"Your Majesty, I discovered traces of poison in Lady Liu's body, as well as some unidentified objects in Lord Yu's room."
Zhao Lin spoke gravely.
"Unidentified objects?"
Hearing Zhao Lin's words, Xue Qinghe knitted his brows and asked solemnly, "What were they? Were you unable to identify them?"
"Your Majesty, I have my suspicions, but this concerns a relative of the imperial family. I must ask you to judge for yourself!"
As Zhao Lin spoke, he took a bundle of white cloth from inside his robe and handed it to Xue Qinghe.
"Is this... Blue Silver Grass?"
Xue Qinghe accepted the bundle and slowly unfolded it, revealing a short length of black vine.
"Indeed. Unless I am mistaken, this is a Blue Silver Grass vine. The wounds on Lord Yu's body were also caused by lashes from this plant!"
Zhao Lin kept his head lowered, speaking very softly and not daring to look up at Xue Qinghe.
"I understand."
With so much evidence pointing squarely at that man, Xue Qinghe had no choice but to accept the truth, no matter how much he admired him.
What Xue Qinghe could not understand, however, was why that man would do something so utterly depraved.
Did he not know that Yu Dashi had been his teacher, and that Liu Erlong could practically be considered a mother to him?
This deed made him no different from an Evil Soul Master-and one of the cruelest among them at that. He was an utter beast!
Xue Qinghe could not understand it. No matter how hard he thought, he could find no explanation.
"Pass down my orders. Place the entire city under lockdown. The moment that man appears, arrest him!"
Xue Qinghe spoke gravely.
"As you command. If that man resists, how should we proceed?"
That man