Chapter 257 There is only one truth

Not only Fang Wei, but Bi Lei on the other side also felt his knees go weak and he fell to the ground.

He covered his mouth with his hands and kept coughing. As he coughed, blood spurted out and spilled onto the ground through his fingers.

There is no doubt that the two of them were poisoned like Shen Cheng and Yi Xu.

But the problem was, they didn't drink the fish soup.

"President……"

Bi Lei looked up at the president, his blood-filled eyes filled with disbelief: "Why?!"

He couldn't understand why he was so loyal to the president and followed his orders to betray his only ally Gong Ye Si, but in the end he would be poisoned.

The president did not answer Bi Lei's question. He sat quietly in the chair, as if he was admiring the miserable plight of the two people.

"No need to ask..."

Fang Wei slumped in the chair, with a miserable expression on her face, her features bleeding. "Can't you see it? The president is the real murderer. We are all being played around by him."

"That's right."

As soon as Fang Wei finished speaking, another voice sounded.

Bi Lei and Fang Wei subconsciously turned their heads and saw that Yi Xu, who should have fallen to the ground due to the poison, actually got up.

He took out a handkerchief from his body and gently wiped the blood from his facial features, then threw the handkerchief on the ground and smiled at the two of them: "Unfortunately, you only guessed half right, because I am the murderer you have been looking for."

"What……"

Bi Lei and Fang Wei were dumbfounded and even thought they were dreaming.

If the president was the mastermind, they could still accept it. After all, the president was much stronger than them in every aspect, and being manipulated by such a person was also something they could not do.

But what is Yi Xu?
As a vice president like them, his strength and influence are the lowest among the five vice presidents, so the number of people who suspect him of being the murderer is actually the least.

It is really unbelievable that he suddenly jumps out and says that he is the murderer.

And the president is right here. If you say now that you are the murderer, aren't you walking into a trap?
Bi Lei and Fang Wei hurriedly turned their eyes to the president.

Who would have thought that the president was still sitting in his seat calmly, admiring the scene like a spectator, and had no reaction to Yi Xu's claim that he was the murderer.

This made the two of them feel a chill in their hearts at the same time, and they also had a thought that made them extremely terrified - could it be that Yi Xu and the president were in the same group?

The person who could least accept this was Bi Lei.

One minute he was still dreaming of being in charge of the Red Dinner Party headquarters alone, and the next minute he found himself a lamb to be slaughtered.

His mood now was as if he had fallen from heaven to hell.

It was clearly me who came here first, whether it was betraying my allies or joining the president, why did it end up like this?
Unable to accept the reality, Bi Lei endured the pain of poisoning and shouted to the president: "President, can you say something?!"

"What do you want me to say?"

The president finally spoke, his voice as majestic as ever: "Will you give up only if I tell you that all this was done by Director Yi Xu and me?"

Bi Lei's expression froze on his face.

Fang Wei panted and asked Yi Xu, "We clearly didn't drink the fish soup, so why did we get poisoned?"

"Because you two are idiots."

Yi Xu returned Bi Lei's insults to him: "There are too many opportunities to poison you. There is no point in discussing this issue now."

After saying that, he no longer paid attention to the two losers and turned his gaze towards Shen Cheng.

Shen Cheng was lying on the ground. Although he looked very miserable, his eyes and expression were very calm.

Yi Xu was a little surprised when he saw this: "You don't seem surprised that I'm the murderer?"

"No, I'm just curious about something."

Shen Cheng asked calmly: "When did you know that I was a fake? And how did you know that I was a Star Ranger?"

Since Yi Xu and the president are in cahoots, the only one who revealed his true identity to the president and the old servant is Yi Xu.

After all, he has been acting with me all along, and he is the only one most likely to see through my disguise.

"That's great. I also have a question for you. How about we make an exchange?"

Yi Xu brought a chair and sat down opposite Shen Cheng, crossing his legs: "I'm also curious, why do you know so much about us?"

From the time Shen Cheng appeared until now, he has shown a very deep understanding of everyone and even everything at the Red Dinner Headquarters, as if he had lived in the headquarters for more than ten years.

This is also what Yi Xu feels most confused and puzzled about. He must figure this out before he can feel at ease.

