Dawn
When everything was over, dusk had already fallen outside. The three girls, exhausted, followed Ji Wushuang back to Xuanjin Pavilion to recuperate.
On the way, Qi Yuan and Ji Wushuang walked side by side.
"What do you plan to do with these followers?" Ji Wushuang asked.
"Hand it over to the authorities." Qi Yuan's voice carried a hint of helplessness; after all, she was just a general, and that wasn't her duty. "Xiao Changmin had no choice but to compromise before because his father's life was in Fang Lingfeng's hands. Now it's time for him to properly investigate this case... Even if Xiao Wen regrets it the most, the lives he's involved in... he can't escape the death penalty."
Ji Wushuang also sighed, "I wonder what he would think if his son were to sentence his father to death."
When Xiao Wen's body was brought back, Xiao Changmin, who had just taken office as prefect, almost fainted. At that time, his mother was still bedridden, and it felt as if he had lost his home overnight. He forced himself not to tell his mother the truth, and even kept the condolence a secret, until Fang Lingfeng appeared.
He said he could bring his father back to life. Xiao Changmin had certainly heard of Fang Lingfeng's supernatural powers, so how could he refuse such a temptation? Jiang Yuan, who was present at the time, agreed to give up half of his life precisely because he felt guilty.
But who would have thought that Fang Lingfeng would not only force the Xiao family to work for him, but also take advantage of their inattention to tell Madam Xiao the truth, causing her, who was already seriously ill, to pass away prematurely, and even taking away her last bit of life force, giving half of it to Xiao Wen.
“If he can harden his heart, I will have no regrets.” Hearing the conversation between the two people in front of him, Xiao Wen added, “That would at least prove that he hasn’t become me yet.”
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As the morning sun rose, Jiang Yingyue and the others, along with Ji Wushuang and Qi Yuan, headed to Jiangzhou City, all eagerly awaiting the verdict in this case. The noise of the crowd was so loud that Ji Yinglei temporarily left the scene, finding a quiet alley to escape to.
She has never been able to stay in noisy places for long because her ears are very sensitive, and they start to hurt if she stays in such places for too long.
"I didn't expect you guys to be so capable, even able to kill Fang Lingfeng." A familiar male voice rang out, and Ji Yinglei immediately tensed up and turned around. When he saw the person's face, he was even more furious.
"Didn't I tell you not to stop us in Jiangzhou?" Ji Yinglei looked at the man dressed in black robes, even though he was trying to conceal his identity, he still used luxurious fabrics that were easy to spot. "Look what you've done, we've been delayed here for so long."
The man chuckled and leaned against the wall with one hand: "Your letter came at the wrong time; I was in a bad mood then."
"Absurd!" Ji Yinglei's anger intensified, something she had never shown in front of Jiang Yingyue. "Then I'm telling you now, from this moment until we return to Hangzhou, don't let me see any of your people again, do you hear me, Bai Yu?"
Bai Yu still looked at Ji Yinglei with eyes full of smiles: "I know, I know, aren't you afraid that she will really kill me after she gets the artifact? Don't forget that we're in the same boat."
“I told you, I need a perfect scene for her to die so that I can rightfully restore the Bright Moon Sect.” At this point, Ji Yinglei even raised his hand and pointed at Bai Yu, “If you hadn’t acted before she returned, we wouldn’t need to think about all this now!”
When she got emotional, Ji Yinglei's old injuries were aggravated again, and she gasped in pain. Bai Yu immediately supported her and said, "I knew your injury hadn't healed yet. I brought the medicine you used on me back then. Remember to change it every night."
Seeing Ji Yinglei accept it, Bai Yu leaned down and said, "I don't know what you mean by 'legitimate' or 'justified'. You were the one who took that arrow for her back then."
“What do you know? From the moment she escaped the massacre, she had to die in front of everyone, with the audience completely unaware. I couldn’t make a move. Only after I killed the person who killed her could I rightfully ‘inherit’ the position of sect leader.”
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