Chapter 171: The Floating Butcher's Knife Has Been Lifted
Mu Nan wiped his palms with a white handkerchief, looked at Lu Changge, who was screaming heart-rending in the cell, and thought a little speechlessly, this was really the first time he had seen a prisoner with such poor psychological endurance.
As a disciple of the true transmission of the Immortal Mountain Gate, Lu Changge has always been high, and it is normal for him to suddenly encounter a prison sentence, fall into the abyss, and be hit, it cannot be said to be naΓ―ve, but it is indeed because he has not experienced too many thorny setbacks, his thoughts are naΓ―ve, he is afraid of the dark, and if he encounters a little problem, the whole person is not good.
He ignored Lu Changge's yelling, and just said to Xie Chunfeng: "Lu Changge's charges have been conclusively proven, even if he doesn't fall down the mountain and wants to save him, it can't avoid him from being severely punished, it is inevitable to stay in this prison for a few years, but if Chief Xie can find out the evidence that Li Mengzhou framed Lu Changge, of course this case can be re-investigated." β
Although Mu Nan's words sound very explicit, they are also true, because if you want to overturn the case for Lu Changge, you must prove that he did not do those charges, so Li Mengzhou is the only key to overturning the case.
Xie Chunfeng can think that Mu Nan is deliberately asking him to go to Li Mengzhou for trouble, or he can think that this is just Mu Nan's suggestion.
Even if Mu Nan has other intentions, there is really no problem with these words.
But this is Lu Changge's only lifeline.
Although if he didn't go down the mountain gate and tried his best to protect him, it would be impossible for Xuan Zhengsi to sentence him to death, in terms of identity, there was no difference between Lu Changge and Zhu Zaitian, and the attitude of not falling into the mountain gate could only be to make Lu Changge's time in prison as short as possible, and it would be impossible for him to be acquitted, otherwise His Majesty the Emperor would not be able to explain it.
But for Lu Changge, Mo said that he couldn't stand staying in prison for a few years, even if it was just one night.
"Senior brother, this is Li Mengzhou's conspiracy, as long as he is arrested and tortured to extract a confession, he will inevitably admit his guilt, that bastard deliberately framed me, he also wants to declare war on us not to fall off the mountain, and he will never be forgiven!"
Although Lu Changge was completely out of order, his hatred for Li Mengzhou made him suddenly calm down a lot, and he said with a gloomy face: "It's because I saw the scene where he killed Zhu Shilang, although I don't know why he was able to know that it was me, but the Pu knife and the rabbit face mask were deliberately placed by Li Mengzhou here." β
"The woman who lives in Chaosi Lane is also his accomplice, and I even suspect that Li Mengzhou not only killed Zhu Shilang, but also those court officials who have been killed in recent times are likely to be committed by him!"
Xie Chunfeng frowned and said, "What you said is true? Did Li Mengzhou kill Zhu Shilang? Did you see it with your own eyes?"
Lu Changge's last suspicion, Xie Chunfeng didn't take it seriously, but if it was really Li Mengzhou who killed Zhu Zaitian, and because he was bumped into by Lu Changge, the thief shouted to catch the thief, and it was indeed reasonable to identify it first.
But if this is the case, Li Mengzhou's mind is quite sinister.
Mu Nan just smiled and said nothing, although Xu Sishou had the intention of targeting Li Mengzhou for the time being, but if there was no falling mountain involved, it would undoubtedly be very interesting to point the finger directly at Li Mengzhou.
As long as he can withstand the pressure of the Sword Academy of the Imperial Palace without falling from the mountain, then the Xuanzheng Division will be able to arrest and investigate Li Mengzhou logically, even if it is the Heavenly Council, he cannot ignore the attitude of not falling from the mountain.
And Xie Chunfeng, who got Lu Changge's affirmative answer, also fell into deep thought.
He recalled the scene when he met Li Mengzhou in Chaosi Lane, that sincere and calm appearance, it was difficult for people to suspect that the other party was lying, but Lu Changge, who was so pitifully curled up in the cell, obviously had no need to lie.
Of course, Xie Chunfeng knows his junior brother better, although his conduct is not very good, but what he looks like when he lies, Xie Chunfeng is also very clear, if what Lu Changge said is true, then it can only be Li Mengzhou who lies.
