At this time, the expression of Tao Yu, the headmaster who had been watching Xue Changqing cast the spell, changed drastically. He murmured to himself: "How is this possible? Why did the master want to change his life soul lamp? Could it be that he Still in this world?"
Xue Changqing said: "Master, please be patient. We will know the truth later."
Tao Yu saw Xue Changqing casting a spell just now and suddenly said: "Master Marquis, you turn out to be an innate earth spirit?"
Xue Changqing nodded slightly and said: "Well, yes, next we are going to go to the place where Jiang Yi was locked up in life and death to find out what happened and see how this powerful elder Jiang escaped from his shell."
Tao Yu naturally agreed happily. He also wanted to know the truth and had to cooperate fully with the investigation.
Xue Changqing and Tao Yu walked across a pontoon bridge and came to another small island. This island was relatively original.
At this time, Fang Yunyi and Yi Feng came to report to Xue Changqing about the investigation process. Xue Changqing just nodded and said nothing.
Under the guidance of Tao Yu, everyone headed all the way to the place where Jiang Yi had retreated. After a cup of tea, they walked through the dense forest on the island and came to a cave.
Tao Yu pointed to the cave and said: "This is the place where Senior Jiang is locked up in life and death. Please come with me."
After everyone entered the cave, they saw that the interior of the cave was vast. There were only a few futons on the ground and no other unnecessary items. The monks had to fast before entering the seclusion of life and death. The seclusion was not considered until they successfully exited the seclusion within the specified time. Finish.
Xue Changqing turned around a few times, then repeated his old tricks and started casting spells again to recreate the situation when Jiang Yi was in seclusion in order to explore the truth.
There was a burst of sand and stones in the cave and then everything calmed down. In Fang Yunyi's surprised eyes, a sand man came out of the cave. It was Jiang Yi who was made of sand and stones. He wandered in the cave for a while, then pulled the futon and started. After practicing in seclusion, there will be no other actions.
Xue Changqing made a magic trick with his right hand, and Sandman Jiang Yi began to tremble slightly, obviously speeding up the flow of time. Finally, at a time point, Sandman Jiang Yi suddenly opened his eyes and turned his head to look to one side of the cave.
A rock in the cave began to shake violently and then fell backwards. Behind the rock, there was a secret passage that was as tall as half a man. Later, a sand man in the secret passage held a torch and pulled out a sack from the secret passage.
Seeing this, Jiang Yi, the sand man, also stepped forward to help. The two of them carefully pulled out a person from the sack, placed him on the futon, and arranged their movements. The man in the sack looked exactly like Jiang Yi, and Jiang Yi surrounded him. The person turned around a few times and nodded with satisfaction. He turned around and seemed to be talking to the person who came out of the secret passage. However, no one present could hear any of the sandman's voice. However, based on the situation demonstrated at the moment, everyone had almost guessed it. Nine is inseparable from ten.
Then Jiang Yi and the man got into the secret passage and blocked the boulder again. Nothing else happened in the cave. Seeing this, Xue Changqing stopped his spell.
Yi Feng took one step at a time and two steps at a time. In the situation of the demonstration just now, he came to the entrance of the secret passage and kicked away the huge boulder blocking the entrance of the secret passage. Sure enough, the scene played by Sha Shi just now really appeared in front of his eyes. , there really is a secret passage here.
Yi Feng looked inside and turned back to report to Xue Changqing: "Master, there is airflow in the secret passage, which should lead directly to the outside world. It seems that Jiang Yi escaped from the golden cicada here."
Tao Yu, the real person of Yuanlong, sighed and said: "The person who takes care of Senior Jiang is Jiang Zhao. It seems that the Jiang family has been planning for this day for a long time. No wonder everyone in the Lingxuan Sect came to see Senior Jiang when they heard about his death. It's just that That kid Jiang Zhao just asked me to take a look at Senior Jiang’s body from a distance, and then hurriedly gathered the body and buried it, but I can’t figure out why Senior Jiang went to such trouble?”
Xue Changqing said in a calm tone: "I can probably guess what he is thinking. He doesn't want the court to investigate and implicate Lingxuan Sect one day."
