Luo Heshan did not expect that in the center of the quagmire, the girl could maintain such a calm mind. She was not in a hurry to defend herself, but directly proposed a solution.

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing. You might as well go to the scene and have a look." He pondered for a moment, agreed to the proposal, got up and led a few people out.

There were a lot of people gathered under the eaves of the corridor outside. They were either close to Fang Hanxue or the brothers who were repairing the ancient pagoda to support Ye Lan.

Seeing this, Luo Heshan smiled inexplicably, "Since we are so free, let me go to the ancient pagoda to do some work."

Work.

When everyone heard this, their faces turned pale.

The work that inner disciples like them in the execution hall have to do when going to the ancient pagoda is not just to squat at the door and wipe the blood, but to open the door and clean out the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood accumulated on the first floor.

Thinking about those demon corpses that had been rotting for who knows how long, they were all in bad shape.

However, Luo Heshan had already stepped out of the courtyard, and everyone had to follow him obediently.

The group of people marched on the muddy mountain road for a long time in raincoats, with drizzle falling all the time in the sky. Luo Heshan, who was walking in front, looked at the sky from time to time, and a trace of confusion gradually rose in his eyes.

Soon, they reached the open area, and the ancient black tower towering into the clouds stood quietly under the gray sky. The few disciples who were left behind in front of the door were surprised to see a large number of people approaching.

"Master."

"Hello, Hall Master Luo."

After several people saluted, they handed the broken tiles collected in advance to Luo Heshan.

Luo Heshan took it and glanced at it for a few times, his eyebrows knitted together, "It is indeed man-made."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked and started talking.

"How is this possible? The only way to the ancient pagoda is the Xuanzong Gate. However, the entire sect has an express order prohibiting damage to the ancient pagoda. It is impossible for the disciples not to know this."

"Then what's going on? It's impossible for the evil spirits in the ancient tower to destroy it themselves."

……

Among all the chatter, a clear and loud voice suddenly came out.

"What if the person who did it was a disciple of Xuanzong?"

what? !

Everyone was startled, followed the sound, and found that the person speaking was Fang Hanxue.

"Junior Sister Fang, what do you mean by this?" Several senior brothers who were repairing the ancient pagoda immediately frowned sensitively.

"I don't doubt the intentions of the senior brothers. You have been in the execution hall for many years. If you had different intentions, you would have taken action already. Why wait until now." Fang Hanxue explained in time, in a clear and logical manner, and guided everyone's thoughts in a specific direction little by little. , "But this happened just after the examination of the new disciples of the sect. Don't you think it's a coincidence? And today someone happened to save the senior brother, won everyone's favor, and also discovered the abnormality of the tiles."

Things that were originally incomprehensible were connected in such a series, and it seemed that there was a reasonable explanation.

There is no need to name anyone, everyone has automatically turned their attention to the so-called "someone".

There is only one newcomer who is involved in repairing the ancient pagoda and whose position in the sect is awkward and who urgently needs to integrate into the group.

If Ye Lan was not the person involved, he would have to give Fang Hanxue's reasoning a thumbs up.

At this time, Luo Heshan looked at her quietly again, his tone still incapable of detecting the subtlety of joy and anger, "Ye Lan, what do you have to say?"

Ye Lan has nothing to say because——

"No evidence."

what?

Even Luo Heshan was stunned at this time.

Ye Lan shrugged and said calmly: "Everything is just her imagination and speculation, and there is no evidence, right?"

So, why did she have to prove her innocence for a groundless speculation?

Everyone didn't react when they heard it suddenly, but when they thought about it carefully, it actually made some sense, and they couldn't help but froze at the moment.

"Then Master...what should we do now?" A disciple behind him asked Luo Heshan.

"..." Luo Heshan didn't know how to deal with it, but the punishment hall is a place that pays attention to fairness and justice. There is really no way to deal with the girl at the moment, so he decided: "You go and look around for clues first, and the rest of you will clean up." What’s inside the door.”

"Yes!" The disciple who was named in front of him lit up his eyes when he heard this, and ran away in a hurry.

The remaining group of people were bitter and resentful. They became worried when they looked at the gate of the ancient pagoda. Finally, they covered their noses with cloth strips, put on rubber gloves and walked to the door.

"You go away first, I'll squeeze you in later."

The disciples outside the door who were cleaning the floor stepped aside one after another, but they couldn't help but curiously peeked their heads in to watch.

the other end.

Luo Heshan was standing in front of the tower observing the sky.

As he walked along, he noticed that the dark clouds above his head were getting thicker and thicker as they got closer to the ancient pagoda. At this time, they had almost completely submerged the entire pagoda.

The moist vapor carries an earthy smell, covering up any other scent.

"Demon energy." He crushed the edge of the broken tiles at his fingertips and rolled out a wisp of black smoke. His expression suddenly became solemn, and he turned around and ordered the first disciple beside him, "Go to the inner courtyard to inform the first elder and ask her to Old man, come here quickly."

The senior brother on the side was a little surprised, but it was not because of his master's order, but because the girl had told him this proposal before, but he didn't take it to heart at the time, thinking that the other party was avoiding work because he didn't want to work.

Realizing the seriousness of the matter, he immediately responded, "Yes."

Immediately, not daring to delay at all, he turned around and rushed into the misty forest.

This was not over yet. Luo Heshan turned his head and looked at Fang Hanxue, "You also go to help and invite the elders from other halls."

"Oh, okay." Fang Hanxue didn't know why, but she hurried over after hearing the words.

At this time, only Ye Lan and Wu Heng were left behind.

Luo Heshan did not assign tasks to them and seemed to still classify them as key suspects.

"I heard that you built all the tiles on the four-story cornice?" he suddenly asked.

Although the person didn't look back, he knew who he was asking.

"Yes." Ye Lan responded happily.

Luo Heshan asked again, "How long did it take."

Ye Lan: "One or two minutes."

Hearing the time, Luo Heshan smiled, stared at the broken tiles in his hand and said: "It only took a minute or two to seal back the evil energy escaping from the four corners of the ancient pagoda. Your spell is not ordinary. "

If he hadn't come to take a look in person today, he would have always thought that the ancient pagoda was too corroded by the humidity in rainy weather and was difficult to repair. He never thought that it was because of the devilish energy.

The demonic energy crawled out little by little along the tiles, and it was extremely cold. Of course, it couldn't be sealed by ordinary cement.

That's why the second disciple Yun Jin fell from mid-air in the morning and had no time to react. He was afraid that his feet might not have slipped, but he was attacked by the demonic energy, and his limbs would be temporarily paralyzed and unable to move.

Therefore, Ye Lan was wronged in rescuing people.

When Ye Lan heard this, she was noncommittal. She originally wanted to attract the elders' attention to the ancient pagoda. Now that her goal was achieved, other doubts and speculations were irrelevant.

Maybe he couldn't hear the response, so Luo Heshan couldn't help but look back. Seeing that the girl was as still as a mountain, even her expression was as calm as before, she couldn't help but feel a bit of toothache.

There is also such a person in my mind, who can make all the elders so angry with an expressionless face, but it is a pity that that person is no longer here.

He was in a daze for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard an exclamation from behind.

"What it is?!"

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