Chapter 345: Mistaking the Fake for the Real (Part )

"This is……"

When they saw Jian Zhong's head, Song Yu and the "fake Jian Zhong" looked at each other and their faces turned ugly. Song Yu wanted to blurt out something, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

"Mr. Song, do you know this person?" Liu Xunyi stared at the "fake Jian Zhong" without blinking, and asked Song Yu with a smile.

"I..." At this moment, Song Yu was in a state of confusion, sweat pouring down his face, his face changing color, and his expression was indescribably wonderful.

"Mr. Song, don't you know this person? Or do you dare not recognize this person?" Liu Xunyi sneered.

Song Yu felt a blockage in his chest, extremely depressed, and quickly thought of countermeasures in his mind. On the surface, he pretended to be calm and said in a deep voice: "I don't know this person. Could he be the one you just mentioned... pretending to be Boren?"

"Yes." Liu Xunyi snorted and laughed, then turned his gaze to Ding Ao and asked, "Captain Ding, why don't you take a closer look and see if he is Boren, the spy you planted in Luoshui City?"

"No." Ding Ao shook his head firmly and said, "Boren is over 40 years old, not good-looking, ugly, definitely not this person."

"Are you sure?"

"I swear to God!"

Seeing Ding Ao's confident look, Liu Xunyi's eyes moved slightly, and his previous speculation changed a little.

At this moment, Ren Wuya's tone became a little impatient, and he said in a deep voice: "Since this person is dead, where is the Buddha Lotus Seed?"

To Ren Wuya, whether it was Liu Xunyi or Jian Zhong, their lives and deaths were not worth mentioning at all. He only cared about the Buddha Lotus Seed.

"Palace Master Ren, please be patient and listen to my explanation." Liu Xunyi bowed and said, "This man not only pretended to be Bo Ren and killed Tang Cong, but also framed all the crimes on one of the heroes present here."

"Who?" Ding Ao asked.

"Jian Zhong, Master Jian!" Liu Xunyi stared at the "fake Jian Zhong" and said quietly, "I wonder if it's a coincidence? Before killing Tang Cong, this man actually admitted that he was 'Nine Lives No Return' Jian Zhong. But Master Jian has been staying in Tianshan all this time, so why would he appear in Tubo? What do you think about this matter?"

"Humph!" Fake Jian Zhong snorted coldly and said indifferently, "I don't know this person. He is willing to impersonate me. What can I do?"

Song Yu reluctantly looked away from the people above his head, and looked at Liu Xunyi with a complicated expression, and said stiffly: "All this is just your one-sided words! After all, you are the only one who has been to Tubo, so of course you can talk nonsense and make up stories at will."

"That's right." Hu Yanba agreed, "You said he pretended to be Bo Ren, killed Tang Cong, and finally called himself Jian Zhong. I wonder if you have any evidence? If there is no evidence, how can we believe you? Maybe he was a passerby you killed on the way, so you fabricated the story to cover up your incompetence."

"That makes sense." Dong Xiao'er nodded. "You said that the Buddha Lotus Seed is in his hand. Since you chopped off his head, the Buddha Lotus Seed should be in your hands. Why don't you hand it over to prove that what you said is true."

"Although I chopped off his head with my own hands, he was not killed by me." Liu Xunyi pretended to be surprised and explained quickly, "I once chased him all the way north to avenge Tang Cong, but when I found him, he was already a cold corpse. As for the Buddha Lotus Seed... he is nowhere to be found."

"After all this talk, there is still no evidence!" Song Yu breathed a sigh of relief and reprimanded, "Liu Xunyi, if your words are true, I can suspect that you stole the evidence, or even that you killed Tang Cong and then found a dead person as a scapegoat. Or, you have never been to the Potala Palace, nor have you seen the Buddha Lotus Seed, otherwise how could you escape back so easily?"

"Song Yu, there are some things I haven't told you. I have given you Jin Jianwu enough face. Don't go too far and force me to break up with you!" Liu Xunyi said angrily, "If we fight to the death, you may not be able to leave Tianshan alive."

"What a joke!" Song Yu said contemptuously, "You want to kill me just by your lies? Senior Ren can see the big picture from the small details and know the future from the past. Do you think you can fool him by making up a story? You are just dreaming!"

After Ren Wuya learned the truth, he couldn't help but feel disappointed. He also felt that the farce in front of him was boring. He said lightly: "It's useless to argue now. Everyone, please go back and rest. I'm a little tired."

