The curiosity of everyone in the restaurant had been hooked, and quite a few people were pressing for details.
The man downed another cup of wine. "That night, in the Lu family alleyways, I saw with my own eyes a squad of cultivators sent by the City Lord disguised as Ye family cultivators. I heard them with my own ears saying they were going to kill that young lady to pave the way for his son. He had his son write a letter to lure the young lady out, which was actually just a way to easily get rid of her. If you don't believe me, go ask the people on Tower Street whether his son went over there that night. At the time, his son was clearly accompanying another woman."
As he spoke, the man let out a drunken hiccup. "Urp—hmph, I also heard them say that besides waylaying and killing her, they were simultaneously using other methods like poison, just to see whose method would kill her first so they could collect the bounty."
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