Chapter Ninety-Two: An Injustice of Innocence
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Mo Lin waited for eleven days, and finally could see the giant, and his heart was very excited. While changing into the new clothes brought by Baili Xi, he thought about what to say when he saw the giant.
"......Click" The wall tiles were pushed, and Xiaobai popped his head, jumped onto Mo Lin's shoulder, and whispered in his ear.
"Boss, you have to be careful. I've been in the village for the past two days, and they suspect that you have betrayed the Mo family. ”
Mo Lin was startled and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”
"You'll know when you go, but I'm going to do something with you just to be on the safe side." Xiaobai bared his teeth, and without waiting for Mo Lin to figure out what was going on, he climbed down his body, got into his trouser leg, and actually bit Mo Lin.
"Sizzle......" Mo Lin felt some pain in his calf. Not only that, but his body became limp, and he couldn't lift any psionic energy at all.
"What did you do?" Mo Lin asked, the changes in his body surprised him very much.
"Anyway, it's for the good of the boss." The little white thorn slipped under the stone bed and winked at Mo Lin, "I'll wait for you to come back." ”
Mo Lin wanted to ask clearly, Baili Xi was already knocking on the stone door to urge, Mo Lin moved his hands and feet, except that the spiritual energy seemed to be emptied all of a sudden, there was nothing unusual. He knew that Xiaobai would not harm himself, so he relaxed a little and said, "I'm ready." ”
Baili Xi opened the stone door, and two ink men stepped forward to tie Mo Lin's hands with steel wires. A feeling of not being trusted rose in Mo Lin's heart, and he was a little uneasy when he thought of the words that Xiaobai said in his ear.
Following the way they had come last time to return to the iron cage that transported people, the four of them got in, and Baili Xi pulled the mechanism, and the iron cage rose in the sound of kalakala.
After coming to the first floor of the Tower of Ink, Baili Xi pulled another mechanism, and the iron cage continued to rise. On each floor, Baili Xi had to flip a different switch, and after reaching the sixth floor, the iron cage finally stopped.
The door of the iron cage opened, and Baili Xi led Mo Lin out, and outside the iron cage was a spacious corridor.
For some reason, Mo Lin felt that there was a strong solemn atmosphere in the corridor, which made him involuntarily feel a sense of awe. On the walls on both sides of the corridor are portraits of people, who, judging by their clothing, are supposed to be ink artists.
"Being able to hang their own portraits on this wall, probably they have all established immortal feats for the Mo family." Mo Lin silently followed behind Baili Xi and pondered.
"Xiaobai said that the Mo family suspected me of betrayal, this is simply impossible. It must be scaring me, this guy likes to joke the most, and it looks like he's going to teach him a good lesson when he goes back. Mo Lin walked all the way, comforting himself, "I haven't done anything to be sorry for the Mo family, even if I die, I will never betray the Mo family." ”
At the end of the corridor, there is a huge black wooden door with a huge white "ink" written on the wooden door, which looks solemn.
Baili Xi gently pushed open the wooden door and said respectfully: "Giant, Mo Lin has been brought." ”
"Let him in." The deep voice of the giant Mo Ren came out.
Baili Xi turned around and untied the steel wire on Mo Lin's wrist, and said to him, "Go in." ”
Mo Lin took a deep breath and strode in, although he didn't know what he would face, but even Mo Lin, who was not afraid in the face of the snake Jiuyou, was certainly not afraid of the ink masters he regarded as his relatives.
Walking into the wooden door, Mo Lin's eyes suddenly opened up. In the wooden door is a hall, facing Mo Lin is a long wooden table, on each side of the table are three ink people, and the old man sitting on the chair at the other end facing Mo Lin is the head of the Mo family, the giant Mo Ren.
