slander
As soon as everyone entered the main hall, the door closed quietly.
Three thousand elite soldiers were guarding outside the palace gate. If anyone dared to break through the door and escape or suddenly attack and injure others, he would be captured on the spot immediately.
All the subtle changes did not escape Yi Wu's eyes, including Jiufang Mingyuan's slightly shaking toes and the tone of voice that was full of anticipation for a good show.
"Before that," she curled her lips slightly, turned back to the cage, and said calmly, "I have a question."
Yi Wu put down her hand, leisurely walked to the iron cage, squatted down, and glared at the cat demon's pupils. "Since you insist it was me, then when did I say those words to you?"
She had never appeared before the cat demon, so it was impossible for the demon to know the truth. However, the cat demon secretly glanced at Zhong Fu, feeling quite frightened.
The cat demon was a little flustered as he didn't expect Yiwu to ask this.
She thought hard for a while, secretly glancing at Zhongfu several times, before timidly answering, "I don't remember the exact date, but it's definitely the day the immortals came out."
From beginning to end, the cat demon was in a trance only that day. She had no idea what had happened, she only remembered that she suddenly became unconscious and when she woke up she was in Feiqin's room, but Feiqin had disappeared.
Then, the demon clan attacked the top of the cloud, and the immortal clan regained their freedom, but were repelled by the demon clan.
The cat demon was afraid of being caught by the immortals, so he began to hide here and there. He never expected that he would be suddenly captured by the demons yesterday.
She was tortured for no reason and almost lost her life. She had no choice but to follow Zhong Fu's instructions and identify Yi Wu.
"The day when the immortals came out."
Yi Wu nodded and stood up. Her eyes swept over the Zhongfu and the High Priest, finally landing on Jiufang Mingyuan's face. "As everyone knows, on the day the immortals came out, I was confined to the Jiyu Palace and was not allowed to go out."
"Have you forgotten the order given by the young master himself?" She looked at Jiufang Mingyuan calmly, unwilling to let his little tricks go as he wished.
All signs indicate that Jiufang Mingyuan has doubted her identity, but without solid evidence, there is still room for recovery.
After her reminder, everyone finally remembered that it was indeed the case.
At that time, there was a rumor circulating in the palace that the young master was very protective of the saint, unlike an ordinary monarch or his subjects. Because of this, the demon woman who loved the young master hated Yiwu to the core.
Jiufang Mingyuan pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement, "Yes, it is true."
The High Priest naturally remembered and added, "The Saint was confined by the Young Master to recuperate because her wounds ruptured while she was treating me. If she leaves the palace without permission, the guards guarding the Jiyu Palace will report it to the Young Master."
Since there was no such person, it meant Yi Wu had remained in the palace. Since she hadn't left, it was impossible for her to pass on information to Black Cat, so she wasn't a fairy spy.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhong Fu retorted, "She might sneak out, or disguise herself as someone else and leave. The guards wouldn't be able to detect her."
"I have already asked the guards who were guarding the Jiyu Palace at that time, and they confirmed that the maidservant accompanying the Saint Maiden did indeed leave the Jiyu Palace that day and even went to the human world."
He clapped his hands, the palace door opened, and two guards dragged a maid in and threw her next to the iron cage like garbage.
Qingpu fell to the ground, coughing up a mouthful of blood. The new wounds on his body were not much better than those of the cat demon next to him.
When Yi Wu left the Jiyu Palace just now, she was fine, but in a moment, she turned into such a miserable state. Her body was covered with scars and blood, and there were few intact parts.
A few drops of blood splattered on Yiwu's shoes. She looked in the direction of the sound and her eyes turned cold when she saw Qingpu. "Who did this?"
Zhong Fu thought she was angry because she was exposed, and smiled smugly, "How can these bastards tell the truth without some tricks?"
He walked over to Qingpu, stretched out his hand and grabbed her hair, then asked fiercely, "Tell me, on the day the Ji Ming Seal was opened, did Yiwu disguise herself as you and secretly leave Ji Yu Palace?"
Qingpu was forced to look up, and despite the pain, she gritted her teeth and replied, "No."
"The Saint... has never left the Silent Jade Palace. That day, she ordered me to go to the human world to buy wine, so I left."
She spoke intermittently, but everyone in the hall heard it clearly.
Jiufang Mingyuan leaned forward and looked into Qingpu's eyes seriously.
Qingpu has always been simple-minded, and his eyes were clear at this moment, not pretending to be lying. After a moment, he sat back down.
"You're still being stubborn!"
Not getting the answer he wanted, Zhongfu fiercely lifted Qingpu up. He raised his right palm high, ready to slap her hard.
Qingpu closed his eyes tightly in fear, waiting for the pain to come.
When she didn't hear any movement for a long time, she quietly opened her eyes, only to see that Zhong Fu's raised hand was pinched by someone at the wrist, and it was suspended in the air and couldn't fall down.
Yi Wu's gaze was like a sword, shooting straight at Zhong Fu's hand that was holding Qing Pu's hair. She coldly ordered, "Let go."
"Let me go." Zhong Fu pulled his arm back with force, but was unable to move Yi Wu at all.
He retaliated by lifting Qingpu's hair even higher, causing her to scream, and deliberately provoked Yiwu: "What, are you scared?"
"ah……"
Qingpu's face was grimacing with pain. He struggled to reach out and grab his hair, but it was impossible to reach. As he struggled, blood dripped from his wound, dripping onto the ground.
This move undoubtedly infuriated Yi Wu completely. She tightened her fingertips inch by inch, squeezing Zhong Fu's wrist through his sleeve until it cracked. Her voice was filled with anger, "I told you to let go."
