At night, Tang Ping gathered the five people together, and then they all came to Tang Bonian's cave. At this time, Tang Bonian was also waiting for the five children.
Seeing Tang Ping coming in with her four companions, Tang Bonian first glanced at Tang Ping angrily, but Tang Ping didn't care. Instead, she greeted Tang Bonian with a smile.
It turned out that when Tang Ping found Tang Bonian in the afternoon, she showed Tang Bonian the red pearl berries and golden thread berries that Qian Chao found in the Thousand Needle Pine Forest. She immediately stared at the old man dumbfounded and kept asking questions. Tang Ping had to send people to his orchard to check whether they had stolen it from his garden. When he heard that Qian Chao had brought these rare fruits out of the Thousand Needles Pine Forest, Tang Ping was shocked. I was stunned, a little unbelievable, and then asked Tang Ping what to do with these fruits.
Whether it is red bead fruit or golden thread berry, they are a bit too high-end for Tang Ping, so when she showed them to Tang Bonian, she naturally wanted to exchange them with him. Tang Bonian agreed after hearing this. After all, these fruits They are also rare and good things. It should be said that the fruits that Tang Bonian brought out when he exchanged them with Tang Ping were also good, and they were all used by Qi-refining monks like Tang Ping to make wine. Those fruits were of top quality and did not cause Tang Ping to suffer. However, in Tang Bonian naturally suffered a lot due to Tang Ping's nonsense, so he didn't look good when he saw this girl now.
The five people finished saluting Tang Bonian and sat down as instructed. Then they heard Tang Bonian say:
"I heard that girl Tang Ping said that you heard something about Zhang Yi outside. Although there is no proof, the five of you can be witnesses, which can be regarded as confirming Zhang Yi's suspicious things. So let's talk about it and tell you Tell me everything you heard and saw outside in detail."
Tang Ping spoke first, recounting what the four of them had heard outside the Thousand Needles Pine Forest on the day Qian Chao entered the Thousand Needles Pine Forest, including Zhang Yi, Zong Xi, and Lou Qingyao. At the same time, Lu Pingchuan and Yan Xuan Li Jian also made some additions after Tang Ping finished speaking.
Then Qian Chao spoke. He told Feng You about Zhang Yi's surveillance and discovered that Zhang Yi and Lou Qingyao were conspiring late at night, especially what Feng You said to Qian Chao about Zhang Yi. Tang Bonian.
After all five children had finished speaking, Tang Bonian sipped his tea and thought for a while, and then spoke after a long while:
"Although there is no evidence, based on what you said, this Zhang Yi is indeed very suspicious. Alas, I didn't expect that Zhang Jiuming's son would be involved in Chongling Blood Cultivation. If we really find evidence, well, Wu Ling Zhang, I’m afraid…hey!”
Qian Chao asked:
"Senior Tang, can the sect start investigating Zhang Yi?"
"Investigation? Haha, the investigation has actually started. Let's take a look at this."
As he spoke, Tang Bonian took out a portrait and handed it to everyone. The portrait showed a middle-aged man, thin and long-bearded, with a good-looking appearance. Tang Ping took it, looked at it, handed it to his companions, and was curious. asked:
"Grandpa Six, who is the person in the portrait?"
Tang Bonian said:
"This person's surname is An, An Zaiyin, and he is an elder from Bibotan in Shuiyun Valley..."
Tang Ping said;
"He is An Zaiyin. I have only heard of his name before, but never met him in person."
After hearing this, Qian Chao also asked:
"Is An Zaiyin Zhang Yi's master who made him a spiritual and blood cultivator?"
"Well, we don't know this yet." Tang Bonian said.
"I don't know, so what's the use of Grandpa Six letting us see this man's portrait? Also, is it true that the Council has actually started investigating him since I told you about Zhang Yi last time?"
Tang Bonian smiled and said:
"The investigation has indeed begun. I started it after you told me that Zhang Yi was suspicious. However, this investigation is not the investigation of him by the sect. Well, I will tell you more today. You have also experienced it. I have learned some things, and you should also know that the six sects of Central Continent will arrange spies for each other. Among the things I am responsible for within the sect is to identify and remove the spies that the other five sects have planted in our Five Spirits Sect. Therefore, there are some people in the sect. It was under my orders. After you said that Zhang Yi was suspicious last time, I did not go through the meeting hall, but asked those who worked for me to check secretly in advance, and as a result, An Zaiyin surfaced."
"Hey, Mr. Tang, have you caught this guy named An?" Lu Pingchuan interrupted and asked.
"No, he has left the Five Spirits Sect..."
"What a pity, why did he let him run away?" Lu Pingchuan said again.
"Well, we didn't let him run away. He sensed something was wrong in advance and left the Wuling Sect to avoid trouble. When I sent people to investigate, I did not target Zhang Yi as the main target. Instead, I sent Qian Chao to Using the date when the formation sealed the cold pool as a criterion for investigation, all the Danjie monks who left the Five Spirits Sect after that date and never returned have been listed. You may not know that even if the Danjie monks have to go out At least they had to talk to the chief elders of their respective sects, and the same thing happened after returning to the sect. In this way, those people collected many names, all of which were alchemy monks who left the Five Spirits Sect after that day. We, the Five Spirits Sect, have many people. , so there are also many alchemy monks, and there are quite a few people who have left the sect since that date and have not returned. Among them, those who were sent by the sect to go on official business must be excluded, and the rest are all due to personal reasons. Those who had things left the sect were carefully screened over and over again among those people. I even sent people out to check and eliminated some of those who were indeed active outside. In the end, there were not many people left on the list. Among those names, I thought about it over and over again, and finally I felt that An Zaiyin was the most suspicious."
