Chun Feng Du Jian

"Have you fought against the Sword Thief?"

In the Songfeng Hall, Wen Heng knelt on the ground alone, and Qin Ling, who was sitting upright, frowned into a knot, wondering, "Why didn't you sleep in the middle of the night and ran to the forbidden area in the back mountain?"

"Master Rong," Wen Heng replied unhurriedly, "I always feed myself. That night I went to the forest to pick up some chestnuts, but I happened to see someone trespassing in the forbidden area at night. I don't have any martial arts, so I can't hide it from that person." Eyes and ears, after fighting with him for dozens of moves, he was slapped down the mountain path with a palm, passed out, and rolled into a bush. Today, Junior Brother Qinglan found the disciple, and the disciple was able to come back to meet the master and express his grievances."

Qin Ling didn't believe it, and asked, "Since that man wanted to kill you, why did he go so far as to take your scabbard?"

Wen Heng lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "The disciple fainted after holding his breath, and he didn't know anything about what happened next. The matter of the scabbard was also told by others. But the disciple ventured to guess that this person might have done it on purpose to blame the disciple. , Let the head and master suspect me, to buy myself time to escape."

Qin Ling showed doubts on his face, and said coldly: "Sweet words. It was less than half an hour after you were rescued, but you answered fluently, and you made up a set of excuses. How do you know it's not a thief shouting "stop thief?"

Wen Heng said calmly: "Master clearly distinguishes, if the disciple steals the sword, I will never take my own sword with me, nor will I leave the scabbard without knowing it, and I will not come back after stealing the sword. My disciple only heard that my scabbard was outside the Hidden Sword Pavilion, but I don’t know the details. Dare I ask Master, was there a fight in the Hidden Sword Pavilion that night? Did someone break the scabbard during the fight? The disciple’s scabbard was hit last night. The pieces are unmistakable, and the traces on them are clear, which can be proved after careful inspection.”

Qin Ling remained silent when he heard the words, as if he had hit on the truth.Wen Heng said again: "The reason why this matter is so strange is that there is a coincidence in it. If the thief kills a disciple who knows martial arts, hides the body, and then deliberately throws the scabbard out of the hidden sword pavilion, this will appear to be a blame game. It was a matter of course; and if our faction could not find out where the scabbard came from, and forced the guests of other factions to stay, they would definitely be criticized by others, and finally had to let them go under pressure. "

"But it happened to be me that he met. My disciple doesn't know martial arts, doesn't have the ability to steal a sword at all, and has a little bit of true energy to protect his body. Fortunately, he didn't get murdered. In this way, he just broke the trap by mistake. .”

His analysis is detailed and reasonable.Qin Ling thought for a moment, and felt reasonable. Finally, he frowned slightly, and sighed: "I know your background best. You have been in the Chunjun School for three years, and your behavior is obvious to all. As a teacher, I believe that you are not the one who harbors evil intentions. You are indeed innocent in this matter."

Wen Heng's expression was relieved, and he thanked him: "Thanks to the trust of the master, he allowed the disciple to defend himself face to face and tell the truth clearly. The disciple has not suffered any injustice."

Qin Ling put aside the relationship with Yuquan Peak, and felt much better. He raised his hand and signaled Wen Heng to stand up and replied: "I just heard what you mean. You mean that the sword thief is among these guests on the mountain. What evidence is there? Or you?" When fighting with him, did you see his martial arts skills?"

Wen Heng was silent for a moment, and then said: "This is the most incredible part of this matter, and this disciple has not figured it out until now."

Qin Ling: "How to say?"

Wen Heng said: "Among the guests who came up to the mountain recently, they are either famous figures in the Jianghu, or groups of various sects. They have all had friendship with this sect before, so logically speaking, they should be trustworthy people," he said. After a pause, he said in a low voice, "But the person I fought against last night, he used... the martial arts of Chuxing Xingzong."

Qin Ling's heart skipped a beat, and he barely kept his voice down: "You can see clearly, that is indeed the martial arts of the Hanging Star Sect?"

