When they arrived at the meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion, not to mention Wei Lin, Xue Fu was also surprised. In addition to some of the onlookers that day, as well as the waiter in charge of the Ye family's box in Jinye Pavilion, the patriarchs of the Wang, Chen, and Ye families were also there.
She can understand that the head of the Ye family is here. Although the person who died is just a side branch, after all, it is a scandal of the Ye family, so he naturally wants to show his face.
But what happened to the heads of the Wang and Chen families? Did they come here specifically to see the Ye family’s jokes?
The head of the Ye family had a very ugly face. While greeting the heads of the Wang and Chen families with a stern face, he secretly glared at his juniors, looking at the good deeds of these brats, which were so embarrassing that the whole city knew.
After glaring at his family, he couldn't help but secretly scold Zhongxing for his incompetence. He was in charge of the affairs of the Xue family, so what was the point of asking the principals of the Wang and Chen families to come and visit?
Will his sincerity embarrass the Ye family?
After a moment, someone came in again, and it turned out to be the Sun family, one of the four major families in Nanling City. Chief Ye's expression suddenly changed, and his face was filled with colors.
Wei Lin followed and saluted while secretly observing everyone's expressions. The people who were watching that day were all at a loss and cautious, while the heads of the aristocratic families had solemn expressions on their faces. It was obvious that what we wanted to talk about today was not just about the Ye family. The murder case of a junior.
What's interesting is that the other clan heads obviously know something about it, but the expression of the head of the Ye family shows that he doesn't know anything about it like the other monks.
Wei Lin raised his eyebrows. He remembered that the Ye family was not only one of the top weapon-refining families in Canglan Continent, but also had a Nascent Soul clan member in the Four Seasons Valley who was also the leader of a peak!
As time passed by, people entered the meeting hall one after another, and finally all the famous family heads in the city came.
In the midst of solemn silence, a majestic-looking middle-aged man and a graceful and graceful woman walked in. Someone whispered in his ear: "Master Qin Zhi!"
Wei Lin doesn't squint his eyes, Qin Zhi is the real person? Didn’t he say it would come in half a month?
As soon as the man sat down, he glanced around majestically and said, "Everyone, I invite you to come here today. There is something important to confirm."
After finishing speaking, he turned his attention to the stewards of the City Lord's Mansion below. One of them, a thin man with a gloomy face, came out and said hoarsely: "It has been identified that the deceased had taken heart-corroding fruit before his death and died of poisoning."
Ye Xue's eyebrows jumped, and then he regained his composure.
But a little boy next to her said: "Poisoning? How could it be poisoning? We all saw it with our own eyes. The fifth sister was whipped to death by sister Xue Fu!"
"Xiao Qi!" The head of the Ye family glared at him anxiously, gave him a silent look, and then raised his hands to the superior Zhenjun Zhongxing and said: "City Lord, please forgive me, the child is ignorant."
"Although he was a bit reckless, his questions were on point," the city lord, Zhenjun Zhongxing, interrupted him, "You always have to have real evidence to be convincing, Li Zhou."
Li Zhou flipped his wrist, and a blood bowl appeared in his hand: "Chief Ye."
The head of the Ye family did not take the blood bowl. With their cultivation, they could smell the light sweet fragrance in the blood from this distance, which was the unique smell of the heart-eroded fruit.
"Fellow Daoist Li is an expert in poisons, so I can trust him, but this blood contains poison that corrodes the heart fruit."
Li Zhou nodded, put away the blood bowl, and continued: "The time of death of the deceased was quarter to hour. He was in Nanpingfang at that time. These people can testify."
He pointed to Wei Lin and other people who were watching that day, and everyone immediately recounted the situation that day, one by one, confirming each other, and no one was lying.
"As we all know, it takes a quarter of an hour for the poisonous effect of the heart-corroding fruit to take effect, so the time when the deceased was poisoned should be quarter to quarter."
After saying that, he looked at several Jinye Pavilion waiters, and one of them immediately stood up and said: "On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the young ladies and gentlemen of the Ye family arrived at Jinye Pavilion at the end of the twelfth lunar month. When the auction started, we sent them in For tea, we went in again at 5:00 a.m. to fill up with refreshments, and from then on until the end of 2:00 a.m., we didn’t go in again, and no one came out.”
