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The room where Duanyue was imprisoned was next to Shen Zhi's bedroom, so to find Duanyue, one would have to pass through the courtyard where Shen Zhi's accident happened. Murong Qian was hugged by Yi Baixue, and because the light was better during the day, he walked under the tree At that time, he saw something strange in the top of the tree from the corner of his eyes, and out of curiosity, he cast more gazes there.

What Murong Qian discovered was a puddle of jet black color, different from the greenish brown of the bark, stubbornly adhered to it, this trace is not unfamiliar, it is blood.

Looking up along the branches, although most of the corpse has been treated by Shen Sheng, the silk threads hidden in the verdant leaves can still be vaguely seen.The silk thread is as thin as a spider web, with intertwined roots, many of which hang down from the top, like wicker, like long hair, very conspicuous in the sunlight, some of the ends of the silk thread are bundled into a ring, and the ring is glowing with a faint black , there seems to be filth hanging on it, and it will not fall off, it is very disgusting.

Murong Qiandang even recognized that this was the hidden weapon that seriously injured Shen Zhi that night.

Because of the reasons Shen Sheng had dealt with, no amount of details could be seen. Murong Qian felt a little impatient, so she cast a curious look at Yi Baixue. Yi Baixue noticed Murong Qian's gaze, and walked towards the ancient Looking from the side of the tree, his expression was complicated.

Murong Qian was aware of Yi Baixue's concerns, and also knew that the latter was for his own good, the corpse was nothing more to be curious about, so after comforting himself like this, Murong Qian was relieved, but Yi Baixue chose to confess at this time, " Shen Zhi was cut into more than forty parts by the murderer, hung on a tree with silk threads, her eyes were gouged out, her tongue was pulled out, her ears were cut off..."

Murong Qian was stunned when he heard that, the picture unconsciously floated up in his mind, and he felt very uncomfortable, but Shen Sheng shook his head after hearing it, "No, it should be..." Then he put the corpse After describing the tragic situation in detail, Murong Qian felt goose bumps when he heard it, and immediately felt that this courtyard was colder than other places, but he still had the courage to ask, "Where is Shen Zhi's body now?"

Shen Sheng looked at Murong Qian in admiration, and said with a wry smile, "You're quite a fat little brat, the corpse is currently placed in Shen Zhi's room, and the four disciples will take turns to guard and inspect it. Well, it's in that room, you Would you like to follow me to take a look?"

Naturally, Shen Sheng's words were just a joke, they could not be taken seriously, and they could not be counted.Murong Qian looked at him, only felt that there was faint fatigue hidden under the playful face in front of him, he smiled very forcedly, and couldn't help feeling sympathetic.

Shen Sheng seemed to have noticed the subtle change in Murong Qian's expression, so he stretched out his hand and patted his head, seemingly hard, but actually very lightly, "What kind of eyes do you have, my lord? Eat three bowls of rice!"

Murong Qian burst out laughing, Shen Sheng also laughed along with him.

Several people arrived in front of the room where Duanyue was imprisoned. The disciple in charge unlocked the door and pushed the door in. Duanyue was sitting by the coffee table and flipping through a book of "Miaofa Lotus Sutra". In the room, Duanyue was illuminated in a trance, subconsciously raised his hand to cover his eyes, Shen Sheng turned and closed the door, walked to Hua Shenchi, and kept silent.

There were only two empty stools beside the coffee table. Hua Shenchi sat down without saying a word, while Yi Baixue hugged Murong Qian and looked at Shen Sheng awkwardly. The latter smiled and was unexpectedly polite, "Young Master Xue, sit down." "Yi Baixue shook her head, put Murong Qian on the stool, and stood behind Murong Qian pretending to be the back of the chair.

The tea in the cup was already cold, with some froth floating on top, Duanyue skimmed it off, but did not skim it off, sighed and put down the lid, "Senior brother, what else do you want to ask?"

Hua Shenchi didn't make any unnecessary movements, and didn't look at her, just closed his eyes and said indifferently, "The ruins are old, and I have only calculated eight of them over the years, and the remaining three are undecided, what did you use instead?"

Hua Shenchi opened his mouth and asked about the secret of Lingshan, Shen Sheng and Duanyue were really startled, the latter looked at Yi Baixue with deep concern in his eyes, hesitating to answer.

