Embrace the blade

The hall was crowded with onlookers, and there was a space in the middle where Zhaoyue knelt there with a cold face, and two Qingshan sect disciples stood behind him.There are three mahogany chairs on the upper seat facing them, on the left is Shen Shensi from the Qingshan School, the second son Shen Zhiyan is standing behind, on the right is Miss Lin Kuangge from the Guangqin Sect, and in the middle is naturally Guiyun Villa.

The young owner of the villa did indeed look similar to Jiang Li's age, with a handsome appearance and rich clothes and jade. He was not so much a young owner of a well-known family, but more like a young son of a wealthy family.It was the young man in blue standing behind his chair, with a tall and straight figure, and a handsome face that had been polished by wind and rain.

"That is Jiang Lanze, the young owner of Guiyun." Xue Le said, "I recognize the one standing behind him. He is Jiang's adopted son, Ji Xiuming."

Qi Zhaoxi and Jiang Li hurriedly changed into clean clothes, and rushed over with Xue Le. Because there were so many people in the mix, they didn't disturb anyone when they entered the door. They were still listening to Shen Zhiyan's brief account of the investigation in the past few days.

Originally, apart from the blood letter, no other reliable evidence was found, and there was no sign of disputes and fights in Cheng Juxian's residence.When he was at a loss, Shen Zhiyan wanted to try it out, and asked all the servants in the whole village one by one, and finally found out.

A night watchman said that he saw a little girl in the east yard that night, her figure flashed by, and she didn't know where she was going, but the village is full of people from the rivers and lakes these days, and there are more than one or two strangers, let alone a girl home, he didn't care.

Shen Zhiyan personally took him to the front of Zhaoyue's house under house arrest, and let him identify it through the window. The watchman squinted his eyes for a while, then nodded firmly: "Yes, that's the girl, her eyes are exactly the same as Cheng Daxia's in our village. Yes!"

At this point, everyone was in an uproar, and Zhaoyue's expression finally changed.

Shen Zhiyan paused, but still asked her gently: "Miss Zhaoyue, since he accused you of having been to the east courtyard that night, and you claimed that you stayed in the room in the west courtyard, is there a way to prove it?"

Zhaoyue raised her head and looked directly at him: "How else can I prove it?"

"The three families are all here today, and all the heroes in the hall are listening, if you have something to say, just say it, we will make a fair decision, and we won't wrong you for nothing." Shen Zhi said.

"Just talk about it? Okay." Zhaoyue laughed abruptly, "Why don't you ask about the sword?"

Everyone was stunned, Zhaoyue stood up suddenly, the two disciples rushed forward to press down, but they didn't know where the little girl suddenly got the strength to throw them away.Then she didn't do anything else, just stood proudly, scanned the surroundings, and said coldly: "You are investigating the cause of death, and you want to avenge Cheng Juxian, every word of justice, it's so righteous!"

"Is it really so important how Cheng Juxian died? Do you really care about a dead person so much? Haha, why don't you ask Buyijian? You obviously care about it in your heart, but you dare not say it?"

Shen Zhiyan tried to comfort her: "Miss Zhaoyue..."

Zhaoyue took a step back and said to himself: "Come on, I know it even if you don't tell me. The reason why I think I killed him is because I hate him, but shouldn't I hate him? He died pitifully, You guys want to uphold justice, but what about me? Who cares how I survived these years? Did my mother ever see me? She didn’t even say a word to me when she died! I cried all day and night It was all drained. I was 12 years old that year. I had no one to rely on. I thought it would be better to die with my mother, but when I really put a knife on my neck, I was afraid again. Where were you at that time, what did you do? No one will help me?!"

Her voice kept getting higher and sharper, until it was almost piercing, and her body couldn't help shaking, and it was unknown whether it was because of resentment or sadness.

"Why, why should the Shanhe League judge me?" Zhaoyue finally broke his voice and said hoarsely, "Take a step back, even if I killed Cheng Juxian, so what, so what! He owes it all to me!"

"Zhaoyue!" Jiang Li finally couldn't help shouting.

The hall was full of astonishment, and the wind brought deathly silence.

Zhaoyue suddenly stopped trembling, as if stiff like a stone statue, she had to use all her strength to slowly turn her head and look at him.

She didn't know when her eyes were already red, but she just smiled at Jiang Li.With this smile, tears rolled down her cheeks, she said: "Jiang Li, they want to kill me, can you save me?"

It was as if at dusk that day, after Cheng Juxian left, she leaned against the door, staring at the void without moving, she was also in such distress.

So Jiang Li took a deep look at Zhaoyue, as if he had made up his mind, he stepped forward and said to the superior, "Please give me some time, I will prove her innocence for her."

All eyes were on him immediately.Shen Shensi stopped Shen Zhiyan who was about to speak, and said in a deep voice, "What proof do you have?"

"I trust her, so..."

"You mean that you don't have any evidence in your hand, just relying on a frivolous sentence that you believe, you want everyone to spend it with you?" Shen Shensi interrupted him.

Zhaoyue stared blankly at Jiang Li who was beside him, and said without changing his expression, "Give me a chance."

"Then come up with evidence that can convince everyone." Shen Shen thought, "Even if your idea is to delay time, let us easily follow your wish? After a few days, ask for a few more days, and then Is it going to be consumed endlessly?"

"One day." Jiang Li said.

Among the crowd, Qi Zhaoxi secretly shook his head.

