Chapter 29
Three days have passed in a flash, and today is Lu Yuan's 60th birthday. Hua Yeyu was dressed in white, stood in front of the door of the main hall, and slightly bowed his head to invite the people from all walks of life to congratulate him into the banquet. Even when dealing with such a big scene for the first time, she didn't show the slightest panic or panic. The smile is modest and polite, not frivolous or impatient.
Just when almost all the guests entered, suddenly a few disciples ran over in a panic, seeing that their expressions were different, Hua Yeyu asked them what happened, it turned out that a few thieves took advantage of the chaos to sneak in, they hurriedly chased after them but still lost someone. Hearing this, Hua Yeyu thought for a moment and slowly spoke.
"Don't report this matter first, you can find a few more disciples to find someone, and remember not to make a noise."
"Yes, Senior Sister Hua." It was the first time for several little disciples to encounter such a grand scene, but it was much inferior to Hua Yeyu's calmness, seeing this little senior sister who was only one or two years older than them standing there straight, with no flaws on her face, the little disciples showed expressions of adoration. Senior Sister Hua is really a very reliable person as rumored.
After welcoming all the guests into the door, Hua Yeyu finally breathed a sigh of relief, she rubbed her somewhat sore shoulders, looked at the empty main entrance, and slowly walked into the birthday banquet with her head down. Even if he deliberately wanted to ignore it, his eyes still fell uncontrollably on the person sitting next to Lu Yuan, and he was reluctant to move his eyes.
That night, Hua Yeyu was finally driven away by Fu Baizhi, and she knew that the contradiction between the two of them this time was bigger than every time. Fu Baizhi didn't hide from herself, but her gaze was full of indifference, and even her tone was alienated. Whenever she wanted to explain to Fu Baizhi, the other party always avoided the topic or completely ignored herself, so that Hua Yeyu wanted to apologize but couldn't find a chance.
After not resting well for three days in a row, Hua Yeyu could only smile bitterly when she thought of Fu Baizhi. She was sure of her heart, but she saw Fu Baizhi's heart wrong. It turns out that blindly getting close to yourself will only make the other party feel uncomfortable. In that case, that's it. She didn't want to see the disgust in Fu Baizhi's eyes, and she was even more afraid that if she continued, they would lose even the most basic conditions for getting along.
"Thank you for coming all the way to my Lu someone's birthday banquet, I will do it first and I would like to give you a glass here." At the beginning of the birthday banquet, Lu Yuan was the first to get up and toast. Although he is over sixty years old, he is still in good spirits. All the people present were famous and decent, and they all raised their glasses and drank them all.
Drinking the mellow wine in the cup, Fu Baizhi sat up straight, looked not far away, and sure enough, she found Hua Yeyu with her head hanging down in the corner. Although he is Lu Yuan's descendant disciple, because of the seniority problem, except for Lu Heng, the chief disciple of the sect, and himself, everyone else has to sit in the second seat.
In order to spend this birthday banquet without distractions, Fu Baizhi did not get close to Hua Yeyu for three days, and even never saw each other except for discussing the birthday banquet. found that Hua Yeyu always looked at herself secretly, and every time she wanted to say something, Fu Baizhi didn't know what she wanted to say, but she didn't want to give her a chance. It would be best if she and Hua Yeyu could break off like this.
The birthday banquet was still going on, Fu Baizhi glanced at the dagger hanging from his waist, and cautiously probed the surrounding situation. She had already been prepared, if something unrecoverable really happened at this birthday banquet and embarked on the path of the original book, she would use this dagger to end her life. Just thinking of that scene, Fu Baizhi's hands couldn't stop trembling, and this feeling of panic and anxiety made her can't help but hook the corners of her mouth and pull out a bitter smile.
Sure enough, I was still afraid of death.
"This is it, right here." Suddenly, the closed door was pushed open, followed by several stumbling men. They were bloodied, badly wounded, and looked like wolves, and they walked in and fell in the middle of the main hall. Something like this happened suddenly, Fu Baizhi was vigilant. These three people are wearing costumes, and they should be people from the Songchen faction.
"What's wrong with you? Who wounded you? Seeing that his apprentices were injured, the head of the Songchen faction ran over in a panic to help them up, pressed his fingers on their lifelines, and his face darkened.
"Master, it's useless to be an apprentice, and I didn't protect the seventh and eighth junior brothers. The three of us were on our way to meet along... Encountered..."
"Whoever you meet, you sue sΓΉ as a teacher, and let the teacher help you avenge!" Seeing that his eldest apprentice and two other disciples were injured, the head of the Songchen Sect shouted.
"Back to Master... It was the disciples of the Firmament Sect who wounded us. At the bottom of the mountain, we saw that she was involved with the people of the Underworld, and we wanted to make a detour, but the man rushed over without saying a word, trying to kill us, but fortunately we ran fast to get here. β
As the disciple's words landed, the entire longevity banquet fell silent, including the head of the Songchen Sect. After all, today is Lu Yuan's 60th birthday, and as a decent person, the Sky Gate is even more decent. However, now that his disciple has been injured like this, he can't swallow this breath no matter what.
"The three of you came here for no reason and said that you were injured by our Firmament Gate, and you also framed my Firmament Gate for colluding with the cult, do you have any evidence?" Seeing that everyone was silent, Lu Heng, as a senior brother, got up and spoke. Hearing his questioning, the face of the head of the Songchen faction was even worse. He looked back at Lu Yuan, his eyes were resolute, and he was bound to seek justice.