Shen Cheng nodded and agreed to Yi Xu's proposal: "I asked first, you answer first."

"can."

Yi Xu did not argue with Shen Cheng about who should answer first. He considered his words in his mind before explaining, "In fact, I knew from the beginning that you were a fake, because the servant that Zhu Jing disappeared was not sent out by him to perform a mission, but stole his eternal blood and ran away. If that was the case, how could Zhu Jing have been in contact with this defected servant?"

Shen Cheng didn't expect that the fake character he thought was perfect was actually seen through by Yi Xu from the very beginning.

He frowned and said, "Didn't Zhu Jing tell you that the missing servant was sent out by him to carry out a secret mission?"

Yi Xu smiled slightly: "That's what Zhu Jing told me, but I saw that his attitude was not right, so I privately asked the other servants around him, and then I found out that the missing servant had escaped."

So this is the problem. No wonder Zhu Jing had no memory of this incident. Even Zhu Jing didn't know about it, so it's even more impossible for Shen Cheng to know.

Also, you keep investigating your friend's privacy and yet you say you don't have any gay relationship with him?

Shen Cheng smiled helplessly: "You are really an acting talent."

He clearly saw that I was pretending, but he showed great trust in me from beginning to end and did not reveal any flaws.

With such a performance, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worthy of being rated as an award-winning actor.

"you flatter me."

Yi Xu continued, "After I knew you were a fake, I calmed you down while I immediately sent people to Hanyun Prefecture to investigate. I couldn't find anything useful because you were indeed the head of the branch. However, the people I sent ran into another group of people who were looking for you, and they revealed a crucial piece of information - it turns out that you, the head of the branch, are the Star Ranger."

"Another group of people looking for me?" Shen Cheng thought for a moment and found the answer: "Is it the Life Tribunal?"

After all, Cheng Mi died at the hands of himself and Ruan Qingsha, and the Life Tribunal would definitely seek revenge, and they just happened to know his true identity.

"Yes, it is the Life Tribunal."

Yi Xu nodded: "After knowing that you are the Star Ranger, I didn't make it public. Instead, I used you to help me deal with other people. At the same time, I also asked you to help me attract attention so that others would not suspect me."

He glanced at Bi Lei and Fang Wei and said, "In the end, I just need to reveal your identity, and these two idiots will deal with you for me, and then I will deal with them."

Bi Lei and Fang Wei's faces turned pale and blue. It was not a pleasant feeling to be played like a fool.

"I have another question."

Shen Cheng was very curious: "Since you and the president are in cahoots and want to take away all the Eternal Blood, why not just gather all the vice presidents and poison them? Why go to all that trouble?"

There was a murder in a locked room, a werewolf killing, and a famous detective solving a case, which wasted several days.

Of course, Shen Cheng was also very glad that Yi Xu did not catch all the vice presidents at the beginning, otherwise he might not get anything after arriving at the headquarters.

Yi Xu was silent for a moment, and finally sighed: "Whether you believe it or not, I didn't want to kill anyone at first. I calculated that Zhu Jing would definitely not be able to overcome the sequelae of the Eternal Blood, so I just wanted to go and see the situation, but when I got there, I found that I couldn't control myself."

Yi Xu looked down at his hands and said, "I can't control my desire for the Eternal Blood. The lessons learned by our predecessors are indeed correct. The Eternal Blood can turn a father and a son into enemies, let alone Zhu Jing and I, a pair of friends. After I got Zhu Jing's Eternal Blood, I couldn't stop myself. Just like a drug addict, there is no turning back."

He looked up at Shen Cheng: "It just so happened that you showed up the next day. I decided to use you to deal with other people and take away the eternal blood in your body. In fact, I have to thank you. If you hadn't thought of using Fang Wei to lure the murderer, I wouldn't be able to lead you to kill Gong Ye Si openly."

Shen Cheng glanced at the pale Bi Lei and said, "So you ordered Bi Lei through the president to betray Gong Ye Si?"

Yi Xu nodded: "Yeah, this idiot didn't doubt it at all, and thought the president was really backing him up behind the scenes."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Bi Lei closed his eyes in pain, and Gong Ye Si's face appeared in his mind.

He recalled the ridicule and curses Gong Ye Si made before his death, and they actually came true one by one.

