It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Liu Shi closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said:

"Pleas guilty."

"Father!!"

Amo grabbed Liushi's arm. Liushi smiled bitterly, touched her head, and said:

"I'm useless. I'm sorry to your mother and to you."

He said loudly to Kay:

"No matter how wrong you are, it's all my fault!"

Kai glanced at Xiuzi, who nodded solemnly, indicating that he could let Amo go for now. He wanted to take this girl who looked a bit like Carissa back home and deal with her privately. Kai also understood this and was happy to do a favor, so he took a token from the pot, on which was engraved a bright red word "behead".

Kai stood up and said loudly:

"The city lord orders that you behead him as soon as you land. Liushi killed his wife and refused to repent, and even instigated his daughter to blame him. His crime is unforgivable! Three years ago, I thought you were willing to repent, but I didn't expect you to be so stubborn. If I don't kill you, it will not be enough to give justice to Fengcheng, and it will not be enough to give the people of the world a clear world. Amo betrayed her master and insisted on making false accusations. She should be guilty of the same crime, but considering her eagerness to save her father, she will not be sentenced for the time being and will be returned to the Jipingtian family for disposal. Execute now-"

The people let out a series of excited shouts, as if they had won a just war.

At this moment, everyone is a defender of morality.

A-Mo finally burst into tears. She knew it was not easy to give her father justice, but she didn't expect that there was not even any hope.

Three years of hard work were wasted.

She stood up unsteadily, and before her courage had faded, she shouted:

"My father, my father is innocent. You bad guys will be punished by God sooner or later!"

Kai was dismissive. There was no such thing as divine punishment. The old gods had long been separated from the human race and sat high in the sky. The good and evil of the world were nothing in their eyes. But the immediate benefits were real. When he took his new wife to Ji Pingtian's house for a drink tonight, he might be able to bring back a beautiful concubine.

Liushi and Amo, two rootless people like duckweed, are really not worth his concern.

So he threw the token in his hand without hesitation.

The guards gripped their spears tightly.

When the token landed, everyone would rush forward, drag Liushi out, and behead him in public. This was the rule of the city lord's order. Once the token landed, it was like an imperial decree, and there was no reason to change it. For a moment, everyone stared at the falling token, and it felt like a long time had passed in that instant.

But the token did not fall to the ground in the end.

A sword pierced through the token, and with its remaining power, it struck Kai, who was sitting on the platform, carrying the token.

When the nail was driven into the wall, it was only an inch away from his head.

Kai was still in shock and his mind was filled with what Amo had just said: "God's punishment."

Liushi was shocked. He recognized this sword. It had a red blade with complex silver-white patterns in the middle.

This is the culmination of his three years of research, and he had just given it to a tiny city lord's guard not long ago.

Others didn't know what this sword meant, but he knew it, and for a moment he looked behind him in disbelief.

As if in response to him, a cynical voice of a young man came from outside the door:

"What's going on, little brother? You said you were coming back to see your daughter, but you brought her here to be bullied? Stop kneeling. Is kneeling to him any use? Since you are from Yuxi City... kneeling to me is enough."

54. Now that I'm here, it's all right

When Kaiya, who was sitting in the assistant minister's position, heard this voice, his face suddenly changed color, but he concealed it well. After a moment of shock, he quickly returned to normal. Kai was not as cunning as his brother. He fixed his eyes on the sword above his head for a long time before shouting loudly in shock:

"Assassin!"

When he shouted, two "assassins" had already stepped into the door of the Internal Affairs Department.

Because these two people were too arrogant, the guards clenched their spears tightly and were a little confused for a moment.

Kai held the City Lord's Order tightly in his hand and said loudly:

"What are you waiting for? Take them down now!"

Kaiya glanced at his brother, then at the two familiar faces below, and decided to keep silent. If Kaiyi could really kill these two people, it would be a great thing for him. At that time, he, the prince of Huai, would stay out of the matter and could respond calmly according to the reactions of all parties. If Yunyang or Yunhai caused trouble, he could at most hand Kaiyi over to calm the situation.

The young man in splendid clothes sneered and said:

"Alaiya, fight back!"

The blonde girl had two swords on her waist, one of which was now stuck an inch above Kai's head, leaving one remaining. She drew out the sword in her hand, and faced the guards who were rushing towards her without changing her expression. She twisted and turned, and knocked down five of them in an instant.

