Weird show

※one※

The "interrogation" of Shangguan Wu began at the cock crowing in the early morning, in the largest hall of Xixintang.It was still half dark outside, and no oil lamps and candles were lit in the house. In the twilight of dawn leaking through the window paper, everyone sat quietly in the room.

Peng Guru is on the left, Song Gang is on the right, Jiang Wei is on the left of Peng Guru, and Xiao Jiu is on the right of Song Gang. In front of each of them is a table with some papers.

Sun Chengxiu, Qin Songfeng, and Ji Shuliu sat next to Xiao Jiu in turn. It was Jiang Wei's efforts to finally let them come to listen.

Shangguan Wu was still treated with courtesy and sat across from the crowd, but his hands and feet were shackled.His complexion was not bad, he used his sleeve to block the iron chain, and he still had a gentle appearance.

Peng Guru's eyes were deep, and it was difficult to see the real intention; Song Gang sat there dumbly, his eyes filled with terror.

"Very well, the Heaven's Punishment Sect raised something like you." Song Gang scolded him as soon as he opened his mouth.

Shangguan Wu pleaded guilty in his usual modest tone: "I am indeed a sinner of the Heaven's Punishment Sect. After many years, I actually repeated the tragedy of cannibalism."

Shangguan Wu's tone seemed to be confession, but the words themselves seemed to have a hint of irony.Song Gang's eyes were like knives, and he nailed Shangguan Wu's face: "At least we did it because of our disagreement. What kind of bullshit are you doing?"

Shangguan Wu calmly said: "Naturally, the ideas are also inconsistent. Sentence, you can be fair, if a person commits a crime, should his descendants deserve to be despised? Why do the descendants of the Heavenly Punishment Sect wear black turbans, and the descendants of the Haifeng Village Is it fair that everyone wears a white turban?"

Peng Guru said: "Ah Wu, you are wrong. You shouldn't blame Lao Song for this matter. There is no such rule on the island. But after the children of your generation grow up to five or six years old, those who have been fathers in this sect People in Haifengzhai naturally don't want their children to make friends with the children of sinners in Haifengzhai; People regard it as a young bird and laugh at it. Slowly things have developed to what they are today."

"Maybe I did wrong him." Shangguan Wu said, "But, may I ask why the third brother and the fourth brother quarreled endlessly, so that the fourth brother was not relentless when he decided to kill the third brother?"

Peng Guru said: "They have been at odds since they were young, and the quarrels were all about trivial matters. I only hate that I forgot that Ah Si has a bad temper. Sometimes he doesn't care about the consequences and fails to stop him in time."

Shangguan Wu said: "The reason they disagree is because they can't understand each other. The third brother attaches too much importance to his cleanliness, and even his best friends may turn against him for it. The fourth brother values ​​friendship the most, so he can't understand it; the fourth brother Greedy for prosperity, only looking for flowers and willows, the third brother thinks the place of Fengyue is dirty and ugly, so he can't get used to it. In fact, only I have gained the most during this journey. Not only have I made some friends, but I have also found a few places that are really suitable for seclusion for everyone to choose from. They The two are addicted to pleasure, far less than me."

Song Gang said: "So what? I let you compete with each other, and I didn't let you get a little better before killing people."

Shangguan Wu said: "Okay, let's talk about murder. My method of killing is very despicable. When I killed the third brother, I blamed the fourth brother, and when I plotted against Ah Jiu, I blamed the fourth brother. It's a pity that Song Zhangxing firmly believes in this. He even thought that my mother was insane. May I ask why I can always blame him? One is because he has bad intentions and left countless loopholes, and the other is because he regards the brothers wearing white turbans as sinners, so many blame Those whom he rules want to follow me.

"I will never forget that on my 15th birthday, a group of brothers made an appointment to celebrate me, but in the end there was only a cry, because Brother Hua fell in love with Miss Fu, the daughter of a sinner in Haifengzhai, and was forced to live by Uncle Hua. They broke up, and they both died in love. Ms. Fu lost her father since she was a child. She has a quiet and restrained personality since she was a child. She is a good girl. She left the book because she was afraid that Senior Brother Hua would go with her, but it is a pity that Senior Brother Hua still committed suicide to thank her in grief and anger."

