Chapter 16 The Thieves Are Guilty

"What did you say?"

In the main hall of the Shimen sect, Shi Jingzhai's big eyes almost protruded from their sockets, staring at Liang Xingbang with a tiger's eye.

"I just got the news that someone is selling crystallized clamworms in the town." Liang Xingbang could only repeat his words.

"How could this happen?" Shi Jingzhai's voice almost broke through the sky.

"I don't know what's going on. I don't know where the boy came from. He suddenly popped up and said he wanted to sell crystallized clamworms."

"Have you confirmed it?" Yu Wanniang next to her also asked hastily, the matter of crystallizing clamworms is no small matter, so everyone couldn't help being nervous.

Liang Xingbang replied: "Old Ding has confirmed that it is indeed a crystallized clamworm, but it is slightly smaller than the normal one, so it should be used."

"Can you confirm the origin?" Yu Wanniang continued to ask.

The words of these two people seemed to be tortured. Fortunately, Liang Xingbang himself was also in a state of confusion, and he didn't care about these things. He just shook his head and said:

"No. The boy left immediately after passing the clamworm. He said that the guy in the shop was too arrogant. He was angry, so he was unwilling to sell it to us. Because of the quarrel, many people found out about it. "

"Zhuzi misunderstood me!" Shi Jingzhai suddenly erupted with an astonishing power, if the shop assistant was here, it is estimated that this aura would shock him to death and scare him to death!

Yu Wanniang's face paled even more: "This is troublesome. How could such a thing happen? We have already controlled the place where the clamworms are produced, and now we have dug them all up. How can there be one wandering around?" Is it outside? Or did it not come out of the mine at all, is it purely a coincidence?"

Shi Jingzhai glared at Yu Wanniang: "That's not the point at all. The point is that no matter where the clam worms come from, as soon as the news of the clam worms in Yongsui Mountain gets out, troubles will inevitably follow. Think about the Xiyue faction. , what would it be like if you let them know about it?"

The three elders panicked at the same time when they thought of the result of being informed of the news by the Moonwashing Sect.

This is the difference in understanding brought about by different angles.

For Tang Jie, he not only needs to find out, but also needs to have evidence, while for the three elders, even rumors about the silkworm will make them feel that they are only one step away from the cliff.

It was this difference that made the three people's subsequent reactions completely predictable by Tang Jie.

Liang Xingbang said: "The most important thing now is to block the news, so that no more people know about it."

"How is it blocked?" Yu Wanniang asked.

Liang Xingbang and

Shi Jingzhai looked at each other, and suddenly made a gesture of raising and lowering the knife at the same time.

Yu Wanniang was shocked: "Kill them all?"

Fat and fat, who seemed to have always turned to Liang Xingbang, who was a peacemaker, replied with a dark face: "Otherwise, what else can we do? We can't help so much now."

"Slaughtering the townspeople, how do you plan to explain it to the outside world? There are so many people who know it, it's hard to tell them apart, so how do you block Yoyo's mouth?"

Shi Jingzhai made an excuse coldly: "Why do you need to explain? This was done by horse thieves. As for how to block the law? In the daytime, the story of the silkworm was just spread, and at night, horse thieves entered the town to plunder. This shows the cause of the disaster, so as to avoid further disasters , even if there are survivors, you must keep silent about the silkworm, otherwise you will be irresponsible for the lives of the townspeople, and even our Shimen faction can use this to openly stop the rumors and continue to harm the town."

Yu Wanniang's heart trembled: "Senior brothers, think twice! These are hundreds of lives. Are you worthy of our status as immortal cultivators?"

"Cultivating immortals means that before we become immortals, we are still human first!" Shi Jingzhai replied earnestly.

Human nature is evil!

Liang Xingbang said: "Junior Sister doesn't have to think that I will get my hands dirty. You and I don't need to come forward for this matter. Just let the people below do it."

Yu Wanniang said coldly: "You didn't kill it with your own hands, do you feel that you have no regrets?"

Shi Jingzhai snorted: "Women's benevolence! When a man acts decisively, what is the life of a mere mortal? Yu Wanniang, let me tell you, in the current crisis, not to mention hundreds of townspeople, it is thousands of people. Wan, I can do it too, and I still have no shame in my heart, and I don't violate my original intention!"

"You!" Yu Wanniang gave him a hard look: "You are not human!"

"Then you'd better remember that you and us two non-human guys are also in the same group!" Shi Jingzhai replied bluntly: "You have a part in concealing the crystallized clamworm. Take charge!"

Yuwan was so angry that she didn't want to talk to him anymore.

It was Liang Xingbang who persuaded: "Don't argue with your own people, don't forget that besides the townspeople, there is another person who is the cause of disaster!"

