"Lord Liu, it is a fact that Jiang Yuer cheated. If you don't take action now, when will you take action? Are you just going to watch the principles of Lingxiao Palace being trampled upon?" Ji Haoxuan said righteously.
The members of Lingxiao Palace also placed their hopeful eyes on Liu Yuanbai. After all, although they were indignant at Jiang Yuer's cheating, the gap in strength was there, and they could not do anything to Jiang Yuer.
However, facing the gazes of the crowd, Liu Yuanbai simply said, "You said Jiang Yu'er cheated, do you have any evidence? The basic principle of Lingxiao Palace is that everyone is equal. All palace members are treated equally and everything must follow the rules. You can question, but please show evidence. Don't jump to conclusions based on your unfounded speculation."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Ji Haoxuan was even more furious, "You old bastard! In this situation, who can't see that Jiang Yuer is cheating? You are still defending her. Did you accept benefits from the Jiang family? My Ji family is willing to pay three times as much!"
Liu Yuanbai snorted coldly upon hearing this and said, "Ji Haoxuan, don't set the tone here! As I said before, we must abide by the rules in everything. Before questioning someone or something, you must first produce evidence!"
As he spoke, Liu Yuanbai looked at the palace officials and said, "It's not terrible if we let a bad guy go because of everyone's speculation, but if we wrongly accuse a good person, that would be truly irreparable!"
"What a joke! For those evil people, we would rather kill ten thousand of them by mistake than let one go! Otherwise, who knows how many people will be harmed when the evil people get out!" Ji Haoxuan sneered.
"Haha, is that so? But I don't think so." Liu Yuanbai smiled faintly, "If someone can be convicted today based on some speculation, will the same thing happen to someone else tomorrow? If this trend becomes prevalent over time, who knows when someone will be convicted because of the groundless suspicion of people around them? Everyone is equal, everyone is equal. If you can't even protect your own interests, and convict someone just because the majority of people question you, what kind of equality is that?"
The hall officials were shocked when they heard this. Yes, rules are dead, but people are alive, and people's minds are also alive. Although dead rules are sometimes inhumane, they can at least maintain the principles of fairness and justice and will not favor anyone. If things are done according to human will, then who knows where the upper and lower limits of this will are?
Especially what Ji Haoxuan said, that it is better to kill ten thousand people by mistake than to let one go. Could they be among these ten thousand?
In fact, if you think about it, it doesn't seem to be particularly important who becomes the hall master. After all, according to the hall rules of Lingxiao Hall, the hall master does not have much power, and each hall master only serves for 100,000 years. For them, 100,000 years pass in a flash. Since there is no evidence of Jiang Yuer cheating, let her be the hall master for 100,000 years.
It is better to release Jiang Yuer by mistake than to let Lingxiao Palace go down the path of rule by man!
Thinking of this, the members of Lingxiao Palace felt relieved. Although there was still a hint of anger and doubt in their eyes when they looked at Jiang Yuer, most of them had stabilized their emotions.
Ji Haoxuan couldn't hold his temper when he saw this. Wouldn't this make him give up the position of Palace Master that he had obtained? If he had missed the position of Palace Master through a legitimate election, it would be fine, but now Jiang Yuer had blatantly cheated and stole his position as Palace Master. How could he be willing to accept this?
Thinking of this, Ji Haoxuan shouted, "Liu Yuanbai, stop fooling around here! You keep talking about fairness, but how can it be fair to a law-abiding candidate like me because of Jiang Yuer's cheating?"
Liu Yuanbai smiled faintly and said, "Master Ji, since you have the ability, you can just come back to participate in the election next time. Isn't it just 100,000 years?"
“Isn’t it just 100,000 years? For mortals in those small universes, 100,000 years may have seen several civilizations. Liu Yuanbai, stop trying to smooth things over. You must give me an explanation for this matter!” Ji Haoxuan said angrily. He could indeed wait for 100,000 years, but the task given to him by his ancestor was to take the position of the current Lord of Lingxiao Palace. What use would it be for him even if he won the election for Lingxiao Palace in the next term?
Seeing Ji Haoxuan chasing after him, Liu Yuanbai smiled bitterly, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "How about this, since you still have doubts, I can act as a middleman and let you and Jiang Yuer talk it over, what do you think?"
Ji Haoxuan smiled when he heard this: "No problem."
But at this moment, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He saw Chen Siqi, who was sitting next to Jiang Yuer, staring at him viciously. The threat was self-evident.
Seeing this, Ji Haoxuan quickly added: "Wait, I have a condition. Only the two of us can participate in the negotiation between Jiang Yuer and me."
Liu Yuanbai nodded: "Okay."
However, Jiang Yuer was not calm. Ji Haoxuan was the Hongmeng Immortal Ancestor, and his strength was greater than hers. If she really talked to Ji Haoxuan alone, she didn't know how Ji Haoxuan would treat her.
Jiang Yu'er was about to say something, but Liu Yuanbai saw through her doubts and said, "But in addition to the two of you, I have to be present as a middleman, firstly to serve as a witness, and secondly to avoid a fight between you two if the talks break down and damage the harmony."
After Liu Yuanbai finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Yuer and said, "Jiang Yuer, do you have any objection to my arrangement?"
"This arrangement is very good, senior. I have no problem with it." Jiang Yuer nodded. After all, Liu Yuanbai was the strongest here. If she offended Liu Yuanbai, it would not be so easy for her to sit on the position of the Palace Master of Lingxiao Palace. Moreover, if Liu Yuanbai really sided with Ji Haoxuan, he would have suppressed her according to everyone's will just now. Why would he need to resort to these means?
"Haha, that's great. Both of you, please follow me." Liu Yuanbai said as he made a gesture to Jiang Yuer and Ji Haoxuan to invite them in.
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