Wen Heng understood what he was worried about, and sighed softly: "The 72-way Soul Seizing Sword, this disciple also hopes that I have misread it."

Qin Ling suddenly stood up, and strode out: "Follow me to see the head immediately!"

If everything Wen Heng said is true, then this matter is by no means a trivial matter.The Hanging Star Sect is the most important sect in Muzhou, and it is also a demon sect that is hated and feared by people in the Jianghu.Chuxing Xingzong's martial arts are weird, his actions are extremely vicious and vicious, and there are many unspeakable obscene things, and he even picked them up on the decent children of famous families several times. They are simply a group of frenzied lunatics.However, there are many masters in the Hanging Star Sect and their strength is strong. These sects can easily do nothing to them. They have to strictly order their disciples not to associate with members of the Hanging Star Sect. Once found out, they will be severely punished.

In today's martial arts world, it's true that everyone's face changes when they talk about Chui Xingzong.The famous sect strictly guards against it, not only afraid that they will disturb the wind and rain and cause chaos in the world, but also afraid that these monsters will rise up on a whim, humiliate their handsome children, and cause scandals that will discredit the sect.

As night fell, the lights on Yueying Mountain gradually lit up.Wen Heng took advantage of the thin light of the paper lantern, looked up and saw the big characters "Sword Qi Hengqiu" on the plaque, and remembered that the first time he came here, he was interrogated by the head of the sect and the elders of various peaks. Three years later, he came to the Sword Qi Hall again, and he was still treated like this.

This time, the matter was very important, and the few direct disciples didn't know the inside story, so they could only wait outside. Eldest brother Kang Changhuai held the remains of the scabbard wrapped in cloth in his hand, and sent it to Qin Ling respectfully. Liao Changxing frowned slightly, I don't know whether it is worry or anger.Wen Heng stepped into the Sword Qi Hall, passed in front of him, suddenly stopped, and said seriously to Liao Changxing: "Brother, please do something."

Liao Changxing saw that he was going to die calmly, and thought he had something important to say, so he nodded and said solemnly, "Say it."

Wen Heng said: "I haven't eaten for two days. Junior brother Xue also hasn't eaten for a day just to look for me. Senior brother, please help me by asking someone to bring him some food and help me get something to eat. Thank you senior brother."

Liao Changxing: "..."

He turned his head to look at Qin Ling. Qin Ling was too lazy to bother about these trivial matters, so he waved his hand and said, "Let him go."

Liao Changxing and Wen Heng looked at each other, Wen Heng nodded slightly, Liao Changxing took his leave first, went back to Yuquan Peak, went to the back kitchen to ask someone to cook hot meals, and took the food box to the guest courtyard to find Xue Qinglan.

When he arrived at the guest house, Xue Qinglan had just come out of the side room used as a pharmacy, and was a little surprised when he saw Liao Changxing, so he stopped and bowed to him: "Senior Brother Liao."

"Excuse me, Yue Chi entrusted me to bring you some food," Liao Changxing showed him the food box in his hand, "I haven't thanked Junior Brother Xue for his help."

Xue Qinglan's face was white and indifferent at first, and she seemed to be on guard. After hearing the word "Yue Chi", she blinked her eyes, and her attitude eased a little: "It's just a little effort, I dare not take the word 'thank you'. Please. Brother Liao made a special trip, it’s cold outside, please come in and sit down for a while and have a cup of hot tea.”

With this high-sounding excuse, Liao Changxing went smoothly into the guest room, Xue Qinglan closed the doors and windows, and Liao Changxing made sure that there were no ears in the partition wall, so he carefully asked: "Just now Yue Chi was called by the master for questioning, and now he has gone to the sword qi." Tang, sent me to you on purpose. Now only you two know the inside story, Junior Brother Xue, what is going on?"

Xue Qinglan had made a confession with Wen Heng earlier, so he skipped the section of the underground palace at this time, only saying that he found Wen Heng unconscious in a hidden bush in the back mountain, and he woke up only after rescuing him. Knowing nothing about it, he told Wen Heng what happened that night to him.