"That's right, that young man." Yu Wanniang's eyes lit up, "We must get rid of this person, otherwise if we let him go to Canglong Mansion, there will be endless troubles. We can't kill all the people in Canglong Mansion, right?"

This time, Yu Wanniang was the first to suggest murder.

If that young man hadn't caused trouble, there wouldn't be the troubles of the Shimen sect now, but Yu Wanniang hated this man to the bone.

"Since that's the case, then there is no objection? Well, in my opinion, let Lu Donglai take charge." Liang Xingbang said.

"Lu Dong?" Yu Wanniang was stunned.

This Lu Dong is a gang leader in the Yongsui Mountain area, and also an outer disciple of the Shimen Sect. He is responsible for dealing with some shady matters of the Shimen Sect, so few people know about his relationship with the Shimen Sect. However, this person has been away for many years, regardless of strength, character, and loyalty, he is actually not a good choice. Whether it is pretending to be a horse thief in Tuzhen, or chasing and killing the boy in black, it is not a trivial matter, why should this person be responsible?

After thinking about it again, Yu Wanniang understood what Liang Xingbang meant. It is obvious that Liang Xingbang intends to kill Lu Dong as well, so that there can be no evidence of death.

Shi Jingzhai laughed and said, "That's very good."

Yu Wanniang sighed: "You guys decide on this matter, I don't care, I'll go to Tang Jie."

As he spoke, he walked out.

"Why are you looking for Tang Jie?" Liang Xingbang and Shi Jingzhai became nervous at the same time.

Yu Wanniang said angrily: "What? Suspicious, are you afraid that I will inform you? Naturally, I came to him to drag him to Shimen Peak. Because Tang Jie couldn't stay in the damned Jin family. Don't let him run into town."

The two breathed a sigh of relief.

"Also..." Yu Wanniang hesitated for a moment, and said, "I always feel that something is wrong with this matter, and I want to see if it has something to do with Tang Jie, or if he already knows something."

Although the wine test that night had already proved that Tang Jie could not have found out, but when something like this happened at this moment, Yu Wanniang couldn't help but feel uneasy.

The two thought it made sense, so they went to Tang Jie's residence together with Yu Wanniang, but were told that Tang Jie had gone to the branch of the Xiyue faction to play chess with Zhang Taixu—the days of waiting to collect the bills were boring, Tang Jie was leisurely looking for fun.

The three of them went to the town to look for Zhang Taixu, but when they saw Zhang Taixu, they were told that Tang Jie was in a bad mood after losing two games, so they went out to relax. Shi Jingzhai asked where he had gone, Zhang Taixu rolled his eyes and replied how do I know, we cultivators are wandering around in the clouds and wild cranes, and it is no problem for a person with a high cultivation base to travel thousands of miles in a day, if Tang Jie is not afraid of tiring himself, he can go there now Li country. When he said this, he looked at Shi Jingzhai like an idiot. Shi Jingzhai also knew that his IQ had declined due to impatience, so he could only stomp his feet and leave.

At the same time, in a forest leading to the Canglong Mansion, Xi Remnant walked with a parcel on his back, one step deep and one step shallow. He was still wearing the black clothes, the bamboo hat covering his face had been taken off, and Xiaohu Bao'er was still following him.

After the crystallized clamworms lit up in Jubao Town, Xi Remnant headed all the way to Canglong Mansion.

From Jubao Town to Canglong Mansion, it took about three days to walk all the way. Xi Shangyue had already arrived at Wei Mansion before, but Xi Canhen's road was destined to be much more difficult and dangerous than his sister's.

The Shimen Sect would not allow him to reach the Canglong Mansion easily, and hunting him down was almost a no-brainer. The only question is how long Xi Remnant can last under this pursuit, how many days? Or did he die on the road without passing the night before?

No one knew the answer, not even Tang Jie could say for sure.

For the same reason, no one knows how long Xi Canhen will last under this pressure, because it all depends on Tang Jie, and the only thing Xi Canhen can do is to survive before Tang Jie finishes what he wants to do!

Before the huge pressure of life and death, the boy's expression remained calm.

What are these things to him?

In the mines, one ventures to extract ore again and again, which time is not walking on the edge of the cliff of death? It was a miracle to be able to survive until now.

Without Tang Jie, he would have died under the flying sword of the Shimen disciple before the mine gate. Compared with those dark years, Tang Jie at least gave him life and hope, which is already a kind of happiness for a young man who has just escaped from extreme hardship.

The dark dense forest was rugged and difficult to walk, Xi Canhen walked without looking back, until it was almost dusk, he found a tree and vine to sit down, took out dry food from the package, ate it bit by bit, and took out another The big piece of fresh meat said to Xiaohu: "Bao'er, come here!"

