of the Shang clan clansmen.
As for Shang Yan Fei, he did not say anything.
But this made Shang Ya Zi even more uneasy.
"No, I must get back at him. I want father to look at me differently, I want the clansmen to change their impression of me! "Shang Ya Zi gritted his teeth, making up his mind.
"Fangzheng, you dared to go against me, you dared to play with me. I will make you pay a terrible price! "His eyes shone with a cold light, as he started to think of ways to scheme against Fang Yuan.
After this matter, his hatred towards Fang Yuan deepened. It was a bone-deep hatred.
"Young master, young master, this is bad!"
At this time. A trusted servant ran over and stood in front of the door of the study, shouting loudly.
"Why are you so flustered, what is this? Get in here! "Shang Ya Zi scolded in displeasure.
The door was pushed open, as the servant knelt on the ground with a panicked expression: "Young master, this is bad. I don't know where it came from, but almost all the streets and alleys in Shang clan city are spreading. It is being spread. They say young master had once fought with Fangzheng for lady An Yu, but failed. That's why he wants to teach Fangzheng a lesson. "
"Miss An Yu? The top girl from Qin Yan Brothel? What nonsense. "Shang Ya Zi's lips twitched. He sneered disdainfully.
However, the servant continued, "There are still rumors going around in the marketplace that you and Fangzheng had a secret deal. In order to pass the assessment, you had … made false accounts."
"What?!" Shang Ya Zi heard this. He let out a loud roar. His expression changed drastically, and he jumped up from his seat. The brush and ink on the desk were shaken to the ground.
The servant spoke cautiously and hurriedly, "Young Master, this matter has been spread very clearly. Even the specific time of the transaction and the specific accounts were clearly transmitted. I heard it has already attracted the attention of the clan's internal affairs hall and they are sending Gu Masters to investigate. "
"Ah?!"
Shang Ya Zi was extremely shocked, his mind felt like it was struck by lightning.
In an instant. The blood drained from his face, turning it deathly pale.
His heart was pounding. His body felt weak, and he nearly collapsed to the ground. He held onto the desk with his hands, and barely managed to support himself.
This blow, came too fast, too heavy, too sudden!
"It's over, it's over. Once the false accounts are exposed, I will definitely lose my position as young master. This is a violation of the clan rules, even mother can't speak up for me. Even asking father for my hand in marriage is useless! Once I lose this identity, who knows how many people will hit me when I'm down! "
With a disaster looming, Shang Ya Zi was extremely panicked, falling into extreme fear.
"How could such news be spread? I clearly did it in secret. Apart from Fangzheng, no one else can know of it. It's impossible, it's impossible … "
Shang Ya Zi mumbled to himself, his eyes in a daze.
He was still too young, and had not experienced the tempering of life and death. Although he had managed the shop for two years, and had to deal with many matters, he only had a thin skin. Facing such a huge change, he was at a loss and could not react in time.
…
Nan Qiu garden, lake pavilion.
A light breeze blew, causing ripples to form on the surface of the lake.
The lake was not big, on both sides were mountains made of grey rocks. Around the rocks, there were bamboo and fir trees.
On the surface of the lake, large green lotus leaves were spread out, with white flower buds that had not bloomed yet. Golden and orange carps were playing in the lake, occasionally popping out of the water.
The pavilion was made of gold bricks and vermillion beams, with bead curtains and painted rafters, it was very intricate.
In the pavilion, there was a chessboard stone table, with two youngsters playing chess.
One was a young man dressed in black, his eyes were deep like an abyss. The other was a young lady dressed in white, with silver hair and blue eyes, her expression was cold.
It was Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing.
Bai Ning Bing put down a piece, and looked outside the pavilion, at the lake: "This Shang Ya Zi is so stupid, his reaction is so slow. It has been so long since I spread the news. Why is he still not here? "
"Don't worry, I have already instructed the guards to let him in. He will definitely come. "Fang Yuan smiled, displaying his confidence in controlling the situation.
After Shang Ya Zi panicked, he would definitely be suspicious of Fang Yuan. He would definitely come and check the situation. Even if he did not suspect anything, he would collude with Fang Yuan to stop Shang clan's investigation.
