Chapter 321: Suspicion
Tang Zilan received the report, immediately summoned the masters of various factions, re-set the defense, and withdrew to search the inside and outside of the "Wanyi Manor", and tossed for two hours, but found nothing.
He had to send people to search outside the manor, and it was not until dawn that he finally found the missing Yu Jun on the top of the South Stone Cliff. And the found Yu Jun has turned into a dead corpse!
If the killing of the Taoist priest of Zhengde and the Taoist priest of the "Shangqing Gate" only made everyone on the island feel threatened, Yu Jun's death made everyone fearful, as if a sharp blade had been put on their necks.
Yu Jun is an elder of the "Huashan Sect", one of the "Seven Great Sects", and there are not many people with higher martial arts than him on the island. If the murderer can kill Yu Jun, he can kill anyone on the island!
Even Tang Zilan, who has always been calm, can't help but feel a sense of crisis with a thorn in his back.
At this time, Tang Zilan was sitting at the round table in the conference hall of the "Wanyi Manor", in addition to the heads of the "Seven Great Sects" such as Master Yuanguang and Baojing Zhenren, Nangong Qi, Cao Duyun and Hua Bushi were also in the hall.
In terms of the number of people, it was a lot compared to the day before when everyone was discussing in this hall, because Yu Jun's body was also carried in and placed on the blue brick floor in front of the hall.
The fatal wound suffered by Yu Jun was a sword stabbed in the chest and heart, and like the situation of the Zhengde Daoist, this sword wound did not shed too much blood. In addition to the usual white color of the dead, there was still a look of horror on his face, as if he was dying, and he refused to believe that he would be killed.
When Yu Jun's body was found on the cliff, he had this look on his face, and everywhere on the cliff, the "Moyang Sword" was not found, and it was obvious that the ancient sword had been taken away by the murderer.
Tang Zilan coughed lightly and said, "From yesterday to now, eight people have been killed in a secret attack on the island, what do you think?"
"What else can be done?" The person who spoke had high cheekbones, wrinkled face, and a hoarse voice, it was none other than Weng Yibai, an elder of the "Kongtong Sect", "The matter has come to this, we can only seek self-protection first, and everything will be said until we escape from this island in a treasure ship." ”
"Master Weng's words are wrong!" Master Yuanguang said in a deep voice, "The so-called elimination of evil is exhausted, and it cannot be tolerated, if the murderer is not found, it will leave a great disaster, this person will inevitably look for an opportunity to slaughter his fellow people, even if we can escape from the island by boat, it will be difficult to keep safe at sea!"
Qin Sangmei's eyes wandered, and he said, "Although what the master said is reasonable, but how to find this murderer, could it be that the master already has a way?"
Master Yuanguang said: "I heard Tang Tanyue say, where I found Elder Yu's body on the cliff, there are inch-deep sword scratches on the rocks and the ground, but is this the case?"
Tang Zilan said: "Not bad. Judging from the situation on the cliff, those marks must have been left by the elders during the confrontation with the murderer. ”
Master Yuanguang said: "Being able to leave scratches on the rocks is due to the fact that the elder used his sword stunt, and judging from the wound on his chest, the murderer stabbed in front of the chest with a sword, not a sneak attack, imagine how many people on this island can do this?"
The real person of the Treasure Realm, who was sitting opposite Master Yuanguang, had already sunk at this time, and said: "On this island, there are indeed few people who can outperform the elders in swordsmanship, and the meaning of Master Yuanguang's words is not to suspect that the real person killed Elder Yu?"
Master Yuanguang said: "Amitabha Buddha, the poor monk is not just suspicious of the Taoist friends of the Treasure Realm, the martial arts cultivation to the top of the realm, you can use one law and ten thousand laws, with a knife and a sword, there is no difference, it is to be able to kill the elders, and there is not only the Treasure Realm Taoist friends here." ”
When these words were spoken, everyone in the chamber was shocked.
The people with the highest martial arts on this island are all in this council hall at the moment, so the mysterious murderer is likely to be in the hall, and this truth is as simple as one plus one equals two.
Not counting Yu Jun lying on the ground, there are nine people in this hall, among which Master Yuanguang, Baojing Zhenren and Tang Zilan have the strongest martial arts, Weng Yibai, Qin Sang and Lingyin Zen Master, but they all have martial arts no less than Yu Jun. And Hua Bushi has no power to restrain the chicken, Cao Duyun is injured in the shoulder and can't hold a sword, Nangong Qi's martial arts are not high, but it can be ruled out.
According to Master Yuanguang, the remaining six people in the "Seven Great Sects" all have the possibility of killing Yu Jun.
For a moment, there was silence in the chamber, and no one spoke. Everyone was suspicious of who was most likely to be the murderer among the people sitting at the round table.
After a while, he heard Weng Yibai laugh dryly, and said, "Master Yuanguang's words are a bit too absolute! There are more than 200 masters on this island, and we are not the only ones who can kill people. Although Yu Jun's fame is not small, who knows if he is Lang famous, I heard that yesterday at noon, he was slapped to the ground by a young man under Young Master Hua, if he only has a little ability, there are too many people on this island who can kill him!"
