Still pity the grass and trees

Zhai Yu put Zhai Yingshi in front of the incense case.

Zhou Xiaowan rushed over staggeringly, stretched out her hand to test her breath, saw the unrecognizable face, paused with her fingertips, and called out mournfully: "Shi'er!"

Strings of teardrops fell on Zhai Yingshi's face, washing the blood and mud, forming dark red and turbid streams, which seeped into the futon along his chin.

The pain was like a thousand knives, and ten thousand arrows pierced through the heart. Zhou Xiaowan grabbed her daughter by the collar and cried bitterly on her chest.

Zhai Yu fell down on the top chair beside him, covered his eyes with his rough hands, and said with a sob: "It's too late..."

Zhou Xiaowan's face was full of tears, she cried so hard that she almost died, she beat the bed with her fist, and shouted, "Who is it! Who harmed Shi'er?"

Zhai Yu's mouth was trembling, his gloomy gaze was nailed into the wall, and he said ruthlessly: "Li, Cheng, Yang. If I don't cut them into pieces, I won't be able to vent my hatred."

"It's him!" Zhou Xiaowan sniffled sharply, laughed twice, crying and laughing: "No wonder he asked about Shi'er when I went to his house last time, it turned out that he had been coveting it for a long time..." She turned to Zhai Yu, and suddenly Changing his face, he screamed: "Then did you kill him!"

"It's locked up," Zhai Yu kept suppressing his emotions, and finally couldn't help but burst out at this moment. He jumped up and roared with red eyes: "You think I don't want to! Ming Biaohua and Hua Yueying stopped me and said I would hand over Public trial at the Martial Arts Conference!"

The two shouted at each other, but they seemed to be talking to themselves, not listening to each other's answer at all.This is not an argument, but a grief that cannot be relieved. You can only question the gods and the unfair God.

Zhou Xiaowan held Zhai Yingshi's cold hand, opened her mouth wide because she couldn't breathe, and cried and scolded herself: "You must have committed too many crimes when you were young, and the retribution was on your daughter. Let my poems, my poems, come and replace you." You bear..."

These words were like a sharp sword, smashing the most vulnerable part of Zhai Yu's heart at once.He vaguely knew that his wife had been harboring this idea for the past 20 years, but she was mild-mannered and never said it out loud.Now that this layer of tulle was ruthlessly torn, she threw a heavy guilt on his head.Zhai Yu stared at her ferociously, his fingertips were trembling, and he couldn't say a complete sentence: "You...you..."

He couldn't refute it, because this idea was also rooted in his heart. After many years of husband and wife, Zhai Yingshi had no heirs after being lost. What is it if it is not karma?

Zhai Yu turned his head with hatred, and there was a statue of Guanyin in his vision. The Bodhisattva lowered his brows, his face was full of compassion, piercing through everything from above, and coldly manipulating the cycle of life and death.He suddenly went mad, kicked over the incense table, and threw the Avalokitesvara statue on the ground!

With an earth-shattering sound, Zhou Xiaowan was stunned, looking at him with tears in her eyes.Zhai Yu crushed the Buddha statue into powder with the soles of his shoes, and then went to push the incense table. He moved violently, and the plates of fruit fell down and rolled on the green brick floor.Zhou Xiaowan came back to her senses, sneered a few times, hugged her daughter's body and ignored him.Zhai Yu's eyes were red, his whole body was shaking, he slashed and slashed, and he was about to demolish the Buddhist hall.

In the midst of the chaos, a thick male voice came from far to near, and it came into the Buddhist hall, saying, "Zhai Yu, return my son!"

It was Li Conning who called the door. After leaving Plague Village, he led his men straight to the Xuandao Gate, fearing that Li Chengyang would be wronged by Zhai Yu.

The closed door opened, and Li Conning stood behind the threshold, holding the knife in his right hand, pointing the tip at the ground, a layer of dark red blood smeared on the blade.The pain of bereavement has been suppressed, only anger and resentment remained on his face, he said coldly: "Okay, I haven't come to the door yet, you came first!"

