Hua Qi didn't know what he was looking for in Liu Zhixing's study, but seeing that she had no intention of leaving, he had no choice but to continue looking around.
"Click——"
The slight sound startled Hua Qi, and he turned his head suddenly, only to see a corridor suddenly appeared on the wall.
"Is this a secret room?" Hua Qi asked in surprise.
"Senior Brother Hua, follow me and be careful." Jin Zhao took his hand back from under the table and warned with a serious expression.
The corridor was large enough for two people to pass side by side. For safety reasons, Hua Qi proposed to explore the path ahead, but Jin Zhao ruthlessly rejected it.
Hua Qi is careless, but she doesn't feel at ease when he explores the way. She might step on some trap.
After walking for a while, I felt a strange feeling in my heart. This place was so clean, as if someone had been here.
Could it be that Liu Zhixing was not at the house but had entered a secret passage, so she didn't sense Liu Zhixing's aura?
Suddenly, the tunnel came to an end.
This is a stone room, square and empty. Hua Qi is a little disappointed.
"Jin..." As soon as he said a word, he was stopped by Jin Chao.
Jin Zhao made a gesture of silence and put his ear against the wall under Hua Qi's extremely puzzled gaze.
"Senior Brother Jiang, the matter has not been investigated clearly. We cannot convict people so easily... Maybe there is a misunderstanding. You have also seen that Liu Zhixing's study has so many grand plans for the benefit of the people. He is a good official! "
Hua Qi's eyes were obviously shocked. He looked at Jin Zhao and asked silently, isn't this Junior Sister Ren's voice? Why are she and Jiang Lin here? There seems to be a dispute.
The sound was a little intermittent. Hua Qi followed his current behavior and put his ear against the stone wall to hear it more clearly.
"Junior sister Ren, I know you are kind-hearted and soft-hearted, and your heart is full of integrity, but the facts are already in front of you, and these people are the best proof. We cannot allow us to excuse Liu Zhixing!"
"No matter what, let's rescue people first."
Ren Er'er was silent, looking at the tragic scene in front of him, speechless.
She didn't know why there was such a secret passage in her brother's study. She only knew that if all this was exposed, her brother would be dead.
Why don't you save these people... Ren Er'er can't bear it.
What's more, with Senior Brother Jiang here, she has no choice.
Seeing Ren Er'er being so silent, Jiang Lin softened his attitude and said, "Junior Sister Er'er, let's rescue the person first and settle him down. Then I will accompany you to ask Liu Zhixing about the truth you want."
He just thought that Ren Er'er couldn't accept that such a person from his hometown, who looked so prosperous and beautiful, turned out to be so ugly. He was shocked for a while and didn't think deeply about it.
Of course, even if Jiang Lin thought more deeply, he would not have guessed the relationship between Ren Er'er and Liu Zhixing.
The voices behind the wall became quieter. Hua Qi pulled away and saw what Jin Zhao was looking for.
You don't need to think about it to know that there must be another mystery in the secret room, otherwise how did Ren Er'er and Jiang Lin get behind the wall.
Listening to their conversation, there was evidence of Liu Zhixing's crime.
Hua Qi thought of the speculation that Liu Zhixing was colluding with monsters before leaving Shicun, and now he believed most of it.
The dark room was pitch black and filled with chilly air. Jin Zhao reached out to touch a stone brick and pressed it. The stone wall in front of Hua Qi suddenly opened wide. For a moment, Jiang Lin and Jiang Lin met each other's eyes, and both of them felt a faint feeling. Embarrassed, look away.
"Senior Sister Jinchao, Senior Brother Hua Qi...why are you here too?"
When Ren Er'er saw the two figures, his mind became confused for a moment, and the last trace of luck in his heart was gone.
If only Senior Brother Jiang was here, she could persuade him to suppress the matter first and then go to her brother behind his back, but now, what should she do?
There is a lot of humidity in the darkroom, and there is a thin layer of water mist on the surface of the wall tiles. At present, the switch is found based on the marks on the stone tiles.
After stepping in, the stone wall closed instantly and returned to its original state.
A strong smell of blood and cold air hit at the same time. There was a large ice pool behind the stone door, with crystal clear lotus flowers floating on it, and in the center of the lotus, there was blood.
There were people tied to human-shaped wooden frames with scars all over their bodies, almost all of them lifeless.
In this world where the weak eat the strong, the lives of monks are like duckweeds, let alone these ordinary mortals who cannot practice?
When you meet a monster, you can only become a fish.
Hua Qi had been in contact with Liu Zhixing, and there was nothing strange about his aura. He followed the righteous path of cultivation, so the blood was not what he wanted.
He's helping the monster!
Hua Qi was almost convinced, and he was filled with anger. Liu Zhixing was from the Mingxin Sect no matter what, how could he collude with monsters and smear the reputation of the sect!
"You never know when the monster will come back, so hurry up and save people."
Jiang Lin's dull voice reminded Hua Qi. He turned his palm and the hidden sword became larger. He cut off the iron chain with one sword, lifted the bloody man who was lying on the ground, and leaned against the wall.
"But there are so many people, how many times do we have to lie back and forth to get them all away?"
After Hua Qi rescued a person, he discovered a problem.
Jiang Lin was doing his own thing silently. He had already rescued five or six people who were tied to the wooden frame. Two of them had cold bodies and stiff limbs. They had been dead for a while. There was ice in the secret room. The corpse no longer smelled rotten.
"Who said we have to go back and forth?" Jin Chao's voice echoed in the secret room. Before Jiang Lin and Hua Qi could react to her words, Ren Er'er's expression changed.
"Sister today..."
Ren Er'er's words were annihilated under a loud "rumbling" sound, and the transparent barrier protected them from being affected by the spiritual shock.
The secret room exploded, shooting out into the sky with flames. The people of Yangxi County were awakened from their sleep and hurriedly got up and went out to check.
"What happened?"
"I don't know! I just woke up too!"
"Look, there's a fire! Isn't that Magistrate Liu's mansion?"
"Stop looking at it and put out the fire quickly! Nothing can happen to Magistrate Liu..."
Wang Er at the inn was so frightened that his hands and feet were weak. He didn't expect that two seemingly gentle people would blow up Magistrate Liu's mansion.
If everyone knew that he was the one who brought the gangsters there, everyone would be able to drown him with just a spitting breath.
There were messes and debris everywhere, and Ren Er'er complained about Jin Chao in his heart, "Sister Jin Chao, how could you just blow up someone else's mansion!"
Jin Chao spread his hands and didn't pay any attention to the question in Ren Er'er's tone. He opened his mouth and asked, "If not, how could Liu Zhixing's crimes be made public?"
"The secret room is hidden. Not to mention that we have no reason to go in. With Liu Zhixing's good reputation in Yangxi, the people of Yangxi will not believe what we say."
"The incriminating evidence is all inside. We can't just bring people in to take a look, so let's put the incriminating evidence outside."
The more important point is that Liu Zhixing has left the sect and belongs to the secular world. It is not their responsibility to harm the people.
They are only responsible for destroying demons.
Only when this matter is exposed will there be someone who should take care of it.
Ren Er'er understands these principles, but... Liu Zhixing is her brother.
(End of chapter)