Master Yuanguang said solemnly: "Elder Yu's sword stunt, you and I have seen it with our own eyes in the Tingtao Pavilion, and it is definitely not a vain person. He was defeated by Hua Tanyue's disciples yesterday, it must have been because the other party was a junior, and he was too light on the enemy. Elder Yu is arrogant, but the poor monk believes that the only people in this hall who can kill him in a head-to-head battle are those in this hall on this island. ”
Hua Bushi listened to Master Yuanguang's words, and also nodded secretly. This Shaolin monk did not see the fight between Yu Jun and Zhu Hong with his own eyes yesterday, but between the words, he had guessed the situation at that time, Zhu Hong was able to defeat Yu Jun, it was indeed a very fluke, if it was about real martial arts, Yu Jun was indeed much stronger.
Tang Zilan's gaze swept around the faces of the people in front of the table before he said: "What Master Yuanguang said is good, for the sake of today's plan, we should try our best to find the murderer, even if we can't find it for a while, we can't let him ruin our plan to get out by boat." ”
The real person of the treasure realm shook his head and said: "Who is killing people now, there is no evidence at all, what is the use of you and me being suspicious of each other like this, it will only cause a big deal!"
Previously, the real people of the Treasure Realm once suspected that Yu Jun was the murderer, just because among the masters on the island, only Yu Jun's swordsmanship was strong and could assassinate the Zhengde Daoist with one blow. But now that Yu Jun has also been killed, the highest swordsmanship on the island, and the most suspicious person has become Baojing Zhenren himself, of course he doesn't want others to speculate on the murderer based on the level of swordsmanship.
Qin Sang said: "Having said that, if we don't think of some way, then the murderer will definitely kill again, how easy is it for us to get out by boat safely?"
Tang Zilan said: "The tide is together tonight, we can get out of this island by boat, before that, we have to deal with it, and we must not let the murderer commit murder again!"
Master Yuanguang's eyelids moved when he heard this, and said, "Could it be that Tang Tanyue already has a clever plan to deal with the murderer?"
Tang Zilan said: "I can't talk about a clever plan, Tang has a way, so that the murderer can't be separated to commit murder and evil." ”
He paused for a moment and said, "What Master Yuanguang suspects is very reasonable, and it is very likely that the murderer is hiding among us. That being the case, from now until we escape by boat from this island, the six of us will act in three groups, two in a group, and we will never be separated from each other, and no matter how high the martial arts of the murderer are, we will surely not be able to defeat the two of us together, and we will be much safer. ”
Now that Yu Jun is dead, the six masters of the "Seven Great Sects" belong to the tripartite alliance, and they do not trust each other very much. In this way, if the murderer is one of the six of them, most of them will not dare to act rashly in such a situation, because it is not easy to get rid of the same group of people and commit murder again, and once one of the six is killed, then the other person who is with him will definitely not escape suspicion.
Although Tang Zilan didn't say these words explicitly, everyone in the council hall at this time was scheming, and they didn't need to say it at all, and they all understood it in their hearts.
And now if you want to get out of this island, the most important thing is to repair ships, guard, and monitor the ships on the sea, and the six masters are divided into three groups, and they are in charge of these three things.
Master Yuanguang only thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Tang Tanyue's plan is feasible, and the poor monk agrees." ”
Baojing Zhenren also said: "There is no objection to this real person. ”
Tang Zilan's method, although there is a suspicion of letting everyone monitor each other and distrust each other, but in the current situation, it is indeed a good strategy, if anyone wants to oppose it, it will seem that there is a ghost in their hearts. Qin Sang, Weng Yibai and the Lingyin Zen Master of the "Putuo School", of course, would not do that kind of thing.
Seeing that everyone had agreed, Tang Zilan said loudly: "Okay, since that's the case, without further ado, Tang will be able to make the assignment." Senior Sister Qin, you and Elder Weng are in charge of guarding this manor, and Daoist Baozhen and Zen Master Lingyin are in charge of leading the various sentry posts on the island and monitoring the movements on the surrounding sea. ”
He looked at Master Yuanguang and said, "Master can be in a group with Tang to take care of the treasure ship outside the village to avoid accidents." ”
Master Yuanguang said: "Tang Tanyue's assignment, the poor monk should obey it. ”
Tang Zilan's assignment is also obvious, he deliberately mixed the six people belonging to the tripartite shili, just to guard against a certain party shili and Lu Qiuhong colluding, which can be described as well-intentioned.
Tang Zilan's assignment, no one among the people objected, and the plan had been decided, and the discussion was quickly over. Now that the situation was urgent, the groups immediately went their separate ways.
Most of the ** in the hall have left, but Tang Zilan and Master Yuanguang have to leave behind to clean up the aftermath. Tang Zilan called his disciples and instructed them to carry Jun's body down to find a place to bury him.