Chapter 698 (six hundred and ninety-eight) Sophistry
Tie Hongyan said: "Just talk about the number of people."
Ran Xianke didn't dare to say it directly, so he raised his left hand and expressed "two" with two fingers.
"Is this the number of people you guessed I knew?" she asked.
He nodded.
"Then what's the actual number of people the clan leader gave you to deal with?" she continued.
Ran Xianke did not directly compare with his hands, but said: "What the acting patriarch knows should be the actual number of people."
Tie Hongyan said: "You should just talk about the number of people."
"Acting Patriarch..." He still refused to speak directly.
"Number of people." Tie Hongyan said.
Ran Xianke then hesitantly raised his left hand again, using two fingers to express "two" as before.
Tie Hongyan said: "The clan leader has given you two people to deal with, right?"
He nodded.
"But that's not what I learned." Tie Hongyan said.
"Ah?" Ran Xianke's heart trembled and he said, "How many people did the acting patriarch know?"
"Three."
"Oh." He was stunned not knowing what to say next.
"Let me ask you again, how many blue-armored people did the clan leader ask you to deal with?"
"Clan Chief Dai is right," Ran Xianke said.
"Tell me the number of people." Tie Hongyan said.
Ran Xianke was too nervous to say anything, and said in horror: "The acting patriarch..." Tie Hongyan said: "I just want to hear the actual number of people from your own mouth."
Ran Xianke looked sad and said: "They are the three people the acting patriarch mentioned. Please listen to my explanation, acting patriarch. Don't misunderstand that I have deceived the acting patriarch. From the beginning to the end, I never said anything about the blue-armored people that the patriarch asked me to deal with." There were two in total. At first I just said the two people were blue-armored people; then I just gestured with my fingers, and the two fingers actually pointed to the two blue-armored people; at most I nodded too casually. Yes, but nodding doesn’t mean anything... Please don’t misunderstand me, acting clan leader..."
She knew that he was obviously arrogant, but she didn't say anything directly about him deceiving her at this time. She just asked: "The patriarch asked you to deal with three blue-armored people in total. There are only two here. Where is the other one?"
Ran Xianke didn't know what to do, but then he suddenly thought of another way, pretended to be calm again, and replied: "It has been dealt with."
Tie Hongyan felt that he was continuing to deceive and asked, "How to deal with it?"
He replied: "Burn it directly."
She asked: "Where are the ashes?"
"It's been thrown away," he said.
"Why don't the three of them burn it together? Wouldn't it save time to throw away the ashes together?" Tie Hongyan said.
Ran Xianke said: "This is my first time doing it and I have no experience. If there is another task like this next time, I will do it together!"
"Is this where you burned it?" Tie Hongyan asked.
Ran Xianke nodded.
"Not long after the burning?" Tie Hongyan asked next.
Ran Xianke nodded again.
"Is this the same fuel used every time when someone in blue armor is burned?"
Ran Xianke said "hmm".
Tie Hongyan said: "Experience is something that comes out as you do it. The first time you do it, you really don't know that after burning it with the fuel used every time to burn the blue-armored people, you can smell it for a period of time." To the smell.”
Only then did Ran Xianke realize that there was something wrong with his reaction. His heart was beating fast and there was sweat on his face, but he still pretended to be fine and argued: "Oh, in fact, it has been burning for a long time, and the smell has long since dissipated. This...even if it’s the first time I do it, I know there will be a smell. Even if I haven’t burned it myself before, I’ve seen others do it.”
(End of chapter)