Embrace the blade

Although the water pavilion where Cheng Juxian's body was buried was open and airy, it was still a scorching summer day.The heavens are just, no matter you are a chivalrous person admired by the whole world or a sinister person who is despised by others, after death, the body will generally be unable to escape corruption.

It is precisely because of this that the Qingshan faction felt that it could not delay any longer, and after discussing with Wei Min, they decided to bury them tomorrow.

The moment the heavy coffin lid was pushed open, the stench of rotting flesh rushed out like a ghost, choking Qi Zhaoxi back a step, but Jiang Li raised the candlestick high to reflect the scene in the coffin as if he didn't notice it.

Because of the upcoming burial, Cheng Juxian's bloody clothes had already been replaced.His face was clean and tidy, and his expression was silent. If it wasn't for the fact that his face was so gray and ugly, he really seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.

Qi Zhaoxi struggled to get used to it for a while, then walked to the side, said "offended", and started to untie Cheng Juxian's robe, revealing shocking blood holes.

Jiang Li spread the paper and ink he brought on the coffin lid, and drew the human figure and scars with a brush, one for the front and one for the back.After finishing the painting, he folded two pieces of thin paper together and looked at it. Qi Zhaoxi closed the coffin lid and was about to ask, when Jiang Li looked over and nodded to him.

At dawn the next day, Jiang Li waited in front of the Qingshan School's courtyard, and even Qi Zhaoxi got up early.As soon as they met each other, Shen Shensi couldn't help being surprised, and when the group arrived at the water pavilion, after listening to the narration, he said: "I have never heard of the method of inferring the murderer's stature from the wound. Is it really credible?"

"As far as this matter is concerned, I can guarantee it." Jiang Li said, "The location of the wound will be affected by the fight, and martial arts practitioners are not limited by their size, and short people can also attack from above, which is usually unreliable. But the current situation is obvious, Cheng Daxia didn't make a move, he couldn't even talk about a move, and he might not even evade it, so the two faced each other, and every sword that the opponent made was recorded by the corpse."

"One sword is not enough to explain, but twelve swords will be clear." Jiang Li showed the two human figures to everyone, and raised his eyes to Shen Shensi, "Zhaoyue is innocent."

Shen Shensi also looked straight at him: "Speaking of it, who would have done it?"

"I found this in the woods."

Jiang Li took out the thin rope strung with iron pieces, and as soon as the three-petal flower marks appeared, someone immediately exclaimed in a low voice: "Prajna teaching!"

Shen Shensi waved his hand to suppress the commotion, and nodded: "Yes, you convinced me that the little girl really can't leave this kind of wound." He changed the subject abruptly and became sharp, "What about you? Your stature is enough Do it? Where were you that night?"

Jiang Li's expression froze and he didn't answer.

"That's right, this thing was taught by Prajna, I can recognize it. But you said you found it in the forest, who can prove it?" Shen Shensi raised his hand, and several Qingshan sect disciples drew their swords and guarded Jiang Li immediately. The Quartet, be vigilant.

Suddenly, Qi Zhaoxi frowned, but did not move lightly.

"Big brother..."

Second Young Master Shen wanted to step forward, but was held down by Shen Shensi.He continued to ask: "Up to now, you still refuse to confess?"

Jiang Li didn't say a word.

"Okay." Shen Shensi nodded again, and raised his hand abruptly.

Jiang Li was already preparing for battle, but seeing the disciples of the Qingshan School around him suddenly disperse, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

"Just because you stood up for that little girl regardless, I believe you once." Shen Shensi finally showed a little joy, and consulted Guiyun Villa and Guangqin Sect, and seeing that they had no objection, he turned Turning his head to his second younger brother, he said, "Remove the people under house arrest. It's time to bury Cheng Daxia. If it's too late, it will be a waste of time."

However, the house arrest was released, but Zhaoyue refused to come.

The disciple of the Qingshan sect who turned around said with a distressed face: "Miss Zhaoyue said that you can be buried if you want, she doesn't want to see you."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but how could they comment on other people's family affairs?What's more, the scream of the sun and the moon still echoed in my ears.

In the end, Shen Zhiyan sighed, and held up Cheng Juxian's spiritual tablet respectfully.The coffin lid was nailed on, white flags fluttered, and the paper money was scattered like fly ash, a vast expanse of whiteness.

The funeral procession meandered out of Juyi Village, and a window beside the road opened silently, like a sad wind blowing away the cracks of stubborn stones.

When they returned to the village, Shen Zhiyan asked Jiang Li and Qi Zhaoxi to hand over the relics to Zhaoyue.In any case, she is Cheng Juxian's only relative after all.

They are said to be relics, but they are actually very few, mainly a Zhaoyue Sword and a jade pendant.

Here, Qi Zhaoxi saw off Second Young Master Shen, and as soon as he sat down, he heard Jiang Li say, "Don't give it to her yet."

"what happened?"

Jiang Li hesitated to speak, and finally handed over the jade pendant.

After the jade pendant was cleaned, it was warm and shiny, and when you touched it, you knew it was a rare top grade. Qi Zhaoxi glanced at it, smiled and shook his head: "Why don't you give it to me, just send it right away!"

"Can……"

"But what, do you think Zhaoyue really hates Cheng Juxian so much?" Qi Zhaoxi interrupted him, "Jiang Li, you're so smart, why can't you read people's hearts?"

