newbobooks Chapter 448 Confrontation
Chapter 448 Confrontation
"The three of them said that they saw you three arguing with Li Linzhong and Xie An by the lake. Not long after, the two drowned in the pond."
Mo Qing pointed at three students who looked nervous.
"nonsense!"
Of course, Sun Qingyuan didn't say this to Mo Qing.
He took the lead and walked up to the three students, his eyes blazing with fire.
"It was you, Li Linzhong, and Xie An who forced Wang Changbo to this place, pushed him into the water, and kept hitting his head with a bamboo pole to prevent him from swimming to shore!"
"Kong Qing and I arrived, rescued Wang Changbo, and left."
"As for what happened to the five of you later, we don't know."
"How can you say something so ambiguous and throw dirty water on us?"
The three students were used to being bullied by Sun Qingyuan in the past, so when they saw him approaching them to argue, they were habitually a little scared.
On second thought, Li Linzhong died in the pond for unknown reasons, and they couldn't afford to be involved in this matter.
The best solution for now is to shift everyone's attention to Sun Qingyuan and the other two, so that they can extricate themselves from this matter.
Thinking of this, the three of them responded one after another:
"You're talking nonsense! It was you and Li Linzhong who had an argument by the pond, and the three of us just happened to see it."
"I don't know what tricks that girl used, but she made Brother Li lie on the ground all of a sudden. The wound on Wang Changbo's head was also caused by Brother Li asking Xie An to hit him with a bamboo pole. You two were fighting each other!"
"Autopsy! There must be traces on the body! You and Brother Li had an argument and a fight. The three of us saw it with our own eyes. You can't deny it!"
Sun Qingyuan laughed out of anger. He had to admit that what these three people said was seven parts true and three parts false. If he was someone who did not know the truth, he would easily be confused.
But if they admitted these words, would the deaths of Li Linzhong and Xie An be ultimately blamed on them?
"Sun Qingyuan and Li Linzhong have always been at odds with each other. As soon as he came back, Li Linzhong died. This is too coincidental..."
"Li Linzhong drove people into the pond in the middle of winter just because Wang Changbo and Sun Qingyuan had a good relationship. Why can't I believe it?"
"On the other hand, when Sun Qingyuan had the incident with the poor girl, Li Linzhong said everywhere that he was the one who murdered her. Sun Qingyuan left the academy because of this. Did he bear a grudge against Li Linzhong and come back this time..."
"Keep your voice down. He is now the King of Yan's staff member. He is no longer the merchant son he once was."
"Why should I keep my voice down? A man of good learning will be promoted to an official. His reputation is ruined, but somehow he got lucky and became the aide of the Prince of Yan. He really gets all the good things!"
"That's right! Unlike us, who still need to study hard and don't know when we can pass the imperial examinations, people are really incomparable!"
"Wang Changbo is really smart. After Sun Qingyuan left Bailu Academy, he still kept good friends with him. With a good friend who is the aide of the Prince of Yan, he can have a way out even if he fails the exam repeatedly."
"Li Linzhong's family has a strong background. Now that Wang Changbo has been dragged into his death, even if he passes the imperial examination in the future, his career in the officialdom will be doomed to be bumpy!"
The discussions among the students around them had already become heated, and their suspicious glances were like invisible arrows, piercing Sun Qingyuan and Wang Changbo mercilessly.
Sun Qingyuan's fists hardened.
They are clearly the victims, but because the evildoers Li Linzhong and Xie An died inexplicably, they are now the ones to bear the blame?
But why?
This is not the teaching in the books of sages!
Why can these people convict a person based on their own speculation, prejudice and jealousy before the facts are clarified?
Oh, he forgot that things might not be found out.
Just like Xiaolian’s death, the government has not yet given a clear conclusion.
Sun Qingyuan thought with some sarcasm, would the government take so long to come up with any results when investigating the cause of death of Li Linzhong, the son of an official?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Sun Qingyuan was shaking all over, with thousands of words ready to go.
But before he opened his mouth, he glanced at Wang Changbo and saw his pale face.
He would never do this in the past.
He always happily expressed everything on his mind, while Wang Changbo, who was standing behind him, would pull his sleeve to signal him to shut up, while speaking soft words and smoothing things over to the classmates he had offended.
Perhaps it was because Wang Changbo almost lost his life this time because of him, and the lesson was too profound, so he began to focus more on Wang Changbo, and therefore did not ignore his ugly expression.
His companion who had just escaped death and was still weak and had not yet recovered was forced to endure the criticism of others here. How innocent was he?
He had already left Bailu Academy, but Wang Changbo still had to study here, so those strange looks should not be cast on him.
Thinking of this, Sun Qingyuan took a deep breath, as if he wanted to use the cool winter air to extinguish the raging anger in his heart.
His fist clenched and unclenched, loosened and clenched again, and finally... completely loosened.
"Dear teachers, dear... my former classmates, I, Sun Qingyuan, have always been a bad-tempered person. I may have offended some people unknowingly. So when Xiaolian's incident happened, everyone criticized me a lot. Although I don't admit it, I don't want to defend myself."
"But Wang Changbo is a gentle and helpful person. He has never fallen out with any of his classmates."
"Just because he was my best friend, he was bullied by Li Linzhong and his gang who hated me and almost lost his life. Now Li Linzhong and Xie An have drowned in the pond, and the right and wrong have not yet been determined!"
"I, Sun Qingyuan, beg you to let Wang Changbo go, through your writings and your mouths!"
"All the faults are mine."
"A humble man like Wang Changbo shouldn't have suffered such a disaster!"
After saying that, Sun Qingyuan bowed deeply to those around him. Among those he bowed to were his beloved teachers, classmates who had been good friends with him, and more were students who had had conflicts with him.
"Qingyuan..." Wang Changbo stared at his best friend, murmuring with a slight sob in his voice.
He had never thought that he would hear such words from Sun Qingyuan.
Sun Qingyuan, who had never said a word of explanation when he was criticized in the past, today shattered the last bit of pride left in Bailu Academy with his own hands for him.