Chapter 141: Changes on New Year's Eve (Part )

"This..." Liu Xunyi was completely confused. He stared blankly at the two pictures in front of him, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

"I am indeed very curious about your origins, but it is just curiosity. I sent Jiang Yiwei to Jiangling to check your background because I wanted to know more about you." Luo Tianjin said in a deep voice, "But until I got this map, I suddenly realized that you had been using a fake map to deceive me. Liu Xunyi, let me ask you, have you ever been to the Western Regions? Or did you buy that map from the street like Wang Xutong?"

"I..." Liu Xunyi was shocked and quickly knelt on the ground, swearing to the sky, "Palace Master, Liu Xunyi can swear to the sky that this map was indeed obtained by me from the Jade Dragon Palace in Tianshan Mountain after going through many dangerous situations. This map is Xunzhen..." Before he finished speaking, Liu Xunyi suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind. He muttered to himself for a while and suddenly realized, "I know, I was deceived too! It turns out that there are not only two fake maps, but also this..."

Having said this, Liu Xunyi suddenly realized that one of Xunzhen and Ren Wuya must be the culprit. He was annoyed and regretful, but he could do nothing about it.

"Originally, I didn't want to delve into your origins, but now you've used a fake picture to deceive me. How can I trust you anymore?" Luo Tianjin asked. "For this picture, I will assume that you were also deceived, but what about your origins? Let me ask you again, are you really from Jiangling Fanhumen?"

"Master, how can you believe his lies again?" Su Tang said hurriedly, "What do you mean by being deceived? I think he clearly wants to use a fake map to sneak into the mansion. Liu Xunyi has ill intentions and must have other intentions. In my opinion..."

"Bai Zhishan, you can't say that!" Before Su Tang could finish his words, Lin Fangda couldn't wait to defend himself. He had no idea about the Jingfenghuayu Tu beforehand, so when Luo Tianjin threw out two fake pictures, he was also shocked and even doubted Liu Xunyi's loyalty. But when he saw Liu Xunyi's confident and sure look, he felt that it didn't seem fake. Therefore, Lin Fangda felt partial to him.

So, seeing Su Tang taking advantage of his misfortune, Lin Fangda could not help but get furious and shouted, "How can you make up stories without any evidence? Everything you said now is just your inference. If you have the guts, then show us the real evidence to prove that Xunyi deliberately deceived the mansion master?"

"Shut up!" Xie Xuan stopped Su Tang and Lin Fang from arguing, and said in a deep voice, "The mansion master is asking about Liu Xunyi, now he just needs to speak, no one else needs to say anything!"

Xie Xuan's words silenced Su Tang and Lin Fangda, but they still snorted in dissatisfaction at each other, then turned their heads away and ignored each other.

At this moment, Liu Xunyi was already in a state of confusion. At this point of life and death, he only knew that if he admitted to lying, the best result would be that he would be kicked out of the Xianwang Mansion. In this way, everything he had done before would be in vain. Therefore, there was only one solution now, that is to stick to it to the end and never change his words even if he died.

"Yes." Liu Xunyi's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I have never intentionally deceived the Palace Master. The Wind and Rain Painting is like this, and so is my origin!"

After saying that, Liu Xunyi suddenly turned his head and looked at Jiang Yiwei with a gloomy expression, and said: "If you don't believe it, Mr. Jiang San can go to Jiangling Mansion again and dig three feet underground to find a former disciple of Fan Humen to confront me face to face to see if I am lying..."

"No need to dig three feet deep!" Jiang Yiwei suddenly said.

"What?" Liu Xunyi was stunned, but before he could speak, Jiang Yiwei grinned sinisterly and said, "Since you have this wish, I will fulfill it."

After saying that, Jiang Yiwei suddenly stood up, bowed to Luo Tianjin, and said solemnly: "Reporting to the Palace Master, Jiang went to Jiangling this time, and thought he would return empty-handed, but he never expected that 'God will not let down those who work hard'. When I was about to return empty-handed, I accidentally heard the news of a person."

"who?"

"Cheng Qiu, the third in command of Fan Humen." Jiang Yiwei said bluntly, "He should have been beheaded together with the first in command Zhao Tong and the second in command Wan Hu, but before he died, he secretly bribed the jailer and finally found a death row prisoner to take his place. So the third in command of Fan Humen didn't die at all, but changed his name and fled to another place. The most fortunate thing is that I had found out Cheng Qiu's whereabouts before returning home."

When Jiang Yiwei said this, Liu Xunyi was struck by thunder and became stunned on the spot, with a deathly pale face.

Luo Tianjin stared coldly at Liu Xunyi, whose expression suddenly changed, and asked Jiang Yiwei, "Where is this person?"

"I have sent disciples to capture him. I received a letter yesterday saying that they are on their way to Luoyang with Cheng Qiu and will arrive within three days!" Jiang Yiwei grinned, "Liu Xunyi said that others don't remember him, but I think the third leader of Fan Humen should remember him, right? After all, he has been in Fan Humen for so many years, it is impossible for Cheng Qiu not to know him."

Luo Tianjin looked at the disheartened Liu Xunyi and asked calmly, "Xunyi, do you dare to confront Cheng Qiu face to face?"

"I……"

"Why not?" Before Liu Xunyi, whose thoughts were in a mess, could speak, Lin Fangda spoke for him confidently, "It's a good opportunity to let that damn Cheng Qiu come and prove my brother's innocence as soon as possible, so as to avoid the lord of the mansion misunderstanding again."

After that, Lin Fangda smiled at Liu Xunyi and said in a silly voice: "Xunyi, this is what they call there is always a way out. It seems that God wants to help you this time, haha..."

