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"Now that things have come to this, if you want to kill me or cut me up, you can do as you wish." Liu Xu knew that the evidence this time was conclusive and that she would definitely die, so she no longer argued.

"How dare you look down on the court. Come on, drag him down. Let's first beat the crap out of him!" When Xue Duan Sheng saw that he was actually looked down upon by a little maid, he was unable to contain his rage.

When Liu Xu was pulled up again, her butt was dripping with blood and her body was badly mangled. Her face was ashen, covered in sweat, and there were many wounds on her face.

"Liu Xu, you have already experienced the pain, do you still want to hide it?" Xue Luoyun asked.

"Hmph, I don't have anything to hide." Liu Xu glared at Xue Luoyun.

"Let me ask you, do you have any accomplices in this county magistrate court?" Is your young miss trying to incite you? " Remembering Xue Shaoli's eavesdropping earlier, she walked up to Liu Xu and squatted down.

"No, I'm the only one. Everything was done by me, it has nothing to do with my young miss!" When Liu Xu saw that Xue Ruyun suspected Xue Shaoli, she was agitated and quickly took over the blame.

"Is that so? You're just a servant and you haven't been here for long. If no one were to order you around, how could you have the guts and methods to do so?" Upon seeing her nervous appearance, Xue Ruoyun became even more suspicious as she pressed on.

"I was willing to have no one instruct me." Liu Xu was loyal, of course she would not expose Xue Shaoli.

"Really? Then tell me, how did you meet them? How did you become their spy?!" Xue Ruyun sneered, then asked with a stern voice.

"I …" Liu Xu paused, momentarily at a loss for words. She did not have a serial number, so she could not find anything to say.

"I don't think I can say it, but you're still not going to call for help!"

"I was the one who contacted him." Having worked as a servant in the county magistrate court for so many years, what future could he have? He was being trampled on every day. I had a chance. They found me and told me that I was working as a maid in the county magistrate's office. They also promised that if I could inform them of my lord's movements, I would receive a large amount of silver and I would join the organization. "If I had silver taels, I would naturally be able to leave and fly far away. Would I still need to lower myself to be a servant?" Liu Xu started to randomly make up a story.

"Really? Let's not talk about how full of holes your story is. I will ask you, since you are a member of this cult, then let me ask you, do you know which one they are marked by?" As Xue Ruyun spoke, he had people take the shape of three similar diagrams. One of them was the one they had found on the necks of the walking dead.

"This!" Liu Xu just passed the message to Xue Shaoli, running errands. She didn't really know anything about the organization, she just pointed it out randomly.

"Wrong, you're still lying!" Xue Ruyun directly exposed it.

"Insolent Liu Xu, you are still being stubborn. It seems that you will not accept the punishment if you do not take action today!" Xue Duan Sheng fiercely slapped the shocking log and was about to have someone torture it.

Seeing this torture device being carried up, Liu Xu was frightened out of her wits. If she were to endure this punishment, she would be worse off than dead. Liu Xu's heart was full of fear, but she couldn't call out her young miss. After thinking for a while, she might as well release herself first. At this moment, she already wanted to die.

Then she lowered her head and glanced at Xue Shaoli, who was peeking at her from a distance. Liu Xu was satisfied that she was so worried about her.

She raised her head and howled, "Miss, this servant has let you down for the rest of my life. I'll let someone wrongly accuse you, and I'll take care of you in the next life." After which, he crashed into a pillar while the other party was unprepared.

"Ah, ah..." Xue Shaoli cried out as she covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face.

Everything happened too quickly, so everyone was unable to react in time. By the time he went up to check, Liu Xu was already dead.

This Liu Xu was truly a loyal servant. He did not forget to wash away the guilt of his young mistress even before he died. Unfortunately, he had done the wrong thing and followed the wrong person.

The crime she committed should have been committed in front of the crowd. Xue Ruoyun cherished her loyalty and had her buried in a pile of corpses.

Xue Luoyun and the others walked out of the courthouse. Liu Xu's death caused Xue Luoyun to feel very uncomfortable in his heart, so he couldn't say what he was feeling. Pity? Poor and hateful.

Now, although he caught Liu Xu, he didn't get anything out of her mouth. On the contrary, he even alerted the snake, making the mastermind behind her to be on guard.

Although Liu Xu refused to admit that someone was behind it, she deliberately helped clear Xue Shaoli's suspicion before she died. However, Xue Luoyun actually felt that there was something more behind this. Moreover, the lies she made up were full of holes.

Liu Xu's words might be able to fool others, but it couldn't fool Xue Ruyun. Xue Ruyun knew that Liu Xu was definitely lying.

A maid had so many things to do every day, so how could she know Xue Duan Sheng's movements like the back of her hand?

Besides, if she did this for money, why didn't she leave when she dismissed the servants and come here to suffer?

Besides, on one hand, she was loyal to Xue Shaoli, so there was no doubt about it. On the other hand, why would she think about betraying Xue Shaoli with money?

"Then what do you think, Xue Shaoli?" Mu Ying asked.

"Right." Xue Luoyun nodded his head.

