In the cramped dark room, Wen Xun looked through the shadow cast by the candlelight.Because it had been soaked in blood, the handwriting on the ground had become blurred.

"It's not a word." Han Shi suddenly said, "It's a rune."

"What are runes?" Wen Xun said.

"It's an ancient script used by the Demon Cultivator Clan. It can also be called a mantra." Han Shi gave a simple explanation.

"But Deng Xiao has only practiced alchemy and sword cultivation, it is impossible to be able to practice with magic..." Wen Xun only spoke halfway, and two words quickly popped up in his mind, that is what Deng Xiao said. cost'.

If he guessed correctly, Deng Xiao must have come into contact with another person before.What he couldn't rule out was whether this person hiding in the dark had nothing to do with Moxiu.

"Mr. Wen?" Han Shi pulled him back to reality, and reminded: "Someone seems to be coming outside."

"Well, let's go out." Wen Xun came back to his senses and asked him, "By the way, do you have a way to draw these runes?"

"Yes." Han Shi said: "Mr. Wen, let's go out first, and leave this place to the subordinates."

"Ah."

Wen Xun walked out of the dark room with the candlestick in his hand. Before he could leave the room, a bamboo-blue figure quickly entered his field of vision.

According to Han Shi, after Qin Shou lost the first game, Tianyin Liuge withdrew from Xuandu to win the championship.And Qin Kuang had no intention of participating, and the main reason for coming to Xuandu was to meet him.

Therefore, when Wen Xun saw Qin Kuang appearing in Xuanji Bieyuan, he was not surprised.

Although Qin Kuang has the same appearance as his younger brother, his own temperament is completely different.Compared with Qinshou's laziness, Qin Kuang's speech and behavior are more gentle and elegant, and make people feel more approachable.

"A disciple of Xuanji said that he saw Xiao Wenxun come to Bieyuan, but he didn't expect it to be true." Qin Kuang looked at him from the beginning to the end, and said with a sigh of relief: "I have been looking for you for the past few days. , you're fine."

"Um……"

"No one expected the matter of Master Deng Shao to end like this. Little Wen Xun, don't be too sad. If you need help, just tell me." After saying these words, Qin Kuang noticed that he came out from inside "It turned out to be the sword envoy of Xuanji Sect."

Han Shi immediately cupped his hands and said, "Han Shi has met the Tianyin Pavilion Master."

Qin Kuang knew that Han Shi was someone close to Shi Xianyou, so it must be Shi Xianyou's order that he follow Wen Xun.

"Is little Wen Xun ready to leave?" Qin Kuang said looking at Wen Xun with an extremely gentle voice, "Can I walk with you for a while?"

Wen Xun glanced at Han Shi, and said to him: "You go first, I'll come back after chatting with Tianyin Pavilion Master for a while."

Qin Kuang said: "Don't bother, the swordsman can go with us."

Han Shi didn't speak, and handed the drawn rune to Wen Xun's hand, then turned around and left in front of them silently.

"Isn't Xiao Wen Xun worried about being known by him?" Qin Kuang asked with a deep meaning, and the reference was quite obvious.

"Why should I worry?" Wen Xun's rhetorical question was weak, and he tried his best to avoid the other party's gaze when speaking. "Didn't the owner of Tianyin Pavilion say to go out for a while?"

"En." Responding lightly, Qin Kuang looked at Wen Xun who was keeping a distance from him, and said slightly disappointed: "Little Wen Xun and I are becoming more and more unfamiliar."

Wen Xun couldn't deny it, he didn't know the original owner's way of getting along with each of them, and since he had almost been with Shi Xian during this period of time, it was inevitable that he would be alienated from other people.

The sun outside was very strong, warming the body, and the shouts of passing businessmen came to the ears intermittently.

The two walked side by side, Wen Xun picked up the rune and stared straight ahead.After they came out of Xuanji Bieyuan, they haven't said a word yet.

Qin Kuang said: "I heard that Lantern Festival took you to Liuxiang Xiaozhu?"

"Yeah." Wen Xun pondered for a while, and asked, "Does the Lord of the Tianyin Pavilion also think that Deng Xiao is a murderer?"

