Jiangnan

Life is alive, like a white horse passing by, all of a sudden.When tomorrow becomes today, and today becomes yesterday, will it return to the bright moon of the year?

The sudden growth of Xiaoyaotang, which was unknown a year ago, and the death of Zhou Yan, the leader of the martial arts, filled the seemingly peaceful vast martial arts with unexpected turbulent changes.

As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day, and a martial arts sect cannot be without a master for a day. Zhou Yan's sudden death is certainly shocking, but at such times, it is often the most necessary person who can take charge of the overall situation.

The selection of the next leader has not yet started, and the power of Xiaoyaotang, which has long been dissatisfied with the small troubles in the borderlands, has spread to the Central Plains. The place belongs to him.

For this kind of cult that does not abide by the rules of the rivers and lakes, the self-proclaimed upright people in the rivers and lakes naturally want to get rid of them quickly, but it is a pity that they have no leader now. If there is no one who can take the lead to give orders and gather all the major sects to encircle and suppress them, other sects will be afraid I would rather wait on the sidelines for the time being as a meat bun delivered to my door.

To put it bluntly, these so-called decent sects are just gangs that gather people to fight and fight because of the number of people.

The most urgent task is to choose a new leader first. As for Xiaoyaotang, let it play for a few more days, and then the whole martial arts will go to encircle and suppress Xiaoyaotang, and I don't believe it will lose.

No one believed that the head of the Xiaoyao Hall would really appear in the general forum of the Wulin League, and they all regarded him as a few nonsense words. After all, the head of the Xiaoyao Hall was really a wolf, and he would only be trampled to death if he got in among the sheep .

But on the day of the selection, the master of Xiaoyao Hall really came, and these sheep from other sects could only stare blankly.The biggest difference between a cult and the so-called decent sect is that as long as the cult can succeed, the process has always been unscrupulous, while the decent sect cares more about the superficial layer of morality and virtue, and they would even lose their lives for this.

Of course, there are still a small number of people who really care about morality. Most people are wolves in sheep's clothing, and they do nasty things for profit and purpose that are worse than "cults".

It's just that this time they didn't expect that the master of Xiaoyao Hall really dared to come, and he still came in a big way. Because they didn't expect it, almost no one thought of taking precautions in the general arena of the Wulin League. There is a trick - all the tea they drink has been poisoned.

The head of Xiaoyao Hall sat down as if no one was there. Before he came, all the sects were desperately trying to sit on the position of leader. He asked everyone with a smile, do they want to take the antidote to survive, or hand over the martial arts order and admit him? position of ally.

At this juncture, even if there is a gentleman who is unwilling to submit to an honest gentleman, he still has to worry about the safety of other people, and at most he will scold them harshly. Some people fed something again, and soon these people fell to the ground bleeding from all seven orifices.

There must be more people who are afraid of death than those who are not. After seeing what happened to these people, there are not many people who dare to speak wild words in the huge martial arts league.

Of course, it is not advisable to be silent and passive against this kind of thing that challenges the patience of the head of Xiaoyao Hall, Li Kui. After sending a few more people to Huangquan Road, the remaining sects showed signs of giving in and compromise.

Li Kui, the master of Xiaoyao Hall, seemed to be only one step away from victory, but at this moment, a person appeared on the main altar of the Wulin League. It seems that they are just countrymen, not some masters who can save them from fire and water.

However, to everyone's surprise, it was precisely this person who not only repelled the people from Xiaoyaotang, but also stabbed Li Kui to death with a sword in front of all the martial arts people during the battle.

This person was injured by Li Kui in the end, but he still insisted on finding the antidote from Li Kui and distributing it to the poisoned people of various sects.

After taking the antidote, the martial arts man who recovered his strength did not let him go, but let him stay and recuperate first, and asked him one by one about his background and where his teacher was. Who is it? He only said that he met an old man when he was a child. He said that his bones were fine and suitable for martial arts, so he stayed and taught him martial arts. When he finished his studies, he left. The next sword has the word "Wei" printed on it. This time I came to the general arena of the Wulin League just to open my eyes. I never thought that I would just meet Li Kui.

