Big dream 18 years

Chapter 21

The tone of Xuan Chongzi and Gao Yi was very sincere, but the other masters outside the door swung their swords silently, and there were endless clanging sounds.

Qu Ze was the first to sneer: "What happened? The one surnamed Qu escaped from trouble again, committed three hundred murders overnight, and then retreated here to wait for death?"

Xuan Chongzi was indifferent to his ridicule: "This matter has nothing to do with you, but you live next to the Second Sect Master Qin. Later, please tell us what the Second Sect Master Qin is doing today."

Ji Shuliu grabbed his sword in shock: "Songfeng, are they suspicious of you?" Qin Songfeng walked across to Qian Rui's room by his arm without saying a word.

Qu Ze was staring fiercely at Fang Liang, and Fei Yang's thick eyebrows were almost frowned: "When my master was killed, my group of senior brothers also said they wanted me to confront them. What happened? They had Some of them believed that I was the real murderer, some hoped that I was the real murderer, and others followed suit, so no matter what I said, they heard that they were full of flaws and poor reasoning." Although he was talking to Qin Songfeng, but The sound is not small, and people outside can hear it.

Qin Songfeng shook his head, stood up abruptly, untied the soft sword on his waist and handed it to Qian Rui, saying, "It's okay." Then he bowed to Qu Ze, clasped his fists, and patted Ji Shuliu's shoulder, "Shu Liu, don't panic, It doesn't matter." He went straight to the open room and said in a deep voice, "Master Xuan Chongzi, Brother Gao, I'll go out through the main entrance."

After Xuan Chongzi agreed aloud, he pushed open the door.There were a total of more than 20 people outside, all of whom were martial arts experts. Several people gathered around and searched, and took out iron chains to lock Qin Songfeng up.Qin Songfeng shook his body, easily broke free from their hands, rushed to Xuan Chongzi's side, and said calmly: "If you tie me up to confront and let people see it, they may have preconceived ideas and think that I have done something wrong. Now that so many people are looking at me alone, I will definitely not be able to escape, not to mention that my senior brother and the others are all here, so I can’t escape either, so don’t tie me up.”

Xuan Chongzi was silent for a moment, nodded cautiously, and appointed Gao Yi to lead more than ten people to take Qin Songfeng away, and he left five people behind. The two entered the house to guard Quze, and the two coldly asked Ji Shuliu to leave with them for interrogation. , Xuan Chongzi and the other person politely asked Qian Rui to move to another place, temporarily separated from Quze.

Surrounded by more than ten people including Gao Yi, Qin Songfeng stopped far away and turned his head, and said calmly: "Master Daoist, please take care of me here!"

Xuan Chongzi nodded in agreement, and Gao Yi also said: "There is a Taoist priest here, and I will take care of your affairs over there, so don't worry!"

Qin Songfeng seemed to be going to the front hall, but Ji Shuliu was led to the northwest by those two people.The sky outside was gray and windy, and the snow flakes were as big as half a fingernail, and they were extremely thick, hitting the face constantly, forcing people to squint their eyes; new snow covered the old snow that had been trampled down, and the road was very difficult to walk .Ji Shuliu stumbled all the way, and was finally brought into the dark underground cell in the small building again. He smelled the familiar musty smell and couldn't help clenching his teeth.Fortunately, the two escorts didn't use iron chains to lock him up, but let him sit on the floor of the original cell and stand outside the door to guard.

One of these two people was the young man named He Daoxian who provoked Qin Songfeng and Qian Rui that day with his eccentric energy, and the other was his elder brother He Daoyuan.Seeing that they were silent for a long time, Ji Shuliu asked doubtfully, "What happened? Is it actually me who is suspected?"

He Daoxian squinted at him: "Want to talk? It's not that easy."

He Daoyuan grabbed his younger brother and asked about Qin Songfeng's movements from last night to today's noon expressionlessly, but Ji Shuliu had been sleeping, so of course he couldn't say anything.He Daoyuan asked twice, but he didn't ask anything, and since then he stood at the door with his younger brother without saying a word.

