When the two guards with swords saw that the official they wanted to protect was dead, they immediately no longer hesitated and followed the Pipa woman and jumped down from the hole that was opened on the third floor. But when they landed, they seemed a little reluctant and almost fell. They were far less calm than the woman.
After the two guards left the restaurant, they immediately contacted the surrounding guards and began to capture the Pipa woman who assassinated the official.
Someone in the restaurant ran to the stairs where the official died. When he saw the dead body, he shouted in horror: "Come on, someone is dead! Someone is dead here!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the restaurant suddenly became a mess. Everyone was in danger and rushed out of the restaurant. The door of the restaurant was immediately blocked by a sea of people.
The three of them, Xu Huaigu, ran out of the second floor seats. When they went out, they saw blood flowing from the cracks in the ground on the third floor, and dripping to the ground on the second floor.
Yiyun screamed, quickly closed her eyes and ran to the side, not daring to look.
Xu Huaigu was used to seeing dead people, and Huang Shan was used to licking blood from the tip of a knife, so he was not afraid of dead people.
Xu Huaigu frowned and said: "It's so thoughtful. This assassination has been planned for at least several months. The Pipa woman has been lurking in the restaurant just to wait for this opportunity."
Huang Shan held up his chin and said, "That's true. Moreover, the woman's cultivation level is really not low, and she had planned it in advance. She must have found a way out. It is estimated that the Xingqing government will not be able to catch her."
After saying that, he regretted and said: "Well, I think that Pipa girl is only in her early twenties, but she has the cultivation level of the fifth realm. She can be said to be a wizard of Taoism. Such a promising swordsman can actually assassinate a person. What a pity for a secular minister."
The pity Huang Shan mentioned was the monk's contamination with karma.
Cause and effect is also an implicit connection between monks and mortals.
Since ancient times, monks have been so powerful that one person can serve as an army. Why can monks in this world exist together with mortals for tens of thousands of years, and still have a prosperous world and country? Why can't sects replace the country? Is it really the monk who doesn't bother to fight with the world?
Non-monks don't kill people, but if monks kill people, they will cause a lot of trouble.
When a monk kills someone, they will inevitably be stained with the cause and effect and karma of the deceased person. This is one of the taboo things in the spiritual world. The way that monks practice is ultimately the way of heaven, not the way of humanity. As long as there is human karma, the way of heaven will conflict with the way of humanity, and naturally practice will become unsatisfactory. This is one reason why monks dare not kill people easily.
And because of the difference in the status of the person killed, the karma and karma of the contamination are also different. The karma and karma of killing an emperor, general and minister are infinitely more than killing a mortal. In Huang Shan's eyes, killing a third-grade official was already a big cause and effect. By doing this, the Pipa Sword Sister was simply ruining her future.
Xu Huaigu didn't know why the woman did this, but he must have some reasons, so he said, "Maybe she has a grudge against that person. Who can tell these things clearly."
He suddenly remembered that Yu Qin didn't seem to be around, and he suddenly panicked and asked, "Oh no, Yu Qin is still outside!"
He rushed down to the pavilion anxiously and shouted: "Yu Qin, Yu Qin!"
"here!"
Yu Qin was squeezed among the people who were desperately trying to leave the restaurant, raising her hands high, but she was wrapped up in the sea of people and had to go out of the restaurant involuntarily.
Xu Huaigu became anxious, ran down, rushed into the crowd, grabbed Yu Qin's hand, opened a path through the crowd, and then quickly left the restaurant with Yu Qin, Huang Shan and Yi Yun quickly followed.
Xu Huaigu said: "It is not suitable to stay in the land of right and wrong for a long time. Let's go back to Yi's house first."
On the way back to Yi's house, Xu Huaigu was worried.
He thought of an important point. Although the assassination of officials by the Pipa woman had nothing to do with them, Yu Qin's relationship with the Pipa woman during this period was so close that it would definitely arouse suspicion.
The officials in Xingqing City are not a vegetarian. The assassination of a high-ranking official will definitely be investigated carefully. Sooner or later, Yu Qin will be found. How should Yu Qin defend himself? Even if Yu Qin really had nothing to do with this matter, if the court couldn't catch the Pipa woman, would it put the blame on Yu Qin to settle the matter?