But thinking that Li Mengzhou could lie quietly in front of him and Ning Haoran, Xie Chunfeng's mood became a little complicated.
Ning Haoran will protect Li Mengzhou, which is a normal thing, because he is Ning Haoran.
But Li Mengzhou, who is a junior brother, is not necessarily the same as Ning Haoran.
Just thinking that Li Mengzhou was telling lies with that calm and sincere expression, and that among the people who deceived him was his senior brother, Xie Chunfeng's treatment of Li Mengzhou's senses suddenly became a little disgusted at this moment.
Xie Chunfeng looked at Lu Changge in the prison cell and said, "If you are really innocent, I will definitely do my best to save you, you will stay here tonight, and I will find out about this matter." β
Although Lu Changge wanted to leave immediately, he also knew that he had to give the senior brother time to find Li Mengzhou's handle, so he could only nod angrily.
And Xie Chunfeng immediately said to Mu Nan beside him: "My junior brother will bother Mu Shilang to take care of one or two, Li Mengzhou's problem, I will investigate it myself." β
Mu Nan said with a smile: "Then I will wait for Chief Xie to bring good news, you can rest assured, Lu Changge will sleep peacefully in the Xuanzheng Division prison, and I will not let anyone disturb him." β
Xie Chunfeng glanced at Mu Nan silently, and didn't say anything, of course he could understand what Mu Nan was thinking, but if Li Mengzhou was really deliberately framing Lu Changge, then no matter what, this matter could not be avoided.
He needed to confirm the attitude of the Leaving Palace Sword Academy.
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At two o'clock, there was still more than an hour left, and it was sunrise.
In normal times, it was also the time when Li Mengzhou was preparing to go to the Palace Sword Academy for morning class.
This long night will be over at the end of the day.
But there are also some things that need to be done before dawn.
Soon the capital will be lively again, and the people who are used to waking up early will also start to prepare for the market, but until then, the capital will be quiet to death.
On a certain street, a man dressed in white was slowly walking in a certain direction.
He held a Pu knife in his hand.
The hair is tied in a bun and the ends of the hair flutter in the back of the head.
He wears a pure white mask on his face, which seems to be made of silver, revealing only a pair of eyes, which looks very strange in the dark night, which is different from the rough cat-faced mask.
The rain had stopped after a night's sleep.
He looked up at the starry night that was gradually clearing, and exhaled lightly, and a dull voice came out from under the mask, "The floating butcher's knife has been lifted, and the darkness has swallowed the light, and finally descended on the world." β
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In the silent prison of the Xuanzheng Division, Lu Changge tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
He endured the foul smell and the feeling of dirtiness on the haystack, and tried to convince himself to lie on it, and a ray of moonlight outside the window came in, meaning that the rain had stopped.
He opened his bloodshot eyes, looked at the stars in the night sky through the window, and muttered through gritted teeth, "Damn Li Mengzhou, you actually let me suffer this kind ......of torture, I must kill you, I will make you repay a hundred times and a thousand times."
At that moment, he suddenly sensed something, and he jerked over and sat up, looking at the window facing the corridor of the cell outside the cell, and there was a faint sound of footsteps getting closer and closer.
Soon, a face appeared outside the window.
A pure white face.
It was a mask.
Lu Changge's body couldn't help but tremble, and in the dim sight, that pure white face appeared very abruptly, and his heart beat a lot faster in an instant.
Suddenly, there was a feeling of hair bursting.
"You...... Who are you?!"
The dull voice under the pure white mask sounded in the quiet cell, as if it exploded in Lu Changge's ears, "The floating butcher's knife has been lifted, and you will become the soul under the butcher's knife." β
Lu Changge couldn't figure out what butcher's knife was floating on, but he could understand the meaning of these words, and his expression changed drastically, "You want to kill me?" Wait! How did you get into the Xuanzheng Division's prison?!"
This is the prison of the Xuanzheng Division, and the people inside want to get out, but the people outside definitely don't want to come in, but just as the people inside can't get out, if the people outside don't get permission, or the prisoners who are sent here for detention will definitely not be able to enter.
