Chapter 2 Chapter 2 I don't know my brother yet
Ji Chu was woken up by someone.
“…Wake up…Ji Chu!”
She suddenly opened her eyes and found herself kneeling on the ground, her torso numb, as if it was not her own.
As I came back to my senses, I immediately felt the pain in my neck from having been tilted for a long time.
She subconsciously pressed her neck, and then she felt an intense burning sensation at the protruding bone behind her neck, and she fell to the ground in pain.
This action startled the person who woke her up, and Xu Ying's panicked voice came:
"Ji Chu! What's wrong with you!"
"I'm... fine..."
Ji Chu spoke subconsciously, then realized something was wrong.
Wasn't she already dead? Why did she still feel pain in her neck? She even seemed to hear Xu Ying's voice?
She frowned, raised her hand and touched her heart, but there was no bloody hole.
Seeing that she was still alive, Xu Ying breathed a sigh of relief, and then her tone became anxious again:
"They say you killed Yuan Fu. The people from the Law Enforcement Hall are almost here. Why are you still sleeping?"
"Who is Yuan Fu?"
"Where am I now?"
Ji Chu got up from the ground, looked around, then looked down at his own clothes, and finally turned to Xu Ying, still a little incredulous:
"You...are you really Xu Ying, and not some ghost messenger or demon in disguise?"
The girl in front of me has a well-proportioned figure, delicate features, and a bright temperament. Under her long and curly eyelashes are a pair of affectionate eyes. When she looks at people, it seems like she is emitting discharges. Her beauty is bright and elegant, and she is dazzling.
However, when he heard her question, those beautiful eyes were immediately filled with worry and tension.
Xu Ying reached out and touched her forehead, muttering:
"It's over, it's over, Ji Chu, you must have become stupid because Elder Shen punished you by making you kneel for a whole day, right?"
Not feeling any signs of heat, she held Ji Chu's face and looked around with suspicion, her tone distressed and thankful:
"It's okay, it's okay, I just lost a little weight, I still look good..."
No one except Xu Ying would talk to her in this tone.
She is really Xu Ying!
Ji Chu was delighted at first, but then he remembered something and pushed Xu Ying's hand away, looking a little dazed:
"Am I dreaming again?"
Seeing Xu Ying looking anxious but unable to find a chance to speak, Ji Chu had to suppress his confusion and asked:
"So... what's the situation now?"
Xu Ying stopped playing around and said seriously:
"No kidding. Yuan Fu, a disciple of the Weapon Refining Hall, was found this morning with his life lamp extinguished. Someone reported that they saw you go out alone towards the Weapon Refining Hall last night."
Ji Chu recalled that there was indeed such an incident in her memory, but it happened at the end of the second year after she joined the Fu Yu Xian Sect.
Although the Law Enforcement Hall initially suspected her of being the murderer, she was later cleared of all charges.
As for how to pay it back...
I don't remember.
Not to mention the long time that passed, this "framed accusation" was really an insignificant episode compared to her miserable future here, which was full of misfortunes, infamy, desertion from friends and family, and a life of fear and despair.
If Xu Ying hadn't mentioned it, she would have almost forgotten it.
Only now...
Ji Chu looked down at his hands. His wrist bones were prominent, his hands were pale and thin, and there were scars on his fingertips from learning the piano.
There was no blood from the cuts from the sword.
——No matter how you look at it, it looks like it was many years ago.
A thought suddenly popped up: Could it be that—she was reborn?!
Ji Chu took a breath.
She raised her hand and rubbed her face.
——No scars, no pain.
It seemed like she was really reborn and returned to the past!
Her heart still seemed to be filled with the pain and despair of being pierced by the "Shaowei Sword", but she had already returned to the time before everything happened.
At this time, Xu Ying was still alive, the Demon King had not yet been born, and she had just learned the truth about Shen Ke saving her. Although she was depressed, she had not yet made those wrong choices, nor was she filled with infamy and hatred, and even...
——I don’t know my senior brother yet.
Somehow, when he thought of this, Ji Chu subconsciously felt relieved in his heart.
When she looked at Xu Ying again, her heart was filled with joy, and she hugged Xu Ying:
"Great, Xu Ying, it's great to see you!"
Xu Ying didn't understand what was going on, so she patted her on the back and muttered:
"How can you be so happy even though you were framed..."
Ji Chu hugged her tightly and emphasized:
“I’m really happy!”