Xu Huaigu did not dare to bet on the court's approach. In his heart, his destiny must be in his own hands and he could not rely on other people's decisions.
How to decide this matter, Xu Huaigu couldn't make a decision for a while.
After returning to Yi's house, before Xu Huaigu could ask questions, Yu Qin took the lead and asked anxiously: "Did Sister Pipa kill someone?"
Xu Huaigu worriedly took Yu Qin to the corner of the courtyard and replied, "Yes, and it was an assassination that had been planned for a long time."
Yu Qin lowered his head sadly and stopped talking.
It is an unshakable fact that Sister Pipa killed someone, but the person who was killed must have deserved his death, right?
Yu Qin didn't want to believe it from the bottom of her heart, and couldn't believe that Sister Pipa, who was gentle and considerate to her, would do such a thing. She could only exonerate herself by beheading the evildoer.
But who would believe it? Will Xu Huaigu believe it? Will Xiao Pingcui believe it? Will the officers and soldiers of Dayu believe it?
Yu Qin had no confidence in her heart. She felt powerless and lonely, as if she was isolated from the world.
Xu Huaigu asked anxiously: "What did the Pipa woman do with you these days? Are you connected with this assassination?"
Yu Qin quickly defended: "No, Sister Pipa has never told me about this. She just chats with me every time. Sometimes she teaches me vocal music, and also teaches me how to draw eyebrows, and... ..Sister Pipa is a good person, she must have her own reasons for doing this!"
Xu Huaigu's eyebrows knitted together in frustration and glanced at Yu Qin.
Yu Qin was suddenly frightened and asked carefully: "Xu Huaigu, do you believe me?"
Xu Huaigu sighed and said: "Let's not talk about this for now, but the Pipa woman concealed the fact that she was a swordsman and disguised herself as a swordsman to assassinate court officials in a restaurant. She is definitely not a good person. Of course I believe what you say, but You are too naive, Yu Qin, I am afraid that you will be taken advantage of by that Pipa woman, you have to know that the most insufferable thing in the world is the human heart."
He turned to look at Yu Qin's helpless and anxious look, and said with distressed comfort: "But don't worry, I will settle everything."
Xu Huaigu sat down and began to think quickly about how to break the situation.
His first thought was to use his connections in the palace to take care of all this, but he quickly gave up this idea. After all, a third-grade official was killed. This incident would definitely shock Lin Hongzhi directly. Lin Cangyang was just a princess. It was not good to interfere in internal affairs, and there was no time. But if he escapes with Yu Qin, not only will Yu Qin have no place to stay, but the suspicion will probably become even more unclear.
He thought about it, but couldn't come up with a good idea.
While Xu Huaigu was thinking about how to break the situation, Yu Qin, the person involved, was at a loss. She wanted to prove that she was right and that Sister Pipa was indeed a good person, but she couldn't do it.
Passive, helpless, and isolated, she seemed to be fighting against the whole world. The negative emotions gradually swallowed her up like a tide, leaving her feeling cold.
The most important thing is that the person who has always stood in front of him to resist everything for her now doesn't believe her either.
Not long after, there was a burst of rapid and heavy footsteps outside Yi's house, followed by a sudden and violent knock on the door.
Xu Huaigu looked up in that direction, full of worry.
Sure enough, the result he was most worried about was still going to happen, and it would happen sooner than he imagined.
Neither Huang Shan nor Yi Yun opened the door, they both stood aside and looked at Xu Huaigu, waiting for his decision.
Huang Shan walked up to him and asked, "Do you know what to do?"
Xu Huaigu shook his head heavily and said, "I'm very confused and don't know what to do."
He asked back: "Huang Shan, if it were you and me, what would you do?"
Huang Shan smiled faintly: "What should I do to teach you? Isn't that thing in your hand just for this moment? If you don't take it out now, what's the use of that thing? "
Xu Huaigu had an epiphany and his eyes became clear.
What is your original intention for the swordsmanship that you have been pursuing? Isn't it just to protect the people you want to protect?
