Chapter 605 Ying Zijin: Who gave you this illusion? [1st Update]
The man wore a wooden mask that completely covered his face, but it did not conceal his imposing presence.
Pure and elegant, with a dignified and understated presence, as if naturally formed.
Yet it instilled an unprecedented sense of oppression in people.
Someone in the seat changed their expression.
"Shadow Throne?!"
"It really is Lord Kage!"
Apart from the council of elders, only the Shadow in the Judicial Hall has the power of speech and absolute authority to punish.
But he was too mysterious, appearing even less often than the elders.
The Grand Elder of the Dan Alliance was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to his senses: "Shadow Master, it's not that we didn't invite the Judicial Hall, but we thought this was just a matter for the ancient medical community, and it wasn't worth making the Judicial Hall make a big fuss."
"Evil doctors are harming ancient medicine, and ancient martial artists are responsible for protecting ancient medicine. The Judicial Hall is also investigating this matter." Fu Yunshen leaned back in his chair. "By bypassing the Judicial Hall and arbitrarily holding a vote, you want to detain suspects? Who gave you the right?"
"..."
The hall was silent.
Fu Yunshen raised his eyes, his expression icy, and laughed: "You've got some nerve."
The criticism was clearly sharp, yet no one present dared to speak.
Even Xie Nian shut up.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Ying is definitely a master of ancient martial arts.
Who among them can beat them?
Whoever has the strongest fist has the right.
"Brother Ying, long time no see," Cheng Jin greeted him. "Why don't you go to the Martial Arts Alliance now that you're back?"
"I'm busy, don't bother me."
Cheng Jin: "..."
Fu Yunshen raised his chin and looked at the First Elder: "I'm asking you a question."
The Grand Elder wiped away his cold sweat, also very nervous: "Shadow Master, it's definitely not what you think. The evidence came first, then the vote."
“Physical evidence can be faked, but this concerns an evil doctor, how can we just brush it off?” Fu Yunshen said calmly. “Does Miss Ying have any evidence to prove her alibi?”
Ying Zijin looked at him: "Yes."
Yunshan, also wearing a mask, stood behind Fu Yunshen, struggling to suppress his laughter.
"Alright, stop pretending. What are you pretending for?" Xie Nian said impatiently. "If you really had evidence, would you have been arrested? What were you doing all this time?"
Like Lin Qingjia, she appears pure and noble on the surface, but who knows what kind of despicable person she is behind the scenes.
Pretending to be virtuous.
She hates people like that the most.
Cheng Jin was taken aback by Fu Yunshen's retort and, feeling somewhat annoyed, retorted directly, "Did you give this young lady time to clarify?"
Xie Nian's gaze was icy: "Cheng Jin!"
Lin Qingjia turned her head and smiled: "Miss Xie, don't get agitated. Young Master Cheng is just stating the facts."
Xie Nian's face grew even colder: "Lin Qingjia, you shut up too, who do you think you are?"
She wouldn't have bothered coming here if she hadn't come to see the spectacle.
Then there was another knock on the door.
The elder, fearing that some powerful figure had arrived again, hurriedly went to open the door.
Outside the door stood a Fu family guard holding a laptop.
He hurried along and placed the computer on the table: "Miss Ying, here's the computer you requested. The video recording has been imported."
This statement surprised many people.
Video recording?
Xie Nian felt nauseous when she saw the computer.
The Xie family has always rejected all high-tech products from the outside world.
As a direct descendant, the Xie family provided her with a cell phone, but she threw it away.
The other elderly people, who had never seen a computer before, were somewhat stunned.
"This is troublesome." Ying Zijing raised her hand. "Take a look."
It was the guard's first time using a computer, and he fumbled around before turning it on and playing the video.
The footage in the video shows the alchemy room where Ying Zijing was.
Someone else's expression changed.
This is a medicine-refining room specially provided for Ying Zijin by the Pill Alliance. Who would bother to install a camera in their own room for no reason?
The following video shows a person dressed in black walking in the night before last, carrying a bag.
He walked around the alchemy room and finally put the bag in a very hidden place.
The people at the scene were very familiar with this bag; it contained those Buddhist amulets that were harmful to the human body.
This person looked around for a while before finally stepping out.
The video recording has ended.
"I told you long ago, someone framed her." Qiu Man sneered. "The Pill Alliance's thorough investigation failed. Who let the outsider in?"
The Grand Elder smiled wryly: "Alliance Leader, we don't know either."
