Now, with Bahu as a witness, it was an indisputable fact.

He only felt as if his heart had been torn out, cruelly thrown to the ground, and trampled many times.

So it turned out that all these years, he had been sick!

Ji Yunshu: “A year ago, on the night of Jiu’er’s wedding, you suddenly fell ill and rushed into the bridal chamber to kill Jiu’er, then immediately left the room. So when you returned to normal and went back to the bridal chamber, what you saw was Zhao Huai holding a sword, having killed Jiu’er. You carried Jiu’er out and buried her at the foot of the mountain. But then your other personality emerged, dug Jiu’er out of the coffin, severed her head, and threw it into that urn.”

This was a naked accusation!

Zhao Qing’s eyes widened, his hands clenched tightly into fists. He laughed bitterly and immediately refuted: “I didn’t kill her. How could I possibly kill Jiu’er? You’re lying.”

“I have no need to lie. Actually, regarding Jiu’er’s death, I was always puzzled whether it was your doing or not. But connecting all the various clues, I couldn’t help but suspect it was you.” As she spoke, Ji Yunshu calmly took out the handkerchief wrapped with blue powder and spread it in her palm. “I found this at the top corner of the urn. I only knew it was a medicinal powder called Anxin San, but didn’t know what its purpose was or who left it there, until…”

Then she took out the medicine bottle that Zhao Qing had given her earlier.

“Until I discovered that the bottle stopper also had this blue substance on it, I became certain that the blue powder at the top corner was left by you. This proves you approached that urn. Of course, since the wine in that urn was brewed by you all, approaching the urn is understandable. However, when I noticed the throat bone of that skeleton, I began to have some answers in my mind. Because based on the cut at the throat bone’s position, it was severed by a sharp dagger. And the dagger that severed the skeleton’s head should be the one currently at your waist.”

Uh!

Zhao Qing looked at the dagger at his waist.

This was left to Zhao Huai by the old stronghold chief, and Zhao Huai had given it to him several years ago.

At this moment, his heart was on the verge of collapse.

Ji Yunshu: “I originally wanted to compare the dagger with the skeleton’s throat bone, but unexpectedly, the skeleton was destroyed, so naturally the evidence was gone. However, you yourself gave me new evidence—the stain on your clothing at this moment.”

Many pairs of eyes once again turned to Zhao Qing’s sleeve.

They discovered a light yellow mark on it.

“What’s stuck on your sleeve is sulfur powder, with a layer of fine crystals on it—sulfur powder from the gold down the mountain. This proves you went down the mountain and opened that gold. If I’m not mistaken, the people who went down the mountain to carry the gold were also killed by you. But at this moment, you’re completely unaware of it. So connecting all of this together, I determined that you do indeed suffer from split personality disorder. And the person Zhao Huai has been trying to shield all along is none other than you.

Moreover, not only was Zhao Huai shielding you, but Jiu’er was too. The wound on Jiu’er’s shoulder should have been caused by someone pushing her, and the person who pushed her must have been you. That’s why she didn’t want to reveal what happened and concealed her pain, which left her with a lingering ailment. Everything, everything was because of you.”

Her words were closely connected.

Zhao Qing was both shocked and bewildered, and completely collapsed.

The things Ji Yunshu mentioned, he searched his mind for a long time but had no recollection of them at all.

“It wasn’t me.”

“Of course it wasn’t you—it was done by your personality that’s currently hidden in the shadows.”

Her voice was loud!

And at these words, suddenly—

Zhao Qing put away all his panic and actually smiled.

His head, which had been deeply lowered, suddenly lifted. In his deep eyes gleamed a monstrous evil aura, and the smile on his lips was one of satisfaction and showing off.

“Truly worthy of being the renowned Master Ji of the capital. You actually figured it all out.”

Ji Yunshu knew this was that person in Zhao Qing’s subconscious.

At this moment, he had finally burst forth.

With a challenging tone, Zhao Qing asked: “Then why would I kill Jiu’er?”

“I don’t know.”

Instantly.

Zhao Qing laughed loudly twice. “I’ll tell you—because she deserved to die.”

Each word was forceful!

Spoken with great indignation.

His face became increasingly ferocious as he walked step by step toward Ji Yunshu, saying: “In the beginning, Jiu’er liked me. The one who should have married her was also me. But what about her? She insisted on marrying Zhao Huai because of some parental order. That night, I asked her if she would leave with me. Guess what she said? She said she would rather die than leave with me. Since that was the case, I killed her and took her away. But she also said that even if she died, she would die at Gaoshan Stronghold. I fulfilled her wish. So I severed her head and threw her in there, letting her stay at Gaoshan Stronghold forever, making you all drink wine soaked with her corpse. This way, she would be with you all, remain in your hearts. Tell me, doesn’t such a woman deserve to die? She clearly liked me—why wouldn’t she leave with me? Why?”

He roared!

Shi Ziran seemed to sense a murderous aura and immediately pulled Ji Yunshu behind him.

“Princess Consort, be careful.”

You’re the princess consort!

The situation was urgent, so Ji Yunshu didn’t argue.

“Then why did you also kill those people down the mountain?”

“They all deserved to die. You all deserve to die.” One hand pointed at everyone, then looked at Zhao Huai. His head tilted, he sneered, and with a provocative tone said: “Jiu’er died because of you. If she hadn’t insisted on marrying you, I wouldn’t have killed her. The real murderer is actually you. So I want to be buried with her too, and I want all of you to be buried with her. By killing those people down the mountain who came for the gold, you would inevitably fight each other. At that time, Zhao Huai, either you kill those people and then the court’s people kill you, or you get killed by them.”

Having finished speaking, he laughed maniacally.

Zhao Huai looked at his younger brother with an utterly unfamiliar gaze.

“Do you want me dead that badly?”

“Yes, only when you’re dead will the entire Gaoshan Stronghold be mine.”

“If you want this place, I can give it to you.”

“I don’t want what you give me. I want to take it myself. It’s always been like this since childhood. Father gave you everything, and only what you didn’t want would be given to me.” Having said this, he drew the dagger from his waist and stabbed it into the table. “Even this dagger is the same—you let me have it. Everything was given to me by you. But I don’t care for it. I’m capable enough to take it back myself.”

The moment the last word fell, he pulled out the dagger and stabbed fiercely at Zhao Huai.

In this personality of Zhao Qing’s, he hated Zhao Huai!

At this moment, Zhao Huai actually didn’t dodge. Instead, he stood in place, willingly waiting for him to kill him.

Just as the dagger was about to pierce Zhao Huai’s heart.

Thud—

A pebble struck the back of Zhao Qing’s neck, landing precisely on his meridian point.

He immediately fainted and fell to the ground.

“Zhao Qing.” Zhao Huai rushed forward and caught him.

The next moment.

“This is a dispersive syndrome, caused by meridian pressure.”

A voice gradually drifted in from the doorway.

Looking toward the sound, Muruo held a pot of wine in one hand and another pebble he hadn’t thrown in the other, swaggering in.

The scent of wine permeated the air.