After about two or three hours, Ji Shuliu asked when he could leave this place, but they ignored it as if they didn't hear them, and asked if they could eat and drink, but they didn't respond.Ji Shuliu simply found a comfortable position to lie down on the cold ground, and began to close his eyes to rest his mind.

He dozed off in a daze, and was awakened by the sound of hurried footsteps. He sat up and looked out. There were two people coming. The face illuminated by an oil lamp turned out to be the book boy who often followed Pei Yongguo.The two called He Daoyuan out for a while, and when they came back, they entered the cell and put the oil lamp aside.

Gao Yi stood in front of Ji Shuliu and asked, "Brother Ji, when did Qin Songfeng go back last night?"

Ji Shuliu replied: "I probably came back with Mr. Qian before I arrived."

"Have you ever left that room since then?"

"without me……"

"Has Qin Songfeng left?"

"I don't know. I fell asleep shortly after he came back and slept until noon today because it was too dark outside."

"Sleeping until noon? Then what else can I ask?" Gao Yi turned to ask the book boy.

"The villain is not talented, so I still want to ask a few questions." The book boy bowed respectfully to Gao Yi, then bent down to look at Ji Shuliu: "Have you ever woken up?"

"I woke up once in the morning, and he was still in the house."

"When did you wake up?"

"I don't know, I just woke up and fell asleep immediately."

He Daoxian rolled his eyes, and interjected: "Slept so well, like a dead pig? According to my guess, this kid can't lie and doesn't want to tell the truth, so he prevaricates us by being asleep." He Daoyuan poked his younger brother. .

The book boy straightened up and took two steps in the cell, then said slowly: "Master Ji, do you always sleep so much, or is it just this morning? Don't you martial arts practitioners get used to getting up early and practicing hard?"

Ji Shuliu raised his eyes to look at him: "I used to not sleep until noon. But after the bloodletting that day, I lacked energy, so I slept more recently, and it is common to sleep until noon."

The book boy blinked, and then asked Ji Shuliu what Qin Songfeng was doing when he woke up, where he was standing, whether he had been to Qian Rui and Qu Ze's room after waking up, what the two of them had said at the time, Ji Shuliu one by one Answering the truth, the book boy didn't seem to find anything suspicious anymore.

After asking all the questions that should be asked, Gao Yi said impatiently: "Do you want to ask a few more times? I only know swordsmanship. If I don't understand your things, I won't join in the fun. You continue." He waved his sleeves and turned around gracefully.

When he walked away, the He brothers and Shutong stared at each other for a while.The book boy suddenly bowed to Ji Shuliu: "Young master Ji, offended, it is a serious matter, so we must be cautious. He Daxia, He Erxia, the villain thinks that Ji Gongzi is a martial arts practitioner, and he will not be indifferent at a critical moment. Don't be vigilant, the villain can't believe what he is saying now. You two—what can you do?" He paused for a moment, "—is there any way to make people tell the truth?"

He Daoyuan nodded in pain: "This is a big matter, so I can only do this." He suddenly grabbed Ji Shuliu's arms tightly, twisted them behind his back, and pushed him to the ground.

Ji Shuliu was taken aback, and tried to explain calmly: "What I'm telling is the truth. I'm not from the Jianghu, so of course I'm not as vigilant as ordinary Jianghu people..." Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his leg, and he was kicked by He Daoxian for more than a dozen times foot.When He Daoxian stopped, Ji Shuliu was almost unable to struggle, and blurted out, "Can you tell me what happened?"

The book boy said: "He killed someone but refused to admit it."

"Who do you suspect he killed?"

"Sorry, I have no comment." Shutong's tone gradually became sharper, "Please answer immediately when you hear my question, don't hesitate, when did Qin Songfeng go back last night?..." He began to ask over and over again the question mentioned earlier. The question is mixed with the whereabouts of Qin Songfeng and others a few days ago.Ji Shuliu only felt that his legs were sore and stiff, his shoulders and arms were twisted by He Daoxian, and his mind was very confused. But at this time, he couldn't be sloppy, and he had to maintain a sane mind to answer the book boy's question.

