At that moment, Zhu Ruoyu was silent for a long time, and the thoughts in his heart were flying. To say that the reason why the Emei Sword Sect is willing to come to participate in the martial arts conference held by the imperial court this time is to pocket the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance. This is not his wishful thinking, he originally thought that with the power of the Dinghai Sword, the masters who can fight with the rivers and lakes today are just the two of Tianshan Qingzhu and the Divine Fire Sect Master. However, the former is greedy for life and afraid of death, and will never show his face on such occasions as the martial arts conference; although the latter's martial arts, prestige, and power do not think of second people, the Shenhuo Sect has long been recognized as a cult traitor, how can the imperial court respect the thieves and give them the position of alliance leader?

Besides, in the Xuanwu Feihuamen set by the imperial court, only Xian Jingyue, who is known as "Jiangnan Yidao", can really fight, but he was defeated by the Dinghai Sword on Mount Emei. So until today, before the two fought again, Zhu Ruoyu didn't take this "first person in the world in ten years" in his eyes at all.

From this point of view, if the "Taihu Lake Martial Arts" is to compete for the position of the leader of the alliance by force in the end, then for the Emei Sword Sect, it can almost be said that it is a sure victory, to say the least, it is seven or eight percent sure. It is precisely because of this low spirit that Zhu Ruoyu's trip is inevitable, in order to be foolproof, he also secretly prepared the poison of "Red Baby Gu", and planned to take advantage of the gift of fine wine to apply Gu poison to the major gangs here, in case there are people who refuse to submit. In addition, he was worried that the poison would be discovered, so he used all kinds of forces and tried all kinds of ways to kill or prevent all the people who came to the meeting to practice medicine.

It's a pity that although his wishful thinking is good, today the entire Sichuan and Shu martial arts came to the meeting, but before he set foot on Xishan Island, he was stopped by Ye Ding's power. Regardless of the rapid progress of cultivation, Xie Yixiang's series of words and deeds alone are clearly the plot of the "Red Infant Gu" that he has long known, and he thinks that he has inferred clues from the case of the disappearance of the upstream people on Mount Emei in the past. I only hated that it was because of the return of the Dinghai Sword at that time, coupled with the Emei Sword Sect's reluctance to offend the court head-on, and in the end it failed to cut these two people to the roots, which made me fall into a dilemma at this moment.

As for Ye Dinggong's face-to-face statement, claiming that the "Taihu Lake and Jianghu" are indispensable to the Sichuan-Shu martial arts, this seems to be a sign of weakness, but in fact it is a statement of position and a hidden threat. If you insist on refusing to destroy the poison of the "Red Infant Gu" hidden in the carriage, I am afraid that not only the Emei Sword Sect, but also the hundreds of people in the entire Sichuan and Shu Martial Arts, I am afraid that they will have to travel thousands of miles in vain. In this way, it is better to have a strong man break his arm, abandon the car to protect the handsome, and win the championship in a righteous and bright competition in the grand event of the day after tomorrow. At that moment, Zhu Ruoyu said in a deep voice: "Now that the wine is gone, what is the use of keeping the carriage? If you insist on asking for these carriages, take them." ”

As soon as these words came out, the two sides undoubtedly reached a settlement, thus ending today's confrontation. Ye Dinggong immediately smiled, beckoned the seven gangs that came with him to warmly welcome the arrival of the various factions of the Sichuan and Shu martial arts, and secretly ordered Cheng Zhutou and Ximen Zhutou in the torture and arrest room to lead the sergeants to burn the more than 30 carriages and make sure they were burned clean. In the spirit of equal compassion for all beings, the abbot said that even if the blood in the carriage was only chicken blood, it was a killing and evil, so he personally led a group of monks from the Dafu Vulture Temple to sit in front of the burning carriage and chanted the scriptures throughout the whole process.

Seeing that the matter ended like this, everyone was happy, although Xie Yixiang was not angry in his heart, but the plot of the Emei Sword Sect to kill the Central Plains Martial Arts with the "Red Baby Gu" could be regarded as broken, thus resolving a crisis invisibly. She didn't want to argue with Ye Dinggong again, so she quietly left and came to the dock alone to take a boat. It happened that Xian Jingyue had untied his frozen body at this time, and was returning from the lake, seeing that his senior brother's face was pale, obviously invaded by the chill of the Dinghai Sword, Xie Yixiang hurriedly asked about his injuries, Xian Jingyue shook his head and said, "It's okay, one day of pranayama is enough to recover." ”

At that moment, the two of them returned to Mingyue Village by boat, and Jingyue went back to the house to rest first, and Xie Yixiang did not disturb it. She wanted to find a son to tell her about the day, but she was so uninterested that she wouldn't even open the door. Seeing that the sun was gradually turning westward, and the day was about to pass again, Xie Yixiang ate something indiscriminately, silently thinking about the whole thing, but the more she thought about it, the more depressed she felt.