"Wait a moment." Fu Yunshen's voice was calm. "I sent people to investigate before I came."
The door was opened again.
"Shadow Master, we've found it. A corpse has been discovered on a desolate mountain outside the Pill Alliance." Yunwu walked in and knelt on one knee. "The corpse is just bones. According to the investigation, this corpse is the person who appeared in the video."
To destroy the evidence and cover up the crime.
"Impressive, impressive." Xie Nian's eyes darted around, and she clapped her hands. "Ying Zijin, you're really something. You don't treat your subordinates like human beings. You kill them after you've finished your work. How cruel. I can't compare to you."
This statement plunged the already reversed situation back into a stalemate.
“That’s right.” The ancient divine doctor spoke arrogantly, “This video doesn’t prove that she’s not an evil doctor; on the contrary, it confirms that she is.”
"No, no, no, there's also a video recording," the guard hurriedly said. "Take a look."
The second video shows Ying Zijin staying at a bar in Beijing from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. last night.
“It takes three hours to get back to the ancient martial arts world from the capital.” Fu Yunshen clasped his hands together. “I only look at the evidence, not the person. She was still in the mortal world at two in the morning, but the autopsy results showed that Meng Qingxue died at eleven. How did she come back to kill someone?”
The Grand Elder was speechless.
Xie Nian scoffed: "It's not impossible."
Ying Zijing raised an eyebrow slightly, speaking calmly: "Are you trying to say that I had someone impersonate me, then gave him my token to kill Meng Qingxue, deliberately leaving the token behind so that the ancient medical community could track me down?"
Xie Nian's expression was gloomy, and his face was ashen.
That's exactly what she meant.
But the logic doesn't hold up at all.
Being asked this question in front of everyone, Xie Nian felt a burning pain on her face.
Extremely embarrassed, she slammed her hand on the table and got up to leave.
"It seems that the Evil Doctor did indeed find Miss Ying's token and carried it with him before sneaking in to kill Meng Qingxue." Cheng Jin asked, "What were the cultivation levels of those guards?"
Meng Xiong said, "Fifty years of ancient martial arts cultivation is already the highest in the ancient medical field."
Fu Chen rolled his eyes upon hearing this.
His ancestor was the one with the highest level of cultivation in the ancient medical field.
Indeed, very few people in the Fu family knew that Fu Xi was a practitioner of both ancient medicine and ancient martial arts.
“That’s right. This Miss Ying is an ancient healer, she doesn’t even have any ancient martial arts skills. How did she get past you guards and get in?” Cheng Jin shrugged. “You have evidence, but where’s your brain?”
Ying Zijing glanced at Cheng Jin.
As the young master of the Martial Arts Alliance and the only disciple of the Alliance Leader, Cheng Jin's talent is naturally exceptional.
He is 26 years old this year, and according to the assessment, his ancient martial arts cultivation has reached the level of 70 years.
Only when one's ancient martial arts cultivation reaches a level of two hundred years can one return to simplicity and achieve complete control, just like an ordinary person.
Other martial arts practitioners couldn't detect the internal energy fluctuations in her body because she concealed them with drugs.
"I deeply regret what happened in the ancient medical community," Cheng Jin said. "In the next few days, I will send people from the Martial Arts Alliance to protect your safety. You must capture all the evil doctors!"
If ancient doctors are harmed by evil doctors, they will eventually endanger the ancient martial arts world as well.
He left together with Lin Qingjia.
Everyone else left as well.
Ying Zijing straightened her clothes and held out her hand: "Can I have the token now?"
The elder frowned: "Miss Ying, let's make you a new token. This token was taken from the Evil Doctor, and there might be something wrong with it."
“No need.” Ying Zijin raised her eyelashes. “Don’t hold it for so long, I’m afraid it will poison you.”
The elder broke out in a cold sweat and quickly handed over the token: "Miss Ying, you must be joking again."
Ying Zijing took the token and left through the door.
Fu Chen waited for her outside.
Ying Zijing turned her head: "You found out?"
“No…” Fu Chen said awkwardly. “Our ancestor has been searching outside for two days, but has not found any trace of him.”
"I figured you wouldn't be able to find out either, otherwise the evil doctor should have been eradicated decades ago."
Fu Chen's eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice: "Grandmaster, did you tamper with this token? Could it help us find the Evil Doctor Commander?"
Ying Zijin raised an eyebrow: "It's rare for you to be so clever, and your hair is still so long. Not bad, worthy of praise."