Upon hearing this, everyone was in an uproar.For more than a hundred years, the only person in Wulin who can be called the sword sect is the owner of the sword engraved with the word "Wei" - the old man Qianjue.

Old man Qianjue has an eccentric personality, his whereabouts are always secretive, and he never accepts disciples, so this person who suddenly appeared at this time is actually his disciple?

When the person who really knew the sword, head Qingxu of the Wudang faction took the sword for a look, he immediately nodded and admitted: the sword is real!

The Weixin sword is unique, and it also proves that the old man Qianjue used this sword to surpass the respect of martial arts alone, and no one can pretend to be it.

After seeing this sword, some people with high status in the martial arts had plans in their minds: Zhou Yan died too suddenly, and they had never had the idea of ​​finding someone to replace him before, which led to the uneven abilities of the disciples of the various sects. Li Kui came to make trouble before they saw them shaking their heads in secret. In the battle with Li Kui, this man's superb swordsmanship is really amazing, and he is the disciple of the old man Qianjue, which is enough to stand on the stage...

But these people just thought about it, the real ability has to be seen under the hands, some people urged him to participate in the competition, people in the martial arts are very martial, as long as he can win other people, who will be the leader of the martial arts Things are basically settled.

Under the guidance of some sect leaders who have no desire for the position of leader, this person went to participate in the martial arts competition with a confused face. Maybe the martial arts of people nowadays are really not that good, but he passed all the way and defeated all opponents in the end.

When he defeated the last challenger, he held a sword on the stage and looked around at the martial arts people in the audience, and smiled a little shyly. His black eyes reflected a faint light in the sun, which was particularly pleasing to the eye.

The new leader of the martial arts has been decided in this way. The name of the new leader who took office is Jiang Ying.

Ren Pengfei found some excuses for the selection meeting of the martial arts leader, but when the name of the new leader came to Du'e City, his heart sank. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong not to go to the martial arts alliance this time. .

Others might not be able to recognize anything special about the name Jiang Ying, so how could Ren Pengfei not guess it?One Xiao Jiang, one Nie Ying, that's Jiang Ying.

Back then, Xiao Jiang had shown his face in the martial arts because of Bai Chuan's incident. Even though Xiao Jiang and Nie Ying's character and temperament were so different at that time, it was impossible to distinguish Xiao Jiang for a while, but this outstanding appearance was hard to be mistaken. Steal the show and no one raises objections?

Ren Pengfei found someone to ask about the situation at the martial arts conference, and asked about Jiang Ying's appearance in detail. It was only later that he realized that Jiang Ying must have changed his face.

Although few people now know that Jiang Ying is Xiao Jiang and Nie Ying, he uses this name so carelessly, isn't he afraid that he, the lord of Du'er City, will expose his true identity?Or confidently believe that no one will believe the words of the city lord of Du'e City?

But these are not what Ren Pengfei is particularly concerned about. What upsets him is, what exactly is Nie Ying trying to do?Even if Nie Ying is now a wanted criminal by the court and cannot run around blatantly, but after hiding his identity, why does he want to sit on the position of martial arts leader?

Others may believe that this is a coincidence, but Ren Pengfei knows that if Nie Ying refuses, this coincidence will not happen.Moreover, his appearance on that day was really too coincidental, so coincidental that he had to doubt—maybe everything on that day was arranged by him.

If this is the case, Ren Pengfei only feels horrified, not only because of Nie Ying's current scheming, but also because of the real motive behind his actions.

After all, the Martial Arts Alliance is a force that even the emperor is afraid of. If they can control the entire Martial Arts sect, then they will cultivate forces in secret, and in time——

Of course, this was all just Ren Pengfei's conjecture, and there was no real evidence for everything. He couldn't even be sure whether Jiang Ying was Nie Ying or not.

