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Chapter 583 Something Big Was Happening (Part Two)
The emperor was pleased to hear that and said, "Hodge, it is served by Felix, my dear son. It must betrue."
But to everyone's surprise, Hodge Su suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, a graveinjustice has happened. Please uphold justice for me."
Everyone wondered why he was making a weird request to the emperor, after confirming that it wasindeed the Longevity Pill. Would it be that the pill was developed by Hodge Su, and was snatched byFelix? They were all curious.
The emperor was confused. "Hodge, what's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, the Longevity Pill was made by my master, Scott. He had sent me a letter about this andsaid that he was going to finish the pill refining. He invited me to witness it. Since I was caught up withsomething else, I had to delay my journey by one day. When I reached my master's mansion, his wholefamily had been slaughtered and his mansion was completely burned to the ground!"
"What?" Everyone, including Felix, was shocked. He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and turnedto look at Walden. The latter never expected that there would be someone who knew that the LongevityPill was made by Scott. He was also shocked to learn that one of Scott's disciples was an imperialphysician.
"Felix, what's all this?"
"Father, I don't know anything."
"Your Highness, you said you didn't know?" Hodge Su trembled with anger. "You killed all the people ofmy master's mansion to get the Longevity Pill, including a five-year-old kid. You even burnt his mansionand ruined their bodies. Despite doing all this, how could you not know?"
"Nonsense!" the empress snapped. "Hodge, when you make an accusation, there must be evidence toback it. When has my son ever done such terrible things? Show me the evidence!"
Hodge Su looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I was also part of the research on LongevityPill. I know exactly what kinds of materials are used. I'm certain that this was developed by my master.As soon as my master made the Longevity Pill, his clan was exterminated, and now, the pill is in thecustody of His Highness. Isn't that too coincidental?" He flew into a rage, turned to Felix anddemanded, "Your Highness, please give us a reasonable explanation for this. How did you get theLongevity Pill?"
"What? Well…" Felix didn't know what to say to defend himself. The pill was from Walden, since he hadentrusted him to get it for him. Although Walden mentioned about using some tricks, Felix didn't expectthat he would murder people for the pill.
"It's my people who found the pill," Felix said. It was true, because Walden was one of his people.Anyway, he was never going to admit the crime of killing people for the pills.
"Your Majesty, my master had even planned to give the pill to you, through me, after it was refined. Butbefore I could get the pill, all the people of my master's mansion had been exterminated, and the pillhad disappeared. Now, the same pill is in the hands of His Highness, and he must have something todo with the slaughter. Your Majesty, please uphold justice for me." Hodge Su knew that the emperorneeded the Longevity Pill, but he couldn't allow his master to die with regret.
"It's so funny," Walden said with a smile. "Hodge, it cost Felix a huge sum of money to get the pill fromsomeone else. As for how that person got it, that was something impossible for Felix to know."
Hodge Su was speechless. Although Felix had the pill, it might be someone else who had killed Scottto rob the pill. Maybe, there was someone else who had killed Scott and then sold the pill on purpose toFelix, so as to frame him.
"Yes, I bought it at a very hefty price."
"Since the killer had killed so many people for snatching the medicine, how could he be willing to sellsuch a wonderful pill to someone else?" Maxwell said slowly.novelbin
He was also present. Since his wife, Ivy was sick, he attended the banquet unaccompanied. In fact, Ivywas badly ill that she couldn't even get out of her bed, and he had to put an all-out effort to take care ofher. He also received a lot of praise for his efforts.
"Who knows?" Walden said slowly. "Maybe he was trying to play up to Felix."
"Wasn't it better to offer the Longevity Pill directly to His Majesty?" Matthew finally broke his silence."Does the murderer think that Felix is in a higher position than His Majesty?"
There was pin drop silence as Matthew finished his words. Felix's face was pale and Walden's was nobetter. The empress looked blue out of horror. Matthew's words implied that Felix was disloyal to theemperor.
"Matthew, please be careful with your words," the empress reminded.
"Father, I truly don't know the origin of the Longevity Pill. All I know was about the rumors that it couldprolong one's life, so I sent someone to buy the pill with a large sum of money. I'm not the one whosnatched it," Felix asserted. "If I knew that the Longevity Pill was developed by one of our own imperialphysician's master, and he was going to give it to you, I wouldn't have asked for the pill. Please judgewith discretion."
"Yes, Father, Felix must have been framed by someone." Walden was a little bit worried. Fortunately forhim, all the members of Scott's mansion were exterminated. He did not leave any evidence either. Aslong as they refused to admit it, no one could charge against them.
The emperor looked at Walden, but didn't say anything. Hodge Su said anxiously, "Since His Highnessclaims that he is innocent, does he dare to confront the witness face to face?"
Felix snorted, "Of course, I dare. I haven't done any wrong. I'm not afraid of it at all."
However, Walden was shocked to hear it. 'What? Could it be that someone from Scott's mansion thathas escaped? That's impossible. All the people of his mansion were killed and even his mansion wasburned into ashes. There can't be any living people left!'