Chapter 381: Phantom Trace
After Dongfang Rui and Su Qiubai separated, they carefully touched the direction where the grotto was located, and in order to help Su Qiubai delay time as much as possible, he deliberately slowed down his pace, just hoping to summon the phantom later.
In addition to the locations marked by Su Qiubai, he deliberately made more detours, so when Su Qiubai and Teng Fei lifted Dongfang Miao's barrier, his phantom appeared at the entrance of the grotto.
There was a pool of stagnant water in Dongfang Rui's current position, which was obviously deliberately arranged by Su Qiubai, and after the phantom appeared, the picture in front of the grotto door also appeared in the stagnant water.
With Dongfang Rui's "appearance", the originally silent grotto door suddenly boiled, and after a flash of golden light, hundreds of Taiyi disciples appeared here at the same time, and the person standing in front was Dongfang Zheng.
Seeing that only Dongfang Rui was coming, the expression on Dongfang Zheng's face changed, but he quickly calmed down and asked quietly: "Why are you the only one, what about them?" ”
Dongfang Rui's true body saw this qiē on the reflection on the surface of the water, and knew that he had to find a way to delay it for a while, and he couldn't let him know that Su Qiubai and Teng Fei had gone somewhere else. Thinking of this, Dongfang Rui's eyes glanced to the west, intentionally or unintentionally, which was in the opposite direction to where he was now, and then said, "I'm the only one here, and the two of them didn't come at all." ”
His move to capture the old man was precisely to capture Dongfang Zheng's suspicious character, and the more he told the truth, the less likely the old fox would be to believe him.
Sure enough, Dongfang Zheng noticed the change in his eyes and said, "Don't you think I know?" When you left the mountain gate, you were three people. ”
Dongfang Rui deliberately made a surprised expression, and pretended to be calm and said: "That's just to confuse you, as for where they went, I don't know!" ”
When he spoke, he always glanced to the west, intentionally or unintentionally, and in Dongfang Zheng's eyes, he naturally interpreted the meaning that Dongfang Rui wanted him to interpret.
Dongfang Zheng whispered something to Hu Xiuwen beside him, Hu Xiuwen nodded, took away more than half of the disciples, and ran in the direction that Dongfang Rui was looking.
Seeing this, Dongfang Rui hurriedly asked "shockedly": "Why are they going?" ”
Dongfang Zheng smiled proudly and said, "Don't do anything, just catch two mice who want to fish in troubled waters for me!" ”
Dongfang Rui felt funny in his heart, but he pretended to be nervous and said: "Dongfang Zheng, I know that you want to get rid of me, but this is your personal grudge with me, and it has nothing to do with others, so if you have anything, come to me!" ”
Dongfang Zheng squinted at him and said, "Personal grudges? Good brother, when did I ever have a personal grudge against you? When you betrayed your sect, you are considered a traitor to your own sect, which is public anger, not a personal grudge. ”
Dongfang Rui originally just wanted to delay time, but when he heard him say this, he was still aroused by his anger, and couldn't help but say: "Public indignation? Others don't know, don't you know in your heart? Back then, you framed me for having an affair with my sister-in-law, caused my sister-in-law to commit suicide in shame, and forced me to leave the school, and now you still have the face to pretend to be innocent? ”
Dongfang Zheng pretended to be innocent and said: "You don't want to spew blood, the evidence of your affair with your sister-in-law back then was conclusive, how could you frame it?" Besides, you and I are brothers and cousins, how could I harm you? ”
When Dongfang Rui saw his attitude, the anger in his heart was even worse, if it weren't for the fact that it was just a phantom in front of Dongfang, he probably couldn't help but rush up and fight with him. But thinking that he still had to buy time for Su Qiubai, he held back his anger and said, "With a cousin like you, I really feel extremely disgusting!" I tell you that as long as I don't die for a day, I will never stop investigating the events of that year. The true face of you, a hypocrite, will be known to the disciples of the entire sect sooner or later! ”
When Dongfang Zheng heard this, he seemed to have heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, and couldn't help laughing: "My true face? Tell me, what is my true face that the disciples in the sect don't know? ”
Dongfang Rui snorted coldly and said: "Back then, I was a strong contender for the succession of the head of the family, but in order to compete for this position, you fabricated all kinds of evidence, saying that I had an affair with my sister-in-law, and that my nephew was actually born to me and my sister-in-law. It's a long time ago, and I may not be able to refute other evidence, but I have done a paternity test with my nephew, which is enough to prove that he is not my son, so it can be seen that what you said back then is a lie! ”
Dongfang Zheng said disapprerovingly: "What if the child is not born to you?" Does fornication necessarily have to give birth to children? ”
"You!" Dongfang Rui was furious when he heard this, but he had no evidence at the moment, coupled with his identity as a defected disciple, he naturally couldn't argue with Dongfang Zheng to come up with a result, thinking of this unjust case decades ago, I am afraid that there will be no more days when the grievances will be settled, his heart suddenly came from sadness, and he couldn't help but feel sad and resentful for his sister-in-law and nephew who died tragically.