"Is what he said true?" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhou asked the other waiters and the young ladies of the Ye family who were in the box that day.
Everyone nodded and confirmed that the monk had a good memory, even if he didn't remember it deliberately. Now that he recalled it, what he did that day was still vivid in his mind.
He expressionlessly turned to where the younger Ye family member was standing: "It's clear now that the deceased was in the Jinye Pavilion box when he was poisoned at 2:00 p.m., and there were only a few of you in there at that time. Tell me, who poisoned him? "
In order to prove their innocence, the young ladies of the Ye family talked to each other and recalled the scene in the box that day. In the end, as expected, the finger pointed at Ye Xue.
Ye Xue opened her mouth, unable to argue. At this point, she couldn't help but admit it. She took a deep breath and said calmly: "Yes, I was the one who poisoned you."
"Fourth sister, why?" Ye Xiaoqi, who had spoken before, couldn't believe it. Although the fourth sister didn't like to talk to them on weekdays, she was extremely considerate. How could she poison the fifth sister?
"Why?" Ye Xue's face showed sarcasm, and she sneered: "I also want to know why. We agreed to each perform our best, but in the end, the clan leader decided on the fifth sister before Qin Zhi arrived. Why?"
Her eyes were a little red, and her voice was choked: "Jiu Mei has two spiritual roots. We can't compare. I know it, but why should she, Ye Wen? With the same four spiritual roots, the purity of the spiritual roots is not as good as mine, and the cultivation is not as good as mine." I am diligent, arrogant and willful, so why should I be her? Just because her parents are alive and my father is gone, is my mother just a mortal?"
The sparkle in her eyes could no longer hold, and as she blinked, it suddenly fell down, like a flood that opened a floodgate, and kept flowing. She turned her head and stared at the head of her family: "I don't ask for favoritism. I just want fairness, but why don’t you give it to me?”
Master Qin Zhi's face was a little moved, and she sighed, "Silly boy, I will personally decide the matter of my disciples, others are just suggestions."
The meaning of this was to admit that the head of the Ye family had mentioned to her the selection of Ye Wen. Wei Lin raised his eyebrows. Under the same conditions, it was obvious who to choose between those who were recommended and those who were not recommended.
Ye Xue sneered, obviously thinking about this and not appreciating her feelings.
The elder of the Ye clan blushed, feeling embarrassed as if his clothes had been stripped off in public, but it was only for a moment, no one has the time to be partial, it's just human nature.
However, because such a trivial matter made it known to everyone, he was filled with anger.
Thinking of the solemn expressions on the faces of all the families before, most of the anger in my heart had gone away. I just prayed that all this could end soon.
After glaring at Ye Xue fiercely, he said: "The city lord is wise and has sorted out this scandalous matter for my Ye family. This evil beast has such a vicious mind. I will definitely teach him a lesson when I get back. Thank you, city lord, for taking the trouble."
After saying that, he apologized to the head of the Xue family, but he scolded Ye Xue half to death in his heart. He was a damn girl and had made him lose all his dignity. He must have a good-looking third bedroom when he goes back!
This matter was a family matter of his Ye family, so it was logical that it would be brought to the city lord's palace. The Ye and Xue families talked about it, apologized where necessary, and apologized where necessary, and the matter was over.
However, now the city lord summoned all the Nanling City aristocratic families with great fanfare. He asked tentatively: "City lord, this matter"
"It's not over yet."
Zhenjun Zhongxing glanced at him, stood up, walked to Ye Xue, and shouted sternly: "Tell me, when did you collude with Canye Pavilion?"
"What?"
Chief Ye was suddenly shocked, his face was stern, and there was a chill in his voice: "City Lord, there are some things you shouldn't say nonsense!"
"Huh, if I'm talking nonsense, you can find out if you search the soul."
Li Zhou stepped forward and explained to everyone: "In addition to the poison of the heart-corrosive fruit, the poison of the deceased was also Shufangyi."
"Shu Fangyi!" The head of the Wang family was impatient. He took a deep breath and asked, "Are you sure, Fellow Daoist Li?"
Li Zhou nodded solemnly and handed the bowl of blood to the head of the Wang family: "Although Shufangyi is colorless and odorless, when combined with the heart-eating fruit, it will make the sweet fragrance of the heart-eating fruit have a slightly astringent taste. If you are not careful, you can easily overlook it.”
(End of chapter)
