No strange things are allowed to evolve!

“Uh, no, they’re all in the room,” Edward said. “And Windsor has the key.”

Who is that?

With questions in mind, Jiang Shu opened the door, and then was somewhat surprised.

Outside the door were Radish and Cabbage, panting heavily, their white robes soaked through, their faces, necks, and even the exposed parts of their bodies covered in fine beads of sweat.

Just to be on the safe side, Jiang Shu told her that he was staying there temporarily, in case the other party needed to contact him urgently but he wasn't at the temple.

But why are you in such a hurry to come see me so late at night? Wasn't our agreed meeting time tomorrow morning?

Upon seeing Jiang Shu, Luobo Baicai immediately questioned, "Where have you been?!"

"Seeing Depp?" Jiang Shu felt a little confused. "I just dropped him off at home, and I haven't even sat down yet."

"Are you kidding me?" Radish and Cabbage couldn't understand why Jiang Shu would tell such a clumsy lie: "Depp came back four hours ago and told me that you weren't waiting for him at the agreed restaurant at all. Where did you go?"

Jiang Shu was taken aback.

If it wasn't Depp I saw, then who was it?

It was at this moment.

Edward came out from the inner room, leaned against the door, and looked the radishes and cabbages up and down.

"Oh." He exclaimed emotionlessly, then looked at Jiang Shu expressionlessly: "A female poet of lies, you two know each other?"

"I don't know them." Jiang Shu shook his head decisively: "They seem to be a salesperson, it's irrelevant."

boom!

Jiang Shu closed the door.

The unbelievable Radish and Cabbage were left standing outside the door, dumbfounded.

She couldn't believe that Jiang Shu wasn't even going to offer an explanation.

Although she knew the other person was only staying temporarily and that the owner of the place didn't know he was a poet of lies, she still couldn't quite understand it.

Could it be that in his eyes, that man's opinion of him is more important than his own?

A cool breeze blew.

The radishes and cabbages, which were originally covered in hot sweat, instantly lost most of their heat.

She couldn't help but shiver.

After rubbing his shoulders, Radish and Cabbage had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

Meanwhile, Jiang Shu, having fooled Edward, had returned to her room.

"They know my name, they know why I wanted to see Depp, and they even know everything about what's going on inside the temple..."

"Furthermore, the [Truth-Seeking Balance] didn't make a mistake; everything it told me was true, so it shouldn't be any other evolved being..."

"Who could that be?"

"Other royalist red-robed men?"

Or rather...

Jiang Shu had a bold conjecture.

Could it be Da Hong Pao himself?

But why did he notice me?

Moreover, it seems to be reminding itself of something, intentionally or unintentionally.

After reviewing the entire process from meeting the other party to parting ways, Jiang Shu still felt completely clueless.

Then, a sense of frustration arose spontaneously.

I've actually been tricked! I never thought I'd be fooled one day!

He used the "truth-seeking scale" to verify everything the other person said, except for verifying whether the other person was Depp.

After all, who could have imagined that the other party would deceive them in such a simple and profound way?

And what's the point of lying like this?

It's not like they did anything wrong. This kind of lie doesn't even meet the definition of a Level 5 lie and doesn't belong to any of those categories at all.

It's almost like going out to do a good deed, only to leave someone else's name on the record afterward.

What's the point of this?

While she was pondering, Strawberry Milkshake entered Jiang Shu's room.

"How's it going?" she asked. "Is everything alright?"

"Things went fairly smoothly. Although I still didn't get the information I really wanted, it was still a pleasant surprise."

Jiang Shu's expression was strange:

"It's a bit complicated to explain in detail."

Afterwards, Jiang Shu explained the details to Strawberry Milkshake.

Strawberry Milkshake had the same question after hearing it: "What's in it for him?"

"I don't know..."

Jiang Shu shook his head and sighed:

"Now we can only wait three days to see what happens."

The next day, Jiang Shu took some time to explain to Luo Bo and Bai Cai.

After listening, Radish and Cabbage expressed the same opinion as the two.

What's he after?

However, Jiang Shu did not tell Luo Bo Bai Cai everything the other party said verbatim. He only said that at a meeting in a few days, several red robes would collectively attack the big red robe.

It's clear that the real Depp didn't tell Radish and Cabbage this, so she was unaware of it.