Bai Ning Bing squinted, sighing faintly: "Fang Yuan, I can't help but admire you, to be able to leave such a loophole in the poison vow. Two years ago, you already wanted to harm Shang Ya Zi, didn't you? You just endured until now, when the time is right, you activated this trap. "
Fang Yuan chuckled, and put down a piece, answering: "Shang Ya Zi is a petty person, he will definitely take revenge on us. How can I leave such a scourge alive? But I did not do anything earlier because Shang Xin Ci has just arrived, and has not gained a firm foothold yet. After getting rid of Shang Ya Zi, we will push Shang Xin Ci up, she will be of great use to us in the future. "
Bai Ning Bing did not speak anymore, a blue eerie light flashed in her eyes.
She felt a chill in her heart.
This Fang Yuan's schemes were linked to each other, they were closely linked, as long as one stepped into it, it would be like sinking into a swamp, unable to get out. What was even more shocking was that he had already planned for today's situation two years ago. This kind of intelligence was really frightening. Shang Ya Zi was simply courting death by going against such a person!
"Fangzheng, where are you? Come out! "Shang Ya Zi's angry roar could be heard.
The pavilion in the middle of the lake was not obstructed by any trees, and with the bellboy's information, Shang Ya Zi easily found Fang and Bai.
"Fangzheng, you still have the time to play chess? Do you know what the rumors are spreading outside? Speak, did you do all of this! "Shang Ya Zi rushed in front of Fang and Bai, pointing at Fang Yuan as he shouted angrily.
Fang Yuan turned his body slightly, replying indifferently: "If I did all of this, would I still be alive? To think that you are becoming more and more stupid, Shang Ya Zi. Don't you remember that we used the poison vow Gu together? "
Shang Ya Zi snorted, his anger subsiding slightly. Fang Yuan was right, if Fang Yuan was the one who spread the news, he would be dead already. Now that he was sitting in front of him, it proved that he was not the one who spread the news.
But Fang Yuan's next sentence caused him to explode with rage.
"Although I was not the one who spread the news, my companion Bai Ning Bing was the one who spread it."
Shang Ya Zi was stunned, his calm face turned red like an explosion, as if a spark had fallen into a pot of oil.
A huge wave of anger rose in his heart.
"It's you, so it was you! You bastard, I will turn your bones into dust! "He screamed, his eyes turning red with anger, his gaze was like a blade as he stared at Bai Ning Bing. His aura was frenzied, as if he had turned into a tiger, leopard, or jackal.
"Oh? You want to fight here? Fight me? " Bai Ning Bing slowly stood up, her beautiful face was cold as ice, her cold tone contained a trace of disdain: "I am rank three peak stage, I have never lost in the battle stage, I also have the purple thorn token, do you really want to fight to the death with me?"
Shang Ya Zi's face twitched, he gritted his teeth, his eyes seemed to be spewing fire as he stared at Bai Ning Bing.
But he did not make a move.
He was only rank three upper stage, and lived like a prince, he was not Bai Ning Bing's match. At the same time, Bai Ning Bing had the purple thorn token, which was personally given to her by Shang Yan Fei.
"Fangzheng, you betrayed us, you will die a horrible death! How did she know about our deal? No, you betrayed the poison vow, why aren't you dead?! Did you find a way to get in contact with the poison vow Gu? "Shang Ya Zi turned to Fang Yuan, feeling uncertain.
"Not really, not really." Fang Yuan shook his head: "The content of the poison vow was — you and I have to keep it a secret, we 'cannot leak it to an unknown third party'. But before the poison vow Gu, I had already told Bai Ning Bing about it. So Bai Ning Bing is the 'unknown third party'. The news that was circulating outside was not spread by me. It was all Bai Ning Bing's contribution. Thus, I did not betray the poison vow. "
Shang Ya Zi's mouth was agape as shock appeared in his eyes.
After Fang Yuan's reminder, the vow was indeed written like that.
This was a loophole, but why did Shang Ya Zi not discover it back then?
Firstly, it was because he did not expect Fang Yuan to leak it to Bai Ning Bing. 'Cannot leak it to an unknown third party', just looking at this sentence, there was no loophole.
Secondly, when he suggested using the poison vow Gu, Fang Yuan acted like he was unprepared, but in fact, he had already expected it, thus he made Shang Ya Zi numb.
Thirdly, in order to hold on to the young master position, Shang Ya Zi was desperate, and with the pain from the poison vow Gu, he could not think clearly.
Now that he realized it, it was already too late …
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