After the signal flare was sent out, all the congregants who were looking for people down the mountain rushed back to the main altar on the top of the mountain.

Before that, Elder Zhong had just brought the man in black who assassinated Xiao Han to his residence.

The man in black was pushed into the room by Elder Zhong. He knew that Elder Zhong had no intention of hurting him, so he didn't fight back. He just didn't expect to get acupuncture points when he turned around.

The man in black opened his eyes wide in shock.

Elder Zhong stood face to face with the man in black, who was only about two inches shorter than him, and covered his figure with a cloak. In the dark night when there were no lights, it might not be impossible to pretend to be him.Elder Zhong took a deep breath, and pulled off the black cloth covering his face. There was nowhere to hide his soft and pale face, and it was also a familiar face.

Elder Hu after washing off his delicate makeup.

Elder Hu has been a tall martial artist since elementary school, and together with several of their elders, he has taught Wen Jingting's swordsmanship by himself, so it is naturally possible to learn Wen Jingting's sword perfectly.

"I told you to stop messing around!" Elder Zhong gritted his teeth, maybe it was because of the pain from being hit by a bone nail in his arm, or perhaps he was angry.

Elder Hu's expression was also very gloomy, "I'm avenging the Lord Luo!"

"So you framed Xiao Wen again and again?"

"He betrayed Master Luo first,? We are still sticking to it, but he brought people to seek refuge with Li Jiang!" Elder Hu's eyes were filled with deep hatred, "Do you remember that Luo Yun was handed down by us? Bring the big one!"

Elder Zhong stared at her for a moment, then suddenly pressed his left hand and took a sharp breath.

Elder Hu said in surprise: "You have been hit by a bone nail!"

Elder Zhong didn't say a word, just pushed aside his sleeves gently, the pins and nails were almost completely buried in the flesh and blood, and by the candlelight in the room, one could clearly see the purple-black veins like spider webs on the black and blue skin along the wound diffusion.

"There is poison on the nail!" Elder Hu said anxiously, "Look, that kid is really cruel to his own people. If you want to take out the nail, your whole hand will be useless. Not only did he betray Hierarch Luo, he also... "

Elder Zhong said in a hoarse voice, "If you hadn't framed him first, he wouldn't be so ruthless!"

Elder Hu paused after being scolded, and still reminded him unwillingly, "Old Zhong, I have the idea of ​​framing him, but you are the one who really does it."

Elder Zhong's pale complexion darkened a little.

A few months ago, he had seen Elder Hu secretly practicing Wen Jingting's swordsmanship, so when Elder Hu quietly left, he guessed something was wrong, secretly caught up with him, and blocked him in the carriage downstairs of Shengjing Building in Chizhou.

At that time, Elder Hu was surprised by Elder Zhong's appearance, which also made Elder Zhong interrogate her about the deal with Yuantong.Unexpectedly, Ah Jiu still chased outside the city later, Elder Zhong thought about their years of love, exchanged the clothes of the two, and let Elder Hu go first, while he used Wen Jingting's swordsmanship to fight Ah Jiu.He had taught Wen Jingting and watched Elder Hu practice so many times, he had already memorized the swordsmanship, and his martial arts foundation was also higher than that of Elder Hu, so he was able to escape from Ah Jiu's hands.

The severe pain caused by the bone nail made life worse than death. Elder Zhong broke out in a cold sweat, and his entire arm was about to lose consciousness. He turned his arm silently, only to see a faint scar remaining on the back of the forearm hit by the bone nail. The fine white scars, if there is no accident, the scars should disappear completely in a few days.

Elder Hu was right, he was the one who framed Wen Jingting, and he was the one who subconsciously used Wen Jingting's swordsmanship in a hurry, even if he didn't intend to, from the moment he made the move, he had already let Wen Jingting down.Elder Zhong gradually revealed regret, "Yes, I did it myself."