Because of this, Ren Pengfei still did not move even though he was thinking about it. The main reason was that he had no reason to move.

Half of the business in Du'e City is about to come back, but a year ago, due to various reasons, Ren Pengfei was already lazy, not to mention that after his younger brother succeeded him as the city lord, Ren Pengfei saw that he was getting used to it day by day. He also looked good, and he didn't have the mood to continue to take care of things in the city.

So regardless of Ren Chengfei's persuasion, he still decided to retreat behind the scenes, and when his younger brother encountered difficult problems, he would give advice from time to time. In fact, Ren Pengfei at this time was really an idler with nothing to do to take care of his daughter.

Ren Chengfei is in the growth stage of things in the city, and the environment he needs must be relatively calm. The reason for the muddy water in the martial arts conference.

No one would let a peaceful life go by, fighting and killing all day long, not to mention that Jiang Ying hadn't done anything outrageous now, so what reason did Ren Pengfei have to disturb the superficial peace of the rivers and lakes.

He only selfishly hopes that Jiang Ying is not Nie Ying. Even if it is true, he also hopes that Jiang Ying, the martial arts leader, will not have hatred in his heart. Otherwise, not only the entire martial arts world, but also the whole world will be plunged into a bloody storm , there is no peace.

But God didn't hear Ren Pengfei's prayer, and things gradually developed in the direction he least wanted to see.

Not only the Xiaoyaotang, but also the power of various cults in Jianghu became stronger after Jiang Ying became the leader of the martial arts, disturbing the people everywhere, and even some cults cooperated with foreign enemies to harass some soldiers guarding the city.

Naturally, the central capital also sent troops to clear up these cults that disturbed the law and order. Unfortunately, these cults that specialize in learning heresy are very slippery. Great step.

The court is helpless, there is a saying that evil people rule by evil people, since cults can be regarded as Jianghu sects, then let the people in the martial arts resolve these matters.

Therefore, the emperor's power of attorney was delivered directly to Jiang Ying, the leader of the martial arts alliance, by the envoys sent by the court.

This power of attorney gave the leader of the martial arts alliance a right, that is, if he was short of manpower in the process of suppressing bandits, he could request reinforcements from nearby troops.

After knowing this, Ren Pengfei stood in the courtyard from daytime to sunset. He began to understand Jiang Ying's thoughts and gradually knew what he wanted to do next. If he continued to let it go like this, he would lose the entire nation.

Ren Pengfei is not the kind of person who is loyal to the emperor and patriotism, nor is he a person who cares about the country and the people. As for whether he is so upset and anxious because of the city of Du'e, which may not be able to escape, or something else, at this time, he really can't tell. an answer.

All he knew was that he didn't want to watch things go on like this, but how could he do it?Is Jiang Ying at this time still the Nie Ying from before?

Just thinking about it for a day, he finally made a decision, no matter what, he wanted to give it a try.

Now that Du'e City has Ren Chengfei and his trusted subordinates, there is no need for him to worry too much. The only thing he is worried about is his daughter.Although her body is already in good condition, this child is a medical madman for some reason, obsessed with medical books all day long, not only stays at home, but also forgets to eat and sleep, repeated persuasion is difficult to change, Ren Pengfei and dumb aunt need to stare at her all day long Eat and rest.

Ren Pengfei was really afraid that if she didn't pay attention, her old illness would relapse. He was very concerned about her body, and he was afraid that the dumb aunt would not be able to persuade her alone.

Fortunately, when my daughter knew that he was going to go far away, even though she was very reluctant, she still obediently promised that she would listen to the dumb aunt's words, eat and rest on time.With her guarantee, plus trusting the dumb girl, and asking her younger brother and servants to pay more attention to her daughter, she felt a little relieved.

The night before leaving, Qingqing didn't read any more books for a rare occasion. Instead, she asked the dumb aunt to make a sachet for her, and then put it in the medicinal materials she had prepared herself, which has the effect of repelling insects and health care, and then carefully held it in her hands Go to daddy.