The wooden door slowly closed behind him, and Mo Lin saluted Mo Ren: "Giant, I am the star craftsman Mo Lin." ”
The six ink artists on both sides of the wooden table looked at each other in unison, and the expressions in their eyes were different, but Mo Lin could feel the attention in their eyes, which made him intuitively know that today's meeting must be extraordinary. 3
As soon as Mo Lin entered the door, Mo Ren's gaze has been falling on Mo Lin's body, his gaze seems to be very ethereal, if there is nothing, but as soon as it falls on Mo Lin's body, it seems to transmit a scorching power into the depths of his soul, making Mo Lin feel that his whole body is seen through. He couldn't help but bow his head, avoiding Mo Ren's gaze.
"Mo Lin, raise your head and let me see if you have grown up." Mo Ren's voice is very kind, but he has a kind magic power that is not angry and self-threatening.
Mo Lin raised his head again, and he felt that his heartbeat had accelerated, even in the face of the world-famous demon king Snake Jiuyou, he had never been so nervous.
"Do you have a guilty conscience when you bow your head?" On the left hand side of the wooden table, an ink man close to Mo Ren asked coldly, his voice was like an ice pick, cold and direct, piercing Mo Lin's heart.
Mo Lin's face was swollen and red, and he glared angrily: "I don't know who you are, but please don't insult my personality." I didn't do anything wrong, so why should I feel guilty? ”
In addition to Mo Ren being silent, the other five ink artists exchanged glances, and even whispered to each other, Mo Lin couldn't hear what they were saying, but he had a feeling of being treated as a prisoner, which made him feel very aggrieved.
However, Mo Lin still believes in the giant Mo Ren and believes in the justice and fairness of the Mo family, since he has done nothing wrong, then the giant will definitely not wronged him.
"My name is Bowey, and you should know what I do. Whoever has done evil, don't try to escape my eyes. As for what you did, you know it yourself! The cold-speaking ink man did not relent, and shouted imposingly.
Mo Lin had heard of the name Bao Lei, who was in charge of the Mo family's punishment team, and anyone in the village who violated the rules of the Mo family would be punished by the punishment team. If it is a serious evil, the punishment team has the power to directly execute the giant without consulting the giant, which is a rare uncomfortable existence in the ink village.
"What did I do?" Mo Lin was familiar with the name Bowey, but he was not afraid of him.
As if seeing Mo Lin's doubts, Mo Ren spoke: "Mo Lin, where did you and Yang Li Luo Qianqian go after they broke up outside the Hundred Soldiers City?" What have you done in this month or so, I hope you can answer truthfully. ”
"I ......" Mo Lin saw the doubts in everyone's eyes, and wanted to speak out immediately to defend himself, but suddenly thought of Snake Jiuyou's request and his promise, and he was speechless for a while.
Educated by the Mo family since childhood, Mo Lin has never lied except for concealing the existence of Zhu Pingman. Without any preparation, he couldn't come up with a perfect lie to cover up his whereabouts for more than a month.
"Can't you tell?" Bowey said a little smugly.
"After I parted from them in the city of a hundred soldiers, I returned to the city. The demon beasts and the farmhouse have all entered the city......" Mo Lin was anxious, and hurriedly opened his mouth to tell everything that happened that night. But when it came to the fierce battle between Xiao Jiemo and Mammoth, he couldn't go on.
"And then?" Mo Ren asked.
"Then ......" Mo Lin didn't know how to answer, he was flustered, and blurted out: "Then I made a detour all the way back to the village, but I got lost, so I lost time." ”
As he spoke, Mo Ren and the six ink men all had expressions of disbelief on their faces. In fact, even Mo Lin didn't believe his lame lie, and he even saw a sly smile on Bowey's face.
"Mo Lin, do you think anyone will believe your words?" Bowey grabbed a piece of paper from the wooden table and shook it in his hand, "Do you want me to read you what you're doing?" ”
Mo Lin had a hint of foreboding in his heart, and vaguely caught something, but he couldn't be sure, so he could only say dryly: "You say ......?"
"If you don't see the coffin, you won't shed tears." Bowley snorted coldly and began to read the contents of the paper. 3
"On September 12 of this year, you led 70 demon beasts to attack a farmhouse village, killing 17 people, injuring 25 people, burning 9 houses, and taking 16 livestock."
