Fu Zixian said, "It's nothing, as long as you explain to the academy that you were at Master Li's place yesterday, no one will suspect you."
Wen Yantong pondered for a moment, and then said, "When you get there later, don't talk, don't get involved."
Fu Zixian only thought that she wanted to explain in person, so he agreed.
The two rushed all the way to the chicken coop, and saw a large group of people gathered around it from a long distance, surrounding the chicken coop inside and out.
In addition to students, there are also several masters. Someone with sharp eyes saw Wen Yantong coming, and immediately shouted, "The culprit is here!"
With this sound, everyone's attention was drawn to Wen Yantong. Everyone looked at her together and began to discuss in a low voice, with suspicious eyes turning around her.
Wen Yantong couldn't help but smile, "Isn't that right? I've just arrived, how could I be the culprit?"
When she walked into the crowd, everyone automatically backed away, as if they were unlikely to come into contact with her. This gave her a way to get to the chicken coop.
I saw Wu Lao's dead body thrown by the nest, the two chicken paws were raised high, the chicken was stained with a lot of blood, and it was frozen hard after most of the night.
The whole head of the chicken was cut off from the neck, and it was left casually beside it.
Dog thing, you are finally dead. Wen Yantong sighed inwardly.
From this appearance, it seems that someone had had enough of the chicken's abuse, and finally killed it to vent his anger.
"Wen Yantong, some people said that they only saw you wandering around here last night, and you still say that you didn't kill them?" Someone stood up and questioned her.
Wen Yantong raised his eyelids and looked at him, "I'm up at night, can't I?"
"Even if you wake up at night, how can the time be so coincidental?" The humane said, "You are clearly just quibbling?"
Wen Yantong rolled his eyes and ignored him, thinking that arguing with someone he didn't know well was a waste of time. She walked to the side of the chicken, squatted down to look closely, but found that the chicken's eyes were closed.
Half of the chicken's body was soaked in blood, and the blood had already coagulated, showing a dark color. She looked around and saw only messy footprints and morning frost.
"He doesn't talk anymore, he just has a guilty conscience."
"It must be him. He wanted to kill this chicken a few days ago, but now it seems that he is determined."
"This is the dean's chicken, he dared to do it..."
This chicken not only has a name, but also has a housing that is considered a mansion in the chicken coop, not only because the chicken was brought by the dean himself. Another one is that Wulaoji crows on time at 6:30 every morning, sometimes accurately enough to ring at the same time as Chaoge's morning bell.
This is why indolence is precious. The status of this chicken in the academy is not low, and it represents the diligent self-examination of all the students. Killing the chicken secretly would involve more than one or two crimes, so Fu Zixian said it was a big deal.
Big enough to drive the chicken killer out of Song Hai Academy, or even go to jail.
The people around were discussing and accusing one after another, and their voices became louder and louder, as if they wanted to put pressure on Wen Yantong and force her to confess her guilt.
Fu Zixian clenched his fists as he heard it, and wanted to stand up and speak for Wen Yantong, but remembered that he had promised not to speak here, not to be involved in this matter, so he had no choice but to resist the idea of standing out.
Wen Yantong seemed to turn a deaf ear, and lowered his head to examine carefully.
Afterwards, someone else came, and everyone followed, and saw several masters coming in a hurry, among them was Master Zhao.
These later masters were all prestigious in the academy, and Master Zhao was the least important among them. Mrs. Zhao's real name is Zhao Yu, he was born as the No. 1 Scholar on the Gold List, and he was a sixth-rank official and worked in the court for most of his life. Later, he invited him to teach in the Academy.
As soon as he saw Yantong standing next to Wulai's corpse, he immediately stepped forward, pulled her up from the ground, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"
"Master, I'm researching how this chicken died." Wen Yantong said.
Zhao Yu pushed her back two steps, "Stand back first."
Among the few masters, there was a man named Sun Yu, who was the former minister of the Ministry of Rites. After leaving office, he was appointed by the emperor to manage the academy, and he had the absolute right to speak in the academy. As he stood there, the students around him retreated automatically.