It is said that although the conspiracy of the Emei Sword Sect has now been broken, who should they talk to about the lives of Ouyang Cha's master and apprentice, the fifteen medical officers, and the disciples of the Five Poisons Sect? Could it be for the sake of the so-called "overall situation" in Ye Dinggong's mouth, they deserve to die in vain? Thinking of Zhu Ruoyu's sneak attack on his sword, if it weren't for the timely rescue of the head of the Baiyun Sword Sect, he would definitely die on the spot, and Xie Yixiang was even more indignant. She couldn't help but secretly said in her heart: "Although the Emei Sword Sect's crime of poisoning people with Gu has not worked, hiring a murderer is a fait accompli. Even if we have to take into account the overall situation and let the 'Taihu Martial Arts' be held smoothly, then after the grand meeting is over, Zhu Ruoyu and others will be arrested and questioned!"

Having said that, how easy is it to arrest the head of the Emei Sword Sect and bring him to justice? If we follow the old days of the criminal arrest room, and regardless of whether there is evidence or not, we should first arrest the suspect and torture him severely; if he still refuses to admit his guilt, he only needs to write a letter of guilt and let the suspect put his fingerprint in a coma. However, after all, the Emei Sword Sect is a well-known and upright family in the rivers and lakes, and its head Zhu Ruoyu is a master on the "Jianghu Celebrity List".

Thinking of this, Xie Yixiang became more and more annoyed in her heart, and immediately got up and left Mingyue Village, and came to the lake alone to breathe, thinking about countermeasures while pacing. In fact, if you want to find evidence that the Emei Sword Sect hired murderers, the most direct thing is the underworld killers they hired to commit murder. Among the few known killers today, the "Seven Deadly Swords" who killed the Five Poisons Sect had been severely poisoned and died on the spot, while the "throat cutter" who killed Ouyang Cha's apprentice was nowhere to be found.

Xie Yixiang looked at the vast Taihu Lake in front of him, at this time the sun was setting, the turquoise water of the lake was flooded with golden ripples, and the whole Taihu Lake seemed to be dressed in a golden scale. She couldn't help but think about it, and walked all the way west along the lakeside to meet the setting sun, and when the remnant sun gradually fell, and the last ray of afterglow disappeared into the water and sky communication, she had come to the area of Mawang Mountain, the westernmost part of Xishan Island.

I remember that the disciples of Xuanwu Feihuamen said that the fast boat on which a group of medical officers sent by the imperial court yesterday also departed from the Hangdu Wharf in Yixing City, west of Taihu Lake, but sank mysteriously in the area of Dazhu Island in the lake, and 15 medical officers and sailors on board drowned on the spot. Xie Yixiang grew up in Suzhou City since she was a child, and she is very familiar with this Taihu Lake, seeing that there are no boats on the lake, and there is no one in sight, she took off her coat, shoes and socks, pressed the shore with a scabbard, and then jumped straight into the water, swimming all the way to the west in the direction of Dazhu Island.

You must know that Xie Yixiang's water nature was practiced in this Taihu Lake when she was a child, even if she can swim all day, the big bamboo island is only more than ten miles away from here, she slowly tread the water forward, and she has arrived in about an hour, it is a small island with a radius of less than half a mile, and it is full of silt and weeds. Xie Yixiang rested on the island for a while, looked at the lake in the night, and said in his heart: "That long wind mouth said that there are unjust ghosts and ghosts hidden here, and I also mentioned what 'hidden yin body' last night, it can be seen that there must be a mysterious force in this Taihu Lake." Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Emei Sword Sect to hire murderers and ask them to murder the lives of the entire ship's medical officers. If you can find the shipwreck yesterday, maybe you can find some clues, and you can find the crime of the Emei Sword Sect. ”

Then Xie Yixiang took a deep breath, bit the back of the knife and entered the water again, diving all the way to the bottom of the lake. At this time, the bright moon has risen, tends to be full, and the moonlight shines into the lake, and with her "poor thousands of miles" supernatural power, she can barely see the bottom of the lake. She searched back and forth around Dazhu Island, but after half an hour, she found a shipwreck at the bottom of the lake one mile south of Dazhu Island, which was overturned sideways in the silt at the bottom of the lake, and it seemed that it had just sunk into the water. At this time, the faint moonlight reflected in the water, and the wreck was surrounded by abundant aquatic plants, swaying endlessly, and faintly revealing an indescribable strangeness from the tranquility.