Chapter 214 The Unremarkable Shen Yulou
At this moment, the advisor's eyes darted, and he stepped forward again, cupping his hands in greeting to the crowd.
"Folks! Listen to me!
You must trust the government! I guarantee it on behalf of the government!
We will absolutely not use private torture on Great Hero Yan!
If you don't believe me, you can send someone to visit him in the dungeon every day, and I guarantee he will be unharmed.
If it is truly confirmed to be Great Hero Yan, he will be released immediately.
How about it?"
The commotion among the common people immediately subsided.
After hearing the advisor speak, the voices of opposition also quieted down significantly.
Shen Yulou narrowed his eyes. This advisor's eloquence was quite good; a few words had quelled the anger of the common people.
He had originally planned to use his Lightness Skill to escape amidst the chaos, but a glance through the crowd instantly made him calm down.
In a corner of the crowd, a woman dressed in plain cloth, but with delicate features, nodded slightly at him.
Who else could it be but Madam Li?
Sister-in-law is reliable; coming at this time was like a timely rain.
Let's play!
Then I'll have a good game with you today!
"Good!"
Shen Yulou laughed loudly.
"Since that's the case, I'll go with you! But I'll say this first!"
He looked at the surrounding common people and said loudly,
"Folks!
At this time tomorrow, if I, Swear Not to Return, don't walk out of this county yamen, it means I've met with foul play!
At that time, you can directly rush into this County Magistrate's residence and turn his house upside down!
See how much gold and silver he has hidden!"
County Magistrate Liu's face instantly changed dramatically.
Dog thief!
He cursed him inwardly for being despicable.
If he killed this Swear Not to Return, the common people might really break into his mansion.
This Swear Not to Return, with just a few words, incited the masses; he is truly detestable!
Shen Yulou laughed twice and followed the officers into the prison... The prison was dark and damp, exuding a musty smell.
The advisor personally locked Shen Yulou into a single cell.
After locking the main door, he stood outside, his shifty-eyed face filled with a triumphant sneer.
"Kid, do you really think those unruly common people can protect you?
You've offended our lord; you'll rot in this prison!"
Shen Yulou leaned against the cold wall, looked at his smug, villainous face, and suddenly smiled.
He patted the dust off his clothes and slowly asked,
"Buddy, which unit were you from originally? You're quite good at acting."
"You've been transmigrated for so long, how did you end up as an advisor?
The County Magistrate enjoys the best of everything.
You're just following behind him, drinking soup.
Isn't that stifling?"
The smile on the advisor's face instantly froze.
His pupils contracted sharply, and he froze in place as if struck by lightning.
Pointing at Shen Yulou, his voice trembled.
"You... how do you know?!"
He had been careful since transmigrating to this world, keeping this secret tightly hidden.
He had given Liu Wenxuan those ideas for governing the county, elevating Liu Wenxuan to a benevolent official, while he remained behind the scenes.
To prevent other transmigrators from stealing his credit, he even fabricated a lie.
He told Liu Wenxuan that he had a dream in which an immortal told him that the person who could complete those two couplets would be the one to take his life in the future!
It was precisely because of this that Liu Wenxuan believed him implicitly, willing to pay any price to kill the person who completed the second couplet!
He thought all of this was seamless!
Even if there were other transmigrators, they would point the finger at the County Magistrate.
But how did this man in front of him know?
The advisor's expression shattered instantly, like a walnut crushed in a door.
"You..."
He pointed at Shen Yulou, his voice cracking like a male duck being strangled, "How the hell did you..."
"How do I know you're a transmigrator?"
Shen Yulou finished his sentence for him, his smile growing more playful.
He straightened up from the wall, dusted off non-existent dust, and paced in the cell as if strolling in his own backyard.
"Buddy, your acting isn't good."
Shen Yulou shook his head, his tone one of disappointment.
"Too many loopholes."
He extended a finger and slowly said,
"At first, I also thought County Magistrate Liu was the real transmigrator."
"After all, everything you did could be said to be seamless."
"But unfortunately."
Shen Yulou's gaze fell on the advisor's overly clean hands.
"Not only do I know you're a transmigrator, but I also know you're a doctor."
The advisor's whole body trembled, as if struck by lightning!
"Look at your fingernails," Shen Yulou exclaimed in wonder, "trimmed short, the edges smoother than a woman's face, as if afraid of leaving even a tiny gap.
This is a surgeon's professional habit, afraid of tearing gloves or hiding bacteria in the nail beds."
"Also, just now in the courtyard, when Old Eighth Hu fell to the ground, I saw you check his carotid artery.
Instead of checking for breath like the natives of this era.
These muscle memories can't be faked."
After Shen Yulou finished speaking, the advisor's expression had changed from shock to horror, and finally to a ghastly pale.
He felt as if he had been stripped naked and thrown into the marketplace, all his secrets brutally exposed in broad daylight.
Some professional habits are impossible to break in this lifetime.
If it were local common people looking, they naturally wouldn't notice.
Even if it were truly a transmigrator, if they weren't in that profession, they wouldn't see the difference.
But he hadn't expected Shen Yulou to be so meticulous!
In that chaotic situation, he even noticed this!
Shen Yulou asked with interest,
"How many months have you been transmigrated? How are you doing?"
At the mention of this, the advisor's back instantly stiffened, and a hint of smugness returned to his face.
He snorted coldly, clasped his hands behind his back, and proudly said, mimicking a high official from television,
"Me? I'm currently the advisor of An Yuan County, the County Magistrate's confidant!
Second only to one person, above ten thousand!
What about you?"
"Oh, that's it?"
Shen Yulou sneered, then began his humblebragging performance.
"Me, I'm just so-so."
He counted on his fingers, lazily listing,
"I've only just become a third-rank official of the imperial court, a favorite in front of the emperor.
And by the way, I also became an imperial tutor, teaching the princes and princesses to read and write.
Oh, right, when I have nothing to do, I also enter the palace to have deep discussions about life ideals with a few consorts; the empress and noble consorts, their relationships are all quite good.
At home, I married a beautiful princess.
Under my command, well, I only have a few top experts from the fengyun ranking as bodyguards."
Shen Yulou spread his hands, a look of utter boredom on his face.
"Sigh, life is just like this, unremarkable and uninteresting."
"..."
Listening to Shen Yulou's words, the advisor's eyes nearly popped out, and he almost gnashed his teeth.
Unremarkable?
Damn your unremarkable