"The most precious treasure of Tantric Buddhism, the ancient Prajna Sutra, contains the nine layers of heaven, and can transform the three realms without moving." Before Ren Wuya ordered him to send the guest away, Liu Xunyi suddenly muttered to himself, "One is the Arhat fruit. The second is the Vajra body. The third is the Bodhi mind. The three bodies give rise to the three realms, which are divided into the Hinayana and the Mahayana. In the Hinayana, the body follows the will, and in the Mahayana, the mind follows the heart. The body, mind and will are like nothing, and if there is nothing, there is no gain. No gain means no hindrance, and no hindrance leads to no extinction. The Arhat fruit becomes the Arhat Dharma, the Vajra body performs the Vajra practice, and the Bodhi Sumeru realm, all ten directions become empty."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was confused and full of doubts. No one knew what Liu Xunyi was talking about. But Ren Wuya in the cabinet suddenly said, "Master Liu, please stay!"

Liu Xunyi smiled slightly and said confidently: "Now, Palace Master Ren, do you believe that I have been to the Potala Palace and have seen the Buddha Lotus Seed with my own eyes?"

"I believe it."

"hiss!"

Ren Wuya's answer caused an uproar in Piaomiao Pavilion. Song Yu, Dong Xiao'er, and Hu Yanba looked at each other, all with surprise on their faces.

Ren Wuya ignored everyone's strange reactions and asked directly, "Master Liu, you just said there are some things you don't want to say, I don't know what you mean?"

"To be honest, Jian Zhong once admitted in Tianrong Temple that he was 'nine lives away', and..." Having said this, Liu Xunyi pretended to be hesitant, then bowed and said, "Forget it! It's better for Palace Master Ren not to listen to some words, so as not to get angry."

"No!" Ren Wuya said in a deep voice, "Master Liu can speak frankly."

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi could not help but cast a sympathetic look towards Song Yu and the "fake Jian Zhong". This made Song Yu's heart sink, and at the same time, a sense of foreboding quietly crept into his mind.

"This..." Liu Xunyi pretended to be reluctant and stammered, "Before Tang Cong died, he told me that Jian Zhong not only admitted his true identity in person, but also... confessed who was the mastermind behind it, and his real purpose in kidnapping the reincarnated spirit boy."

"If he is really Jian Zhong, the mastermind behind this is undoubtedly Jin Jianwu." Ding Ao cast a contemptuous look at Song Yu and said sarcastically, "As for the real purpose, it is just to take the Buddha Lotus Seed to the Palace Master to seek credit." "At first I thought so too." Liu Xunyi shook his head innocently, "but later I found out that the truth is not so. Jian Zhong's mastermind behind this is indeed Jin Jianwu, but his real purpose in kidnapping the reincarnated spirit boy is not to present him to Palace Master Ren, but... to bring him back to the Central Plains and present him to Jin Fuyu."

"This is nonsense!" Song Yu could no longer bear it and shouted angrily, "My master is in good health and has no illness. What's the use of a medicine? Liu Xunyi, stop slandering me and trying to sow discord between Jinjianwu and Yulong Palace. I..."

"Master Liu, please continue!"

Ren Wuya interrupted Song Yu in a rude tone, which made him stunned and his face turned extremely ugly in an instant.

Although Song Yu didn't know what the inexplicable "verse" that Liu Xunyi had just chanted meant, he could clearly feel that Ren Wuya was becoming more and more inclined towards Liu Xunyi.

"Yes." Liu Xunyi shrugged at Song Yu with regretful eyes, and turned to report to Ren Wuya, "In fact, Jian Zhong had stationed troops on the banks of the Jinsha River for three years in his early years, so he is very familiar with the affairs of Tubo. Not only is he proficient in Tibetan and knows the distribution of the power of the eight kings of Tubo, he is also very interested in Tantric Buddhism, especially the... Buddhist scriptures of Tantric Buddhism, and he knows them by heart."

"Is there such a thing?" Ren Wuya's tone was strange, as if he was answering Liu Xunyi, but also as if he was questioning Song Yu.

"That's right!" Liu Xunyi nodded. "That's why when he learned that Palace Master Ren wanted the 'Buddha Lotus Seed', he knew everything in his heart. Since Jin Fuyu had done Jian Zhong a favor, Jian Zhong told him all the details about the 'Buddha Lotus Seed'. Jin Fuyu is a tyrant in the martial arts world, a big man who controls half of the martial arts world. What did Palace Master Ren think he would choose after learning the true purpose of the Buddha Lotus Seed? Would he continue to offer it to Palace Master Ren, or... keep it for himself?"

