After waiting for three days and three nights upstairs in Mingyue, Chi Xiaochi was not very bored.
He still meditated and practiced strictly according to the morning clock time, or recited scriptures, or condensed a piece of moonlight with his hands, turned into a sword shadow, and danced on the floor, without the slightest sense of being imprisoned.
In his spare time, he would also try in such an empty place, sinking into his dantian and shouting loudly to test how far his voice could travel.
Once, a passing bird was frightened by him and threw several bubbles of bird droppings at him in anger.
Chi Xiaochi akimbo laughed.
When he had laughed enough, he sat down on the edge of the unobstructed thousand-zhang platform, put his legs down, and felt the dust-free breeze blowing from the heights, closing his eyes and resting.
Duan Shujue said, "Sir, can you tell me something next?"
Chi Xiaochi said, "You can rest assured about the plan. Although it's a bit difficult, it's not a problem to drag the banquet into the water."
"No." Duan Shujue said, "I hope Mr. Xia will say something else and do something else. It's not for me, it's for the sake of Mr. himself."
Chi Xiaochi was startled for a moment, and then he laughed.
Duan Shu is absolutely unique, as written in the book, he is pure and upright, gentle and smooth like jade, he is clearly a sword cultivator, but he is very kind and innocent like a Confucian scholar.
Chi Xiaochi asked him a question: "If you don't need to pay, and live a lifetime with memories, will you attack Yan Jinhua in advance?"
"Everyone's choice may not be the same. If he can repent, I naturally don't have to add murder." Duan Shujue replied seriously, "But if he has other plans, I will not be compatible. Even if it is for Brother Ye , I also need to properly protect myself.”
"...But." Duan Shujue said again, "If it is really powerless to return to the sky during the public trial, I will choose to flee the mountain and find Brother Ye."
"No fame?"
Duan Shujue said: "Without him, how can I get fame? Heaven and earth are furnaces, and all things are copper. I would rather make a furnace of copper juice with him, never be separated or separated, nor would I cause him to go up the mountain to save him, and repeat the same fate. The way of the world."
Chi Xiaochi said, "Okay. I remember."
Duan Shujue laughed and said, "Sir, you are still talking about the next thing."
Chi Xiaochi said, "I'm not important."
Duan Shujue said: "But you are very important to 'he'."
Chi Xiaochi said, "You know again?"
Duan Shujue wrote word by word: "When Master looks at you from behind, his emotion is like admiring the moon."
Chi Xiaochi smiled: "You are still a poet."
Duan Shujue said gently, "I'm just telling the truth."
Chi Xiaochi said, "He might be looking at you."
Duan Shujue said, "Sir, why bother to deceive yourself."
Chi Xiaochi didn't hide it and said, "Because I like him."
Like this thing, the advantages and disadvantages are endless, one of its obvious sequelae is mental retardation.
And Chi Xiaochi needs enough sobriety to deal with everything that happens next.
In the early morning of the fourth day, just before the sun applied Fendai to Qingshan, several sword qi came from the west.
The leader is Su Yun.
He has a good personal relationship with Duan Shujue, and is willing to trust his character, but everything that happened in the Butterfly Valley is too complicated and confusing. He doesn't know how to face Duan Shujue. Si: "The public trial begins, with Duan Shujue."
He made Duan Shujue take the medicine that restrained his body, and then he shared a sword with him and took him down to Mingyuelou.
The venue of the public trial is located at Phoenix Terrace.
There were more than 1,300 inner disciples in the mountain, and they all went to observe the trial.
Wen Yujing's unprovoked disappearance caused an uproar in the mountains.
Although he likes to travel around, there is absolutely no reason to leave rashly on the way to slaying demons. In addition, the umbrella sword is lost, and the white robe is stained with blood, which makes people feel frightened.
Although Ren Tingfeng had ordered the news to be blocked, for some reason, it was useless.
There are many rumors in the mountains, people are panicking, all of them say that Duan Shujue has no wolf ambitions, unites with the snake, kills the master and betrays the road, and some people even confuse Ye Jiming with the evil ass in the Mi Butterfly Valley. It is rumored that Duan Shujue originally planned to cooperate with the snake. , I wiped out all the monks who went here. I didn't expect that the strategy was seen by the uncle Wen. Duan Shujue had to go against the rules and attack the killer. shoot.
Chi Xiaochi thought with his appendix and knew which calf did it.
Therefore, when he was sent to Phoenix Stage, his mentality was quite stable.
In contrast, Yan Jinhua was more excited, and even wanted to sing "Good Days".
