Still pity the grass and trees

Ji Heng put his sword back into its sheath, raised his face slightly to look at her: "Okay, tell me."

The platform is two feet high, Huayueying stands alone on it, no one can stand shoulder to shoulder, very eye-catching.Looking down, the crowd was as dense as ants, giving her an illusion, as if the world was in the palm of her hand.

Hua Yueying felt a kind of ecstasy, but she tried not to look at Ji Heng, the old man's clear and calm gaze sometimes made her panic for no reason.

She pondered for a moment, and said carefully: "Everyone knows that the Demon Cult is entrenched in Yunnan, especially in the west of Yunnan. The major martial arts families are mostly based in the north, and they seldom have contact with them on weekdays. Since the battle at Yuemi Mountain a hundred years ago Afterwards, the good and the evil were severely injured, and they each recuperated. There was no large-scale conflict. Up to now, all of you present have only heard of the infamy of the Demon Cult, but have never dealt with them. But I, Tangjiabao, are different. I I grew up in the south of Sichuan, adjacent to the territory of the Xifan Sect. They frequently harassed Tangjiabao and the surrounding people. This is what I saw with my own eyes. My parents did not dare to take the Demon Sect lightly, and sent people to inquire about it from time to time. The situation in the sect. 20 years ago, my father learned from an informant that the remnant copy of "Supreme Martial Arts Heavenly Book" might have fallen into the hands of the Xifan sect. In order to find out the truth, he and my mother kept secrets from outsiders. After a month of investigation, it was finally discovered that the Xifan sect bought and abducted street children, used their brains and blood as medicine, and killed them as sacrifices to evil spirits."

"You're lying!" Ji Tanyin swept around, seeing that everyone present was listening carefully, he couldn't help feeling anxious.

Hua Yueying turned sideways and gave Ji Tanyin a displeased look. She was originally beautiful, but at this moment there was an evil spirit gushing from between her brows, making her face thin and ferocious.

Ji Tanyin's eyelids twitched, her intuition was not good, so she heard Hua Yueying say: "Not only that, my parents also discovered that the highly respected Jade Mountain Excalibur actually colluded with the Demon Sect to help them mutilate young children and practice the supreme law!"

Ji Tanyin was in a hurry: "Don't slander my master!"

"My parents knew his secret, so they wanted to kill him to save the martial arts, but they were defeated and finally killed by Ji Heng..."

Thousands of quacks, I don't know how many believers, and how many doubts, in short, the audience was silent, only Hua Yueying's intermittent sobbing echoed.

Seeing her wiping her tears with a handkerchief, Ji Tanyin only felt disgusted and hated, and her stomach turned acid.When the two first met, Hua Yueying deceived him with a kind and gentle mask, and now she put on a pitiful appearance in an attempt to win the sympathy of her fellow martial artists.He intends to expose, but there is no basis for his words. If he acts too violently, he will be regarded as a guilty conscience by those who don't know, so he gritted his teeth for the time being and waited to see what tricks she would do in the future.

As Ji Tanyin expected, when she saw the beauty's tears rolling down her cheeks, there was a burst of sighing and sighing by the side of Baitao Creek.

Hua Yueying squinted at Ji Heng, but said the words to others: "Brothers, 20 years ago, Ji Heng colluded with the Demon Cult. I don't know what went wrong. He only practiced Supreme Dafa this year. Today he has thrown himself into the net." , everyone must not let it go, it is also considered as revenge for my parents who died tragically!"

Because Li Chengyang committed suicide without knowing why, and Hua Yueying was partial to the Xuandaomen, Tan Fengxuan was completely disappointed in her and harbored a grudge, so she watched with cold eyes at this moment, her mind was extraordinarily clear.She asked: "Hua Yueying, you said Brother Ji was lying, but is there any evidence for what you said?"

Hua Yueying sobbed twice, deliberately slowed down, wiped away the tears little by little, and then said: "When my father rescued the next girl, it was at the place where Ji Heng burned it—he was destroying the corpse! After my father and mother died, I was afraid of his revenge, so I changed my name and surname with the orphan girl, and went to Zhuyue Pavilion together. Fortunately, my master took care of me, so I stand here today and have the opportunity to justify my parents' names."

When Xie Wufeng heard this, he had a guess in his heart, and asked, "Who is that orphan girl?"

Hua Yueying was waiting for this question, her eyes fluttered, and she laughed and said: "Impermanent customers are so forgetful! I just spent time with her a few days ago, so I don't remember it." Turning around again, she said to everyone, That orphan girl is called Mingyan, and I have sent her back to Jingzhou. If she is here, she will be able to testify for me.

It turned out to have been designed long ago!In order to weave the so-called truth, Hua Yueying put in so much effort, and the meaningful tone clearly wanted to plant another thorn in Ji Tanyin's heart.

