Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 138 Slap in the face
"These people colluded with the demon spies and stole and sold the secret territory's defense information! Zheng Zhubu, do you really want to stand up for them and protect them?"

Shang Lu's words made Zheng Quan's face change slightly.

If Zhao Yuan, Fang Yi and others had committed other mistakes, he would have plenty of ways to save them.

It’s not that he has a very good relationship with these people or that they are very important to him.

He protected these people purely to maintain his own prestige!
In Luoshui County, he has absolute power and his word is final.

If Shang Lu arrested the man in front of him, how would he save his dignity? How would the people in the government look at him?

Before coming to the sixth room, Zheng Quan was still thinking in his mind that he should use this incident to teach Shang Lu a lesson and let him know that as long as he is in Luoshui County, this place must be named Zheng!
Even if Shang Lu currying favor with the witch official, he still had to listen to him in Luoshui County.

Otherwise, he has plenty of means to make Shang Lu lose his job!

He is just a small constable. Even if he wears a green robe, what political tactics does he know?
To control him is as easy as to control an ant!
However, after hearing the charges Shang Lu had fabricated against Zhao Yuan, Fang Yi and others, Zheng Quan's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he thought to himself that something was not right.

Nowadays in Luoshui County, everything revolves around the secret realm.

If Zhao Yuan, Fang Yi and others were really colluding with demons and foreign spies and were planning to seize the secret realm, then he would have to quickly find a way to distance himself from them, not only by using this incident to teach Shang Lu a lesson, but also by not being implicated.

Zheng Quan suddenly regretted coming to Room 6.

If he hadn't come, there would have been room for maneuver. Even if Zhao Yuan, Fang Yi and others were taken away by Shang Lu, he would have a way to minimize the impact.

Zhao Yuan, Fang Yi and others couldn't help but feel panicked after hearing Shang Lu's words.

They regarded Zheng Quan as a life-saving straw and shouted:
"It's a false accusation! This is a false accusation! My Lord, you must save us!"

"Sir, don't you know what kind of people we are? How could we be colluding with demons and foreign spies?"

"Sir, if Shang County Magistrate dares to attack us today, he will dare to go further tomorrow... You must make the decision for us!"

Other people in the sixth room also testified and pleaded for Zhao Yuan, Fang Yi and others.

Zheng Quan was in a dilemma and could only keep his face gloomy and asked, "You said they were colluding with demons and foreign spies. Where is the evidence?"

“I have captured the witness, the Blood-Year God, and handed him over to the witch officer for further interrogation.

These people were offered up by the Blood Year God!

In recent days, they have used various means to steal relevant information about the secret realm and reported it to the Blood Year God, who in turn has colluded with the tomb-opening spies of the Chu State..."

Having said that, Shang Lu paused and looked at Zheng Quan with narrowed eyes.

"Master Zheng, there is something I would like to ask you.

How could they, who were only minor officials of the Sixth Chamber, have access to the secret information? Did you fail to keep it a secret? Or did you deliberately pass on the information through their mouths? "

Zheng Quan was furious: "What do you mean? Are you doubting me?"

Shang Lu responded: "Zheng Zhubu's words and actions today have made me suspicious. I will report to the witch officials and ask them to investigate. The right and wrong will be known once the investigation is completed."

This guy is using the witch officer to pressure me! Zheng Quan gritted his teeth in hatred, but he couldn't get angry directly.

He could only hold back his anger temporarily and questioned, "What if the Blood Year God is framing me..."

Before he finished speaking, Du Feng couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Frame-up? Is this Blood Year God just bored? Why would he frame a few clerks?"

Zheng Quan's face turned pale and blue. He was about to scold Du Feng and tell him to shut up, but Shang Lu spoke first.

"Zheng Zhubu's worries are not impossible."

When Zheng Quan heard this, he immediately wanted to say something.

Shang Lu changed the subject: "But I found physical evidence on several of them."

Zheng Quan was stunned for a moment, swallowed the words on his lips again, and changed the topic to ask: "What physical evidence?" Shang Lu walked up to the clerk named Zhao Yuan, stretched out his hand, and took out an embroidered bag from his arms.

Zhao Yuan's face suddenly changed, but he tried his best to remain calm.

Shang Lu opened the embroidery bag, took out something from it and showed it to everyone.

"Isn't this just an apricot? How can it be considered as physical evidence?"

Everyone in Room 6 was talking at once, and even Zheng Quan raised doubts.

"Zheng Zhubu, you don't even have this much insight, so why are you studying Legalism? Why are you being a cruel official? No wonder you don't know how to judge people and employ people carefully. I don't know how many unjust, false and wrong cases you have tried in the past."

Shang Lu sneered and sneered, and without waiting for Zheng Quan to lose his temper, he mobilized his divine power and let it flow out from his palms.

The apricot taken out from Zhao Yuan's embroidery bag instantly caught fire.

When the flames subsided, the illusion of evil spirit disappeared, revealing its true face.

Only then did everyone see clearly that what Shang Lu was holding in his hand was not an apricot at all.

Instead, it was a piece of rotten meat that was constantly oozing poisonous blood, emitting a foul odor, and crawling with maggots.

Everyone suddenly felt nauseous, and some of them even started vomiting.

Upon seeing this, Shang Lu immediately asked Du Feng and Liu Zhi to capture the people who vomited.

Most of these people had eaten the rotten meat given by Zhao Yuan, Fang Yi and others, so they reacted violently.

Without the interference of demonic energy, Zheng Quan also sensed the evil aura emanating from the rotten flesh, and his face became even uglier.

At this moment, Shang Lu was still asking him:

"Zheng Zhubu, now you can see the problem with this pile of rotten meat, right? Do you still want to stop me from taking the person away?"

Zheng Quan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but no words came out.

In the end, he could only groan: "Since the evidence is conclusive, I will not stop it!" After a pause, he distanced himself from the matter: "I don't know what they did. If I knew, I would definitely not let them off easily!"

As soon as he said this, he felt that his authority and momentum were instantly reduced. He didn't want to stay here any longer, so he turned around and left.

Shang Lu sneered and asked Du Feng and Liu Zhi to take Zhao Yuan and others away.

Before leaving, he glanced at everyone in the six rooms and asked, "Is there anyone else who wants to stand up for them and stop me from arresting people?"

Everyone retreated.

Not only did no one dare to obstruct, but they also changed their tone:
"Sir, County Lieutenant, I have long felt that there is something wrong with Zhao Yuan and his group!"

"Yeah, me too! I've never gotten along with them!"

"Thank you, Lord County Lieutenant, for helping me find the traitor and getting rid of the harm to my Sixth House!"

Shang Lu sneered and ignored those people who were swaying in the wind. He took Zhao Yuan and others to the prison, called in people who were good at interrogation, and immediately started to torture them.

At the same time, the county magistrate was in the lobby and saw clearly what happened in the sixth room.

Seeing Zheng Quan being slapped in the face repeatedly and finally having to leave with a gloomy face, the county magistrate could not help but burst into laughter.

He felt that a lot of the resentment that had accumulated over the past year or two was vented today.

"Okay, okay, Shang Lu did a great job! Zheng Quan, Zheng Quan, you have come to this day!"

Shang Lu did not wait for the interrogation results in the prison. He left Du Feng and Liu Zhi to keep an eye on them, and he left the county government office and went straight to the witch temple.

He has damaged Zheng Quan's face today, and Zheng Quan will definitely hold a grudge against him.

Instead of waiting for Zheng Quan to take revenge on him, it is better to strengthen Zheng Quan in advance!
(End of this chapter)