"What? When Lu Xian's nephew said this, did he mean that the disciples of my Songchen Sect slandered your Firmament Gate? β
"Master Wang, this is a bit strict. It's just that I've always sat up straight in the Sky Gate, and I don't think any disciple will do such a casual and hurtful thing. If you want to say that we hurt people, you should also show evidence. β
"Then look at it, is this a token of your sect! I dare say that the man who wounded us was in the middle of the table! The disciple of the sect said, and took out a round peach pendant from his arms, on which was engraved a dome character, which was a sect token in the hands of the firmament gate, and there was only one.
"Master Wang, since your disciple was injured near my Firmament Gate, no matter what, I, Lu Yuan, will give you justice. This sect token is indeed owned by my sect, and hundreds of disciples of my Firmament Sect are here, so you will tell me, who hurt you, and I, Lu Yuan, will not tolerate it. Lu Yuan said, using his internal strength, absorbing the sect token that fell on the ground, and holding it tightly in his hand. Listening to the loud sound brought by his internal strength, a drop of sweat fell from the corner of the king's forehead, and he helped the eldest disciple and asked him to identify the person who injured him.
Seeing their gaze sweeping over the seat, Fu Baizhi's face was already as white as paper. She subconsciously touched the wooden pendant hanging from her waist, and was extremely glad that she had always carried it as an outfit and did not throw it away. If these people accuse themselves, they just need to take out this thing.
It's just that Fu Baizhi doesn't know one thing, she remembers that in the original book, it was clearly the old woman of the Netherworld Palace who sneaked into the Sky Gate and took Lu Jili away, making Lu Yuan think that Lu Jili was related to the cult, why did it change this time? Does it mean that you can also escape?
"It's her, it's her who colluded with the Underworld Palace and injured us!" After a long time, hearing the man in charge shouting, Fu Baizhi trembled in fright, knocked over the wine glass on the table, she hurriedly wiped her clothes, looked up to see who it was, but saw that Hua Yeyu was grabbed by the shoulder of the head of the Songchen faction and pressed it to the ground.
"On what basis do you conclude that it is her?" Seeing that Hua Yeyu was pressed there, Fu Baizhi couldn't help but speak. She never expected that Hua Yeyu would be arrested, such a situation changed so quickly that she didn't have time to think about it before she came out, completely forgetting that she had repeatedly told her that she should remember not to make a noise about today's birthday banquet, so as not to get into trouble.
"Master Wang, the little senior sister has been at the door to greet all the heads today, how can you go to the bottom of the mountain to contact the Immortal Palace and injure them!" Hearing Fu Baizhi speak, the junior disciples of the Firmament Gate also shouted for Hua Yeyu, even Lu Yuan's expression was incredible, no one thought that Hua Yeyu would be the one who injured them.
"The three of you tell me what is going on, lest the Firmament Gate say that we have framed them." Listening to the rebuttal of the Firmament Gate, the head of the Songchen Sect was also unrelenting.
"Back to the master, at that time, the three of us were preparing to rest at the bottom of the mountain, but we saw two people talking in the forest, saying that they were going to poison the food of the birthday banquet. The three of us found out that one of them was this woman, and even the clothes were identical. Later, this woman found us and rushed over to kill us, but we were hard to beat, but when we fled, we found that she had dropped the sect token of the Firmament Gate. β
"Master Lu, now that there are human and material evidence, do you still want to deny it? If you don't want to believe it, you can ask what your apprentice has done today, and where are the tokens of her sect. β
"Night talk, you sue sΓΉ as a teacher, what they said is true? Present your sect token to the teacher. Even if Lu Yuan didn't believe that Hua Yeyu would do such a thing, but now that so many pairs of eyes were staring at him, he had to give an explanation.
"Master, the disciple has been in the sect all day today, and he has not colluded with the cult, let alone injured the three of them. As for the sect tokens, I didn't lose them when I went out on a mission before, and I never had time to remake them. Even kneeling there, enduring everyone's accusations, Hua Yeyu's answer was still neither humble nor arrogant. She straightened her back and had no fear on her face, but Fu Baizhi could see that the forcibly suppressed panic in her eyes was not much different from every time she wanted to get close to herself.
"You say you're in the sect and we're going to believe it? Who knows if you hurt someone and then returned to the sect, who can prove that you are with you? The head of the Songchen Sect spoke again, and when he asked, Hua Yeyu's face was embarrassed. She has very little contact with the people in the sect, and she has been in a daze in the room all morning, and there is really no one to prove it.
"What? Can't say that? I think that the person who colluded with the cult and injured my disciple was you, and you actually joined forces with the cult to poison the food. Master Lu, if the Firmament Gate wants to tolerate this kind of traitor today, I am afraid that it will be difficult to be the helmsman of my famous and decent family again. β
"What nonsense are you talking about, there's no way she'll do that." Listening to the more the boss said, the more unpleasant it became, Fu Baizhi couldn't help but open her mouth to refute.
"What are you, I'm talking to your master, when will it be your turn to interject? Seeing that you are so nervous, it is not that you are involved with this girl, and it is all related to that cult. β
"How is it possible, how can I have a relationship with them!" Hearing the other party's question, Fu Baizhi was shocked and hurriedly blurted out. But he forgot to refute like this, so he also took off the relationship with Hua Yeyu completely.
"Since it has nothing to do with it, don't intervene again, Master Lu, now that the human and material evidence is there, you have to give me and the guests an explanation." seems to be reasonable, and the head of the Songchen faction is full of pride. Lu Yuan looked at Hua Yeyu who was kneeling on the ground, all the evidence was indeed true, and Hua Yeyu couldn't find any reason to refute it.
"Well, since there is a traitor within my firmament gate, I will punish her with the door rules. I will personally abolish her martial arts and expel her from the sect. β