Seeing the half-dried blood stains, Li Conning couldn't help guessing wildly, his mind was in turmoil, and he became more determined to rescue Li Chengyang. "You have no reason, why take my son?"

Zhai Yu almost couldn't come up in one breath: "For no reason? Li Chengyang killed my daughter, and it's only right and proper!"

Many disciples from other sects gathered outside Xuandaomen, Li Conning looked around in all directions, and loudly argued: "Chengyang can't do such a thing! Since you haven't seen it with your own eyes, why are you so arbitrary?"

Zhai Yu said: "If he didn't kill him, why did he acquiesce?" Behind him stood the disciples of the Xuandao Sect, densely packed together, and the chief apprentice Duan Qin added: "The wound on Miss's body matches Li Chengyang's sword!"

"Impossible!" Li Conning panicked, sweat broke out from his hair, and retorted: "You call him out, and I will ask him in person! Even if the sword wound matches, it may not be Chengyang's fault, my son is a man Be open and aboveboard, this matter must be plotted by a traitor!"

"Whether he did it or not, the martial arts conference has its own judgement!" Zhai Yu raised his arm suddenly, and pointed the steel knife directly at Li Conning. From a distance of several feet, he could see the bright reflection on the back of the knife. Swear: "At that time, in front of my martial arts comrades, I will return Shi'er's suffering ten times, a hundred times!"

Li Conning's heart trembled, and he refused to back down: "Give Chengyang to me first, and the Xiongtu Escort will take care of him. If it is found out that he did it, I will not cover it up!"

Zhai Yu sneered: "Hmph! If you don't cover up, I will believe you?"

Li Congning was furious, and said indiscriminately: "Then I don't believe you either! Your daughter has been missing for 20 years, why did you suddenly find her back? Who knows if it is a real daughter or a fake daughter! On weekdays, you don't go out of the door twice, and you don't pretend to be a ghost. , It’s only been a few months, and he died out of nowhere, and it’s impossible to say who did it! I think you are planning a plot, playing tricks, and pouring dirty water on Chengyang instead!”

The expressions of the Xuandaomen disciples all changed, and Zhai Yu was even more furious. He was about to cross the threshold and fight Li Chengyang desperately, when a celadon vase suddenly burst through the air, brushed over Zhai Yu's head, and smashed into pieces with a "slap" on the ground. At Li Conning's feet.

"Li Conning, are you human? Are you human!" Zhou Xiaowan ran out with disheveled hair, one foot was bare, and her embroidered shoes disappeared.She barely stood still with the brass door knocker hanging, her eyes were swollen until there was only a wet slit, from which a biting chill burst out. "You still want to kill people, you have no conscience! You suspect us of killing your own daughter, you—"

The scolding voice was so hoarse that it was almost a whisper, and even the insults had no momentum, but everyone present felt sad when they heard it.Li Conning knew that what he said was a bit too much, after all, the other party had lost his dear flesh and blood, but he didn't want to apologize, and he didn't think what he said was unreasonable, so he paused for a moment, and softened his tone: "I just have reasonable doubts! Last night What exactly happened, I want to hear from Cheng Yang himself!"

Zhai Yu spat: "Why, do I still want to put you in the dungeon and let you discuss with Li Chengyang how to get rid of the crime? A nest of snakes and rats, Xiongtu Escort has no good things! He wants to insult Shi'er, you knew it early on , isn’t it! Not only did you not stop it, but you also contributed to the flames! For the position of leader, Li Conning, you have no conscience!”

Li Conning's eyes were also red, and he shook off his brothers who were pulling his sleeves left and right, and shouted: "Blood! Your daughter is so fucking innocent!"

The two parties could not stop arguing, and their subordinates and disciples also glared at each other. Their weapons were all drawn out, and they rushed forward to fight to the death when the master gave an order.The surrounding martial arts comrades have been whispering, but they really want to persuade them, but firstly, they are nobody, and their status in the Jianghu is not high, so they dare not be the first birds, and secondly, they belong to different sects, so it is difficult to reach a unified opinion. He had no choice but to send someone to report to the sect, while anxiously watching the situation worsen step by step.

