diskusbooks Chapter 135 Murder
Chapter 135 Murder
Xia Yu's disappearance did not attract many people's attention. Liao Zhu thought that Liao Qing transferred the person away to give him a warning, and Liao Qing did not even ask about Xia Yu's whereabouts.
In fact, according to Wen Yan's investigation, although Liao Qing allowed Liao Zhu to do these evil things, Liao Qing actually seemed to still maintain the so-called holy heart, and did not interfere or stop Liao Zhu's affairs.
On the day of Liao Qing's birthday banquet, all the important figures in Pengcheng came, not only because of Liao Qing, but more because of Penglai Academy.
Who knows if the top three next year will come from Penglai Academy? It has happened before.
Not only did the prefect who was on good terms with him come to celebrate, but even the governor Xie Feihang who was assigned to supervise the exam came here specially.
Liao Qing was naturally happy that such an important person would come to his birthday party, but when he thought about what his evil son would do later, he couldn't help but have a headache. He just hoped that he wouldn't do something too embarrassing.
"Brother Yi, why didn't you tell me in advance that the governor was coming so that I could prepare well." Liao Qing was in a state of distress.
"Brother Liao, just relax. The governor is also a man who loves talent. He read Liao Zhu's articles on the first day he came here and praised them highly! Especially the ones he wrote recently, especially the seven-character regulated verse, which is simply a stroke of genius. The governor is also very happy to come and see Liao Zhu."
After hearing this, Liao Qing felt a little relieved.
The Liao family's banquet was held at home, with seven or eight tables set up. All the meals were prepared by chefs from Tianxianglou, and they had to be delicious and meaningful.
The chef designed it several months in advance.
Everyone took their seats one after another, and in the end only two seats next to Liao Qing were left empty.
Yi Jian looked around and asked, "I see that almost everyone has arrived, and it seems that only Liao Zhu has not come. Why are there two empty seats?"
Liao Qing hesitated and said to him, "You will know when the person comes."
Yi Jian didn't have to wait long before he understood what Liao Qing's expression meant. Liao Zhu came out from the inner courtyard, and he was not alone. Next to her stood a woman wearing a light green double-breasted skirt, with bright eyes and a graceful figure.
At first glance, he actually outshined Liao Zhu who was standing next to him.
Yi Jian withdrew his gaze and thought to himself that it was because he hadn't looked at a woman for too long that he had such thoughts.
But he didn't realize in his heart that this was not an opinion of a woman, but an appreciation of her figure and demeanor.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on Wan Dongling, Liao Zhu felt a little unhappy, but he did not show it on his face. He took Wan Dongling to salute everyone.
Yi Jian laughed cheerfully and quickly joked to ease the atmosphere: "Nephew, who is this?"
The original plan was to introduce Wan Dongling as his confidant and fiancée.
But when the words came to his lips, Liao Zhu glanced at Wan Dongling and said, "This is me... She is an accomplice of the man who burned the library. But she was deceived and now I have taken her in. She has been depressed in recent days, so I brought her out to relax on my father's birthday."
Liao Qing's eyes lit up. He didn't expect his son to be so smart. He quickly said, "Yes, my son is kind-hearted. He likes to pick up any cat or dog and take it home."
The looks everyone gave Wan Dongling suddenly became meaningful.
No matter what, people are always particularly tolerant of the romantic anecdotes of talented people.
Wan Dongling's expression did not fluctuate at all. She looked at the Liao father and son calmly and even smiled along with everyone else.
Liao Qing felt something was wrong, so he waited for Liao Zhu to take his seat and asked him, "Where's Xia Yu? Why isn't he here?"
"Xia Yu? I haven't seen him for two days. Didn't you take him away?" Liao Zhu asked back.
Liao Qing just thought that Xia Yu was doing something else. This person was extremely loyal to him and would never betray him. He couldn't help but look at Wan Dongling again. This person was so young, and was humiliated in such a public place, but she didn't even look embarrassed... She was so thoughtful, and his son actually said that she was easy to control.
The uneasy feeling in my heart grew stronger.
Halfway through the banquet, everyone relaxed a little.
There were many people who were fanatical about Liao Zhu. One of them drank so much that his tongue was hoarse. He came to Liao Zhu and held up his poem: "Brother Liao, your seven-character regulated verse is really well written! Especially the last two lines. Every time I read them, I feel... numb..."
It was the first time that Liao Zhu was praised in front of the original work, and the expression on his face was a little strange.
Wan Dongling looked at the man and said, "Isn't it a good time to read it today to liven up the atmosphere?"
"That makes sense!" the man said, "This poem is very appropriate for birthday celebrations!"
The drunkard read it out in a rhythmic manner while being drunk.
Even though most of the people present were not reading it for the first time, they still found it eye-opening.
The whole audience applauded.
Liao Zhu almost couldn't hold the smile on his face, "What do you want to do?"
Wan Dongling looked at him and smiled softly: "This is a surprise for you."
Without waiting for Liao Zhu to ask what the surprise was, Wan Dongling continued to say to the drunkard, "I heard that when Mr. Liao wrote this poem, he also hid a little surprise in the poem. Does anyone know?"
This drunkard was the only one in the whole audience who carried Liao Zhu's poetry collection with him, no one else did.
Some people did memorize it, but after thinking about it, they still couldn't find anything wrong with it.
Liao Zhu was also recalling the poem over and over again, but after he got it, he just read it a few times and didn't memorize it at all! Now he could only remember some scattered words.
Liao Zhu broke out in a cold sweat, grabbed her arm, and said through gritted teeth: "Wan Dongling! What on earth do you want to do?"
Wan Dongling shook him off, stood up from her seat, and said to the drunkard, "My dear, you will be the one to read it. This seven-character regulated verse has eight lines and four couplets. Please read the first word of each line together."
The drunkard was now a little sober, his tongue was not big and his feet were steady.
He looked at the regulated verse and began to read: "撩,竹,巢,袭,挲,仁,骸,冥."
The drunkard was completely sober.
Liao Zhu plagiarized and murdered someone?
Liao Zhu also recognized what it was and quickly reached out to grab Wan Dongling, but she dodged him lightly.
The courtyard was very quiet, and even though Wan Dongling's voice was not very loud, it was enough for everyone to hear clearly what she was saying.
"Liao Zhu, it's time for you to get the retribution you deserve for what you have done in the past ten years."
Not long after she finished speaking, several people came rushing over from outside. They were Wen Yan, the housekeeper, and Yang Mu.
Yi Jian's face turned black, "What on earth is going on!"
Wan Dongling bowed to Yi Jian and said, "Lord Yi, as you can see, every word and sentence in this collection of Liao Zhu's poems was not written by Liao Zhu. They were all plagiarized from others. The seven-character regulated verse you just read was written by me to expose Liao Zhu."
"As for murder... Liao Zhu, you still haven't told me yet?" Wan Dongling smiled at him, "If you don't know where to start, why not start with how you set fire to the library and tried to kill the three of us?"