Chapter 403
Elder Xu sighed inwardly at the girl's appearance and asked, "Why did the master call us here?"
The head of the sect pointed at the seven people on the ground and said calmly: "Do you know these people?"
Elder Xu frowned slightly. He had seen one of them around his daughter, helping her run errands. But now he was in trouble? Implicated his daughter? So Elder Xu decisively distanced himself from the matter: "I don't remember. There are so many disciples in the sect, why bother to remember them all?"
Zuo Wenlu also recognized him: "Chen Anchen? Their spiritual energy is completely drained. Did the thieves destroy their cultivation?"
The reason why he knew Chen Anchen was not because of Xu Zhaoyue, but because they were from the same country of Chen in the mortal world. Zuo Wenlu knew that Chen Anchen was born in the Prince Jing's Mansion of Chen State, and there were few things in the Prince Jing's Mansion that the people of Chen State did not know.
The head of the sect frowned and looked at Zuo Wenlu: "When you were brought into my Taiyi Sect, have you ever gone back to see your people?"
Zuo Wenlu looked surprised, wondering why the sect leader cared about this matter. Xu Zhaoyue finally remembered this matter and became worried. This incident in her previous life was later dug up and became one of the evidences of her guilt. She thought that no one would mention it again in this life, but why did the sect leader ask her senior brother about this matter?
No, there was no way it would be exposed. She couldn't think of anyone else other than Qi Yunyun who would be against her.
Zuo Wenlu clasped his fists and said calmly, "When I met Master that day, I followed Master into the Taiyi Sect and never asked about the family affairs again. I think the family members have long believed that I disappeared or died, and they will return to their peaceful lives after a long time. It's good for me to live in peace with them like this."
The head of the sect was paying attention to Zuo Wenlu's expressions, and also to Xu Zhaoyue's expressions. He did not miss the guilty feeling Xu Zhaoyue felt at that moment. If it wasn't for Zuo Wenlu's high psychological quality, then it was Xu Zhaoyue's self-willed decision. It seemed that the changes over the years were only superficial or only in front of Zuo Wenlu.
The head of the sect immediately realized the difficulties of the Chixia Sect and felt a headache. He said, "Everything is going well? It's a pity that the entire Zuo family was burned to death in a sea of fire many years ago. Now someone has come to avenge the Zuo family, pointing out that the murderer is the Prince Jing's Mansion of the Chen Kingdom in the mortal world. The order came from Chen Anchen of our Taiyi Sect, and the person who ordered Chen Anchen..."
The head of the sect said this, looked at Elder Xu and Xu Zhaoyue meaningfully, and then said: "It is Xu Zhaoyue."
"What?" Zuo Wenlu's expression finally changed. "All the Zuo family members are dead?"
He turned to look at Xu Zhaoyue and subconsciously took two steps back.
"Brother, it's not me," Xu Zhaoyue saw this and grabbed Zuo Wenlu's sleeve in panic, shaking his head to deny, "It's really not me, it's these people who slandered me. They don't like you so they deliberately harmed your family. I like you so much, why would I do such a thing?"
The head of the sect threw out the blood letter that was originally hung on these people and said: "Look for yourselves, these seven people and this blood letter are hung at the gate of Taiyi City. Now I am afraid that the whole Taiyi City has spread it, and Taiyi Sect will also spread it sooner or later. I checked and found that these disciples have traces of soul searching."
This is to tell them, especially Xu Zhaoyue and Zuo Wenlu, that it is not enough to deny it verbally. They have even searched their souls and they firmly believe it.
Zuo Wenlu got rid of Xu Zhaoyue, grabbed the blood letter and started reading it. After finishing, he looked up at Xu Zhaoyue in disbelief. He was no longer calm and asked angrily: "Why? They have no grudges against you, why did you kill them? Eighty-six people, all buried in the sea of fire, why?"
"I didn't!" When Xu Zhaoyue saw Zuo Wenlu like this, the scene of Zuo Wenlu getting angry and wielding the sword in the previous life suddenly popped up in her mind. She screamed and retreated behind her father, "Dad, I didn't kill him. It was Chen Anchen who acted on his own. Dad, please ask Senior Brother Zuo to believe me."
Anyway, he insisted that it was not him who did it. Anyway, all the people were dead. How could he crawl out from the underworld to settle the score with her?
Even though she is dead, her ghost still lingers and brings up this matter. Who harmed her?
Of course Elder Xu was protecting his daughter. Besides, the death of a few mortals was nothing. He did not take the matter to heart at all. Of course, it was because of his attitude that the arrogant, selfish and vicious Xu Zhaoyue emerged.
He protected Xu Zhaoyue behind him and looked at the headmaster: "Headmaster, is this a mistake? I don't know which scoundrel did this, but not only did you not catch him, you took it seriously? Wenlu, the whole Taiyi Sect has seen how Xu and my girl treated you. You can't doubt my daughter and betray her love just because of the slander of a scoundrel who is not worthy of the light."
Zuo Wenlu frowned and looked at Elder Xu. Xu Zhaoyue, who was hiding behind him, nodded repeatedly: "I can even sacrifice my life for Senior Brother Zuo. How can Senior Brother Zuo doubt me? They are the ones who slandered me. I know they hate me in their hearts."
