The Demon Swordsman 3
Ch. 105 - The destruction of Xin Xia
The woman was stifling, a hateful gaze hunting down Xin Chen who was then the center of everyone's attention. Ren Su said all of that so lightly, regardless of whether the talk was painful or not. She added more cynically, "Indeed should have been when your mother was pregnant with you, you weren't saved. He bet his life to give birth to you. And your reply to him is so insolent."
"I think your mouth is more insolent than the person you call a failed child."
"What did you say?!"
Xin Chen's voice just now was like a wick that made the flames blaze violently. Ren Su woke up from his seat, clenching his hands hard with a sound of involuntary breathing. The woman's temperament was shallow, just a little bit ignited she would definitely go up in black. Xin Chen had forgotten that Ren Su was the type of person that many people sided with. Even he said, if his opponent Ren Su everyone would believe in that woman. Worse, Ren Su would incite others to hate him.
"You see the mouth of this brat?! How brave of an old man!"
Ren Su's words also ignited the anger of his brothers who were in the room. They knew the young man's past and there was nothing good about him other than making a mess.
Xin Chen just looked at her sharply without taking any words out, he really hated Ren Su. The woman gave him all wrongs. To Ren Su, Xin Chen was a scapegoat. He was the source of misfortune in the Xin family. That hasn't changed since he was a kid. I don't know what made that woman hate him so much.
But Xin Chen also had the right to hate that woman.
The defiant gaze that Xin Chen gave in fact made matters worse. The woman came forward, about to slap Second Son Xin Fai no matter the consequences of her actions.
Xin Chen himself had no intention of dodging. Yet a few seconds Xin Chen realized that Ren Su's hand was restrained by the other hand. A moment of silence suddenly, Ren Su glared at his eyes with a furious look. Emotions had peaked all the way to the crown of his head, but the remark of a girl who had just intercepted him slapped Xin Chen making Ren Su come to a realization.
"Mrs, if you do this, Mrs Ren's health will get worse. You know how worried she'll be about her kids." Silently silent for a moment, Ren Su released his rough hand from Xiu Qiaofeng. The girl heaved a sigh of relief, turning to look back and floated a cynical look.
"Just come back, you've made a rowdy village."
Xiu Qiaofeng glanced at the bottle of medicine spilled on the floor, it seemed that the source of the problem came from there. He can't ask. Between Ren Su who was still furious, Xin Chen who was just silent, and all the people who locked their mouths tightly for fear of mispronouncing and yelled at Ren Su.
Squatting down with one leg, Xiu Qiaofeng pressed his hand against the liquid and smelled the scent. He had a bad idea about this drug. He himself only delivered the medicine that had been provided.
"In it, maybe not up to one percent there is beetle poison." Xin Chen spoke up, without even looking at Ren Su. The woman fused her eyebrows together, not believing even if Xin Chen presented the greatest healer in the Shang Empire to explain it.
"Beetle poison?"
Xiu Qiaofeng repeated his words while thinking hard.
"This poison does not look dangerous, but if used sustainably can cause damage in some parts of the body. One of the effects, lose weight."
The others began to confirm Xin Chen's allegations. Xin Xia was much thinner than before she received the medicine.
"Where is the source of this drug? Who gave it to him?" Xiu Qiaofeng's next question presented the tension within the room, no one dared to reply to the extent that Xiu Qiaofeng was confused himself. Many of them wanted to answer, but were afraid of something else.
"I asked you again, who gave you this medicine?" His tone rose, until one dared to speak.
"The medicine was given by Mrs Ren Su, Miss."
Ren Su's gaze was as if hunting the woman who had just spoken earlier, who he stared at put on an anxious face while looking down, sure that his life would not be safe after this. Xiu Qiaofeng took over the attention of the others.
"You mean you're accusing me of poisoning him?" Ren Su's offended look did not immediately make Xiu Qiaofeng silent.
"If this is indeed from you, then this is worth investigating."
It just so happened that Xiu Qiaofeng himself began to learn about the science of medicine while in Fanlu City. Not without reason, he himself was not allowed out of the city to complete a dangerous mission out there. Ever since the Demon Sword disappeared, the Shang Empire was like a fierce jungle. Many warriors died on the mission.
"If this is poison, then we should stop circulating the cure. This problem will be further investigated. And as for Madame Ren Su, there might come some calls to your house."
Xin Chen nodded. But had no intention of leaving Xin Xia's room. She wanted to keep her aunt at least until she woke up. But given Xin Xia's unstable state, it felt like directly explaining the cause of Lan An's death would only make the situation worse.
"Other than you wait?" sahut Ren Su cynical. Xin Chen did not turn his head but his mouth still answered similarly cynical.
"Who are you? Don't have a blood tie with aunt don't be big-headed."
Ren Su's face was extinguished with embarrassment. That answer was too telling to the point that Ren Su was unable to reply. Xiu Qiaofeng dragged the woman for some of his purposes over the medicine Ren Su gave.
"Go away. I'll look after Aunt Xiaxia until she wakes up."
Hearing Xin Chen's words, some of the women who were still staying chose to leave politely. One by one people left. Xin Chen could now breathe a sigh of relief.
Xin Xia's eyes looked haphazard, she cried before finally fainting. And even in a state of unconsciousness, the woman's eyes still shed tears.
The wounds that the war had inflicted were profound.
"Don't go ..."
A small cry sounded. Xin Xia was still unconscious, she was delirious. Dissolved in his grief until carried away by dreams. Xin Xia rebelled. In her dream, someone had just pierced her husband's heart. Xin Xia couldn't. She could not see whose face was killing her husband.
"Abibi ... Aunty!"
"No, please! Stop it!!!"
"Conscious Aunt," Xin Chen's voice. He looked pityfully at Xin Xia who was now in a sitting position, waking up from a nightmare that had come true.
"Where is my husband? I dreamt someone stabbed him, I couldn't do anything ... Someone killed him in a dream" his tears dripped more and more, the woman looked around uneasily.
"Where is Lan An?!"
"Aunt ..."
In the end, Xin Xia was aware. That he had lost the person he loved so much. And his daughter has lost her first love, her own father.