The piece of sacred wood that Xue Ling said was exactly the piece of black wood that he saw slowly during the blessing ceremony yesterday.
That piece of sacred wood is the last remaining piece of sacred wood in the entire Shenmu Temple.
It is of great significance to the Shenmu clan, and even the entire Shenmu City.
Normally, the high priest would keep the sacred wood in secret, and only during the annual Zhaohua Festival would the sacred tree be taken out for a sacrificial ceremony.
But what people didn't expect was that the Shenmu had disappeared!
Shenmu has no legs, so it cannot run away by itself.
The only possibility is that it was stolen by someone!
When the sacrifice was held at noon yesterday, the sacred tree was still there, but it disappeared this morning. It was probably stolen quietly between yesterday afternoon and this morning.
In order to find out the thief, the high priest called all the orcs in the city to question to see who was acting alone between yesterday afternoon and this morning.
To put it bluntly, it is to review the alibi.
Those orcs without an alibi will be called into the temple alone for interrogation.
Bai Di and Xuan Wei drank together last night, and they can testify to each other.
But when Bi Huan asked where Xuan Wei went yesterday afternoon, Bai Di could no longer testify for him.
Because during that time, Xuan Wei was always alone.
He said he was staying at home to rest.
Bi Huan stared at him: "Are you alone? No other orcs can prove that you really stayed in the house all afternoon?"
Xuan Wei said calmly, "No."
Bi Huan glanced at the guard beside him, and the guard immediately took two steps forward, walked up to Xuan Wei, and said firmly, "I'm sorry, you need to come with us."
Bai Di hurriedly stopped them: "It is impossible for him to steal the Shenmu."
Bi Huan's voice was very gentle: "You don't need to be too nervous, we are just asking him some questions, as long as it proves that he is indeed innocent, we will naturally let him go back."
Bai Di still had some doubts: "But..."
Xuan Wei said: "I have a clear conscience, it doesn't matter if I go with them."
Bi Huan smiled: "Be more understanding."
Xuan Wei was taken away by the guards, and Bai Di watched them leave with a bit of worry on his brow.
Bi Huan looked at Bai Di and asked, "You said you were with Xuan Xu and Xue Ling yesterday afternoon?"
Bai Di responded, "En."
"Now they are not here and cannot testify for you. You need to stay here for a while. When they come, we can make sure that what you said is correct before we can let you go back."
Baidi said: "Xuan's body is not feeling well, she needs to rest, she can't go out for a short time."
Bi Huan nodded slightly, with a kind smile: "If she can't come, I can go to her, anyway, it's only a few steps away, and I just happen to be able to visit her."
He had already talked about this point, and Bai Di couldn't even find a reason to refuse.
After Bi Huan left, Xue Hui showed an apologetic smile to Bai Di: "Sorry, I have wronged you this time."
Bai Di said: "You don't need to apologize, this matter has nothing to do with you."
Xuehui sighed: "The Shenmu is too important to our Shenmu clan, we must catch the thief as soon as possible and bring the Shenmu back."
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With Xuan Xu's previous physical fitness, after being tortured by Xue Ling for a whole night, he would definitely have to lie in bed for a day and a night to recover from it the next day.
Now that she has been strengthened by the Shenmu seeds, her body's self-healing power has improved a lot. In just half a day, she has regained her spirit and can run and jump.
She immediately took Xueling to look for Baidi.
When they arrived at the temple, the orcs at the entrance of the temple had basically gone home, and they had already asked almost all the questions they needed to ask, but all the orcs who were suspected of anything were detained, waiting for further investigation results.
Seeing that Xu Xu was coming, Xue Hui immediately said: "You guys came just in time, Lord Bi Huan is going to look for you."
"What do you want us to do?"
Xue Hui said: "Baidi said that he was with you all the time yesterday afternoon, so I want to ask you if what Baidi said is true."
"Of course it's true," Huo Huan replied without hesitation. "The three of us have been acting together yesterday afternoon. Many orcs in the city have seen us, and they can all testify for us."
"Then you and Xue Ling entered the forest later, did you go to mate?" Xue Hui said a question, but her tone was very certain.
When Xu Xu just walked over, Xue Hui could smell her body full of blood feathers, obviously it was not long after mating.
Slowly blushing a little, responded in a low voice: "Yes."
Xue Hui glanced at Xue Ling beside her, and smiled meaningfully: "Congratulations, you have finally become a regular."
Xue Ling curled his lips, obviously enjoying the congratulations.
Slowly ask where Baidi and Xuanwei are.
Xue Hui said: "Xuan Wei has been acting alone yesterday afternoon, and he can't find anyone to testify for him. In addition, he is an outsider, very powerful, and has all the abilities of time motivation, so he is very suspicious now. He may not be released until the real thief is found."
Huan Huan immediately became a little anxious: "Xuan Wei can't steal the Shenmu, what use can he get with a piece of wood?!"
"That's not ordinary wood, but divine wood. It is said that it can be used as medicine to bring the dead back to life."
Slowly insisting that Xuan Wei is innocent, this matter cannot have anything to do with him.
She said: "You are all just guessing now, and there is no real evidence to prove that Xuanwei is a thief."
Xue Hui nodded: "That's right, we really don't have any evidence, so you don't need to worry that we will harm Xuan Wei. Apart from restricting his freedom, we will treat him as a guest of honor, and we will never neglect him."
With Xuehui's promise, she slowly felt relieved: "What about Baidi? Can I go see him?"
"Of course you can, but Master Bi Huan specifically explained that before you meet Bai Di, you must go to see Master Bi Huan and tell you what you did yesterday."
Slowly followed Xue Hui into the temple, went up to the second floor, and saw Bi Huan who was flipping through the sheepskin scrolls.
Seeing them coming, Bi Huan put down the sheepskin scroll and said with a smile, "Let's all sit down and talk."
Slowly and Xue Ling sat on the wooden bench.
Bi Huan said: "Xue Hui should have told you everything, right?"
Nodding slowly, he said yes.
"Then can you tell me, where did you go yesterday? What did you do?"
After thinking about it slowly, I carefully recounted yesterday's itinerary.
After listening to her narration, Bi Huan nodded: "What you said is basically the same as what Baidi said. It seems that you are not lying."