The lights flickered a few times because of Yu Rui's high-pitchedness, and the light was almost extinguished. Xia Yan didn't speak. He was suddenly a little scared—every time he found something unknown to him revealed. Gu Shizhong and Cheng Fangyu - if they really killed the bones, it was also because the bones blocked their way to find the owner of the piano - he knew that in the world he had never thought deeply, those who had been kind to him and who had treated him sincerely and kindly to him had been stained with a lot of blood, but when the blood appeared in front of him like this, he still had a deep sense of absurdity, as if the whole world was no longer real - as if he himself could not find the truth to trust.

"To confirm this suspicion, I carefully examined the burned house. Yu Rui continued, "That house has long been burned to the ground, and even if someone really played the piano there, the fire, the skin, flesh and bones would have all turned into ashes." But I still collected a few things there that had not been completely eroded, and when I met with the Divine King, when I spoke to him, he recognized at a glance the shape of one of the small blackened objects—it was supposed to be one of the feet holding up a long lyre, which had been mostly of the texture of gold and jade, and the gold had been melted down, and only the original form of the jade remained. ”

"In other words, it was indeed the person who played the piano in that room, and after the Qinglong Sect found out about him, it might not be able to deal with him, so they set fire to him?" Xia Yan didn't seem to believe it. "I saw that there were many back doors in the houses in Remnant Town, and if there was a real fire, of course that person would have left long ago, and he would not sit still. When people are gone, of course they will not leave the piano. ”

"I don't know. Yu Rui said, "I still don't know what the truth of this matter is—and I never told anyone from the Black Bamboo Society, including my own brother, about this discovery." After all, a small piece of the qin foot is not enough to prove anything, let alone explain the mystery of the residual sound-everyone told me that they heard the sound of the qin for two days-even if the person left, but the qin should have burned down, could it really be a musician sent by the underworld, and it could not be left behind? Later, when the Divine Monarch sent me to the rescue of the Liu Envoy, I thought of asking her - the Liu Envoy is the best at musical instruments, and maybe I have some opinions on this. It's a pity that I missed and seriously injured her, and I didn't have time to ask ...... in the end."

Xia Yan sat gloomily for a while, "In this way, the world is ...... Only Cheng Zuo knew the truth of the day?" he recalled that when Cheng Fangyue mentioned this matter, he took it in one go, and his expression was no different. Of course, if you were to change yourself, you will probably feel that this matter is not enough to be humane with outsiders.

"I heard that Cheng Fangyue can still talk to you, but after all, he is a member of the Blue Dragon Sect, and most of them will not admit it. Yu Rui sneered, "I don't think I need to be close and far—there is another person who may know better than Cheng Fangyue." ”

Xia Yan hesitated, "But my father-in-law has already ......."

"I'm talking about Shen Fengming. ”

"Feng Ming?" Xia Yan was strange.

"Do you know why you were willing to take Shen Fengming with you when I was in Heizhu a while ago?" Yu Rui said.

Xia Yan hesitated again, and said, "I know—he is not quite on the right path with Ling Daxia and Zhang Gongchang, and it may be exactly what you want." ”

"Oh, you can tell he's not on the right side of the road. Yu Rui laughed, "Do you know why he is not on the right path with Ling Li?"

Xia Yan was silent. Shen Fengming's father died at the hands of Su Fufeng, he must have known that even if he didn't take revenge, he couldn't have any good feelings for Ling Li and his wife. But he wasn't sure Yu Rui knew about it—he didn't dare to mention it lightly.

"Because he knows the bones. Yu Rui has already answered himself.

Xia Yan was taken aback, "You said Feng Ming-you know thoroughly, but...... Eighteen years ago? he ......."

"Eighteen years ago, he was still young, and he hadn't joined Heizhu yet, and I don't know when or where he knew him, but ...... Have you ever noticed his blade?"

Xia Yan thought carefully. Shen Fengming was rarely seen using his blade, except for the occasional ...... hidden in his sleeve

"Dagger!?" he blurted out.