But when she got to the next yard, she saw Ren Pengfei sitting on the small stone bench behind the rockery, holding the jug in his right hand and the wine glass in his left, taking a sip from time to time, sighing at the moon occasionally, with a heavy expression on his face.

Qingqing stood silently until Ren Pengfei found his daughter, put down the things in his hands, and walked towards her: "Qingqing, why don't you rest so late?"

"I asked Aunt Dumb to make a sachet. I put herbs in it, which can repel insects and have health benefits. I gave it to Dad."

Ren Pengfei took the sachet from his daughter, opened it and took a deep breath. The corners of his mouth curled up. Then he stretched out his hand, knelt down and gently wrapped his arms around his daughter's waist: "Thank you, Daddy will definitely keep it safe."

"Father must be careful all the way."

"Well, Dad promises you."

Qingqing looked at his face and slowly lowered her head, Ren Pengfei couldn't help asking: "What's wrong? Is there anything else you want to say?"

Qingqing threw herself into her father's arms without raising her head, and rubbed vigorously a few times before she stopped moving.Ren Pengfei paused for a moment, seeing that she was still silent, he gently stroked the back of her head with his hand.

"Qingqing, if you have anything to say, tell Dad, and Dad will listen carefully."

After finishing speaking, the daughter's little hand grabbed the clothes on his body vigorously, only to hear her muffled: "Father, are you looking for that person?"

A light flashed in Ren Pengfei's eyes, and he frowned slightly: "You mean..."

"It was the one who made Qingqing's body recover back then..." The villain in his arms stretched out his arms and wrapped his arms around his neck, his voice became even more dull, "Father, whose daughter am I?"

Ren Pengfei was stunned, and after he recovered for a while, a gust of cold wind happened to blow, which made him shiver, but he recovered quickly.

Pulling his daughter away from him, looking at her face to face, looking at her face carefully, and then stretching out his hand to stroke it gently, he whispered forcefully: "Did you hear that night?"

Qingqing nodded: "Yes. Although she was very uncomfortable at that time, Qingqing heard it."

Ren Pengfei's hands trembled slightly, but he finally hugged his daughter again, with a bitter smile on his lips.

"Father already guessed that it wouldn't be long before...well, father will tell you, I will tell you everything..."

I just hope that when the time comes, you won't blame your father or your own background...

There was no need for Ren Pengfei to worry more about the affairs in the city. He didn't speak out in front of everyone, but his repeated reminders about the things around him still made Ren Chengfei aware of something.

"Brother, are you going to leave Du'e City?"

"Yeah, big brother has nothing to do now, and I really want to live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes."

Ren Chengfei puffed up his cheeks, lowered his head and kicked his toes: "Are you assured that I will take care of Du'e City by myself?" Relying on his brother has become a habit, and every time he leaves, he is very uncomfortable.

Ren Pengfei patted him on the shoulder, his eyes fell on the floating clouds in the sky, a few faint wisps: "When Dad died of illness, my elder brother was only seventeen or eighteen, didn't he come here like this."

"elder brother……"

"Cheng Fei, brother believes in you."

Ren Chengfei looked at his kind-faced elder brother dumbfounded. Under the bright sunshine, some silver streaks appeared on his temples at some point.

Ren Chengfei looked at him, his eyes turned red, he rested his head on his shoulder, and wept with his voice suppressed: "Brother, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I will take care of Du'e City, don't worry..."

Ren Pengfei smiled in relief, and gently stroked his younger brother's hair.

Time flies, when the years have washed us to the vicissitudes of life, that young and frivolous face has only become a picture in memory.

Ren Chengfei thought that his elder brother would say goodbye to them one day before leaving, but when he woke up one day, he found that there was only a letter left in his elder brother's house, with a few words on it: Don't read, be careful in everything, and take good care of Qingqing.

Just like many times, even if there are thousands of words in the heart, the final output is only a few simple words, but it is better than thousands of words.

