Chapter 40: The Civil Strife in Hengshan (II)

When Ning He told everyone about his thoughts, dozens of Hengshan disciples were divided into two factions: most of them felt that Ning He's analysis was not wrong, and the little junior sister Ning Ling was the most suspicious, while the remaining ten or so disciples supported Ning Ling and did not believe that she would do such a thing to deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors, and the two factions quarreled above the main hall. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And Ning Ling knelt in front of the statue of the Buddha at that time, and solemnly swore that he had not done anything to murder his master. Ning He moved out of his senior sister Ning Zhi and asked her to distinguish it. But Ning Zhi was an idiot who only knew how to study the Dharma, and after listening to Ning He's words, he felt that Ning He was right, and after listening to the oath of the little junior sister, he believed that it was not Ning Ling's doing. All of a sudden, everyone's minds were messed up.

Just above this hall, before the Buddha, the two sides insisted on each other's words and did not give in to each other. When Ning He saw this situation, he immediately lowered his heart and ordered someone to come forward to arrest Ning Ling. The people on Ning Ling's side here naturally wouldn't be restrained, protecting Ning Ling to stop them from stepping forward. The two sides were tense, and the disciples of Hengshan, who loved each other in the past, drew their swords on this solemn hall, and a fight was about to be avoided.

Ning Ling was kind-hearted, and when he saw that the senior sisters were going to fight because they were going to fight, he couldn't bear to give them their lives. immediately spoke out to stop it, with a horizontal sword in his hand, ready to use his life to wash away his grievances and prove his innocence. When the nuns saw Ning Ling's resolute face, they all hurriedly dissuaded her, while Ning He sneered, looked at all this, and said to the others: "Ladies and sisters, Ning Ling is retreating as advancing, and wants to use this method to confuse the public, so that everyone thinks that the master was not killed by her, so don't be fooled!"

Hearing Ning He say this, Ning Ling was overwhelmed with grief and indignation, and wiped the sword in his hand on his neck, and the people on the side saw it, and while she was unprepared, he hurriedly slapped her on the back of the neck and knocked her unconscious. Ning He said to Ning Zhi again: "Senior sister, now the matter is very clear, except for Ning Ling, no one can have the opportunity to attack the master, Ning Ling deceived the master and destroyed the ancestor, the crime is unforgivable, please order her to be executed!

Looking at Ning He on the left, who was beaming, and Ning Ling, who had fainted on the right, he was silent for a long time, but it was difficult to make a decision. The female disciple holding Ning Ling over there is named Ning Mo, and her grade is a little older, but because she started late and her qualifications are mediocre, she has not been valued by Ruixin. Ning Mo is as her name suggests, she is silent and silent, and she has a good relationship with all the senior sisters, she handed Ning Ling to the disciple beside her, turned around and said to Ning Zhi: "Second senior sister, everyone knows that the little junior sister is the most liked by the master, with high qualifications and strong understanding, and she is the most valued by the master among our senior sisters." And the master also intends to hand over the position of head to her, she is kind and kind, how could she murder the master?"

Ning Mo's words were agreed by many disciples, and even some people who didn't believe in Ning Ling at the beginning also reflected carefully, thinking that what Ning Mo said was reasonable. Unexpectedly, Ning He snatched the conversation: "Senior sister, apart from Ning Ling, who else has seen Master these days? Why bother talking so much nonsense with them! Please Senior Sister give an order now, take down all the people who sheltered Ning Ling, and interrogate them carefully, there must be Ning Ling's comrades among them!"

"Senior Sister Ning He, how can you spew blood?"

"Third Senior Sister, how can you talk nonsense without evidence......?"

The disciples who were protecting Ning Ling here were all angry, glaring at Ning He. Ning He retorted: "Ning Ling deceived the master and destroyed the ancestor, committed the following crimes, and murdered the master, it can be said that the evidence is conclusive, but you all protect her, not her comrades, what else can it be!" At this time, the two parties quarreled again, insisting on each other's words, and refused to back down.

Ning Mo clasped his hands together and said loudly: "Second Senior Sister, it is not known who the person who murdered Master is, but I think it must be one of us. Now the third senior sister insists that the little junior sister did it, and is it a bit too much to be aggressive? The merits of this, we just draw conclusions in vain, which is irresponsible to the little junior sister, and even more disrespectful to the master. ”

"This ......" Ning Zhi looked at it, and he couldn't make a decision. The two sides were in a stalemate for most of the hour, and Ning Zhi finally gritted his teeth and said: "Master's cause of death is indeed very strange, although there is no direct evidence now, but Senior Sister Ning Ling is indeed suspicious, so let's do it, Senior Sister Ning Mo, you take a few people to lock Senior Sister Ning Ling in the main hall of the Hanging Temple, guard all the exits, except for daily food and water, no one is allowed to visit! Ning Mo listened to Ning Zhi's arrangement, although he was a little reluctant in his heart, but after all, he saved Ning Ling, and nodded in agreement.

