Set up a stall for years

Without the need for other Taoist priests to verify, Elder Cao could already guess the truth of the case from the small official's panicked expression.

Although the small official wasn't his student, he was also from the commoner faction and had a good relationship with Sun Yaozu. Elder Cao felt deeply distressed and ashamed. "Yaozu and Chu Huan haven't wronged you. How could you do such a despicable thing?"

Due to his bias against the noble faction, he had been forceful in handling the case, almost causing another life to be lost.

The small official trembled, still denying, "Elder Cao, I didn't do it! Even if that talisman was mine, it's not enough to prove that I cursed someone. Sun Yaozu was like a brother to me. How could I harm him? They're trying to shift the blame onto me for Chu Huan's sake."