Zhai Yu and Li Conning stared straight at each other. The rift and conflict had accumulated for many years, and now there was no need to hide it. The new and old grudges should be settled together!The two approached each other step by step, and the disciples followed in unison, filled with righteous indignation.

"Master!" Duan Qin suddenly called out in horror.

I saw Zhou Xiaowan knelt down on the ground with her hands loose, her neck bent back, forming a stiff arc, and her face still maintained the distorted expression when she scolded just now.

Zhai Yu had already raised his knife and slashed at Li Conning, when he heard the sound, he hurried back to the gate, Duan Qin had already touched Zhou Xiaowan's acupoints, opened his eyelids to look at it, and said to Zhai Yu: "Master, my wife has suffered a stroke."

Zhai Yu didn't agree, instead he twitched the corners of his mouth and let out a few strange and bitter laughter.He stretched out his hand, trying to smooth the twitching muscles on his wife's face, suddenly paused, and said to Duan Qin: "You take Master back home, and then invite a doctor."

After finishing speaking, he still stood up, turned around and walked to the open space outside the door.The old hatred is still there, and the new hatred is added. It seems that today must be a showdown.

On the other side, Li Conning had withdrawn his moves and was watching Zhai Yu's every move vigilantly.Although he and Zhou Xiaowan don't get along very often, they are of the same generation. When they were young, they traveled the rivers and lakes and saw each other's heroic demeanor.Seeing Zhou Xiaowan's stroke now, he felt some pity, but before he could sigh and sigh, Zhai Yu struck his head with his head in his arms with the move of "Qing Zhi Tai Xing".

Li Conning's family is grappling, and he is very good at hand-to-hand combat, but he can't beat a sword with two palms, so he practiced another set of marksmanship, and now he uses a long spear to block.Dang clang clang clang, the sound of weapons clashing can be heard endlessly.Both of them were full of hatred, every move without sparing any room, instantly filled with murderous aura, echoing the chilling scene of late autumn.

The disciples of the two factions shouted to kill, and were about to rush forward to fight fiercely, when suddenly the sound of horseshoes came, and two daggers flew in mid-air, hitting the spear and the steel knife one after another, which made Li Conning and Zhai Yu's continuous moves exposed.

"You two, why are you here?" Hua Yueying finally arrived, followed by Ming Biaohua from Xiyan Villa, Hu Han from Zisonghui, Fang Lang from the Beggar Gang, Zhichun from Hengshan School, and Wu Xiangshuang from Liuhuotang. Apart from Shaolin and Wudang, The speakers of the top ten sects have gathered at this moment.

The surrounding disciples from various sects paid their respects to the sect leader one after another, and for a while, the sound of greetings one after another interrupted the fierce battle.

Riding on horseback, Hua Yueying slightly nodded at Li Congning, somewhat condescending, and said, "Liu Biaotou, I have lived in your residence for a while, and I know that Chengyang is like you, so I don't believe it." He would do such things. But he did see it with his own eyes, so he couldn’t help but justify... Sect Master Zhai lost his beloved daughter, so it is reasonable to imprison Chengyang, you have to understand. Now he has promised to hand over Chengyang In my opinion, let Cheng Yang calm down for two days, if there is any secret behind this matter, he can tell it clearly, right and wrong, everyone can judge for themselves."

Li Conning frowned and didn't answer, as if a bug had crawled across his back, bringing a burst of indescribable weirdness and displeasure.Hua Yueying smiled, and didn't care how he reacted, turned to Zhai Yu, and said softly: "Master Zhai, why don't you hand over Chengyang to Zhu Yuege to guard it first? Since Brigade Leader Li is worried about his son's safety—"

Before he finished speaking, he was roughly interrupted by Zhai Yu: "Li Chengyang is locked at the Xuandao Gate, whoever refuses to accept it, come and grab it!"