"That's right, Dagger. Yu Rui said. "He's not just using a dagger, it's a dagger to the bone. In order to make me refuse, he showed me the dagger on the first day he saw me. I asked him what his relationship was, but he refused to answer, but said that if I made him the first person in Kurotake one day, he would tell me the secret. ”

He ...... Did he really say that?"

"I also thought he was bold, bold enough to talk to me like this, to negotiate terms with me like this, but I didn't have anyone available at the time, so I agreed. He's helped me a lot, but, at the moment, I can't help him—I wonder if the friendship between the two of you might make him tell you the truth?"

Xia Yan sat in a daze. He suddenly realized that he didn't know Shen Fengming - the secrets he thought he had discovered were not all he hid.

"If he had said it, he would have told me a long time ago......" he smiled wryly. "Forget it, I don't know anyone thoroughly, and I don't like to probe into other people's secrets. Black Bamboo's past, I know that these are enough. ”

He stood up, "Disturb the seniors for too long, I'll ...... first"

"Don't you really want to know?" Yu Rui still asked compulsively, "If Shen Fengming's dagger kung fu is passed down from the bone, you don't want to figure out - last year he led people to ambush in Hongfu Tower, is it really as he said, just dragging the people of the Qinglong Sect, or does he want to take advantage of the chaos to kill Gu Shizhong and Cheng Fangyu on the table? If it weren't for Ling Li's accidental appearance that day, the two of them might not have survived to return to Qinglong Valley at all-even so, your stepfather still died in the hands of the Black Bamboo Society- Of course, the person who killed him in the end was Maas, but do you think Shen Fengming really couldn't stop Mas, or didn't he want to stop him? Or even—could he be using Mas at all......

"What do you want to prove!" Xia Yan took two steps forward with a pale face and blurted out, "Senior Yu, I can't figure out your position a little - you keep saying that you want to be alive - if you really think that Feng Ming wants to avenge Che Gu, then what he did should also be what you want, right? You are talking to me about this-do you want me to stop him? Or are you talking about it for so long, but you are just looking for an opportunity to provoke me and him, so that you can still take advantage of it!"

"How else can I take advantage of the void to get in?" Yu Rui sneered, "The Divine Monarch thinks that he is preparing to imprison me until I die, even if you fight to the death, what does it have to do with me? The old man just wants to find out the truth." I wonder - what exactly did the bones die for. Didn't you think about what kind of connection there was between the Demon Sect and the Demon Sound—Shen Fengming, and Remnant Sound Town? Yes, eighteen years ago, it could not have been Shen Fengming who played the qin, but he was a descendant of the Demon Sect, and his elders should still be there eighteen years ago, right? If it was really the predecessor of the Demon Sect, and they encountered that big war, it was not their fault, so why should they not mention it, or was that that big war ruining their plans? Today you came to me to ask about the bones, since you have already talked about this, don't you want to find out what Shen Fengming is trying to hide!"

With a "snort", the lights went out, and I don't know if the lamp ran out of oil, or if it couldn't stand the oppressive atmosphere, and the cell fell into the darkness of eternal night.

It turns out that this prison is so bleak after all.

After a long time, I heard Xia Yan speak, "Those things were originally based on the conjecture of the seniors - the seniors may not be able to understand the difficulty of Feng Ming's foothold and the difficulty of the situation. A few months ago, no one in the world knew about the existence of the so-called Demon Sect, and if it was really related to the Demon Sect back then, he couldn't even mention it—he didn't want others to know about his background at all, and he didn't want to lose the status he had worked so hard for many years in Heizhu. As far as I can see, at least, for so many years, Feng Ming has never been sorry for Heizhu, so why did Heizhu force him to ask him alone because of some speculation?"

Yu Rui didn't speak for a while, as if he no longer had hope in this controversy, only a pair of eyes grabbed Xia Yan in the dark, and for a while, he suddenly said: "Do you remember - Lingnan Meizhou, your life was saved by the old man?"