Tao Yu cupped his hands to Xue Changqing and said, "Can the Marquis tell Pindao what crime the Jiang family committed that led them to act like this?"
Xue Changqing said four words calmly: "Assassin the king and kills the king, intending to rebel."
When Tao Yu heard this, his expression changed drastically, and he said in a trembling voice: "What? He would actually assassinate the king and kill the driver? This... this... this... how is this possible? Can you please tell Pindao the details? It is unbelievable that Senior Jiang would do this. kind of thing..."
Tao Yu knew very well that this was a serious crime of treason. If they got involved, Lingxuan Sect might become the next Yunhua Sect.
Xue Changqing nodded to Fang Yunyi. Fang Yunyi understood deeply and stepped forward to explain their investigation process to Master Yuanlong in detail.
Hearing this, Tao Yu froze on the spot for a long time, then sighed thoughtfully and said, "I didn't expect that Senior Jiang has such a deep obsession in his heart. No wonder he can't ascend to heaven, hey."
Xue Changqing asked: "Oh? Why did the headmaster say this?"
Tao Yu said: "Master Hou, does he know that Jiang Yi was once the queen of the Jin clan?"
Xue Changqing nodded and said: "I know this. When the Lu Kingdom fell, officials from the Zongzheng Mansion of the imperial court contacted the Jiang family and wanted them to move their family into Guanzhong and officially recognize their ancestors. I don't know what happened after that."
Tao Yu said with emotion: "Now I understand a little bit why Senior Jiang acted like this. In the era of various countries, he was the youngest son of Prince Zhang, the eldest son of Duke Ping of Jin State. Duke Ping passed away, and Sun Mingmi, the powerful prime minister of Jin State, did not announce his mourning. He secretly abolished the elders and established young ones, and sent troops to kill more than a hundred members of Prince Zhang's family. Jiang Yi's father, Prince Zhang, his three brothers and one sister all died in this turmoil."
"Senior Jiang was only ten years old at that time. Shen Tujia, who later became Prince Zhang's disciple, risked his life and took his young son Yi through all kinds of hardships to escape to the Song Dynasty. Only then was he able to survive for a while. But Jin Prime Minister Zhong Sunming always wanted to eradicate the root cause. , he sent an envoy to persuade the king of Song Dynasty to send his son Yi back to the state of Jin. Shen Tujia knew the news in advance, and took his son Yi to flee to the state of Lu. Finally, he was protected by Duke Xiang of Lu who was in power at that time, and he was able to settle down. Come down."
"In order to protect Shen Tujia and Jiang Senior, Duke Xiang of Lu did not hesitate to quarrel with the Jin and Song Dynasties. Later, the Jin and Song Dynasties sent allied troops from thousands of miles away to intimidate the people of Lu Xiang Gong. Therefore, the three kingdoms did not hesitate to fight in the western border of the Lu State and died. There are quite a few people here.”
When Xue Changqing heard this, he understood and said, "So Jiang Yi is actually Prince Yi, the descendant of Prince Zhang?"
Tao Yu nodded and said with emotion: "Yes, Senior Jiang was responsible for the blood feud, but he could not get revenge. Later, he took his ancestral surname as his surname, changed his name to Jiang Yi, and joined our Lingxuan Sect to practice. After Senior Jiang became a Taoist, he felt grateful for the time when Duke Xiang saved his life. Because of his kindness, he has been secretly working for the Lu royal family. I guess it was after the fall of Lu that Senior Jiang joined the Fuxing Society, but I never expected that he would be so determined and desperate."
Xue Changqing heard this and sighed: "Lu Guo and Jiang Yi have the kindness to rebuild. If it were me, I would die..."
Fang Yunyi and Yifeng looked at each other in shock. They didn't expect Jiang Yi to have such a tortuous past.
After everyone came out of the cave, Fang Yunyi looked at Xue Changqing and Tao Yu who were walking in front. Remembering the process of Xue Changqing's spell casting, she turned around and whispered secretly: "Brother Yi, what kind of spell did Uncle Xue use just now? It can actually be seen. Recreate what happened in the past?”