"Liu Xunyi's lies are complete nonsense." Song Yu said angrily, "Tianshan is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains. How could Jian Zhong tell the owner of the dock about the 'Buddha Lotus Seed'? How would the owner of the dock reply? The trip would take at least a month. By then, Jian Zhong had already gone to Tibet. Tibet and the Song Dynasty do not communicate through letters, so how could he have received it..."

Before he finished speaking, Song Yu's voice had already stopped. In a hurry, Song Yu desperately fought back at Liu Xunyi, but he didn't expect that he accidentally let the cat out of the bag when he opened his mouth.

What Song Yu said just now undoubtedly acknowledged that the person who appeared in Tubo was Jian Zhong, and the "Jian Zhong" sitting next to him at this moment was the real fake.

"One wrong move, and the whole game is lost." Xunzhen said with a smile, "Master Song, apart from the truth, even the most perfect lie will have mistakes. Be careful not to say too much and you will make mistakes."

"Great!" Ding Ao glared and said angrily, "It turned out that your people killed my confidant and deliberately destroyed the plan of Master Liu! Song Yu, what are your intentions? How did you know the news about Bo Ren? Tell the truth!"

"I..." Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Song Yu, the "divine fortune teller", became confused. His tongue became tied and he stammered for a long time without being able to say anything.

"Song Yu!" Hu Yanba said angrily, "We trusted you and helped you with all our might, but we didn't expect you to plot against us. Not only did you keep us in the dark, but you also played with us. How do you explain this?"

"That's right." Dong Xiao'er changed her attitude according to the situation and shouted, "It seems that Jin Fuyu is not sincere in making friends with us, but just wants to use us!"

"Misunderstanding! It's all misunderstanding..."

What Liu Xunyi said was a mixture of truth and falsehood, and it was difficult to distinguish right from wrong. In addition, Xunzhen's indirect criticism, Ding Ao's instigation, Jian Zhong's head, and Liu Xunyi's evasive explanation of the "Buddha Lotus Seed" made Song Yu, who did not know the truth, extremely confused and unable to defend himself.

"Song Yu, if you can't explain clearly today, don't even think about leaving Tianshan alive!" Ding Ao shouted an order, and Huyan Ba ​​and Dong Xiaoer drew their weapons. A large number of Yulong Palace disciples quickly rushed to the outside of Piaomiao Pavilion.

"Tell me! How did you get the news about Boren?" Ding Ao was relentless and pressed Song Yu aggressively, causing Song Yu's face to turn pale as paper and a layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on his forehead.

“Senior Ren…”

Suddenly, Song Yu cast a panicked look towards the inner cabinet and pleaded, "Senior Ren...Palace Master Ren...this matter is absolutely not what Liu Xunyi said. You know it very well. You must believe me! It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"

"Someone is coming!"

As the saying goes, women are the most vicious. Seeing that Ren Wuya was already dissatisfied with Song Yu, Dong Xiaoer hurriedly distanced herself from the two of them and ordered, "Capture Song Yu and the other two, lock them up in the dungeon, and torture them severely!"

"and many more!"

Ren Wuya suddenly stopped him, his tone was very cold: "Song Yu, I think you are a guest, I can't bear to hurt you, lest outsiders say that my Yulong Palace is bullying the weak with the majority. Go back and tell Jin Fuyu that I have made up my mind and swear to stand by the Northern Sage King. Let him take care of himself!"

"Palace Master Ren, this matter is clearly..."

"you can go now."

Ren Wuya did not give Song Yu any chance to explain himself and resolutely ordered him to leave.

Song Yu hesitated again and again, looked around, and finally sighed, then left Piaomiao Pavilion angrily with the "fake Jian Zhong".

Seeing this, Ding Ao couldn't help but feel anxious, and hurriedly asked: "Palace Master, Song Yu is full of lies and schemes, why did you let him go?"

However, in the face of everyone's confusion, Ren Wuya did not say a word, but just said lightly: "Hold a banquet tonight to celebrate the eternal alliance between Yulong Palace and Xianwang Mansion."

Seeing Ren Wuya evasive and talking about something else, and seeing Song Yu and the others walking away in disappointment, Liu Xunyi and Xunzhen's eyes simultaneously showed a meaningful look of understanding.

The two of them finally felt relieved after their high hanging hearts. They looked at each other, breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled knowingly at each other.

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(End of this chapter)