Chapter 230: Peach Blossom Fate (Part )

"Killing someone and paying with your life is a natural law. But my Emei sect never killed Tang Qian, so how can there be a blood debt to be paid with blood?" Huichun finally couldn't stand Tang Ren's repeated provocations anymore and became furious.

"you……"

"What's going on?" Ye Tong asked without waiting for Tang Ren to refute.

Tang Ren did not dare to act presumptuously in front of Ye Tong. He could only angrily tell Ye Tong everything about the tragedy that happened in Chenfu Inn that morning. Finally, he presented the "corpse" and "rosary" as evidence.

Ye Tong frowned slightly, examined Tang Qian's body carefully, nodded hesitantly and said, "Tang Qian was indeed killed by the Emei Spear."

"Senior Ye." Huichun was shocked and said hurriedly, "Although the Emei Spear is the unique weapon of our sect, it is not only forged by Emei disciples. It is easy for outsiders to forge it. Just based on the wound, we cannot conclude that Tang Qian's death was caused by our Emei sect."

"What about this rosary?" Tang Ren questioned, "Why don't you take out all the beads of the Emei disciples and let me check them one by one? Let's see who was so careless that Tang Qian caught him."

"Tang Ren, don't go too far!" Huichun said, "This kind of rosary is everywhere in the world, how can you be sure that it is from my Emei?"

"Rosary beads are not uncommon, but last night in Chenfu Inn, you nuns were the only ones who carried them with you!" Tang Ren sneered, "If not you, who else would it be?"

Huichun was furious and said in a deep voice, "It's obvious that someone deliberately framed me! Tang Ren, you lied and repeatedly insulted the reputation of Emei. You only made vague assumptions and falsely accused the Emei disciples of killing Tang Qian. Who can prove it?"

"You said it was a false accusation? Who can prove it?"

"I can prove it!"

Without waiting for Liu Xunyi to dissuade him, Chen Yong quickly stepped forward and said loudly, "I can prove that someone did kill Tang Qian last night and then deliberately framed the Emei Sect."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces suddenly changed. Especially Ye Tong, an indescribable strange look flashed across his brows.

Chen Yong bowed respectfully to everyone, and then recounted in detail everything that Liu Xunyi and Xunzhen had found out this morning.

After hearing this, everyone was surprised, and even the Teng clan disciples couldn't help but become a little hesitant.

Tang Ren frowned and said in a cold voice: "The Xianwang Mansion and the Emei Sect have always had a close relationship, so of course you will speak for them."

"That's not the case." Tang Cong agreed, "We also found the powder left by the Ecstasy Smoke on the window railings, which is enough to prove that what Master Chen said is true."

After that, Tang Cong handed a bag of powder that he had collected in advance to Ye Tong. Ye Tong took a quick sniff and understood everything.

"It really is the soul-bewitching smoke." Ye Tong pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "It seems that this matter is indeed strange. Tang Ren, I know you are eager to avenge your disciples. But every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor, and everything should be based on real evidence. You must not make up something out of nothing and wrongly accuse a good person."

"But……"

"Forget it!" Ye Tong interrupted Tang Ren impatiently, waving his hand before he could speak. "In fact, the reason I invited all the sects and schools here today is to resolve the conflict between the six major sects and the four major families, so as to avoid causing an unnecessary disturbance in the martial arts world."

Liu Xunyi hesitated and said, "May I ask what Senior Ye means..."

"I have heard a little about the feud between Shaolin and Hexi Qin's family." Ye Tong said quietly, "Hexi Qin's family killed eleven Shaolin monks for the matter of 'Xuan Shui Xia Juan'. Now, in order to avenge themselves, Shaolin summoned Xian Wang Mansion and the six major sects to go to Hexi with them. And in order to protect themselves, the Qin family quickly joined forces with Jin Jian Wu and the four major martial arts families to fight against the six major sects. In this way, on the second day of August, won't the Central Plains martial arts world be in chaos?"

"We only want to seek justice from the Hexi Qin clan together with Shaolin, and we have no intention of fighting them." Xu Zhun explained hurriedly, "Senior Ye... I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding..."

"Misunderstanding?" Ye Tong snorted and sneered, "I have been in the martial arts world for decades, and I can see through what is a misunderstanding and what is not. This kind of thing is nominally seeking justice, but in fact it is an opportunity to suppress the other party. And you people...how many of you will be able to walk out of Hexi alive by then?"

"Master means that since this is a feud between Shaolin and the Qin family, other sects should not intervene rashly and let the two families solve it themselves." Caidie suddenly said, "If you intervene, it will not turn hostility into friendship, but will make things worse. At that time, Shaolin and the Qin family will not give in to each other for the sake of their own face, and will fight to the death."