Speaking of this, Shangguan Wu's chest heaved violently, and there was even a trace of tears in his eyes: "Uncle Hua is the person in charge of Song, may I ask Song Zhangxing, what is wrong with Miss Fu? Uncle Hua dislikes her background, why don't you Stop it? If you didn't have time to stop it, why did you still allow Uncle Shen to beat up Junior Sister Shen when she fell in love with Hu Er's nephew a few years ago? If you stopped it, how could Uncle Hu Er and Junior Sister Shen be willing to be dead soldiers?

"Yes, since my 15th birthday, and since no one congratulates me on my birthday, I want to have more power. I want to change the situation on the island, because I can never agree with your actions."

Perhaps because Shangguan Wu's eyes were abnormally bright, Song Gang's sharp eyes moved away from his face, and Peng Guru sighed even more, but Jiang Wei's expression remained unchanged: "Is it possible to change the situation on the island? Is the way to kill your third and fourth brothers? Your fourth brother is indeed a little frivolous and biased, but your third brother has always been kind to the old people in Haifengzhai, and he has a high reputation among them. The reason why you were able to induce Xiaojing to commit suicide the day before yesterday was because Ah San once saved his father's life when he was dealing with island affairs. Xiao Jing was grateful and risked his life to avenge him. But you were the first to kill, why wasn't your fourth brother, but the third brother? Ah San let you down since childhood If you don’t want anything, I’ll give you first, and if you attack him, it’s probably because only after he’s dead can the old people in Haifeng Village really fall for you.”

"Absolutely not. I really feel sorry for the third brother," Shangguan Wu admitted, "but the third brother's mistake is that he is weak and timid, and he doesn't fight when things happen. He can try his best to be lenient to those who belong to him, but he never thinks I want to change the situation on the island. Because of this, although I am much better than the third brother in civil and military, the elders in this sect still prefer him. Since ancient times, the elders have not wanted to see any changes."

"I know that your generous speeches have persuaded many people to follow you and become your dead soldiers." Jiang Wei straightened her waist, staring at the pillar in front of her, and did not look at her young son, "However, I think Even if you become the head of the Heaven's Punishment Sect, you will not be able to fulfill your promise."

Shangguan Wu said word by word: "I can do it."

Jiang Wei said: "You can treat the children of the old people in Haifengzhai fairly, but parents are not allowed to break up couples, and people with higher births are not allowed to pretend to be dignified. A mere leader can't do it. Even if it's like some people's joke, you are honored." It is also impossible to ascend to the position of Xixin King. As for the matter of the young girl of the Fu family, instead of expecting Mr. Song to come forward to persuade Lao Hua, it is better to encourage young people to stick to their own opinions and cherish their lives. Anyway, even if Lao Hua is beaten The mandarin ducks are not successful, and I dare not really do anything to his son, the rules of the Heavenly Punishment Sect are different from those of the outside world, even if a father kills his son, it is a death penalty for the same sect to kill his son."

"Mother's words are wrong," Shangguan Wu objected, "everyone has a weak side, don't weak people deserve to lose their chance? Only I will be the head of the sect, and first break the tension between the young people of the Heavenly Punishment Sect and Haifengzhai There are no boundaries, everyone is judged only by knowledge, martial arts, character, regardless of origin, slowly, everyone may be influenced by what they see and hear."

"If you really think that birth should not be used to determine people—" Jiang Wei's ironic eyes fell on Shangguan Wu's face, "Don't forget that you are only the best son of Shangguan's head, but not the entire Heaven's Punishment Sect. The best. Why don't you suggest that Mr. Song and Peng include all the male and female disciples of the Heaven's Punishment Sect as candidates for the head?"

Shangguan Wu's face changed slightly: "Because people who are better than me may not agree with my ideas. I can only seize this opportunity."