Xu Ying: "Okay, okay, your happiness is the most important thing..."
Ji Chu was immersed in the surprise of "being reborn" and "nothing has happened yet". As for whether it was "false accusation" or not, she had no time to think about it.
Xu Ying also understood what she meant.
Although she felt that Ji Chu should work hard to prove his innocence, since she didn't want to care, then forget it.
Perhaps this is the confidence behind “the innocent will be cleared.”
Xu Ying admired Ji Chu's determination and stopped trying to persuade him. She just said:
"Forget it, never mind. Elder Shen is here anyway, he will definitely not ask the Law Enforcement Hall to arrest you—"
The three words "Elder Shen" seemed to have magical power. Ji Chu, who had originally wanted to let it go, suddenly let go of her hand, his expression solemn, and his attitude changed drastically:
"I'm going to the Law Courts."
Xu Ying, whose arms were empty, asked: "?"
Ji Chu suddenly changed her mind, not because she was worried about being framed and arrested, but because she remembered:
In her previous life, the reason why the Law Enforcement Hall didn't come to arrest her was not because her "innocence" was known to the world, but because Shen Ke sent a message to the Law Enforcement Hall without her knowledge:
"Even if he killed someone, it wouldn't be the turn of the Law Enforcement Hall to punish him."
After this statement was made, no one dared to investigate whether she was the murderer of Yuan Fu.
In other words, everyone tacitly agreed that she was the murderer of Yuan Fu.
Not only that, the rumor that "Ji Chu is Chen Ke's man" spread throughout the entire Fu Yu Xian Sect within a day.
Everyone knows that the new member Ji Chu has an ambiguous relationship with Elder Shen Kechen and should not be provoked.
Not only did she fail to prove her innocence, but she was also branded as "having connections above her, so she can do whatever she wants and not even be held accountable for murder."
From then on, no matter what bad things happened, even if they were clearly not done by her, as long as she was suspected, they were all attributed to her.
No matter how the Zhilu Tang declared that the murderer was someone else, everyone would assume that she was the one who did it. The Zhilu Tang's statement was all because they succumbed to Chen Ke's tyranny.
The reason she was not punished was simply because Shen Ke protected her, so no one dared to punish her.
…
So many things happened before her death, but God chose to let her be reborn on this day. It is hard to say that this is not a reminder and warning to her.
——She must take action!
When he thought of this, Ji Chu couldn't wait any longer. He immediately got up from the ground and went to the Law Hall to confront him face to face.
However, she had been kneeling for too long, and her legs no longer obeyed her.
As soon as she stood up, she fell down again, even more severely than before. She saw stars and lay on the ground for a long time without reacting.
Xu Ying was startled by her:
"How are you?"
She came up to help her, and seeing her weak limbs, she couldn't help but say:
"You'd better not go. You're already skinny, and you've been punished to kneel for so long. You should rest for a while first."
Seeing Ji Chu lying there motionless, she added:
"When I came here, I saw that the people from the Law Enforcement Hall were almost here. Maybe Elder Shen has already helped you settle the matter?"
But just as she finished saying this, Ji Chu, who was paralyzed on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes, struggled with his arms, and pretended to crawl towards the door:
"I don't need to rest! I can still hold on!"
Xu Ying: “!”
How could she really watch Ji Chu crawl over? She quickly summoned her sword and pulled Ji Chu up from the ground:
"Stop crawling, I'll take you over."
Ji Chu leaned on her:
“Hurry!”
Xu Ying nodded, clasped her hands together, and the Danyu Sword soared into the air. Then, like a meteor, it flew out in an instant, leaving a long tail in the air.
At the foot of the mountain, the disciples of Mingwu Hall looked up at the sword light in the sky, picked up a pen and wrote a sentence in their notebook:
"Xu Ying, Ji Chu, your inner sect swordsmanship exceeded the speed limit. Ten points will be deducted from each of you."
Just as I finished writing, I saw another disciple from the Zhilu Hall flying towards me on a sword.
He raised his hand to stop the man and wrote in the notebook:
"Another speeding offender, twenty points deducted."
The disciple who was rushing back to the Vinaya Hall to pass on the message was immediately displeased and stopped to argue:
"Why do they deduct ten points? Why do I deduct twenty points?"
The disciples of Mingwu Hall had no expression on their faces:
"Knowing the law and breaking it is an even greater crime. It's a shame that you are a member of the Law Enforcement Hall."