Elder Hu was ready to frame Wen Jingting long ago. Elder Zhong joined temporarily because he was the one who left the injury. In order to perfect the frame, Elder Hu bribed Pei Xin and asked him to draw an identical line on the same position on Wen Jingting's left hand with a lot of money. hurt.One after another, several months of secret and hard training, in order to frame Wen Jingting, Elder Hu has worked hard with good intentions.

Elder Zhong was also very disappointed, not only to Elder Hu, but also to himself. "Xiao Wen has won the trust of the leader. As long as he is willing to bow his head, the leader will always let him go. If not, I will try my best to make up for him, but I didn't expect you to come again!"

Elder Hu sneered, "I have been waiting for so many years, and finally found a chance to get rid of this white-eyed wolf. How could I give up just because of your one or two words?"

Elder Zhong looked at her and shook his head, then looked down at her blackened arm, and said in a hoarse voice: "You are confused, what happened back then was not the current leader's fault, and it was Luo Yun's order to take refuge in Li Jiang. I know that you treat him as your son, and you are not reconciled to his death, but it has nothing to do with Xiao Wen!"

Elder Hu said bitterly: "If he had stayed with Master Luo back then, he would have procrastinated a little longer, and the Master would not have died when we came back!" As she spoke, her eyes slowly turned red, "Could it be that you have forgotten, Luo? Yun was brought up by us, and we promised the old leader that we would follow him and protect him forever!"

Elder Zhong's expression froze, but he didn't want to talk about the past, "I thought you had stopped, and planned to ask the leader to resign and take you away, but I didn't expect...tonight is obviously a game, you are hooked!"

How come Elder Hu doesn't know about it now?She looked at Elder Zhong's hand, pretending to be cold and said: "Then hand me over, and ask that brat Wen Jingting for the antidote as soon as possible, and get back your arm."

Elder Zhong still shook his head, martial arts practitioners have sharp eyes and ears, he has already heard the sound of signal flares, they must have been exposed not long ago.He cast a deep look at Elder Hu, and suddenly untied the cloak on her body.

"What are you doing?" Elder Hu was surprised.

"Time is running out."

Elder Zhong threw away the cloak, turned around and found a rope, and tied Elder Hu to the pillar. His injured left hand could no longer move, and his right hand was shaking uncontrollably.The rough rope was tightened on the dark purple dress, Elder Zhong used his hands and teeth to tie a knot, and then picked up the knife brought by Elder Hu, compared to the wound on her hand, she had already lost consciousness There was a stroke on his left hand, and black and purple blood gushed out immediately.

Seeing this, Elder Hu already understood what he meant.

"You want to die for me again?" Elder Hu said that it was fake to say that she was impassive, and she stared at the other party pretending to be bored and said, "I don't need it, just let go..."

The voice stopped abruptly, Elder Zhong put down the hand that touched her dumb acupoint, turned his back to find a copper plate, threw the cloak into it, and then lifted the candlestick.

Soon, a fire lit up in the copper plate.

Not long after the signal flare was sent out, everyone in the mountain returned to the main hall one after another, even Xiao Han's hidden guard came back, and after meeting Xiao Han, they hid again.

The left and right guardians came back one after another, and when they saw Wen Jingting standing beside Li Zhi, everyone was shocked. It can be seen that Li Zhi, Wang Tangzhu and others had no intention of being hostile to him, and everyone did not understand why.

Li Zhi glanced roughly at the incense masters and elders, "Is everyone here?"

Wen Jingting counted the people in the hall in detail, his brows suddenly tightened, he knew who hadn't come.

Guardian Zuo obediently counted, scratched the back of his head and said, "Elder Hu and Elder Zhong didn't come back, but they went to the back mountain, maybe they didn't see the signal, should I send someone to check?"

Li Zhi also knew it in his heart, waved his hand and said: "No need, they won't leave too far, they must still be on the mountain, everyone is looking for it now..."

"Master!"

A young congregation suddenly rushed into the hall, interrupted Li Zhi's words, and then panicked and hurriedly said: "Elder Zhong tied up Elder Hu!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Zhi also raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, "Interesting, let's go and have a look."

Everyone naturally had no objection, but they couldn't think of why Elder Zhong tied Elder Hu?