"On September 18 of this year, you took 400 demon beasts to attack the Legalist Shen clan's bunker, killing 52 people, killing 49 people, burning down the bunker, and looting countless material food."
“……”
From September 12 to October 18, before Mo Lin returned, the ink man said a total of fourteen demon beast attacks with Mo Lin's alleged participation, and Mo Lin was dumbfounded, completely unaware of what was going on.
"Do you have anything to say?" After reading it, Bao Lei asked Mo Lin coldly.
"It's not me, it's not me who did it, I definitely didn't ...... with the demon beast," Mo Lin said excitedly.
"Every attack has human and physical evidence, do you want to confront them one by one?" Bowley Road.
"It's okay to confront it, I didn't do it, with a clear conscience!" Mo Lin's chest seemed to be pressed by a huge stone, and there was no way for a wave of anger to attack. He saw that the ink artists present all showed disbelief, and he felt even more aggrieved.
"Okay, let's confront it. I'll see how long you can disguise it. Bao Lei slapped his palms, and a small door behind Mo Ren opened, and several ink men walked in carrying two stretchers, and two wounded people were lying on the stretchers.
The two people showed a look of horror and anger as soon as they saw Mo Lin, and the left arm of an injured man was broken at the shoulder, and he struggled to sit up, and scolded hoarsely: "It's you!" You brute killed my whole family. I'll kill you! ”
He burst into tears, and his right hand stretched out with all his might, as if trying to strangle Mo Lin's neck.
Mo Lin looked at this unfamiliar face in a daze, he was sure that he had never seen this person at all, and he didn't know why he had wronged himself.
And the other dying wounded person also sat up half-sitting, glared at Mo Lin hatefully and said, "It's him, even if he turns to ashes, I will recognize him." ”
He gritted his teeth and said this, and Mo Lin could even hear the sound of "Gege", which was full of resentment.
"Do you know them?" Bowey asked aggressively.
Mo Lin shook his head indifferently, he didn't know why these two people framed him, but judging from their expressions, that kind of bitter hatred was by no means disguised.
"You don't know them, and they have no grievances with you, you won't say they're framing you, right?" Bao Lei seduced Mo Lin's thoughts.
Mo Lin nodded blankly, and then realized that he had fallen into Bao Lei's trap, and he shouted loudly: "It's not me!" ”
Bao Lei shook his head pitifully and said: "The human witness is in front of you, do you still want to deny it?" Can you explain where you went and what you did during that time? Do you think we're going to believe that you've really been lost? ”
Mo Lin felt like he had fallen into an ice cave, his whole body was cold, and he realized who was behind the scenes.
"It must be the snake Jiuyou, it must be him who did it." Mo Lin tried to calm himself, thinking about the cause and effect, looking for the person who framed him.
"No wonder he wanted me to stay in the swamp for so long, he must have sent the monster beast to pretend to be me to do these things. His purpose was to force me to join the monster. Mo Lin finally sorted out the causal relationship between this and straightened out a clear vein.
Ah Huan's appearance also came to mind. That tanuki can become the appearance of Nanhengfei, and naturally it can also become his own appearance, Mo Lin thought of a key point.
"Since the snake nine ghosts framed me, of course I don't have to keep my promise to it." Mo Lin made a decision.
Bowey was still chattering, and from time to time he was stirring up the emotions of the two wounded. If the two weren't seriously injured and unable to move on a stretcher, Mo Lin suspected that they would have jumped up and strangled themselves to death.
"I have something to say, please turn away from unrelated people." After making a decision, Mo Lin was much calmer. He was not good at lying, and now that he had to state the facts, his back was much straighter.
Mo Ren waved his hand and asked the two injured people to be carried out, and there were only seven Mo and Mo Lin left in the room.
Mo Lin took a deep breath, and after stabilizing his emotions, he opened his mouth and told him about the encounter of being taken captive to the swamp. Among them, he skipped some content, such as the existence of Xiaobai. Otherwise, if the inkers knew that Xiaobai was in the inker prison, they were afraid that it would be wiped out immediately.