Knowing that he was leaving, Qingqing was locked in the room, sitting on the bed and sobbing non-stop, tightly clutching the jade pendant that Ren Pengfei left for her when he left, which he always carried with him.

It was early in the morning when Ren Pengfei left, and the fog in Shuzhou had not yet dissipated, and it was thick enough to permeate the entire city, making it impossible to see clearly ahead.Ren Pengfei rode his horse past, listening to the regular sound of the horse's hooves stepping on the stone road, click, click, every sound seemed to be knocking on his heart.

In this illusory fog, you can't see the front clearly, and there is silence everywhere, which easily arouses many thoughts.

Ren Pengfei thought a lot. From a young age, from a child who didn't know anything to a city lord who owns ten thousand hectares of land, the past youth and ignorance have become memories, and before he knew it, he would involuntarily care about success or failure in everything. Gains and losses, but ignore the essence of the matter.

He thought of the life in the valley of all evils, the days when he was at the bottom, if he didn't worry about his younger brother, if he didn't have to force himself to bear another male's assault, perhaps, that would be the most comfortable life for him.

From time to time, there is a fragrant wind blowing, and there is always a deep pool with deep water.

But the ghost mother-in-law said that the bottom of the valley is full of poison, just like everything in the world will not be perfect.

For Nie Ying, Ren Pengfei really couldn't tell what kind of mood he was in. He only knew that every time he dreamed back in the dead of night, he would recall Mrs. Hua's face and the sentence she kept repeating: "I just want to let you You are fine..."

Every time I think about it, my heart tightens.

He remembered that he had said something similar to Cheng Fei, as long as he was well, as an elder brother, everything would be fine.

Mrs. Hua, that woman who loved Nie Ying with all her heart, did she really just go there?So who is left beside Nie Ying?He didn't experience the bottom of the valley back then, so he didn't understand, but now that he has lost it again and again after experiencing it, can he climb out of the bottom of the valley again, does he have enough courage to pursue it?

Ren Pengfei would miss that smiling face in the martial arts gym, he would think of his serenity when he was concentrating on practicing calligraphy, he would think of the peacefulness of him sitting under the bamboo branch and playing the piano with a smile on his face, he would think of his red eyes yelling whether I was something in your heart None of the sadness...

I also think about the scars all over his body after he took off all his clothes.

Since leaving the capital and returning to Du'e City, Ren Pengfei has been sending people to secretly search for news about Nie Ying, but there has been no clues, and Nie Ying seems to have disappeared out of thin air.

If there is no news, whether it is good or bad, Ren Pengfei didn't dare to think about it, but he never gave up searching, but he never thought about it, so what if he found it, so what if he didn't find it?

So when the name Jiang Ying appeared, he was taken aback because he didn't know what to do next.

After slowly falling silent, he realized that he had no reason to go to him. It was Nie Ying who drove him away in the capital a year ago. He said, I'm tired.

They should have been strangers since then, but when the rebellion broke out in the capital, his first reaction when he heard it was to leave his daughter behind and gallop all the way back to Beijing. In his heart, Nie Ying is no longer just a stranger.

Ren Pengfei didn't know if this was the feeling Nie Ying wanted.On the contrary, because of this incident, Ren Pengfei was even more confused, as if he had walked into a dead end and couldn't get out again. After going around, he was finally tired, tired.

So Ren Pengfei went to Nie Ying, to him, to find an answer.

In Yunnan, at the foot of Diancang Mountain, Ren Pengfei did not report the name of Du'e City. For an ordinary person, it is not easy to meet a martial arts leader.But he can wait, stay in a small inn, and then go to the place where the martial arts leader may appear every day.

Ren Pengfei can have many ways to meet Jiang Ying, the most direct one is to bribe Jiang's servants to sneak in, but he chose the most stupid and stupid way, not because of anything else, but because he wanted to go to him before, Take a look from a distance to see if Jiang Ying is Nie Ying.

