Lin Xiao lowered his eyelids and said, "The crime is solid, I just don't know who it falls upon."
After speaking, he resumed his pose of resting with his eyes closed.
"..."
The three brothers glanced at Lin Xiao, then continued their argument.
An hour passed quickly.
During this hour, Zheng Aimin felt every second was an ordeal. His eldest brother and third brother were arguing, and he wanted to interject, but found he had no opening. He could only listen quietly from the side.
He had also taken in what Lin Xiao had said.
He began to analyze, trying to determine who had committed the act from the words of his eldest and third brothers.
Both sides presented their own version of events, and after listening for an hour, he found it increasingly strange.
The eldest brother consistently maintained his innocence, while the third brother... kept insisting it was the eldest brother.
Neither of them had even mentioned him.
Zheng Jianguo also noticed this. From initially fixating on the eldest brother, as the hour drew to a close, he shifted his attention to the third brother.
The third brother's current behavior was very peculiar.
He seemed eager to quickly determine who was guilty and pin it on the eldest brother.
From beginning to end, he hadn't said a word about Zheng Aimin.
This was as if to say, he knew Zheng Aimin was not involved, and so, following Lin Xiao's initial statement, he was doing everything he could to push the blame onto the eldest brother.
"There's one minute left."
Lin Xiao yawned. With his yawn, the pressure in the room increased again, and the three Zheng brothers simultaneously felt themselves being scrutinized.
"If a conclusion isn't reached in one minute, I will kill all three of you, and then I will go and beg for forgiveness from Elder Zheng and the Dragon Lord."
Zheng Aijia's expression changed. He stared at his eldest brother and rebuked, "Zheng Aiguo! You are truly despicable! A true man admits his faults! What are you quibbling about now?! The evidence is conclusive!"
"Third brother."
At this moment, Zheng Aiguo seemed to have calmed down. As if he had also figured something out, he walked up to Zheng Aijia and said, "Tell me, was it you."
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
Zheng Aijia pointed at his eldest brother, "Don't try to smear me! The Lin family's cultivation techniques are useless to me and my daughter! It's you, you once said that your son needed a better cultivation technique! Only then could your son progress further! When Lin Xiao was the Dragon King of the Northern Frontier, you were the first to object!"
"You know what the Lin family's cultivation techniques are useful for?"
Zheng Aiguo raised an eyebrow. "That is martial arts, what does it have to do with us? We strive to become stronger, but, starting from father, we have never relied on any 'better' cultivation techniques... It was you, I recall now."
"Six years ago, you said you hoped the Zheng family could have better cultivation techniques, because the current set is too rudimentary and unsuitable for your daughter," Zheng Aiguo finally spoke to Zheng Aimin. "Second brother, do you remember this?"
"I..."
Zheng Aimin was taken aback by the question. He thought about it carefully, and indeed, he did remember.
However, he also knew the eldest brother's situation. If there were better cultivation techniques...
At this moment, Lin Xiao opened his eyes.