The book boy was articulate and clear-headed, and asked every question methodically at least three times before pausing for a moment.Ji Shuliu's body was already trembling a little, and he couldn't help but said hoarsely: "Have you finished asking?"

The book boy slowly squatted down, probed down, and faced Ji Shuliu, who was lying on the ground with his head sideways: "What about you? Have you finished your answer? You really didn't hear anything special this morning? I really haven't seen Qin Songfeng go out?"

Ji Shuliu's face turned cold: "Sure enough, you are not afraid of me lying, but you want to force me to lie and frame Qin Ermen."

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Hearing Ji Shuliu's doubts, the book boy suddenly changed his color: "Young master Ji, don't be bloody! I just did this because I was worried that what you said was not true."

Ji Shuliu grinned at him forcefully: "So that's it. I was out of my mind just now and misunderstood your overtones. Please forgive me for offending you. Although Ji is not a good person, he can't do anything to slander others. Do you want to continue asking?"

The book boy sneered twice, stood up and leaned against the wall, and asked Qin Songfeng again from the time when he returned to the room last night, and asked all the questions twice. This time, some of the questions he included were blatantly clumsy. Did Shu Liu smell blood in his dreams, did he see Qin Songfeng wipe his sword in the morning, did he hear Qin Songfeng short of breath when he woke up at noon?Ji Shuliu still had the strength to answer his question quickly, but his voice gradually became weak.

There was still no difference in the answers to all the questions, and no flaws could be found. The book boy frowned and looked at the He brothers anxiously.He Daoxian suddenly yelled: "Speak! What are you hiding? Qin Songfeng's matter has already been exposed. Don't think that he will be fine if you don't tell him!" He shouted and picked up a long iron that was embedded in the wall in the cell The chain slapped Ji Shuliu twice.

The new injury touched the old injury of the previous few days, and Ji Shuliu suddenly had something black in front of him.

When I woke up again, it didn't seem too long.He was lying on his back on the floor of the prison cell, He Daoyuan was pinching someone hard, and the book boy was squatting beside him, although the fire was dim, it could be seen that he was a little anxious and panicked.Ji Shuliu thought to himself in bursts of pain: It seems that they are also afraid of being found out about extorting confessions.

Seeing Ji Shuliu opened his eyes, the book boy coughed twice: "Forgive me, Mr. Qin, the second sect master of Qin, Mr. Qian and Qu Ze's explanations are very detailed, but you are too deep in sleep and can't say anything. The second hero must also be in a moment of desperation."

Ji Shuliu glanced at the three people around him: "Ji didn't pretend to be guilty, he always sat upright, ate well, slept soundly, and fell asleep when he fell asleep, so he didn't have the energy to pay attention to the movement around him. Could it be that all of you have had trouble sleeping and eating for many years, so you can't believe it?"

The book boy's eyes flickered: "However, the second sect master Qin and the others never mentioned that you were sleeping soundly, and the second sect master Qin admitted that he had left the room long ago. If you took such pains to cover it up for him, aren't you afraid that you want to cover it up?"

Ji Shuliu raised his eyebrows: "everything I've told you is true. Since you can't ask anything, and you suspect that my words are inconsistent with them, why don't you let me confront them in public?"

The book boy sighed helplessly, and said in a tone of asking for help: "He Daxia, He Erxia, as far as I know, Mr. Ji's statement is indeed suspicious, but he is so stubborn, what should we do?"

He Daoxian stood up and stared at Ji Shuliu condescendingly: "He won't let him eat or sleep unless he tells the truth, and Qin Songfeng is not his real father, so I don't believe it..."

Ji Shuliu couldn't hold back his anger, and raised his voice and said: "People in the Jianghu want to have a good time. If you want to force Ji to frame the second sect master of Qin, please say so clearly. Don't you think it's ridiculous to keep asking Ji to tell the truth?"