When Li Zhi arrived, Elder Zhong's room was already surrounded by the congregation in the mountain.

Elder Zhong was sitting on the threshold, holding a three-foot-long knife in his right hand, stirring the fire plate at his feet every now and then. The fire was very bright, and he could vaguely see that he was burning a black cloak of good material.

Surrounded by so many people, Elder Zhong was extremely relaxed. Seeing that the cloak was almost burned, he threw away the knife, stood up slowly, and smiled at Li Zhi, "The leader is here."

Li Zhi stood in front of the crowd, and was about to move forward when he heard the sound, but was pulled by Xiao Han. Li Zhi patted the back of Xiao Han's hand lightly, and walked forward.

Xiao Han was worried that the other party was cheating, so he hurriedly followed.

"Looks like you're ready."

Li Zhi stood in front of the door, calm and relaxed.

The two hall masters who knew about it and Ah Jiu also followed, looking at Elder Zhong in front of the door as if facing a formidable enemy, and then looking at the room—Elder Hu was indeed tied to a pillar, and there were still several spots on his dress. bloodstains.

The rest of the people talked in low voices, both dazed and astonished.Unexpectedly, it was Elder Zhong who really tied Elder Hu. Didn't it mean that the relationship between the elders is as good as brothers and sisters?Moreover, Elder Zhong has always been an image of a good old man, so he actually did such a thing?

Elder Guan Zhong, with one arm hanging down abnormally, his complexion was a bit pale, his body was stained with blood, and he could still laugh, he said: "I have done everything, and my subordinates are not people who dare not admit it."

This is admitted.

Wen Jingting's face became more and more ugly, "It's you, why did you frame me."

The knife held by the man in black who assassinated Xiao Han was still there, and the cloak hadn't been burned. The most important evidence - the bone nail was still nailed to Elder Zhong's left hand. The black and purple blood drenched the gray clothes. sleeve.

The evidence is solid and clear without asking.

Elder Zhong took a quiet look at Wen Jingting, with the same friendly and gentle smile on his face, "I've done everything else, so why bother to ask why, it will only add sentimentality. Xiao Wen, I underestimated you."

The corner of Wen Jingting's mouth raised a mocking smile, "That's right, for someone who knows me so well and is so familiar with my sword moves, there is no one else on this mountain except for a few elders who watched me grow up."

Hearing Wen Jingting's words, everyone slowly realized that Elder Zhong is the ghost?

Elder Xu was startled and said: "You mean, Old Zhong...he is..." Elder Xu is not young anymore, and he was almost overwhelmed by the excitement of these words, but fortunately another elder nearby helped him over him.

Elder Cao is also incredible, it can be seen that Elder Zhong admitted it straight away, brothers for many years, he already knows what this means, and at the same time he is also disappointed.

"Old Zhong, it turned out to be you."

Perhaps because of the pain on his body, Elder Zhong smiled reluctantly, "I made my brother believe me wrong."

The two elders shook their heads again and again, and then they wanted to plead guilty with Li Zhi, but just now they cupped their fists and called the leader, but Li Zhi interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

Li Zhi only said: "Whoever does something wrong, I will punish him, it has nothing to do with others."

The two elders had mixed feelings in their hearts.

Right now, Li Zhi was not in the mood to listen to their apology, he glanced inside the door, and met Elder Hu's gaze towards him somewhat unexpectedly.Elder Hu seemed unable to move or speak, but he looked at him very hotly, with a faint glimmer of water in his eyes.

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows, then turned to Elder Zhong, "You were also the one who fought against Uncle Jiu in Chizhou?"

Elder Zhong rolled up his left sleeve without saying a word, and with just one glance, everyone was a little terrified.

That bone nail seemed to have been nailed into flesh and blood, and it was also poisonous, making Elder Zhong's entire arm a lifeless bluish-black color, and the dark black veins like spider webs had spread to the upper arm. There was a sword wound that was still bleeding, and not far away, there was an old scar that was long and thin.