Liao Changxing was still worried: "If it's really him, from stealing the sword to being discovered, there will be one day and one night in between. Such a long time is enough for him to pretend to be himself."

Xue Qinglan tightened her fingers holding the teacup slightly, then shook her head, and said simply and straightforwardly: "I believe him."

He was so straightforward, but Liao Changxing was stunned. He felt like an outsider for a moment, so he explained euphemistically: "I don't doubt Junior Brother Yue, I just want to find out the truth as soon as possible. to defend him."

Xue Qinglan put the tea cup "click" on the table, and said coolly: "Since your head suspects him, why don't you want me to confront him in person? Let's spread the matter out and explain it clearly. What's the problem?"

Liao Changxing said in his heart that this little drug boy would not be soft and hard, but he was quite protective of Yue Chi. Sure enough, he was young enough to play together, but he was cold-hearted to others one by one.

After all, Xue Qinglan was an outsider, so there was no reason to help Wen Heng lie, and what he said was more believable.Liao Changxing is also a smart person, he went over what happened to Wen Heng the night before, and quickly figured out the key points, and suddenly said: "No wonder Yue Chi insisted on letting me come, he is too careful."

Xue Qinglan didn't understand: "What?"

Seeing his blank eyes, Liao Changxing seldom showed a hint of a smile, and made a contribution for his junior brother: "If things are as you two said, there must be someone else who stole the sword, and not only was Yue Chi not silenced, but also Being rescued by you, that person is very likely to expose his identity. Yue Chi is now at the head of the sect, so he is naturally safe and sound, but you, who knows the inside story, are left alone. He is worried that the sword thief will hold a grudge, and he is afraid that he will He took advantage of the chaos to trouble you, so he deliberately made an excuse and asked me to guard you for him."

To what extent does this person have to be careful to think of so many twists and turns in an instant.Xue Qinglan was taken aback by what he said, and was stunned for a long time, not knowing what to think of, her expression didn't seem like the joy of being cared for, but rather sad.

Liao Changxing didn't know that what he said was wrong and provoked him like this, so he was afraid that he would add more confusion, so he could only sit there in a serious and cautious manner, and acted as the guardian of the courtyard honestly according to Wen Heng's arrangement.

After an unknown amount of time, someone knocked lightly on the door three times, breaking the silence of the room and pulling back Xue Qinglan's wandering thoughts.He immediately got up and raised his voice and asked, "Who?"

A voice he was all too familiar floated in leisurely: "Qing Lan opened the door, it's me."

The door of the room was opened to the outside, Xue Qinglan hadn't collected his expression when he saw Wen Heng, standing tall and tall under the moonlight like water.

"What's the matter, who made you unhappy?" He lowered his head and carefully observed Xue Qinglan's expression, "The food tonight is not to your liking?"

Xue Qinglan felt so sad just looking at this person. He shook his head, suppressed his emotions, and said, "It's okay. Come in and talk."

Wen Heng closed the door and entered the room, without further questioning, he just raised his hand to hug him, patted his shoulder, and called out to Liao Changxing who was inside the room: "Senior brother."

Liao Changxing nodded and said, "You came back quickly, and the matter has been explained clearly?"

"Yes." Wen Heng glanced at the forgotten food box on the table, and glanced at Xue Qinglan, "Thank you brother this time."

Liao Changxing stood up steadily, and said: "I'll go to see Master first. It's getting late, you guys should go to bed early after dinner, I'm afraid you'll be busy tomorrow. You'd better stay together tonight, don't be alone, tomorrow I'll call People clean up the mountain courtyard, and before finding out who stole the sword, let Junior Brother Xue live with Yue Chi for a while."

This arrangement was to protect the two of them, Wen Heng nodded yes, and said nothing, but Xue Qinglan hesitated: "This... I'm afraid my teacher will not agree."

But Liao Changxing said: "Junior Brother Xue, don't worry, I'll take care of Master Zun. This matter has a lot to do with our sect, and Master Zun has a close relationship with his family teacher, so I'm sure I can understand such a small matter."