"There is a saying that seeing is believing but hearing is not." Qin Kuang replied very seriously, "I only believe what I see with my own eyes."

Wen Xun heard the answer from this sentence, pursed his lips, and said two words, "Thank you."

"Little Wen Xun is being polite." Qin Kuang chuckled lightly, regained his composure and said, "I know you don't believe that Master Deng Shaozhuang is the murderer, but now that the evidence is solid, Wen Ruan's death is also a fact, and it is not necessary to find out the truth. not easy."

"I know." Wen Xun said with lowered eyes, "But if it wasn't for me, Deng Xiao wouldn't have died."

If it wasn't for him, Deng Xiao would not have chosen the so-called 'price'.Rather than saying that he wants to find out the truth as soon as possible, it is better to say that he wants to find out the real behind-the-scenes.

"Little Wen Xun doesn't have to blame himself. Everyone has their own choice. The owner of Deng Shao Zhuang just made his own choice." Qin Kuang tried to reach out to touch his cheek, and when he turned his head, he moved his hand Shrunk back.

In front of it is a bridge that traverses the north and south of Xuandu, so the upper reaches of the river are called Xuanbei, and the lower reaches of the river are called Xuannan.

There were many people around the bridge, and their conversations could be heard from a distance.

Wen Xun's attention was quickly attracted by those people, and he didn't pay attention to what Qin Kuang said, let alone his actions.

"Let's go over there and have a look." After Wen Xun said this, he took the lead.

Qin Kuang followed closely behind him, always paying attention to the surrounding situation, lest someone walk too fast and bump into him.

It was only after the two approached that they realized that someone had picked up two corpses from the river.

Perhaps because they had been soaked in the water for too long, the two corpses had turned white, their faces had begun to fester, and they even emitted a foul stench.What surprised people the most was that one of them was dressed as a disciple of Xuanji.

"It's another person from Xuanji Sect, what should I do?"

"It's not peaceful recently, so many people have died in a row."

"Isn't that true, has the news passed to the Xuanji Gate?"

"It's Xuandu winning the championship right now, so I guess they won't come here so soon."

Wen Xun walked through the chattering crowd and came to the front seat.He recognized one of them as a disciple of Yinlu Peak at a glance through the hair crown, and the figure of the other was also very familiar.

But for some reason, this person's face was scratched so many scars that he couldn't see his face clearly.Thinking about it more carefully, this person's death condition is exactly the same as Wen Ruan's.

Is it just a coincidence?

"Give way, everyone, please make way." After a while, several Xuanji disciples from Canglang Peak came here.

They saw Qin Kuang first, and then Wen Xun, and Yili shouted: "Master of Tianyin Pavilion, Senior Brother Wen Xun."

Wen Xun nodded after hearing the sound, and watched them go to dispose of the corpse.

"Move directly back to the Funeral Pavilion?" Seeing that the corpse was about to be removed, Wen Xun couldn't help asking, "Can I have another look?"

Several disciples looked at each other in dismay, and took a step back after putting down the stretcher, "The one who died should be a disciple of Yinlu Peak, do you know Senior Brother Wen Xun?"

Wen Xun frowned, he had a bold guess, but he couldn't confirm it because the corpse was beyond recognition. "It looks familiar, but after soaking in the water for so long, I can no longer recognize it. You can carry it back first, and I will tell my master about it."

After the body was carried away, the crowd quickly dispersed, leaving only Wen Xun and Qin Kuang in place.

Wen Xun let go of his hand covering his mouth and nose, and took a breath of fresh air.His brows were still furrowed until a hand gently rubbed the center of his brows.

"Master Tianyin Pavilion..." Wen Xun stammered out these four words, staring blankly into Qin Kuang's eyes.

The person in front of him was very close to him, and the faint fragrance of bamboo leaves came to his nostrils.

Qin Kuang lowered his head slightly to meet his gaze, and his voice was so gentle that it almost made people addicted, "Don't frown."

"Hmm..." Wen Xun responded softly, pulling away uncomfortably. "I don't think I've seen those two corpses before."

