Chapter 287
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"What?"
Instantly, an enraged roar sounded from behind Master Xia. Grey robes flashed past and quickly appeared in front of Xia Ying. He quickly raised his hand to check his pulse. His brows furrowed even tighter and his elderly face was shrouded in a layer of coldness.
"Lord Patriarch, Xia Ying has been poisoned and there's no cure for it. He only has two hours left."
Elder Huiyi turned his head towards Master Xia, who had remained calm and collected, and reported Xia Ying's current situation to him. He then glared angrily at Gu Ruoyun and spoke in a cold voice, "Gu Ruoyun, you've murdered someone in the Xia Family home. What else do you have to say?"
"You say that I've murdered someone?" Gu Ruoyun smiled calmly, "Do you have any proof?"
"Impudence!"
Elder Huiyi was enraged. Xia Ying's talents were considered to be not bad among the collateral relatives. He had always thought highly of him and was only missing an opportunity to recommend him to the Master. He never thought that something like this would happen. How could he tolerate this?
Especially since this woman has the audacity to kill someone in the Xia Family home. Who gave her the guts of a leopard?
"Master, we can prove it!"
Hearing this, a cacophony of voices came from the crowd.
"Xia Ying and I had been kind enough to tell her about the Xia Family's rules. Who would have thought that this woman would be too arrogant and disregard the Xia Family just because she is the Master of the Hundred Herb Hall? She even attacked Xia Ying. I'm guessing that was when she poisoned him!"
"That's right, all of us here witnessed her actions. She killed Xia Ying!"
The crowd chimed in one after another, pushing all the blame for their trouble onto Gu Ruoyun.
"So, Xia Ying had attacked me and I could not retaliate? Is that right?" Gu Ruoyun smiled calmly. She did not seem worried about the situation she was in. Her clear eyes were like water, as if they could pierce through the souls of others.
Master Xia's face darkened. His stern gaze turned towards Xia Yu who was kneeling on the ground and asked in a low voice, "Is the Gu girl speaking the truth? Was it Xia Ying who attacked her first? "
Hearing this, Xia Yu bit her lip and gently nodded, "Big brother was in the wrong in this matter but Gu Ruoyun can't kill him just because he had caused trouble for her …"
At that moment, Master Xia fell silent. After a while, his eyes fell upon Gu Ruoyun and he asked, "Little girl, were you the one who poisoned Xia Ying?"
Gu Ruoyun chuckled and shrugged her shoulders disapprovingly: "What do you think?"
"Hehe," Master Xia chuckled, "I may not know much about you, but based on what you've done in the past, I can tell that you're someone who doesn't like to be taken advantage of! Even though you've killed a lot of people, those people deserve to die. You didn't do anything wrong, so I believe that you weren't the one who poisoned them. There must be more to it than meets the eye. Even if Xia Ying offended you first, according to your usual style of doing things, I reckon that you would only teach him a lesson and not kill him! "
"Patriarch!"
Elder Huiyi's expression changed greatly and he exclaimed angrily, "How could you bend the law for personal gain? I know that you're worried about the Young Master's illness and are afraid that if you execute Gu Ruoyun, you would offend the Ghost Doctor. But your biased way of doing things, how many of the Xia Family disciples would be bitterly disappointed? It would also cause others to think that the disciples of the Xia Family can be killed at will! If that's the case, how are we supposed to control Heaven City? I beg the Xia Family to give justice to the Xia siblings! "
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