The wind blows the door bells crisply, and in the distance is the rustling sound of bamboo forests.
He Lanze said: "In this trial at the Law Enforcement Hall, Rong Ran killed all the disciples and then framed his crime as the matter of Senior Nephew Shen. Senior Senior Brother will definitely have a fair trial and severe punishment. Junior Brother and Junior Brother can rest assured."
Senior Brother He Lanze, in charge of the Sword of Conviction, is the head of the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall.
The words he said and the attitude he showed almost determined the attribution of the crime.
Ye Yunlan couldn't see his eyes? Bo Lan didn't even show a hint of joy as He Lanze imagined.
His face was still pale, and his eyes seemed to cross? He looked into the distance.
"In charge of the sword of conviction, you will be responsible for judging the disciples of the sect. Brother, if you really want a fair trial and are not biased, you should not come to my residence today."
He Lanze heard the words and thought that he had provoked Ye Yunlan, and hurriedly explained: "Rong Ran has done this, the evidence has been conclusive, and it will be tried in court. No one will help him quibble, this trial has really settled. I will be punished, and I don't need to avoid suspicion when I come here this time. But why is my junior brother..." Why is there no joy between his eyes, how can he be indifferent
"The wicked will be punished..." Ye Yunlan murmured, and the sense of burnout deepened between his eyes.
He said: "Senior brother, I'm a little tired. After nine days, let's meet at the Law Enforcement Hall."
He Lanze wanted to say something else, but suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, and a disciple shouted: "Senior Brother Ye? Is Brother Ye here?" He Lanze looked back and found that the visitor was dressed in the robe of a law enforcement hall disciple, or his subordinate.
"Yutang, why are you so anxious?" He Lanze said solemnly.
As soon as Xue Yutang came over, he saw his senior brother Zun Rong, and his heart skipped a beat.
Everyone in the Law Enforcement Hall knows that the eldest brother has a clean personality and is ruthless towards his erring disciples. There are very few people who have to come out after entering the Law Enforcement Hall. When he mentions his name, he is terrified.
Xue Yutang hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, "Have you met Senior Brother." He hesitated for a moment before continuing, "There is a problem at the water prison. That fellow surnamed Rong has been clamoring to see Senior Brother Ye, saying that there is something important. ?Tell him what you want."
He Lanze frowned, "Why didn't you report this to me first?"
Xue Yutang: "The surname Rong said that he is a direct disciple of the suzerain, and he has not been convicted yet. Do you have the right to ask Brother Ye to come over?"
He Lanze snorted coldly, "It doesn't matter who he is, when you enter the Law Enforcement Hall, you should obey the rules of the Law Enforcement Hall." Remembering that the other party was by his side, he turned his head to ask Ye Yunlan for his opinion, "Junior brother is going to see him. Is it?"
Ye Yunlan said, "No?"
He Lanze nodded slightly and said to Xue Yutang, "Go back when you hear it. If you have nothing to do, don't disturb the rest of the younger brother."
"Yes."
Xue Yutang didn't dare to say more, he turned around and left after receiving the order. He Lanze looked at Ye Yunlan's pale face and sighed softly, "Senior brother does not stop him from resting, your injury..."
Ye Yunlan: "Nothing. Senior brother, don't worry."
He Lanze had no choice but to leave.
When Shen Shu came back, he heard the sound of the violin curling from the bamboo building.
The sound of the piano is ethereal and distant, making people feel at ease, but Shen Shu's cultivation is getting deeper and deeper, and he can slowly perceive that there is something missing in the sound of the piano.
He couldn't tell what was missing.
I just feel that the sound of the piano is moving, but it is too lonely and deserted.
Even with him by his side, that's still the case.
Shen Shu's eyes darkened slightly.
In fact, in recent days, Ye Yunlan has suddenly indulged him. It's not that he didn't notice.
It was about after he exposed his filthy abilities that Ye Yunlan not only did not scold him in fear, but instead treated him with kindness.
Why.
He remembered the previous Taoist companion mentioned by his master. According to the description, that guy seemed to be a demon cultivator. Even if he was not a demon, he would be the same. Will his master be on him and see the same path as his predecessor. The similarities of couples, so only...
Thinking of this possibility, Shen Shu couldn't hold back his emotions, his shadow swayed from side to side, looking very unhappy.
However, after stepping into the bamboo building, Shen Shu restrained the expression on his face, and his shadow returned to normal.