"Why, you've been holding back for so many decades, I thought you came up with some good idea to clear the charge back then, but your mouth is still as useless as it was back then, but it's getting darker and darker, junior brother, why are you bothering?" Dongfang Zheng scoffed.
Dongfang Rui looked at Dongfang Rui with a pale face, held back the anger in his heart, and said after a while: "Now that I have fallen into your hands again, what are you going to do?" Kill me? ”
Dongfang Zheng shook his head and said, "How come? If I kill you, won't you have another reason to frame me? Others still killed people when I really framed you. Don't worry, the fate of the traitor is to be imprisoned in the mountain prison for the rest of his life, and I will naturally give you this opportunity to atone for your sins. ”
The water prison at the foot of the mountain is the place where the disciples of the Taiyi Sect who have committed serious crimes are imprisoned, and the place is cold all the year round, and most of the people locked in it are soaked in the water.
Dongfang Rui knew early on that Dongfang Zheng's character would not let himself go lightly, and it was his style to give him this fate that was worse than death.
As soon as the two of them spoke, Hu Xiuwen, who had led people away before, came back and said to Dongfang Rui in a low voice: "I went over there to search around, but I didn't see any figures. Senior brother, will there be fraud in this? ”
Dongfang Zheng glanced at Dongfang Rui in disbelief when he heard this, and his originally calm and relaxed expression was finally gone, replaced by a puzzled expression with a frown.
"Why, I see that you used to look confident, and now why do you look like you've eaten shit again? Could it be a miscalculation? Dongfang Rui said with a lively expression.
When Dongfang Zheng heard this, he glared at him with some annoyance and said, "What kind of tricks are you guys playing? ”
Dongfang Rui couldn't help but look down on him a little in his heart, if he talked about conspiracy and trickery, he might still have some experience, but if it was really compared to his mind, his ability was not enough, such an obvious situation, he actually came to ask himself.
"I told you the truth early in the morning, and you don't believe it, what can I do?" Dongfang Rui said disdainfully.
Dongfang Zheng was immediately furious when he heard this, shook his long sleeves, and said, "Take down this traitor for me!" The others immediately returned to the division with me! Go to the Forbidden Land! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the disciples around him swarmed towards Dongfang Rui's phantom. They were all ready to be resisted, but who knew that under one blow, the phantom disappeared directly without a trace, even Dongfang Zheng couldn't help but be shocked, Dongfang Rui had left the master for so many years, what kind of kung fu had he learned, and he could disappear out of thin air in front of his eyes?
"Xiuwen, you bring some people to find him nearby, remember, catch him alive! The others follow me back to the school! After Dongfang Zheng gave the order again, he hurriedly ran in the direction of Taiyi Gate with people.
He originally came with the confidence that he would wipe out Su Qiubai and the three of them with the elite disciples in the sect, but who knew that he pounced, and in the end he didn't even catch anyone, which was a great shame for him, the head of the sect!
Under the forbidden land, Su Qiubai knew that he could not take the jade mulberry fruit out of his mother's body lightly, but if the roots connected to it were cut off, the jade mulberry fruit would lose its nutrients and then die. Dongfang Miao has long been connected to the jade mulberry fruit, and if the jade mulberry fruit dies, then she may also be in danger.
"Now it's not far from the ripening period of the jade mulberry fruit, if I don't come, after the jade mulberry fruit is ripe, what will Dongfang do to you?" Su Qiubai suddenly thought of this question.
Dongfang Miaoyan's expression darkened, then he shook his head and said, "I don't know either. ”
When Su Qiubai saw her mother's expression, she felt distressed. Naturally, she knew the answer, but she didn't want to admit it. With Dongfang Zheng's greedy character, he will never let go of the opportunity to improve his cultivation of the jade mulberry fruit, once the jade mulberry fruit is ripe, he will definitely take it out at the expense of his own daughter's life.
Dongfang Miao knew what Su Qiubai was thinking, and couldn't help but defend: "If he really didn't care about my life, he would have let me die on a hunger strike back then, why bother with all this trouble?" ”
Su Qiubai saw that his mother still cared about his family relationship with Dongfang Zheng, so he said: "Mother, he must not be doing this for you, if it is not beneficial to him, I dare to guarantee that he will not spend this effort." Taking a step back, even if he really wanted to save your life at the beginning, but today, compared to his daughter's life, what he cares more about is his own cultivation. ”
Dongfang Miao, as Dongfang Zheng's biological daughter, naturally understands what kind of person her father is better than others, Su Qiubai said. It was piercing what she had been afraid to admit before, so she felt more and more sad in her heart. When her father took her away from her lover, how could she not be resentful? It's just that he cares about the relationship between father and daughter, so he didn't tear his face with his father. Coupled with the fact that she had been imprisoned in this dark cave for more than twenty years, she had already despaired in her heart, and she didn't want to think about such complicated things.
"Anyway, I'm going to get you out of here this time!" Su Qiubai said categorically.