The person wearing the strange pure white mask just stood quietly outside the cell, because of the dim atmosphere, the two empty eyes couldn't see any look at all, Lu Changge's soles were cold, and fear had crawled all over his face.
"I come from darkness and walk under darkness, but wherever there is darkness, I can come and go as I please. β
The person wearing a pure white mask is, of course, Li Mengzhou.
Or more accurately, the Killer Float from the distant Frontier.
Of course, the Assassin is meant to hide in the dark, and the Assassin who is exposed to the light will be vulnerable.
Li Mengzhou was able to enter the Xuanzheng Division prison so easily because the magic power of "Silkworm Annihilation Volume" was able to hide his aura, just like the perception of Beizangfeng at the beginning, but that time it was lucky, and now the situation is a little different.
Although the Xuanzheng Division prison is heavily guarded, there is no strong person who can compete with Beizangfeng after all, and Xu Hexian is not here, Jian Shuxuan is not here, even Mu Nan is not there, and the rest of the guards in the prison cannot sense Li Mengzhou's breath, he only needs to avoid the sight, and he can quietly enter the prison.
This can also be regarded as a kind of luck, because the people who have the ability to find him are not there.
Although the prison of the Xuanzheng Division and the general mansion of the Xuanzheng Division are not far away, Xu Hexian's eyes will not be deliberately placed on the prison, which gives Li Mengzhou an opportunity.
The ability of the "Silkworm Annihilation Scroll" to hide the breath and the hiding technique inherited from the formation magician of the Buluo Mountain Gate are similar, but the "Silkworm Annihilation Scroll" will introvert the breath to the extreme, unless it is a big realm, it is difficult to detect it easily.
When he was born as an assassin, this ability was naturally like a tiger's wings, but this ability was not invincible, in addition to losing its effectiveness in front of a strong person whose cultivation realm was much higher than his own, the moment he made a move, the aura would be completely revealed, and there was no way to hide it.
Therefore, if you do not have absolute confidence that you can kill with one blow and escape from the scene unharmed, this is undoubtedly a suicide act that throws yourself into the net.
But because of the inexplicable sense of uneasiness in his heart, Li Mengzhou thought about it and decided to kill Lu Changge directly.
Regardless of whether Xie Chunfeng will doubt himself, in the face of Lu Changge, who is already a dead man, I believe that if he does not fall into the mountain gate, he will not start an all-out war against the Ligong Sword Academy just because of suspicion, otherwise, the once annual questioning will not exist, and the war will start a long time ago.
Instead of making this matter more and more complicated, it is better to cut through the mess quickly and solve the root cause.
Lu Changge, who was haunted by fear, swallowed his saliva, staring at the pure white mask outside the window, as if a thunder exploded in his mind, his body trembling slightly in fear actually slowly calmed down, and said with a gloomy face: "I understand, you are the only one who can come to kill me at this time, Li Mengzhou!"
Li Mengzhou just looked at Lu Changge quietly, shook his head slightly, and said: "You can't live by yourself, things won't have developed to this point, but you yourself step by step into the abyss, and the butcher's knife in my hand will let you stay in the abyss forever." β
These words are also equivalent to indirect recognition.
Li Mengzhou didn't care if he would reveal his identity, but he wouldn't take the initiative to find out, because when the floating knife was raised, Lu Changge was destined to be a dead man.
He clenched the Pu Dao in his hand, if there was an aura exposed, it would be easy for those people in the Xuan Zheng Division to detect the strange aura in the prison, but if he wanted to kill Lu Changge, and he still had to be outside the cell, he had to use Qi Hai Lingyuan, and all he could do was to fight quickly.
"Li Mengzhou, you dare to kill me directly in the Xuanzheng Division's prison? I don't care how you entered here without being noticed, but it is impossible to kill people in the Xuanzheng Division's prison and get out. β
Lu Changge's expression was a little uncertain, although he wanted to cut Li Mengzhou with a thousand knives, but in this situation, it was obviously not suitable to speak ruthlessly, although his brain was often not bright, but he was not an idiot, and he knew what it meant to know the times as a handsome man.
