Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1201: Chapter 405: Taking the Blame, Struggle for First Place, Playing Dirty When Outmatched, Smoldering with Anger

What left Xia Chuan and the others stunned was that this was just the beginning.

After Yang Ning spoke, Cao Qianyang and Long Mingyuan in mid-air both turned their heads towards South City. Among the group near the Main Building of the Government Office in South City, two young men of a similar age to Yang Ning immediately stepped forward.

Their faces were full of resentment, and as soon as they stepped forward, they angrily pointed at the two Divine Machine Crossbows, shouting:

"On the night of September 3rd, Director of the Great Xia Military Department, Yuwen Dao, killed our Yangqu Merchant’s President, Cao Tianhong, along with eight others. Cao Yuanwu was also present that night. If there’s any falsehood, like Brother Yang, may my cultivation never advance in this life, and may I be struck by five thunders in the future!"

"On September 5th during the day, Director of the Great Xia Camp Supply Department, Qiu Peng, killed our Dragon Valley Merchant’s President, Long Wenyan, along with nine others. Long Bohai witnessed it with his own eyes. If there’s any falsehood, like Brother Yang and Brother Cao, may my cultivation never advance in this life, and may I be struck by five thunders in the future!"

......

Yuwen Dao and Qiu Peng were dumbfounded upon hearing this!

The two exchanged looks with Cao Yuanwu and Long Bohai, seeing their slightly trembling fingers and eyes filled with deep resentment and anger. For a moment, they even suspected if they were the ones who committed the murders.

"Who wouldn’t swear an oath? I, Yuan Cheng, also swear, if it really was me..."

At this moment, Yuan Cheng finally came to his senses. If he stayed silent, those three hefty accusations were sure to be pinned on Great Xia today.

"It was on my order as the lord, that they did the killing!"

However, Yuan Cheng’s words were not finished before he was interrupted by someone else.

From the northwest side of the Ministry Building, in the direction of the Hongmen Pass, four figures suddenly rushed forward, similar to when Yang Zhun and his twelve men appeared. Those four figures equally emitted a blazing strong light, instantly causing the temperature near the Ministry Building to rise significantly.

"Finally arrived!"

"He directly admitted it."

"Was it really people from Great Xia who did the killing?"

"Lord Xia Hong admitted it with his own mouth, what’s there to doubt?"

"But... why?"

"Yeah, Great Xia had no reason to kill the Three Towns Chamber of Commerce’s people, right?"

"After selling so many cultivation resources, why would Great Xia kill them?"

......

Xia Hong appeared and directly admitted it was he who ordered the killings, causing the entire South City to erupt in debates.

The vast majority of people immediately believed that it was Great Xia who committed the murders; only a small group smelled something unusual and began to voice doubt.

When Xia Hong’s voice reached South City Zhao’s Restaurant, the expressions of eight people in the top-floor elegant room immediately darkened.

"Xia Hong, directly admitted?"

"Shouldn’t there have been disputes?"

"Isn’t this different from what we anticipated?"

"Did Xia Hong just take the blame?"

......

Among the eight, only Chen Yiqing and Chu Yan’er remained silent.

Chen Yiqing had an unusually grim expression;

Chu Yan’er frowned deeply, clearly in thought.

Soon, Chu Yan’er figured something out, raised her head, and stared at Xia Hong, who had just appeared in the distance, her eyes flashing with understanding, she said, "Xia Hong must have guessed this trap. He knew all along that Yang Zhun and the others were confident enough to make everyone in the Eight Towns believe that it was Great Xia who did it. So he delayed revealing himself, letting Xia Chuan force Yang Zhun’s tactics out first.

Once Yang Ning and the other two spoke, he knew it was a confused and unclear account, and no matter how they tried to self-verify, it wouldn’t be clear. Instead of self-verifying before the Six Towns, letting Great Xia fall into a disadvantage, it was better to actively shoulder the blame.

What a formidable Lord of Great Xia, having such courage!"

The seven listening were first puzzled at those words, but then understood after some sober thought, their expressions subtly shaken.

Yuan Cheng was just about to swear an oath too, and not just him, everyone in the city could hear that it was Xia Hong who actively interrupted him to take the blame.

It’s not that Yuan Cheng’s oaths were useless, but at this critical moment, even if he swore an oath, it would do nothing to alter the fact that Yang Ning, Cao Yuanwu, and Long Bohai’s words were already preconceived as true. Even if Yuan Cheng swore, the trust he could gain wouldn’t surpass those three.

Moreover, the oaths of these three were to accuse and testify;

If Great Xia were to also swear, it would be a self-verification.

Once trapped in self-verification, the consequences would be more than just a simple disadvantage.

"But even taking this blame won’t gain Xia Hong any favor, the Six Towns having suffered such humiliation won’t take it lying down. In the future, Great Xia will still have a difficult time at Moao’s Southern Slope!"

Clearly, as the mastermind of all this, Chen Yiqing’s tone was filled with noticeable unwillingness.

Chu Yan’er naturally heard it, she shook her head slightly and continued in a low voice while looking at Xia Hong in the distance: "It’s only a temporary measure, Xia Hong won’t have come so far without having a backup plan.

Today was supposed to be the Six Towns banding together to suppress Great Xia, but now it seems, it’ll become Great Xia using the Six Towns to establish authority, solidifying its position as the hegemon of Moao."

She paused, then looked at Xia Hong high in the sky, with a hint of trepidation in her eyes as she continued: "Uncle Chen, you’ve misjudged this time!"

Chen Yiqing’s brows furrowed sharply upon hearing this, turning to look at Xia Hong, still with a trace of unwillingness in his eyes.

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"It was on my order as the lord, that they did the killing!"

When Xia Hong uttered these words, Yang Zhun, Qin Feng, and Shangguan Yang were visibly taken aback at first, then instantly showed anger.

Meanwhile, Cao Qianyang and Long Mingyuan’s fury flared up in an instant, their faces flushing red. Lord of Chui Mountain, Duan Hong, was even more direct – sneering coldly as he shouted in anger, "It’s good you have the guts to admit it. I have long since declared that Great Xia and the recently destroyed Dajue Temple are birds of a feather, bound to be the new scourge of Moao’s Southern Slope. And in just over four months, it has indeed come true."