[天命为凰]

Untitled Part 104

104 Evidence

Yu Wenshi!

The spectators were taken aback seeing that he was speaking up for Lu Mingshu.

The Elders on the cloudy stage all started to figure out what he was trying to do. Back during the fight against Shao Zhengyang...

The line of Jade Terrace is siding with her?

Lu Mingshu smirked. Finally, her hard work was paying off. She chose the Heavenly Wheel's advanced treatment because she would be able to achieve outstanding results, which would then garner the support of powerful parties since all they care about are benefits.

It was an undeniable fact that she murdered someone, and who would believe her if she told the truth – that it was Zhou Yinru who tried to kill her first – if she had no evidence? The Zhou family wouldn't have given her a chance to explain herself anyways, so there was no choice but to garner the support of someone powerful.

Yu Wenshi stood up and greeted Fu Shangqing before continuing, "Sect Leader, it's not like this is the first incident of murder after so many years of the Heavenly Door competition. There have been one or two cases over the past ten years. Since Sect Leader only came to the Nine Jade Palace after all that already happened, allow me to tell you..."

Hearing Yu Wenshi elaborating on the cases, Elder Zhou turned pale. Being in the Nine Jade Palace since he was young, and being even older than Yu Wenshi, he knew that everything Yu Wenshi was saying was all true.

"...those few examples all resulted in someone losing their life, and solid evidence is hard to come by since no one would attack someone else when there are witnesses around, so we should judge with logic."

"Good point, that makes sense!" Elder Zhou commented, "I agree that Lu Mingshu has a point, but why does she not have a single injury on her? Something's fishy, no? I've never heard of this 'secret technique' either."

"Ah, yes, the secret technique. Well, I'm in no position to say anything about that, but I do have two witnesses for Lu Mingshu."

Under Yu Wenshi's prodding gaze, Shao Zhengyang stepped forward, "Disciple Shao Zhengyang here. I came across Lu Mingshu after I passed the lower door. She was lying on the side of the path at that time, struggling like she was on her deathbed. A dagger was stuck in her waist, and it looked to be a fatal injury. As for him..."

Pointing at Liang Zongping's corpse, he continued, "...his head was already removed. I think that it might've been that disciple who attacked Lu Mingshu but ended up being killed in self-defense."

Yuan Ziyang was the next to step up, "Disciple Yuan Ziyang here, and I can corroborate. With my ability, the only way to cause such a fatal wound to Lu Mingshu would be if she were unprepared, or if I was already in close proximity when I attacked. Thus, I'm guessing Liang Zongping attacked her first."

As Elder Zhou was about to argue back about speaking without proof, Shao Zhengyang added on, "By the way, I informed the guard at the middle door about this. Elder Zhou should check with him."

Before anybody could react to the situation, someone else stood up and volunteered to be a witness, "I can also be a witness."

Hearing this voice, a lot of people were startled.

That's Jie Wenhan!

Jie Wenhan bowed to the crowd before she started, "Sect leaders and Elders, I met Lu Mingshu on the way up as well. I can prove that Junior Nephews Shao and Yuan are telling the truth." She turned toward Liang Zongping and picked up the cape on his body, "This belongs to me. I laid it on Lu Mingshu when I saw that she was injured. She must've left it there when she continued with her journey. In addition, I also informed the guard about this incident when I reached the middle door."