Chapter 149 Revealing the Truth
Upon hearing this, Liu Dazhuang's family's faces turned pale instantly, and the old woman collapsed to the ground. Fang He hugged her tightly, her eyes full of fear.
Xiao Fuguang continued to speak.
"You just want some money, but the other party wants your life."
"If you all die tonight, the most this princess will do is be accused of murder, but your family will truly be reunited in the underworld."
Jiang Yuan spoke from the side.
"The person behind the scenes wants you dead. Only the princess can save you. If you don't seize this opportunity, once we leave, your entire family will be wiped out."
At this time, the door of the house was wide open.
The two children rubbed their eyes and cried.
"Mother………"
Fang He hurried over to block the children, otherwise they would see the body in the yard.
"Hurry, hurry in, don't come out until your mother calls you."
Then he pushed the two children in and closed the door tightly.
Xiao Fuguang looked at her protecting the child and spoke.
"Even if you can take a gamble for money and think the worst that can happen is your life, but your two children are still so young, can you bear to let them die?"
Fang He leaned against the door and slowly fell to the ground.
"Liu Dazhuang, you said it, we are doing this for the children. If we still cause a disaster, what will we do?"
Liu Dazhuang's clenched fists trembled slightly, and a light of determination and regret flashed in his eyes.
He finally understood what kind of conspiracy his family had been involved in. Facing his wife's questioning, he lowered his head, his voice low and heavy.
“I…I said…”
"The situation is not much different from what the princess said."
"It all started when a mysterious person came to our door. My father died of a serious illness. Our family had spent all their money on him and even owed a lot. That person said that if we followed her plan, we would get enough money for our family to live a good life. She...she gave us a deposit and promised to give us more after the plan was completed. I thought about the debt our family owed, and I was obsessed with money, so I agreed."
Having said that, Liu Dazhuang looked up and looked helplessly at Xiao Fuguang and Xuanyuan Jing.
"We really don't know who that mysterious man is, or why he did this. He only told us that he had a way to make my father walk like a normal person. All he had to do was for my mother to take him to Yunke Ferry for dinner and order a dish of stir-fried pork with celery. Then, after my father died, he would have my mother cause a scene and attract the attention of the authorities. As for what happened next, we have no idea."
Xuanyuan Jing listened and spoke slowly.
"They're using your lack of money to set up a trap. This trap is for your entire family's lives. Just as you left Yunke Ferry, the owner of Yunke Ferry was arrested. Then your entire family was killed, and the people were slaughtered. They want to use your family's lives to convict the princess."
Liu Dazhu covered his eyes with his hands and cried bitterly.
"We just want to live a good life, just want to have a stable life, why is it so difficult?"
Xuanyuan Jing and Xiao Fuguang looked at each other.
Xuanyuan Jing continued.
"I am the regent of Xuanyuan. You are also victims in this matter. If you are willing to cooperate, I can guarantee your safety."
When Liu Dazhuang heard this, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes. He quickly knelt down in front of Xuanyuan Jing and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Your Highness, please have mercy on us! We are willing to cooperate. As long as we can save the lives of our family, you can let us do anything!"
The old woman and Fang He also reacted and knelt on the ground.
"Please, Your Majesty, please make the decision for us. We are also forced to do this. We have no other choice."
The old woman cried even louder.
"The old man has been ill for over a year, and our family has spent all their savings on his treatment. I couldn't bear to see him go, so I borrowed a lot of money. We were so poor that we couldn't even afford to eat, so I became obsessed with money and caused trouble for the prince and princess."
Xiao Fuguang stepped forward and helped the man up.
"Auntie, get up."
Then he looked at Liu Dazhui.
"You said your father was dead, and then they made him walk normally. Do you know what they did to your father's body?"
Liu Dazhu pondered for a moment after hearing this.
"She held a bottle to my father's mouth, and after about a cup of tea, my father woke up."
"At first we were very happy, thinking that our father was really alive."
"I didn't expect her to tell me that my father could only walk for one day at most and then he would really die, so we cooperated with her actions."