He walked into the study, leaned against the wall and listened to a song, and then smiled at Ye Yunlan, who was cross-legged in front of the piano table, "I haven't heard Master play the piano for a long time, and it still sounds so beautiful."
Ye Yunlan still stroked the piano with one hand. Outside the window? The sun shines in his eyes, and the contours appear soft and illusory in the sunlight.
He said, "Just came back from the Internal Affairs Hall?"
Shen Shu nodded, "I got a big bed, it's made of red sandalwood, and the carpentry is superb. I think Master likes it. Yes, I happened to meet Deputy Sect Master Cheng when I was leading the bed. I took him to the front bed. When I saw this collar, Deputy Sect Master Cheng seemed a little unhappy, come here? Come and ask me why I got the collar for no reason."
Ye Yunlan said, "How do you answer?"
Shen Shu: "I said that I like to practice on the bed, but I accidentally collapsed the bed. Deputy Sect Master Cheng expressed his understanding, so he didn't pursue the matter of the bed any more."
Ye Yunlan: "... Next time you go, don't say some misleading words."
Shen Shu blinked: "Is there a next time?"
Ye Yunlan pursed her lips and turned her head to stop looking at him.
"You take out the bed and put it away, and then go out to practice swordsmanship. Cultivation is not a day's work, especially in the way of swordsmanship."
"Nine days later, follow me to the Law Enforcement Hall to participate in the trial."
…
Law enforcement hall, in the water prison.
The water prison was built at the bottom of the Law Enforcement Hall, and the freezing water covered the prison.
It was dark and dark inside, and the only light was a narrow skylight at the very top of the wall.
In the middle of the water prison, a chain hangs down, locking a man with scattered clothes and hair. The water reached his jaw. Rong Ran Xiuwei was sealed, the cold air entered from the limbs and bones, the pain was unbearable, the thirst in the mouth was terrible, but he couldn't lower his head to drink. Just because the water prison is full of salt water, the more you drink, the more thirsty you get.
He could only stare at the door on the stairs in the distance, waiting for the person he wanted to see.
Acacia Gu was about to move in the body, and because the supply of spiritual energy was cut off, it was even more heart-wrenching pain. He had no choice but to seize the last chance to plant Ye Yunlan's sub-gu, so that Ye Yunlan would fall in love with him completely, stand by his side, and testify for him, then he would have a chance to escape his guilt.
I don't know how long I waited, and the iron door made a harsh sound.
A young Law Enforcement Hall disciple walked in.
Rong Ran waited patiently for a while, but until the disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall walked down the stairs, there was no second person at the door.
What about Ye Yunlan? Ye Yunlan!
He frantically wriggled the chains, making a violent clattering sound.
The salty water splashed on his face, and the festering wounds on half of his face stinged, but Rong Ran didn't care, just roared in a hoarse voice: "I told you to call Alan over, where is Alan? "
Xue Yutang: "Senior Brother Rong, this may be the last time I will call you Senior Brother. I did go according to your request, but Senior Brother Ye is unwilling to come, so why should Senior Brother Rong force it? Besides, the Law Enforcement Hall has the rules of the Law Enforcement Hall, congratulations. Senior Brother Lan is very dissatisfied with your behavior. This is the last time I will see you. After nine days, the trial will begin. Please cherish yourself."
After Xue Yutang finished speaking, he left.
The iron gate was closed again, and the water prison fell into darkness.
Rong Ran was so angry that he was about to go crazy—he was a direct disciple of the sect master, and he had always been high in the sect, and his status was almost equal to that of He Lanze. Today, a mere disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall would dare to speak to him like this
And Ye Yunlan... why not see him? Even if you hate him or hate him, come over and scold him for a meal and see how pitiful he looks, why didn't you come to see him? Their more than 20 years of friendship, those memories of being together, have the other party really completely forgotten
Rong Ran shook the chain and let out a roar of unwillingness, tears flowing from his beautiful eyes. He felt his heart beating rapidly, and the Acacia Gu was beating wildly. Suddenly, he felt nauseated, and a vermillion-colored Gu worm crawled out of his lips uncontrollably.
His pupils widened—this is the child of the Acacia Gu, which is fed by his heart and blood, and should be controlled by him. Even if there is no spiritual power, it will not crawl out of his body on his own initiative.
But then something even more frightening happened.
The scarlet Gu worm fell from his mouth and onto the water, and without struggling, it melted away like blood and disappeared without a trace.