"Your words sound good, but if you really value fairness, you should also see that the descendants of the small bosses of Haifengzhai and the descendants of ordinary minions are also not allowed to communicate casually, but you don't pay attention to these, because it is important to you. In other words, the descendants of small bosses are far more useful than the descendants of ordinary minions. A few years ago, Mr. Song and Peng already let you take charge of part of the island's affairs. Why did you ever remove the white turbans of the so-called "brothers" around you?

"Whether a person who hides in the dark and lets his brothers rush forward to be the dead is fighting for the position of the leader in order to break the prejudice, or fight for the position of the leader in the name of breaking the prejudice, I think it is the latter."

Shangguan Wu said angrily: "If I am really this kind of person, those brothers who died for my plan, would they give up their lives to follow? Mother, I grew up on an island. The overall situation, but the dispute between me and the two elder brothers is definitely not for self-interest. I can say that even the fourth brother is not for self-interest. He thinks that the old people in Haifeng Village must be punished severely, otherwise there will be chaos. He thinks that the third brother is too weak. You insisted on fighting for the position of leader. You shouldn't insult us like this."

Jiang Wei sneered and kept silent, apparently not believing it.

Peng Guru seemed willing to believe his self-defense, and there was a heartbroken exhaustion in his eyes: "You children are too confused."

"Don't say any more." Song Gang's majestic and firm voice resounded, "No matter what he is doing, he must be dealt with according to the family rules."

Peng Guru said in a hoarse voice, "Talk about the rules of the house."

"Shangguan Wu, kneel down."

Shangguan Wu tidied up his clothes calmly before his knees touched the ground.

"Master Shangguan Wu murdered many times. Killed five fellow disciples in Ping'an Temple, one of whom was his own brother; attempted to kill two passers-by on the way to kill Shangguan San; killed Shangguan Si in Xixintang, who were both his own brothers; Attempt to murder Shangguan Jiu in front of Mrs. Jiang's residence, as her own sister; attempt to murder Ji Shaoxia and Sun Nvxia in the back mountain. In addition, Hu Er and others have been bewitched to risk their lives to frame her."

Song Gang stopped suddenly when he said this, and remained silent for a long time.

Peng Guru stood up slowly, and looked at Shangguan Wu with complicated eyes, "Senior Brother Song, in the past thirty years, I often think of the kindness of the old head. Many brothers, like me, learned that the same sect The truth of the fratricide made my heart ache. I just felt that the hard work from childhood to the present had become a joke. Brother Fang and Brother Lu even went mad and committed suicide on the spot. If it wasn't for the persuasion of the old head, I would have just let them go gone."

Song Gang's wrinkled eyelids drooped: "You were still young at that time, and my fault was the heaviest. I also had the intention of committing suicide. I was afraid that other brothers would follow, and even wanted to wait for everyone to leave and find a deserted place by myself. , quietly stopped."

Peng Guru said in a low voice: "The blood of the old master cannot be broken here. The island is no longer suitable for living. We will take him to land together, marry him and have children, and wait for him to have descendants... Not too late, what do you think?"

Song Gang didn't know whether he was soft-hearted towards the juniors in his old age, or he was moved by Peng Guru's words just now, he turned his head and stared at Xiao Jiu with an inquiring gaze, with a hint of pleading in his eyes.

Jiang Wei is the birth mother of Shangguan Wu, so she cannot be executed by her own authority, but Xiao Jiu is in the position of holding the sword and is also the judge of Shangguan's blood, if he insists on executing him, it is difficult for others to raise objections.

However, Xiao Jiu didn't look at Song Gang. She rested her elbows on the table and rested her forehead with one hand, as if she was closing her eyes and resting her mind.

Song Gang breathed a sigh of relief.

Peng Guru's words were nothing more than high-sounding words, and he didn't kill him now. In a few years, when Shangguan Wu had a son, he would naturally spare his life for the sake of his wife and children. How could Song Gang not know?But the old man who insisted on killing Shangguan Si a few months ago, unexpectedly softened when Shangguan's incense was about to end.The Heaven's Punishment Sect, who once claimed to be "not afraid of death, why be afraid of cutting off children and grandchildren", has finally become an ordinary person after 30 years.