"I never dare to forget the grace of saving my life. Xia Yan replied with a straight face.

"Since you haven't forgotten - then you will return the favor to the old man. Yu Rui said, "I don't want you to give me back my life, and I don't want to embarrass you to let me out, but I just want you to find out the truth about the battle of Remnant Town-is it, as the lord of the black bamboo, shouldn't you even do this thing? You don't have to make many excuses, you also know very well in your heart that if Shen Fengming is a friend, he will never turn his back on you because of your question; if he doesn't have a ghost in his heart, he will naturally answer you." ”

Xia Yan didn't make a sound. He didn't know how else to refute it.

He bowed to Yu Rui in the dark, did not say another word, did not agree or refuse, and left in silence. The sun was still bright outside, and the wind was blowing in his face, blowing his long hair up and floating. He didn't want to, and he knew that he shouldn't have even the slightest suspicion of Shen Fengming because of any word in this world, but this heart was like a reed in the wind at the moment. It was not so much that he didn't want to agree, but that he didn't dare to agree--did the Demon Sect really have a plan as Yu Rui hinted at? Did he betray it because he had colluded with the Demon Sect back then? Even though these past events had nothing to do with the present day, but--when his heart sank to the bottom, he couldn't help but think of an unsolved puzzle that he almost forgot - could the relics of Murong's disguise and Gu magic that were unknown in the past also fall into Shen Fengming's hands like daggers? Could the mysterious man who is helpless even with a single spring have something to do with him?

Although it was just a casual thought, Xia Yan already felt that he was in a cold sweat. He denied the speculation in his heart. No, at least it won't be Feng Ming-that mysterious person is stirring up trouble everywhere, and the result is just to make the Qinglong Sect join forces with the prince and make enemies of the Vermilion Bird and the Yunmeng Sect-how could Shen Fengming go and recruit the enemy of the Qinglong Sect for the Yunmeng Sect himself? What's more, when Huo Xin was plotted against in the Qinglong Valley, Shen Fengming stayed in Lin'an with a good sense - that mysterious person, of course it won't be him!

However, he suddenly remembered that when he came back from the Gold Medal Wall, Shen Fengming suddenly left the team halfway and went to Huizhou. The time was very short, but in a day or two, he later said that he was going to Huizhou to retrieve the letter from the head of Fengyun Dao for himself. At that time, he felt that this reason was far-fetched, but because it was Shen Fengming, he didn't think there was anything wrong, and now that he thinks about it, that short departure can also be evidence of this terrible conjecture - if he actually went to Tuoba Gu that time, it would be easier to explain. Shen Fengming already knew Gu techniques, and the disguise technique would not be difficult for him—although it was unknown who he had disguised himself into, and what kind of rhetoric he used, it was not known what kind of rhetoric he used, but didn't Tuoba Gu suddenly change his mind after that and decided to join forces with the crown prince, and even decided to abandon Shan Jiquan for a while? In the few days that he accompanied the thorn to the Qinglong Valley, if Shen Fengming also quietly left Lin'an and made a round trip first, of course he would not be aware of it!

His mind was already a little out of control, and in a trance, he kept recalling a lot of words about Shen Fengming in his mind. At that moment, Shan jumped up and shouted, "Liar! He's a liar!" — and another moment Okra talked to himself about his past: "He said that he had never mentioned those things to anyone, and that I should be treated as gibberish." Earlier, in the alleys of the capital, the thorn in the ear was suspicious: "I'm really confused now, is he a good person?" - but even Suzaku once agreed: "If even he is not worth entrusting, who else in this world is worthy of entrusting?" ......

And in the midst of all these chaotic memories, what lingers so repeatedly that it is that moment - once upon a time on the way south, Shen Fengming held up the cup of bad wine and smiled to himself: "Taoist, I, Shen Fengming, treat you as a friend!"

He stopped, intercepting all his thoughts, as if he was afraid that too many flashbacks would be too fast in an instant, cutting the definition of "friend of life and death".