Tang Ping asked curiously:
"Why?"
"Well, of course there is a reason. Of the last few people on the list, after repeated inquiries during this period, some have just returned, some have appeared outside, and only one has not been heard from since they left. Then there are three or four people, including An Zaiyin, why do you doubt him? Because the other people who have no news after going out are either fiery or gloomy in character, have many friends in the sect, or such. Isolated people generally don't interact with others, but their common characteristic is that they are quite noticeable. As for An Zaiyin, he has an easy-going personality and socializes with others, but he is unusually low-key. Well, he is a monk from Bibotan after all. , I have some impressions of this person. In retrospect, he does interact with people, but he never has deep friendship with them. He just nods his head. He appears in many places, but he never attracts anyone's attention. In his daily life, he is very careless in everything he does. He is very low-key, his cultivation level is neither high nor low, he is neither tepid nor hot, and he is neither impressive nor dewy. He is the most likely to be ignored by people. Of course, I am just suspicious of him. Regarding An Zaiyin, and that one The remaining few people on the list who have not heard from us should pay special attention."
Tang Ping said again:
"Then how will the sect start investigating Zhang Yi next?"
"I won't go into details for you. In short, there are two points. The first point is that I started to stare at Zhang Yi in the sect, just staring. You have to remember this, but it is probably difficult to find it from Zhang Yi. What useful clues are there? The second point is to continue to look for An Zaiyin and the other monks who have no news outside. If the sect starts investigating, there will be much more manpower than I can call upon. Of course, there are many people who can do all this. We always do it quietly and without anyone noticing, so as to avoid the news from leaking and alerting the person.”
After Qian Chao thought for a moment, he said to Tang Bonian;
"Senior Tang, what should we do at the cold pool?"
"Well, it's better to keep it and use it to hang Zhang Yi. Maybe Zhang Yi will reveal something if he gets impatient."
"But, Senior Tang, the Cold Pool has been closed for a long time. It has been closed since the last Cheng Guan'en trial. If it goes on for a longer time, I'm worried that something might happen to the people inside. Can we choose an opportunity to open the Cold Pool? But whatever is brought out from it is a dead Xing Rang, so Zhang Yi will feel at ease, and maybe An Zaiyin will suddenly return to the sect, making it easier for the sect to investigate him."
Tang Bonian thought for a moment and then said:
"What you said is feasible, but you can't touch the cold pool in private. Now this is a chain of events. Your actions must be arranged by the sect. It's better to wait for a while. It's been so long anyway. They If he had died inside, he would have died long ago. He would not miss a few days. Let the sect investigate first. If the sect’s investigation continues to be fruitless, opening the cold pool may become a key step in the end. By then, the sect will The elders inside might even give you some cooperation."
Qian Chao nodded and said:
"Then this junior will understand."
At this point, Qian Chao and Tang Ping, the five people who came to talk to Tang Bonian tonight, have finished talking about the main things. The timing of opening the cold pool will have to be determined by the sect's meeting hall. When there is news, Qian Chao and the others will go to work. That’s it, but Tang Ping still has something to say:
"One more thing, Grandpa Six, Zhang Yi gave Zong Xi an idea outside, asking him to bring back two guys who were expelled by the sect to help deal with us. It is said that those two guys were expelled from the sect for practicing forbidden arts. It seems that those who are expelled from the sect are very powerful, Grandpa Six, what should we do about this matter?"
"Ha, what else can we do? Of course it's up to the five of you to figure it out yourself. You can even enter the forbidden area. Are you going to be intimidated by the two expelled disciples?"
After hearing what Tang Bonian said, Tang Ping was unconvinced and said:
"If those two guys come to cause trouble for us, we will not show mercy. It seems that they both have backgrounds in big families."
"Hmph, you guys have a big sect background, so you're afraid of what they will do."
Lu Pingchuan smiled and said:
"Hey! I like hearing what Mr. Tang said, hehe!"
At this point, the five of them understood that if Zhu Yan and Wei Gelin came to cause trouble, they would just have to deal with it harshly. Tang Ping finally said:
"Grandpa Six, there is one last thing."
"Oh, you are the only one who has many things to do, so tell me!"
"Grandpa Six, you see, we are still looking for the Green Luan's egg. There is no egg in the Thousand Needles Pine Forest. We will go to several other forbidden places next. This time in the Thousand Needle Pine Forest, only Qian went in. We can only wait outside, it’s so boring, can you..."
Before Tang Ping could finish speaking, Tang Bonian interrupted her:
"cannot!"
"You old man, listen to what I have to say!"
"explain."
"Grandpa Six, look, we can come and go safely in places like Shouwo Mountain, why can't we in this forbidden area?"
"Hmph, because the most powerful monster inside is not sealed like the Pingpeng guarding Wu Mountain. If the most powerful one were to hit you, only Qian Chao among the five of you would have a chance of surviving..."
"But what if the most powerful monster there dies?"
"Well, what do you mean?" Tang Bonian immediately looked at Tang Ping.
Tang Ping said to Tang Bonian with a flattering smile:
"There is something we need Grandpa Six to help us with..."
