Chapter 2688 — Right Again by Sheer Luck
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Forget it. Wei Zhao is a formidable creature; it's only natural you were afraid. Even I, a Heaven-rank expert, feel a chill at the sight of him." Old Master Zhao did not press the blame further. "Elder Mian, have you thought of anything?"
"Old Master, as I see it, since it can't be hidden any longer, what choice do we have now but to confess of our own accord?" Elder Mian said with a bitter smile.
"Confessing of our own accord—that's not out of the question. We'll pin the whole thing on Yushan, say Qibing was misled by him... Mm, let me think. Let me sort out my thoughts..." Old Master Zhao was indeed a vicious, poisonous sort; in moments he had his countermeasure. "Aren't Yuning and Wei Zhao lovers? I have it! We'll say Yushan was wounded by Wei Zhao and wanted revenge, but lacked the strength, so he schemed to have Qibing abduct Yuning as a way of striking back at Wei Zhao. What do you think? Hahahaha—I truly am a genius!"
"Exactly!" Zhao Qibing slapped his thigh in excitement—but the Medicine King was in the middle of needling him, and the needle went astray, straight into his balls. Zhao Qibing let out a shriek. "Ow... my balls, my balls hurt..."
"......" The Medicine King was somewhat abashed. "It's nothing, just a small wound, no great harm. Young Master, please don't move about..."
"All right..." Zhao Qibing, terrified, dared not slap his thigh again. "Grandfather, that's a fine move, but Yushan becomes the scapegoat, and I'm not quite easy in my heart about it... after all, he came along to help me."
"He's doomed either way. Even if you don't pin it on him, he'll never come out of this unscathed. Better to put the useless wretch to use and squeeze out his last bit of value!" Old Master Zhao waved a hand.
It had to be said, Old Master Zhao was a formidable man—twice now he had been right by sheer luck. This time, in pinning it on Yushan, he had somehow guessed more than half the truth: apart from not knowing Yuning's value to the Hidden Yu, and not knowing that Yushan meant to take revenge on the Hidden Yu, he had guessed right about Yushan wanting revenge on Wei Zhao.
"True enough..." Zhao Qibing was a ruthless man himself; hearing Old Master Zhao's words, he nodded at once in agreement.
Steward Zhu, standing to one side, felt his heart grow colder still. Zhao Qibing was truly no wise master to serve—those who followed him were little more than scapegoats, sold out the moment they had served their purpose. What a wretch! Steward Zhu felt all the more certain that throwing in his lot with Wei Zhao had been the wise choice. Following Zhao Qibing led nowhere; sooner or later one would die by misadventure.