The riddle for this question is: The birds have flown away from the thousand mountains.
The reward behind the riddle is a green jade bracelet.
Actually, this jade bracelet is certainly not a top-quality item, but Long Yue is a woman, and won naturally have little resistance to these jade items, so she just wants it.
Li Qingmu naturally wants to fulfill his little wife’s wish.
He glanced at the riddle and knew the answer.
"Silent as the grave."
Li Qingmu gave the answer, and the vendor’s face changed slightly, but it was just for a mont. He waved his hand, "Wrong, do you want to switch questions or continue?"
Switch questions or continue?
No matter whether you switch questions or continue, the ten cents were spent for nothing.
The problem is, Li Qingmu obviously answered correctly, so why switch questions?
This cheating vendor!
The riddle’s answer is with him, which ans, as long as I say who is right, that’s who is right. If I say it’s wrong, your ten cents are gone?
Doing business requires honesty, so what’s this reneging about?
"Oh, you say my husband answered wrong?"
Long Yue can’t stand this kind of person the most and sneered.
The vendor felt uncomfortable all over being stared at by Long Yue, and quickly said, "Miss, this question is the hardest. It’s not as simple as the literal aning."
"Since it’s not that simple, then I want to ask, what is the answer?"
Long Yue was relentless, which gave the vendor a headache, "Miss, this is a riddle guessing ga, how can I say the answer? If I say it, it’s useless, and this question will be wasted! I spent a lot of effort to get this riddle..."
"Tell the answer, and we will compensate you for your loss, but the premise is that your answer must be suitable, otherwise it’s deceit!"
Li Qingmu was not to be trifled with either and sneered, forcing the vendor into a corner.
Sweat started to form on the vendor’s forehead.
This is indeed the answer. This young man saw the answer at a glance, which shows he has real skills. It’s too difficult for him to co up with a more suitable answer! As soon as he says it, the other party will continuously refute it.
At this ti, the bridge was crowded with the most people, and many young n and won ca to guess riddles. The vendor looked at the growing crowd and began to sweat on his forehead.
He regretted it a bit. If he had known, he would have given them the bracelet, which would have cost at most a few dozen coins. Why make it this embarrassing now?
"Young master, my stuff is not for sale. If you want it, then guess the riddle. Why be so aggressive?"
The vendor knew that if he continued to argue, he wouldn’t be able to continue doing business here, so he quickly showed weakness and accused Li Qingmu of wrongdoing.
Li Qingmu was not angry and just said, "Really? You gave this riddle, I answered ’silent as the grave’, is there sothing wrong with that? You think my answer is inaccurate, then you give a more accurate one, at least make lose convinced?
If everyone were like you, clearly answering correctly but not giving the reward to keep the riddle money yourself, then what’s the point of guessing riddles here?"
As soon as these words ca out, the surrounding people nodded in agreent.
"Yeah, I also guessed the riddles here, thinking I answered correctly, but this vendor just said I was wrong. I guessed several answers, all wrong, and I was puzzled, is that how it is?"
Answering correctly but being said wrong, that’s disgusting.
"It was the sa for !"
"Sa here..."
Next, many victims started complaining, and the vendor’s face turned blue.
One person making a fuss can be called unreasonable, but what about two, three, countless? When three people make a tiger, the false becos real, let alone when it was really true.
"You...don’t talk nonsense, this has never happened!"
The vendor was completely flustered, knowing he had angered the crowd. He retreated inside while speaking, grabbed the money bag he earned today, and tried to run.
"Don’t go, you liar, you’re not allowed to leave!"
The crowd suddenly surged forward, blocking the vendor.
"Don’t co over, don’t co any closer! If you co any closer, I won’t be polite... ah—"
The vendor desperately retreated, but the crowd grew angrier, frightening him. He slipped and fell off the bridge.
Just below was a small boat slowly gliding by, on which stood a young man, hands crossed at his back, looking out into the distance.
The man’s facial features were distinct, with a high and straight nose. He didn’t look like soone from Dazhou.
He was admiring the rare night view of Jinming Lake, when suddenly a scream ca from above. Curious, he looked up just in ti to see a shadow appear above him and fall rapidly.
The man didn’t even understand what was happening, and the shadow hit him directly on the head.
"Poof!"
The person’s head was smashed, blood spurted furiously!
"Poof! Poof!"
Then, both fell into the water simultaneously.
The water churned, a strong scent of blood spread, and the stench was overwhelming!
"Aah— there are dead people! There’s a dead person in the lake!"
Beside the boat was a pair of lovers witnessing the terrifying scene, screaming sharply.
"Help, soone co quickly, there’s a dead person!"
Imdiately, so nearby people started shouting, and for a mont, chaos erupted on Jinming Lake.
Long Yue looked at the chaotic crowd around her and was dumbfounded.
Why, why does there always have to be a murder case wherever I am? The key is, it wasn’t intentional on my part?
"It’s you, you’re the murderer!"
Soone who had been pressuring the vendor realized things had blown up; it might not be just one life, but two. Panicked, they boldly pinned this black pot on Long Yue and her husband.
After all, they started this whole thing.
That’s human nature; when faced with sothing unfavorable, people instinctively lean towards whatever is advantageous to them.
And the ones who first promoted the incident, Long Yue and her husband, beca the scapegoats.
It wasn’t long before people from the Inspection Departnt arrived.
Coincidentally, the person who ca was none other than the Little Leader.
Two months ago, he finally got transferred to a more profitable area for his diligence in currying favor, and he was quite pleased. Today, he was flirting with a pretty young woman, undecided whether to proceed further when soone reported there’s a murder case on Jinming Lake.
Instantly, the Little Leader felt like cursing!
Why is it every ti I get comfortable, sothing has to happen? Are they doing this on purpose to ss with ?
The Little Leader was contemplating who was causing trouble; he planned to deal with them harshly. Then he saw a graceful figure under the bridge and was devastated!
"Why is it you again?"
Things co in threes!
The Little Leader pointed at Long Yue, too angry to speak. The key here is, she’s a court lady, and he couldn’t just deal with her...
"This has nothing to do with us!"
Li Qingmu stood by, calm and composed. The vendor did a guilty thing first and got confronted by himself, yet refused to repent, ultimately got pressured by everyone, slipped, and fell into the water. How could it be blad on them?
If that’s really the case, is there any sense of justice left in the world?
"And who are you?"
The Little Leader asked in grief and indignation.
"Imperial Censorate, Li Qingmu!"
Oh...
The Little Leader had heard quite a bit about him, especially since this person had offended the Emperor so much before, everyone thought his official career was over, but he made a coback in no ti!
It shows his extraordinary skills.
The Little Leader decided to give Li Qingmu so face and said, "This matter, I will investigate. If he fell into the water on his own, then it is unrelated to you."
He glanced at the direction of the bridge, thinking this matter would probably end with the death of just a vendor, not a big deal.
Just then, one of his subordinates hurriedly ca over, anxious and frightened, his breathing turned rapid.
"Boss, it’s bad. When that vendor fell, he hit a person from Liang Country, and the person died on the spot. Moreover, that individual was one of the Liang Country envoys stationed in Shengjing..."
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