Still pity the grass and trees

Thousands of people concentrated their energy and looked around, waiting for Ji Heng to speak.Hua Yueying saw that the general situation was like this, so she clapped her hands to make Zhu Yuege's disciples stop, pretending to be generous: "Okay, then you can talk about it."

She was a little anxious, but Ji Heng said that he was not very scared, but she was just annoyed that his subordinates were incompetent and did not take care of him in advance.

Ji Heng said slowly: "After my little apprentice went down the mountain, I practiced in a hidden cave in Wenling Peak. I didn't leave the customs until a month ago. During this period, I was isolated from the world and didn't know anything about the Night Demon. I went out of the customs It didn't take long before I was assassinated, and it lasted until I arrived in Xiangyang yesterday."

He pointed to the men in black at the side, "Those who killed me are somewhat similar to these dead men in black."

"You mean, I sent someone to kill you?" Hua Yueying snorted, "It's absurd! Besides, how do you prove that you haven't left the retreat?"

Ji Heng was not annoyed, and smiled lightly: "What I said is the truth. Believe it or not, you can judge for yourself. To tell you the truth, I have always been unable to comprehend the last level of the "Bodhi Heart Sutra". The inner strength has never been refined. This retreat is also to fulfill this wish in the remaining life."

Ji Tanyin frowned unconsciously when he heard the word "remnant life".He is still too young, even if he has experienced life and death, he can't look down on it and let it go.

There has been no progress for 15 years, and the master has never mentioned this problem to himself. Ji Tanyin silently recited the last four lines of the "Bodhi Heart Sutra"-he memorized it by heart, but he couldn't understand it-Bodhi's mirror, between the virtual and the real, silent, Feel and pass.

"Actually, I know the reason in my heart. Practicing the "Bodhi Heart Sutra" focuses on being clean of dust in my heart and perceiving all things. But I can't reach the state of meditation because there is one thing that has been accumulated in my heart for many years and I can't let it go."

"20 years ago—" Ji Heng paused, his sonorous voice lowered, and his eyes became misty.He coughed and continued: "I was traveling in the central Sichuan area. I drank with my friends one day and went out late at night. The surrounding inns were full. I remembered that Tangjiabao was nearby, and I had some friendship with Tang Lianwei, so Then go to lodge."

When Ji Heng said this, he took a look at Hua Yueying.

Hua Yueying's face was calm, her phoenix eyes raised alluringly, and she tilted her head slightly to signal him to continue.

"Unexpectedly, when we were approaching Baozi, we ran into Tang Lianwei and his wife who were going out late at night with a little girl on their backs. I thought it was strange and asked a few words. Tang Lianwei said that his daughter was sick and took him out to ask for a doctor. I didn't until then. Only then did I know that he was born a daughter or not a son."

Tangjiabao has been in decline for 20 years, and it has long been relegated to the dust of memory, but this meeting was brought up by Ji Heng, which immediately aroused noisy discussions.

Hua Yueying stood tall, looked around, squeezed her sleeves nervously, and sneered: "Ji Heng, don't try to delay the time by detours!"

Ji Heng continued unhurriedly: "While I was talking to Tang Lianwei, the girl on the horse woke up and cried to me for help, saying that she was arrested by Tang Lianwei to practice kung fu, and that her sister was also in their hands. inside."

The whole audience was in an uproar, as if a pot had exploded, and they were so noisy that they couldn't hear a complete sentence.Hua Yueying overwhelmed the crowd and shouted: "Let's talk nonsense! What evidence do you have?"

"Seeing that the child had woken up, the couple showed panic and hurriedly covered her mouth. The little girl rolled off the horse and said that Tang Jiabao was practicing a kind of evil kung fu and wanted to arrest boys and girls for sacrifice. The girl was murdered."

The crowd gradually quieted down, and Ji Tanyin looked around nervously, mostly seeing expressions of shock and doubt.After a while of whispering, someone asked: "Could this kung fu be the Supreme Law? Such a coincidence?"

Ji Heng replied: "Exactly."

"What evidence do you have?"

Ji Heng was silent.Hua Yueying folded her sleeves and stood lazily, with a half-smile: "Ji Heng, do you dare to continue?"

Tan Fengxuan asked softly: "Brother Ji, what happened next? The sudden death of Tang Lianwei and his wife 20 years ago, could it be related to you?"

Ji Heng nodded and said in a deep voice, "It's me."

"I forced Tang Lianwei to question him, but he hesitated and couldn't give an explanation, and then he started to attack me, trying to kill me. During the fight, I killed both of them, and I was seriously injured and passed out."

Hua Yueying kept silent with a gloomy face, her clenched fists were covered by her wide sleeves, Ji Heng met her gaze calmly, and said, "If I guess right, you are Tang Luoyun, the daughter of Tang Lianwei. "

Everyone looked at Huayueying. Fang Lang, the leader of the beggar gang who was closest to the high platform, had been humiliated by Huayueying before, and at this moment he said strangely: "Master Huage, why don't you talk?"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Hua Yueying walked a few steps calmly, stopped again, and said, "That's right, Tang Lianwei is my father, so what? Killing you today is also to avenge my parents."

Fang Lang hit the ground hard with an iron rod, and cursed: "Your parents killed young children, practiced evil skills secretly, and died unjustly!"

"Heh, do you believe what he says? My parents were killed by him, and I can't prove my innocence. Naturally, I let the murderer make up stories!" Hua Yueying looked down with contempt, "Ji Heng, let me ask you, what you said is true. Someone prove it? Didn't you save the next little girl? Where's the person?"

