"Stop, mussel!" Gu Xijiu took a leap and penetrated the wizardry barrier and then grabbed the mussel’s shell!
The mussel was stunned and did not dare to close its shell anymore. However, its eyes were still red and slowly turned into a little kid again and cried, "Master, they want to kill me! I’m going to eat them! They didn’t feed me; I’m so hungry! I’m starving, I don’t want to be a hungry ghost even if I have to die."
Gu Xijiu pulled away from the two students and then carried the little kid, "No dear, I won't let them kill you."
The little kid was still sad and crying, "But, but... you were there watching and didn’t stop them…"
"Mussel, trust me. All these are to clean our name, I won’t leave you alone." Gu Xijiu comforted it.
"Really?" The mussel doubted.
"It’s more real than real gold!"
Gu Xijiu bowed to The Lord after comforting the mussel, "My respectful Lord, is it possible for me to investigate this case by myself?"
The Lord nodded, "Sure." His gaze scanned across the hall and realized many were confused, however, his little Xijiu got the message. She was indeed a smart girl!
He was happy but felt a tinge of pain in his heart at the same time. However, the pain faded in a blink of an eye; no one had noticed it.
Gu Xijiu was delighted, "Is it possible to get some help from messenger Shangshan and Chenge?"
"Up to you." The Lord did not want to talk much but had sold both of his subordinates.
Thus, Gu Xijiu decided to do everything she wanted to do. She immediately invited messenger Chenge who was an expert at observing the fight scene and then requested a piece of beef with its bone still intact from Gu Canmo, for the mussel to clip onto it.
The mussel was very honest, it cut the beef into two as though it was cutting a block of tofu.
A moment later, messenger Chenge submitted the report to Gu Xijiu after a series of observations and records.
Gu Xijiu looked at the audience and began to analyze everything for them. Firstly, based on the information collected from the fight scene, the mussel must bury itself underground and made a sudden attack; it wanted to sneakily attack from behind as its action was too slow. However, based on its motion with a sneak attack, the two students should be able to avoid its attack based on their Qing Gong and they were not supposed to be hurt once they managed to avoid it. Of course, there should be an intense fight after, but there was no sign of battle at the scene...
Secondly, after the opponents were trapped in the illusion, the mussel must transform back to its original form in order to eat the human. Its shell’s original size was about four meters long and three meters in width like a small house. However, the shell’s mark at the scene was smaller which about two meters only.
Thirdly, the mussel did not use its shell to eat a human but pulled them towards itself and stuffed them into its mouth, much like how a cobra would eat the food.
Lastly, which was also the most important point, the mussel would leave a mark on whichever object it clipped. However, as the mussel’s shell was injured and broken, there would be a few tiny notches on the object it clipped. Of course, the notches were really tiny to the extent that people could not easily see it if they did not pay enough attention.
Its shell was too sharp, hence, Gu Xijiu did not notice the edge of its shell. However, she only noticed it when she took a look at the cut beef.
Both the messenger Shangshan and the autopsy expert knew the wounds and injuries very well as they had checked the two corpses earlier.
Gu Xijiu showed them the injuries on the beef and both of them agreed that the marking on both sides of the beef was different from those on the corpses. In other words, even if both of them were killed by a mussel, it would be from another mussel.
Gu Xijiu had listed all the evidence one by one and all information came from messenger Shangshan and Chenge, as well as the verification from the autopsy expert. There was no room for anyone to argue or disagree anymore.
Both of the students were not killed by the mussel but someone else!
Which meant that Gu Xijiu and the mussel had been wronged!
"Anyone else still wants to accuse her?" The Lord's gaze moved around in the hall and asked as he knocked on the chessboard.
Gu Canmo and his people lowered their head.
"You have nothing to say after accusing people with zero solid proof!?" The Lord stared at Gu Canmo and his team, "Does that mean you’re only capable to bully a little girl?"
Gu Canmo’s face had turned purplish, as though it was an eggplant!
He has never committed such a terrible mistake before!
He almost caused the little girl to suffer from injustice and almost ruined her bright future!
He bowed to Gu Xijiu as an apology, "My sincere apologies Miss Gu. I'm sorry to cause you such trouble."
The rest felt the same and quickly apologized to Gu Xijiu...
These people were all experienced leaders in the mainland who was able to stir chaos easily. It was such a huge honor for Gu Xijiu to have all of them apologize to her.
Gu Xijiu remained silent. How could her injuries and sadness be relieved by a simple apology?
She and the mussel almost died here! If The Lord did not come in time, would she have the chance to save her own life?
Those people would not even allow her to investigate the case by herself!
They did not give any opportunity to her at all!
Her body was still numb and all the bruises caused by the Magic Chain were still on her skin. Even the injuries on the mussel due to the private punishment were still there...
She knew she should not cross the line as she was just a small fry and it was not beneficial to her had she offended those people. However, she could not just wipe away the madness and insult they caused with just a a smile...
She grabbed her fist and was ready to speak.
The mussel had voiced out with its fierce glare, "So you think an apology was sincere enough to compensate? You've beaten me, poked me with a needle and burned my flesh! Am I supposed to let you abuse nothing!? And my master was locked with nothing in return?!"
Gu Canmo looked at The Lord, The Lord said with an icy tone, "Do you have anything else for my disciple?"
The mussel had a relatively good memory and immediately said, "Oh right! Didn't you promise my master that you would try every single punishment I experienced before if we are discovered to be innocent?! Also, you promised The Lord you'll stay in somewhere with the idiotic chain for 30 days without eating and drinking!" It remembered everything!
Gu Canmo was speechless.
His face was burning when the mussel reprimanded him. However, everything the mussel said was right and he could not argue with it. He secretly took a deep breath, "Don't worry, I'll accept all the punishments with no discount."
The mussel immediately took advantage of the situation, "I want to be the inspector!" It wanted to make sure it was done properly.
The crowd remained silent.
Gu Canmo was the leader of Tianju Hall. He was always strict and serious, and he hardly talked or smiled.
All this while, he was the one who punished people but he had never been punished before. Perhaps, no one dared to punish him.
And now he needed to accept the punishment, but a few leaders from the penalty department planned to reduce the punishment. However, it was not possible anymore as the mussel was the inspector and it would definitely be able to sense if they were going to help Gu Canmo.
We are sorry, brother!
Gu Canmo replied, "Don't worry, I'm always a fair person and I don't indulge in tricks. No one would secretly help no matter who the inspector is. I'd bear all the responsibilities for my mistakes."
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