As an important witness to testify against Duan Shujue, he was gearing up for three days, waiting for a blow to pull Duan Shujue down from the peak in one fell swoop, his nose bruised and face bruised to pieces.
Without his younger brother, without the sword in the stone, without his apprentice, without the medicinal pills made by the mountain ghosts, he planned to take one step at a time, and his mentality had already collapsed to pieces.
Now, his desire to defeat the bloody mildew by reading Duan Shu has far surpassed the pursuit of task completion.
The five lords of Jingxu Peak were all sitting on the high platform. Seeing that the time was approaching, the disciples stopped arguing and waited for the public trial to begin.
After the bell rang three times, Chi Xiaochi knelt down on one knee, his eyebrows lowered, and he was extremely respectful.
Because of the disappearance of the younger brother, Chi Yunzi has not slept for several nights, and now he has tried his best to maintain a calm tone towards the previous paragraph, but he can't hide his coldness: "Duan Shujue, I want to hear about the matter of being lost in Butterfly Valley three days ago. Listen, what do you say?"
Chi Xiaochi came one by one, Mo Xie Array's bizarre appearance, Wen Yujing's disappearance out of thin air, and Ye Jiming's emergency rescue, all answered according to the facts and without tampering.
Chi Yunzi frowned when it came to Ye Jiming, the snake that killed him halfway.
He asked, "Is this monster acquainted with you?"
Chi Xiaochi replied, "Yes."
There were subtle whispers among the disciples.
"Did you make friends after entering the mountain, or did you know each other in the past?"
Chi Xiaochi replied, "We met in the old days."
"Where did you meet?"
Chi Xiaochi said clearly: "Jingxu Peak, Yuguangtan."
Yan Jinhua: "…"
He was waiting for Duan Shujue to lie, for example, claiming that he and the cobra didn't know each other for a while, or that he didn't know each other at all, so that he would be able to grab the evidence and slap in the face, but Duan Shujue said the truth, he just wanted to continue listening Going down, looking for mistakes and omissions, Duan Shu definitely named him by name.
It was obviously an opportunity to take the initiative, but it turned passive in an instant. Yan Jinhua was stuck in his chest in one breath, unable to go up or down, so he wanted to roll his eyes.
You must know that although he has reported to Chi Yunzi and other monarchs, Ye Jiming is a privately kept in Yuguangtan for Duan Shujue, which can prove that the two have a strong personal relationship. But the other disciples below do not know about this.
Everyone immediately began to discuss with a bang, and suspicious eyes turned to Yan Jinhua.
Yuguangtan? Could this have anything to do with Yan Jinhua
Unintentionally becoming the center of everyone's attention, Yan Jinhua's face became hot and his back was numb.
But he quickly calmed down.
The snake-tooth necklace on Duan Shujue's neck is an ironclad proof that the two were familiar with each other.
Wen Yujing was arrested, it is impossible to come back to protect Duan Shujue.
Even if Duan Shujue wants to throw dirty water, how can he prove that he is an innocent white lotus
Thinking of this, Yan Jinhua feels that he is as stable as an old dog this time, and he can lie down and win the abuse.
After all, it's just as hard for a person to prove that he hasn't done one thing.
He Shi Shiran stepped out, fell to the ground, and made a heartfelt expression: "Master Rong Yi. The disciple took in the injured Duan Shujue in private because of his kindness, which violated the rules of Jingxufeng. But Master often teaches us that we should Be kind and follow the path of heaven. Duan Shu is definitely a merman, born between heaven and earth, with a heart and affection. When the disciple saw that he was pitiful, he felt extra pity for no reason, but he didn't want to lead the wolf into the room. With such boldness…”
This self-deprecating bragging not only gave Yan Jinhua a sage halo of thousands of kilowatts, but also made Duan Shujue's true identity known to the world.
Chi Yunzi's face changed, he turned his head slightly, and closed his eyes.
The disciples directly bombed the camp.
… merman
Duan Shu is definitely a mermaid
Then what was his purpose in going into the mountain? Is it really wolf ambition
Gossip was heard from time to time in Chi Xiaochi's ears.
He has already heard all kinds of rumors, no matter how ugly it is, he will not take it to his heart, but will only take them as introducing themselves.
But he noticed that his right hand was clenching unconsciously, and the tip of his thumb was gradually filling with blood.
… These words, these discussions, Duan Shujue had already heard enough in the alchemy room.
And what happened next was a nightmare deeply ingrained in his mind, causing him to be stunned for a long time when he woke up in the middle of the night.
He lived a new life, could it be said that he would still face the same situation? Do you want to kill Brother Ye again
Rather than that, it would be better...
Chi Xiaochi was as motionless as a mountain.