Unfortunately, Gong Ye Si's consciousness was disposed of by him after he returned with him.

"Okay, I have answered your questions."

Yi Xu asked Shen Cheng: "Why are you so familiar with us?"

During his investigation, he found out that Shen Cheng had been active in Hanyun Prefecture and had only recently arrived in the federal capital for two days. It was impossible for him to know this group of people so well in such a short period of time.

Shen Cheng smiled and said, "If I say that Zhu Jing told me this himself, would you believe it?"

Yi Xu stared at him for a few seconds before saying softly, "It seems you don't understand your current situation!"

"You are wrong. I am well aware of my situation."

Shen Cheng wiped his hand across his face, wiping off the blood. Then he stood up from the ground, and his extremely weak breath quickly recovered.

Bi Lei and Fang Wei opened their eyes wide in shock, as if they saw a dying person suddenly resurrect.

Yi Xu stared at him blankly, with a look of surprise on his face: "You are not poisoned?"

Shen Cheng straightened his clothes a little: "I knew when I was three years old that I shouldn't eat strangers' food casually, and I don't like fish soup either."

Yi Xu shook his head: "I poisoned more than just the fish soup."

"It's air, isn't it?"

Shen Cheng gave the answer directly: "You spread the president's poisonous blood in the air, and it entered our bodies through our breathing and pores. We were poisoned without anyone noticing. When you used the air rubbing method to deal with Gong Ye Si yesterday, I was already on guard against you."

After obtaining Cheng Mi's ability, Shen Cheng has been casting an invisible energy shield around his body.

After entering the castle, he sensed that some unknown substances in the air were blocked by the energy shield, but at that time he didn't know that Yi Xu and the president were in the same group, nor did he think that it was poison.

It was not until Bi Lei and Fang Wei were poisoned that Shen Cheng realized that the air was also poisonous.

After hearing Shen Cheng's answer, Bi Lei and Fang Wei finally realized why they were poisoned even though they didn't drink the fish soup.

"You have long suspected that I am the murderer?"

Yi Xu's face darkened: "Why?"

He thought that he had not revealed any flaws from beginning to end and should not be able to be seen through.

Shen Cheng did not hide it: "Because you never doubt me."

Yi Xu was stunned: "What kind of reason is this?"

"Doesn't it count?"

Shen Cheng spread his hands: "Even I know that I am very suspicious as a guy who suddenly appeared. It is normal for other vice presidents to doubt me, but why do you never doubt me? How can you trust me so much when you just met me for the first time? So there is only one truth."

He pointed his finger at Yi Xu: "Either you know who the real murderer is, or you are the murderer, so you don't suspect me."

Yi Xu's face darkened. He did not show any suspicion towards Shen Cheng in order to gain his trust, but he did not expect that this would become his weakness.

"Just based on this, you believe I am the murderer?"

"Of course more than that."

Shen Cheng raised his hand to call a chair over, and sat down gracefully: "All along, in my eyes, you are the biggest suspect in the murder of Zhu Jing. In the entire Red Banquet headquarters, you are the only one who is most familiar with Zhu Jing. You can accurately guess his weak state and kill him without any effort."

Yi Xu's face was gloomy: "He is my only friend and ally. I have no motive to commit the crime."

"But didn't you just say that? Eternal Blood can cause family members to turn against each other. It doesn't matter if you and Zhu Jing are father and son. What's more, the sequelae of Eternal Blood can completely change a person's personality. It is entirely possible that you will become ruthless. Therefore, the fact that you have no motive for committing the crime is completely untrue."

Shen Cheng made his final conclusion: "The biggest suspect plus the biggest flaw are enough for me to regard you as the real murderer. Facts have proved that I was not wrong."

Bi Lei and Fang Wei looked at the two people in front of them nervously, and even forgot the pain brought by the poisoning.

At this moment, they felt a glimmer of hope from the despair of waiting to die just now - Shen Cheng was the Star Ranger, if he could defeat Yi Xu and the president, then the two of them might be able to escape.

Neither Bi Lei nor Fang Wei thinks that they are heinous criminals, especially Fang Wei who likes to stay at home.

It's funny, they wanted to kill Shen Cheng with their own hands before, but now they really hope that Shen Cheng can win.

(End of this chapter)