The disciple who was anxious to pass on the message was frustrated. He angrily stepped on the sword and flew away at a limited speed.
As a result, Ji Chu and Xu Ying arrived at the Law Enforcement Hall earlier than him.
Ji Chu drew his sword and rushed towards the disciple at the door:
"You suspect me of Yuan Fu's death, right? I'm here to cooperate with the investigation. I'm innocent."
Xu Ying also hurriedly put away her sword and caught up:
"Yes, Senior Brother, I can testify that Ji Chu didn't know Yuan Fu at all and couldn't possibly have killed him."
The disciple at the door looked at the two of them speechlessly and "invited" Ji Chu into the Law Hall.
As a "relative and friend", Xu Ying was stopped at the door.
She circled the door anxiously, stopping from time to time to look inside. The disciple at the door couldn't help but say:
"Don't spread it. If she is innocent, the Law Enforcement Hall will naturally not slander her."
Xu Ying rolled her eyes at him, then suddenly thought of something and changed her expression. She moved closer to the disciple, combed her drooping hair, and said:
"Thank you for your reminder, Senior Brother. I was too impatient just now..."
"It's just that Yuan Fu's death is linked to Junior Sister Ji, which is really strange. I don't know who misunderstood her. I called her here to ask her so that we can talk it out face to face..."
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In the law hall, Ji Chu stood in the middle of the room, his face pale, his legs a little unsteady from kneeling for a whole day, but he did not look panicked at all.
"I did go out last night, but I didn't go to the Weapon Refining Hall, nor did I see Yuan Fu."
Yan Hao, the head of the Zhilu Hall, looked at her and said fiercely:
"Who can testify?"
Ji Chu said: "There is no witness. I went out alone."
Master Yan's tone was oppressive:
"Ridiculous! How dare you claim innocence when there's no witness?"
Ji Chu was puzzled:
"What you said is not true. How can one person's testimony prove that I killed someone? Besides, it is precisely because I am innocent and have been wrongly accused that you must investigate the case and make the final decision for me."
In her previous life, Chen Ke asked her to be quiet and cultivate her mind, leaving outsiders with the impression that she was introverted, quiet, and uncommunicative. Later, more and more blame was put on her, and that "introversion" turned into "gloom".
At this moment, speaking frankly without being humble or arrogant will make it easier for people to believe you.
Master Yan's expression relaxed a little and he asked her:
"In that case, where did you go last night and what did you do? Tell me everything and I'll send someone to investigate."
Ji Chu remained silent upon hearing this.
Seeing this, Master Yan's eyes were filled with suspicion again:
"You can't tell?"
"no."
Ji Chu denied it.
She looked distressed and explained:
"Although I didn't kill anyone, what I did wasn't entirely above board, so I hesitated."
After saying this, she seemed a little embarrassed and touched her nose:
"I went to Xuanhe Peak to smash the zither."
Xuanhe Peak, smashing the piano.
These two things together just don't make sense.
But Ji Chu was very confident and even stretched out his two hands to show him:
"Elder Shen asked me to practice the piano, but I really don't like playing the piano. I couldn't learn it no matter what I did, and my hands were covered in blood. In a rage, I dragged the piano to Xuanhe Peak at night and smashed it."
Upon hearing this, Master Yan looked over and indeed saw that her ten fingers were covered in blood, with long and thin wounds caused by the strings of the zither.
Ji Chu continued:
"To be honest, Hall Master, the reason why I can't even walk steadily is because I smashed the zither and angered Elder Shen, so I was punished to kneel for a day."
After hearing this, Master Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart:
Elder Shen usually looks gentle as jade and knows how to act appropriately, but who would have thought that when he teaches his disciples in private, he would be so extreme in his temper.
In the art of music, one should first discuss self-entertainment and then hard work. Ji Chu was not his disciple after all, so why did he have to force him to learn the qin, and even to such an extent?
He already leaned towards Ji Chu in his heart, but still said according to the rules:
"These are just your one-sided statements. I still need to send someone to investigate the truth..."
Before he finished speaking, a disciple hurried over and whispered something in his ear.
Hall Master Yan opened his eyes wide immediately, looking extremely shocked. He didn't even have time to tell Ji Chu to "go back first" and hurriedly followed the disciple out through another door.
He even straightened his clothes before going out, as if he was going to meet some important person.
Ji Chu was left standing there in a daze.
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Who called the hall master away? It's so hard to guess [sunglasses]
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