Turning Against / Backstabbing

Seeing Luo Wen enter the venue accompanied by a constable and walk onto the front stage of the auditorium.

Luo Wen wasn't escorted up. He was completely free to move and came onto the stage on his own.

The "Logic Pledgor" Luo Lang's face was as gloomy as if water could drip from it.

Luo Wen was Luo Lang's son and had been under house arrest in the basement of the Luo family villa recently.

Since Luo Wen had been quiet and not causing any trouble recently, Luo Lang gradually let his guard down. Unexpectedly, Luo Wen was planning something big and came to such a venue to cause trouble today.

Since the person was already here and obviously determined to cause trouble, Luo Lang knew he couldn't stop him. He just stared coldly at the Stone Speaker.

"What kind of spell did you cast on him that he doesn't even listen to me?"

Shi Buyi just smiled and didn't answer.

Luo Wen walked to the center of the stage, bowed to the dozen or so high - ranking people on the judges' panel, and then bowed deeply to President Shepherd of the [Hamburger Workshop] alone:

"Sorry, President. I'm ashamed of the association."

President Shepherd also looked solemn, staring directly at him without responding.

The appearance of the "Butler" today was beyond President Shepherd's expectation but not to an unbelievable extent. A long time ago, "Knot" had reported to him that the "Butler" had behaved unusually and often deliberately avoided "Knot", who was his partner.

At that time, President Shepherd chose to believe in the "Butler". After all, everyone had their own secrets. Why dig them out?

Luo Wen took out a large stack of documents from his bosom: "These are the evidence of crimes I've collected regarding Yu Ling, the former vice - president of the [Hamburger Association]."

President Yu slapped the table, leaving a deep handprint on it directly.

"Luo Wen, what do you mean? Now you're digging up the old scores of a person who's been dead for a year! The person is already dead, and you still want to convict the dead!"

Chen Miemie in a corner of the auditorium felt something was wrong.

He was discussing with the think - tank: "What's going on? Luo Wen is backed by the Stone Speaker. Isn't he making the Stone Speaker offend both Luo Lang and President Yu at the same time? These three people are originally those who are hostile to the witch camp. Cutting off their alliance by themselves?"

Pure Water was very experienced: "We'll only know by continuing to watch. This might just be an introduction. There must be more to come. Convicting a dead witch doesn't make any sense anyway."

Sure enough, Luo Wen casually threw a few pages of the documents into the audience.

"President Yu, no offense. Of course, I don't have any opinions about our own vice - president. But these evidences show that many crimes couldn't have been committed by Yu Ling alone. Her teacher, Mortar Granny, the president of the [Molting Clinic], is the mastermind behind it."

Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Mortar Granny in the judges' panel.

Mortar Granny half - opened and half - closed her eyelids, with no change in her expression: "Young man, making groundless accusations isn't a good thing."

Since Luo Wen dared to expose the matter, he was of course well - prepared.

He took out new document materials and read them out item by item:

"Three years ago, Yu Ling just became a witch. Her family had always been hostile to witches before. So, if she wanted to make progress, she could only rely on the teacher - student relationship.

In the past two years, she killed a total of 12 people to make magic potions, directly or indirectly launched prohibited rituals, causing the collapse of 3 buildings and 2 explosions, and indirectly leading to 20 casualties. She robbed others' property more than ten times, forced sales and purchases, and extorted money by demanding engineering projects. There are so many evil deeds that it's hard to list them all.

However, she had never done such things before she became a witch.

For all these things, the relevant knowledge, ways, skills, intelligence information, and follow - up matters were all provided by you, Mortar Granny. Am I right?"

Mortar Granny didn't say a word.

In what Luo Wen said, some things had nothing to do with her, while some were indeed what she did.

The scene fell into complete silence.

No dignitaries jumped out to attack Mortar Granny when she was down.

The reason was simple. The world wasn't black and white. Among the dignitaries present, how many people dared to say that they were upright and had never done any dirty deeds? Some things were tacitly understood in the upper class, and the law couldn't regulate everyone.

Instead, many dignitaries looked at Luo Wen with unfriendly eyes.

Every circle had its rules. There could be internal struggles, but things that shouldn't be made public shouldn't be handled like this. Luo Wen, the son of the great scholar Luo Lang, couldn't not understand this principle. He had broken the rules.

Luo Wen didn't stop there:

"The [Villa Massacre] that shocked the whole city. It's only been a few days, and the public opinion has been forcibly suppressed. There were more than a dozen people, not from a small family. They died from curses all over their bodies. In the end, it was concluded as an 'accident'. What about ordinary people? Can they be casually killed?"

The Stone Speaker took over: "You mean you're not satisfied with the conclusion on my side and want to say there's something behind the [Villa Massacre]?"

"Of course. The curse was cast by Mortar Granny of the [Molting Clinic]. Many constables heard it with their own ears. Later, the curse broke out ahead of time due to the strange ability of a thing called [Eye in the Water], resulting in people's deaths."

The Stone Speaker had entered the rhythm of a judge: "Where is the [Eye in the Water]?"

"It was taken away by Chen Miemie, the descendant of the third seat of the witches."

"Why was Chen Miemie at the scene, and why did he take away the [Eye in the Water]?"

"Chen Miemie is from the [Silver Moon Court], a strategic alliance of the [Molting Clinic], and also the young master of the witch power behind Mortar Granny. He was invited to the villa by the [Molting Clinic] that day. I can't subjectively guess the reason why he took away the key strange thing. I'll leave it to you to judge."

In the corner, Chen Miemie didn't expect that he would get involved in this while just watching the show.

Of course, he wasn't happy to be dragged into the center of the whirlpool. But strictly speaking, Luo Wen didn't tell a single lie. Everything he said was the truth.

The Stone Speaker's target wasn't Chen Miemie. He diverted the topic:

"Your testimony isn't enough to show that the early detonation of the curse by the [Eye in the Water] was a man - made act. It still has the typical characteristics of an accidental event. This case has been closed. If you don't have strong evidence, just based on some intermittent events, it can only be a guess, and the case can't be reopened."

Luo Wen nodded: "I have decisive new evidence."

"What evidence?"

"I, Luo Wen, am here to confess. I personally sent that [Eye in the Water] into the villa to detonate the curse."

The whole audience was in an uproar. The sound of discussion almost blew the roof off.

"Silence!"

It finally quieted down after five minutes.

The Stone Speaker looked deeply at Luo Wen: "Why did you do this?"

Luo Wen raised his finger and pointed at the Stone Speaker:

"Great scholar Stone Speaker, it was you who personally instructed me to do this. You're the real culprit."