When the apocalypse comes, salted fish will only make bubbles

Pei Yang thought everything was safe, so he stayed in the tent in the camp to cool off with peace of mind.

However, he had not closed his eyes for a nap for long when he heard a noise outside.

Someone asked in a gruff voice, "Who is Pei Yang? Come out if you hear me."

Pei Yang had very good hearing. When he heard his name, he jumped up. What was going on? How could someone come to see him at this time?

He knew clearly what he had done and was already feeling guilty. When he was suddenly named, he realized that something was wrong.

He peeked outside and saw several soldiers scanning the camp while talking to their men.

Seeing the man raising his hand and pointing towards his tent, Pei Yang immediately retracted his arm. They were people from the imperial capital, and they had found him so quickly.

But that’s not right!

He was very careful to conceal himself when he came and went, and he never went near the water source, so how could he be exposed?

But apart from investigating the water source, he really couldn't think of anything else the soldier could do to come to him, and why would he come up and directly call on his name.

Thinking about who might know him over there, Pei Yang's heart sank to the bottom. Who else could it be except Li Ying!

Could it be that he has already guessed that he was the one who poisoned her?

How can it be?

Young Master Pei and Li Ying were not at the scene at all. Even if they knew about it, it would be impossible for them to trace it back to him so quickly!

What went wrong?

Without time to think, he looked around in panic and simply lifted a corner of the tent to get out.

Regardless of whether the matter was exposed or not, it would not be good for someone from the capital to come looking for him.

The key is that he cannot meet the eldest son of the Pei family now. If he goes, wouldn’t everything he is thinking in his mind be revealed?

Yes! You must not go, or you will be incriminating yourself.

Thinking of this, he crawled faster. He decided to hide first!

No, to be on the safe side he should go to Tang Shisen. Right now no one except Tang Shisen can help him.

But as he was crawling, he suddenly pressed down on the upper of one of his boots, and in the dazzling sunlight, a figure covered him tightly.

Pei Yang suddenly stopped moving, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. His heart almost stopped beating. It was over! He was blocked and couldn't run away!

At this moment, a cold voice came from above his head: "Hey! Isn't this Mr. Pei? You are exercising!"

Although he was not familiar with the real eldest son of the Pei family, just one encounter was enough for Pei Yang to remember his voice.

Well, where does he want to hide? He has just bumped into the real person!

Just with this sentence, Pei Yang couldn't help trembling. He retracted his hand tremblingly, thought for a moment, then put it back on the shoe and rubbed it gently.

"I, I see your shoes are a little dirty..."

Pei Yang spoke haltingly, not daring to look up at all.

He was so scared!

He was afraid that he would have a splitting headache in the next second, and he really didn't want to experience that painful feeling a second time.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't do any further as his hand was quickly kicked away by the foot.

"Catch him!"

Without waiting for Pei Yang to say anything else, Pei Chonglin directly gave orders to the soldiers beside him.

"...Master Pei...please listen to my explanation..."

Pei Yang looked at the soldiers approaching him in panic. When they dragged him up roughly, he could not help but look up and try to explain himself.

But the other party immediately gave him a fierce look, which made him lose the courage to speak.

It’s over! Completely finished!

He doesn't even have a chance to speak, so isn't there any hope for him?

Pei Chonglin only took a quick glance and saw the truth of the matter. Li Ying was right. As long as Pei Yang was locked in, there was no need to mobilize a large number of people to investigate others.

In just a few seconds, he had seen clearly everything Pei Yang had done.

As expected, he used his water ability to attract the administrator's attention while throwing the prepared poison into the water source through the air.

In order to do things secretly, he deliberately avoided everyone and only acted in places far away from water sources.

Before leaving, he even cursed Li Ying viciously.

How abominable!

At this time, the soldier who searched the tent came over to report: "Master Pei, no suspicious poison was found in the tent."

Pei Chonglin was not surprised at all. He stepped aside to make way for them. “This Master Pei is so smart, how could he leave any evidence? If he doesn’t have any, forget it. Take him away!”

"Yes!"

After just two sentences of conversation, Pei Yang was certain that what he had done had been exposed.

However, the other party caught him but did not find any evidence of his crime.

Of course there would be no evidence left, as he had already burned the sealed bag containing the poison powder.

No trace was left behind.

However, judging from Pei Chonglin's tone, his actions did not escape his eyes, and his act of destroying evidence was already expected.

Considering the current situation, the judicial process has long been paralyzed, and the eldest son of the Pei family can be said to be the top figure in this desert.

Therefore, his words were like an imperial decree. As long as he determined that he was the murderer, sentencing him or even killing him would be a matter of a word.

Evidence or no evidence is indeed of little importance.

Thinking of this, Pei Yang's face turned pale instantly. He opened his mouth and tried to utter a few words: "Mr. Pei, it's a misunderstanding... It's all... I didn't do anything, it's just..."

Pei Chonglin was too lazy to listen to his nonsense, and then gave an order: "Take him away!"

Pei Yang was soon brought to the water source, where there was already a crowd of people and a lot of noise.

Li Ying was drinking tea under the parasol, calmly accepting the gazes of people around her.

When he came, many people recognized him and started to criticize him. Pei Chonglin didn't say anything polite to them and just told them to hold their heads and shut up.

This warning was very effective and no one dared to say anything against Li Ying anymore, but the discussions behind the scenes never stopped.

They didn't calm down until the soldiers brought a man over. Young Master Pei said that he would find the real culprit of the poison. Could it be that he has been caught already?

Pei Yang was thrown to the ground, and when he looked up again, he met Li Ying's teasing gaze.

Seeing him so comfortable and relaxed, Pei Yang felt so angry that his teeth ached in hatred, but in order to save his life, he finally bowed his head to the other party.

"Li Ying, for the sake of our acquaintance, please forgive me!"

When Li Ying heard this, she put down her teacup and raised her hand to interrupt him: "Hey! Stop! We really don't have much friendship!"

"how come!"

Pei Yang forced a smile, and suddenly an idea came to him. He immediately started to flatter Li Ying:

"Oh, are you still holding a grudge against me for snatching Tang Shisen away? Li Ying, I promise, as long as you can let me go this time, I will never pester him again. If you want him, I will give him back..."

"Shut up!"

It would have been fine if he didn't mention Tang Shisen, but Li Ying felt insulted when he did, so he angrily interrupted Pei Yang: "Don't mention him in front of me, or you'll die faster."

He started begging for mercy without saying anything. Pei Yang was somewhat self-aware. He knew that he could not escape Pei Chonglin's interrogation, so he wanted to find a way out of him.

Ha! Unfortunately, no matter how much Ren Peiyang struggled and explained, it was useless. He had to pay the price for doing something wrong.

It's no use moving anyone out!

What’s more, it was that blind Tang Shisen!