"Who's been talking bad about my Cousin Xiao?" A voice came from the staircase leading up to the third floor of the pavilion.
A group of people then came upstairs, led by a young man dressed in embroidered robes.
"I could hear you talking all the way from the second floor," the young man in fine robes snorted coldly. "Who was wagging their tongue just now?"
"I don't know," the burly man in black hurriedly shook his head.
"Do you know what crime it is to slander the holy maiden of the Baili Family?" the young man in fine robes said. "If no one is willing to point them out, then everyone here can come with me to the Baili Family."
At those words, everyone around them pointed at the burly man in black.
The burly man's face changed dramatically, and he could not help backing away several steps.
The young man in fine robes slowly drew the longsword at his waist and walked toward him step by step, its sharp sword light gleaming.
He said calmly, "Do you believe that even if I kill you right here, no one would say a word?"
"This is Baili City." The man's body trembled slightly as he retreated another two steps. In the end, he gathered his courage and said, "What right do you have to kill me? Do you want to break the city's laws?"
"Because you slandered the holy maiden of the Baili Family," the young man in fine robes replied blandly.
"I didn't slander her. Everything I said was true. If you don't believe me, go ask around the Far West Land," the burly man in black hurriedly replied.
At this moment, everyone on the third floor fell silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to speak loudly.
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