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"Senior brother?" Mu Yun was taken aback for a moment, wondering why Qi Zhong suddenly called him senior brother.

Just as he was about to help him to the apse to rest for a while, the rainbow light in the corridor slowly dissipated. Qi Zhong felt his headache relieved a lot, and he gradually woke up.

"you……"

Seeing that the person's face returned to normal, Mu Yun slowly let go of his support, and let him find a fulcrum to stand on.

"What happened to me just now?"

Waking up dizzy and turning around, Qi Zhong felt a slight strange feeling at the end of his eyes, and raised his hand to wipe it, it turned out to be tears.

He was stunned: "I, why am I crying?"

Mu Yun shook his head: "You just said you had a headache and almost fainted."

"Ah? Really? How could this be?"

Qi Zhong was a little surprised, and wondered if Mu Yun was cheating on him.

"...Maybe it's too hot, you've got heat stroke."

"How could it be? I used to go fishing in the river in summer, and I never had heat stroke..."

Mu Yun pursed his lips and hesitated for a moment.

At this time, the person who communicated opened the door of the palace and loudly announced them to enter the palace.

The two looked at each other and entered the hall in silence.

As soon as he entered the door, there was a vague fragrance of herbs lingering in his nostrils, which was supposed to calm the nerves, but Qi Zhong felt that the headache was coming again.

In a daze, Mu Yun had already reported the details of the case to Immortal Liuzhen.

Then he stood aside and waited silently for the Immortal Venerable to vote.

The atmosphere in the hall was solemn, Qi Zhong endured the discomfort, and accompanied him, obediently standing by the side, waiting for the verdict.

He thought, if the Immortal Venerable wanted to vent his anger on Mu Yun, he would stand up and pretend to be crazy, and take the blame on himself. Anyway, he is just a bystander, and the punishment can't be heavy, after all, there is still a teacher to support him .

After a long time, a question came from under the curtain.

"So, you still haven't found out the real culprit and mastermind behind the scenes?"

"Please calm down the anger. I failed your expectations, and Mu Yun is willing to bear all the guilt alone."

"Forget it. Go down and receive the punishment yourself."

"Yes."

"Eh……"

After the brief question and answer, Qi Zhong didn't even have a word to jump in, so he skipped to the step of punishment.He was still skeptical when he was shocked, and felt from the bottom of his heart that this high-ranking and powerful immortal was simply making things difficult for Mu Yun, and he refused to even ask him why he didn't complete the task and listen to the explanation.

This idiot ran to be taken advantage of again.He also agrees with such an unfair treatment.

Hateful and angry, Qi Zhongqian stared at the man, so anxious for him that his mind went blank.

At this time, Xianzun lowered his voice again: "There is nothing else, let's go down first."

Hearing this, Mu Yun frowned, and was about to say something more.

Qi Zhong seized the opportunity and shouted first: "Wait a minute! I still have something to say."

"That's right, Master Xianzun, I think your punishment is unfair!"

"Huh? How are you dissatisfied with the deity's judgment?"

Asked majesticly, Qi Zhong was not afraid, straightened his body, and wanted to reason.

But Mu Yun stopped him behind him, and asked to resign: "Xianzun Haihan, Qi... Mr. Qi Zhong just made a slip of the tongue, he didn't mean that, it's just..."

Qi Zhong's eyes widened, and he quickly retorted: "Hey, why is that not the case, that's what I meant!"

"His treatment was originally unreasonable. You didn't do the bad thing. You are just an investigator. If you don't have credit, you have to work hard. Even if he is the Supreme Immortal, he has to punish people justly."

"Brother Qi..."

Mu Yun turned around nervously and looked at him with wide eyes, but couldn't utter a word.

"Hehehe...You dare to speak up when things happen, your nature is frank."

Liu Zhen pondered for a while, then uttered something that seemed to be a compliment.

Qi Zhong snorted disdainfully: "What dare you say, I'm trying to argue with reason."