Yi Feng was naturally very happy when he saw Fang Yunyi taking the initiative to chat with him. He explained: "Actually, I haven't seen the master perform this spell a few times. I originally wanted to learn it. The master explained that he was an innate earth spirit. My body is naturally sensitive to the pulse of the earth. There is an omnipresent force field in the earth. No matter how many years have passed, the earth will faithfully record anyone and anything that has happened on this land. Master As long as you know the specific time when the event occurred, you can cast a spell and integrate it with the earth at the time of the event to reproduce what happened that year. This is what he accidentally realized when he was enlightening and practicing. It is considered a self-created spell by the master, but there is one The premise is that the caster must be an innate earth spirit, and ordinary monks cannot feel the pulse of the earth."
Fang Yunyi's eyes flashed with an unnoticeable look of admiration, and she suddenly said: "So that's it, Master Xue is really awesome..."
Yi Feng said proudly: "That's right, that's my master."
After half a day, Xue Changqing saw that the case had been basically found out, so he ordered Brother Bai Shou, Bai Shou and other spies to prepare to go back to report.
Seeing that these plague gods were finally sent away, Tao Yu, the real person of Yuanlong, breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and took Lingxuanzong to personally send Xianghou Xue Changqing and others to the barge to the other side.
Xue Changqing turned around and cupped his hands and said: "Master, please stay. I have already investigated the case, and it is no longer convenient for us to bother your sect. Let's take our leave."
Tao Yu, the real person of Yuanlong, smiled and said: "Master Hou, please go slowly." After saying that, he waved his hand, and two disciples of Lingxuan Sect carried a box and placed it on the barge. Tao Yu said with a smile: "Master Hou is coming from afar, it is hard to investigate the case. A small courtesy is not a sign of respect, but I hope that the Marquis will forgive me for my poor hospitality."
Xue Changqing smiled and said: "Master, what are you talking about? I have come to investigate the case rashly, which has greatly disturbed your sect Qingxiu. As long as you, Master, don't blame me, I will be very happy."
When Xue Changqing saw the box of gifts, he still rejected them and said, "I accept your wishes, Master Master. We, Bai Shou, are here only for official business, how can we accept gifts?"
The two refused politely. Master Yuanlong saw that Xue Changqing really refused to accept the gift, so he smiled and said: "Okay, Lord Marquis will come to our sect more often from now on!" After saying this, he told his disciples to carry the box back.
Xue Changqing smiled and said: "Definitely, Guizong's spirit wine is indeed a masterpiece. I will definitely visit Guizong when I have time in the future. I won't miss it now."
Tao Yu, the real person of Yuanlong, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "I'll send you off not far away." Tao Yu then turned to Prince Zhe and said, "Zhe'er, go and see the Marquis off."
Young Master Zhe said: "Yes, Master."
Xue Changqing nodded slightly and ordered the boat to sail to the other side.
When the barge reached the other side, Master Zhe said goodbye to Xue Changqing and others and returned to the clan.
After Bai Shou disembarked one after another, Yi Feng suddenly approached Xue Changqing and said: "Master, in addition to the evidence we searched and classified, there was another box in the barge, and a letter was left on it, saying that there was another case within Lingxuan Sect. Some of the Jiang family’s incriminating evidence found during the search.”
Xue Changqing said curiously: "Oh! Bring it over here and let me take a look."
Yi Feng took the order and carried the box over. After breaking the seal, he was stunned and turned around and said: "Master, look at... this..."
Xue Changqing took a look and found that the so-called Jiang family's evidence box was filled with twelve white jade wine bottles. Each bottle of spiritual wine was worth tens of thousands of gold. The value of the last magic weapon on top of this box of wine was obviously It was a gift sent by that old cunning guy Tao Yu of Lingxuan Zong under the pretext.
Yi Feng hesitated and said, "Master, do you think we should return this box of wine?"
Xue Changqing thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "No, just take it!" After saying that, he turned around and left.
Yi Feng was a little confused, looked at Fang Yunyi beside him, and asked: "Junior sister, the master has always been impartial and selfless when handling cases, but this is strange..."
Fang Yunyi said in a calm tone: "There is nothing surprising. The gift is only for the people of An Lingxuan Sect."
Yi Feng said thoughtfully: "I understand!"