The Acacia Mother Gu in the body felt the death of the child Gu, and suddenly it beat even more frantically. Rong Ran only felt the pain in his heart like being sawed by a knife, but what made him more painful was the unprovoked death of the child Gu—how could this be! how so!
He spent several years, and the Acacia Gu, which he cultivated after being attacked by Gu insects every day, just disappeared
He doesn't believe it!
Rong Ran began to recall painfully.
The refining method was given to him by his father, and there is absolutely no problem.
And the materials, the materials are all collected by himself, and there will be no problem.
No, not right.
Rong Ran suddenly opened his eyes.
The most important ingredient for refining the Acacia Gu, he participated in the Tianchi Mountain Taoist Conference back then, and he wanted to get through the ranking, but was defeated by Shen Shu and missed that ingredient—the only thing that did not pass through his hands, was Materials sent by Chen Weiyuan himself.
At that time, he was also fortunate that he could meet a man with such a graceful bearing as the young patriarch of the Chen clan. He not only healed his wounds, but also gave him such a precious thing. If he hadn't already admired Ye Yunlan, I'm afraid he would have done something to the other party. tempted.
"Chen Weiyuan!"
Rong Ran finally came to her senses, her eyes red and roared.
"It's you, Chen Weiyuan!"
Chen Weiyuan, who was far away in the Tianji Pavilion in the Northern Territory, did not hear his roar.
There was a water mirror on his side.
That water mirror has been standing there many years ago, and what Rong Ran sees, sees, hears, and hears, will be reflected here. It's just that, at the moment when Rong Ran's body Acacia Gu Zi Gu died, the water mirror dissipated.
Chen Weiyuan slowly took a sip from the glass beside the table.
There was a faint blush on his face, and he seemed to be slightly drunk, his long hair was loose, and his expression was lazy.
"Heaven and the earth are not benevolent, and all things are dogs. All things arise by themselves, but cause and effect go back and forth." He shook the wine in the glass, his eyes blurred, "People are always born by luck and greedy for what they get. But they don't know that all the gifts of fate are There is a price to pay.”
He stretched out his hand and pushed the chess piece on the chessboard one step forward.
…
On February 29, the Law Enforcement Hall tried.
On this day, many disciples gathered in the Law Enforcement Hall.
The dignified sect master personally passed on his disciple, but killed his fellow disciple because of the treasure, and even put the blame on the fellow disciple. No matter which sect, it was a sensational scandal.
When Rong Ran was escorted out from under the water prison, his whole body was soaked, his face was as pale as paper, and his hair was wet and stuck to his body, looking extremely embarrassed.
But no one pitied him.
The disciples onlookers looked at him and only hissed, someone angry? They had already picked up the stones on the ground and threw them at Rong Ran.
Amidst the noise, the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall entered in sequence, and Ye Yunlan and Shen Shu had also arrived, and were greeted by the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall and sat on the seats at the rear for the hearing.
The remaining disciples were stopped outside the hall. Although they could see the movement inside and hear the voices inside, they could not interfere with the order of the law enforcement hall.
In the Law Enforcement Hall, there were several law enforcement elders with serious expressions, and He Lanze, holding a conviction sword, stood in a high position and presided over the trial.
With his nod, the trial officially began.
The disciples who had experienced what happened in the Fuyou Palace together came out one after another to testify.
Huanyouling has long been found by the disciples calmly, and is now placed on the high platform as physical evidence. As for "Dark Fragrance Shuying", because Rong Ran has already recognized his master, and Rong Ran would rather die than hand over this thing, they can't forcibly erase his imprint of his soul without going through a trial. On the body.
After the disciples' testimony was finished, an elder stepped forward to check the Huanyouling, confirmed its efficacy, and nodded to Helanze.
He Lanze raised the condemnation sword in his hand and pointed at Rong Ran.
"Junior Brother Rong, the evidence is conclusive, what else do you want to say?"
Rong Ran knelt on the ground, because of the backlash from the Acacia Gu Mother Gu, his body kept twitching, as if having an epileptic fit.
And even with the cover of "dark fragrance and sparse shadow", it still can't cover up the distortion and haggard of the face.
His voice seemed to be extremely hoarse because of too much roaring, which was extremely unpleasant.
Rong Ran raised his head, his face was distorted and hated whom he didn't know, and said: "I am a direct disciple of the sect master, no matter what mistakes I make, it should be judged by the sect master. I."
"I want to meet the Sect Master."