In his heart, Ren Pengfei didn't want Jiang Ying to be Nie Ying, just like the innocence of his younger brother who had been protecting his younger brother, but found that his eyes were inevitably stained with impurities. The person who was once at the bottom of the valley also had a pair of clear Eyes like water—

Finally, the Martial Arts League called together people from all walks of life in Yunnan, saying that they were going to crusade against the bandits who had recently robbed passers-by in the mountains of Chuxiong and killed them.There is nothing the officers and soldiers can do about this kind of thing, and occasionally they will ask the Wulin League for help.Ren Pengfei took the opportunity to mingle with the crowd rushing to the main altar. When Jiang Ying came out when the crowd gathered, he hid in the corner and watched from a distance.

All he saw was a strange, slightly honest face. Ren Pengfei didn't pay much attention to it. After all, he couldn't tell why it was so far away. He paid more attention to Jiang Ying's feet. what will happen...

Although it was very subtle, Ren Pengfei could still see it, and finally affirmed one thing. Looking at Jiang Ying's face again, he felt that his heart was so congested that he could hardly breathe.

The time has changed, things have changed, and those who have been lost or missed, how to recover, how can we recover?

"Master Baili, don't chase after the poor!"

Bai Lixiang, who was about to sneak into the forest to chase the enemy, stopped when he heard the sound, turned around to look at the person, and immediately cupped his fists and said, "Leader Jiang."

Jiang Ying glanced behind him, and said with concern on her face: "The deeper the forest, the denser it is, even if the locals go in, it is difficult to guarantee that they can come out. I am afraid that the few thieves who escaped will not be able to do anything. They entered the forest It's just a narrow escape, why should the head of Baili take his own life for this kind of person?"

Bai Lixiang was particularly moved when he heard this, and he admired the leader of the martial arts for only a few months. Eliminating harm for the people is really a merit.”

"The head of Baili is really joking." Jiang Ying walked over and patted him on the shoulder, and then walked ahead, "This is just a duty, not to mention whoever it is, will have the same reaction when encountering such a thing." reaction."

Jiang Ying's lack of arrogance or impetuosity attracted the admiring gaze of Bai Lixiang, who was not confused.

"By the way," Jiang Ying walked a few steps, suddenly stopped as if remembering something, put her hands behind her back, and asked Bai Lixiang with a smile, "I wonder if the head of Baili has ever thought about his own death?"

"What?" Bai Lixiang was puzzled for a while.

Jiang Ying's dark eyes fell on him, and the smile on his lips seemed to be different. He lowered his voice and said, "I don't know if Master Baili ever thought that he would die by my hands..."

Before Jiang Ying could finish speaking, a cold light flashed by. Bai Lixiang only had time to widen his eyes before his head was separated from his neck and he rolled on the ground a few times.

Jiang Ying avoided the splashed blood, threw away the specially prepared weapon in her hand, sneered at the headless corpse, was about to turn around and leave, but stopped when she heard a faint approaching sound, and listened carefully, as if she felt something was wrong. What's wrong, I took a few steps back, jumped, flew to the side and counted, the person was already sitting firmly on the leafy tree, lowered the branch in front of him, and looked in the direction of the corpse.

Soon, he saw a person approaching the corpse. Even though the distance was nearly [-] meters, with his excellent eyesight, he could still tell who it was at a glance. For this reason, his breath was involuntarily suffocated——

Martial arts people flocked to Chuxiong to suppress the bandits, and Ren Pengfei also mixed in with them and came to the mountain. He did nothing, but kept paying attention to Jiang Ying's every word and deed. Later, he found that Jiang Ying left the team during the chaos, so he followed come up.

Jiang Ying performed lightness kung fu and ran all the way. Ren Pengfei, who had lost all his internal strength, had no way to keep up. He could only walk over by feeling, but he didn't find Jiang Ying, but saw Bai Lixiang's body separated from his head.

It was really shocking at the beginning, but he soon regained his composure. It is not the first time Ren Pengfei has been in the rivers and lakes. He has seen many scenes of beatings and killings, and he has seen them several times more than the bloody scenes now. This bloody scene is very important to him. Words are nothing.