Thinking of what happened that day, I still feel a little guilty, Xie Wufeng let out an irritated "tsk", spying on Ji Tanyin's reaction from the corner of his eye.

Ji Tanyin walked through the ghost gate once, and she no longer cared about these trivial matters, and cursed at Hua Yueying: "It's so insidious! Ming Yan is your subordinate, you two are in collusion, how can she take her words seriously!"

"Xiao Ji," Hua Yueying paused, seeing that Ji Tanyin restrained her edge a little under this familiar title, she was quite satisfied in her heart, and persuaded her softly, "I know your nurse is eager, but you can't discriminate between right and wrong." Ah. You are also an orphan, so you will definitely understand my pain of being unaccompanied. Even if Ji Heng is not a night demon, just because of his crime of killing my parents, shouldn't I take revenge?"

"You..." Ji Tanyin's throat was sweet, coughed a few times, tears came out, and said to Ji Heng: "Master, I believe in you!"

Ji Heng didn't move at all. Hua Yueying said that when Hua Yueying told about that year, he had been meditating silently, neither angry nor arguing. At this moment, he raised his head and said to Hua Yueying: "I don't know where you got your words, but I don't recognize it."

Hua Yueying used the provocative method, and mocked: "Ji Heng, you have some reputation in the world, but I didn't expect you to be such a cowardly turtle!"

"One is one, and the other is two. If I have not done something, I will not admit it. If you want to kill me for revenge, you can accuse me of colluding with the Zefan sect and mutilating young children, but I will not admit it."

Ji Heng's response was calm and forceful, which also moved some people. Gradually, buzzing voices resounded throughout the field.The head of the Hualing faction stood up and said something fair, saying that the stories Hua Yueying and Ji Heng told were completely opposite, and one of them must be lying.

Ji Tanyin pointed at Huayueying: "Of course it's her!"

Hua Yueying said: "Brothers, what I said is all the truth, and all these words are just trying to tell the world the truth about the downfall of the Tangjiabao. Whether you believe it or not, today I will take Ji Heng's life." , to avenge the dead parents! What's more, don't forget that Ji Heng has not been cleared of Ye Mo's suspicion, and he claims that he knows nothing about it, but Ming Zhuang has seen Ye Mo's true colors with his own eyes!"

Ming Biaohua is an old man, and the good martial arts conference suddenly had side effects, and the ups and downs in the development of the situation were enough to make him vigilant, like a sensitive fox smelling a strange smell that might indicate danger.

He thought to himself, although he accepted Hua Yueying's money and promised to recommend her to be the leader of the martial arts alliance, he did not agree to anything else.This woman's palace is as deep as the sea, if she is not careful, she may be tricked.

With a simple sentence, she pushed the key question of Ye Mo's true identity to herself. If she answered correctly, she would be a hero of the martial arts. If she answered incorrectly...

Ming Biaohua raised his eyelids and looked at Ji Heng intently.When they were young, they met a few times, and also practiced martial arts, so that night when Xiyan Villa was robbed, he immediately recognized that the Yemen was using the Yushan sword technique.It was precisely because he was so shocked that he tore off the other party's veil regardless of everything, and was finally cut off by the night demon. The pain is still unforgettable.It was something that I saw with my own eyes and was a certainty, but today Ji Heng went to the meeting alone and denied it with his own mouth, with an expression that did not seem to be fake. Although Ming Biaohua was contemptuous on the surface, he was a little bit shaken in his heart.In addition, the old case of Tangjiabao 20 years ago was involved, and he learned that Hua Yueying was Tang Lianwei's daughter, and the water became more and more muddy.

Ye Mo is Ji Heng, Ming Biaohua was the first to release this news, and now Ji Heng denies it, so naturally he has to testify.

Someone was impatient and urged: "Master Ming, you should say something!"

Ming Biaohua fell silent, staring at Ji Heng, replaying the night scene in his mind, perhaps because of psychological effects, the more he watched, the more he felt something was wrong.After all dozens of innocent lives were involved, Ming Biaohua did not dare to be hasty, thought for a while, and said: "The person I fought with that night was indeed Yushan swordsman, and his body and appearance were no different from Ji Heng."

Before the uproar broke out, he added: "But the moonlight was dim at that time. If someone pretended to be deliberately, or if he had some twin brother, he might be able to deceive him. I heard that there are capable people in northern Shaanxi who can make human skin masks...Of course, These are random guesses, and the possibility is very slim. Ji Heng! Since you said that you are not a night demon, then you must find him, confront each other, and prove it to the big guys, otherwise we will still not believe you!"

Ji Heng nodded and said earnestly: "Thank you, Master Ming, for your honest and straightforward words. I will not stand by and watch this catastrophe in the martial arts world. I came to this conference today to fight evil spirits together with you brothers."