He tried his best to slow down his voice and said: "It's better for us to discuss, in fact, things have come to this point, it's really a little unnecessary, it's better for us to turn the war into a jade silk, you don't trouble me, I don't trouble you." β
"As long as you don't kill me, and explain to Xuan Zhengsi that this is all a misunderstanding, and when I go out, I will definitely not tell you the secret, and we will treat it as if nothing happened, what do you think?"
Li Mengzhou looked at Lu Changge, who was looking forward to it, and said with some emotion: "Your idea is really beautiful, but do you think I'm an idiot? Will I believe your nonsense? Even if you are serious, as long as there is a slight possibility of falsehood, I will not let you go." β
Lu Changge's face instantly became gloomy, and he was about to shout to attract the attention of the people guarding the Xuanzheng Division's prison, but as the knife flashed, a chill suddenly appeared on his neck, Lu Changge covered his neck, his eyes widened, and he fell unwillingly towards the haystack behind.
Blood trickled from between his fingers, soaking the hem of his garment, and his body only trembled a few times on the haystack before he didn't move, his wide-eyed eyes staring straight at the window.
Li Mengzhou didn't linger for a moment, turned around and rushed towards the outside of the prison as fast as he could.
And in the cell next to Lu Changge, the prisoner who had satirized Lu Changge before was lying at the small window of the iron door of the cell at this time, looking at the picture outside, he faintly heard some movement next door, thinking that the little guy was yelling again, and was about to reprimand, but soon noticed the unusual situation.
A pure white face swept outside the cell door, and the two men looked at each other for a moment.
Immediately, the prisoner suddenly sensed a hint of danger and was about to retreat, but a simple knife stabbed directly through the small window and pierced his forehead.
A burst of breath exploded from Pu's knife, and the blood mist filled the air, and the prisoner's body shook twice, and he fell to the ground with a bang, and the blood soon soaked the entire cell.
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Mu Nan hurriedly came to the Xuanzheng Division prison, and the guards gathered outside Lu Changge's prison, and the smell of blood was very strong.
The two bodies lay side by side in the hallway outside the cell.
Mu Nan pushed away the people who were blocking the way, looked at the two corpses with an extremely gloomy face, suddenly turned his head to look at those armor soldiers, and roared angrily: "What the hell is going on?!"
"Returning to Lord Mu, someone broke into the prison and killed ...... Lu Changge and another prisoner!"
Those armor soldiers were silent, and their faces were terrified.
Only one person reported with a trembling voice.
"Bastards, you're guarding the prison like this, making it easy for people to break in, even killing the prisoner and getting out?!"
Mu Nan's face was extremely ugly.
When he sensed that there was an aura in the direction of the prison that did not belong to Xuan Zhengsi, and it was wrapped in killing intent, he rushed over as quickly as possible, but after all, he was still a step too late.
He couldn't believe it was happening.
What a ridiculous thing it is that the heavily guarded Xuanzheng Division prison was broken into casually, and he didn't even see a single figure!
He stared at Lu Changge's corpse, and his face turned a little pale.
Lu Changge is a true disciple who does not fall from the mountain after all, even if he is confirmed to be charged with killing Zhu Zaitian, but as long as he does not fall from the mountain, he will definitely live well, but now Lu Changge died directly in the prison of Xuanzheng Division, and he doesn't know how to explain to Xie Chunfeng.
He looked at the other corpse that had no head, was silent for a moment, and secretly gritted his teeth: "There is no need to have any doubts, the person who killed Lu Changge must be Li Mengzhou, but how did he sneak into the prison silently?"
"Damn, in this way, the situation has become even worse, I could still use the power of not falling from the mountain, but now I am afraid that I have to deal with the pressure from not falling from the mountain, I really underestimated Li Mengzhou's guy, and he did things very well. β
Mu Nan couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, Li Mengzhou brought him too many surprises.
He never dreamed that Li Mengzhou would dare to go directly to the prison of Xuanzheng Division to kill people.
The most critical problem is that after successfully killing Lu Changge, he can still walk out unharmed.
Li Mengzhou was obviously just a little monk who hadn't even stepped into the threshold of the Four Realms, and even a great monk at the peak of the Four Realms could not do it, but he did it easily.
This is something that Mu Nan can't figure out no matter what.