The bone was broken and the excruciating pain forced Zhong Fu to let go of his left hand.
He gritted his teeth to prevent himself from crying out in pain, then stood up and glared at Yi Wu fiercely, "Did you see that, Young Master? She's obstructing my interrogation. She must be guilty."
"Guilty?"
Yi Wu shook off his hand, turned to Jiufang Mingyuan, and asked him with a smile, "If Young Master thinks that Zhongfu's way of interrogating is okay, then why not let me do it too?"
Although she asked, she didn't even wait for Jiufang Mingyuan's response.
Yi Wu walked a few steps to the iron cage and raised and lowered her hands without warning.
She quickly split the cage open, grabbed the cat demon's neck and lifted her up, holding one hand in the air. "Let me ask you, who asked you to slander me?"
The cat demon's neck was stuck, unable to breathe, and she kicked with all her might. Realizing that Yi Wu really wanted to kill her, she raised her hand with difficulty and pointed it tremblingly to the side.
"Zhong Fu?"
"How is that possible?"
The sudden turn of events caught everyone in the hall by surprise. They looked at Zhong Fu with the same expression they had just given Yi Wu, only even more shocked.
I originally thought that Zhongfu was confident today and must have caught the spy, but it turned out to be a frame-up.
"Nonsense!" Zhong Fu held his fractured wrist, a flash of panic in his eyes as he angrily scolded Yi Wu, "Your confession was forced upon you. How can it count?"
Yi Wu was too lazy to pay attention to him and her eyes fell on the cat demon's face.
"You only know that you will die if you don't obey Master Zhong's orders, but do you know that you will also die if you randomly bite me?" After saying that, she exerted force with her hands and easily strangled the cat demon's neck, then let go and threw it to the ground.
The cat demon's body fell limply to the ground, lifeless.
Yi Wu then looked at Zhong Fu, her lips full of sarcasm, and asked him directly: "Zhong Fu, it's okay to interrogate like this. If it were someone else, they would be tortured into confessing. What's wrong? Are you scared?"
"I don't!"
Zhong Fu fell to his knees, refusing to accept the cat demon's accusations. "Young Master, please understand! She must be a spy from the Immortal Clan. Killing the cat demon is also to destroy the body!"
"You must not let her go, Young Master. No matter what, I am the Demon Lord's cousin. I have always been loyal to you and the demon clan, and I have no second thoughts, Young Master!"
Even at this point, he still insisted that Yi Wu was a spy, and his indignant tone was disconcerting.
Jiufang Mingyuan's gaze slid from the cat demon's corpse to Yi Wu's face, a look of deep thought. Those dark eyes, perfectly clear, couldn't tell if she was happy or angry.
After a while, a few ministers who were loyal to Zhongfu came out to plead for him, and with just a few words they tried to make a big thing small and a small matter nothing.
"This seems to be a misunderstanding. Over the years, even if Zhongfu has no merits, he has worked hard. Young Master, please forgive him this time."
"Yes, Young Master, perhaps he was simply deceived by the cat demon and did not intentionally frame the Saint. Young Master, please forgive him this time."
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"Misunderstanding?" Yi Wu's gaze swept across the group, finally landing coldly on Jiufang Mingyuan's golden mask. "Does Young Master think so, too?"
She stood straight and spoke in a righteous tone, and it was obvious that she would not give up.
Jiufang Mingyuan narrowed his eyes slightly and almost doubted himself.
If he had not seen with his own eyes the black dragon sending her back and finding the immortal bone, he would probably have really suspected that Yi Wu was innocent and that there was another hidden story.
Zhongfu hadn't reported what he had done today in advance, so when the cat demon pointed the finger at Yiwu, Jiufang Mingyuan was eager to see how she would react. He never imagined she would turn the tables, instantly reversing the situation and clearing herself of suspicion.
The high priest leaned close to Jiufang Mingyuan's ear, whispered a few words, and then retreated back to his original position.
"Come here." Jiufang Mingyuan stood up and called the guards loudly, "Bring Zhongfu in..."
"Report!"
Urgent cries came from far away, interrupting Jiufang Mingyuan.
"Young Master, the immortal soldiers are attacking!"
The demon soldier in charge of the alert rushed in and threw himself at the door of the hall, gasping for breath. "Report to the young master, the immortal soldiers are raiding and will soon reach the entrance of Cloud Summit."
I thought they were repelled by the God-killing Whip last time and would not come again in a short time, but I didn't expect that in just three or four months, they would launch a surprise attack with a large force.
The timing was perfect, and Zhongfu immediately exaggerated the situation, putting a dent in Yiwu's leg. "See? Yiwu must have been afraid her spy identity would be exposed, so she summoned the immortals to rescue her. And you still dare to say it wasn't her."
Upon hearing the news, the ministers were panicked for a while, but quickly calmed down.
The minister standing at the end of the seat reprimanded the soldiers: "Why are you panicking? There's nothing to be afraid of when the immortal soldiers arrive. They can't defeat the young master, and they will definitely be beaten to a pulp like last time."
They had all witnessed the power of Jiufang Mingyuan's God-killing Whip last time, and the immortals had no chance of winning.
Almost all the ministers in the palace believed this, and their tense nerves soon relaxed. Only Jiufang Mingyuan had a gloomy face and said nothing.
He stared at Yi Wu closely, not missing any of her subtle expressions.
Even though she knew he was poisoned while saving her, she still secretly contacted the immortals to launch a surprise attack. In her heart, are the immortals always the most important?
In that case, don't blame him for being rude.
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