If it was normal, Ren Pengfei would turn away as if he hadn't seen anything, but this time he didn't know if he was delusional. He couldn't help getting closer to see it clearly. When the head of one place was turned, the eyebrows frowned slightly.

Bai Lixiang's frozen expression when he died was really strange, his eyes were almost split open, as if he saw something unbelievable, and there was no trace of disorder on his body, as if he was standing and waiting for someone to come Chopped the neck like...

Ren Pengfei didn't know that when he was carefully observing the corpse, a man flew away from the tree, leaving only a five-fingerprint sunken under the trunk.

The news of Bailixiang's death quickly spread among the martial arts people who were crusading against the Chuxiong bandits. The murderer was caught on the spot. Huh—it turned out to be Pengfei, the city director of Du'e City!

Ren Pengfei has lived in seclusion in recent years, and almost no one knows him as a rookie in the martial arts world, and those who know him are almost all veterans of the world. On the way back and forth to Dali, these rookies in the martial arts world who don't know him made things difficult for the city lord. After a short journey of two or three days, when he arrived at the main altar, he was completely in a mess, with large and small wounds everywhere, a few bloodstains on his face, and his lips were so dry that they were cracked.

Jiang Ying frowned imperceptibly, and immediately someone asked what was going on with the escort: "The matter has not been investigated yet, why did you make him look like this?"

When he found out that the person he was escorting was actually the Lord of Du'e City, the escort was also panicked, and hurriedly explained: "It's really not our fault, the head of Baili died, and his disciples believed that he was the murderer. If we hadn't protected him along the way, he would have been turned into meat paste!"

Jiang Ying, who was sitting on the main seat, was silent for a moment, then hummed for a long time, unable to tell whether she was happy or angry, she just heard him say to Ren Pengfei, who was still indifferent even though his body was wounded: "You are the son of Du'er City. City Director Pengfei?"

Ren Pengfei's hands were tied in front of his body, and his wrists had already been strangled with blood marks by rough grass ropes, but these were nothing compared to his injuries. When Jiang Ying asked him a question, he lifted Gujing Wubo's hands Looking at the past with both eyes, as if seeing everything, he kept silent.

"you……"

"I'm not the lord of Duer City."

When Jiang Ying couldn't help being watched by him and wanted to ask questions again, he suddenly spoke.

"I'm Ren Pengfei, but I'm no longer the city lord of Ferry City."

Everyone in the hall was in an uproar, Du'e City belonged to the Ren family, if Ren Pengfei was not the lord of the city, who is in charge of it now?Moreover, why didn't any news spread from Shu to Yunnan about such a big event?

The reason why this matter didn't get out of the rivers and lakes, Ren Pengfei's consideration at the beginning was that he was afraid that his younger brother would take over the position of city lord for the first time, and he would not get used to many things, so it would take some time to get used to it. Whether it was for Du'e City or Ren Chengfei, the harm outweighed the benefits. Therefore, apart from some main officials in the city, few people knew that Du'e City had already changed hands.

The reason why he said this in front of everyone today is that Ren Pengfei believes that there is no need to hide it anymore. Although Ren Chengfei's temper is not like his, he is more detached and cheerful, but after a period of study, now No less than Ren Pengfei, who was the same age as him back then.

Jiang Ying raised her hand, and the hall, which was noisy because of Ren Pengfei's words, instantly returned to calm.

"Since you are no longer the city lord of Du'e City, why did you mix with various sects and follow us to Chuxiong Mountain?"

Before Ren Pengfei was escorted in, Jiang Ying had heard that the reason why he was determined to be the murderer was because someone found him next to Bai Lixiang's body, and he was still holding the murder weapon in his hand; Yes, none of the people present at that time knew which sect he was from, so someone pointed out that he came in to kill while he was in the middle of the chaos.

Although there is no conclusive evidence yet, it is really difficult to clear his suspicion based on these two points alone.