He glanced at the chicken on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "Who did this?"
Immediately, someone stood up and complained, "It's Wen Yantong, he secretly killed the chicken last night."
Wen Yantong immediately retorted, "I didn't kill the chicken! Everyone is a literati, and they must pay attention to evidence. Why do you make false accusations?"
Sun Yu turned his head to look at her, those eyes were filled with the court's intrigue and intrigue, just a glance like this made one's heart sink, and he felt oppressed unconsciously.
"You are Wen Yantong?" Sun Yu asked.
Wen Yantong bowed, "It's the student."
"You are quite famous." Sun Yu's tone was steady, could not tell whether it was ridicule or teasing, Wen Yantong did not dare to answer casually.
A group of people around were staring at the excitement, not daring to show any emotion.
Just when it was quiet, Mu Yang jumped out from nowhere and asked with a blank head, "Where is it? Where did the chicken die?"
He pushed aside the crowd, saw the dead chicken on the ground at a glance, grinned happily, "Oh, this way of dying is really unusual!"
There was dead silence all around, only Mu Yang's cheerful voice was extremely abrupt, but no one dared to say anything. Wen Yantong gave him a look, telling him to shut up quickly.
Mu Yang didn't understand, so he came up and patted her on the shoulder, "Did you kill it? You can do it this way!"
Wen Yantong stared, "What are you talking about!"
"Oh, I'm just kidding." Mu Yang smiled, "Of course I know you didn't kill him."
His eyes turned around, and a coldness appeared in his smile, and he said, "Is there any fool who suspects that you killed him?"
Wen Yantong breathed a sigh of relief, hearing that Mu Yang was standing up for her, he couldn't help feeling warm in his heart. Although Mu Yanghan is in the group, there are still affectionate and righteous characters.
"Mu Yang." Sun Yu stopped him.
When Mu Yang saw him, he wasn't too scared, and saluted with a smile, "I didn't see Mrs. Sun just now, the student was rude."
Sun Yu didn't pursue it either, but with a stern face, he asked the person who sued Wen Yantong earlier, "Do you have any evidence for what Wen Yantong did?"
The man was a little jealous of Mu Yang, looked at him several times, but stopped talking. Sun Yu saw it, and said, "Say, I'm in charge of everything."
"Yes, the servant who watched the night last night said that he saw Wen Yantong running around here in the middle of the night. At that time, everyone was sleeping, and he was the only one..."
Sun Yu asked, "Who was the servant who guarded the night yesterday?"
An older man stood up from the crowd and said, "Last night, the villain was on duty in the middle of the night."
"What he said is true?" Sun Yu asked the night watchman.
The servant said, "There is indeed such a thing."
Everyone started talking in low voices again. Sun Yu looked at Wen Yantong, "What do you want to say about this?"
Wen Yantong said, "I want to ask him a few questions."
Sun Yu said, "You ask."
She said to the servant, "When did you see me last night?"
"The last moment of ugly time is almost Yin time." The servant replied.
"Heideng is blind, are you sure the person you saw was me?" She asked again.
"I can see clearly, you are the only one in the academy who has a handicap." The servant said, "Wearing a white cloak and carrying a yellow lantern."
Wen Yantong nodded, "I'm not bad."
As soon as the voice fell, someone jumped out in a hurry, "It really is you!"
Wen Yantong glanced at him, "Why worry, I haven't finished asking."
She continued, "Why did you see me at this time? You usually keep watch here?"
"No, the villain just came to replace the night watchman at that time, so he went to the toilet in the nearby hut, and saw you when he came out." The servant replied.
"Last question." Wen Yantong said, "You said you saw me running around here, is that true?"
The servant answered the first few questions fluently, but seemed to be stuck on the last question. Wen Yantong took advantage of his silence and suddenly said sharply, "The masters of the academy are all here, if you dare to lie and give false testimony, be careful about your life!"
The servant froze, "No, I just saw you walking over there with a lantern in hand. Those students who ran around were added by themselves."
Wen Yantong nodded in satisfaction, and said to Sun Yu, "Master Sun, I'm done asking."