Kai's face was as gloomy as water, and he said loudly:

"She's alone, you guys hold her back while the rest of you go find the guests!"

Kai couldn't see her specific strength, but since there were only two of them, they could be easily dealt with by using human wave tactics. If the guards standing outside couldn't do it, they could just delay it for a while until the masters of Wind City arrived, and neither of them would be able to escape.

However, during this gap, the young man who was originally walking with the guards had already walked to the side of Liushi and Amo, standing there, looking up at Kai on the platform from bottom to top. After looking for a while, he smiled:

"I originally thought that the people of Huai Wang's family would be quite capable, but I didn't expect that most of them are just idlers waiting to die."

The boy cleared his throat and said loudly:

"I am here under the king's order to investigate the case of the Ji Pingtian family's frame-up with Fengcheng. Not only did the Fengcheng lord refuse to cooperate, but he also intended to take advantage of the chaos to kill the royal envoy. Are you planning to imitate the glorious deeds of the Cangzhou lord back then, lead the army to revolt, and become the enemy of the entire Yongtian Kingdom?"

As he spoke, the young man shook out a piece of paper order from his sleeve, and his hat was buttoned up so that it was bigger than the sky.

The four guards who had already moved up behind him and were planning to launch a surprise attack on him had just raised their swords, but they all froze in place when they heard this.

Kai was shocked and looked at his brother hurriedly, his eyes wandering. Alayya had dealt with all the guards at the door, and walked back to his master calmly with a sword in hand. He glanced at the four guards standing behind the master. The four burly men put down their knives and looked away awkwardly.

The situation did not allow Kai to have any doubts.

Once he calmed down, many doubts naturally came to his mind. These two people were obviously not from Fengcheng, or even from the Huaiwang territory. They rushed here without encountering any obstacles, and no one came to inform him of the situation. This showed that their identities were definitely not ordinary, at least they could not be those assassins hiding from place to place.

Kai whispered to a guard standing behind him:

"Go, take the king's order from his hand and have a look at it."

The guard walked over carefully, but the boy didn't move at all, just looked at Kai with a mocking look.

When will it be the turn of the little guard to receive the royal order?

Kai's face was tense, but he had not intended for the guard to take the order. He just wanted him to get close to the order to see if it was real. When he saw the guard standing next to the boy nodded at him in panic, Kai immediately stood up, hurriedly put on a smile, walked towards the boy, and said:

"I didn't know you were the royal envoy. Please forgive me..."

The young man left him aside and looked at Kaia, who was sitting in the position of the Minister of Internal Affairs, and said with a smile:

"Long time no see. Brother Kaiya, you didn't even say a word of greeting. Do you think I'm an assassin too?"

Kaia stood up, tapped his fan on his palm twice, and said:

"No, no, I'm just confused for a moment: Brother Lide is the Lord of Yuxi City. When did he become the envoy of the royal family?"

Lid threw the royal order in his hand to Kai, who hurriedly took it with both hands, fearing that the order would fall to the ground. Lid dared to throw it away, but he did not dare to take it. When he took it in his hand, he found that the order indeed entrusted the young man in front of him to investigate the case, and it was stamped with the king's seal at the end, which could never be copied.

Lid smiled and said:

"Brother Kaiya has probably devoted all his energy to Lingwu during this period. He is too isolated from the news."

Seeing how fearful his brother was, Kaia no longer doubted the authenticity of the king's order.

He didn't quite understand why the royal family wanted to investigate this case, nor did he understand why Lid came to investigate on behalf of the royal family. But he was clear about one thing, the royal family's power was no longer as strong as before, and it would not be easy for Lid to overturn Liushi's case. The current situation was so tense, if Lid forcibly took Liushi away from Yufeng City without evidence, it would make everyone in the territories of the world feel insecure: today the royal family made trouble in the territory of King Huai, who could guarantee that they would not go to their own territory to make trouble tomorrow?

After thinking this through, Kaia felt much calmer.

He bowed to Reed and said:

"I'm not well-informed, but the royal family should have entrusted Brother Lide to investigate the case. They didn't ask us to release him, right?"

Lid smiled and said:

"Yes, but I think there is something wrong with your trial process. It feels like there is a traitor who is taking sides the whole time."

Kaia smiled and said:

"This is the first time that Ninth Brother has tried a case, so it is inevitable that there are some shortcomings. Next, Brother Li De and I will try this case again with him from the beginning. What do you think, Brother Li De?"