Shangguan Wu closed his eyes, showing no expression, nor did he show any complacency.He killed Shangguansi, really just to facilitate the framing?Did he have long thought that only by killing all the other sons of Shangguan, could people like Song Gang not bear to do it?

Ji Shuliu looked at him for a while, and suddenly said: "Everyone understands that the fourth son of Shangguan is frivolous. If one has to be chosen to take over as the head, it is best to choose the fifth son. Everyone also understands that if the fifth son murders , Peng Zhangshu attaches great importance to the blood of the old head, and may choose to be lenient, while Song Zhangxing attaches great importance to the rules of the Heavenly Punishment School, and most of them choose to kill the killer."

Peng Guru looked at Ji Shuliu: "Young Master Ji, you see injustice and think it is inappropriate for the Heavenly Punishment Sect to protect the son of the old head?"

"That's not the case." Ji Shuliu said, "I just want to know whether Zhang Zhangshu has already determined that the fifth son is the best candidate for the next head of the Heavenly Punishment; A new short knife wound in less than half a year."

It was already dawn outside, and the red sunlight shone into Peng Guru's eyes through the window paper.

The lack of blood on his face seemed to be filled with sunlight.

Ji Shuliu added calmly: "Although there are people coming and going in Peach Blossom Town, it is impossible not to leave any traces without leaving any traces. You were still in Peach Blossom Town south of Hero Town in the morning to inquire about the whereabouts of the fourth son of Shangguan. Why did you run to the north of Yingxiong Town at noon and meet Song Zhangxing by chance?"

Qin Songfeng was originally sitting behind Ji Shuliu, kicked his left leg on the ground, and flashed to the door: "What happened to the couple passing by and the passer-by who acted righteously, Peng Zhangshu seems to know very well."

What kind of master Qin Songfeng is, Peng Guru naturally knows better.

He backed away quickly, rolling over and crashing out of the window.Qin Songfeng and Sun Chengxiu chased them out together, but Ji Shuliu stayed where he was because of his back injury.

Shangguan Wu looked at the direction Peng Guru was leaving with a face of shock—he had no idea that Peng Guru had killed someone to cover him up.

Things in the world can be so absurd.

※two※

Jiang Wei stood up and asked Song Gang: "Mr. Song, this is the end of the matter, what are you going to do?"

Song Gang's voice suddenly became very old: "I don't know, but the future achievements of the second sect master of Qin will never be lower than that of the old sect master. If he wants to kill Lao Peng, Lao Peng will definitely die. ... the dead , already too much."

After he finished speaking, he fell down on the table disheartened.

Shangguan Wu was still kneeling, his eyes calm.Jiang Wei quietly walked in front of her only remaining son, knelt down on the ground, and said sadly, "Before your third brother died, did you have any last words?"

Shangguan Wu said in a sad tone: "He didn't have time to say it."

"Does he hate you?"

Shangguan Wu did not answer.

"In any case, I have only one son left in this world, you." Jiang Wei knelt straight, stretched out his left hand, and slowly put his arms around Shangguan Wu's back shoulder, "I gave birth to the two of you when I was pregnant in October. , you and your third brother circled around my knees one left and one right, pestering me to play around, the scene at that time is vivid in my memory."

Shangguan Wu sighed and said, "Mother."

"Ah."

Xiao Jiu quietly closed his eyes.It's not that she can't bear to look at Shangguan Wu, it's Jiang Wei who she can't bear to look at.

Jiang Wei had never practiced martial arts, but the shackles on Shangguan Wu's hands and feet restricted his martial arts, but Jiang Wei's hand was as steady as a rock, and a sharp dagger pierced through the gap between Shangguan Wu's ribs, and accurately pierced his heart.

"You!" The blood was sealed by the blade and hadn't flowed out yet, so Shangguan Wu didn't die immediately. His gentle demeanor that he had maintained all his life was gone, and he said angrily, "You have a poisonous heart!"