Zuo Wenlu looked at the blood letter, then at Elder Xu and his son, not knowing who to believe. The longer he stayed in Taiyi Sect, the less he remembered the Zuo family in Chen State. But who would have thought that without him knowing, the entire Zuo family was burned to death by people sent by Prince Jing's Mansion.
It would have been fine if he didn't know about it before, but now that he knew about it, could he just sit back and do nothing? He had to give an explanation to those tribesmen.
“Master…” Zuo Wenlu was wavering.
Elder Xu saw through this point and decided not to let Zuo Wenlu continue the investigation. It was because his daughter was so devoted to this boy that she would not marry anyone else, so he had to clear the obstacles for his daughter.
Elder Xu interrupted Zuo Wenlu angrily and said, "Just because these villains slandered and framed my daughter, I will not allow them to live in this world. They all deserve to die!"
He swept out with a palm wind, and Chen Anchen and the other seven people, who were unable to speak or move, were not blind or deaf. They could see that Elder Xu wanted to kill them to silence them. Horror appeared in their eyes. Someone come quickly to save them.
Chen Anchen's heart was filled with endless regret. Why did he become Xu Zhaoyue's lackey? If anything did not go as they wished, it would be the end of him and others.
The Sect Leader naturally understood Elder Xu's intention, which was to silence him. Without any witnesses, what could they do to Xu Zhaoyue as long as he denied it?
The head of the sect hesitated for a moment, and it was too late for him to stop it. At that moment, all seven people died suddenly in the hands of Elder Xu and turned into seven corpses.
Zuo Wenlu felt relieved, but at the same time he was filled with anger. He originally looked down on and even hated Xu Zhaoyue because Xu Zhaoyue was too domineering and arrogant. Now Elder Xu's actions have awakened these memories in him. Xu Zhaoyue's domineering nature is exactly the same as Elder Xu's. Isn't his action forcing himself?
He is a person who responds to soft words and not to hard ones. At this moment, even the affection that Xu Zhaoyue had felt for him became a little weaker.
He put away the blood letter and bowed to the headmaster, saying, "Headmaster, now that I know about this, I cannot let the murderer go. I need time to thoroughly investigate the annihilation of the Zuo family."
The head of the sect waved his hand: "Then go ahead."
Zuo Wenlu bowed to Elder Xu again, then turned around and walked out of the hall and flew away.
Xu Zhaoyue panicked and hurriedly chased after her, which made Elder Xu frown even more tightly. This girl was really spoiled by him.
The head of the sect looked at Elder Xu and said, "Since the person died in your hands, I will leave the whole matter to you to handle. The reputation of Taiyi Sect must not be tainted."
"Xu will definitely give an explanation to the Sect Master." Elder Xu also bowed and left.
There were also the master's direct disciples in the hall. They saw everything clearly and guessed that the matter might really be related to Xu Zhaoyue. Based on Xu Zhaoyue's previous temperament, it was not impossible for him to do such a cruel thing.
"Master, who is this person who is seeking revenge, or is he deliberately targeting our Taiyi Sect?" asked the eldest disciple Peng Siye.
The headmaster sat down and took a sip of tea, then sighed, "I also hope that the whole thing can be simple, but when I think about the Chixia Sect's affairs, I have a bad feeling that it may not be that simple."
Peng Siye was shocked: "Could it be that there is another Ning Yan?"
The head of the sect doubted, "Are all the people of the Zuo family really dead? If they came here for revenge, they could only be the living people of the Zuo family. Otherwise, why would they go to so much trouble?"
Peng Siye took over the matter: "Then I will go check to see if there is anyone still alive in the Zuo family."
The head of the sect nodded and took a two-pronged approach, forcing Elder Xu to catch the person behind the scenes and asking his disciples to find out what happened to the Zuo family. However, he also felt a little displeased with Xu Zhaoyue, who caused this incident. Just for a man, Xu Zhaoyue had caused so much trouble.
Just as the head of the sect had expected, this matter could not be suppressed at all. It spread first in Taiyi City and then to the Taiyi Sect. All the disciples were shocked and said all kinds of things. They originally thought that Zuo Wenlu and Xu Zhaoyue were about to get married, but how could they continue to have contact under such circumstances?
"Could it be that what I saw earlier, Uncle Zuo flying in the air first, and then Fairy Xu chasing after him, must have been caused by this incident?"
"It turns out that Uncle Zuo has already married and had children in the mortal world. Huh? Why is this so strange?"
"What's wrong?"
"That Jingyan Sect's headmaster Yuan Jing, don't you know that he once said that his biological father abandoned his wife and children to join the orthodox sect? I even scolded his biological father at that time. I never thought that my idolized Uncle Zuo was actually such a person."
"... Well, if my wife and children don't have spiritual roots, it doesn't matter whether I abandon them or not. Should I give up practicing Taoism just because of my wife and children?"
Still, no one connected Yuan Jing with Zuo Wenlu of Taiyi Sect, because in the eyes of others, both of them were Nascent Soul cultivators, and Yuan Jing was more likely a Great Nascent Soul cultivator, so how could he be Zuo Wenlu's son? It would be more like he was Zuo Wenlu's father.
At this moment, Yuan Jing and Ning Yan were leisurely drinking tea and listening to the gossip of the tea patrons in the teahouse. Of course, the gossip was about the things they had caused, when they felt a spiritual consciousness crushing over them unscrupulously.
The two looked up at each other. Who was it? Was it Elder Xu or some other elder of Taiyi Sect, or was it the Sect Master himself?
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