The ink masters were all listening carefully, and when Mo Lin finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in everyone.
"Hmph, do you want to use this kind of lie to catch the wind and shadows? If all this is true, why didn't you just say it? Bao Lei asked imposingly, he seemed to have a deep-rooted prejudice against Mo Lin, and wanted to prove that Mo Lin was a traitor to the Mo family from the beginning.
Mo Lin said: "Because I promised Snake Jiuyou not to reveal the matter of the Great Swamp." ”
"Then why are you willing to say it now?" Bowey asked.
"Because I found out that all of this is the ghost of the snake nine ghosts." Mo Lin said, and then explained Ah Huan's demon transformation technique and some details of Snake Jiuyou's wooing him, and even Snake Jiuyou's words that he was the reincarnation of the red dragon were retold in their original form.
Hearing the clip about the red dragon, everyone, including Mo Ren, suddenly stared at him, and the gaze in his eyes was mixed with complicated emotions.
Mo Lin was a little uncomfortable at these burning gazes, and even began to stammer.
"Don't worry, take your time." Mo Ren, who had been silent, spoke, and his words calmed Mo Lin down a little.
Mo Lin received this only encouragement, so he calmed down and continued to speak.
After Mo Lin finished speaking, even Bao Lei, who had always been very unkind to him, was silent, and they all looked at Mo Ren, waiting for him to make a choice.
Mo Ren groaned for a long time, then suddenly stood up, walked to Mo Lin's side, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.
Mo Lin was shocked, and a lightning-fast spiritual energy burrowed into his body from Mo Ren's palm, and after turning around, he returned the same way, leaving no trace.
Mo Ren withdrew his hand expressionlessly, and looked directly at Mo Lin, as if he wanted to see through his heart.
Mo Lin straightened up and bravely met Mo Ren's gaze, he had a clear conscience and was naturally not afraid.
"Mo Lin, I want to believe you." After a long silence, as if a hundred years had passed, Mo Ren finally spoke. His voice was deep and powerful, with an irrefutable majesty.
Mo Lin had been very nervous, he couldn't come up with any strong evidence to prove his innocence, Mo Ren's words of trust were like a warm current, making his cold heart warm up again.
"Giant ......" is a hateful Bao Lei again, he wants to speak and stops, but looking at his expression, Mo Lin knows that he must have something unfavorable to him.
Mo Ren waved his hand and said: "Mo Ren will not let go of any villain, nor will he wronged any innocent person, I will investigate this matter before deciding." ”
"Then ask the giant to let me investigate." Bowley Road.
Mo Lin was stunned, Bao Lei had a deep prejudice against himself, if he went to investigate, the result could be imagined.
Mo Ren shook his head and said, "Bao Lei, you have been responsible for a lot of things recently, so leave this investigation to Zhongman." ”
A young man on the side, who had been silent all along, got up and bowed slightly after hearing Mo Ren's words, "Zhongman takes the order." ”
"Mo Lin, what do you think?" Seeing Mo Lin stunned, Mo Ren looked over and asked.
"I ...... I think it's good. "As long as it is not a person with a very obvious tendency like Bao Lei to investigate, Mo Lin can accept it.
"You go back first, and I'll have to wronged you for a few days." Mo Ren said.
Mo Lin nodded, bowed to everyone present, turned around and pushed the door out. Baili Xi, who was waiting outside, tied Mo Lin's wrist as usual and sent him back to the prison.
As soon as Mo Lin left on his front foot, Bao Lei eagerly said to Mo Ren: "Giant, he must already know, we have to take precautions......
As he spoke, he made a cutting motion with his hand.
Mo Ren shook his head and said, "Bao Lei, you have been getting more and more strict lately. If the Ink Artist kills innocent people, what is the difference between it and the Demon Beast? ”
"But he's obviously ......" Bao Lei was about to say something, but was interrupted by Mo Ren.