"Oh? Then why are you talking about it? I gave Mu Yun a month to solve the case, and introduced you who had the most details to him, but in the end it was in vain. Is this reasonable?"

Hearing this, Qi finally gritted his teeth, regretting that he had dragged down his friends because of his powerlessness.

He took another step forward, and said solemnly: "To be honest, I have been working in Fufeng these days, but it has always been me..."

"Actually, Brother Qi has been actively cooperating with the retrospective of the case, which gave me new inspiration from another angle of the case..."

With his lips parted slightly, Qi Zhong was speechless, watching in surprise that Mu Yun tried to change the meaning of his words, and then said it calmly.

"You... no."

Mu Yun glanced at him calmly, then stood back in front of the hall, and said: "Honorable Immortal, in fact, the case of Linglongxin is not completely without progress."

"A few days ago, Jingxin Gudaowen's family was destroyed, and the Mujiashulou was burned not long ago. I have carefully inspected the scene and found a little similarity."

"Yeah. Go ahead."

Mu Yun glanced at Qi Zhong from the corner of his eye, and found that his impetuosity had gradually calmed down, and there was even a trace of admiration in his eyes, and his heart was relieved a lot, at least he was quiet, so he would not rush to take the blame.

Who knows that the heart of the person involved is actually more than that.

Hearing what he said, Qi Zhong burst into tears of joy in his heart: Damn idiot, since he found out, why didn't he tell it earlier and take credit for it!

"Linglongxin commits crimes. Except for Changting being the victim of a monster, in other cases, she likes to use red silk as a murder tool. And after these red silks are stained with blood, they will disappear within three days."

"If we only start the case from this aspect, the possibility of finding out the culprit is really slim. So I found a special kind of tung flower leaf at the scene after the burning of the library, including the Wen family site."

"This leaf is not like the director of the place where the spiritual energy is abundant in the fairy mountain, but it is stained with a very strange magic energy, and its shape is also different from ordinary tung flower leaves."

He narrated all his thoughts, and the minds of the people in the hall were much clearer.

Liu Zhen hesitated for a moment, and preached: "Submit it."

The attendant took the leaf from Mu Yun's hand and put it under the curtain.

Liuzhen took a look at the shape of the leaves and was stunned for a moment.

Hastily asked: "Then have you found out where this leaf grows?"

Mu Yun nodded calmly: "At first, I didn't know where this leaf came from, because it was so rare. But later on the night when the library was burned, I fell into a strange black formation while chasing the murderer, and found two After the formation was broken, he followed the direction in which the black mist dissipated and found..."

Hearing this, Qi Zhong suddenly realized: No wonder Mu Yun came so late when he was wronged that day, so he was chasing clues.

"Found what?"

Liu Zhen asked eagerly, with a hint of panic in his eyes.

Mu Yun's eyes dimmed a bit, and he said in a deep voice: "I found... the fog disappeared when it reached the foot of Jiugai Mountain."

"..."

The atmosphere was tense and awkward for a moment.

Mu Yun added: "I think it was suppressed by the luck of the fairy mountain, and it was out of shape."

Hearing this, Liu Zhen felt relaxed for a moment: "Yes."

Qi Zhong thought about the scene of that night, and interjected: "The formation that night was really strange, and when the formation was broken, there was a blue shadow that was always blocking it. I chased this shadow and found it There is a layer of immortality under the blue halo, as if some daoist real person deliberately came here in disguise."

Hearing this, Mu Yun turned his head to look at him, as if asking him with his eyes: Why didn't you tell me about this?

"Uh, don't look at me like that, this is just my guess..."

Being inexplicably focused, Qi Zhong unnaturally retreated behind Mu Yun, laughing dryly.

Immortal Liuzhen behind the curtain, already showing signs of guilt, closed his eyes silently.

Mu Yun didn't focus on Qi Zhong's words, so he turned back to the topic: "The clues about fallen leaves have not been interrupted. I read the book "Zhi Zhi" in Jiugai Mountain later, and found similar examples at the end of the eighth volume. , its growth environment is not remote, just a hundred miles to the southeast, on a small hill, there is a similar tung tree."