After hearing this, Xiao Fuguang pondered for a moment and realized that it was indeed a Gu.
"This princess would like to examine your father's body now."
The dead are the greatest. Although Liu Dazhu was somewhat reluctant, since things had come to this point, he could only nod his head.
The guards stepped forward and opened the coffin, and Xiao Fuguang spoke.
"Tear off his clothes."
Then he and Xuanyuan stood beside the coffin.
Xiao Fuguang took out a talisman, lit it up, and then placed it close to the chest of the deceased.
I saw a large area of blood surging in his chest.
Xiao Fuguang raised his hand and threw away the talisman paper.
"Liu Dazhuang, if your family wants to save their lives, I'm afraid you'll have to take your father's body with you."
Liu Dazhuang looked at his father's body with a face full of guilt.
"I...Princess, I was already disrespectful by letting my father go to Yunke Ferry. If this happens again...I will be ashamed of my father."
Xiao Fuguang spoke slowly.
"The reason your father was able to walk normally even after his death is because he was infected with a Gu from Southern Xinjiang. This Gu multiplies rapidly, and the person who placed it secretly controls it to control your father's body. Your Highness the Crown Prince was previously harmed by the Southern Xinjiang Gu. Now you must cooperate with us to find the Southern Xinjiang wizard."
Xuanyuan Jing spoke from the side.
"If you cooperate and capture the Southern Border wizard, you will have made a great contribution. The reward from the court will be enough for you to live a good life."
Liu Dazhuang struggled in his heart and looked at Xuanyuan Jing. These hands were the hands of Xuanyuan's God of War, so he shouldn't lie to him.
Jiang Yuan spoke from the side.
"Our prince's words are as good as gold, so you can rest assured."
Liu Zhuang then spoke.
"We are willing to cooperate."
Yunke Ferry has been sealed at this time.
The once bustling Yunke Ferry is now deserted, with only a few seals swaying gently in the night wind, making it look particularly desolate.
Shopkeeper Tao took the gong and started beating it.
"My fellow countrymen."
"Please stay."
Soon many people gathered around.
"What is this for?"
"I don't know, isn't this the owner of Yunke Ferry?"
"Indeed, I saw him when I went to dinner before."
"Everyone in the restaurant is dead, yet he still dares to show up."
Shopkeeper Tao continued to speak.
"I believe many people know me. I'm the owner of Yunke Ferry. Today I want to explain to everyone the food poisoning incident at Yunke Ferry yesterday. This incident hides a huge secret."
Everyone's curiosity was aroused.
"What secret?"
"Manager Tao, you're not trying to shirk responsibility for your restaurant, are you?"
"I dined at your restaurant yesterday. I saw it with my own eyes. That person died after eating your food, and many others were poisoned."
Shopkeeper Tao spoke calmly.
"Everyone, there was indeed something wrong with yesterday's stir-fried celery with meat. The water celery at our Yunke Ferry was replaced with poison celery. This is our restaurant's fault, and we are willing to take responsibility. However, we did not kill anyone. The old man did not die from eating poison celery, but from being poisoned by the Gu from Southern Xinjiang."
"You can choose not to eat at my Yunke Ferry, and I can close it. I can even go to jail and die if I really kill someone, but the wizards in Southern Xinjiang poisoned our Xuanyuan people. Last year, the Crown Prince was also poisoned by them. I have no choice but to make this matter public so that everyone will be vigilant."
"The wizards in Southern Xinjiang are skilled in manipulating snakes, rats, insects and ants to take people's lives. You must be careful."
A questioning voice suddenly emerged from the crowd.
"Why should we believe that the old man you killed yesterday died from the poisonous insects in southern Xinjiang? Who knows if you are deliberately shirking responsibility?"
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Tao raised his hand and made as if he was swearing.
"There are gods above us. I swear to heaven, if Yun Ke Du really killed this person, I will not have a good end and I will never get rich in my life."
"Of course, I know you won't believe me if I just swear, so today I invite you to witness just how vicious and disgusting the wizards of Southern Xinjiang are."
I saw a coffin being pulled by a horse-drawn carriage...
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