Ning Zhi turned around and said to Ning He: "Third Senior Sister, you insist that Master was killed by Little Senior Sister, then please go to investigate now and come up with direct evidence." As long as there is evidence that convinces everyone, we will dispose of Ning Ling according to the door rules. Ning He immediately agreed, and turned around with a few people to go out to find evidence.

The rest of the disciples began to set up a mourning hall for Ruixin to prepare for the aftermath. Ning Zhi only felt that he was a head and two big, and he was even more haggard, and after arranging everything, he turned around and went back to the Buddha Hall......

Looking back at Dugu Jian and Zhang Linxin, they bypassed Taiyuan City, did not rest, hurried overnight, and finally arrived at the foot of Heng Mountain for two more days.

"Lin'er, you see there's a teahouse there, let's go over and rest for a while, and then go up the mountain." Dugu Jian pointed to a small thatched hut not far from the foot of the mountain and said to Zhang Linxin. The girl was also a little tired, so she naturally nodded in agreement. The two of them rode to the teahouse, and Xiao Er hurriedly ran out, took the reins, and tied the horse to the stake beside him.

At this time, there were no guests in the tea house, only Xiao Er and a girl of the same grade as him. The woman was boiling water by the fire, Xiao Er tied the horse, invited Jian Xin and the two to sit down, and wiped the table with a rag, "Two guest officers, I don't know what to order?" Dugu Jian looked at Xiao Er's smiling face, "Let's have a pot of hot tea, what snacks are there to serve again." Xiao Er put away the rag, "Okay, guest officer, wait a minute, a pot of hot tea, a plate of vegetarian cakes, come soon!"

I saw that the woman over there lifted the kettle from the fire, brewed the water in a celadon kettle, and took out two small bowls, which were placed on the tray together. "Guest officer, your hot tea and vegetarian cakes!" Dugu Jian thanked him, and drank it with Zhang Linxin.

At this time, I saw a few nuns in plain clothes galloping up the mountain on horseback in the distance, and the woman whispered to Xiao Er: "Brother You, those nuns on the mountain have been murderous one by one in the past two days, I think we should close this teahouse first, go home and hide." Xiao Er replied disappreciatively: "What are you afraid of, they are dead Master, what does it have to do with us? Let's open our shop in peace, can they still eat us?"

Both of them listened to this sentence of Jian Xin, and they looked at each other, and they were secretly frightened: "Could it be that Master Fei Ruixin has already encountered an accident?" The two looked at each other's eyes, understanding their worries. Dugu Jian shouted loudly: "Xiao Er, come over here." The little second hurriedly ran over, "Guest officer, what else do you have to order?"

"Xiao Er, just now you said that the nuns on the mountain died Master, what's going on?"

"Ouch, officer, you've got a good ear. Just yesterday morning, the head of the temple on the mountain, Master Ruixin, was killed, and I heard that her own apprentice did it, but I don't know if it's true or not. No, in the past two days, those nuns have been searching up and down this mountain, looking for the murderer!"

"What? You said that Master Ruixin was killed?" Dugu Jianteng stood up suddenly, stared at Xiao Er and asked. When Xiao Er saw his eyes, he was a little scared, and replied tremblingly: "Yes, yes, just, just yesterday." ”

"Brother Dugu!" Zhang Linxin hurriedly pulled Dugu Jian's sleeve, and said to Xiao Er with a smile: "Little Second Brother, I'm sorry, my brother is a little excited, don't be afraid." When the little second saw Zhang Linxin smiling at him, how did he know that he was afraid? looked at the girl directly, "Yes, yes, what the girl said is true." Where would the woman who was boiling water over there be happy, she walked straight over and pulled Xiao Er, "Brother You!" and pulled him aside.

Dugu Jian also knew that he had just gone too far, so he sat down again, drank all the tea in the bowl, and said to the girl: "Lin'er, it seems that we are a step late." ”

Before the girl could reply, she heard the woman over there shouting, "Brother You, look, how can the grass over there move?" Several people turned their heads to look in the direction that the woman pointed - it was not far behind the teahouse, and they saw that there was nothing in the grass, and they were moving slowly towards the teahouse.

The little second and the woman looked at each other, their faces turned pale with fright, and they trembled, "You, Brother You, this, this is in broad daylight, and there is no, no wind, how can the grass move? No, it won't be, it's a monster, right?" The little two hugged the woman tightly, pretending to be calm, "No, no, it's big, it's daylight, where can there be monsters." ”

Looking at the expressions of the two, Dugu Jian and Zhang Linxin were not afraid, the two of them stood up, stepped over the fence behind them, and walked over.

"Brother Dugu, it's an injured nun!" Zhang Linxin was taken aback when she saw the situation in the grass. Dugu Jian didn't expect it, but he saw a nun covered in blood and ragged clothes in the grass, and she was slowly crawling towards this side. It was Ning Zhi, the second senior sister of the Hengshan faction, but she didn't know what had happened on Hengshan? Even she was injured like this!