Jiang Li looked at him in confusion.

Qi Zhaoxi shook his head: "Zhaoyue, Hanguangyue, even the name is the name of the sword. This little girl has lived for fifteen or six years, and I am afraid that she has never tasted the feeling of being loved."

After that, he stood up and walked outside.

Zhaoyue sat in the room, wondering what to do blankly, when she heard the movement, she turned her head and smiled at them: "For the kindness of saving your life, what do you two want me to thank?"

"There's no rush to thank you, let's take a look at this first." Qi Zhaoxi took out the jade pendant, "I found it on Cheng Juxian's body, I guess I wanted to give it to you that night, I didn't expect it to be so many days late."

Zhaoyue's smile suddenly froze on her face, as if the jade pendant was a scourge, she couldn't take a look at it, she turned her head to the side: "Take it away and throw it away, I don't want his things."

Jiang Li looked at Qi Zhaoxi helplessly, but he smiled softly and threw the jade pendant over: "Pick it up!"

There was no slamming sound.

Zhaoyue stared at the thing in her hand in astonishment, as if she couldn't believe that she had subconsciously picked it up, and immediately wanted to throw it away, but her eyes were involuntarily glued to the jade pendant.Her face changed rapidly, and she couldn't tell whether it was joy or sadness.

As the saying goes that jade can nourish people, Cheng Juxian met a rare gem in the Western Regions, and polished it into this jade pendant, which has been pasted on his heart, and he wants to give it to his child whom he has not seen for a long time.

The jade pendant was engraved with two small letters, "Cheng Nian", which was the name he had planned for the child.

Missing thoughts, missing thoughts.

Never forget the read.

"He loves you."

She was finally awakened by the sound, trembling all over, finally tore her eyes off the jade pendant, and Zhaoyue pushed them away without warning to run out.

The moment they passed by, Qi Zhaoxi grabbed his arm.

"Everyone has already been buried, where are you going?"

Qi Zhaoxi felt that arm was as stiff as a stone, and then the stone shattered little by little, and slipped out trembling.

Zhaoyue squatted down slowly, embracing herself, the jade pendant was clenched so tightly that her palms ached, or maybe it wasn't the palms that hurt.

She stared blankly at the door, wanted to say something, but couldn't find anything to say, so she had to bury her face deeply in her arms, sobbing uncontrollably, and finally turned into a muffled cry.

Words were superfluous, until they left, no one said a word.

Qi Zhaoxi and Jiang Li walked side by side on the way back to the courtyard, the bluestone was mottled with light and shadow.

"By the way, you care so much about the No Doubting Sword, and now you have lost it, what are you going to do?" Qi Zhaoxi asked suddenly.

Jiang Li lowered his eyes, and when Qi Zhaoxi thought he would not answer, he said softly, "That sword is fake."

Qi Zhaoxi was startled: "How do you say?"

"The style is very similar, if you don't look closely, you really can't tell the difference."

Qi Zhaoxi glanced at him: "Then you are so far away, how do you know it's not?"

"The real No Doubt sword was broken once, and there are traces of recasting on the sword." Jiang Li said slowly, "I'm not sure whether Wei Min did it on purpose or not, so I went to check it out that night."

Qi Zhaoxi didn't expect him to be willing to confess these things to herself, so she couldn't help asking in surprise, "And then?"

Jiang Li frowned slightly, and said, "Who happened to be talking to Wei Min that night. His words were vague. I can't be sure about the content. I only heard him say that Zhaoyue is a variable."

"Variable?" Qi Zhaoxi thought for a while, then smiled and said, "I have a guess, do you want to listen?"

"Ah."

"Wei Min knows that the sword is fake, but the news of Guiyun Villa's accident is rare. If he doesn't take the opportunity to drag Cheng Juxian to hold this famous sword conference, how can he get his precious son out?" Qi Zhaoxi said mockingly, " But since the sword is fake, how can it be held as a conference, if it is found out in the end, wouldn’t it be playing with the entire martial arts world? So what should we do, how can the fake become real?"

"When it's whereabouts are unknown, it can turn false into true." Jiang Li looked at him.

Qi Zhaoxi smiled, and said unhurriedly: "But Cheng Juxian is famous for keeping his promises, so how could he cooperate, so he had to use his missing wife and daughter as lures and threats, but who would have thought that his daughter would suddenly appear , disrupted the whole plan." He paused, "Do you still remember that silly girl and earrings in the tunnel?"

"...that organ is set up for Cheng Juxian." Jiang Li got it right.

"Then I guessed right when I said that some people don't want to raise that silly girl." Having said that, Qi Zhaoxi couldn't help feeling a little emotional, "Thinking about how many people wanted Cheng Juxian's life that night, it's really true that he didn't die. Strange."

During the conversation, they had already walked back to the courtyard, Qi Zhaoxi had just been emotional about these things, he didn't take it to heart, and walked back to the hall to check and accept the wine Xue Le sent.

Jiang Li stood in the courtyard, his brows still frowning.

This feeling is very strange. It stands to reason that all doubts have been uncovered, as if the tide receded to reveal the boulder underneath, but he always vaguely felt that he had overlooked something, as if when he was about to step over, a small stone was still hidden under the puddle, and suddenly There was a click.