The Murderer
Several heavily armored clansmen immediately walked out from the crowd. When the servant heard this, his eyes were filled with terror as he shouted angrily.
"Family Head, this lowly one didn't … it wasn't this lowly one … the Family Head is wise!"
"Drag him away."
Gao Xiong's eyes were bloodshot. The armored men grabbed him by the arms and dragged him out of the courtyard.
The cries of the servants spread to the ears of everyone in the courtyard. The surrounding onlookers all kept quiet out of fear. Even they knew what was going on.
Even they knew that this servant definitely wasn't Gao Ruilong's murderer.
However, Gao Xiong had still convicted him of the cruelest of crimes: death by a thousand cuts.
First Gao Yunting's death, and now Gao Ruilong's, had caused him to lose all sense of reason.
"Who else came to Ruilong's residence between last night and this morning?"
The onlookers lowered their heads. If anyone dared to say anything, they'd die, no matter how they tried to explain themselves.
"None of you are going to say anything?"
Gao Xiong swept his cold gaze across the crowd, then pointed at the dead prostitute.
"Who brought this woman here?"
Quite a few of the onlookers nervously clenched their fists. These were the people who'd attended Gao Ruilong's banquet last night.
Cai Renfei, who was standing not too far away, also frowned slightly. Sure enough, the older the ginger, the spicier it was, had locked onto the prostitute with a single glance.
Quite a few people had known that he'd brought her here. He glanced at them ….
"Think about it carefully. If anyone says anything, I'll pardon them. But if you don't, and I find out, then everyone who knows about this will die. "
Gao Xiong's sinister tone struck at everyone's mental defenses. Finally, a young man in luxurious robes stepped forward. When he saw him, Cai Renfei's pupils constricted.
"It's Cai Renfei. Last night, we were drinking with Young Master Ruilong. Cai Renfei was the one who brought this woman to him."
His finger pointed at Cai Renfei's position, and the surrounding people immediately looked over.
When he sensed everyone's gazes, especially Gao Xiong's sinister gaze, Cai Renfei couldn't help but gulp.
After a brief moment of hesitation, he took a few steps outside.
"Reporting to Lord Patriarch, this prostitute was indeed given to Brother Ruilong by me. However, the woman I sent is only an ordinary person with no cultivation base. She's not a threat to Brother Ruilong. Moreover, Brother Rui Long was stabbed in the chest, so it was clearly an enemy attack from the front. If it was someone I sent, then how could Brother Rui Long have been hit? Also, the woman I sent died in the courtyard! Patriarch, please investigate this matter clearly. Ren Fei is innocent. "
"That makes sense."
When Gao Xiong heard this, he nodded calmly. Cai Renfei squeezed out a smile, only to discover that Gao Xiong's expression had suddenly changed.
"But what if Ruilong doesn't resist?"
"Lord Patriarch …"
"She really is just an ordinary prostitute. But if she had a top-grade Immortal item and tricked Rui Long into binding her hands and feet, would she be able to succeed?"
Gulp.
Hearing this analysis, Cai Renfei immediately swallowed his saliva.
Word for word.
Gao Xiong's analysis was spot on.
"Speechless? Men, drag Cai Renfei away and execute him! "
As soon as he finished speaking, some of the surrounding soldiers stepped forward to drag Cai Renfei away. However, at that moment, Li Lu, who'd been sitting on the ground this entire time, suddenly looked up and roared at the armored soldiers.
"Stay your hand!"
A sharp cry rang out from Li Lu's mouth, and the armored soldiers also stopped, not daring to move recklessly.
"What are you all standing around for? Is she the Patriarch, or am I?"
Gao Xiong roared. The armored soldiers hurried forward, but to their surprise, a dagger suddenly appeared in Li Lu's hand. She pressed it against her neck.
"Gao Xiong, Cai Renfei is my son. I've already lost Rui Long. I can't lose him as well. If you dare kill him, I'll die right here and now! "
The dagger in her hand moved a little closer to her neck, and there was already a faint trace of blood flowing down along the dagger on her fair neck. When he saw this, Gao Xiong turned pale with fright and hurriedly said.
"Madam, you can't!"
"Release Renfei!"
Li Lu didn't budge an inch. Seeing that she was threatening to kill herself, Gao Xiong hesitated for a moment, then sighed and waved his hand at the armored men.
"You may leave."
Cai Renfei, whose heart was already in his throat, also knelt on the ground with a bang and kowtowed vigorously.
"Thank you for sparing my life, Patriarch."
Gao Xiong glared at the kneeling Cai Renfei, but didn't say a word. He'd rather kill a thousand innocents than let one go. As far as Gao Xiong was concerned, Cai Renfei was definitely the murderer. Moreover, he definitely had a motive.
But Li Lu was the only person he treasured. He …. He couldn't let her die.
"Madam, why go to such lengths?"
He sighed and walked up to Li Lu. His palm brimmed with immortal spiritual energy, and he placed it against her neck. Before long, the bloody wound on her neck transformed into a new pink scar. It wouldn't be long before it disappeared. It wouldn't affect her in the slightest.
Her hand caressed Gao Ruilong's cheek, but at that moment ….
"Ayi, open Ruilong's hands."
Ayi hurried over to Gao Ruilong's side. He bowed deeply to Gao Ruilong, muttered an apology, then opened Gao Ruilong's hands.
In the palm of his left hand, there was a piece of cloth that he was gripping tightly.
"Patriarch."
Ayi hurriedly handed the rag over to Gao Xiong. He unfolded the rag to reveal a light blue cloth with a white edge at the corner.
This corner was clearly the corner of a pattern or symbol.
"Patriarch, the owner of this cloth should be Young Master Ruilong's murderer," said Ayi.
Gao Xiong nodded faintly, then handed the rag to Ayi and said, "You're not going to be able to use it.
"Go investigate. Find out which faction this person belongs to."
"Your subordinate understands."
Ayi grabbed the cloth and left the crowd. Little did he know, Gao Xiong smiled bitterly to himself.
What a despicable method.
Based on his many years of experience, he could tell that someone had maliciously framed him. Of course, that didn't eliminate the possibility that they really were the culprits. However, the former was more likely.
Still, this was his only lead. Yunting had died because the Xiao Family wanted him dead.
As his father, he'd had no choice. In the end, he hadn't even been able to bury him.
Now that Rui Long was dead, there was no way he could swallow his anger. If he did, he'd be the same Gao Xiong who could make the entire Sky Great District tremble with a stomp of his foot.
A quarter hour later, Ayi hurried over and whispered into Gao Xiong's ear.
When he heard Ayi's words, Gao Xiong's expression changed. After a moment's hesitation, he gnashed his teeth and roared, "Assemble the army!
"Assemble the army! Attack Upheaval!"
It was better to kill a thousand innocents than to let one go.
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