"Then what do you want to say now?" Sun Yu asked.
Wen Yantong said, "Student, I am ashamed. Last night I practiced calligraphy at Mr. Li's because my handwriting was too ugly. I didn't come back until I was ugly. So when that person saw me, it was I who rushed back to the dormitory and did not come to this area. place, and have never touched this chicken."
"For the rest of the time, I slept in my room until I was woken up this morning. When I came here, I was inexplicably splashed with dirty water." Wen Yantong said, "The student was really wronged."
"Impossible! How did Mr. Li stay with him for so long?" Someone questioned.
"I dare not lie about this matter. If you don't believe me, you can ask Master Li." Wen Yantong was frank.
"No wonder Brother Xi didn't come to class today." Mu Yang said clearly, "So it was too late to go back yesterday."
"That's right, the young master was here yesterday. If you don't believe me, you can check with the young master." Wen Yantong even felt a little complacent when he said this.
This pot of dirty water is just too timely.
If Wen Yantong slept in the dormitory on any normal night, there would be no evidence sufficient to get rid of the suspicion. But it happened to be the night when she went to practice calligraphy. In this way, both Li Boyuan and Chi Jingxi could become her witnesses.
And a witness that no one dares to question.
Once Chi Jingxi was moved out, no one dared to argue about what happened to her in the first half of the night. Then another human said, "Maybe you will commit murder in the middle of the night."
Wen Yantong sneered, and looked at the man like a fool, "Are you trying to frame me as crazy? There is a vigil in the second half of the night, and I am a cripple, how can I come here to kill chickens in the dark?"
"Then what if you came with a lantern?" Someone asked again.
Wen Yantong didn't even bother to answer this time. The servant who watched the night said, "The villain is here to watch the night. If there are lights in the surrounding area, the villain will definitely find it."
"Do you hear clearly?" Wen Yantong looked at the man and asked, "Is there any reason?"
She has answered everyone's questions one by one. If anyone still doesn't believe it, they should go to Li Boyuan or Chi Jingxi for verification. In any case, there is no reason to insist that she is the one who killed the chicken.
Sun Yu looked at the crowd and said, "No laziness is a symbol of the students in the academy who are diligent in their studies. Now that it is maliciously killed by someone, it is really a shameful crime. From now on, the servants of the academy will do it twice sooner or later." Dianmao, no one should leave, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly."
Wen Yantong was surprised, he didn't expect that the academy would really spend a lot of trouble on a chicken, and he secretly rejoiced that the knife didn't cut it off.
After Sun Yu gave the order, he left, and the masters left one after another. Zhao Yu seemed to want to say something to Wen Yantong, but considering the presence of so many people, he decided to leave first.
The students dispersed in a rush, losing interest in watching the excitement. Seeing that the person who had been questioning her before was about to leave, Wen Yantong shouted, "Stop!"
The student didn't want to talk to him at first, but he saw Mu Yang step forward and hold him down, "Where do you want to go? You were so talkative just now, let me see how your teeth look."
As soon as he said that, he was going to break his mouth.
Mu Yang and Chi Jingxi had been playing together for a long time, and their tempers were somewhat similar. Putting down the pestle, the anger in his body came out. The man was too frightened to move, begging for mercy repeatedly, "Master Mu, please forgive me, I was just entrusted by others..."
Wen Yantong stepped forward and stood opposite the man. It's a pity that she is a head short and has no momentum at all.
She said, "I know, it's Wu Yutian, right? He must be instigating him to keep slandering me."
The man sold Wu Yutian immediately, "Yes, yes, Wu Yutian has hated you for a long time. After hearing what happened this morning, he ordered me to make more false accusations against you. This is not my intention..."
"You don't have to argue so much with me, and I don't want to hear it either." Wen Yantong said, "Go back and tell Wu Yutian that I already know who killed the chicken, and tell him to be careful when he walks at night."
The man now had a knife resting on his neck, so he naturally responded to everything he said, nodding hastily.
Wen Yantong raised a clenched fist, "Look at what's in my palm."
