The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 99 The Ugly Slave (8)

Ji Youjie drove us all back to the town office, and immediately called someone to Xin's house, calling Xin Fuzhen, Yu Ma, and Qian Bo over.When Xin Fuzhen saw Xin Shouyi, she was taken aback, and Yu's mother even shouted: "You...why haven't you left yet!"

Sure enough, the Xin family kept urging him to leave.Ji Youjie and I looked at each other. At the moment in the town office, he was naturally the one to ask questions, so he asked: "We already know the ins and outs of Mount Sumeru Temple. Miss Xin, you have never seen Xumi before." Shansi, but fabricated such a lie, what is the purpose?"

This is also what makes me curious. The Xin family wants to frame Xin Shouyi, just tell the story plainly. Xin Ruyi died after leaving the monk's house. No matter what, Xin Shouyi will be suspected.
Xin Fuzhen took a look at Xin Shouyi, and said in a low voice, "I don't know what the mayor is talking about. There is a Mount Sumeru Temple in the mustard. This is my father's hand-drawn painting on the wall of the meditation hall. The Mount Sumeru Temple is even more so with our own eyes." Seeing it, how could I never see it?"

She still firmly insisted that there was a world hidden in the mustard seed, and Ji Youjie was not annoyed, so she told her everything Xin Shouyi had said in Yunmen Temple, and then said, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"What do I have to say?" Xin Fuzhen smiled sadly, "My father is dead, you don't believe what our Xin family says, but you believe the words of two monks. One of these two monks may be the murderer, and the other may be his accomplice. Mayor, what is the reason for this?"

Ji Youjie was at a loss for words for a while, and he couldn't refute it, because what Xin's family and Xin Shouyi said was actually one-sided, but the saying that there is a world in the mustard seed is too ridiculous, so we are more inclined to believe Xin Shouyi.

"Since you insist that your father disappeared with Mount Sumeru Temple, why did the body appear in Xin's house?" Ji Youjie couldn't speak, so I had to ask for him.

"There is a mustard seed in the meditation hall. I think that the mustard seed may be a channel through which the people of Mount Sumeru Temple can come and go freely. If so, then it is not difficult for him to bring the corpse out of the mustard seed." Xin Fuzhen replied, The expression on his face was very serious, as if he spoke the truth.

Before hearing Xin Shouyi's narration, we all had such speculations, and now we naturally feel that this is all nonsense, but we can't speak out.But there was a big flaw in her words, I immediately said after hearing the words: "But Miss Xin, when you came to the meditation hall, I took that mustard seed away, and I never told you about it , how did you know that there is a mustard seed in the meditation hall?"

Xin Fuzhen was taken aback when she heard the words, after all, she was not very old, and now I caught the opening, she couldn't help showing a trace of panic on her face.

I took advantage of the situation and said again: "If you know that there is a mustard seed because you have been in the meditation hall, then you will naturally see the murals and know about Mount Sumeru Temple. Let us assume that what you said before is true, then since you know After learning about Mount Sumeru Temple, how could you not have doubts when you heard Xin Shouyi mention it, but went back and asked your father to find him together? Besides, after your father disappeared with Mount Sumeru Temple, why did you deliberately conceal it? , don’t tell the town hall about these things?”

I stared at her and emphasized my tone, "According to Mama Yu, your father did not allow anyone to enter the meditation hall. So there are only two possibilities for this matter. One is that you have never entered the meditation hall, but you know there is a mustard seed in it; One is that you have actually been in a meditation hall, but you deliberately brought your father to Xin Shouyi when you knew about the Mount Sumeru Temple. Dare I ask Miss Xin, what kind of situation are you in?"

Ji Youjie looked at me with a look of relief, with admiration in his eyes, he must have never thought that I could be eloquent and eloquent.I thought that young people should be modest, so I nodded to him reservedly, indicating that I am just a little smart.

Xin Fuzhen's face turned pale when I asked her, and she was speechless, holding on to the hem of her clothes with both hands awkwardly.Just as I was about to take advantage of the situation and chase her down in one fell swoop, Mama Yu suddenly said, "I told my girl."

I was dumbfounded, Mama Yu was indeed in the meditation hall with us at that time, if she had told Xin Fuzhen, then all of my above words would have become nonsense, and would be useless except to make my mouth dry .According to Xin Shouyi, it was Mama Yu who knocked me out in the alley last night, but judging from the current posture, even if I said this, she would probably not admit it.

Ji Youjie still looked at me eagerly, as if expecting to see me sparring with Confucians.I thought to myself that the young man should not give up easily, so I nodded to him vigorously and said with renewed momentum: "If Xin Shouyi kills Xin Ruyi, he can run away or hide in mustard seeds. He has no choice, why has he been waiting for us to find him at Yunmen Temple?"

At this time, Xin Fuzhen regained his composure, and replied: "You should ask him." He paused for a while, and then added, "If you ask me, I think it may be because my father burned down Mount Sumeru Temple, and he I feel that not only my father deserves to die, but also the entire Xin family should pay the price, so I stayed and slandered and accused us."

I was speechless for a moment, and at this time Mama Yu also said: "Look at the meaning of the town hall, it means that we killed the master. If it is said that Uncle Qian and I have a personal grudge against the master, it would be better to kill him." It makes sense, but you even accused my daughter. Let me ask you, the Xin family teamed up to kill the Patriarch, and one of them was the Patriarch's daughter. Who would believe this?"

Ji Youjie also turned to look at me, the expression on his face was quite obvious, "Yeah, who would believe it?"

My eyes widened, and I couldn't understand why he suddenly became a spectator, and it was obviously his business!Ji Youjie was still staring at me with curious eyes. I comforted myself that young people should respect the old and love the young, so I resisted not spit on his face.