"Seventeen years ago, the previous generation of giants did not start, and today I will not casually deprive a person of his life. As long as he has not done evil, he is a member of the Mo family, and he cannot be convicted casually. This is the spirit of the Ink Maker, and as long as the Ink Artist exists for a day, it will never change. ”
Mo Ren's words are categorical, in the rules of the Mo family, the words of the giant are the law, and no one can violate them. Now that he has made a decision, no matter what dissatisfaction Bao Lei has, he can only carry it out.
"Nakamitsu, what are you going to do?" Mo Ren turned his head and asked.
The young man named Nakamitsu looked a little shy, and when he heard Mo Shinobi's question, he muttered for a moment and said, "Let's go and have a look in the swamp." ”
"Aren't you going to ask Snake Nine Shadows?" Bao Lei's yin and yang weird way.
Zhong Man didn't have the slightest displeasure, and said slowly: "That tanuki demon beast named Ah Huan is the key, if you can catch it, it should be revealed." ”
"You're too risky to be alone, tell the Three Musketeers to come with you." Mo Ren said.
Zhong Man smiled slightly: "It's still the giant who understands me, and with the help of those three guys, I'm nine points sure." ”
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Back in the cell, Mo Lin was still a little distracted.
In front of Mo Ren, he can still maintain normalcy, once he returns to the situation of being alone, Mo Lin suddenly feels that all kinds of grievances are flooding over and drowning him, making him breathless.
"I didn't do anything wrong, the giant will definitely investigate." Mo Lin clenched his fists, thinking to himself.
"Boss, you're really okay." Xiao Bai jumped out of nowhere, jumped on Mo Lin's shoulder, and rubbed his three furry tails against Mo Lin's face.
Mo Lin slowly turned his head: "You know? ”
"Know what?" Xiaobai stopped moving, with a puzzled expression.
"Snake Jiuyou made people pretend to be me, burning, killing and looting everywhere......" Mo Lin held back his anger and relayed what he had just heard to Xiaobai.
After finishing speaking, Mo Lin asked coldly: "Don't you know these things?" He had a feeling of being betrayed and betrayed in his heart, after all, he had already regarded Xiaobai as a good friend.
"I slept in the Demon God Temple for three years, and you didn't wake me up until you went in, how could I know about such a thing." Xiaobai pouted, looking a little angry. It jumped off Mo Lin's shoulder, walked to the corner angrily, covered its face with its big tail, and ignored Mo Lin.
Mo Lin scratched his head, feeling that what Xiao Bai said made sense, since he brought Xiao Bai out of the Demon God Temple, it has been tired of being with itself every day, and it is indeed a bit far-fetched to say that it will know about the conspiracy of the Nine Shades of the Snake. He only blamed himself for being a little too impulsive, and questioned Xiaobai without thinking clearly.
"Xiaobai, I'm sorry, I blamed you for it." Mo Lin walked to Xiaobai's side, gently stroked its fur, and comforted it in a low voice.
"Hmph......" Xiaobai twisted his body, avoiding Mo Lin's hand, and seemed very unhappy.
"Little white is good...... I was wronged, so I was a little angry. Mo Lin said flatteringly, Xiaobai's aggrieved appearance made Mo Lin feel that he had become a person like Bao Lei.
"Squeak!" Xiao Bai's head came out from under his tail and yelled at Mo Lin twice, "If I hadn't bitten you, you would have been killed by Mo Ren a long time ago." As a result, the kindness was not reciprocated, and you still doubt me. ”
"What did you say?" Mo Lin was startled.
Xiao Bai flicked his tail: "Don't tell me that Mo Ren didn't test your spiritual power." ”
Hearing Xiaobai's question, Mo Lin immediately remembered the spiritual energy that had swam around his body, and he felt a chill in his heart, knowing that Mo Ren was suspicious of him.
"What the hell is going on?" Mo Lin felt that Xiaobai must know something.
"It's very simple, you are the reincarnation of the Red Dragon, and the Mo family will never allow you to have spiritual powers. If Fang Cai Mo Ren finds out that you have awakened the spiritual energy, you are already a corpse. Xiaobai said lazily.