Everyone fell silent.After a while, Ming Biaohua said: "There have been many turmoil in the Jianghu in the past six months, and it is not easy for any sect. Brother Li and Brother Zhai, you should repay your grievances, but don't report the wrong person. I hope you two calm down, Hand over Li Chengyang to the public trial, no matter what, don't ruin the relationship. Now that the enemy is at hand, I heard that Ye Mo appeared in a neighboring county yesterday and killed three hunting farmers." Mentioning Ye Mo, Ming Biaohua raised his voice , he raised his left arm, half of his empty sleeve was fluttering in the wind, silently expressing his master's hatred.

Although one of his hands was broken, his fame and status were still there, and there were low echoes from all around him.

"Master Ming's words are very true," a slow, erratic voice overwhelmed everyone's discussion, "Master Zhai and Escort Li, don't fight with snipe and clam, let the black-hearted fisherman profit."

Xie Wufeng was riding on the horse, his eyes passed hundreds of people, and he was firmly locked on Hua Yueying.

Hua Yueying also looked at him, without any shyness, her bright red lips curled up a little bit, as if she was very interested in what he said, and earnestly begged him to continue.

Xie Wufeng squinted his eyes, and took the initiative to look away, as if the stalemate staring just now had never happened.

Hua Yueying smiled, and said loudly: "Since Clan Master Zhai wants to avenge Shi'er, Escort Li wants to find out the truth, and Xi Fan Sect and Ye Mo are eyeing each other, we'd better convene a martial arts conference as soon as possible. Ladies and gentlemen, we will How about in three days? Let's discuss important matters by the bank of Baitaoxi River, and I, Zhuyue Pavilion, will offer all the food and drink."

"Okay! I'll listen to Master Huage!" The first person to speak was Zhichun from the Hengshan sect. After two months of sect infighting, he finally took the position of master. Her voice was high-pitched, but she didn't know that it only made her look more like a girl who didn't know the world.

Wu Xiangshuang of Liuhuotang also nodded: "I think it's feasible." Since her husband died, she has been struggling alone, and many of her heartaches are supported by the belief of seeking revenge from the Xifan Sect. She wished that the sooner the better.

After they opened their mouths, other sects agreed one after another. Seeing the general situation, Zhai Yu and Li Conning also acquiesced.

Hua Yueying seemed to have the tendency to call the shots, she clapped her hands and said, "Okay, then we will arrange it like this."

Zhai Yu walked back to the Xuandao Gate with big strides, and the disciples filed in and covered the gate.The rest of the sects returned to their lodging places under the leadership of their heads. The knights in black and white had seen enough excitement, and they also greeted their wine and meat friends back to the inn.

The people were almost gone, Hua Yueying bent down/body, and said to Li Conning: "Head Li, don't worry, I've been staying at Xuandaomen for the past two days, and I will definitely try to dissuade the head of Zhaimen, so that Chengyang won't be tortured by flesh and blood." bitter."

Li Conning gave her a deep bow, his eyes were moist and hot: "There is a Pavilion Master Laohua, please take care of me."

Hua Yueying let out a "hmm", but did not return the salute, and drove her horse into the Xuandao Gate.Li Congning stared at her back in a daze, and suddenly realized why the previous unhappiness came from. In the past, he wanted to fight for the leader, and Hua Yueying attached to him, begging him to protect Zhuyue Pavilion, but now his identity has been changed, and the begging one has become himself .

Under the banyan tree, chasing the wind and chasing the moon were fighting with their tails flicking. Ji Tanyin looked at the high wall of the Xuandao Gate, as if he could see the scene of the dungeon. I won't be beaten!"

Xie Wufeng tried not to let out a sigh, and calmly said: "Ayin, accompany me to find someone."

Hope ignited in Ji Tanyin's heart: "Who? Can you save Senior Brother?"

Xie Wufeng only answered the first half of the sentence: "An Cuo."