He Daoxian was also furious, and kicked Ji Shuliu's arm.Ji Shuliu shrank from the pain, and was about to curse out loud, when his eyes turned black again, and he passed out again.

This time it seemed that he had been in a coma for a long time, until he regained his sanity, Ji Shuliu still couldn't open his eyes, he just felt like he was running a fever, the ground behind him was icy cold, and the cold air in the cell seemed to be penetrating into his bones.

After some time, he vaguely heard someone discussing in a low voice, "He seems to be seriously ill", "He is really a waste, I can't bear this little injury", "Don't really have an accident", and then he was arrested by two people Lift the shoulders and ankles upstairs to a room with a bed.This place is much warmer and brighter than the prison cell, and even with closed eyes, I can feel the light coming in from the eyelids.He Daoyuan pulled Ji Shuliu up and hastily poured a glass of water.

Ji Shuliu felt much more comfortable. He didn't open his eyes, but lay on the bed with closed eyes.

The He brothers took turns guarding the door, but Pei Yongguo's book boy never appeared again, and no one else came in.When it was dark and bright again, when Ji Shuliu woke up, Xuan Chongzi came in person and said that he would take Ji Shuliu away for questioning.Xuan Chongzi's expression was stern, Ji Shuliu didn't dare to be negligent, and tried to walk a few steps on the ground, feeling that there was no damage to his muscles and bones, so he gritted his teeth and limped out of the door following Xuan Chongzi.

After Xuan Chongzi left the small building where the prison cell was located, he walked south for a while, detoured east and then north, and came to a secluded courtyard in Bixiao Mountain Villa that Ji Shuliu had never been to.He first brought Ji Shuliu into the hall of the largest house in the courtyard, where there were two dead bodies.

"Look carefully, do you know these two people?"

Ji Shuliu understood that the matter was of great importance, Qin Songfeng was probably suspected to be related to the death of these two people, so he frowned and carefully looked at the faces and figures of the two corpses.One of the corpses was completely naked, with numerous hideous wounds on the body, several of which could be fatal, and it seemed that there had been a fierce fight with many people; the other corpse was neatly dressed, lying there flat, with no apparent cause of death.Both are young men.

"I don't even know each other." Ji Shuliu said while watching Xuan Chongzi's expression.

Xuan Chongzi's attitude suddenly became very kind, and he said in a gentle voice: "Take a rest for a while." He stretched out his hand to support his arm, and led him into an inconspicuous house next to him.Zhao Zengwen, the head of the Beiqiu School, was actually sitting in it, and a young Wudang Taoist priest was sitting next to the head of Zhao, with bright eyes and restrained essence, he looked like a master of the younger generation of Wudang School.

Xuan Chongzi supported Ji Shuliu to sit on a chair covered with brocade cushions. Head Zhao stood up himself, picked up the boiling water on the stove, poured it into a bowl of cold rice, and handed it to Ji Shuliu. , apologetically said: "You can make do with it first."

Ji Shuliu had been hungry for two days, picked up his rice bowl and blew while drinking, and swallowed less than half a bowl of rice, and his body gradually recovered.

Xuan Chongzi came over and sat opposite him: "If you trust the poor, tell me who and what you have met in the past two days."

Ji Shuliu sorted out his thoughts, guessing that since Xuan Chongzi asked such a question, he might have suspected that the He brothers and Pei Yongguo's Shutong had ulterior motives.

Seeing that he didn't answer for a while, Xuan Chongzi added sincerely: "I guarantee my friendship with your father back then. I have no malice towards you and the second sect master Qin, and I can trust your innocence. The same is true for sect master Zhao. Whether you Feel free to speak up if you have any ideas.”

Ji Shuliu hurriedly said: "Don't misunderstand, Daoist, the Second Sect Master Qin and my aunt have said that you are a trustworthy person, and the younger generation believes in their eyesight. I was just thinking about where to start."

Master Zhao nodded slightly: "I have said it long ago, this kid knows it well!"