Ji Tanyin let out a breath slowly and thinly.He loosened his clenched fist, and there were several bloody fingerprints on his palm.

Xie Wufeng took his hand, rubbed it at the tiger's mouth, and asked, "Are you nervous?"

Ji Tanyin nodded honestly: "Yes."

"People's hearts are unpredictable, she always misses."

After this confrontation and interrogation, although Ji Heng has not been cleared of the charge of "Night Demon", his suspicions towards him have finally eased, and there has been a turning point in the predicament.Ji Tanyin's hanging heart also let go a little.

After hearing what Ming Biaohua said, the leaders of the various sects and chivalrous men who were both black and white, did not refute aloud, which seemed to acquiesce to his proposal.Hu Han and Mrs. Zhichun, who were harmed by the night demon, reluctantly followed the trend.

Seeing the situation like this, Hua Yueying gritted her teeth secretly, anxious.Ji Heng came to the martial arts conference today to disrupt the situation, which has disrupted her plan. If he is spared again, there will be endless troubles.

She sarcastically said: "I never knew that the owner of the Ming villa was such a cautious person! Earlier, through the Crane Palace, he issued a "Letter to the Heroes of the World" with great fanfare, saying that he saw the night demon with his own eyes. Ji Heng, now Ji Hengyi If you deny it, you change your mouth. Could it be that there is some kind of collusion in the dark? The dozens of lives in your villa will not be avenged?"

These words immediately hurt all the disciples of Xiyan Mountain Villa, and made them dissatisfied with Ming Biaohua. Although they did not disrespect their master for a while, the anger on their faces was hard to hide.

Ming Biaohua realized the viciousness of this woman more and more, and his face turned blue with anger: "If Ji Heng is the Night Demon, I will kill him!"

"Forget it!" Hua Yueying didn't wait for him to finish, and interrupted loudly, "You all have compassion, and you can still talk about the enemy right in front of you, but I can't do it! Ji Heng, since you have admitted that you killed my parents by mistake, It is not wrong to pay your life today!"

After all, a light blue figure jumped down the high platform lightly, with the sword in both hands forward and backward, like a pair of scissors with a cold light, it went straight to Ji Heng.

Ji Tanyin took a deep breath and wanted to call Master, but she couldn't make a sound under the shock.He was really afraid that Ji Heng would be stupid and let that woman kill him!

Huayueying's murderous aura was overflowing, and suddenly she was in front of Ji Heng, directly attacking his Zhongfu and Qimen acupoints.The gust of wind was blowing towards his face, Ji Heng stood still, and when the tip of the sword was a foot away from his neck, he suddenly raised his arm and blocked the blow with the scabbard.

Infused with inner strength and majestic, Hua Yueying did not dare to confront it head-on. She withdrew the sword in her right hand, turned the sword in her left hand downward, and stabbed Ji Heng's belly obliquely with a thrust in mid-air.

This move can be said to be very strange and unique, and Ji Heng didn't move his eyes, but as if he had expected it in advance, he raised his knee and bumped it.

Hua Yueying was caught off guard, and was bounced away by Ji Heng's internal force. She also dropped a sword, and took two or three steps back to stand firm.

"Okay!" Someone was fascinated by the sight and couldn't help cheering. His companion gave him a reprimanded stare and lowered his head embarrassingly.

Huayueying's face was extremely ugly, she let out a few strands of hair that floated into her mouth with a "bah", and no longer concealed her monstrous hatred, she sneered and said, "Ji Heng, what do you mean? I confessed to killing my parents earlier and was willing to die. Will you want to drag out an existence again? Letting you live another 20 years is already cheap for you!"

Ji Hengdao: "Fate is a small matter, but innocence is a big matter. Luo Yun, I just heard what you said, and I think there are still doubts about what happened back then. I can't let you kill me until I find out."

Hua Yueying bit her red lips tightly, and winked at the man in black under her command. No matter what happens today, Ji Heng's life will be taken.

"Don't move, I'll go." Xie Wufeng pressed Ji Tanyin's shoulder, patted it lightly, then pulled out the Shensha sword, walked to Ji Heng's side, and said to Hua Yueying: "If you kill him, I will kill you. "

Ji Heng's gray eyebrows moved, as if he felt very helpless towards this junior, he finally smiled and said in a low voice: "You should guard Tan'er, I can handle this."

Xie Wufeng's lips trembled slightly, and he let out a very weak voice: "I'm stopping you, you go first."

"Wu, Chang, Ke," Hua Yueying looked at Xie Wufeng threateningly, "Are you healed?"

Xie Wufeng's lips twitched: "It's enough to kill you."

Since this was a personal grievance between Hua Yueying and Ji Heng, and Ji Heng hadn't cleared Yemo's notoriety, most martial arts people just watched and witnessed, and had no intention of helping.

