Volume 5: The First Song Four Hundred and Fifty-Eight: Rare Leisure (II)
At night, Tang Ping gathered five people, and then came to Tang Bonian's cave mansion together, and Tang Bonian was also waiting for the five children at this time.
Seeing Tang Ping come in with four companions, Tang Bonian first glanced at Tang Ping angrily, but Tang Ping didn't care, but greeted Tang Bonian with a smile.
It turned out that when Tang Ping found Tang Bonian in the afternoon, he showed Tang Bonian the red pearl fruit and brocade berry that Qian Chao found in the thousand-needle pine forest, and immediately looked at the old man dumbfounded, and asked Tang Ping if he stole it from his garden, and sent someone to his orchard to check, when he heard that these rare fruits were brought out by Qian Chao from the thousand-needle pine forest, Tang Bonian was stunned, a little incredulous, and then asked Tang Ping what to do with these fruits.
Whether it is a red pearl fruit or a brocade berry, it is a bit too high-level for Tang Ping, so she showed these to Tang Bonian naturally to exchange with him, and Tang Bonian agreed after hearing it, after all, these fruits are also rare and good things. It should be said that the fruits that Tang Bonian took out when he exchanged with Tang Ping later were also good, and they were all used by Qi refining cultivators like Tang Ping to make wine, and those fruits were all of the highest grade, and they did not make Tang Ping suffer, but under Tang Ping's nonsense, Tang Bonian naturally suffered a lot of losses, so now that he sees this girl, he has no good face.
After the five people finished saluting Tang Bonian, they all sat down according to the instructions, and then they heard Tang Bonian say:
"Listen to Tang Ping, this girl said that you heard some things about Zhang Yi outside, although there is no evidence, but the five of you can be used as witnesses, which can be regarded as the suspicious things about Zhang Yi, then talk about it, tell the old man what you heard and saw outside."
Tang Ping spoke first, and told the conversation of Zhang Yi, Zong Yan, and Lou Qingyao that the four of them heard outside the Thousand Needle Pine Forest on the day Qian Chao entered the Thousand Needle Pine Forest, and at the same time, Lu Pingchuan, Yan Xuan, and Li Jian also made some additions after Tang Ping finished speaking.
Then Qian Chao spoke, and he told Feng You about spying on Zhang Yi and discovering that Zhang Yi and Lou Qingyao were conspiring in the middle of the night, especially what Feng You said to Zhang Yi to Qian Chao.
After the five children finished speaking, Tang Bonian took a sip of tea and thought for a while, and only after a while did he speak:
"Although there is no empirical evidence, but according to what you said, this Zhang Yi is indeed very suspicious, alas, I didn't expect Zhang Jiuming's son to be implicated in Chongling Blood Cultivation, if you really find evidence, well, Wuling Zhang's family, I'm afraid...... Hey! โ
Qian Chao asked:
"Senior Tang, can the sect launch an investigation into Zhang Yi?"
"Investigation? Hehe, the investigation has actually begun, let's take a look at this. โ
Tang Bonian said and took out a portrait and handed it to everyone, the portrait was a middle-aged man, thin and long-haired, but a good appearance of a fairy wind and bones, Tang Ping took it and handed it to his companion and asked curiously:
"Sixth grandfather, who is the person on the portrait?"
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"This person's surname is An, An Zaiyin, and he is an elder in Bibotan in Shuiyun Valley......"
Tang Ping said;
"He's An Zaiyin, I've only heard the name before, but I've never seen him."
Qian Chao also opened his mouth and asked:
"Is this An Zaiyin Zhang Yi's master and let him become a person who worships spiritual blood cultivation?"
"Well, I don't know about that yet." Tang Bonian said.
"I don't know, what's the use of the sixth grandfather letting us see this person's portrait? Also, is it true that after I told you about Zhang Yi last time, the council hall has actually begun to investigate him? โ
Tang Bonian smiled and said:
"The investigation has indeed begun, just after you told me that Zhang Yi was suspicious, I started to do it, but this investigation is not the investigation of the sect against him, well, I will tell you more today, you have also experienced some things, and you should also know that the six sects of Zhongzhou will be interspersed with each other, and the old man is responsible for the things in the sect to identify and remove the remaining five sects in our five spirit sects, so some people in the sect are under the orders of the old man, last time you said that Zhang Yi was suspicious, The old man didn't go through the council hall, but asked those who were doing things for me to secretly visit in advance, and as a result, this An Zaiyin surfaced. โ
"Eh, Old Man Tang, has this surnamed An been caught?" Lu Pingchuan interjected and asked.
"No, he has already left the Five Spirit Sect......"
"It's a pity, why did he get away?" Lu Pingchuan said again.
"Well, where did he run away, it was he who sensed that something was wrong in advance and left the Five Spirit Sect to avoid trouble. When the old man sent someone to investigate, he did not take Zhang Yi as the main target, but took the date when Qian Chao used the formation to seal the cold water pool as a criterion for the investigation, and listed all the Jiedan monks who left the Five Spirits Sect after that date and never returned. You may not know that even if you want to go out, you have to at least talk to the elders in charge of your respective sect, and this is true after returning to the sect, so that those people have collected a lot of names, all of which are the monks who left the Five Spirits Sect later in that day. There are a lot of people in our Five Spirits Sect, so there are also many monks in Jiedan, and there are really a lot of people who have left the sect after that date and have not returned, among them, those who were sent out by the sect on business have to be eliminated, and the rest are all left the sect because of personal matters, and among those people, they were carefully screened over and over again, and even the old man sent people out to check, and some of the people who were indeed active outside were removed, and there were not many people left on the list in the end, and the old man repeatedly considered the names of those people, well, In the end, I felt that this An Zaiyin was the most suspicious. โ
Tang Ping said curiously:
"Why?"
