Chapter 284: Chapter 284

He raised an eyebrow and looked at Pei Shu’er.

"See, I told you there’s nothing, but you insisted on not believing. Pei Shu’er, you can still kneel down and apologize to me now, or else when the time comes, I’ll accuse you of false accusation, and these government officers are here as witnesses."

As soon as he said this, the people on the Deserted Mountain were infuriated by Niu Hao’s shamelessness. If Lin Yu weren’t tied up, he surely would have fiercely beaten up this Niu Hao.

Even though he couldn’t beat Niu Hao now, so what? At worst, they would fight to the death, and he wouldn’t let Niu Hao humiliate the Young Madam !

Unlike the anger of the others, Pei Shu’er appeared much calmer.

She smiled and said, "You kneeling down seems more fitting. Otherwise, if it turns out you did it, I wouldn’t let you off, Niu Hao."

"Since you want evidence, I’ll find it for you now."

Pei Shu’er pointed to the heated brick bed, "You said this bed was made by your people? Then, may I ask, who made it?"

Niu Hao didn’t want to cooperate, but the two government officers were watching him intently, so he pointed at the person who made the heated brick bed, a brawny man with a stubbly beard and green eyes.

The green-eyed man said, "What’s up? Yeah, I made it. You got a problem with that?"

Pei Shu’er asked, "Is there anyone else?"

Niu Hao replied, "No one else."

Lin Yu said, "I made the first part."

Niu Hao glared at Lin Yu: "Someone, why are you not silencing this blabbering lackey for me!" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⁂𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱

Pei Shu’er furrowed her brows and smiled, saying, "I get it, there’s nothing good coming out of a dog’s mouth, but you have no right to lay a hand on my people. If you dare touch him, I can break your mouth right now."

Niu Hao sneered and continued to have his people deal with Lin Yu, until Pei Shu’er pulled out a crossbow, aiming it at Niu Hao.

Niu Hao stopped his actions, and the people from Yuhua Valley dared not move.

Pei Shu’er only then looked at the two government officers.

"Since my people also did this, I think it’s better to let my people and this green-eyed man try together, to show the Lords the difference."

"Currently, my people are all tied up, so why not untie them? Only then can they perform well?"

The two government officers naturally had no objections, and Niu Hao hurriedly said, "Lords, this mustn’t be done. These people are troublesome, very unruly. If they are untied, there’s no telling what bigger trouble they might cause."

Pei Shu’er coldly laughed, putting on these accusations, and now she was feeling a bit of anger.

Previously unable to deal with him harshly, this time, she wouldn’t let him off.

"I think the troublemaker is you, right? My people never lie."

"But your people, every word is a lie. Initially, didn’t someone say it was your people who made the appointment? However, it was clearly us who made the appointment first."

"So, it was you who stole our job and now come to blame us."

Niu Hao frowned, "Pei Shu’er, don’t slander me."

Pei Shu’er looked at the two government officers, "The Lords have heard it all."

The two government officers said, "No need to argue about this anymore."

Seizing the opportunity, Pei Shu’er said, "Release them."

After saying this, the others hurried to Lin Yu and the others, while Niu Hao, with a grim face, stepped forward to fight. Pei Shu’er’s crossbow aimed at Niu Hao’s head.

"Guess whose speed is faster, yours or mine?"

Niu Hao angrily held a long spear towards Pei Shu’er. Seeing the wooden long spear, Pei Shu’er laughed.

Her crossbow arrows were metal-tipped, and she was wearing a bulletproof vest, so Niu Hao couldn’t hurt her.

Pei Shu’er signaled to the others, and those people quickly untied the people from the Deserted Mountain, who then ran towards the Deserted Mountain side.

Only then did Pei Shu’er lower her crossbow; however, Niu Hao still held up his long spear.

Pei Shu’er laughed, "If you dare to throw it, then whether you kill someone today or not, you’re finished, Niu Hao."

Niu Hao gritted his teeth and lowered the long spear, but his brows were furrowed tightly.

Pei Shu’er’s previous manpower wasn’t as much as his own, but with the untying, both sides were now evenly matched.

Pei Shu’er said, "Next, let me tell you how Niu Hao lied."

Pei Shu’er pointed at the heated brick bed.

"Everyone, take a look. The heated brick bed was initially very neat, but later it became a bit twisted and not so straight. This different construction method clearly indicates two people did it."

The green-eyed man said, "I was just tired, that’s why it happened."

Pei Shu’er smiled, "Well then, you’ve now rested for a full half an hour. You shouldn’t be that tired, so go ahead and build one now?"

The green-eyed man frowned, unwilling to move.

The two government officers whipped him.

The green-eyed man stood in front of the blue bricks and began constructing the heated brick bed.

Lin Yu also wanted to go, but Pei Shu’er tugged on his sleeve and shook her head at him.

"Don’t rush, let’s take it one step at a time."

Lin Yu, of course, listened to Pei Shu’er.

Everyone watched the green-eyed man construct the heated brick bed. Each time he started, he got it wrong, and this time was the same. It took him half an hour to make a barely passable structure.

But as he continued building, it collapsed again.

The more he built, the stiffer his hands became, turning red and purple from the cold.

Pei Shu’er watched quietly, and the two government officers saw through it as well. This didn’t look like building a heated brick bed; it seemed he was trying to claim someone else’s credit. If a heated brick bed were built , how would they make any money?

Pei Shu’er smiled, "Lords, this is the evidence."

Niu Hao said, "He only did it so poorly because he’s exhausted."

Pei Shu’er had a mocking smile at the corners of her mouth.

"Exhausted? Even when tired, it shouldn’t be . I think you’re taking the two Lords for fools."

The two government officers felt indignant as they heard this.

They harshly whipped Niu Hao.

"Niu Hao, you know very well the nature of you and Yuhua Valley. Whoever you deceive, don’t think you can deceive us. Otherwise, it wouldn’t just be a beating with a whip."

Niu Hao adamantly denied and said, "Lords, please see, his hands were injured earlier while constructing the heated brick bed, so he performed poorly."

Niu Hao grabbed that man’s hand and, simultaneously, broke the green-eyed man’s pinky finger.

The green-eyed man let out a muffled groan, but under Niu Hao’s glare, he quickly swallowed back the scream.

Seeing the green-eyed man’s hand, those government officers didn’t say anything more.

Pei Shu’er also looked at Niu Hao; he truly deserved his position as Yuhua Valley’s leader, ruthless as he was.

Niu Hao said, "Then next, let’s have Lin Yu build it?"

Pei Shu’er seemed to remember something.

"Oh, right, I forgot to tell the Lords that only our Deserted Mountain people know how to make these blue bricks and cement; the people from Yuhua Valley don’t know how."

With these words, Niu Hao looked at Pei Shu’er with a grimace, gritting his teeth.

"Pei Shu’er, you did this on purpose!"