Ren Pengfei licked his cracked lips, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll go find someone."

"Who are you looking for?"

Ren Pengfei didn't answer, his eyes stayed on Jiang Ying for a moment, and then slowly lowered.

Even though Ren Pengfei used to be the lord of Du'e City, he still had an expression of arrogance and indifference in the eyes of others when he was under suspicion at this time, which aroused the anger of many people. Standing up from the chair, he pointed at Ren Pengfei, who was standing up straight, and scolded: "Ren Pengfei, this is not your Du'e city, so you can do whatever you want! You killed the head of Baili, and Jiang's leader is kind and polite to you." , we won’t, if you don’t cooperate so much, we won’t talk about the morals of the rivers and lakes, and let you die for your life now!”

Ren Pengfei's face remained unchanged, and he said flatly, "I didn't kill anyone."

"Then why do you say you didn't kill anyone?" The head sneered, "But it's true that you sneaked into us, and it's true that you stood in front of the corpse of head Baili with your sword in your hand!"

Ren Pengfei pursed his lips and remained silent.

"Why, don't you have nothing to say?" The questioner sneered even worse, and then he clasped his fists at Jiang Ying and said, "Leader Jiang, Ren Pengfei can't produce any evidence, and it is clear who the murderer who wants to kill the head of Baili is." !"

Jiang Ying looked at Ren Pengfei and said in a deep voice, "Ren Pengfei, did you kill the head of Baili?"

"I didn't kill anyone." Ren Pengfei still said the same thing.

"But you have no proof!"

Ren Pengfei just took a deep look at the sect leader who had been aggressive again and again.

Jiang Ying changed her position, put her hands on her knees, leaned slightly and said, "Whether Ren Pengfei is the murderer or not, there is no conclusive evidence at this time, so don't draw conclusions lightly." After finishing speaking, she looked at a subordinate beside her. , "Are there any doubts at the scene?"

"Back to the leader, except for a sword, I found nothing suspicious."

"Bring me the sword."

"Yes."

Jiang Ying took the sword, looked at it carefully, and handed it to the other masters for review. When they gathered around to observe the sword, she said: "The sword itself is nothing special, but there is something that can be seen on the hilt. A strange dark pattern that looks like a snake."

Others also noticed, some people were confused, some people exclaimed: "The Red Snake Cult!"

There was an uproar in the hall again.

The Red Snake Sect was a cult that had power for a while. All the disciples in the sect were vicious and vicious, killing countless people. The leader Meng Fanbing even learned a very strange martial arts. Not to mention that people in the martial arts could not help him, the court at that time was afraid of him. Three points. Later, the Red Snake Sect was too aggressive, causing anger and resentment. In the end, the people in the martial arts and the imperial court joined forces. After several nights of bloody battles, this scourge was finally eliminated.

At that time, the disciples of the Red Snake Sect were arrogant and domineering. Their weapons were printed with snake-shaped dark patterns.

It has been a hundred years since the Red Snake Sect was exterminated, but many people still know about it today, which is enough to prove the influence of this cult at that time.

And when the Red Snake Sect was about to be forgotten by people, it appeared again——

For a moment, many people in the hall changed their faces. When they looked at Ren Pengfei again, their eyes were not only angry but also a little bit frightened—could it be that Du'e City is the remnant of the Red Snake Sect?

Ren Pengfei, who had always been indifferent, finally couldn't hold back at this time, and said again to the people in the hall with a more emphatic tone: "The sword is not mine, I didn't kill anyone!"

He could endure the suspicion and insults thrown at him by others, but he couldn't bear being suspected of splashing dirty water on Du'e City.

"What about the evidence, you have no evidence of murder!"

"Yeah, if you want to prove that you are not the murderer, you have to produce evidence!"

Because of a sword, everyone was no longer calm, and questioned Ren Pengfei, who was standing alone in the hall, but he remained silent in the face of these questions, and only after a closer look did he find that his body was shaking slightly