[Xianxia] Accompanying Longmian

Sure enough, before the twenty moves, the snake demon was injured by Yun Yi's sword energy, and fell from the air, just happened to fall near the big tree where Ming Yuan and the others were resting.

The snake demon rolled, gritted his teeth and stood up, he hadn't fully replenished the spiritual power he had consumed during the thunder tribulation, and this Taoist priest was so powerful, he definitely couldn't beat him.He swept his eyes around, wanting to escape, but he caught a glimpse of Ming Yuan and Mu Bai standing under the tree. At that time, he hurried forward as if he had seen a savior, and said to Mu Bai deeply: "The real man You are polite, I wonder if a real person can deny a villain?"

Mu Bai said expressionlessly: "You and I seem to have met once in the market."

The snake demon was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "That's right, the villain once gave the real person a fairy peach. Now that the villain is being chased and killed by villains, I hope the real person will save me for the sake of giving the peach!" Although the words were addressed to Mu Bai, his long and charming eyes glanced at Ming Yuan, obviously knowing which of the two could protect him better.

Mu Bai said angrily: "It's not a good idea for you to send me the spirit fruit, but you want me to be a scapegoat, how can you have the face to ask me for help now?" After the remark that all things have animism, I realized a little bit in my heart, but I still couldn't develop a good impression on them. In addition, I was once swayed by the snake demon in front of me, so I wouldn't give them a helping hand.

But Ming Yuan stepped forward, grabbed the snake demon's slender hands and helped him up, and asked, "Little fairy, what's your name?"

Seeing his gentle expression, the snake demon was determined, and pretended to be exhausted and collapsed in Ming Yuan's arms. Then, she winked at him a few times shyly and timidly, and said in a low voice, "The villain's name is She Qing." , and begged the young master to save me..."

His voice was hoarse, with indescribable lingering and temptation, Mu Bai's whole body went numb, and he couldn't help shivering, but Ming Yuan straightened his body with a smile, pointed at Yun Yi who came over with a livid face, and said: "Since you stole other people's fruit, you have to be a child bride-in-law for someone else. Now that the sufferer is looking for you, can you still escape?"

The snake demon named She Qing was in a fog, seeing the cloud approaching step by step, confused and unsure whether Ming Yuan was willing to help or not, wanted to continue begging, but Yun Yi frowned first Asked: "Are you going to fight me for this snake demon?"

Ming Yuan waved his hands again and again and laughed, "I don't dare to fight with Master Yun Yi." After saying that, he patted She Qing on the shoulder, and said, "You can hide for a while, but you can't hide for a lifetime. You'd better be obedient and catch him."

The snake demon also knew that he couldn't escape today, so he bowed deeply to Yun Yi and said, "Master Dao, Rong Zhi, although I did steal the spirit fruit of the Chunhua School, there is a reason for it."

Yun Yi frowned and said: "Tell me, if it is really necessary, I will explain it to the Master Teacher and reduce your punishment."

She Qing, the snake demon, was overjoyed. Most of the Taoist priests he had met were indiscriminate. Whenever they encountered monsters, they would eliminate them quickly. Unexpectedly, the man in front of him had high spell skills, but he was different from ordinary people. He quickly explained the matter in detail: "Ten years ago, I was injured by my enemies and escaped with my life. I was in danger. A woodcutter passed by and rescued me. As a thank you, I gave him a piece of snake scale before I left after I recovered from my injury. I promised him that if he was in trouble, he could use it. Scales called me to help. It just so happened that not long after I survived the thunder disaster, I heard the farmer calling for help, so I stole a spiritual fruit to restore my spiritual power, so I could help."

At this time, Yuan Zhen rushed over in a disheveled manner. He was hit by a falling beam on his shoulder before, and he was still in pain. He just heard this and couldn't help pointing at the snake demon and said angrily: "Okay, you monster, why don't you give up?" How dare you lie! Eating one spirit fruit is enough to recover your spiritual power, but you stole three of them once you stole it, so it’s all for the sake of saving people?"

The snake spirit was choked by Yuan Zhen's words, and quickly took out the last spiritual fruit from his bosom, offered it with both hands, and said sincerely: "I was really greedy at the time, thinking about doing nothing but doing nothing, so I stole more. I bought two pieces, and I gave one to this real person earlier——" He turned his head and looked at Mu Bai, "—the last remaining one is returned to Zhao."