"Originally, I didn't think of her, but after catching Liu Xu, I thought it might be her. Only she can often get the news from father."

Indeed, when the person he caught was Liu Xu, he was greatly shocked. He originally suspected that the most likely traitor was Xue Duan Sheng's Grand Master.

"No matter who it is, she's definitely going to be cautious this time. Let's take this opportunity to investigate. " Mu Sheng consoled.

"Hmm, I'm only suspecting it, there's no conclusive evidence. I can't figure out one thing, if it's really Xue Shaoli, why did she do it? As a daughter of a local county, it wouldn't benefit her at all, and instead would harm her father." Xue Luoyun couldn't understand this question.

"One, maybe we're wrong, not her. Second, there are greater benefits that drive her to do this. " Mu Sheng's analysis was the truth of the matter.

"Greater benefits?" Xue Luoyun didn't understand. She couldn't think of any benefits that would allow her to sell out her family.

Xue Shaoli watched from a distance as Liu Xu was carried out. His body was covered in blood, drawing the path of death. She staggered back into the house and cried on the bed.

Liu Xu had followed her to the palace since she was young. She had accompanied her since she was young. She was loyal to her, and she was well aware of her heart. Liu Xu did everything for her, and no one could make Xue Shaoli feel more relieved than her.

He didn't expect that a moment of carelessness would cause Liu Xu to lose her life. When Xue Shaoli thought of this, she couldn't help but hate Xue Ruoyun. She dried the tears on her face. Without Liu Xu's service, she gritted her teeth and went to bed alone.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" In the middle of the night, Xue Shaoli woke up from her nightmare. She looked around the empty room and saw no more willow trees to comfort her. Xue Shaoli could no longer sleep.

She sat on the bed in a daze, thinking about the scene when Liu Xu died: "I will definitely take revenge." Xue Shaoli clenched her fists, her nails digging into her flesh and bleeding bright red.

"Elder sister, are you alright?" In the morning, Xue Lian painting heard about Liu Xu's matter and came to comfort Xue Shaoli.

"I'm fine." Xue Shaoli laughed, her face was covered with a thick layer of makeup to cover her swollen red eyes that had cried yesterday.

"That's great. I never would have thought that this Liu Xu would be a traitor. She truly knows people well but not her heart. Someone like her should have died a long time ago." Xue Shaoli was deeply comforted to see that Xue Lianshen could come and see her, but when she said the following words, she immediately hated Xue Lianshui.

"You really think so?" Xue Shaoli asked her, a flash of hatred in her eyes.

"That's right, it's fortunate that we found out earlier. Otherwise, if someone like him were to stay by big sister's side, who knows how much it would have done to big sister …" Xue Lian's painting did not notice the abnormality of Xue Shaoli at all and continued to talk on its own.

In fact, over the years, although Xue LianTu and her were sisters, the two of them had grown up with different wet nurses, so they weren't close.

In addition, when they were young, the two of them competed for their parents' love. Xue Lian drew the smallest, and Mrs Zhao often made her let Xue Lian draw. Liu Xu, on the other hand, was different. She was slightly older than Xue Shaoli by two years, and everything happened for Xue Shaoli's sake. Although the two of them were master and servant, their relationship was more like that of sisters.

Now that Liu Xu was dead, Xue Lian's words made Xue Shaoli feel as if it was on purpose and as if he was even more annoyed with him.

"You can leave. I want to rest for a bit." Xue Shaoli interrupted her.

"Oh, okay." When Xue Lian saw the cold look on Xue Shaoli's face, displeasure arose in her heart. She agreed and walked out.

Xue Shaoli looked at the back of Xue Lian's drawing and suddenly felt murderous.

On the desolate fields, Xue Ruoyun sat by the side of the fields, silently pondering as she looked at the cracked riverbed. She was dressed in a red dress, and she looked very different from the yellow sand. She had a very stunning beauty to her.

"What are you doing here?" Mu Yong walked over to Xue Luoyun's side and sat down.

"Are you tired?" Xue Ruyun asked with concern.

For the past few days, in order to drain the canal and water more fields, Mu Sheng had joined the ranks of the dark guards.

Mu had already sent a letter to Mu Zheng, but he had already received it. However, the allocation of funds had to be distributed from the imperial government step by step, and could not be achieved in a short period of time.

Mu Yong normally looked extremely cold and aloof, but his heart was burning with passion. He hated to see the common people suffer the most, so he also went to help.

The other matter was very strange. Mu Sheng had sent a total of two letters over. One was about the issue of the people's livelihood, which Mu Ying had already replied to.

But in the other letter, Mu Zheng didn't reply even though he suspected that there was a cult here, possibly secretly cultivating their power. It was unknown whether it was because he didn't receive the message or because of some other circumstances, but Mu Sheng had a faint feeling that something was amiss.

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing him standing there in a daze, Xue Ruyun turned his head and asked.

"Oh, nothing." Mu Sheng was afraid that Xue Ruyun would be worried, so he didn't tell her about this matter.

"What about you? Why are you fighting by the river alone?"

"I was thinking, why did this river suddenly stop flowing in the past? This is weird. " Xue Ruyun used his hands to support his head as he faintly said this.