After she finished speaking, she gave him a perfunctory clapping.
Fu Chen: "???"
**
The Xie family.
With a cold expression, Xie Nian recounted the events of the meeting to the Xie family head.
The Xie family head pondered for a long time before taking out a photograph: "Niannian, when you saw Ying Zijing, was it her?"
Xie Nian glanced at it casually: "Yes, that's right. What's wrong?"
“It really is her.” The Xie family head frowned. “To tell you the truth, this is the person the First Elder predicted after he gave your elder brother his fate. Only if she marries your elder brother can he wake up.”
Xie Nian scoffed: "Her? Does she even deserve it? Does she even know her own worth? My older brother is someone she can marry however she wants?"
“That’s not the point.” Patriarch Xie waved his hand. “I’m wondering if she has any connection with Ying? Last time Feng’er was arrested, it was Ying who sent people to do it.”
"Father, you're overthinking it." Xie Nian remained noncommittal. "In the ancient martial arts world, strength is paramount. Even Ying Lian rejected me; how could he possibly be interested in her?"
Of course, she also wanted to try her hand at shadow puppetry.
He had the idea, but he didn't succeed.
So she set her sights on Nie Yi.
Xie Nian added, "Xie Feng deserved to be arrested. You didn't investigate properly at the time and found out that she was an ancient healer. When an ancient martial artist attacked an ancient healer, and the Judicial Hall happened to be there, of course they had to intervene."
The Xie family head pondered for a moment and said, "That's true. Although your elder brother has improved a lot, he still hasn't woken up. Ying Zijin has a very high status in the ancient medical world. It won't be so easy for her to marry your elder brother."
Ying Zijin's current status is the same as Fu Chen's, protected by both the ancient medical and martial arts communities, and there is no way to force her.
Ancient martial artists should indeed not harm ancient healers.
Xie Nian said calmly, "There's always a way."
She bid farewell to the Xie family head and went to the training ground to practice martial arts.
After much deliberation, the head of the Xie family decided to discuss the matter with his wife.
**
night.
Danmeng.
Recent events have been piling up one after another. The Evil Doctor has even secretly infiltrated the Pill Alliance, causing widespread panic among its members.
Ying Zijin was sorting medicinal herbs in the alchemy room.
Fu Yunshen helped her start the fire: "After this meeting, have you figured out who it is?"
“I can see it now, and I have evidence.” Ying Zijin lowered her head. “I’m absolutely certain now. With this identity, it’s no wonder she was able to hide it for so long, and even the people around her couldn’t tell.”
Fu Yunshen nodded: "Me?"
"No need." Ying Zijing wiped her hands and stood up. "I'll go take a look."
She left the alchemy room and, ten minutes later, arrived in front of a house.
Ying Zijing raised her hand and knocked on the door.
The person inside the room said, "Come in."
Ying Zijin went in and closed the door again.
The room was quiet.
The man turned around and sighed, "Today's meeting was really unfair to you. I didn't expect the evil doctor to be so cunning as to frame you."
"When you took my token, you must have thoroughly tested it to see if I had used poison or any other drugs that would expose your identity," Ying Zijin said calmly, arms crossed. "After all, during the winter hunt, I only changed the order of the medicinal herbs to create a medicine with different properties."
"But after you tested negative, you took it without worry and hung it on yourself."
The man's hand paused.
“There are many guards protecting Meng Qingxue. Other evil doctors do not know ancient martial arts, but you are proficient in both ancient medicine and ancient martial arts. You can only kill her yourself. Then, you can deliberately let Meng Qingxue catch the token, pretend to lose it by accident, and frame me.”
"You didn't intend for me to get arrested because of this; you were just trying to divert attention. Of course, it would be better if I got arrested."
Ying Zijing lowered her eyelashes and smiled slightly: "But why do you think that someone gave you the illusion that your poison-making ability is better than mine?"
"Alliance Leader Qiuman?"
Did anyone guess correctly?
I need a ticket!
*
Yesterday, some readers criticized Ying Huang for being hypocritical and aloof. I couldn't stand it anymore. They said, how could he have lost his token without even taking precautions? He claimed he did take precautions, but it's over 600 chapters in, surely that's too much?
Ying Huang was never one to be aloof or virtuous; she loved money, loved money terribly, and was true to herself.
It's over 600 chapters already, and the author really didn't expect that Emperor Ying could still give readers a false impression of being aloof and arrogant. _(:з」∠)_
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