The man didn't know why, so he lowered his head to her fist and looked inside with one eye closed.
Wen Yantong raised his other hand, swung it in a big circle, swung it with all his strength, and slapped the man on the side of the face, cursing, "Fuck me! Let you fucking spread rumors."
Wen Yantong's slap was actually not that heavy, but it was very loud, and immediately slapped that person in a circle.
Even Fu Zixian and Mu Yang were taken aback.
"Hmph." Wen Yantong thought, if I can't offend Wu Yutian, a junior official, how can I offend you
The person who got slapped didn't say anything, and fled quickly while covering the palm print left by Wen Yantong's big neck.
Fu Zixian walked to her side and sighed, "Fortunately, you were at Mrs. Li's place last night, otherwise you might not be able to remove the suspicion."
This is true. It can only be said that the timing of the person who wanted to frame her was not coincidental, and luck was on her side.
Wen Yantong said, "The murderer who killed the chicken is hiding in the academy. Mrs. Sun has sealed off the academy. No one can escape. It will be a matter of time before the murderer is found."
Fu Zixian said, "It's a pity that Wulao, who worked so diligently to announce the news for us, ended up like this."
Mu Yang listened inexplicably and scratched his head. Usually, when hearing Fu Zixian say such things, Mu Yang would definitely be sneering. He has always looked down on the submissive Fu Zixian.
But this time it was unprecedented, "Ah, that's right, this chicken is quite pitiful, right Wen Yantong?"
At the end of the story, Wen Yantong was brought in, as if he also wanted her to respond to Fu Zixian's words.
Wen Yantong looked at Mu Yang with strange eyes.
Poor a chicken? How can it be? If it weren't for the conditions, she might have to light a fire immediately and set up a pot, which is the kind that drools while boiling water.
Wen Yantong ignored him, turned around and rushed to the school.
When it was announced that the chicken was killed by someone, Sun Yu called all the masters for a meeting, and the students took the opportunity to go to the chicken coop to watch the excitement, so the morning class was delayed like this.
Wen Yantong was a little absent-minded all morning, recalling the scene he saw near the chicken coop over and over again in his mind, always feeling that something was wrong.
The snow stopped for several days, and the martial arts class in the afternoon resumed normal classes. Wen Yantong, who had removed the wooden boards, had no reason to take a vacation, so he had no choice but to follow along.
The cold wind in the twelfth lunar month is not so cold, as long as you stand outside the house, you can feel the exposed skin is as cold as a needle prick, it is so cold that Wen Yantong's face is flushed and his scalp is numb.
Xu Yingquan couldn't see that the big man was wrapped up like a ball, saying that it was not convenient for him to move around, and his body was covered up so weakly, so every time he had a martial arts class, the students in Zitang had to run a few laps in the martial arts field first, Run to warm up before going to class.
Wen Yantong was the only exception in the Zitang. Before going out, the inner and outer layers were wrapped tightly, and she felt quite tired even walking.
When she appeared in Xu Yingquan's sight, she successfully received Xu Yingquan's bewildered eyes.
"Master Xu, it's very cold today." Wen Yantong swayed to his side and greeted him in a familiar tone.
"I haven't seen you in half a month, how is your leg?" Xu Yingquan asked.
"It hurts, it hurts!" Wen Yantong said, "I thought it would be better if the wooden boards were removed, but I didn't expect that after removing the wooden boards, walking would hurt even more, and I would have to wobble after walking a dozen or so steps!"
Xu Yingquan sighed, "Your body is really too weak, it can be seen that you rarely exercise on weekdays."
Wen Yantong said, "What the master said is that this time I suffered from poor health, and I will definitely exercise hard in the future."
He said, "You will wait by the side during the exercise, and return to the team after the run. Today's practice of flat shooting should not affect much."
Wen Yantong nodded in response, then obediently walked to the side and stood there.
She was afraid of being late on the road, so she came early. After waiting for more than ten minutes with their hands in their hands, people from Zitang also came to the martial arts field one after another.
Wen Yantong's eyes were floating around, and suddenly he saw Chi Jingxi and others approaching.