He said to Duan Shujue, "Calm down."
Duan Shujue used his thumb to write on the flank of his finger: "...Yes."
Chi Xiaochi said, "Trust me."
After a while, he felt his palms clenched a little less.
"If the situation is irreversible, let them see the mob Duan Shujue." Chi Xiaochi knelt firmly on the spot, "Now, I'll let Yan Jinhua see the troublemaker Chi Xiaochi first."
He raised his head and looked at the people on the stage calmly.
He had already informed Chi Yunzi of his identity, so these monarchs on the stage already knew the identity of Duan Shujue's mermaid, and they would not feel so surprised.
On the other side, Yan Jinhua is still eloquent, his tongue is running around in his mouth, and Moisture is silently clasping one big hat after another: "Duan Shujue was raised by me in the Yuguang Lake, and I received the blessing of Jingxu Peak. , I got the teachings of Uncle Wen, but I don't think about repaying it, and I don't respect the teacher! A few days ago, the disciples were firstly wronged and humiliated for no reason;
Chi Xiaochi quietly listened to him finish his fart.
To be able to temper a face to such a thickness, Ru Bitiang is really a talent.
After he finished speaking, Duan Shujue gave a respectful kowtow, and immediately looked up at Yan Jinhua and said calmly, "Yes. A few months before the sword meeting started, Senior Brother Yan rescued Duan from fire and water. There is a great kindness and great virtue. Duan Mouming feels this kindness in his heart and will never forget it."
… These words were warm, but Yan Jinhua felt goosebumps inexplicably.
Is it an illusion
Duan Shujue suddenly changed, and was directly imprisoned in Mingyuelou. There was no one who gave him an idea. First, there was no time to annihilate the evidence, and secondly, no one could prove to him. Just relying on his elm head, how to turn around
Yan Jinhua had something in his heart, and his mouth became tough: "Yes, you should be like this, and I taught you the same way, but have you really done it? Can you take it to your heart?"
... I'm going to fuck you.
Chi Xiaochi no longer took his words, and looked at Chi Yunzi: "Since Senior Brother Yan has testified against me, he must have submitted all the evidence to Senior Master?"
Chi Yunzi nodded slightly to show his acquiescence.
Chi Xiaochi nodded: "This is a public trial. In front of all the senior brothers and elders, can you hand over these to Shu Jue, so that Shu Jue can watch and defend himself."
Yan Jinhua really wanted to argue about your head, so he pulled it out and chopped it off. Unfortunately, he can't call the shots here. If he is too pretentious, he will look like the brainless villains in some books.
He was going to be a tough villain.
So he was confident and pleaded on behalf of Duan Shujue: "Please ask the master to show the physical evidence, so that this son is willing to confess his guilt, so as to prove that what the disciple said is true."
Chi Yunzi asked Su Yun beside him to bring those snake scales and snake sloughs attached to the evil spirits to Duan Shujue.
In the public, countless pairs of eyes are staring at him, and there is no need to worry about what mysterious things he does or what strange things he does.
Yan Jinhua even hoped that Duan Shujue's IQ would suddenly become negative, and he would do what a foolish Virgin protagonist should do, such as immediately destroying these things so as not to implicate his best friend Ye Jiming.
However, when he wanted to get into trouble, Duan Shujue put the things down and said warmly: "This disciple has watched it, thank you, Master."
Yan Jinhua was disappointed.
… Hold.
Chi Xiaochi knelt down again, and turned to Ren Tingfeng: "Dare to ask Mr. Ren, how old is the cobra you saw that day?"
Ren Tingfeng didn't need to think about it, he opened his mouth and said, "Any monsters are unbelievable in their looks. But he has a strong demonic aura and lacks human energy. He is probably less than two years old when he reaches adulthood. Nurtured by the way of heaven, if the talent is unparalleled and the ignorance opens early, it may be able to transform into a human form when an ordinary person is crowned."
Chi Yunzi heard the words, his mind moved slightly, and he was thoughtful.
"Master has probably checked, these snakes shed their scales, and they do have the aura of a snake, and they are the same as the snake that appeared in the Butterfly Valley that day." Chi Xiaochi's attitude was extremely gentle, "But Master Have you ever identified, how old are these snake scales and snakes?"
Hearing this, Chi Yunzi immediately ordered Su Yun to retrieve the scales of the snake and study it carefully.
Ren Tingfeng was only concerned with distinguishing the breath before, and did not pay attention to this thing. He had to say something, and then he looked at it carefully, and immediately noticed something wrong: "This is... the scales of the young and the shedding of the young?"
... young
Yan Jinhua's mind turned around a few times, but he couldn't digest what this judgment meant for a while.