Hua Shenchi then looked at Yi Baixue again, Yi Baixue was very self-conscious, picked up Murong Qian without saying a word and pretended to leave, Jiang Jiang walked to the door, but was stopped by Hua Shenchi again, "You don't need to answer this question, Right now, I have some other questions to ask, Mr. Xue, please."

Murong Qian didn't quite understand why Hua Shenchi did this, but Yi Baixue was not angry when she was tricked, she just walked back to the tea table with a smile on her face and took a seat, putting Murong Qian on her lap, as if nothing had happened, "I want to ask, did Broanyue know about Yeluo's murder from the very beginning?"

Duanyue nodded apologetically, and Yi Baixue asked again, "Then why did you help the tyrant and bring her down the mountain this time?"

Although it was the expected accusation, Duanyue still couldn't bear it when Yi Baixue said it so bluntly. She seemed to be about to cry, she lowered her head to relax for a moment, then looked at Murong Qian with a wry smile, "If one day, young master If he made a mistake, will Mr. Xue abandon him? No matter how many things Yeluo does wrong, she is my only relative in the world. I think Mr. Xue can understand this kind of feeling? I am willing to bear her mistakes, Even willing to die for her."

Murong Qian can understand, Yi Baixue needless to say, but there is no absolute saying for everything, the situation of the four of them is different after all, they cannot be generalized.

Seeing that Yi Baixue neither nodded nor shook her head, her reaction was flat, Duanyue just sighed helplessly, "After Yeluo died, I also thought a lot, whether it was because I spoiled her too much that caused today's cause and effect, so I went down the mountain Afterwards, I went to the temple to swear to the Buddha that if Yeluo could come back, I would teach her the principles of life. The Buddha was merciful, so I didn't waste my efforts, and the three herbs finally worked... "

Yeluo came back from the dead, and Duanyue was overjoyed. While she loved Yeluo with a thousand times more energy than before, she never forgot her promise in front of the Buddha. She learned to blame and punish. She never thought of Yeluo but could not. After accepting Duanyue's transformation, she began to resist her control, reprimanded Duanyue for not being able to stand up for herself, and even said "You can't protect me, so why should I want a sister like you?"

Finally, on a stormy night, Yeluo brought home a bloody broken leg, completely declaring her rebellion.

Duanyue shrank her pupils when she recalled the scene at that time, raised her hand to cover her mouth and said cautiously, "She soaked that leg in the wooden bucket for bathing, poured a lot of potion into it, and there was a strange smell everywhere in the room. I can only roughly distinguish the antiseptic powder and the fishy powder...Later, she peeled off the skin on that leg and put it on her own leg without treatment, but the result was that the size did not match , was torn apart by her again..."

What Duanyue said was serious, but Yi Baixue frowned, "No matter how naughty Yeluo is, she is still a child. How can ordinary children do such cruel actions?"

Duanyue just shook her head desperately and cried, "I don't know, she was very obedient before. Before going to Lingshan... she was really obedient, she would rather give food to her when she was hungry. The starving puppy will accompany me to pick and sell flowers, and sometimes I will work for a whole day without food or water and will not make a sound..."

"But after she went to Lingshan, she became more and more unruly every day. At first, I thought she just couldn't adapt to the living environment of Lingshan. I didn't expect that she would become more and more lawless. At that time, I was recommended by Master to Master Tianqing, and we The elder brother studied ancient medical skills together, and he had no intention of admonishing Yeluo, and finally got time to accompany her, and he was even more reluctant to blame..."

Murong Qian felt Yi Baixue's tightening strength, looked up, and found that Yi Baixue was staring at him with complicated expressions, Murong Qian couldn't understand the meaning in Yi Baixue's eyes, so he could only hug her back to show comfort.

Yi Baixue rubbed Murong Qian's head, stopped asking about Duanyue and Yeluo's past, and instead asked about the details of Yeluo's accident, "At that time you talked about the fire in the disciple's room, you mentioned Yeluo's body... ...in a locked cabinet? So she was killed indirectly, right? Who was the murderer? Did Lingshan investigate later?"

Duanyue shook her head, "All traces have been completely burned by the fire, and there is no clue, but everyone thinks that the tailor did it."

Yi Baixue looked at Hua Shenchi, "So careless?"