"That makes sense." Liu Xunyi nodded, "Once there is a fight, there will be heavy casualties. Moreover... the truth behind the death of the eleven Shaolin monks is still unknown, so how can we interfere?"

At this moment, Liu Xunyi had already learned of Ye Tong's true purpose. He couldn't help but blame himself in his heart, secretly scolding himself for judging others by his own mean heart and wrongly accusing a senior in the martial arts world of having ulterior motives.

In fact, Liu Xunyi has always been resentful of the incompatibility between the six major sects and the four major families. He least wants to see the Han people killing each other. Once the Central Plains martial arts world falls into chaos, the Song Dynasty court will not only lose a special force to help, but will also increase internal strife, making the situation worse.

Therefore, regarding the feud between Shaolin and the Qin family, Liu Xunyi hopes that a big thing can be made small, and a small thing can be made nothing.

“Go back and tell your leader that if they still respect me, they should stop interfering in this matter.” Ye Tong said.

Tang Ren looked hesitant and said quietly, "Senior Ye, if the six major sects are determined to collude with Shaolin, are we going to abandon the Qin family?"

"What do you mean?" Huichun asked, "What do you mean by being in cahoots with each other?"

"Since you are not in cahoots with Shaolin, why do you want to kill my Tang Sect disciples?" Tang Ren's three sentences were all about revenge, which shows how angry he was about Tang Qian's death.

"one day!"

Before Huichun could speak, Ye Tong suddenly said, "You can stay in my Taohuawu for a day. Tomorrow, I will find the real murderer who killed Tang Qian and give an explanation to both Tang Sect and Emei. How about that? As for the others, please stay in thewu for a day. I will write a letter in my own hand so that you can take it back to your own head."

"Easy to say! Easy to say!"

Since Ye Tong spoke personally, how could everyone refuse? They all nodded in agreement.

After noon, Caidie settled everyone in Taohuawu to rest.

To avoid disputes, the people from the Xianwang Mansion and the six major sects were settled in the East Wing, while the Jinjianwu and the children of the four major families were settled in the West Wing.

Keeping things separate can save both parties a lot of trouble.

There was no conversation for a while. The six major sects and the four major families were clearly separated and did not interfere with each other. They lived in peace for the whole afternoon.

As dusk approached, Chen Yong personally cooked and set up a banquet in the East Courtyard to entertain disciples from the Emei, Qingcheng, Wudang, Kongtong and Kunlun sects.

Chen Yong originally only planned to host a banquet for Emei and Kunlun, after all, he had a long history with these two sects.

But then he thought that the six major sects were as close as a family, and if he ignored the other three sects, it would be biased and give people a reason to criticize him. Therefore, Chen Yong simply invited everyone together and asked Tang Cong, Liao Chuan, and Liao Hai to go to the restaurant in the city to buy some dishes and fine wine to add color.

The Golden Crow falls in the west and the Jade Rabbit rises in the east.

The moon is bright tonight, the stars are sparse, and the breeze is warm. There is an indescribable freshness between heaven and earth.

At this time, three large open-air tables were set up in the east courtyard. Without waiting to be called, the disciples from various factions had already taken their seats. Amid the lively sounds of toasting each other, a small banquet officially began.

"Xunyi, come and try the yellow crispy peas I fried myself." Chen Yong was very interested and kept picking up dishes for Liu Xunyi. When he saw Liu Xunyi's praise after eating, his face suddenly became very happy. Xunzhen saw this and smiled with a hint of meaning, "I didn't expect that Master Chen is not only an excellent swordsman, but also a good cook."

Chen Yong chuckled, then turned bitter, and explained thoughtfully: "In fact, this dish of 'yellow crispy peas' is Huiying's favorite dish. For her, I went to the foot of Mount Emei and found the best local chef to learn how to make it. It's a pity... when she was alive, the 'yellow crispy peas' I made were always not tasty enough. Now I have finally mastered the heat, but she..."

Having said this, Chen Yong's eyes were already red, with a hint of tears flickering in them.

Seeing Chen Yong, who was usually cynical, so emotional at this moment, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but be deeply moved. He took Chen Yong's shoulder, raised his chopsticks and said with a smile: "She will know what you have done for her in her grave. It's rare to have such delicious vegetarian dishes in the world. I must eat it all tonight and enjoy it..."

"No! No!"

Before Liu Xunyi and the others could start to eat, Chen Yong quickly picked up the plate of yellow crispy peas as if he was facing a formidable enemy, and turned to an Emei disciple beside him and asked, "Why hasn't Senior Sister Huichun come out yet? This dish... I cooked it specially for her."

Huichun and Huiying were sisters from the same school and they had a very deep friendship in the past.