Since this is your true intention, why are you still hesitating?
If you don’t draw your sword now, then when will you wait?
Just as the officers and soldiers knocked on the door to no avail, they used brute force to break in. A team of about twenty people rushed into Yi Mansion under the leadership of a policeman in front, and then got closer and closer until they surrounded Xu Huaigu and his party.
The head catcher stepped forward with a knife, took out a yellow paper warrant, showed it to Yiyun, and said, "Miss Yi, this is an arrest warrant. We suspect that the woman who lives in your house is related to a murder case. Please cooperate with our Yamen to arrest the suspect, I'm sorry."
Although Yi Yun was very scared, she still mustered up the courage, puffed up her chest, and said, "Who are you going to arrest? I'm warning you, although our Yi family is in decline, it's not a place where you can act recklessly!"
The catcher didn't take this at all, and pointed at Yu Qin, who was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and said: "This person is related to a recent desperado in the imperial court. She must go to our Yamen."
When Yu Qin heard that the head catcher was talking about herself, she took two steps back like a frightened deer and hid behind Xu Huaigu.
The catcher walked towards the two people in the circle and said to Xu Huaigu: "Master, the person around you is a suspect of the court. I advise you to leave her as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary trouble."
Xu Huaigu acted as if he hadn't heard anything and didn't even glance at him.
The head catcher was ignored and became angry and threatened: "If you don't know what to do and don't go away, I will arrest you as a suspect!"
Xu Huaigu remained motionless, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a hint of ridicule.
The catcher asked: "Why are you laughing?"
"It's nothing, I'm just laughing at your hypocrisy. If you want to arrest someone, come here and stop talking empty words."
He was completely angry, brandished his knife and ordered: "Listen to my order, this man is obstructing the execution of official duties of the Yamen, take him down together with the suspect!"
More than twenty people drew their swords together, and the blades came out of their sheaths, making a swishing sound.
As soon as the sound of the sword was drawn, Xu Huaigu also slowly unsheathed his sword. The blade of the sword passed through the scabbard and made a small stabbing sound.
He drew his sword plainly, but Xu Huaigu's sword intent spread out like a wave as the sword edge came out of its scabbard, and suddenly even this small world became filled with chilling intent.
Although there was no sound when the sword was drawn, the officers and soldiers clearly felt the murderous intent and were very nervous. Some even took several steps back.
Yi Yun also felt that Xu Huaigu's sword intent was too sharp and took a few steps back in fear.
Even Huang Shan felt that Xu Huaigu's killing intent with his sword today was too strong and he couldn't bear it.
Huang Shan looked at Xu Huaigu who was standing in the crowd with his sword drawn. Although his realm was still the same as that of the second realm, his sword intention was truly that of a swordsman.
He couldn't help but secretly mutter in his heart: "If a second-level swordsman can reach this level, is this kid really the legendary sword-born child?"
Although he already had this idea, he couldn't believe it. After all, in history, no matter which born sword fetus was born, it would cause a huge storm, and he did not dare to think about that.
The catcher felt Xu Huaigu's sword intent and was surprised and said: "What a boy, you are actually a sword cultivator! But even if you are a sword cultivator, if you break the law in Xingqing City, you will still be punished by Xingqing City." Discipline!"
Xu Huaigu ignored his shouting, closed his eyes, and quietly felt the sword's intention, which gradually reached its peak.
"Although he is a sword cultivator, there is only one person! Come with me and take him down!"
After listening to the order, the officers and soldiers were afraid, but they had no choice but to bite the bullet and surround Xu Huaigu.
The calmer Xu Huaigu became, the more scared the officers and soldiers became.
The encirclement of officers and soldiers narrowed to a distance of one foot. Xu Huaigu could be hit with just one strike forward, but no one dared to do it.
Xu Huaigu lowered the tip of his sword to the ground, and drew a line with sword energy on the soles of the officers and soldiers closest to him.
The officer and soldier closest to him hurriedly took a few steps back, fearing that Xu Huaigu would cut off his foot by accident.
Xu Huaigu raised his head, glanced at the surrounding officers and soldiers, and said coldly: "Anyone who dares to cross the line will die."