Liu Xunyi felt both moved and guilty about Lin Fangda's words.

I was touched that Lin Fangda still believed in me at this time. I felt guilty that I had deceived Lin Fangda and used his affection to deceive him.

In the past, Liu Xunyi hated people who took advantage of other people's feelings to cheat the most, but he never expected that he would become such a person now.

Thinking about it again, Cheng Qiu would expose his lies to his face soon. Then not only would his mission fail completely, but he might even lose his life.

At this moment, Liu Xunyi was like a dumb person eating coptis, with no way to express his pain. He could only force a smile and pretend to be calm.

"Well, let's wait until Cheng Qiu and Liu Xunyi confront each other face to face before making a final decision."

Luo Tianjin suddenly spoke, and although there was a hint of anger in his words, his words showed his partiality towards Liu Xunyi. Even Ling Xiaoxiao and Xie Xuan were puzzled by this.

They have known Luo Tianjin for decades, but they have never seen Luo Tianjin protect a stranger so much, and this stranger may have deceived him. If it were in the past, Luo Tianjin would not need any real evidence. Just based on these doubts, it would be enough to execute Liu Xunyi, or at the very least, expel him from the Xianwang Mansion.

But this time, he did nothing.

"Brother Jin." Ling Xiaoxiao suddenly said, "If Cheng Qiu confronts Liu Xunyi, and the two of them say different things...will you continue to protect Liu Xunyi?"

Ling Xiaoxiao's words stunned Luo Tianjin and Liu Xunyi at the same time.

Luo Tianjin did not rush to answer, but cast his cold eyes straight at Liu Xunyi and asked meaningfully: "Liu Xunyi, how do you want me to choose? Should I believe you or Cheng Qiu?"

Liu Xunyi felt mixed emotions and hesitated for a long time before he said quietly: "If this is true, the Palace Master should believe Cheng Qiu..."

Liu Xunyi's words surprised everyone, and even Ling Xiaoxiao didn't expect him to answer like that.

"Why?" Luo Tianjin's gaze seemed to be a little softer than before.

"Because... First, Cheng Qiu and I have no grudges against each other, he can't possibly frame me for no reason." Liu Xunyi murmured with a trembling voice, "Second, with the Palace Master and the seniors here, I believe Cheng Qiu wouldn't dare to lie... So, if his story is different from mine, then the Palace Master should believe him..."

While Liu Xunyi was saying this, he was also determined to die. He wanted to use his death to make up for his guilt towards Lin Fangda and Luo Tianjin. But in fact, the people he felt most sorry for were still his missing sister and Zhao Xin who was still waiting for him in Lin'an.

When thinking of Liu Xunyu and Zhao Xin, a bitter tear quietly welled up in the corners of Liu Xunyi's eyes.

"Report!"

Just when everyone was thinking about their own things and keeping silent, a hurried voice suddenly came from the courtyard. There was a panic in the tone, which made everyone startled.

As soon as the door was pushed open, Zhang Fu rushed in in panic.

The most surprising thing was that Zhang Fu was now bruised and battered, looking in a miserable state.

"What's going on?" Lin Fang asked angrily, "Aren't you and Wang Shou protecting the young lady in secret? Why did you come back alone?"

"Reporting to the Palace Master... No... Something bad has happened..." Zhang Fu said breathlessly, "Miss... Miss has been taken away by Wang Qingshu's men..."

"what?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, especially Liu Xunyi. He threw aside his thoughts of life and death and rushed to Zhang Fu, asking anxiously, "Why was the young lady taken away by Wang Qingshu's men?"

"Tonight we were ordered to secretly protect the young lady and Brother Liu. We went all the way to the downtown area in the north of the city. Shortly after Brother Liu left alone, the young lady was stopped by Wang Qingshu's men. They talked to the young lady for a few words, and the young lady left with them." Zhang Fu replied hurriedly, "We wanted to go forward to ask what happened, but were stopped by Zhuge Wu and his men from the Golden Sword Sect. They were outnumbered and we couldn't beat them... So, Wang Shou continued to monitor in secret, and I hurried back to report to the Palace Master..."

"How could this happen?" When Ling Xiaoxiao heard that her daughter had been taken away and her life or death was unknown, she was immediately sad and angry. She turned to glare at Liu Xunyi and scolded, "Liu Xunyi, you...where did you take Yu'er? You took Yu'er away, how could you leave her alone and come back? You..."

Ling Xiaoxiao was so angry that she couldn't speak. She rushed to Liu Xunyi and slapped him twice. From beginning to end, Liu Xunyi just stood there with complicated eyes, not dodging at all.

"Where did they take Yu'er?" Luo Tianjin frowned and asked in a deep voice, "General's Mansion?"

"It's not the General's Mansion. I saw the young lady following them all the way and finally went in... went in..."

"Where did you go in?" Lin Fangda could no longer hold back, and grabbed Zhang Fu by the collar, almost roaring, "You two losers! You can't even keep an eye on one person, don't you even know how to speak now? Stop hesitating!"

"Entered... Fengming Tower..."

"boom!"

As soon as these words came out, Lin Fang's mind went blank, and he was stunned. The others in the study also looked surprised, and then their eyes became solemn.

"Brother, Fengming Tower is..."

Lin Fangda turned his head with difficulty and looked at Liu Xunyi with complicated eyes. After hesitating for a long time, he finally said with trembling lips: "Fengming Tower in Luoyang City is like Sushui Pavilion in Quanzhou. It is not a brothel, but it is better than a brothel..."

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(End of this chapter)