There is also a scar on Wen Jingting's left hand, but the recovery speed is normal, while Elder Zhong's scar looks like it was a few years ago, and he should have used a miraculous scar-removing medicine.

Ah Jiu nodded, "It really is you."

Even though Wen Jingting was hurt by himself, facing his senior who personally taught him, Wen Jingting still couldn't bear it, he said: "Tell who you colluded with and what you did, and I will consider giving you the antidote."

Li Zhi didn't object, but acquiesced that he could give Elder Zhong a chance.

Elder Zhong also saw it, but smiled wryly: "Now that the matter is up to now, I am not afraid to tell the truth, which can be regarded as making up for your frame. Five months ago, a monk came to me and made a deal with me, as long as I told him everything I knew about the hall master, he would help me to investigate."

Li Zhi was taken aback, he didn't expect this incident to be related to Hongye, and he even sold Hongye!

Wang Yong, who has always been on good terms with Hongye, stared, "So, you betrayed the Hall Master?"

Guardian Zuo couldn't help being surprised, "Didn't you say that the Hall Master has something to go home?"

Elder Zhong laughed hoarsely, as if mocking Guardian Zuo's innocence, "She was taken away, I don't know where she went, but I did get clues about the real cause of Master Luo's death, and I finally found it." His bones." He seemed to be powerless, leaning against the door frame, casually glanced at Elder Hu inside the door, and said with a smile, "I buried him under the cliff with my own hands."

The elders were all the second-in-commands of the Devil's Cult, so they wouldn't trust others if they hadn't seen Zhenzhang.But there is also a word called caring will lead to chaos, as long as the other party plays a little trick in it...

Needless to say the rest, Li Zhi and the others already understood the reason why Elder Zhong would agree to the other party.

Wen Jingting just felt it was ridiculous, "You believed what they said, but you didn't believe what I said."

Elder Zhong sized him up with a hint of contempt, "When Master Luo was seriously injured and in danger, you were the first to take people away and choose to join Li Jiang's subordinates. You are a betrayer."

Instead of being angry, Wen Jingting smiled, a very sarcastic smile.

Zhu Xiangzhu and Qin Xiangzhu who walked with him back then couldn't stand it anymore, "This is the last wish of Luo Jiaozhu! Back then, the elders dispersed with us in order to divert people from the six sects. I don't know if this was what Luo Jiaozhu said personally, but Didn't I explain it later?"

"You are all traitors, working together, how can your words be trusted?" No matter what the incense masters and elders who had been friends of the same way for many years thought of him, Elder Zhong still had the paranoid look of not getting into anything, "self After that, that person wanted to see me several times, and I had no choice but to agree to meet him last month. Thanks to the leader for allowing us elders to retire at the foot of the mountain, it is not difficult for me to find a chance to leave."

This made Li Zhi feel a little self-inflicted.

Li Zhi didn't speak, but Xiao Han was not happy, "He trusted you, but you betrayed him."

"It's not a betrayal, if there is never trust." Elder Zhong smiled at Li Zhi, "Let's not talk about Li Jiang, since the leader took office, we have not been reused, and the leader has never trusted us."

Li Zhi nodded calmly, "There are reasons for your rebellion."

Elder Zhong's eyebrows twitched suddenly, and his face sank, "I wanted you to bite dogs, but I didn't expect you to have such deep trust in Wen Jingting, but you were set into a trap and told me to capsize in this gutter."

Ah Jiu couldn't help but rolled her eyes, "If you have the same intentions, how could you be hooked?"

Li Zhi nodded in agreement, and asked: "You killed the prince, is it also their order?"

Elder Zhong took out a dagger from his sleeve, and everyone was so scared that they guarded Li Zhi vigilantly. Elder Zhong was amused, and then looked at Li Zhi with dark eyes, "You will never know."

Li Zhi frowned, a little puzzled.

But Elder Zhong held the dagger in his right hand, flipped his wrist suddenly, and sent the dagger towards his chest, the strike was so fast that no one could stop it!

Including Li Zhi, everyone was shocked by his ruthlessness towards him.