Hua Shenchi just closed his eyes and said indifferently, "Within [-] days, Lingshan mobilized a hundred disciples to thoroughly investigate this matter, but there was still no clue. Delaying it again and again will only delay the normal teaching, and someone did find another body in the ruins at that time." The charred corpse, the little finger of the left hand of the corpse was cut off, it is indeed the tailor."

"Sloppy..." After Yi Baixue made such an evaluation, she only supported her head with her right hand, and sighed deeply, "Lingshan is indeed a blessed place, and the group of disciples raised are also gods who don't know the world. You think the corpse is The tailor, just because of a broken finger? The fire burned the corpse to such an appearance, why couldn’t it be burned later? As the number one medicine sect in the world, you haven’t studied the method of judging the charred corpse? If even you can't do it, who else in the world can do it?"

Hua Shenchi was blocked by Yi Baixue and couldn't speak, he was stunned for a moment, and then returned to his usual indifferent appearance, "You are right, continue."

Yi Baixue waved her hand, not wanting to waste too much time on this, "What we are going to investigate now is the murder case in the mansion, let's not mention that for now, let me ask you, how much do you know about Yeluo's murder of Xiaocui? Shen Zhi Did you or Yeluo do the death?"

Speaking of this, Duanyue curled her lips, not daring to look directly into the eyes of everyone, "I did know about Yeluo's murder from the beginning. After she came back from the dead, her personality was much more violent than before, and she couldn't accept her ugly appearance. She will look for a suitable human skin for herself every now and then. Xiaocui is a half-demented child with no background and no martial arts. Killing her will not raise suspicion. I originally thought that after Yeluo killed Xiaocui, she would not come back for at least a month. She started to harm others, so she didn't stop it, I never thought that she would actually hit the young master with her idea."

Shen Sheng staggered a few steps back, and accidentally bumped into a low table beside him. The vase on the low table fell to the ground, attracting everyone's attention. His words had a huge impact on him, no one could have imagined that a gentle and weak person like Duanyue could talk about the murder so lightly.

Duanyue also seemed to realize the inappropriateness of her words, and she didn't dare to face Shen Sheng, "I know that my thoughts are different from ordinary people, and sometimes I am also very afraid that I will compromise to the point of costing my life." To exchange for a short-term Anping, instead of confessing her. Even I myself can't figure out what is right and what is wrong. I have tried so hard to protect my only relative, a murderer, what should I do? It shouldn't."

She shook the teacup in front of her, showing a bitter smile, "Whether it's Xiaocui, or the people who were killed by Yeluo before, I can't escape the responsibility after all, even if I die I apologize, but Senior Sister Shen Zhi was not killed by Yeluo, I can guarantee this with my life."

Duanyue admitted, and Yi Baixue also breathed a sigh of relief, "The statement is indeed consistent with my previous deduction, Miss Duanyue, although you are not guilty of murder, but you use forbidden techniques to resurrect a murderous demon, I am afraid it will be difficult. Escape the heavy responsibility of Lingshan, so I can take care of myself." He took a deep look at Duanyue, turned around and left with Murong Qian.

Murong Qian turned around and saw Hua Shenchi also stand up, Duanyue looked up at him, and said with a wry smile, "Senior brother, you are indeed the best senior brother in Lingshan, it was my inappropriate thinking to involve you in this matter , and because I am good at using forbidden techniques, I have to ask you and Master Tianqing to explain a lot when I go back."

She stood up and bowed solemnly to Hua Chenchi, "I'm sorry, brother, this is the only thing I can leave to Lingshan." She handed a boxy letter to Hua Chenchi , Hua Shenchi took it and put it in his sleeve, looked at Duanyue silently for a moment, and left together. Before leaving, he still did not forget to remind Shen Sheng, "Shen Zhi's place still needs an autopsy, so let's go."

At that time, Murong Qian didn't understand what such a solemn farewell meant, but felt that the atmosphere in the room was so sad that he could not speak. When Shen Sheng walked out of the room, his eyes turned red, and Murong Qian also It's rare to be sensible and not to sarcasm.

It wasn't until a group of people walked out of this gloomy courtyard that Murong Qian heard a clear and crisp sound of cups falling to the ground and shattering, the source seemed to be Broken Moon.