"Brother, brother!"

This innocent and stubborn voice lingered in Lichen's mind, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he could see a teenager wearing a white corset, a dragon dancing white jade crown on his head, and a half-cold iron halberd in his hand slowly walking towards him.

The scorching sun was shining, and the bantam flowers that had just bloomed in the early morning were roasted to the point of withering, and the stream next to Tongjia Village was also flowing lazily in the sun.

The heavy and thick sound of drums echoed through the surrounding valleys, and the source of the drums was also a high platform in the middle of the village.

The high platform, which is about two meters high, is extremely empty, and is usually used by villagers for armed battles, and on the southern edge, there are more than a dozen chairs made of black sunken wood.

Under the scorching sun, the old and young of the village gathered around the high platform, making continuous discussions, and sitting on the chair was the strongest person in the village, and in the middle was the village chief Tong 18, who was nearly seventy years old.

This time, the people of Tongjia Village gathered here not to watch and learn, but the center of everyone's attention was a teenager standing in the center of the high platform.

The young man was disheveled, his hands were tied behind his back with ropes, his handsome little face was covered with dirt, and his back left a scabbed scar from the position of his neck to the tail vertebrae, even so, he looked at the sitting man with a pair of unwavering bright eyes, although he was fifteen years old, but his momentum was never lost to the other party.

"Lichen! In the name of the head of Tongjia Village, I, Tong Eighteen, officially announce to you that if you still do not admit your guilt, then you will have to use torture until you recruit you!"

Li Chen retorted expressionlessly: "What do you want me to recruit, village chief, do you want me to recruit? Kill Qingzi? I do it righteously from Chenchen, saying that if I didn't kill him, I didn't kill him, could it be that the village chief wanted to bend and beat him into a trick? Who in the village doesn't know that Tong Qing is my younger brother, what good will it do me if I kill him?"

Next to Tong Eighteen sat a thin man with a beard and chest, just blocking a chest hairpin that symbolized the decision-makers of Tongjia Village. I just heard him say, "We have witnesses, and you can't rely on them no matter what." ”

After a while, a teenager was squeezed out of the crowd, greeted the dozen or so people seated, and then looked at Li Chen with a cruel look.

"Tong Lie, there was a fight between Lichen and Tong Qing on the hillside a few days ago, but is there such a thing?" asked the thin man.

Tong Lie said: "It's true, I was cultivating at the time, and suddenly there was a sound of weapons colliding in the distance, and when I looked at it in the past, Li Chen and Tong Qing were already unconscious, and the injuries on their bodies were almost the same." I think that Li Chen killed Tong Qing for fear that others would see through it, so he deliberately left a wound in his back that looked exactly the same but was not fatal. ”

Facing the self-confessing Tong Lie, Li Chen couldn't have a good impression in his heart at all, Tong Lie was a year older than him, but he was inferior to him in terms of cultivation talent and combat skills, and the reason why he said this was completely because of jealousy.

"Dare to ask Tong Lie, haven't you had a discussion with others before? Since it is a competition, there is inevitably the sound of weapons colliding, my Tongjia Village has been focusing on cultivation in recent years, is it because of a trivial matter that usually depends on my head?"

"At that time, I passed out next to Aoko, this wound is evidence, I am also a victim, you don't find out who really committed the murder, but come to interrogate me. Speaking of which, Lichen Qing's muscles burst out, and he tried to turn his back around, and in the face of indiscriminate false accusations, Lichen couldn't help but get angry from his heart.

This scar is the same as the scar on the dead Tong Qing's body, when they were fighting fiercely, they only felt a chill behind him and passed out, but he was able to wake up again, and Tong Qing lost the signs of life.

"When I came, I only saw you and Tong Qing lying on the ground, and it was only ten minutes during this period, who else could do anything to Tong Qing except you. Tong Lie said in a calm tone, even with a smile.

The more such a person is, the more dangerous it is!

As soon as he finished speaking, another old man in the seat frowned and scolded: "Tong Lie, don't jump to conclusions without full evidence, if you lose something because of your perjury, I'm afraid you won't be able to redeem yourself!"

His name is Tong Xie, and he is the person in charge of the autopsy of Tong Qing.

"Eh, Brother Xie doesn't have to be like this, Tong Lie is timid, if he is scared, he will not dare to testify. Tong Eighteen immediately said.

Tong Xie snorted: "Village Chief, you should be cautious when judging, the brotherhood of Chen Tongqing is deep, I believe that he will never do such a thing, if you just believe Tong Lie's words, wouldn't it seem too child's play, human life is at stake, don't jump to conclusions." ”

The thin man said: "You say this to think that we are deliberately framing Lichen? Don't forget, Tong Qing is Tong Fangdao's biological son, Lichen is not." ”

"Tong Han, what do you want to express?" Tong Xie said coldly.

