Chapter 2681 Intentional harm?
As soon as he saw those people, Song Zhiwen's face immediately darkened.
Because those people were the guards who were on duty to stand guard around Li Bushang’s tent tonight, that is, the guards of the Xue family!
All of them had their hands tied behind their backs and rags stuffed in their mouths. They struggled but could not break free and were grabbed and pushed over by the powerful Jinyiwei.
"This, they are——"
As soon as Song Zhiwen recognized these people, he immediately turned to look at Xue Huai'en.
Xue Huai'en stood there, his expression changed.
Song Zhiwen asked, "Brother Xue, what's going on?"
"this--"
Xue Huai'en frowned and immediately said, "I want to know what happened too. Li Bu hurt Lord Li, and you escaped death. We are all happy for you, but why did you capture my people?"
“…”
"They are there just to watch you and have no intention of offending you."
Li Bushang glanced at him.
He said, "Indeed, Master Xue is right. These people are standing outside that tent just to watch me."
“…”
"But what I don't understand is, if it was their responsibility to watch over me, why did none of these people who were supposed to be watching over me disappear when the fire started?"
"What!?"
Song Zhiwen was shocked when he heard this and looked at Xue Huai'en again.
Xue Huai'en said: "Oh? How come I don't know?"
Li Bushang said, "That's right. When the fire started, all of you arrived at the camp gate and started fighting with my people. Naturally, you don't know what happened here. Why not let them explain it themselves?"
After saying that, he waved his hand.
One of the Jinyiwei immediately pulled out the cloth ball that was stuffed in the mouth of a guard.
The man coughed twice, then raised his head, somewhat timidly. Seeing him like this, Song Zhiwen immediately said, "Tell me clearly, what happened? Why did the tent catch fire for no reason? You were clearly there to guard Li Bushang, so why aren't you there?"
"I, we—"
The man looked up, his eyes rolled, and he immediately said, "We didn't know that these Jinyiwei people suddenly caught us."
"oh?"
"Yes, they caught us, so we couldn't rush to put out the fire."
When he said this, the other guards who were still pouting all nodded and made humming sounds to show their agreement.
Song Zhiwen frowned and looked at Li Bushang again.
Li Bushang said coldly, "So, someone wants to burn me to death, or did my people capture you, leaving me unable to ask for help?"
“…”
The man wanted to say something, but when he met those wolf-like eyes, he felt a little timid.
He could only lower his head and said, "Who knows what you are going to do?"
“…”
Li Bushang looked at him coldly.
This person became increasingly afraid to look him in the eye, his head almost buried in his chest. After a while, he heard Li Bushang say coldly, "It seems that it's very easy to deny it."
Murong Qiuming had been watching coldly from the sidelines, but upon hearing this, he immediately said, "Li Bushang, even though the murder weapon has been found, you still refuse to confess to the death of the Cheng family's patriarch, don't you?"
“…”
"At least, we've found the murder weapon. What about you?"
Li Bushang looked up at him.
He said lightly: "Yes, if it weren't for Master Murong's reminder, I almost forgot. Not only these people, I also have physical evidence."
When everyone heard this, they were stunned again.
For a moment, no one was able to say anything. Li Bushang waved his hand, and a Jinyiwei came forward and took out a small cloth bag wrapped in a handkerchief from his arms. Li Bushang took it and spread it out in his hands.
When everyone looked, they saw a handful of soil inside.
They all frowned immediately, and Song Zhiwen asked in confusion: "Isn't this just a little dirt? It's all over the ground. How can it be considered physical evidence?"
Li Bushang said, "It is indeed the soil all over the ground, but the only difference is that I took this before the fire started burning but not completely consumed."
"What's the meaning?"
"Everyone, come and take a look and see what's inside."
Several people looked at each other.
It was Song Zhiwen who said, "Okay, let me take a look."
After saying that, he took two steps forward, got in front of Li Bushang, looked down, and immediately found something wrong.
Before, because he was still some distance away from Li Bushan and it was already dark, there were only some guards around holding torches, and the flames kept swaying, so he couldn't see clearly. But when he got closer, he immediately saw, or smelled, that there was obviously something else mixed in the soil.
Li Bushang said, "Mr. Song, why not smell it again to see what it is."
Song Zhiwen leaned over and smelled it, and his brows immediately frowned.
He said, "This is medicine?"
"Specifically, can you smell what medicine it is?"
Song Zhiwen moved closer, fanned himself with his hand, took a deep breath, and immediately said, "Yes, there is realgar, and also—saltpeter?"
"good,"
Li Bushang said coldly, "I believe everyone knows what saltpeter is used for. So, I don't need to explain how this fire started."
Song Zhiwen's face suddenly darkened.
However, just as he turned around and was about to say something, Xue Huai'en immediately said, "I was the one who spilled the medicine."
Song Zhiwen turned around and looked at him: "Brother Xue, you——"
Xue Huai'en continued, "But it wasn't my intention to do this. Jiaojiao said there were snakes in his tent, so he asked me to spread some medicine around it to repel them."
“…”
"Jiaojiao can testify to this matter. Jiaojiao, don't you agree?"
Xie Jiaojiao had been standing there, staring at Li Bushang without saying a word. It was not until this moment, when her name was called, that she seemed to suddenly come back to life.
He looked up at Li Bushang.
He turned his head again and looked at Xue Huai'en.
With a complicated expression, he said, "Yes, it was me. I asked Brother Xue to spread medicine around the tent to repel the snakes."
Xue Huai'en said: "To drive away snakes, saltpeter and realgar are both indispensable."
“…”
"As for how the fire started, I guess I sprinkled quite a lot of medicine. If a spark had accidentally popped up, it could have caused a big fire."
As he said this, he looked at Li Bushang.
"Master Li, you wouldn't say this was intentional harm, would you?"
“…”
"It was Jiaojiao who asked me to sprinkle the medicine. If she hadn't called me, I definitely wouldn't have sprinkled any medicine on you for no reason."
“…”
"And Jiaojiao——"
He glanced at Xie Jiaojiao and said, "Everyone has seen how she treats you."
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