"But the most important point is not the hill, but under the hill. After my survey, I found that there is a deep underground enchantment there.

It is not something that ordinary sects can arrange, and it is extremely dangerous. Once a person who breaks through the world misses, his life is very likely to hang by a thread. "

"In Shangjiang, there are such evil places?"

Qi Zhong asked in surprise.

Mu Yun nodded: "This place is very suspicious, if you can..."

"Enough. This matter cannot be extended for the time being. After the deity has considered it many times, I will make a decision on this place."

There was a sullen sound with a touch of impatience, which made the people in the hall surprised, unwilling, and hesitant.

Qi Zhong rolled his eyes blatantly, and hummed softly: "If there is no result, you will blame it, if there is a result, you will shout, who is it..."

"You go back first."

When the words of screen retreat fell, Mu Yun didn't say much, and was about to leave, but Qi Zhong jumped out again, shouting angrily.

"Wait. Xianzun, you haven't said anything about punishment yet."

"..."

The people behind the curtain were silent.Noticing the still unrelenting gazes of the people in the hall, Liu Zhen sighed.

"Then let's balance the merits and demerits."

Qi Zhong nodded in satisfaction and said, "Immortal Venerable Sage."

……

After leaving the Jussing Palace, the two of them suddenly felt relaxed.

Mu Yun turned around and leaned forward, "Brother Qi, thank you just now for speaking up for me."

"Hey. You are so stupid! You are brothers when you are away from home. Besides, you are not wrong, of course I have to speak for you."

"Thank you."

Glancing at the hand on his shoulder, Mu Yun pursed his lips and said with a light smile.

Qi Zhong tilted his head, and leaned over naturally: "However, since you had other thoughts from the beginning, why didn't you say it earlier and receive the punishment first, are you stupid?"

Mu Yun lowered his eyes and explained: "If you defend yourself first, you will be suspected of deliberately exonerating the crime. This is not an important matter in the first place, and the focus of the case should not be shifted."

Qi Zhong was dumbfounded: "It's not important? Do everything well and be wronged, such an important thing, you..."

"Okay. It's getting late, I'll take you back to Changting first."

Faintly seeing a trace of distress and anger in the other party's eyes, Mu Yun was moved, but patiently declined on the surface.

Qi Zhong pricked up his ears, looked at him smartly, and smiled: "You want to see me off?"

"From the fact that Changting was attacked last time, it is difficult to find a completely safe place in Shangjiang, because..."

"So you're just worried about me."

Qi Zhong grabbed the words and shouted, his eyes full of expectation.Mu Yun couldn't bear to touch his face, and nodded hesitantly.

"Hahaha... Brother Yun, if you want to go to my house for a meal, just say it straight, and even say it around the corner."

Stepping forward to pat the man on the shoulder, Qi Zhong thought he had read his mind, and rolled his eyes with a smile.

Mu Yun didn't want to refute anymore, so he nodded again.

……

In a blink of an eye, the two returned safely to Changting Lin's house.

Looking at the long-lost teacher, Qi finally felt a deep thought.

Immediately afterwards, all the brothers and sisters in the house rushed out to greet the visitor, surrounded him in twos and threes, and chatted happily.

Qi Zhong's words were pulled open for a while, but he couldn't stop, he talked happily and got carried away.

The scene was harmonious for a while, Mu Yun took a relieved look, turned and left.

Someone recognized him and shouted, "Master Mu, come in and have a seat?"

Thinking about the follow-up matters of the case, he shook his head and declined politely: "Thank you for your kindness, please come back another day."

"Oh..." The little disciple retreated to the side regretfully, and got out of the way.

……

When he was about to leave the mountain gate, Mu Yun became aware of a strangeness in front of him, and then calmed down, but in the blink of an eye, a gust of wind and white mist rushed towards his face and surrounded him tightly. In an instant, Mu Yun fell into an unknown predicament.