Chapter 195: Under Suspicion
"Yeying, do you know what happened?" She asked.
Jiang Yue turned to Lu Xuanrui, and confusion appeared in his eyes.
He looked like he didn’t know what she was asking, but the elders still glared at him with their eyes narrowed.
"Young miss Lu, even though I am a storyteller, I don’t know all stories."
Lu Xuanrui frowned when she heard his answer.
She expected him to deny it and go on the defensive. If he did that, the elders would be more suspicious and wouldn’t let him go.
However, she didn’t care that Yeying had taken this route.
Since she had decided to get rid of him, she would naturally not let him go.
"I think the clan brothers and sisters entered the ancestor’s cave. Yeying also entered the cave, didn’t he?"
"I also entered the cave." Qi Shuo said with a frown.
Although Yeying had been resisting him for some time now, Qi Shuo didn’t want to see him in trouble.
After all, Yeying only entered the cave because Qi Shuo told him about it.
If the criterion for guilt was entering the ancestor’s cave, wasn’t he also suspicious?
"How can young master Qi be compared to someone whose face is unknown? Who knows if Yeying is a villain under the mask?" Lu Xuanrui smiled, but her heart was cold.
The more Qi Shuo defended Yeying, the more determined she became. She knew she could never enter Qi Shuo’s eyes as long as Yeying was around.
"Remove your mask." One of the elders ordered, and everyone turned to Jiang Yue.
Originally, Jiang could have removed the mask since he had already taken the disguise pill.
However, the Lu family wasn’t polite, and he didn’t plan to cooperate.
"Yeying will not remove his mask." He refused with a resolute expression.
"You..." The fifth elder shouted and was ready to move.
"Young lad, we just want to confirm that you are not a wanted villain." The third elder reasoned.
"Elder, Yeying wears a mask for a reason. How will the Lu family compensate Yeying if I remove my mask and find I am not a wanted villain?"
"Where is there so much nonsense? Remove it, or you won’t need a head to wear it?" The fifth elder shouted.
His disciple was dead, and a good weapon was lost.
Although the weapon was only a mid-grade spirit rank weapon, it could be classified as a good weapon.
Since he couldn’t recover his disciple’s life, the best he could do was recover the weapon and kill the murderer who killed his disciple.
Now that he had a direction, he didn’t plan to let the murderer go.
After all, Yeying was just a casual cultivator.
Even if he died, no one would care, and the Lu family could kill a chicken to warn the monkeys.
"What reason does Yeying have to kill the people of the Lu family? Also, how is young miss Lu certain that the people died in the ancestor’s cave?" Jiang Yue looked at Lu Xuanrui and asked.
Although his words were ordinary, everyone could hear their implication.
As expected, someone grabbed the opportunity and stared at Lu Xuanrui inquisitively.
"Third sister, why do you know where our clansmen died?" A young lady asked.
Her tone implied that Lu Xuanrui was guilty of something.
Even if she didn’t kill the Lu people, she watched them being killed without doing anything.
"Seventh sister, don’t talk nonsense."
"I am not talking nonsense. The third sister is the one who knows where and who killed our Lu clan people."
The seventh sister’s words were logical, and many of the Lu family turned to look at Lu Xuanrui.
’Why is it different from what I expected?’ She thought and gnashed her teeth in anger.
She wanted to push Yeying into muddy water but didn’t expect to be dragged in.
"Third young lady, did you witness the murder?" Qi Feiyan was afraid that the world was not chaotic enough and fanned the flames.
"Qi Feiyan, what nonsense are you talking about? How can I watch my Lu people get killed?"
"If that’s the case, why did you ask Yeying to admit guilt?" Someone asked.
"I just think he is suspicious. If he is not a villain, why is he hiding his face?"
"Is that so." Jiang Yue said and pointedly looked at one of the Lu family elders.
Coincidentally, the elder wore a mask and was quietly watching the show.
"Yeying, don’t go too far. How can my clan elder be a wanted villain!" Lu Xuanrui screamed, but Jiang Yue only shrugged.