In his impression, Ye Jiming was always a small one, and it was only the size of a coil of mosquito coils, so when he searched Yuguangtan, picked up small pieces of snake scales and thin transparent snake sloughs, he did not give birth to He was suspicious, but he didn't know that Ye Jiming was just used to playing around with Duan Shujue's arm, so he always kept the appearance of a little snake.
Whenever the scales faded and transformed, he would hide in the forest, rubbing against the tree to shed its skin a little bit, for fear that the fish would be frightened and scaled, and he would not play with him in the future.
But underneath, the faster-minded disciple already understood, and quietly shared his conjecture with the people around him.
Chi Yunzi exchanged glances with the others for a few moments, his heart was clear, and then he scolded Yan Jinhua: "Kneel down!"
Yan Jinhua is inexplicable: "... Master?"
"What's your explanation?" Chi Yunzi threw the snake-scaled snake slough in front of him, and asked in a cold voice, "All you found in Yuguangtan were young snake sloughs, but Duan Shujue did not find it before the sword meeting. A few months to Jingxu Peak. Tell me, how did he collude with a snake that lived in Yuguangtan early on?"
Yan Jinhua's face changed drastically, he suddenly turned his head to look at Duan Shujue, and what he just said appeared in his mind.
"I knew him from the past."
"I met at Jingxu Peak, Yuguangtan."
"A few months before the sword club started, Senior Brother Yan saved Duan from fire and water, and Duan had great kindness and great virtue..."
From the very beginning, he was trolling himself intentionally or unintentionally!
Step by step, he induced himself to admit that he had taken in Duan Shujue a few months ago, but the snake slough he handed over was left by the 8-10-year-old juvenile Xiaoxue.
Isn't this a step-by-step explanation, if you talk about collusion, the possibility of collusion with Ye Jiming is even greater
But now he can't deny the hole Duan Shujue dug for him before, otherwise it would be even more unclear.
He adopted the merman and the black snake early, what did he intend
Why did he lie before
How did he find the injured little merman? If a real knife and real gun were investigated, would it be traced back to the fact that he secretly tipped off and wanted to kill Duan Shujue's parents
Yan Jinhua's head swelled several times in an instant, hurriedly knelt down, and hurriedly defended: "Master, all the uncles! There must be some misunderstandings in this, the snake scales and sloughs I found are only a part, there must be others in Yuguangtan... "
As soon as he finished speaking, seeing Chi Yunzi's darker face, Yan Jinhua was startled and felt that something was wrong, so he could not wait to slap himself.
The juvenile snake slough has been found, which proves that since Ye Ming was hiding in the Jingxu Peak early, what's the point of finding a bigger one
Yan Jinhua's heart is awe-inspiring, his face is ashen: "Master! This must be Duan Shujue's intention to slander me! I have never seen this snake before! Maybe the snake sneaked into Yuguangtan early to find a way for him! The disciple does not know. Love, this disciple really doesn't know about it! Or... Or, this snake scale is deliberately left by Duan Shujue to frame the disciple..."
Chi Xiaochi lowered his eyes.
I guessed right on this point, adding 10 points to IQ, the current score is minus 50, and there is a lot of room for improvement.
Before leaving Yuguangtan, after Duan Shu exhausted himself and fell asleep, Chi Xiaochi searched the entire Yuguangtan, swept away inside and out, and removed the snake scales and snakes that Ye Jiming had shed when he was ten years old. All sloughs are collected and destroyed, leaving only snakes under ten years old to slough off scales.
In this way, he buried a solution button for himself early, and opened the door to a dead end for Yan Jinhua.
And Yan Jinhua lived up to his expectations, and a fierce man plunged in, thinking he had a big advantage, and happily took it to report.
The so-called lie removal, only need to make an unexplainable loophole in his complete lie system, and then it will be destroyed and the whole will collapse.
Chi Xiaochi said: "Senior Brother Yan, dare to ask, when did you discover this thing?"
The whole set of rhetoric that Yan Jinhua had carefully prepared was completely overturned. It was like working all night to prepare for the final exam, only to find out that he had reviewed the wrong book after handing out the papers. He was extremely flustered, and opened his mouth and said, "It was after the test with Uncle Wen that day! I see! You wear that snake-tooth necklace from time to time, and when you have doubts in your heart, go to question…”
Chi Yunzi's eyes were cold: "Yan Jinhua, you didn't say that at the beginning. When you told me, you said that you found snake scales, and just went back to Shoufeng and questioned Shujue."
Yan Jinhua's face has changed from iron blue to pig's liver: "Tutor, that's exactly what Tuer means. As Master said, I found the snake scales, and I was suspicious, so..."
