238 The Trial Begins
“So what does Father-in-law plan to do?”
“Big Brother is getting ready. Why do you know how to use qi thread sound transmission?” Li Zetao was shocked.
“My talent is not bad,” Qin Huai calmly replied. Actually, he had just picked up a skill experience ball and learned the qi thread sound transmission.
“You really are a genius,” Li Zetao praised. His niece’s taste was indeed not wrong. “Unfortunately, the time left for you is too short. At this sect meeting, or rather, a trial… the Zhang family will definitely make things difficult for you.
“But Big Brother will do his best to protect your life and deal with you. If it really doesn’t work out, follow me and I’ll send you down the mountain… We’ll make a comeback in the future!”
Qin Huai listened to Li Zetao’s lengthy plan and remained silent.
Soon, the two of them passed through the Nine Dragons sect’s training grounds, attics, and sutras… Along the way, all the disciples of the Zhang and Li families looked solemn.
A strange atmosphere filled every corner of the Nine Dragons sect.
With Qin Huai and Li Zetao at the lead, the mighty team finally arrived at the meeting hall.
“Hey! Weapons are not allowed in the meeting hall!”
In front of the door, a disciple of the Zhang family stretched out his hand and coldly blocked Qin Huai’s path.
“I’ve been in the Nine Dragons sect for so long. Why haven’t I heard of such a rule in the meeting hall?” Li Zewu said coldly from behind.
“He’s a criminal, so he’s naturally different from the others.”
Even when facing Li Zewu, the disciples of the Zhang family showed no fear on their faces.
Li Zewu snorted. “A criminal? Did you see Qin Huai kill someone with your own eyes? Where’s the evidence? Where are the witnesses? Or could it be… Do you have the ability to predict the future?”
Facing Li Zewu’s aggressiveness, the Zhang family’s disciple was instantly speechless.
Pa!
Li Zewu walked forward and slapped the disciple’s face.
“Also, don’t you know that you should bow when you see your elders?”
The disciples of the Zhang family did not expect Li Zewu to be so overbearing. He seemed to be different from the other members of the Li family. He was stunned on the spot.
“Let him come in like this. It doesn’t matter to us whether he brings a weapon or not.”
In the meeting hall, an elder of the Zhang family spoke slowly.
Qin Huai slowly ascended the steps of the meeting hall.
The elders of the Zhang and Li families were seated on the chairs on both sides of the hall.
He looked over and saw that everyone’s expressions were mocking and cold, just like Sixth Uncle, who had just lost his son. The latter’s eyes were bloodshot, and his killing intent was about to overflow.
Qin Huai stood still.
At the end of the long bench, Zhang Wu, who was sitting on the main seat, slowly spoke.
“Today, the trial for Qin Huai’s murder of Li Buchang, a disciple of the sixth branch of the Li family, begins! ”
As soon as he said that, Qin Huai knew that things would not end peacefully today.
“Bring people up!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a few people were brought up from the side.
“Tell me, what did you see that night?” Zhang Wu had a solemn look on his face.
“That night, we saw Qin Huai and Li Buchang meeting alone on the top floor. Not long after they went up, the two of them had an intense argument, accompanied by the sound of intense fighting…”
“That night…”
The few of them recounted what they had seen and heard that night one by one.
“Qin Huai, do you have anything to say about this?” Zhang Wu’s expression darkened as he stared at Qin Huai.
“When I went up, Li Buchang was already poisoned. The so-called quarrel was just Li Buchang mistakenly thinking that I poisoned him.” Qin Huai’s eyes slowly swept across the group of elders before stopping on Li Zeren’s face.
His father-in-law’s expression was as hard as stone, and no emotions could be seen.
“However, I do know what kind of poison Li Buchang ingested… It’s a poison that can cause injuries to those in the bone pattern realm. It seems to be the same poison that appeared in Lingjiang county more than ten years ago. It’s called the nine steps gut cutting powder.” Qin Huai’s expression was calm as he spoke with assurance.
“Oh, since you know so much, you should know what medicinal ingredients are in this nine steps gut cutting powder, right?” Zhang Wu’s expression was cold and stern, and he had an iron face.
“Bone pattern stage three-eyed ox demon’s small intestine, three-hundred-year-old crying spirit flower, five-hundred-year-old black spotted snake fur…” Qin Huai’s expression was cold.
“You sure know your family’s treasures.” Li Zeming, the head of the Li family’s sixth branch, sneered and stood up to walk to the center of the meeting hall.
He then took out a small package from his bosom and slowly opened it, waving it in front of everyone. There was a piece of broken blue flower petal inside.
“Sect Master, this is an important piece of evidence that I found in Qin Huai’s courtyard! It’s a fragment of a three-hundred-year-old crying spirit flower, and it’s also one of the main ingredients of the nine steps gut cutting powder. ”
Li Zeming’s eyes were red.
“Other than that, we also found a lot of unused poison residue in his room. And a few days ago, you came back with two sacks. How many people in the Li family’s courtyard have smelled the thick, strange smell? This can’t be fake, right?! How do you still want to explain it now?!”
Without waiting for Qin Huai to speak, Li Zewu laughed coldly. “If Qin Huai really framed your son, why would he openly carry the two poisons home and leave evidence for others to use against him?
“Why would he be so careless and not clean up his own drug production site? Sixth Brother, don’t you think this is ridiculous?”
The Zhang family’s elder also spoke up, “What if this is a cover-up Qin Huai deliberately did? Moreover, Qin Huai’s poison techniques are so exquisite that I believe everyone in the sect knows about them.”