Chapter 49: Innocence
Li Xiaotian sneered when he heard Hua Xu's words, what Hua Yun's heart was, everyone knows, no wonder Hua Xuan scolded Hua Yun so much before, it was just a show, and now he took out this hairpin, didn't he just want to use it as a threat to make him agree to marry Qianhiro to Hua Yun?
Since the establishment of the Taihua Sect, there have been door rules, and successive sect masters are not allowed to marry wives, the purpose of which is to prevent the sect from becoming a family force, which is not conducive to the development of the Taihua Sect, which is not that the family is worse than the sect, but each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
In the Nine Dragons Continent, there are countless various forces, which are nothing more than four types: sects, academies, families, and dynasties. Although the imperial dynasty also belongs to the family power in a certain sense, that is, the royal family, but the emperor's harem has three thousand beauties, and how many princesses and princesses are born, it is simply uncountable, and there will always be a few particularly outstanding princes who can bring the dynasty to a new peak.
The power of ordinary families is different, unless those family heads are addicted to women, even if they have three wives and four concubines, it is impossible to have three thousand beauties like the emperor, so there are naturally not many descendants, and the probability of producing peerless geniuses is much smaller than that of the dynasty.
The sect is different from the family and the dynasty, the head of the sect is mostly the most outstanding one of the many disciples in the sect, and there will be almost no mediocrity as the sect master, but if the sect master has descendants, he will naturally favor his own children, lose justice, and miss the real genius, which is the reason why the Taihua Sect stipulates that the sect master is not allowed to marry a wife.
Now although Li Xiaotian is not married, he has a daughter, who is still a core disciple, if Qianhiro's identity is exposed, he is afraid that the sect master will also be criticized, and those sect elders and Taishang elders will no longer allow him to be the sect master of the Taihua sect.
Moreover, since Hua Xuan can take out this hairpin, he must also know the truth, otherwise he would not use it to threaten Li Xiaotian.
Hua Xu's hand is quite beautiful, if Li Xiaotian does not agree, he will definitely say this matter, Li Xiaotian will be in an extremely disadvantageous situation, but if he agrees, not only will he sacrifice Qianxun's lifelong happiness, but in the eyes of all the disciples, it will also become Li Xiaotian's sacrifice of the happiness of the sect disciples for his own selfish desires, so that the people's hearts will be greatly disappointed, and the status of Hua Xu's father and son in the Taihua Sect will be further improved, and they will be more unscrupulous, after all, they have become the sect master's in-laws.
Li Xiaotian didn't think too much, no matter what, he couldn't let Chihiro marry Hua Yun, that was to push her into the fire pit, so how could he be worthy of Chihiro's mother, as for the position of sect master, he didn't want to be it, because of it, he lost his favorite woman, and if he lost it, he just lived up to the expectations of the previous sect master and Yu'er.
Thinking of this, Li Xiaotian said firmly: "Since Qianhiro is unwilling, how can this seat be strong, this matter, this seat does not agree!"
Hua Xuan was not surprised by Li Xiaotian's response, or rather, it was not surprising for Li Xiaotian to agree or not, and even he hoped that Li Xiaotian would not agree, so that he could justifiably pull Li Xiaotian off the horse.
I saw Hua Xuan smile and said: "The sect master loves Qianxun in every way, and even Yun'er's proposal has been repeatedly refused, which is really worthy of being a father and daughter." ”
When the words fell, it immediately set off an uproar among the disciples, and there were many discussions, even those sect elders and patriarchs were very surprised to look at Li Xiaotian, Qianxun turned out to be his daughter, it was incredible.
Especially some of the elders, their qualifications are much deeper than Li Xiaotian, when Li Xiaotian became the sect master of Taihua Sect, they also presided over it, and it is very clear that Li Xiaotian has never been married at all, and now he suddenly heard Hua Xu say that Qianxun is Li Xiaotian's daughter, how can he not be surprised?
Chihiro's body was shocked, the truth has always been known only to her and Li Xiaotian, and whether in person or behind her back, she has never called Li Xiaotian a father, how did Hua Xuan know?
And Yang Yan's eyes flashed, and with this relationship, it seems that things will go well.
"Elder Hua, you can't talk nonsense about this matter, it will damage the reputation of the sect. A senior patriarch opened his mouth and said, Li Xiaotian became the sect master in his eyes, and he was also very optimistic about Li Xiaotian, especially over the years, Li Xiaotian has taken care of the sect very well, no worse than the previous sect masters, he really can't believe that Li Xiaotian will violate the rules of the sect.
Hearing this, Hua Xu's face did not change, and he said to the patriarch: "Elder Chen, the dignity of the sect master's identity, how dare the old man slander, and the old man can't believe it, but this is the truth!"
The words were full of helplessness, which made many people sarcastic and hypocritical, if it was really as he said and couldn't believe it, how could he expose this matter in public, it was clearly aimed at the sect master.
"What proof do you have?" Elder Chen said with a slight frown, could it be true?
Hua Xu picked up the hairpin from the wooden box and said slowly: "More than 20 years ago, the sect master fell in love with a female disciple named Qianyuer in this sect, this hairpin was given to her by the sect master at that time, and then the sect master succeeded her, and the female disciple also disappeared from the sect, until a few years ago, the sect master found Qianyuer's mother and daughter in a remote village, but at that time Qianyuer had passed away, and the sect master brought Qianyuer's daughter back to the sect, which is now the core disciple, Qianhiro. ”
Hearing this, Elder Chen frowned, seeing that Hua Xu's appearance didn't look like a lie, and immediately said, "Since Elder Hua knows so well, why haven't I heard you talk about it for so long, but I mentioned it today?"