Xiaohu looked at him, sat down on the ground, and ignored him.

Xi Remnant shouted again: "Here's something delicious for you."

Xiaohu stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, but he still ignored it, showing complete disdain for that piece of fresh meat.

Seeing it like this, Xi Canhen sighed.

Although Tang Jie entrusted Xiaohu to him to protect Xi Remnant, but as a monster tiger, Bao'er had a lot of airs. Don't look at it being unintelligent, but it also knows how to watch people order food. For example, Wei Tianchong and Shi Meng are all cultivators. It is reasonable to say that these people direct it. Xi Remnant Hen is just a mortal, what right does he have to call him around? Even if it listened to Tang Jie's protection of this kid, it was just a spontaneous behavior, and it didn't mean it was at its mercy.

Want to seduce yourself with fresh meat? It is also too underestimated.

In the past few days, Xi Remnant tried his best to please Xiaohu, but Bao'er ignored him, which made Xi Remnant extremely helpless.

This moment was just another failure, seeing Xiaohu ignore him, Xi Canhen could only put down the piece of meat.

At this moment, Bao'er suddenly ran forward a few steps, spread his wings behind his back, and flew up in a swoop, flying straight to the depths of the forest.

Xi Remnant was stunned: "Bao'er, don't run away! Wait for me!"

Xi Canhen was in a hurry, and chased desperately to call Xiaohu back, but how could he compare his speed with Xiaohu, and in the blink of an eye, Xiaohu had already disappeared.

Seeing that Xiaohu ran away just like that, Xi Canhen was also dumbfounded.

He knew that he couldn't control the little tiger, but he still tried his best to get along with it. He took care of the little tiger these days with all his heart. In the card, I deliberately chose to walk on a rough and difficult forest path. Even if you don't understand it clearly, it still doesn't offend you, right?

Unexpectedly, just like this, Xiaohu abandoned himself just as he was on the road.

Thinking of this, Xi Canhen's heart immediately ached.

Acting as bait to attract the enemy to chase and kill did not scare the young man, but Xiaohu's ungratefulness really made Xi Canhen sad. Accompanying it day and night for more than three days, bathing it, eating with it, talking with it, and taking it for a walk was nothing but running water, a dream, and without Xiaohu, how would he go on this next journey? If the Shimen sect sends any killer at will, they can kill themselves, right?

He stood in the forest with a desolate expression, and when he was in despair, a tiger howled suddenly from afar.

Xi Remnant's spirit was shaken, and with the howling sound, the little tiger who had just run away flew back again.

It walks freely in the forest, holding an adult flower deer under its paws.

"Bao... Baoer?"

Xi Canhen stared blankly at the little tiger flying towards him. It turned out that it didn't abandon itself, but went to catch its prey.

Then he saw that the little tiger in flight drew a graceful arc in the sky, and flew over his head in a dive, and with this dive, the flower deer landed right in front of him.

The little tiger turned around again in the air, and then stopped not far in front of him, bit the deer with one bite, tore off a large piece of bloody tender meat, then raised his head to look at Xi's scars, as if I mean, this is called fresh meat!

Is this a response to the fact that I used fresh meat to seduce it just now?

Seeing this scene, Xi Canhen couldn't help laughing out loud.

Tears gushed out of his eyes, tears of joy for Xiaohu not abandoning him.

But the tears confused Xiaohu.

It didn't understand why it caught a deer, and the kid cried.

Could it be that I was bullied? It's broken, if "Dad" knows about it, he will definitely scold me.

Xiaohu looked nervously at Xi Remnant, who was weeping with joy, and began to feel that it was necessary to do something to save everything.

So it came to Xi Remnant, threw the meat it had just torn off at his feet, and then looked at Xi Remnant, that means you eat it.

Xi Canhen was completely dumbfounded by Xiaohu's behavior, and stared at Xiaohu in a daze.

So one person and one tiger looked at each other like this.

Xiaohu saw him staring at him stupidly, with tears still hanging on his face, and felt a little annoyed, thinking why didn't you wipe away the tears? Are you still not satisfied?

Then he turned his head and tore off another piece of meat for Xi Remnant.

Xi Remnant was still sluggish, Xiaohu became anxious, turned his head and ran over, but ate the piece of meat that Xi Remnant had used to attract him before, and then looked back at Xi Remnant.

Seeing it like this, Xi Canhen didn't understand what happened, and shouted excitedly: "Oh, that's great, Bao'er, you finally accepted me!"

He rushed over like flying, hugged Bao'er and kissed him wildly.