"Yeah, where's the person?" Puzzled inquiries came from all directions.

"Before I fell into a coma, she hid and cried. After waking up, I didn't see her. Following the footprints, I found a remote farmhouse near Tangjiabao. After I opened the mechanism, I found a large dark room underground with a Altars, torture posts, prisons, and a lot of blood."

When Ji Heng said this, deep furrows formed between his brows, and he closed his eyes and let out a sigh.

Hua Yueying threw out a dagger, stabbed it straight in front of Ji Heng, and shouted: "Stop pretending here! Let me ask you, is that place still there?"

Ji Heng's lips moved, he lowered his eyes, and after a while, he said, "I burned it."

"Haha," Hua Yueying laughed loudly, almost to the point of leaning forward and backward. After a while, she stood up straight with her back supported, and looked around coldly, "Everyone present is not a fool. Ji Heng actually pushed the blame on me in order to get away. There is no witness or physical evidence on the dead parents, who would believe you!"

The past has long been covered with dust, and outsiders have no way of knowing what happened on that moonlit night.With no supporting evidence, it is really difficult for an outsider to judge whether Ji Heng's words are true or not.

"Let me ask you, have you ever seen living or dead people in that dark room?"

Ji Heng hesitated for a while, then shook his head: "There is only blood, nothing else."

"Then, have you ever seen the girl you saved?" Hua Yueying tilted her head, her red lips opened and closed, and urged, "Why didn't you speak?"

Ji Tanyin was sweating in his hands, and turned his head to look at Xie Wufeng. For some reason, it was clear that Xie Wufeng didn't know more than him. Whenever he was confused, he still habitually looked to the other party for a sense of security.

Xie Wufeng's internal injuries have not healed, his face is pale, but the spirit of Qinglie is still there.He smiled at Ji Tanyin, and said two words with his lips: "Don't worry."

Ji Tanyin knew that he had a secret connection with the leader of Ancuo, but the martial arts conference had been going on for half an hour, and the Xifan sect was still missing, so he was always uneasy.

He looked at his master again. Under the eyes of everyone, Ji Heng was silent for a long time.

Hua Yueying held the hilt of the sword, and tapped it in the palm of her left hand from time to time, with an arrogant expression: "Why, don't dare to say it?"

"I did meet her. Five years later, I saw the girl who asked for help that night again. She...hasn't changed at all."

The listener was confused, Li Conning said anxiously: "Since she is still alive, why don't you call her over to prove your innocence?"

"She...is the same in shape and appearance as before. She hasn't changed a bit in the past five years. I only found out after I pressed her that she is actually a saint of the Xifan sect. She ran away before asking about Tangjiabao. .”

"A member of the Demon Cult? A member of the Demon Cult!" The audience roared.

Hua Yueying's voice was thin and high-pitched: "That's why you sealed the sword and retired, and asked Lingfeng to be a coward?"

Ji Heng argues: "She is a saint of the Sifan sect, so it may not be possible to prove that she is lying!"

"Then why did you quit the arena? Isn't it because of a guilty conscience?"

Compared with Hua Yueying's aggression, Ji Heng, who hesitated to speak, seemed less confident, not to mention that he did not shy away from it, frankly showing his hesitation and guilt.

"After reuniting with that girl, I did have doubts about the murder of Tang Lianwei and his wife, but there is no way to verify it. Therefore, I sealed my sword and retired, and never set foot in the rivers and lakes."

Ji Tanyin felt sad for a while.Is it really impossible to verify?If you try your best, you may not be unable to discern the truth.It's just that when the dust settles, can Master bear the result?

All his life he was a swordsman, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, and never killed innocent people indiscriminately. If he found out that Tang Lianwei and his wife were really plotted by the Xifan sect, and he became the knife that killed people, he would have a heavy burden on his heart!Panicked, he succumbed to his momentary weakness, chose to escape, and comforted himself with a cloud of vague "possibility" in the middle of the boundary between right and wrong.

But the big rock was finally pressed down. In the past 15 years, behind the tranquil life, there have been so many tossing and turning nights.

This is also the reason why internal strength has no benefit, because the mind is not "quiet".

Between the radiant Yushan Excalibur and the notorious Night Demon, Ji Tanyin saw another master, who was an ordinary person who was with him day and night, loving and wise, but also ordinary and weak.

It is no different from thousands of people in this world.

"I will no longer deceive myself and others during this retreat. I have thought through this matter thoroughly." Ji Heng turned to Hua Yueying, his gray mustache trembling slightly, "Luo Yun, did I kill your parents by mistake? I can't figure it out, you want revenge, I admit it, and you come to me. But why did you attract Xuandaomen and Xiongtu Escorts to kill each other, and caused my eldest apprentice to die in Huangquan!"

"Hua Yueying!" Li Conning couldn't hold the knife steadily, and asked in a hissed voice, "You killed my son?"

Hua Yueying raised her eyebrows disdainfully: "Li Biaotou, you are also a person who has seen the world, and you still listen to the wind like rain like this. The reason why Li Chengyang committed suicide was just now clear to everyone. Here, do you want to chill him?"

Zhai Yu and Zhou Xiaowan didn't speak for a long time, and everyone forgot about them.At this time, Zhai Yu stood up and looked at Ji Heng coldly: "You accuse Master Hua, do you have evidence?"

Ji Heng said: "I'm just speculating, apart from her, I can't think of anyone else."

Zhai Yu flicked his sleeves: "Then don't say it!"

Hua Yueying flashed out her two-handed sword with a "swish": "Ji Heng, since you have admitted to killing my parents, today I will take your life! Before you die, I can tell you the truth about it! "