Now that Huiying is dead, Chen Yong wants Huichun to taste his cooking in person, actually wanting to seek a little comfort in his heart.

To some extent, Chen Yong has transferred his thoughts about Huiying to everyone who had known Huiying. The most important of them are undoubtedly the sisters and brothers of the Emei Sect.

"What's the taste of a plate of peas? I'd rather chop up a leg of lamb and eat it!"

Seeing this, Abaolu put down his chopsticks that were about to pick up peas in dismay, and muttered, "If you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it! Peas are still peas no matter how you cook them. You can't make them taste like mutton! Humph!"

Hearing this, Xu Heng, Tang Cong and others couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Liao Chuan picked up a bowl of wine and toasted to Abaolu, "This brother is absolutely right. Come, I'll toast you a bowl!"

"Get out of the way! I don't want to drink with a Han Chinese like you!" Abaolu snorted coldly, then turned to drink with Xiao Yang, Su Hu and others.

Being ruthlessly rejected by Abaolu, the kind-hearted Liao Chuan had a mixed look on his face and felt very embarrassed.

This scene made Liu Xunyi, Xunzhen and others couldn't help laughing.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the East Courtyard became more harmonious and lively.

Xu Zhun, Xun Zaishan, Zheng Songren and others took turns to toast Liu Xunyi. They had met Liu Xunyi once in Quanzhou Lu Mansion. As the saying goes, people in the martial arts world are not particular about trivial matters. When they met again today, they were like old friends, free and unrestrained, and had a great time talking.

In a blink of an eye, an hour passed. Chen Yong held the plate of cooled yellow crispy peas and looked anxiously at a room on the second floor, where Huichun lived.

"Junior sister, why hasn't Senior Sister Huichun come down yet?" Chen Yong urged anxiously.

"Who is your junior sister?" A fair-faced little nun glared at Chen Yong angrily, and then said, "Senior sister is bathing in the room, how can she come out so soon? I think you should not wait any longer. Even if senior sister comes, she will not eat the food you cook."

"No, no!" Chen Yong shook his head repeatedly, "I'll go heat up the food. Junior Sister, go and ask Senior Sister Huichun to come down for me. Tonight, I want her to taste my cooking skills no matter what."

"Don't go..."

"Go quickly!" Before the little nun could even start to complain, Chen Yong begged her desperately, "Please, good sister, good sister, pretty sister, go and tell them for me."

Seeing Chen Yong's playful and frivolous look, the little nun's cheeks suddenly turned red. She spat lightly, and reluctantly left the table slowly, walking towards the second floor angrily.

Seeing this, Chen Yong winked at Liu Xunyi and the others and revealed a smug smile, which immediately caused another round of laughter.

"Senior sister! Senior sister! Chen Yong asked you to go down and taste his cooking skills. Later, you must humiliate him."

The little nun came to Huichun's room alone, mumbling, and shouted loudly into the brightly lit room: "Sister, are you done washing?"

The little nun waited for a long time, but there was no response from the room.

"Bang, bang, bang."

The little nun was curious, so she knocked on the door and called out, "Sister, are you done washing?"

What followed was another period of deathly silence.

"Senior sister? I'm coming in."

The little nun frowned, then cautiously pushed open the door, and while looking inside the room, she said with a sly smile: "Sister, you must put on your clothes properly, be careful not to expose your private parts..."

"what!"

Before she finished her words, the little nun's playful laughter suddenly turned into a scream filled with fear, which instantly penetrated the entire Taohuawu and made the lively banquet in the courtyard suddenly quiet.

"what happened?"

Everyone's faces suddenly changed. Before anyone could ask, Liu Xunyi and Chen Yong stopped and soared into the sky. In the blink of an eye, they flew to the second floor and came to the side of the little nun.

At this moment, the little nun had fainted on the ground, her body pressed against the threshold, the door was half open, and her life or death was unknown.

Liu Xunyi and Chen Yong looked at each other solemnly, then they pushed the door open at the same time, one on the left and one on the right.

But the scene that came into their eyes next made the hairs on their bodies stand up instantly.

In the room, Huichun's naked body was suspended in mid-air from the beam.

Her body was densely covered with needles and threads, which passed through her body and were finally fixed on the four walls.

Blood gushed out in streaks, flowing slowly along her body and along thin threads, and finally dripping onto the ground which was already a pool of blood.

Countless red threads as thin as hair crisscrossed the room, weaving into a terrifying web that was intricate and complex.

Huichun's body became the center of these red lines suspended in the air, interweaving with each other.

From her forehead to her toes, red threads pierced through her body like sewing or embroidery, pulling her body and suspending it in mid-air, just like... a giant puppet.

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(End of this chapter)