Elder Hu, who was tied up in the room, also widened his eyes, which were full of astonishment.

"Don't let him die!" Li Zhi broke away from Xiao Han's protecting hand and stepped forward quickly.

Before Li Zhi, a black-clothed figure who was faster than him had arrived at the door, but it was too late, only catching Elder Zhong's fallen body.Wen Jingting was at a loss for a moment, and then he held Elder Zhong's arm tightly, his eyes were red, and he sternly reprimanded: "You haven't finished your sentence yet! What else is there, where is the hall master now!"

Elder Zhong shook his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but a gulp of blood gushed out quickly, making it difficult for him to make up a complete sentence, but his still intact right hand tightly grasped Wen Jingting's hand.

He seemed to say something silently, which made Wen Jingting's expression freeze for a moment.

In just one breath, Elder Zhong closed his eyes, and Li Zhi and the others walked up to him.

Yinzhu half-kneeled down, sniffed at Elder Zhong, and then reached his neck, then stood up silently.

Li Zhi already knew what she meant, took a deep look at Elder Zhong, and then sighed secretly.

"Buy it."

Only then did Wen Jingting recover from the intermittent sorry, he paused, gently put Elder Zhong's body down, knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Li Zhi, "Thank you, Hierarch."

Li Zhi shook his head slightly, and turned to look at Elder Hu in the room, seeing her staring at the corpse on the ground in a daze, as if in disbelief, her eyes became more and more watery.It is expected that the elders have always had deep feelings, so they must not bear it.

Li Zhi's eyes flashed, he turned around and ordered: "Put Elder Hu down."

The incense masters obeyed and quickly untied the ropes and acupuncture points on Elder Hu's body.

Elder Hu's knees gave way and she almost fell down. Fortunately, several incense masters helped her in time, but she stared blankly at Elder Zhong's body as if she had lost her soul.

After spending so much effort, he managed to catch an inner ghost. Who would have thought that he would commit suicide, and he didn't ask anything, but just the clue of Hongye made Li Zhi very concerned.Seeing that Elder Hu was fine and the mountain was safe for the time being, he left the rest of the matter to Guardian Zuo and several incense masters, then turned and left.

But tonight's business was not over yet, before Li Zhi left, he called the two hall masters and Ah Jiu, and even took Xiao Han with him, and they went to the Hall of Rebirth together.

When invited by Li Zhi to sit on his right hand, Xiao Han was quite flattered.

Wen Jingting was brought up by several elders. Elder Zhong's betrayal and death hit him hard, but he has been in the arena for so many years, and he will not easily make people laugh at him. At this moment, his face has returned to calm.

Wang Yong was sitting opposite Wen Jingting, looking at Li Zhi from time to time, secretly thinking about what he meant.

Ah Jiu was the first to speak out among the few people, he was extremely curious, "Is this the end of the matter?"

Li Zhi said helplessly: "Elder Zhong is dead, even if there are others, the clues will be broken."

Ah Jiu showed disappointment, but couldn't help but sigh: "I really didn't expect it to be him."

Several people at this table have different thoughts.

Wen Jingting seemed to be calm but actually a little distracted, Wang Yong looked at Li Zhi's expression to figure out his thoughts, Xiao Han looked straight at Li Zhi, and Ah Jiu who was not serious and didn't care about the affairs of the church.

Wen Jingting came to his senses quickly, and asked, "What else does the leader want to say?"

Li Zhi nodded, "I think you should all see the current situation clearly. There is an inner ghost among us. I don't know who else is there besides Elder Zhong, but now it is not suitable to look for the inner ghost in a big way. At the same time, there are foreign enemies, not only the six sects, but also one party, that is, the bald donkey who contacted Elder Zhong."

Wen Jingting was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xiao Han who was sitting above him meaningfully.

Li Zhi explained knowingly: "The prince is also his opponent, and he knows him better than us."

So Wen Jingting let go of his guard against Xiao Han, "Who is that bald donkey?"

