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Chapter 4087: Still Trying to Quibble

Inside the main hall of the Mu family, a chaotic din erupted.

Crown Prince Mo and the little Crown Princess sat side-by-side on the main seats in the central hall, expressionlessly watching the several individuals who had been forced to kneel before them by a group of people.

Their gazes swept across Mu Jingxing, Qiu Shi, Mu Erxue, and Mu Rouxian, one by one.

"Crown Princess, it was him, the Second Master, who let them in through the main front gate."

"We, your humble servants, saw it with our own eyes; there's not a single false word!"

Mu Old Master's eyes were cold as he looked at the Second Branch family members, unable to suppress a furious roar. "Jingxing! You! You actually, actually did such a thing?"

"Father!" Qiu Shi immediately knelt and cried out, claiming injustice. "Father, how can you condemn our entire Second Branch as traitors to the Mu family based solely on a few embellished words from some minor distant relatives?"

"No need to quibble anymore."

"Ever since the last Harpy attack, Father sent people to keep an eye on you. No wonder the last incident was so strange; on the night your Second Branch was on duty, the Harpies entered the Mu family as if no one was there," Mu Jingyuan said coldly.

"Third Brother, what do you mean by that?" Mu Jingxing retorted angrily.

Mu Jingyuan didn't bother with further words, directly tossing two jade talismans in front of them. "Take a look. Don't say a few youngsters are falsely accusing you!"

Mu Jingxing's body slightly trembled, his eyes looking somewhat frightened and shrinking as he glanced at the jade talismans on the ground.

"You should have seen the image jade talismans Qiao Qiao made the day Auntie Shi died, right?"

"Second Uncle, what else do you have to say?" Mu Xingchen sat below Mu Jingyuan, his gaze now chilling as he stared at Mu Jingxing's family.

"False accusation, this is a false accusation!" Mu Jingxing said furiously. "This is clearly a frame-up."

"A frame-up?" Mu Xingchen sneered, raising his hand to draw the image talisman into his grasp. A stream of spiritual power flowed into it, activating the jade talisman's image.

Inside, it clearly recorded Mu Jingxing and his son Mu Erxue furtively sneaking to the Mu family's mountain gate, taking down the talisman array at the entrance, and opening the main gate to welcome Mu Jingfeng and his group.

"Second Uncle, do you still want to continue quibbling?"

"Just as Third Uncle said! Since the last Harpy incident, your Second Branch has been under our surveillance."

"Now, with both human testimony and material evidence complete, I truly don't understand how you have the audacity to continue crying injustice before us, and still try to exonerate yourself from your crimes?"

Mu Jingxing looked at Mu Xingchen's stern face, his body involuntarily trembling slightly. He suddenly cried out sharply, "Can you blame me? Is it all supposed to be my fault??"

"I was forced into this by you all, all of this was forced by you all!"

Mu Jingxing shouted angrily, his hands involuntarily gesturing wildly, his face grim. "I've worked diligently for this family for so many years, don't you see how much I've sacrificed?"

"Mu Jingfeng fell, and you actually didn't give me the position of family head! Instead, you want to put this young, inexperienced girl in charge!"

"By what right do you do this?"

"Heh! You think a mere instruction from Ancestor Chaoyang can negate all my years of effort? You! You're simply delusional!"

"I think you've gone mad!" Elder Dao couldn't help but roar in a deep voice.

"Is that your reason for betraying the entire family?" The First Elder shook his head, his expression showing profound disagreement.

"Betrayed the family? How? If the family hadn't first wronged me, Mu Jingxing! I, I wouldn't have resorted to this!"