"Then why did you urge Xin Shouyi to leave quickly? Don't deny it. When you first saw him, you asked him why he didn't leave." I said to Mama Yu, "If you really think he killed Xin Ruyi, shouldn't you? keep him?"

Mama Yu opened her mouth to answer, but before she could say anything, Xin Fuzhen sighed, and quietly said: "This is what my father meant—he told us that no matter what Xin Shouyi did, don't embarrass him, try your best Let him leave Plum Blossom Town in a comprehensive manner."

"So your father explained to you before going to see Xin Ruyi, didn't he?" There was another flaw in her words, and I caught it right away, "So you all knew that Xin Shouyi might be right He is unfavorable! This is not the same as what you said before."

Xin Fuzhen looked tired and seemed a little tired: "No matter how you ask, unless you find evidence to prove that what we said is a lie, we will insist on what we said before. You can't do anything about it, right?"

Although she was right, I thought to myself how could young people give up so easily?Just about to struggle again, she suddenly turned a corner—her words actually revealed a meaning, that is, she admitted that the previous statement was all fabricated, but she insisted that we could find no evidence Just don't let go.

Thinking of this, I immediately stared at her with wide eyes.Xin Fuzhen smiled at me, but the smile was a bit sad, "Father hopes that he will die in Mount Sumeru Temple, and he hopes to 'return' to the mustard seed."

Ji Youjie and I were stunned at the same time, and even Xin Shouyi couldn't help but tremble a bit. He let us fight each other without saying a word, but now he said tremblingly: "He wants to go back to Mount Sumeru Temple?"

People in Mount Sumeru Temple think that the temple is in the mustard seed, which is a kind of self-expression.Xin Ruyi smashed his master to death, but he hoped that he could die in the Mount Sumeru Temple and "return" to the mustard seeds.But the real Mount Sumeru Temple has long been burned down, so it is naturally impossible for him to go back.

After he burned down Mount Sumeru Temple, he put a mustard seed in front of the ruins to comfort himself that the temple "returned" to the mustard seed instead of being burned down by him.He left Mount Sumeru Temple, but he always hoped that one day he could go back and repay the mistakes he made.Therefore, what Xin Fuzhen said before was actually fabricated by Xin Ruyi himself!

This is a kind of comfort he gave himself, comforting himself that he has returned to Mount Sumeru Temple.This monastery, which has been burned down for 20 years, has not only become Xin Shouyi's demon over the years, it has always been Xin Ruyi's demon.Xin Shouyi had tears streaming down his face, and he kept muttering: "If I had known this before, why bother? If I had known this before, why bothered?"

Xin Fuzhen looked at Xin Shouyi, bowed his head and said, "In terms of seniority, you are my uncle. Uncle, my father did something wrong to Mount Sumeru Temple, even if he died, he would not be able to repay it, but I can't do anything else." I can only apologize to you on his behalf."

Xin Shouyi whispered: "The matter of your father has nothing to do with you."

"How could it have nothing to do with me?" Xin Fuzhen shook his head, "If he hadn't escaped from the mountain, how could there be me? But there is one thing I want to tell you, my father did that thing, and it has been hard for me every night all these years. sleep. However, he has never regretted leaving the mountain.”

"He doesn't regret it..." Xin Shouyi said blankly, "Why?"

"Because the world is very good." Xin Fuzhen said softly, "So although he regrets making a mistake, he doesn't regret coming to the world. This is what he told me personally."

Because the world is very good.I chewed on this sentence, the world is really good, maybe there are red, cherry and green plantains in the depths of Mustard Mountain, but it will not have four or five smoke villages, six or seven pavilions, and flesh and blood need But it is these fireworks.It was originally a difficult thing for a young man to guard in the depths of the mountain.

If he really couldn't bear the loneliness of the empty mountain, no one could blame him, but he should not have smashed the master to death and burned down the Sumeru Temple in order to take away the temple's wealth!He must have figured out this truth over the years, so he couldn't sleep at night.

I thought about all these things at this time, and naturally guessed the cause of Xin Ruyi's death and the whole incident - he thought that Xin Shouyi had traveled 20 years with hatred and would kill him, so he calmly To die.Before leaving, he told his family to announce the news of his death according to his statement, claiming that he disappeared with Mount Sumeru Temple, in order to comfort the remorse in his heart.

So after his death, Xin Fuzhen, Qian Bo and Yu Ma all insisted on this statement.And Mama Yu deliberately led us into the meditation hall, in fact, she wanted us to see Xin Ruyi's dead body, and "prove" that the dead body came out of mustard seeds, so that the whole matter could be concluded.

This was originally Xin Ruyi's idea. This idea can not only comfort him, but also protect Xin Shouyi, making it impossible for people to pursue this matter.He originally wanted to die, and wanted to be freed by death, but he didn't expect that Xin Shouyi didn't kill him.

When he faced his former senior brother, the remorse in his heart reached its peak, and Xin Shouyi's forgiveness to him intensified his guilt, so even if Xin Shouyi didn't kill him, he still had the will to die, and when he returned After arriving home, it is very likely that the family members will be asked to do it, and they will also kill him in the same way that he killed his master back then.

This is why the Xin family conspired to murder him, because he asked for it himself, but the Xin family would never admit it, so they pushed the matter to Xin Shouyi.Qian Bo and Yu's mother urged Xin Shouyi to leave Meihua Town twice, because as long as Xin Shouyi left, the matter could return to Xin Ruyi's idea again, making the whole thing a case without a head.

But unexpectedly, Xin Shouyi was unwilling to leave without knowing why.I thought about it, went through the matter again from the beginning, and then said it in full.I thought this should be the final truth, but when the Xin family heard this, they all looked at me strangely.

(End of this chapter)