"Your Majesty." Li Zhi was about to ask Xiao Han to talk about his understanding of Yuantong, but when he met his obsessive gaze, Li Zhi choked on the words that came to his lips, knocked on the table, and called again, "Xiao Han Han!"

Hearing his name, Xiao Han came back to his senses, "Ah, I'm here."

Li Zhi looked at him coldly.

Xiao Han immediately sat up straight, and asked with a serious face: "What are we going to do now?"

"To avoid Yuantong's tricks of sowing dissension again, I think we should sit down and have a frank talk now." Li Zhi said solemnly: "It's important, some things are not good for anyone."

Several people all agree.

Li Zhi's expression became a little colder, and he deliberately called out his names, "Hall Master Wang, what do you think?"

Wang Yong raised his head, "What does the leader mean?"

Li Zhi said with a sullen face, "What do you think?"

It was rare for Xiao Han to understand Li Zhi's meaning tacitly.Li Zhi said that the second hall master of his family had met Yuan Tong, and told him that Yuan Tong was Li Zhi's mother-killing enemy, and had concealed many things from Li Zhi.

Now Li Zhi is not afraid to say it bluntly, "When I just returned to the mountain, I heard that Yuantong had come. Someone had seen him secretly, but they kept it from me, even Hall Master Wen didn't know about it. Insider."

When Wen Jingting heard this, he looked straight at Wang Yong with doubts in his eyes.

"It's just." Li Zhi added: "At that time, I was thinking about it. The ghost and this person may not be the same person, but they must be the top group of people in my holy religion, and they also know Master Wen very well. .”

Wen Jingting was even more frank, "You mean, Hall Master Wang concealed something from us?"

Li Zhi looked at Wang Yong, with displeasure and distrust evident on his face, "He said, that bald donkey is my mother-killing enemy, and he came to seek revenge from me."

Wen Jingting was a little bit astonished when he heard this, but after realizing Li Zhi's subtle tone, he did not intervene in this matter just like Xiao Han.In a big sense, this matter is related to the holy religion, but in a small sense, it is the family affairs of the leader.

Wang Yong could no longer pretend to be stupid, he smiled wryly and said, "Does the leader have to know?"

Li Zhi didn't answer but instead asked, "If something goes wrong next time, will you be responsible, Hall Master Wang?"

Wang Yong sighed heavily, and suddenly, he turned his face and looked at Ah Jiu who was lying on the table next to him, his eyes were turning around to see what they were talking about.

The meaning of that glance made several other people look over involuntarily.

Ah Jiu blinked and sat up straight.

"what happened?"

Wang Yong said to him, "Ah Jiu, I can no longer hide this matter for you."

After the words fell, including Li Zhi, the three of them looked at Ah Jiu with deeper eyes.

Ah Jiu was stunned, what's the matter!Why should he take the blame!

Wang Yong made a helpless expression, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You should be honest."

Ah Jiu was dumbfounded, what did he explain?Just when he was about to say that he didn't know anything, Wang Yong blinked at him with his back turned to a few people, and Ah Jiu also blinked after him in a daze.

Wang Yong's face was barely tense, his eyes moved lightly, and drifted behind Ah Jiu, intentionally or unintentionally said: "The leader wants to know, just tell him, it's useless to hide, it's volts. Yueshan is the territory of the leader, where can you hide?"

Li Zhi frowned when he heard this, feeling that something was wrong, so he looked at Ah Jiu.

Seeing Ah Jiu's eyes light up just in time, Li Zhi felt bad and stood up abruptly.

But he was still a step too late.

Ah Jiu pushed Wang Yong away before him and got up, quickly moved back, and retreated a foot away in the blink of an eye, "I don't! I won't say it!"

"Stop!" Li Zhi said angrily.

Ah Jiu turned around and flew to the entrance of the main hall with lightness kung fu. With just one breath, he was already submerged in the vast night, leaving only one sentence in a hurry——

"Do you think I'm stupid? I won't tell you that this matter is related to Wuxianglian!"

The remaining Li Zhi four people: "..."

What did he just say?

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