Tong Han was about to speak, but was stopped by Tong Eighteen and said, "I'm not here to ask you to quarrel today, but to find out the truth." ”

"Just based on the rhetoric of these people, with all due respect, Tong Qing has been dead for more than ten days, and you have locked up Lichen until now, this kind of behavior is extremely inappropriate, and there is no evidence and no evidence. If you are framed by people with ill intentions, I am afraid that the village chief will not be able to protect you in the evening. Everyone knows that although Li Chen is an outsider, he has never done anything to be sorry for Tongjia Village since the governor, and now that he is in prison, everyone treats him like this, and I, Tong Xie, am really ashamed to be with you. ”

"So I asked to release him for the time being, and it won't be too late to deal with it when the truth is clarified, if it was really him who did it, I, Tong Xie, promised to kill him with my own hands, what do you think, village chief?" Tong Xie's face was wrinkled and undulated obviously, and his powerful aura and strong voice calmed the thousands of people in the audience for a while.

Rao is like this, after all, he is one of more than a dozen decision-makers, and as soon as he finished speaking, someone retorted: "What a big breath, are we here to make decisions and discuss together, or do we all listen to you?"

Li Chen looked at Tong Xie arguing with a few other people, so he interrupted: "A few grandfathers don't need to quarrel, I also have witnesses." After speaking, he looked at Tong Lie and found that the latter's face had become quite ugly.

"Lingran, you were with me that day, you tell a few people here, did I really kill Qingzi that day?"

In a moment, the crowd was in an uproar, and a young girl slowly walked to the front row under the high platform, and became the focus of everyone for a while.

The girl is wearing a flower robe, coupled with a pink little face, in the crowd like a water lily blooming in the water, she has grown into a delicate figure at a young age, and under the elegant pace, it has attracted many people present.

When Lichen saw her, he felt inexplicably relieved, she was also there that day, and she was also awake when he was unconscious, so she must know the situation.

Tong Xie squinted at Tong Han and snorted, "What else do you have to say?" Lingran and Lichen grew up together since childhood, and she was also there that day, so her words still count?"

Tong Eighteen also gave Tong Han a hesitant look, only to see Tong Han smile instead: "Count, if Tong Lingran said that Lichen is innocent, then we will release him immediately, but if we deny it, then we have to let the village chief decide to sanction him." And Tong Eighteen originally wanted to say something, but was stopped by a gesture from him.

It's okay if Tong Han denies it, but his affirmation makes Tong Xie a little uncomfortable.

"Ahem, Lingran, you were also there that day, did you say that Lichen killed Tong Qing? You are your father's most well-behaved child, but you have to tell the truth. Tong Eighteen stroked his beard and said.

"Killed. Tong Lingran's jade lips opened lightly, and she said these two words lightly.

"Sure enough, the outsiders didn't have a good thing. ”

"It's a shame that we trusted him so much!"

"People like him deserve to be cut with a thousand knives!"

After Tong Lingran finished speaking, the audience had a lot of discussions, and the originally wavering views suddenly fell to one side, and few people stood up to speak for Lichen.

"Lingran, you ......" Li Chen couldn't believe his ears, except for Tong Qing around him, she was his best friend among his peers, and he really couldn't figure out why she was lying at this moment.

"Lingran, don't be mistaken, this is related to Lichen's life. Tong Han pretended to be serious.

"I'm not mistaken, he killed him!" Tong Lingran looked at Li Chen with beautiful eyes, and found that the latter's face was full of shock, and his eyes fluttered unconsciously.

Tong Eighteen shouted: "Lichen, since Lingran has already said so, what else do you have to quibble?"

Li Chen didn't seem to hear it, just stared at Tong Lingran blankly, a ruthless force pierced the softest place in his heart, and it took a long time to close his eyes, revealing a look of disappointment on his face.

"Tong Xie, what else do you have to say?" Tong Han asked proudly looking at Tong Xie, who was frowning.

"Did you ask Fang Dao what he meant by doing this? The reason why our village is so prosperous is all due to him, and now that his younger son has died, what will he think of his eldest son being executed by you?"

Tong Eighteen said: "Brother Xie's words are a bit excessive, Fang Dao fell ill after hearing that Li Chen killed Tong Qing, and he is still recuperating at home, that is the revenge of killing his son! ”

"I don't agree!" At this time, a weak voice sounded, and everyone followed the voice, only to see a middle-aged man being supported slowly towards the high platform, the man was much thinner than ordinary people, and his pale cheeks were still sunken, but the light in his eyes had not faded.

When thousands of people in the audience looked at him, perhaps the first thought was not to understand.

Now it seems that it is already a matter of ironclad for Li Chen to kill Tong Qing, as Tong Qing's biological father, he can't accept the revenge of killing his son no matter what, and he is a white-eyed wolf that he has raised for fifteen years.

But in fact, Tong Fangdao accepted it.

Tong Eighteen stood up, his tone was not as stern as he was at the beginning, and he said softly: "Fang Dao, we are also sorry for Tong Qing's misfortune, and you are also so angry that you fall ill, but don't worry, you don't need to do it yourself, we will definitely seek justice for you, and we will be as soon as we kill in the morning!"

"I mean let him go. Tong Fangdao slowly climbed the high platform and came to Li Chen's side before he said.

As soon as these words came out, Tong Shibai was very surprised, and more than a dozen people present stood up except Tong Xie.