kingnovel Chapter 1193 Spirit Dispersion
Chapter 1193 Spirit Dispersion
Hearing Jiang Zhiming's sinister laughter, the women present really wanted to turn around and see what was happening, but they were afraid that if they turned around they would see Huai Shaoyong with his bare bottom, so they could only suppress their curiosity and wait anxiously.
Shen Zheng also turned her back, but she could feel that Huai Shaoyong's gaze was fixed on her back.
"Shen Zheng, do you deserve to be an official of the imperial court!" Knowing he couldn't break free, Huai Shaoyong resorted to the tactic of "capture the leader first," saying, "I merely questioned the ranking of the re-examination and wanted to publish my paper with the students from Tong'an County, and you colluded with other officials to strip me naked and publicly humiliate me. If this reaches the Emperor's ears, do you not want your official hat anymore!"
What a masterful use of subtle and euphemistic language!
Shen Zheng smiled, squinting at the blazing sun overhead, and said, "Do you think His Majesty trusts me or you?"
Shen Zheng understood what Huai Shaoyong relied on.
The Great Zhou Dynasty has not issued any explicit ban on "medicinal powder" nor any hazard announcements.
Since "powder" is a relatively new product, there are not many users and its spread is not widespread, making it difficult to find a large number of victims to testify.
The price of the "powder" must be quite high, and most of its users are people of considerable social standing. If Shen Zheng were to expose this matter, she would be making an enemy of the elite circles, since in the eyes of many people, the "powder" is just an expensive supplement that can refresh the mind and soothe the spirit.
Shen Zheng could clearly see that there was a chasm of understanding between her and Da Zhou, but if she did not take the initiative to cross this chasm, the "powder" would bring a great blow to Da Zhou, which was something she did not want to see under any circumstances.
"Found it!" Jiang Zhiming's excited voice interrupted Shen Zheng's thoughts. Just as Shen Zheng was about to turn her head, Jiang Zhiming immediately shouted, "Don't turn around yet, I'm going to... hehe—dress him."
"..."
A moment later, Jiang Zhiming brought a small oil paper package to Shen Zheng's side and shouted, "You can turn around now."
The women turned around impatiently and found that Huai Shaoyong was lying on his side on the ground, but his eyes were fixed on Shen Zheng in front of him.
Everyone followed his gaze and it fell on the oil paper package in Shen Zheng's hand.
Shen Zheng held the oil paper package in one hand and said to the crowd with the other, "Cover your mouth and nose."
"Whoosh—" Everyone raised their hands to cover their mouths and noses, and took several steps back in unison.
Shen Zheng also raised one sleeve to cover her mouth and nose, and handed the oil paper package to Jiang Zhiming: "Lord Jiang, I'll take this, please open it."
The incredibly difficult task once again fell to Jiang Zhiming.
Jiang Zhiming immediately reached out and opened the package. Shen Zheng sighed inwardly at Jiang Zhiming's trust in her and couldn't help but say, "Lord Jiang, once this matter is settled, I will definitely report to His Majesty the truth about your great help today."
What Jiang Zhiming heard was, "Lord Jiang, once this matter is settled, I will definitely put in a good word for you before His Majesty, so that you can be promoted, become rich, and get married."
"Very well, Lord Shen, you are truly... I was merely doing my duty." Jiang Zhiming's eyes narrowed with a smile, and his hands moved even faster.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, filled with both fear and curiosity, the layers of oil paper were unwrapped, finally revealing the contents to the sunlight—a brown powdery substance.
Huai Shaoyong went mad after eating this stuff!
Everyone took two steps back, but one person couldn't help but take a step forward.
"This is it!" The teacher from Luming Academy exclaimed in horror, his hand covering his mouth and nose tightening even more, trembling uncontrollably. "This is it! The powder I saw Huai Shaoyong taking before, this is it..."
The rest of the students at Luming Academy were in complete confusion.
They simply couldn't understand why Huai Shaoyong would take poison for a long time, and even secretly poison them!
"Huai Shaoyong, you are truly a beast!" Seeing Shen Zheng close the oil paper package again, the black-bearded old man was the first to kick Huai Shaoyong. "It's one thing for you to take poison yourself, but why did you poison the headmaster? Why did you poison us? Ask yourself, all these years, where have we wronged you? Huh? Where have we wronged you!"
Huai Shaoyong, still staring intently at Shen Zheng's hand, said with a ferocious expression, "Shen Zheng says it's poison, so it's poison? You don't understand elixirs at all, you don't understand spirit powder at all! Didn't you try it once yesterday? How did you feel after it went down? Didn't your fatigue disappear? Didn't you feel incredibly clear-headed? Didn't you feel stronger all over? With such miraculous effects, you still think spirit powder is poison?"
The students of Luming Academy were stunned and began to recall, then realized with surprise that their condition after taking the medicine powder was exactly the same as what Huai Shaoyong had said.
In fact, they traveled all night to Liuyang Prefecture last night, barely closing their eyes along the way, and were not sleepy at all.
this......
Several teachers at the academy looked hesitant.
Could it be... that they really misunderstood Huai Shaoyong?
"Don't listen to his nonsense!" Just as people's hearts were wavering, Hou Yirui stepped forward and said sternly, "If I hadn't taken that powder, how could I have followed you without thinking? If I hadn't taken that powder, how could I have developed the arrogance that I despise? If I hadn't taken that powder, how could I have stayed up all night and started feeling dizzy just now!"
Upon hearing Hou Yirui's shout, everyone in the academy snapped out of their daze.
Hou Yirui walked up to Huai Shaoyong, his words becoming even harsher: "In this world, everything has its gains and losses! Because of that powder, I gained a moment of clarity of mind, and an unwarranted arrogance. But what will I ultimately lose? Do you dare to answer? Will it be loose or lost teeth? Or mindless rage? Or perhaps... a gradually shortening lifespan, a body that weakens day by day?!"
Upon hearing the words "short lifespan," everyone gasped in shock.
Who wants to die young when they're already living a full life?
But if the price of taking that powdered medicine was really that high, why would Huai Shaoyong take it voluntarily?
Everyone was puzzled. A look of horror flashed in Huai Shaoyong's eyes as he argued, "I don't know what you're talking about. My teeth have never been very good, and it has nothing to do with the spirit powder!"
Listening to Huai Shaoyong's sophistry, Hou Yirui abandoned the last shred of master-disciple affection and shook his head, saying, "But when I took you under my wing, you weren't like this at all. In fact, your various changes were already foreshadowed... In the past few months, you've been staying up later and later, getting angry more easily, and arguing more frequently with your fellow disciples. I thought it was because you were under too much pressure and needed to relieve and adjust, but I never imagined... you had already gone astray."
After Hou Yirui said that, the students of Luming Academy began to recall the recent changes in Huai Shaoyong.
If you don’t think about it, you won’t know. Once you think about it, you will be shocked.
The current Huai Shaoyong is completely different from when he first entered Luming Academy, but his change was not sudden, so much so that they did not notice it at first.