Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"You just said that Junior Brother Ye Xiu asked you to investigate and collect evidence first, and he reported it to the sect. Two years have passed and you haven't received an order from the sect. When you see him again, will you not even ask?"

Jiang Fan lowered his head and looked a little flustered. The reason why he dared to clearly answer the time of meeting Ye Xiu was because someone told him that Ye Xiu had only left the sect alone once in the past four years, which was on July 1, 1684. Month, I returned from a month away.

He expected that someone might ask this question, and it would be ridiculous if he didn't contact him even once, so he had already thought about the answer.

But after all, the matter was made up, and there were still flaws. The preface and the follow-up did not match. He thought for a while and replied: "At that time, I was investigating Uncle Peng for two years and was not found. I was lucky, so I didn't take it seriously. It’s a matter of fact, and Uncle Ye has always told the truth and has a bad temper, so he didn’t dare to ask.”

"That's nonsense." He Xun slammed the table and shouted: "As the person in charge of the South China Intelligence Station, with more than ten years of experience in charge, how big a deal is it to privately investigate a Foundation-Building monk? You actually said it was inappropriate. You said it was Junior Brother Ye Xiu who instigated you, but you said that we have only met once in four years, and there was no correspondence or private meetings. How ridiculous."

"Senior Brother Dong, this guy is extremely dishonest. His words are inconsistent with what he says and his remarks are ridiculous. He must be lying. I suggest you use some means against him to see if he still dares to be so presumptuous."

When Jiang Fan heard this, he was shocked and broke out in cold sweats. Even the monks could not bear the special torture tools of the Ministry of Soothing and Soothing. He was now equal to a mortal and could withstand such torture. He raised his head with a look of pleading on his face. Look at a few people.

Dong Qingyuan said: "Before I came, the master warned me not to use torture instruments easily and beat him into a trick. Now the interrogation has just begun, how can I use torture instruments? Senior Brother Gao, what do you think?"

The old man smiled and said, "The master has already spoken, how can he still disobey it?"

Tang Ning looked on with cold eyes and finally understood. No wonder Lu Xingxian went to find him last night. In his first sentence, he bluntly said that he was worried that someone would use this matter to make an intelligence article. Now it seems that he had already received the news.

He Xun, the Inspector General, acted like a desperate man from the very beginning. Not only did he press forward step by step to get to the bottom of the matter, but he also used instruments of torture to extract confessions. Isn't this the person Lu Xingxian was alluding to?

Interestingly, these questions were not included in the testimony of previous interrogations by the Inspectorate. The content of the interrogation dialogue was more like a document-taking situation, and was far less sharp than He Xun's interrogation. It can be seen that the internal affairs of the Inspectorate are not a pool of calm water. !

In Tangning's opinion, He Xun may not be upright and hate evil. His interrogation method is obviously to push people to death, and it is more like he has come with some kind of mission.

Dong Qingyuan, the town official, had previously acted as if the matter had nothing to do with him, but when He Xun proposed torture, he vetoed it without even thinking, and even used the words of the leader to suppress it.

There were five people involved in the on-site interrogation. He only asked Gao Maolin from the Discipline Department for his opinion alone, and turned a deaf ear to Peng Yan and Tang Ning. Gao Maolin immediately agreed with him. It was obvious that the two people had "a clear understanding of each other."

He Xun saw that the two men were blocking the conversation between questions and answers, and he had no choice but to continue asking: "Junior Brother Ye Xiu has been dead for half a year. Since he died, why do you continue to investigate Junior Brother Peng Yan? No results have been found for four years, why should we continue to investigate for the dead? "

"This disciple has lived outside the sect for a long time and has not returned to the sect for several years. He is not clear about what happened in our department, so he does not know that Master Ye is dead."

"It's ridiculous. As a disciple of the Intelligence Department, you don't even know that your boss in charge of the Intelligence Department is dead. Do you think you can deceive us with this?"

"Disciple does not dare to lie. Everything he said is true. Although Uncle Ye is the supervisor of the intelligence station, he has no contact with the intelligence stations. Reports from the intelligence stations are communicated through Xuanying. The disciple's memorial was sent to the Ministry Liaison Office through the sect's communication department, and the communication did not go through Master Ye's hands. This..." Jiang Fang raised his head and glanced at Tang Ning secretly; "Master Tang knows best."

He Xun looked at him, and Tang Ning nodded slightly and said, "I am responsible for the intelligence liaison outside the sect. Senior Brother Ye is responsible for the specific matters of each team. However, unless it is a major emergency, he will generally not handle it personally."

He Xun sneered: "You were ordered by Junior Brother Ye to investigate and monitor Junior Brother Peng and his subordinates. According to what you said, only you two know about this matter. The battle at Xuanyue Mountain was so huge that everyone in Xingang knew about it. Among my Xuanmen disciples Many people died in the battle, but you actually showed no concern for Junior Brother Ye who secretly sent you on a mission. You carried out his orders and didn't even care about his life or death? "

Jiang Fan said: "The disciple has been investigating for four years and has become a habit. He doesn't pay much attention to it. Moreover, Master Ye has profound cultivation and mysterious magical powers. The disciple has always known about it and never thought that he would die in battle."