So whether that person is actually Johnny Depp or not is irrelevant.

Perhaps when Jiang Shu meets the real Depp, he won't know any of this and won't have time to prepare.

In short, we have done everything we could and should do, and now all that is left is to wait.

So for the past few days, Jiang Shu has just gone to the temple to check in every day, and then came back to lie down, occasionally playing some little games with Windsor.

It must be said that the bodies of demi-humans are indeed very strange, and Windsor is also exceptionally talented. Every time Jiang Shu felt that he had developed enough and was losing interest, Windsor could come up with something new.

"Look, I can do this too."

Then Jiang Shu became interested, and the two of them could study together for a long time...

......

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The Temple of Lies, the Council Hall.

A huge, theater-like conference room.

Jiang Shu and Strawberry Milkshake arrived here early.

However, they were not the first; many temple poets had already arrived and taken their seats before them.

Based on their different colors, the ginger bundle and strawberry milkshake were clearly distinguished, with the two seats located in the middle and back.

This is because although the white-robed poets have the lowest rank, they are also the largest group in the Temple of Lies. Therefore, the positions from the middle onwards are reserved for the white-robed poets.

However, the seats were not full.

Because most people don't know what will happen today.

For most people, today is just a routine meeting that happens every month.

There are twelve such meetings every year, and one can attend hundreds of them in a lifetime. Missing one is insignificant.

Soon, with almost all the attendees present and seated, there were less than five minutes left before the meeting was scheduled to begin.

Eight poets in red robes arrived together from the entrance.

They walked straight to the round table in the center of the hall, surrounded by the temple poets, and slowly sat down.

Jiang Shu squinted and looked, but there was no sign of the fake Depp she had seen that day.

However, he did remember one of them.

"So that creepy guy I met at the door that day was the real Depp...?"

"No wonder Radish and Cabbage said they have a special aura, and you can recognize them at a glance..."

As time ticked by, someone in the red robes should have stood up to give an opening speech and then raised today's topic.

But it didn't.

Just as everyone was wondering, someone suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Da Hong Pao! My God! He actually came today!"

Everyone immediately turned to look at the entrance.

A man dressed in a red robe appeared outside the venue at some unknown time.

His red robe was trimmed with gold, more so than the other eight red robes, making it look extremely luxurious.

In fact, the scarlet robe should have been the highest authority of the temple at the monthly meeting, so it's not surprising that he was here. It's just that he always skips, so everyone has gotten used to it.

As a result, when he occasionally followed the rules and did this once in a while, everyone felt uncomfortable.

But Jiang Shu frowned.

Because the red robe is not a fake Depp either.

He had a delicate and refined appearance, looking no different from any other young man, but there was a subtle, otherworldly aura emanating from him.

It seems like they don't care about anything, and they don't pay attention to anything.

It's a sense of aloof indifference.

Previously, Jiang Shu had never, or rather, he had deliberately avoided inquiring about any information regarding the appearance of Da Hong Pao, in order to prevent other people's descriptions from influencing his judgment.

Because what he sees may only be what Da Hong Pao wants people to see.

Therefore, Jiang Shu was certain that his current feeling was exactly what Da Hong Pao looked like.

So, this is definitely not the fake Depp.

A person's appearance may change, but their temperament will not.

So who exactly is that guy?

Amidst the confusion, a man in a red robe stood up.

He seemed not to notice the red robe and began his opening remarks on his own.

Then, a bombshell issue was raised—

Today, the topic of this meeting is...

Is there still a need for Da Hong Pao tea?

Immediately, the audience erupted in an uproar.

Chapter 119 Forcing the Emperor to Abdicate

The man in the red robe spoke the most outrageous words calmly and oblivious to everyone else.

The temple poets present could hardly believe what they were hearing.

Has he gone mad?

Can't you see the Da Hong Pao tea over there?

And even if it's a red robe, is it really okay to say such things?

Don't make it so we have no temple to stay in!

But to their surprise, Da Hong Pao didn't react in any particular way. He simply walked to the round table of the conference, passed the man in red who had spoken, and then slowly sat down.

"I am convinced that this level of decision should be based on the expectations and wishes of the public, and I feel it is necessary to explain this seemingly contradictory, superficial and subjective viewpoint."