Chen Yan
Chapter 216 Liking Her Even More
Yu Qingwu's words were very clear: the reason she and Xie Jin Yan did what they did back then was because Xiao Yucheng had drugged them.
But why would Xiao Yucheng do such a thing!
The crowd was shocked for the second time, and even more skeptical.
Xiao Yucheng was also stunned. He never expected Yu Qingwu to suddenly throw dirt on him.
After all, in his impression, Yu Qingwu had always been a pure and upright woman.
Such absurd and wicked words might have come from Xie Jin Yan, but if Xie Jin Yan were to throw dirt on him, others might not believe it. But if it was Yu Qingwu, it would be different.
Sure enough, when Xiao Yucheng came back to his senses, he found that the eyes of several elders in the hall were not quite right when they looked at him.
Xiao Rongqi frowned even more, and his eyes faintly revealed a hint of anger.
For a moment, Xiao Yucheng was both angry and flustered. Seeing that Xiao Rongqi was about to speak, he immediately interrupted him with an angry shout, "Yu Qingwu, stop talking nonsense! This is slander! You say I drugged you and Xie Jin Yan, what evidence do you have?"
"I naturally have no evidence. This matter has passed for so long, even if I wanted to find it, I couldn't." Facing Xiao Yucheng's angry rebuke, Yu Qingwu's eyes were full of tears, and her eyes intentionally or unintentionally revealed a bit of fear. She looked timidly at the other female elders in the hall, and stammered, "Besides, even if there was evidence, I... I wouldn't dare to take it out..."
Yu Qingwu usually had an excellent impression among the elders. Now seeing her aggrieved appearance, Third Elder Zhai Ying immediately believed her somewhat.
Seeing that Xiao Yucheng was about to yell and shout again, she immediately rebuked him, "Junior Brother Yucheng, what kind of decorum is this to be yelling and shouting in the Ziyun Pavilion?"
"I... she's throwing dirt on me! She's slandering me!" Xiao Yucheng was already furious by Yu Qingwu's sudden slander. Seeing that Zhai Ying was even helping Yu Qingwu speak, he became even more irritable. Without thinking, he retorted angrily.
His ferocity and arrogance immediately caused the elders in the hall to defect.
At this time, Elder Liu, who was beside Zhai Ying, also interrupted him coldly, scolding, "Xiao Yucheng, do you still have the bearing of an elder?"
"That's right, that's right, what kind of decorum is this to be yelling and shouting."
"Besides, if you don't have a guilty conscience, what's the matter if this child A-Wu finishes speaking? Why are you in such a hurry to yell?"
As Elder Liu, who had considerable prestige in the sect, spoke, the other elders also began to criticize Xiao Yucheng.
Compared to Xiao Yucheng, who was constantly coveting the position of Sect Leader and always found fault with him, they were naturally more willing to believe Yu Qingwu, who had always respected her teachers, followed the rules, and excelled in both character and academics.
Seeing this situation, Xie Jin Yan also suddenly woke up.
Thinking about it, he had just planned to directly admit it, and then use the sect to threaten the elders, so that they would all bow down for those few dou of rice, saving him the trouble of talking too much.
After all, his reputation in the sect was no better than Xiao Yucheng's. If he were to bite back, others might not believe him.
But if his Senior Sister A-Wu, who was the most observant of the rules, the most respectful of her teachers, and the most loving of her junior brothers and sisters, said it, it would be a different matter.
Especially at this moment, she was so tearful and pitiful.
Which elder wouldn't be biased towards her after seeing this…
For a long time, Xie Jin Yan had disdained Yu Qingwu's behavior, and felt that she was clearly extremely scheming, but she still had to pretend to be obedient in front of the elders, which was really rigid.
But at this moment, he suddenly understood why she had been like that before. She was so well-behaved that no one would believe her even if she did something bad.
Moreover, for an orphan like her, the love of her master and elders had been her best shield over the years.
In that instant, Xie Jin Yan's eyes couldn't help but brighten. He felt that he seemed to like her even more.
Seeing everyone verbally attacking Xiao Yucheng, he also immediately interjected indignantly, glaring at Xiao Yucheng, "Uncle Yucheng, originally A-Wu didn't let Gu say what you did, but today you're reversing black and white like this, ganging up with your promiscuous disciple Qu Shanshan to bite back, so Gu has to say it."
"Yes, that's right, the reason why Gu and A-Wu did that thing that day was because Uncle Yucheng drugged us."
"Not only Gu and A-Wu, but everyone, do you still remember Gu's little junior sister Gao Minyue? She was also drugged by Uncle Yucheng. In fact, Uncle Yucheng's purpose was not to let A-Yue fornicate with that cook, nor to let Gu and A-Wu..."
"He was…"
Xie Jin Yan's face was full of indignation. As he spoke, his eyes slowly fell on Xiao Rongqi, who was sitting on the seat, his expression both angry and embarrassed.
Seeing him say this, everyone's eyes turned to Yu Qingwu, as if questioning her.
Yu Qingwu was still teary-eyed at this time. Seeing everyone looking at her, the tears immediately became even more profuse. She bit her lip tightly, with an embarrassed and ashamed expression, glanced slightly at everyone, and stammered, taking over Xie Jin Yan's words, "That... Uncle Yucheng's purpose at that time was indeed not Jin Yan, he wanted to send both me and A-Yue... to... the beds of others..."
Yu Qingwu spoke with a crying voice, spitting out those few words with great difficulty.
She didn't directly say the name of her master, Xiao Rongqi, but she glanced at him.
This glance shocked Xiao Rongqi and surprised Xiao Fengyun.
Neither of them had expected that Yu Qingwu, who was always serious, could tell such a monstrous lie.
For a moment, Xiao Rongqi's face was a little unnatural.
Elder Liu also looked embarrassed. He coughed lightly, stopped questioning Yu Qingwu, and instead looked at Xie Jin Yan and said, "Jin Yan, according to you, your Uncle Yucheng wanted to use A-Wu and your little junior sister to frame others, but it backfired, mistakenly putting you and A-Wu together, and putting A-Yue and the cook together."
Although Elder Liu was old, he had not yet married. He was extremely embarrassed to mention this kind of thing. He stammered for a long time before squeezing out a few complete sentences, puzzled, "This... why would your Uncle Yucheng do this? Moreover, if I remember correctly, your little junior sister was... was trying to frame others, but mistakenly drank the aphrodisiac herself and fornicated with that cook..."
"Yes, Jin Yan, I also know about A-Yue's matter." At this time, Xiao Rongqi also opened his mouth hypocritically, pretending to be innocent and puzzled, looking at Xiao Yucheng with great disbelief, "Moreover, what would Yucheng do this for? There's no benefit for him to do this."
"How could there be no benefit?" Xie Jin Yan smiled faintly, pretending not to understand his master Xiao Rongqi's hypocrisy, got up and walked to Xiao Rongqi, sighing, "Master, you have always been tolerant and generous, treating Uncle Yucheng like a real brother. But what is Uncle Yucheng thinking? Presumably, I don't need to say it, everyone knows, right?"