"Even the Golden Core cultivator died in the battle, and you actually said you didn't expect that he, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, would die in the battle?" He Xun refused to let go, pressing forward step by step, gaining momentum.

Jiang Fan was like a dead pig, he was bitten to death by Ye Xiu. No matter how He Xun pressed him, he would not let go.

He Xun continued to cross-examine for more than half an hour, but Tang Ning and others didn't say a word. In the end, they had nothing to ask. Jiang Fan lowered his head and shook his head. Dong Qingyuan saw this and said, "Junior brother Gao, junior brother Peng, junior brother Tang, you guys Is there anything else you want to ask?"

The three of them were silent. Dong Qingyuan said: "Take this person down and bring the others up one by one."

The two disciples below escorted Jiang Fan out. Not long after, they escorted a man over, who was also a disciple of the South China Intelligence Station.

He Xun asked a series of questions, and the disciple answered them one by one. It was not until about the end of the interrogation of all the disciples who were to blame.

Dong Qingyuan said: "The interrogations of all the disciples have ended, and the conversations have been recorded. Let's discuss a plan and then submit it to the leader for review. Senior Brother Gao, please give us your opinion first!"

Gao Maolin said: "Intelligence Section disciple Jiang Fan confessed to the investigation and surveillance of Junior Brother Peng. In view of the egregious circumstances and serious nature, I think he should be dealt with severely. As for the other disciples, although they are accomplices, because of their ignorance, It can be dealt with relatively lightly.”

"Junior Brother He, what about you?"

"I don't agree." He Xun said: "There are too many doubts in this case, and I don't agree to make it final. The disciple Jiang Fan who is to be punished made inconsistent remarks during the interrogation. I think there is something hidden in it."

"I wonder what Junior Brother He means by hidden secrets?"

"Jiang Fan said that he was under the instigation of Junior Brother Ye Xiu. Not to mention that blaming everything on a dead man is untenable. Even his argument and arguments are extremely ridiculous. In such a serious matter, two people We only met once in four years, and he didn't know anything about Ye Xiu's death for half a year, and he continued to investigate Junior Brother Peng."

"I'm afraid even a ten-year-old child wouldn't be able to hide this kind of thing. Moreover, based on the confessions of other disciples, Jiang Fan is obviously very concerned about this matter. The following disciples' reports to him can be said to be reported every three days and reported every five days. Even he himself has been monitoring Junior Brother Peng’s movements for a long time.”

"But in the interrogation just now, he repeatedly emphasized that he did not take this matter to heart. This kind of inconsistent language loopholes can be identified by our trial. Wouldn't it be a big joke in the world."

Dong Qingyuan frowned slightly and looked at Peng Yan: "What does Junior Brother Peng mean?"

"What Senior Brother He said is reasonable, but it is just inference. There is no substantive evidence to prove that what he said is a lie. If there is something else hidden, more sufficient witness or physical evidence is needed." Peng Yan said lightly.

He acted like this throughout the entire trial, as if he was just a spectator. People who didn't know anything would never know that this incident was caused by him.

In fact, Peng Yan was very clear-minded. He already knew who the mastermind behind it was. When he first discovered that the intelligence station was investigating and monitoring him, he was really furious. A group of mere Qi-refining monks dared to monitor him, and they did not regard him as a foundation-builder at all. The monk looked at how he could keep him from being angry.

Therefore, he immediately submitted a letter demanding severe punishment of these disciples and a thorough investigation into the matter. At the same time, he also began to inquire about the Intelligence Department with some old friends of the sect.

This matter is really weird. How can a group of Qi Refining disciples be so bold as to dare to investigate themselves? There must be someone behind it.

When he learned about Lu Guang's identity and background, he had already guessed it. If it hadn't been for this, he would have forgotten all about that little incident in the past.

At that time, he hit a bottleneck in his practice and encountered the calamity of sighing. He had not made any progress in more than ten years, and his heart was already restless.

That day when he was on duty at the office, the little girl came to him to get her seal. Somehow, he felt an unknown fire in his heart. He didn't know how to cherish such a good qualification. Instead, he couldn't forget the trivial things in the world.

He devoted himself to cultivating mysticism, but encountered the calamity of sighing. No matter how hard he practiced, it was of no avail. He was deeply jealous, so he scolded her and rejected her application to leave the sect.

He didn't expect that the little girl would dare to contradict him. A Qi Refining disciple dared to disobey him in this way, which made him even more angry, and he immediately taught her a lesson.

Who would have thought that heaven would lead to reincarnation, but now he is a dying old man, while that little girl succeeded in building the foundation and had a bright future. It was really thirty years to the east of the river and thirty years to the west of the river.

When he learned about this incident, he felt neither happy nor angry. Even the anger of the disciples who were investigating and monitoring him dissipated in an instant. He was just filled with deep emotion. All things are reincarnated, and all causes and effects are predestined.

He is old and has a short lifespan. He does not want to be involved in these disputes anymore. His disciples and descendants are all in the sect, and there is still a long way to go.

He didn't want to bring unnecessary disaster to these younger generations because of this matter. If possible, he would even take back the memorial and just pretend that nothing had happened.