"Young miss Lu is the one who thinks that wearing a mask is equivalent to being a villain." Jiang Yue’s voice was helpless, but his eyes were full of mockery.
’Since you want to mess with me, I will drag you to the end.’ He thought, and a hint of malice flashed in his eyes.
"This..., second elder, Xuanrui didn’t mean it this way." She apologised, but the second elder didn’t respond.
He could tell what Yeying was doing, but he didn’t mean to interfere.
"Since you won’t remove it yourself, I will help you." The fifth elder said, and a force enveloped Jiang Yue.
’Is this the qi pressure of a core formation realm cultivator?’ He wondered, and a chill climbed up his spine.
Cold sweat poured out of his pores, and he felt like he was dipped in water.
However, Jiang Yue was not afraid.
Although he wasn’t the elder’s opponent, he would not cower. He couldn’t allow himself to be bullied, so he resisted and straightened his back.
His eyes condensed, and he stared at the fifth elder in mockery.
Those eyes showed that Yeying looked down on the fifth elder, and the man couldn’t stand it.
He had cultivated to the core formation realm and had long become a strong man in the Cangxing world.
How many years had it been since someone looked down on him?
When he thought about it, the fifth elder grew angrier.
If he was determined to punish Yeying because of his disciple, he now wanted to kill him for looking down on him.
Without hesitation, he raised his hand and wanted to slap Yeying to death.
However, before he did, the eldest brother stopped him.
"First brother?" He called with an aggrieved expression.
"This matter is still unclear." The first elder spoke, and his voice brokered no compromise.
"I understand." The fifth elder said and spared Yeying a look filled with killing intent.
"Third child, explain why you pointed at Yeying. You don’t have to worry, if he killed our Lu family, we will never let him go." The first elder said.
When she heard that, Lu Xuanrui broke out in a cold sweat.
She didn’t expect things to go this way, and she was now at a loss.
In her mind, everyone would naturally accept that Yeying was guilty. After that, Yeying would fall into a disaster without a chance to turn over.
However, things kept taking turns.
"First elder, I..." Lu Xuanrui started but didn’t know how to continue.
When they entered the secret realm, the Lu family did not plan to mine. Their plan was to enter the cave, so they made their way there as soon as possible.
It is because of this that she assumed the clansmen died in the ancestor’s cave.
As for why she pointed at Yeying, it was because she knew Qi Shuo had told him about the cave.
However, she also knew these were flimsy reasons to convict Yeying.
"Speak, girl." One of the elders spoke.
He didn’t like wasting time, and the young girl was wasting theirs.
Since she knew something, why didn’t she tell it right away?
Just as the atmosphere grew tense, a pleasant laugh reverberated in the surroundings.
"Third young lady, could it be you framed Yeying because my elder brother likes him?" Qi Feiyan asked with a sweet smile.
However, this sentence was like throwing a boulder in a small pond.
It caused ripples, and the elders stared at Lu Xuanrui in disbelief.
They couldn’t believe someone was still in the mood to make unreasonable trouble when so many descendants were dead.
"Xuanrui, is what she said true?" The fourth elder asked.
"Father..." Lu Xuanrui was embarrassed and looked away.
The fourth elder sighed and looked at the first elder, "first brother, this matter should be investigated carefully."
"Hmmm." The first elder hummed in agreement.
"First brother, we should start with this Yeying. He is the most suspicious." The fifth elder did not let go.
Even if Yeying did not kill his disciple, he didn’t intend to let him go.
"I think the most suspicious are those with motives." Jiang Yue suddenly said, and the air turned rigid.
In this situation, everyone understood that ’those with motives’ were the Lu family.
They had the most to gain from the death of the Lu clansmen and hence were more suspicious.
"You bastard, do you dare to accuse my Lu family?" The fifth elder roared and raised his hand again to smash Jiang Yue.
This time, the first elder did not stop him, and Jiang Yue was enveloped in terrifying pressure.
