Free Web NovelChapter 1581: Chapter 1580: Slander
Everyone’s gaze was fixed on Miss Cui.
Obviously, the instrument is lifeless, but it is highly advanced and technologically sophisticated. It absolutely won’t lie. Therefore, humans or, more accurately, the Divine Race—intelligent and emotional beings—are the most likely to lie.
Miss Cui is undoubtedly the prime suspect.
All eyes focused on Miss Cui.
This left Miss Cui somewhat bewildered, her face growing increasingly awkward. Truthfully, she also didn’t know what was happening. From the beginning to the end, she had no idea why these Orderers had come to her family’s doorstep. Her father, Old Master Cui, was willing to let them investigate, so they did, and she could only comply. freewebnσvel.cѳm
However, Miss Cui hadn’t expected that the so-called target suspect would be herself. How could this be possible? As the saying goes, the innocent will prove their own innocence. Of course, she knew this, but when everyone said she was the suspect, it genuinely left her at a loss for words.
She was a well-bred lady, receiving a high-class education, possessing great qualities and cultural refinement. She didn’t immediately try to argue for herself or become enraged. Instead, she calmed her mind.
"Steward Jiang, what do you mean by this?" Cui Wenwen began speaking.
"Miss Cui, our instrument is designed to analyze energy, specifically to detect energy and imprint targets. Previously, we captured an Earth woman at the Heavenly Ladder and imprisoned her, but later she was rescued by a suspect. The suspect left a trace in the jail, and this trace imprint allowed us to have reason to suspect that the owner of the trace is the perpetrator."
The meaning was clear; everyone looked on.
"Are you saying I rescued that Earth woman?"
"Are you admitting it, Miss Cui?"
"Nonsense. I’ve stayed at home the entire time and never went out. My maid Furong can testify. Before this, I was seriously ill and bedridden, unable to leave my bed to commit any crime. Most of the doctors in our group can testify to this. Assuming my guilt based solely on this trace is too one-sided, isn’t it?"
"Miss Cui, what you say is reasonable, but the instrument doesn’t lie. However, what you say is just one-sided."
"Furong, you speak." Miss Cui glanced at her maid beside her.
The maid, timid and hesitant, stepped forward and curtsied.
Her eyes looked evasive as if she had gathered immense courage.
"After Miss recovered from her illness, there were two days when I didn’t see her. I don’t want to hide anything, but I believe my lady is innocent."
This statement caused a stir in the whole room.
"Furong, what nonsense are you speaking?"
"Miss, are you confused from your illness? Don’t you remember that evening after recovering from your illness, you insisted on staying in your room alone, saying you wanted to appreciate your restored health and appearance? As a servant, how could I witness such a thing, so I voluntarily stepped away. The next day, you were alone in your room admiring yourself, and for half a day in the morning, you were alone, smiling. As for the afternoon, I truly didn’t know where you were. I thought the day after tomorrow would be busy, so I went to help."
"..."
We didn’t expect this Furong would lie, stoking her intrigue at this critical moment, stabbing her in the back.
Cui Wenwen widened her eyes in disbelief, looking at this trusted servant, whom she always treated like a close sister. She hadn’t imagined this maid, whom she’d considered a sister, would betray her.
Cui Wenwen was furious, her face flushed with anger, filled with resentment.
But she knew: the more critical the moment, the more essential it was not to lose her composure.
"Miss, the witness you talked about doesn’t hold up. Now, do you have anything else to say? Master Cui, what do you think?"
As the family head, Master Cui looked upset, glaring at the maid Furong with disbelief.
This maid, Furong, had always been loyal to the Cui Family. How come she seemed like a different person today? Master Cui had weathered countless storms, and from the maid’s flickering eyes, he could sense something. In other words, he suspected the maid Furong had been bribed, but with the Orderers around demanding evidence for everything, empty words proved nothing.
"Steward Jiang, according to the current law, just because this instrument points to my daughter, does that make her the suspect?"
"Not absolutely, unless you can find someone with an energy structure more similar and matching to this trace."
"If you can’t find one, then I’m sorry, Miss Cui, you are the target."
This high-precision sophisticated instrument, a testament to the progress of advanced technology, has little chance of error. The new civilized effects on their technology are trusted, and they understand the significance of such analysis instruments.
"Master Cui, even if you find another similar structural trace, it merely adds another suspect. Further investigation would eventually confirm the target. However, regardless, your daughter is already a suspect, so according to the law, I need to arrest her. Please do not obstruct us."
As these words were spoken.
Master Cui’s expression changed.
After all, he was the head of a High-Class Divine Race clan.
Being slapped in the face in public was truly intolerable. Particularly beside him was General Ding Zhen, with a cold look in his eyes. While he is the leader of a Middle-Class family, he has always strived to become part of the High-Class Divine Race and elevate his family’s status, albeit without success.
On the surface, the Ding Family fawned over the Cui Family, but when the tree falls the monkeys scatter, as Cui Jia Zhen said, no one enjoyed misfortunes more than Ding Zhen.
Seeing his indifferent demeanor, Master Cui’s anger smoldered more fiercely.
Yet he was helpless.
"Things have come to this point. Miss Cui, come with us."
Shush, shush, shush.
Several law enforcers raised their weapons, aiming at the steps in front of the Cui household, not directly at the Divine Race people, as though it were a form of etiquette, but also a warning.
No resistance allowed.
However, at this moment.
Fang Yu stood up.
"Wait a moment."
Everyone froze for a moment, then looked over.
The speaker was a young man, the Cui family’s guest elder Fang Yu.
No one recognized him.
Including Ding Haotian present, Fang Yu knew they would come, so he changed his appearance when he left the Heavenly Ladder.
Ye Wenjun had also changed her appearance now.
The two of them appeared entirely different, so. No one knew them.
"Who are you?"
"I am the Cui family’s guest elder, so naturally I must speak a few words for Cui Jia. Is there a problem with that?"
"If you have something to say, say it directly. Don’t obstruct our duties."
