Yingjie's face turned somewhat ugly; he hadn't expected the male to deny it so stubbornly.
Although they traced it back to him, none of the orcs actually saw him putting anything in the food.
If he doesn't admit it, they can't be sure it's this male.
"It really wasn't you?" Su Tang suddenly bent down slightly to meet his gaze.
The saying "your appearance reflects your heart" may not be entirely accurate, but a person's eyes do not lie.
The male and Su Tang stared at each other for a moment, then their eyes darted away, shifting uncertainly.
"Really, it wasn't me."
His eyes clearly didn't convey the same certainty as his voice.
You don't even need to look to know that this male has something to hide.
Seeing that Hu Shen and the other orcs' expressions had turned cold, the male realized something was wrong.
"My lord, I am truly innocent! If I had let the griffin orcs go, may I die a horrible death..."
He knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times, as if he had truly been wronged.
Now even Niu Li was starting to doubt himself.
Just then, the voices of orcs came from afar.
"Who told you to come here? Get out of here right now!"
"I...I've come to see the King. I have something to say to him."
Su Tang turned around and saw that the person who came was actually Shu Jin.
After he summoned Hu Shen to the forest yesterday, he never appeared again.
Su Tang thought he was pleading for Hu Sha and the male.
Hu Shen raised his hand, and Ying Jie immediately ordered the orcs to release Shu Jin over.
Shu Jin hurried over, while the kneeling male on the ground continued to explain, "It really wasn't me, Your Majesty, I didn't do it..."
Upon hearing the male's voice, Shu Jin turned its head to look.
He recognized the voice; it was the voice of the orc who had spoken with Hu Sha that day!
"Say what you have to say quickly," Yingjie urged from the side. They still needed to get the male to confess.
Shu Jin glanced at Su Tang not far away, then suddenly knelt down with a thud and pointed to the male next to her.
“Your Majesty, it was he who released the griffins. I heard him conspiring with Husha to release the griffins so that they could capture the females.”
The male, whose identity had been exposed, turned pale.
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
Hu Shen's eyes turned cold. It was related to Hu Sha again. It seemed that Hu Sha was responsible for the griffin orcs' escape.
The next step is straightforward: just check if this male has met Hu Sha, and you'll know whether Shu Jin is telling the truth.
Hu Shen gave Ying Jie a look, and the latter immediately understood and went down to investigate.
Meanwhile, Shu Jin suddenly kowtowed to Hu Shen and Su Tang.
"Your Majesty, I am the one who caught that poisonous snake. I fed Hu Sha the fruit that the snake likes, which is why the snake bit her. I am the one who caused Hu Sha to be captured by the griffin beastmen. I am guilty, please punish me, Your Majesty!"
Regardless of which female was injured, he was at fault.
He accepts punishment if he makes a mistake.
Su Tang suddenly remembered. No wonder the stone Hu Sha brought looked familiar; he had seen it in Shu Jin's hands before.
She said that the poisonous snake smelled the realgar powder, so why didn't it run away, but instead chased after Hu Sha and bit her.
So it was this kid who did it.
"Didn't you always like Hu Sha? Why did you do this?" Niu Li asked, puzzled.
Everyone in Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain knows that Tiger Sha has a simp, Rat Jin.
A dark glint flashed in Shu Jin's eyes, and he explained in a low voice, "Hu Sha lied to me, I hate her."
If she doesn't like him, she can tell him directly instead of pretending to be his savior and deceiving him for so long.
He used to really like Hu Sha, and that's why he hates her so much now.
Even if the king were to kill him now, he wouldn't resist.
"You bastard, Hu Sha lied to you! Why are you slandering me? I'm innocent!" The male next to him tried to argue.
However, not long after, Yingjie returned.
"Your Majesty, we've found out. This guy is a fox-clan beastman. Indeed, some beastmen saw him visiting Hu Sha recently."
The evidence is conclusive: this male conspired with Husha to release the griffin orc.
However, Hu Sha reaped what she sowed.
"Thump!"
The fox-clan beastman plopped down on the ground. It was over, he was really finished!
Hu Shen's eyes were dark and unfathomable. He said in a deep voice, "Ying Jie, take Shu Jin away and punish him according to the rules of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain."
Although Shu Jin himself admitted it, if he is not punished, such incidents will only increase in the future.
Shu Jin didn't complain at all and obediently went down to accept his punishment.
After Yingjie and Shujin left, Hushen looked at the fox-clan beastmen.
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. Hu Sha forced me to do it. I accept the punishment!"
The fox-clan beastmen panicked and quickly admitted their mistake.
If he didn't confess now, he feared that Wang would find out more of his secrets, and then he would truly be doomed.
Hu Shen narrowed his eyes, looking at him with a deep gaze. "Why did Hu Sha only look for you and not the other beastmen? Does she have something on you?"
Upon hearing this, the fox-clan beastman's face turned deathly pale.
"Because..."
He stammered for a long time, but couldn't come up with a coherent explanation.
Even a fool could see at this point that this fox-orc beastman and Hu Sha had other unknown secrets.
"Stop dawdling and tell the truth, or I'll kill you right now." Niu Li lifted him up and slammed him to the ground with a thud.
"I'll talk! I'll talk!"
The fox-orc was truly terrified; he raised his hand, ready to confess.
"Hu Sha does have something on me, because I... I used to help Shi Tian..."
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