When Mu Yang approached, he saw Wen Yantong and started laughing. He leaned forward and backward, and said, "From a distance, I thought it was just a fat goose! Why are you dressed like this today?"
"Don't you feel it's cold?" Wen Yantong shrank his neck and looked at Chi Jingxi and the others. They didn't even wear cloaks, their jackets were light-colored short jackets, and they wore loose trousers underneath. The wrists and ankles were tied with silk ribbons, which made it easy to move.
Wen Yantong found that most of Chi Jingxi's clothes were embroidered with wishful patterns, which looked extremely auspicious and matched his name quite well.
He walked past Wen Yantong without looking sideways, and was whispering something to Cheng Xin.
Cheng Xin said angrily, "What's the matter, didn't Wen Yantong take half a month's vacation? Why did you come here today? Did you secretly tell her something?"
Chi Jingxi snorted, "I would like to bet and admit defeat, but I can't be a villain."
Cheng Xin groaned and sighed, "My ox horn bow is not warmed up yet, so I'm going to give it to you."
Chi Jingxi's eyes were bent, and the smile on his face was so strong that everyone around him looked sideways.
Wen Yantong stood next to him and watched the people in Zitang running around, then turned his head and asked, "Master Xu, who in our Zitang has the best grades in the opening test?"
Xu Yingquan happened to be fine, so he wentssiped with her, "Chi Jingxi, three arrows."
Wen Yantong took a small breath, expressing shock, "Then who is the worst?"
Xu Yingquan thought about it blankly, "It should be you."
"Why?" she asked, "Didn't I also hit the bull's-eye? Mu Yang didn't even hit an arrow. I'm not better than him?"
"You did hit the bull's-eye with one arrow." Xu Yingquan said, "But you missed the target with the first two arrows, and from the distance, you were the only one who shot the arrow to your feet, so you should be the worst one." .”
Wen Yantong suddenly realized.
After the laps stopped, Xu Yingquan gave them some time to rest and at the same time let Wen Yantong join the team.
This is the first time she has entered the team in the Zitang since she took the martial arts class. She was supposed to stand at the end, but she was really short, and Xu Yingquan called back when she was halfway through, "You stand in front."
The people in the first row consciously made room for Wen Yantong to stand at the head of the first row.
She curled her lips secretly, remembering that she was also in the back row when she was in physical education class in high school.
Xu Yingquan said, "Practice flat shooting today, there will be quizzes in class, practice in groups of two, and the final test."
Wen Yantong was shocked, why is there still a test? Now she hears that both prefixes are big.
Mu Yang asked, "How to group? Free combination?"
Xu Yingquan conjured up a small wooden box out of nowhere, with a hole in the top of the box, and said, "Split randomly."
Then there was a line up to draw lots. The number of people in Zitang happened to be even, so no one would be singled out if they were paired together.
Wen Yantong really wanted to present a team with Fu Zi. She herself knows how much she weighs, not to mention being a bullseye, if she can shoot the arrow, everything will be fine. If you are in a group with others, you will definitely be disgusted. You can only be in a group with Fu Zixian.
She kept thinking about it, and when she walked in front of Xu Yingquan, she asked, "Master, if you get someone who doesn't want to be in the same group, can you exchange them?"
As soon as the problem came out, many people looked at it. Apparently that's the question they wanted to ask as well.
"No." Xu Yingquan refused coldly.
With a bitter face, Wen Yantong reached into the wooden box and took out a sheet, took it to the side and secretly opened it, there was an incomprehensible word.
A hand suddenly reached out from behind her, took the paper away and turned it upside down, shouting, "It's seven! It's the same number as Brother Xi!"
Wen Yantong's heart skipped a beat, and when he looked up, he saw Chi Jingxi, who was not far away, looking at him, his expression was not very good.
Her eyes were darkened, and she almost pinched herself.
"Hey..." God damn me!
The author has something to say: Wen Yantong: I can't do it anymore, I'm going to die on the spot.
I didn’t check it today, if there is a typo, the babies will find it~~
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