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Xu Shou was no ordinary man, after all. His expression remained calm and composed.
Without a word, he looked toward the entrance of Haoran Sword Hall.
Consort Xuan's red-clad figure rushed straight into the sword hall, headed directly toward him, and knelt before him.
"What happened, Xuan Er?" Xu Shou asked, feigning ignorance.
"I deserve death. I should never have bound Luo Zheng and brought him to Taihao Mountain because of our son Youwei's death, bringing such trouble upon you, my husband..."
Consort Xuan's lovely face looked as though a torrential downpour had swept over it, tears of remorse streaming down one after another.
"Our son Youwei's death? What happened to Youwei?" Xu Shou exclaimed in shock.
Consort Xuan wiped her tears, then accused Luo Zheng of killing her son, describing Xu Youwei's death in the most pitiful terms.
Ying Lao and Yan Fei both remained expressionless.
Everyone present knew that Consort Xuan and Xu Shou were putting on an act, but on the surface, their performance had no holes.
Whatever the reason, Luo Zheng had indeed killed Xu Youwei.
Though to Xu Shou, losing Xu Youwei hardly amounted to much of a loss.
But Ling Shuang finally could not bear to listen any longer. She interrupted Consort Xuan. "Xu Youwei had only himself to blame for ending up like that. Back in the Other Shore, Luo Zheng had never wronged him or held any grudge against him, yet he tried to kill Luo Zheng! This time, Luo Zheng was probably forced to act!"
Luo Zheng also knew what medicine Consort Xuan was selling in her gourd, but as she threw basin after basin of dirty water over him, failing to refute her would truly make the others think he was in the wrong.
"When I went to Bright