Bao'er was so irritated by his kiss, and seeing that he managed to coax this kid well, she could only endure it, and let out a helpless growl, thinking that you would get out of here after kissing. Seeing it whistling low, Xi Canhen thought it was moaning in delight, and put his arms around the tiger's head and kissed it a few more times.

It was day and night, and Xi Remnant, who was tired from walking, spent the night in the woodland.

He slept soundly. In his sleep, he protected and took care of Xiaohu, and finally got its approval, and became very good friends with Xiaohu.

In contrast, Xiaohu was a little restless in his sleep.

The stars at night sprinkle warm stars through the shade of trees.

By the light of the stars, Bao'er lying on the ground looked at the sleeping Xi Remnant, feeling like watching a child fall asleep.

Unlike Tang Jie, with Tang Jie, Tang Jie took care of it, but with this boy, Bao'er suddenly had a feeling of taking care of each other by himself. This feeling is strange, like the instinct of a powerful life to a weak life.

This instinct can be ignoring, joking, killing, sympathy, caring, or even being in love with each other.

Because of Tang Jie, it is obviously impossible for Xiaohu to develop towards the latter as mentioned above.

A gust of wind blows away the blanket on Xi Remnant's body.

Xiaohu thought for a while, covered him again with the blanket in his mouth, then lay down quietly, closed his eyes and fell asleep, just like a mother guarding the child's side.

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The night was deep, as black as ink.

After experiencing the hustle and bustle of the day, Jubao Town was silent.

It was already late at night, and apart from the watchman, there was almost no one in the town.

At the entrance of the town, a group of more than fifty men in black quietly appeared.

The leader was wearing a black scarf and standing in front of him with a steel knife in his hand. He pointed at the people behind him a few times and gestured a few gestures. Hoarse voice: "Kill them all, leave no one behind!"

"Yes!" A group of men in black shouted and rushed towards the town.

These people are well-trained people, advance and retreat in an orderly manner, and are tightly organized. At this moment, they are dispatched at the same time, and each rushes towards a family. The long knives in the night reflect a cold light, and a killing is about to begin.

At this moment, a sigh suddenly sounded in everyone's ears.

The sigh came out of nowhere, but the people in black were shocked at the same time. They all stopped and looked around, but there was no one there.

The leading man in black turned around and looked at the alley not far away: "Who is sneaking around?"

"It's you who are sneaky, right?" A voice came back leisurely.

The next moment, a person walked out of the alley, standing in the shadows, shadowy but unable to see his face clearly.

The leader of the man in black shrank his eyes: "The brothers of the Changshan Society are here to do business, and those who are irrelevant please go quickly."

The other party came strangely, the man in black didn't want to make trouble, so he softened first.

The man in the shadow just sighed leisurely: "Changshanhui's miscellaneous things are hundreds of miles away, where is it not easy to rob their houses and have to come to this remote mountain? Or is there someone with ulterior motives, pretending to be Changshanhui? Besides Alright, the little horse thief from the Changshan Society, when did you get a Transcendent Spiritualist?"

The leader of the man in black was shocked, knowing that something was wrong, he took a few steps back and said, "Kill him!"

He is also considered cautious, let his subordinates take action first.

A group of men in black surrounded him at the same time, striking at the man in the shadow.

Tang Jie just sighed lightly.

He drew his knife and swung it horizontally.

A line of fire gushed from the blade.

Different from the past, the fire light is no longer loose and violent, like a sea of ​​flames dancing wildly, but more condensed, as if it has substance.

The line of fire passed by a group of black-clothed men like a knife, and the next moment, the body of the rushing black-clothed men swayed, and then their bodies fell in two halves at the same time. When they fell to the ground, they turned into ash.

Dozens of lives were killed with one blow!

Only the man in black stood there in a daze.

Although his subordinates were all ordinary people, unless he used such a powerful spell to kill dozens of people with one blow, it was impossible for him to do so lightly.

When the saber was swung, the gap between them was already revealed, and the leader in black knew immediately that something was wrong.

He stared blankly at the ashes all over the ground, then backed away, and at the same time said loudly: "Senior, I know I was wrong, and I am willing to give everything and leave immediately, and please hold your hand high!"

As he said that, he took out the mustard bag beside him.

Tang Jie sighed and said, "I am proud of you, but who will be proud of the innocent townspeople in Jubao Town? Why are the townspeople so innocent? They want to do this kind of extermination."

The man in black groaned in despair: "We are all cultivators. The journey to immortality is long and difficult. We should help each other more. Why do seniors have to push each other so hard for some mortals?"

Tang Jie smiled: "Cultivating immortals means that before we become immortals, we are still human first!"

Human nature is good!