Shen Shensi couldn't help but pause when he heard the words, seeing that Shen Zhiyan wanted to speak to persuade him, he immediately stared back at him.But he stopped his second brother, but he couldn't stop the young man in blue who was standing beside him from speaking. Ji Xiuming suggested, "In this case, let's make a decision according to the rules."

Lin Kuangge of Guangqin Sect raised his hand first, with a look of unbearable expression: "I agree to allow another day."

"Miss Lin!"

"Brother Shen Shi," Lin Kuangge sighed, "I don't want to believe it's her either. How can there be a daughter who kills her father?"

"But the evidence is right in front of you, so there's no room for you not to believe it." Shen Shensi frowned, extremely unhappy, "I don't agree."

Everyone's eyes turned to the young master of Guiyun Villa, and Jiang Lanze hesitated for a long time before saying softly, "It's just nothing more than waiting an extra day."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Shensi stood up abruptly: "Only relying on emotion, and don't even look at the conclusive evidence? It will be delayed for a day without evidence, Lan Ze, do you know how many things can happen in a day, and you are not afraid that someone will find out." Doomed to die, playing tricks?"

Jiang Lanze avoided his gaze in embarrassment, exchanged a glance with Ji Xiuming behind him, and finally raised his hand and said, "I agree."

With two to one, the decision is made.

"Confused!" Shen Shensi threw her sleeves and left.Shen Zhiyan apologized to everyone with a nod, and hurriedly caught up with his elder brother, and smiled at Jiang Li as he passed by.

The disciples of the Qingshan sect also wanted to take Zhaoyue away, she was still dazed, she opened her mouth before leaving, she wanted to say something to Jiang Li, but in the end she clenched her lower lip tightly and did not make a sound.

After the onlookers dispersed, Qi Zhaoxi walked to Jiang Li's side unhurriedly, and said with a smile, "It's only a day, you're so sure?"

Jiang Li lowered his eyes and shook his head.

He was about to speak again, when suddenly Jiang Li took two steps back beside him and hid behind him.Qi Zhaoxi was taken aback for a moment, then took advantage of the situation to look towards the opposite side, and met Ji Xiuming's gaze impartially.The other party seemed to be staring at Jiang Li for a long time, and was caught off guard by Qi Zhaoxi, who cut off his sight. When he came back to his senses, he walked over gracefully, and said politely, "Guiyun Villa, Ji Xiuming. I have long admired the name of Hero Qi."

He saw Xue Le at the side, and naturally guessed Qi Zhaoxi's identity, then looked at Jiang Li, and asked tentatively, "This is...?"

"You don't know?" Qi Zhaoxi asked back.

Ji Xiuming smiled shyly and said, "I was rude. I saw this young man just now, and it reminded me of an old friend. I couldn't help but look at it for a while. I'm really sorry."

"Old friend?" Jiang Li asked this sentence.

"He has passed away." Ji Xiuming said, "You... are somewhat similar to him when he was young."

Jiang Li looked up at him: "Are they similar in appearance?"

Ji Xiuming's expression darkened, and he said with a wry smile: "To be honest, I haven't seen him for so long that I almost forgot what he looks like."

"That means I have a similar personality to him?"

Ji Xiuming thought for a moment, but shook his head again: "It's not like, he is more cheerful and talkative than you."

It's not the appearance, nor the personality, so how can they be similar?Speaking of this, Ji Xiuming himself felt ridiculous, couldn't help laughing, and apologized to them earnestly.

At this time, Jiang Lanze said goodbye to Lin Kuangge, and came over curiously: "Senior Brother Ji, is this your friend?"

Ji Xiuming introduced him, and when he arrived in Jiangli, his voice faltered, and he realized that he didn't know his name yet, and was about to ask, when he opened his mouth calmly.

"Jiang Li."

"Your surname is also Jiang? What a coincidence." Jiang Lanze smiled, "I'll wait for your good news in a day, but don't let me be scolded by Brother Shen for nothing."

Only then did Xue Le, who was standing aside, realize that he had neglected an important matter.The three families of the Shanhe League are family friends, if Jiang Li is really the young master of Guiyun, then it's fine for the others to not recognize him, but how could the Qingshan Sect and the Guangqin Sect not recognize him?

Seeing the two people in Guiyun Villa leaving side by side, Xue Le sighed softly: "I was negligent for a while, and I lost the bet."

Qi Zhaoxi glanced at him with a smile, but said to Jiang Li: "Are you ready, how about taking Zhaoyue out at night?"

Jiang Li murmured, "I want to go to the forest again."

After a heavy rain, he still didn't give up.Qi Zhaoxi sighed, and suddenly asked, "What did you call me?"

Jiang Li didn't understand, so he asked, "...Master?"

"Then master will help you go to the Qingshan School to find out the news." Qi Zhaoxi rubbed his head casually as he said.

Jiang Li was caught off guard by his rubbing, and subconsciously wanted to slap him away, but then remembered that it was not private and there were other people around, so he had to hold back and warned in a low voice, "Get your hands away."

Qi Zhaoxi made an inch of it, and pinched his face again with a smile, feeling very good: "You are so good."

Jiang Li finally couldn't take it anymore, turned his head away and walked out the door quickly.

Qi Zhaoxi had enough fun and was in a good mood, so she turned to Xue Le: "Hey, don't forget to bring me the lost wine."

Xue Le: "...Oh."