Qin Kuang put down his hands and said, "Little Wen Xun should have discovered that someone died in the same manner as Wen Ruan."

Wen Xun nodded and said: "Well, I suspect...Wen Ruan's body has been sent back to Wen's house, I want to go back to Wencheng."

He changed the subject stiffly, and didn't continue to say the second half of his doubts.

Wen Xun couldn't figure it out at first, but it wasn't until he saw the dead body that he suddenly realized it.

If his guess is correct, the two corpses are the two that Deng Xiao killed that day, and the disfigured one is the dead Ji Du.

As the protagonist of the original text, Wen Xun did not believe that Wen Ruan would die so casually.Even Jidu can think of a way to escape the catastrophe, but it is difficult to guarantee that Wen Ruan will not do this.If so, the whole matter will take a new turn, which can prove that Deng Xiao was framed.

Qin Kuang said softly, "I'll take you back."

Wen Xun shook his head and said, "You are a distinguished guest from Xuanji Sect, and I am just an ordinary disciple from Xuanji Sect. It is better for you to stay in Xuandu at this time."

Qin Kuang said: "You forgot, besides the owner of Tianyin Pavilion, I have another identity."

Wen Xun glanced at him suspiciously, wanted to ask but swallowed all the words, waiting for him to continue.

Qin Kuang slowly approached him, and whispered in his ear: "My other identity is that of the child's father."

Before he knew it, the man had already held his hand, as if he was afraid that he would slip away suddenly, he held it tightly.

"Let's go, I know why you came back to Wen's house." Qin Kuang said slowly: "Master Deng Shaozhuang became the murderer who killed Wen Ruan, and also caused Mrs. Wen to be seriously injured. Master Wen will not treat you as kindly as before. you."

Only then did Wen Xun understand Qin Kuang's intentions. He was worried that he would be bullied when he went back to Wen's house alone.

But Wen Xun was still not used to being too close to other people, so he slowly pulled out his hand, nodded and said thank you.

Wencheng.

Before entering the house, Wen Xun inquired about the situation of the Wen family from the servant, and learned that Mrs. Wen was still lying unconscious on the bed.

Outside the Wen family's mansion, elegiac couplets were pasted on the door, and the sound of mourning and music echoed in the quiet courtyard.

Wen Xun went in to meet Uncle Wen, and met Wen Qiong on the way to the mourning hall. He hurriedly called out, "Second Uncle..."

Wen Qiong was wearing a snow-white mourning dress, and when she turned her head to see Wen Xun coming back with Qin Kuang, she didn't have much expression on her face.

He shouted politely, "Master Tianyin Pavilion, please don't take offense if you are far away from us."

Qin Kuang said: "Patriarch Wen, please mourn."

Only then did Wen Qiong focus on Wen Xun, and said, "Since you brought guests home, let's go in first."

They went to the mourning hall to light incense for Wen Ruan. During this period, Qin Kuang deliberately pushed Wen Qiong away from him in order to create opportunities for Wen Xun.

"I came to Wen's house with Wen Xun this time, and I want to ask Master Wen about something." Qin Kuang asked, "Can Master Wen take a moment to talk?"

But in two days, Wen Qiong seemed to be 20 years older, he agreed without any hesitation, "Yes."

After leaving like this, Wen Xun and Wen Bo were left in the mourning hall in a blink of an eye.He had just finished lighting the incense, and he heard the footsteps as if he had walked far away, so he turned around slowly.

"My lord." Wen Bo hesitated to speak, "This old slave already knows about Master Deng Shao, so don't be too sad, lord."

"Yeah." Wen Xun thought he didn't express his emotions on his face, but everyone was comforting him, "Wen Bo, come here and do me a favor."

Wen Bo hurriedly said: "If you need help from this old slave, you can just tell me, Young Master."

Wen Xun pointed to the coffin in the mourning hall, and said, "Uncle Wen, please open the lid for me."

"This..." Wen Bo was stunned, and said in surprise, "What are you planning to do, Young Master?"

Wen Xun replied with unchanged expression: "Check the corpse."

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