A cold glint flashed in Hua Xu's eyes, the old guy really didn't know the current affairs, but it was just a flash, and then he said: "The old man also only found out not long ago, in order to verify whether it is true, the old man personally went to the village and asked the villagers there, it is true, so he dared to say it, and asked the elders not to blame." ”
"Elder Chen, Elder Hua is also well-intentioned, I don't want to blame the sect master, so don't worry about it, now I still think about how to deal with this matter, the master of a sect actually violated the door rules, which really disappointed me and others. Another patriarch said, apparently on Hua Xu's side.
"Yes, this kind of thing is going to be spread, how can our Taihua Sect have a face!"
"As the sect master, knowing the law and breaking the law, the crime is unforgivable, and it must be dealt with seriously!"
"Elder Liao is right, those who violate the rules of the sect cannot take on the position of sect master again!"
A patriarch of a famous sect opened his mouth and said, there are almost half of the patriarchs of the Taihua Sect, and as for the elders of the inner and outer sects, there are more people who support Huaxu, but they are not qualified to speak in front of the patriarch.
Seeing this scene, Elder Chen's face turned pale, there were so many elders on Hua Xu's side, not to mention whether Li Xiaotian's matter was true or false, this Hua Xuan must have plotted against him, and immediately said: "Enough! This matter has not yet been decided, it is too early to cure the crime of the sect master, Elder Hua, this matter is just your words, can there be definite evidence to prove it?"
"Naturally, there is evidence, this hairpin is physical evidence, if you want to have human evidence, you just need to go to that village and ask the villagers to know if there is a woman named Qianyuer who gave birth to a daughter there, and whether there is a man who takes his daughter away. Hua Xuan said that this matter was a fact, and there was no need for him to lie at all.
Hearing this, Elder Chen shook his head and said: "These can't be used as evidence, a hairpin can't explain anything, and not to say that the words of the villagers can be faked, even if it's true, how can it be proved that Qianhiro is the daughter of the sect master, maybe it was born to that Qianyuer and others, and the sect master felt that she owed her, so he brought Chihiro back to the sect." ”
Hua Xu's tone was a little unhappy and said, "Did Elder Chen suspect that the old man was cheating and deliberately slandered the sect master?" Or did Elder Chen deliberately shield the sect master and wanted to distort the facts?"
"The old man just stated the facts, what to say about covering up, it is far from enough to convict the sect master with these thoughts, if you can't come up with definite evidence, the crime of slandering the sect master is not small!" Elder Chen said, he actually knew that what Hua Xuan said might be true, but he didn't want to see Li Xiaotian punished, let alone let Hua Xu's conspiracy succeed, so he argued with reason.
Hua Xu's face was a little gloomy, this old guy is really difficult, but how can he deal with him like this, since he has done it, he must succeed, not to mention that he came prepared.
At that moment, Hua Xuan said: "It seems that Elder Chen is determined to protect the sect master, if you want evidence, the old man will give it to you, although blood recognition is a secular method, but it is also effective for martial artists, let us witness together, that Chihiro is not the daughter of the sect master!"
When the words fell, Qianxun's face turned pale, dripping blood to recognize her relatives, and she could naturally know that she and Li Xiaotian were father and daughter, and I am afraid that the fate of her and Li Xiaotian would not be good at that time, although Li Xiaotian was the master of a sect and a strong person in the Lingyuan Realm, but nearly half of the sect elders were on Hua Xu's side, except for Elder Chen, the rest of the elders did not express their position.
Elder Chen couldn't help but sigh secretly, if it was a drop of blood to verify the facts, he couldn't do anything, and immediately looked at Li Xiaotian and said, "What is the sect's idea?"
Hearing this, Li Xiaotian smiled freely, but he couldn't hide that trace of sadness, although he didn't care much about the position of the sect master, but after all, he had worked hard for the Taihua Sect for so many years, but he ended up like this, nearly half of the elders followed Hua Xuan to oppose him, and only Elder Chen had been defending him, which made him very moved.
Li Xiaotian looked at Elder Chen gratefully and said, "Thank you Elder Chen, Xiaotian is grateful, as for the blood to recognize his relatives...... No more!"
"Sect Master...... You ......" Elder Chen looked at Li Xiaotian's expression and guessed what he was going to do, so he didn't know what to say.
Sure enough, Li Xiaotian glanced around at the elders and elders present, those who stood on Hua Xu's side looked at him with a sarcastic expression, and those who did not express their stance avoided his gaze.
Li Xiaotian smiled, laughing so desolately, but so proud, unyielding, at this moment, he stood up straight, and said loudly: "I Li Xiaotian has been the sect master of Taihua Sect for twenty-five years, I ask myself to be worthy of the sky, I am ashamed of the ground, I have never done anything ashamed of the sect, I have always done my best, I have never slacked off, but I didn't expect that it is still so unpopular, I have paid so much, and it is not as good as a trace of Elder Hua's favor, don't you just want to hand over the position of sect master?"
"Okay, this seat will be given to you, but you remember, I am not afraid of you, but I didn't want to be the sect master in the first place, because of it, I lost the woman I love the most, and I didn't even see her for the last time, and my daughter refused to recognize me. Hehe, don't have to be a blood confidant!"
"Qianyuer is my wife, Chihiro is my son, but I am not guilty!"
"I'm innocent!"