"Well, of course there is a reason, the last few people on the list, after repeated inquiries during this time, some have just returned, some have appeared outside, and there are only three or four people who have not been heard from since they went out, among them is this An Zaiyin, why doubt him, because the rest of the people who have not heard from him since they also went out are either hot or gloomy in character, and they either have many friends in the sect or do not interact with people like lonely people, But what they all have in common is that they are all quite noticeable. And this An Zaiyin, easy-going personality, but also socialize with people, but it is unusually low-key, well, after all, he is a monk in Bibotan, the old man has some impressions of this person, in retrospect he does have dealings with people, but he never has a deep relationship with people, they are just nodding, he appears in many places, but he always does not attract attention, he is very low-key in his daily life, his cultivation is not high or low, tepid, not obvious, and he is the most easily ignored character. Of course, the old man is just suspicious of him, and he has to pay special attention to An Zaiyin, as well as the few remaining people on the list who have not heard from him. โ
Tang Ping said again:
"Then how will the sect start an investigation against Zhang Yi next?"
"I won't say more to you in detail, in short, there are two points, the first point is that you started to stare at Zhang Yi in the sect, just staring, you have to remember this, but it is probably difficult to find any useful clues from Zhang Yi's body; The second point is to continue to look for An Zaiyin outside, and the rest of the few monks who have not heard from him, if the sect starts to investigate, it will be much more than I can call on the manpower of manpower, of course, all this is done quietly and secretly, to avoid the leakage of news and alert that person. โ
Qian Chao thought for a moment and said to Tang Bonian;
"Senior Tang, what should we do in the cold pool?"
"Well, it's better to keep it and use it to hang Zhang Yi, maybe Zhang Yi will show some horses when he is in a hurry."
"But, Senior Tang, the cold water pool has been banned for a long time, and it has been banned since the last Chengguan En test, and after a long time, I am worried that there will be any accidents to those people inside, can we choose the opportunity to open the cold water pool, but what is brought out of it is a dead punishment, so that Zhang Yi will feel at ease, and maybe An Zaiyin will suddenly return to the sect, which will be more convenient for the sect to investigate him."
Tang Bonian thought for a moment and said:
"What you said is also feasible, but you can't move the cold water pool in private, now this ring is one ring, your actions must be arranged by the sect, it is better to wait for a while, anyway, it has been so long, if they die in it, they will definitely die early, and it is not bad these days, first by the sect to investigate, if the sect's investigation has been inconclusive, in the end, maybe opening the cold pool will become a key step, and then the elders in the sect may give you a cooperation."
Qian Chao nodded and said:
"Then the juniors will understand."
At this point, the main things that Qian Chao and Tang Ping came to Tang Bonian to talk about tonight have been discussed, and the timing of opening the cold pool will have to wait for the Zongnei Council to determine, when there is news, Qian Chao and a few people can go to do things, but Tang Ping still has something to say:
"There is one more thing, Sixth Grandfather, Zhang Yi gave Zong Fang an idea outside, asking him to invite the two guys who were expelled from the sect back to help deal with us, it is said that those two guys were expelled by the sect because of the practice of forbidden arts, they seem to be very powerful, Sixth Grandpa, what should I do about this matter?"
"Ha, what else can I do, of course the five of you can do it yourself, and you can even enter the forbidden land, will you be intimidated by the two disciples who have been expelled?"
Hearing Tang Bonian say this, Tang Ping was unconvinced and said:
"If those two guys are looking for trouble with us, we won't show mercy, as if they both have a big family background."
"Hmph, you still have a big sect background, I'm afraid they will do something."
Lu Pingchuan smiled and said:
"Huh! I love to hear what Mr. Tang says, hehe! โ
At this point, the five people understood that if Zhu Yu and Wei Gelin came to make trouble, they would just have to make a heavy hand, and Tang Ping finally said:
"Sixth Grandpa, there is one last thing."
"Alas, you have a lot to do, let's talk about it!"
"Sixth grandfather, you see, we are still looking for the eggs of the Qingluan, there is no one in the Thousand Needle Pine Forest, and then we have to go to several other forbidden places, this time in the Thousand Needle Pine Forest, the Qian boy went in alone, we can only wait outside, so boring, can we ......"
Before Tang Ping finished speaking, Tang Bonian interrupted her:
"Can't!"
"You old man, listen to me!"
"Say."
"Sixth Grandfather, you see, we can all enter and exit safely in places like Shouwu Mountain, why can't this forbidden place?"
"Hmph, because the most powerful demon beast inside is not banned like the screen of the Wok Mountain, if you are hit by the most powerful one, only Qian Chao among the five of you may survive......"
"But what if the most powerful monster in there dies?"
"Well, what do you mean?" Tang Bonian suddenly looked at Tang Ping.
Tang Ping said to Tang Bonian with a flattering smile:
"There's something that Grandpa Six needs to help us with......"