The report had been published on the Jixin Terminal, and Xu Huo had naturally seen it. His gaze swept over the old paper document, but he showed no reaction to the District Government's having come prepared.
He pushed the report aside and asked about Master Suolan's life around the age of twenty.
No one in Dingding Flower Town could prove that Suolan and her companions had ever left town, and Xu Huo could not find direct evidence that Old Mrs. Mei or Suolan had ever been to Ember Town or taken part in Xia Xi Duolai Ti's kidnapping and murder. Everything he had said on the Jixin Terminal was speculation, unsupported by concrete evidence. Even if the "Enbel Maiden" couldn't be disproved as a fake, he still couldn't prove that the kidnapping and murder had been "justified"—that Old Mrs. Mei and Enbo had attacked Xia Xi Duolai Ti because they were avenging their loved ones who had died unjustly.
Perhaps some mining groups had deliberately caused mining disasters for human bone gems, but how could he prove that all the major groups had done the same? And how could he prove that the District Government had known about it?
The records of the members involved and Old Mr. Yue might shed some light on the matter, but that didn't mean their understanding was the original truth. Misunderstandings, gaps in information, and subjective assumptions could all distort what had really happened.
Then there was the painting "Enbel Maiden." If Master Suolan hadn't witnessed the events herself, then her information had also come secondhand. The people in the painting were real, but how could anyone prove that her understanding of them was correct?
If Xu Huo couldn't produce more evidence, the doubts surrounding his claims would only grow.
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