Chi Xiaochi interrupted him: "Senior Brother Yan, Junior Brother still has some questions to ask, can you?"
Yan Jinhua can't wait to rush up and take a sock to plug his mouth.
Chi Xiaochi didn't care about the look in his eyes that he wanted to kill, and said slowly: "Dare to ask, which Senior Brother Yan was with in the Moxie Formation on the day when the Mi Butterfly Valley was eliminated?"
Yan Jinhua wanted to vomit blood.
He figured it out, Duan Shujue was not a good person, the so-called murder and punishment, but that's it!
Ren Tingfeng shook his head first, and glanced at the disciples who had gone with him that day.
Yan Jinhua was not a challenger in the first place, and it was normal to get lost in the formation, as long as he ensured that he would not die, so his presence or absence was not the concern of the disciples.
But now that the eyes are exchanged, I realize that he has disappeared in the formation alone for a long time.
Yan Jinhua, who was demolished by Chi Xiaochi, was almost screaming, "Duan Shujue!"
The courteous and courteous face of the troublemaker Chi Xiaochi asked, "What's the matter with calling Junior Brother?"
Yan Jinhua said to himself: "I just lost my way, you are walking with Uncle Wen, Uncle Wen disappeared, and you are still holding the blood robe in your hand, how do you explain it!"
Chi Xiaochi said, "Master did disappear for no reason. The disciple really doesn't know why. But the disciple firmly believes that with Master's ability, he will definitely return."
Yan Jinhua seemed to see a ray of light.
In modern public relations, isn't Duan Shujue's trick called co-sinking, and then implement the procrastination tactic to gain more time.
Yan Jinhua couldn't care about what was too low or not. He was heartbroken and kowtowed like a slap in the face: "Master! Duan Shujue's words cannot be trusted! Merman is inhuman, very cunning, he just wants to let Master and The masters and uncles misunderstood me, and then tricked the master and master to relax his vigilance with rhetoric. Once the plan is achieved, he will take the opportunity to escape! I also ask master and master to learn from me, and the disciple is innocent!"
The disciples looked at each other in dismay.
Right now, the situation has developed into a headless koan case where the public is right and the mother is right.
But this was the best situation that Chi Xiaochi could bring about on his own.
The pool of water was muddy, and Chi Yunzi would not rashly judge, and might even detain Yan Jinhua together.
How could Yan Jinhua not think of this
At this critical moment, he didn't want to be dragged into the water, and he burst out with a full desire to survive, and his analysis was as fierce as a tiger: "Uncle Wen has lost his weapon, and his life and death are unknown. This is the focus of this case, isn't it! Duan Shujue said first The matter of the snake, changed the subject, and said that the disciple went alone that day, didn't he just try his best to get rid of the crime of murdering his master!"
He turned to Chi Xiaochi, and said sternly: "You have sharp teeth and sharp mouths, but where did Uncle Wen go!?"
"… Well, that's a good question."
As soon as he finished speaking, a weak but still clear voice came from the crowd.
This voice was too familiar, and the five monarchs on the stage suddenly changed their expressions, got up one after another, and looked at the crowd.
Originally, Chi Xiaochi, who was going to have a few words with Jinhua and wait for the rest of the court, suddenly turned pale, his back stiffened, and he didn't even dare to turn his head back for a while.
On the Phoenix Stage, which was suddenly silent, Wen Yujing, dressed in white, carried a wooden box, and slowly stepped up from the bottom of the jade stairs.
In just a few days, he was thin and pale, and his long hair was simply bundled up. His white clothes were better than snow, and he was dyed red a little. A terrifying scarlet scar crawled up his neck from the scattered front, extending all the way to his cheeks, his lips were pale, and the corners of his eyes were slightly red.
His usual cold and noble air was lessened, and there was more mockery in his tone: "Senior nephew Yan, why don't you explain it to the brothers, how about you?"
After saying that, he threw the wooden box in his hand to the ground.
A head exuding a strong demonic energy rolled out of the broken box, just looking at Yan Jinhua.
Yan Jinhua jumped a few times in just a few seconds, and now he was paralyzed on the ground, gasping for breath, unable to pronounce a single syllable.
He managed to regain his senses, and screamed inwardly: "System! System! What's going on?!"
It was quiet.
Yan Jinhua: "... system?"
System... When did it start to have no sound
Why are warehouses greyed out? Why can't you turn it on
why? !
But when Yan Jinhua was terrified, a ray of transparent energy that had been quietly accompanying Chi Xiaochi from half a day ago caressed his lips, smiled softly and silently, and gradually dissipated into nothingness.