Lid said calmly:

"Okay. Then those guards that Alayya just killed..."

Before Kaiya could speak, Kai spoke first:

"It was our Huaiwang Territory's fault just now. I'm glad the envoy wasn't hurt."

Kai then shouted to the guards standing there in shock:

"What are you waiting for? Clean up the scene quickly and stand outside the door!"

Then he said to Lid and Alayya:

"You two, please take your seats."

Lid smiled and said:

"You sit back down, I can stand here. If I sit there for too long, I'm afraid I won't be able to tell right from wrong. Let's re-examine the case."

"Reexamine the case!"

Kai repeated this sentence and quickly ran back to his original position. However, the sword nailed to his head made him feel uneasy. He swallowed twice before returning to his normal state. Lid didn't look at him, but just touched Amo's head and said softly:

"Thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to me."

55. The evidence is irrefutable.

What was originally a small case has become confusing at this moment.

With the arrival of the Lord of Yuxi City and the royal envoy, the relatively clear water became turbid.

The most direct one was the old and new hatred between Kaiya and Lide. When Kaiya was in the capital, he had helped him plot against Lide in order to win over Yunyang Prince Liyi. He did not expect that he would lose more than he gained. He was warned by the Lord of Lingwu and had to lower himself to apologize, which made him lose face.

The moment he saw Lid, he knew that Lid was here to kidnap someone. He admired Lid's courage, but if he was allowed to take the person away like this, he would rather find a piece of tofu and kill himself.

He had listened to the trial just now and knew that the Yoshihira family was smart and had basically destroyed all the evidence.

It was obvious that Lid had just arrived in Yufeng City and had come to the Internal Affairs Department without stopping. He had barely made it in time to stop the final verdict. He probably hadn't even been to Ji Pingtian's house. Amo had spent three years without finding any evidence. What evidence could he come up with in such a hurry? Words were not enough, and he wanted to take people away with just a royal decree?

Kaiya narrowed his eyes, a sneer appearing at the corner of his mouth.

If you want to be a hero in Windy City, I will make sure you never come back!

As Kaiya expected, Lid started with Amo. He could only start with Amo:

"On my way to the Internal Affairs Office, I heard that Ryuushi and Karisa's daughter had been living undercover in the Yoshihirata family for three years, just to expose the hypocritical face of Shuzu and expose the real murderer of her mother to the world. Is this true?"

Taking his brother's hint, Kai replied righteously:

"It's just one side of the story. Since the envoy knows that Amo is Liu Shi's daughter, he naturally knows that the family's testimony is not credible. Amo is eager to save her father, so she may have come up with this story herself, or someone may have instigated her to say it. Without other evidence, it doesn't make any sense."

Kaia nodded slightly.

Amo is young and is Liu Shi’s daughter, so she cannot be considered a witness at all.

Amo herself was aware of this and lowered her head deeply when she heard this.

Reed continued to ask:

"Okay. But since A-Mo is here to testify, she must have her own story. I want to hear what A-Mo has to say about the incident that happened three years ago."

Kay smiled and said:

"Although it's not credible... But she said that three years ago, Master Shuzu first killed Carissa, and then used a maid named Xue Yin to impersonate Carissa. After luring Liushi into the trap, he killed the maid as well, faked the scene, and put the blame on Liushi who was unconscious at the time."

Lid immediately asked:

"If that's the case, then there must be a maid in the mansion who disappeared out of thin air. Wouldn't it be clear if we investigate?"

Kai heaved a sigh of relief. Lid had already asked all the questions he had asked before, and he knew how to answer them. Kai relaxed his guard a little and repeated what the head of the Yoshihirata family had said. Although there was no evidence, the lie was so perfect that no one could tell the truth from the false.

The hope that had just ignited in Amo's heart was extinguished again.

Liu Shi remained silent from the beginning.

Lid was silent for a while, then suddenly said:

"Since the maid named Xue Yin realized in advance that she would be silenced, she must have left other evidence besides letting Amo go. It might be a letter or a blood letter written in an inconspicuous place."

Kai frowned slightly and looked at the head of the Yoshihirata family.

The head of Yoshihirata stood up tremblingly and said:

"Someone else is living in Yukine's room now. Nothing has happened in the past three years, and there has been no so-called letter. As for the furniture in Ryuushi and Carissa's room, they have long been discarded, and it is now an empty room."