Tan Fengxuan couldn't bear to see Ji Heng die, so she ordered her bodyguards to keep an eye on Zhu Yuege's disciples.Seeing this, Hua Yueying became more and more angry, and said sharply: "Today I insist on killing Ji Heng, and those who stand in my way will be punished together!"

As soon as the words were finished, a crisp bell sounded from outside the crowd, and at the same time, a strong fragrant wind blew towards the crowd.

"Poisonous smoke! Poisonous smoke!" I don't know who exclaimed first, panic spread layer by layer, and soon, people near the high platform also showed panic, covering their faces with their hands, coughing non-stop.

"Thank you Wufeng! Master!" Ji Tanyin didn't feel uncomfortable, but was dizzy from the fragrance, and rushed to the two of them clutching his nose, asking in a urn voice: "How are you doing?"

Xie Wufeng saw him shrinking his head, his sleeves covered most of his face, only showing a pair of black bean-like eyes, he couldn't help laughing: "It's okay, it's non-toxic."

"Really?" Ji Tanyin was skeptical, and looked around. Masters such as Zhai Yu, Li Conning, and Fang Lang were indeed calm, so they also lowered their arms.

"By the way," he suddenly remembered that he hadn't introduced Xie Wufeng to Ji Heng, so he grabbed Master's sleeve and shook it, and said hastily: "Master, this is the... friend I met on the road, his Impermanence Sword The law is very powerful and saved my life.”

"Friend?" Ji Heng glanced at him with a smile, and raised his eyebrows jokingly, "That's not what he said."

Ji Tanyin was stunned: "What did he say? When did he say it? Have you met before?"

Ji Heng laughed but said nothing, Ji Tanyin couldn't ask the answer, so he elbowed Wufeng to thank Wufeng.Xie Wufeng didn't look sideways, he was vigilantly guarding against Huayueying a few feet away, and pretended not to hear.Ji Tanyin was worried about what nonsense he said to his master. Although Ji Heng didn't show any signs of anger at the moment, what if he was waiting to settle accounts after the autumn?He was a little annoyed, and punched Xie Wufeng, because he was worried about his injury, it was just a limp coquetry.

The time they said these few words, the fragrance became more and more intense, and at the same time, a burst of light green smoke and dust came with the wind, covering the area around Baitaoxi in dense clouds and mists, just like a fairyland in Penglai.

Hua Yueying was in shock, and shouted loudly: "Who is pretending to be a ghost!"

The bell sounded again, clear and ethereal, ethereal like fairy music.The crowd was restless, pushing and shoving each other to look at the source of the sound - only to see a sedan chair wading from the east side of Baitao Creek amidst the wafting smoke.

The sedan chair was tall and delicate, with a pavilion-like top, resembling a roof with slopes on all sides, and a copper bell with a strange shape and exquisite pattern was tied to each of the four protruding corners, jingling in the wind.There is a curtain made of felt hanging on the front of the sedan chair. It is brightly colored and full of drape. It is slightly swaying, and it is separated by a slit two fingers wide. It is very mysterious and invites people to imagine the scene inside.

The four young men who carried the sedan chair were strong and strong, with a rough temperament, and they walked swiftly and silently. From a distance, they seemed to be floating over the dense grass without even bending the tip of the leaf.

Those with a bit of discernment could see that these people were good at martial arts, so they winked at each other and whispered to each other.

"What a big scene," Ji Tanyin murmured, "I don't know who it is."

Xie Wufeng squinted his eyes for a while, and gradually a relaxed smile appeared on his face: "An old friend of yours."

The pedestrians quickly approached, the knights standing in the outer circle stopped discussing and looked at them in surprise, seeing the bearers wanting to go to the high platform, they squeezed out of the way.

At this time, the smoke had almost cleared, and seven or eight people could be seen behind the sedan chair. The leader was a woman, dressed in a simple and elegant manner without any makeup, but her facial features were beautiful and refined, with a special charm.

After walking all the way to the high platform, the assembly center, the four bearers stopped and put the sedan chair firmly on the grass.

The woman came out from behind the sedan chair, quickly glanced at the heads of the various sects, met Ji Tanyin's astonished gaze, and flashed a sly smile as if she thought it was amused.

The color faded from Hua Yueying's cheeks, her fingertips twitched, and she almost crushed the poisoned arrow in her sleeve.She swallowed her saliva, and realized that she was plotted by someone. The people under her hands must be not careful enough, so these damned thieves came up with a trick to escape her shell.

While she was slowing down, the woman cupped her hands towards Ji Heng, Zhai Yu, Hu Han, Fang Lang and others, and said in a soft and delicate tone, with a bit of playfulness and arrogance: "Let the heroes laugh, we People from the Demon Cult have always been superficial, so they like these fancy battles."