Jiang Wei stood up straight, took three steps back, avoided his eyes, and said calmly: "You killed two biological brothers, and almost killed your biological sister, and I don't know how many lives of other irrelevant people have been ruined by you. , You have a poisonous heart."

Shangguan Wu had already collapsed on the ground, staring at Jiang Wei unwillingly: "I don't have a mother like you, you... poisonous woman. I have a clear conscience, I am for the overall situation of the island!"

Jiang Wei said: "From ancient times to the present, how many real 'big pictures' have disappeared in three to five years, but from ancient times to the present, killing people has to pay for their lives."

Shangguan Wu wailed suddenly, the dagger accidentally slipped in the chest cavity, a large amount of blood oozed out, and his body also twitched on the ground in pain.Jiang Wei gritted his teeth and said slowly, "I will pull it out for you, and the pain will stop."

She bent down and was about to pull out the dagger from Shangguan Wu's chest, but suddenly another window of the room was broken, and a masked man in black picked up Shangguan Wu and retreated to the other side, tremblingly said: "Hold on, don't I'm afraid, I'll try to see if I can save you."

Shangguan Wu's eyes were loose and blank: "Who are you?"

The masked man in black was of medium height, with a long sword hanging from his waist. He was Shangguan Pan who sneaked into Xiao Jiu's bedroom that day.While tapping on many acupuncture points on Shangguan Wu's chest, he said in a hoarse voice, "I am... I..."

He murmured for a long time unable to speak, and then he didn't have to speak any more.Jiang Wei's hand was too accurate, and Shangguan Wu had already died in his arms. The dead Shangguan Wu had his eyes closed, and there was still a trace of desire to survive on his face.

Shangguan Pan looked down at the dead face of his son whom he had not seen for many years, and suddenly wailed for a long time, then raised his blood-red eyes to look at Jiang Wei.

Xiao Jiu stood up, pressed the wound under his ribs with his left hand, and drew out his sword with his right hand to point at him without hesitation.

Shangguan Pan immediately said softly: "Ajiu, it's me, you sit down quickly, be careful not to burst the wound, don't be afraid, I won't hurt her, I won't hurt anyone, it's just you...why can't you leave him alive? ?Even if he dies, Ah San and Ah Si will not be able to survive. Only when he lives can he regret his mistakes."

Xiao Jiu stared at him, the emotion in his eyes gradually cooled down, and he suddenly laughed mockingly.

Shangguan Panping stretched out his hands, indicating that he would never draw his sword suddenly, and then asked Xiao Jiu: "I was listening outside just now, and the few friends you brought here are really here to kill Guru."

Xiao Jiu said: "They came to kill the murderer, and they just found out who the murderer was just now."

Shangguan judged painfully: "He did something wrong, but he is your Uncle Peng, the Uncle Peng who hugged you when you were young, how can you bear it. Can you go and ask them to let Gu Ru go?"

Xiao Jiu said: "I can't do such a thing."

Shangguan's blood-red eyes overflowed with tears: "I can make Guru pay the price, but after all, he watched you grow up. People make mistakes, can't they be corrected? These bandits in Haifeng Village on Xixin Island have already reformed themselves, why not Give them a chance to repent?"

Xiao Jiu seemed to have a lot to say, but held back, and just said: "Of course there is a reason, I don't need to explain to you. Why did you ever explain to me what you did?"

Shangguanpan looked at her hesitantly, then turned around and rushed out the door.

Ji Shuliu frowned and chased after him, Xiao Jiu also stood up slowly, and Song Gang was the only one sitting on the chair with his eyes glazed over and his mouth slightly open, unable to speak.Maybe he really got to know Jiang Wei today.

Two lines of tears slowly fell from Jiang Wei's eyes. She knelt beside Shangguan Wu and gently stroked the face of her dead young son. Her body was already shaking from crying, but her hands were still steady.

She must be very painful in her heart, but she doesn't seem to regret it.