Xie Xun said, "Your Majesty, last night, my Second Brother and Junior General Fang were attacked on the streets. It was Dugu Jing who struck first. Lacking skill, and now he dares to cry injustice."
Dugu Jing denied it. "Your Majesty, I and Second Young Master Xie are old acquaintances—back during the Beiman days, I owed him many favors. I merely wanted to reminisce, but who knew the Second Young Master would suddenly launch an attack, killing my Beiman generals. My army has already been routed; I came to your esteemed capital for peace negotiations. What reason would I have to kill him and disrupt the treaty between our nations?"
"Then what reason would my Second Brother have to kill your Beiman generals on the eve of the peace talks?" Xie Xun sneered coldly.
"Perhaps you should ask what unspeakable deeds the Second Young Master committed during his time in Beiman that made him want to silence witnesses permanently!"