Yun Yi took the spiritual fruit and put it back into the Qiankun bag, and said seriously: "I will find out what you said one by one, and if it is true, I will intercede with the master teacher for you."

Yuan Zhen said anxiously: "Senior brother, don't be fooled by this goblin's gossip. A goblin only has the heart to harm people, how can he have the heart to save people?"

Yun Yi frowned and said coldly: "Where did you hear these words?"

Yuan Zhen looked at the words and expressions, and saw that the senior brother seemed displeased, and his confidence was not as strong as before, so he lowered his head and replied: "Many fellow students say the same."

Yun Yi sighed and said: "Humans have good and evil, so why not monsters? Your remarks are just holding the prejudice of 'if you are not of my race, their hearts must be different', like looking at flowers in the fog, watching the moon in the water , how can you see the essence clearly?" As he was talking, his eyes turned to Ming Yuan unknowingly, and then they suddenly moved to other places when they met.

At this moment, a farmer wearing coarse cloth and short clothes climbed up the mound panting, rushed to them, knelt down and bowed in front of them, saying: "I can't stop the elders from arresting She Qing, but is it possible?" Listen to me before you do it?"

Yun Yi hurriedly helped him up, Ming Yuan was well-informed, he guessed some clues at a glance, and asked: "Are you the farmer who saved this snake demon before?"

The farmer nodded repeatedly, and said: "The villain's name is Uncle Song, and he indeed saved She Qing when he was collecting firewood in the mountains. Although he is a goblin, he also knows how to repay his kindness. There will be help in times of difficulty."

Yuan Zhen heard that what he said was consistent with what the snake demon said before, but he still didn't believe it in his heart, so he retorted: "You are not a rough man doing farm work at all, why would you go to the mountains to collect firewood? You don't want to cover up this man deliberately. Goblin, right?" Although he hadn't gone out to practice, he had contact with the farmers down the mountain, they were all rough, and the words used by the person in front of him were not only not vulgar at all, but also somewhat elegant.

The farmer quickly argued: "How dare the villain talk nonsense in front of the fairy? The villain has indeed studied for several years, and was lucky to be a scholar, but his family was poor, so he had to give up the imperial examination and go back to his hometown to collect firewood while teaching. To subsidize the family. Fortunately, a rich family saw that the firewood I made was fine and easy to burn, so they often asked me for firewood, so that they could barely support themselves."

Yun nodded, and said, "The years have not been good in recent years, so it's hard for you."

The farmer smiled wryly and said, "If it's just a bit of hard work, that's all. Who knows that the villain delivered firewood to that house as usual, but was caught by the officials and thrown into prison the next day. It must be said that the villain killed the villain when he went to deliver the firewood." The mistress of the family. The villain has been honest and responsible since he was a child. He didn't even dare to kill chickens, let alone kill people. He originally wanted to ask the adults to see clearly, but he couldn't help but beat him up. The villain knew that he would be tortured sooner or later. , I remembered the scales left by She Qing, so I said that I wanted to see my wife, and took the opportunity to ask her to ask She Qing for help. Although ten years had passed, She Qing still lived up to the promise and snatched me out of the prison. A few elders, he did make a big mistake to save me, let's let him survive for the sake of his good intentions."

Ming Yuan pondered and said: "In the world, it's no big deal to pay attention to men and women. Since it is a big family, it has its own servant for collecting firewood, and its own account room for settlement of money. It is absolutely impossible for the head mother to show her face to greet a firewood seller. There is something hidden."

She Qing also said from the side: "Brother Song was already beaten to pieces when I arrived. If those guards hadn't had ghosts in their hearts, how could they have any reason to beat people to death? I should be punished for stealing the spirit fruit, but the Taoist priest Can you give me a few more days so that I can help Big Brother Song bring this unjust case to light, otherwise he will have to bear the guilt of murder for the rest of his life and live in hiding."

Mu Bai, who was silent for a long time, suddenly said: "I once read in the book that Taoism has a spirit-calling technique, which can summon the souls of the dead. Let's go to the magistrate to cast a spell, and let the dead mistress explain clearly to him, Isn't the truth revealed?" After speaking, he looked at Yun Yi.

However, Yun Yi shook his head and said: "This way is not going to work. One is that Chunhua focuses on cultivating immortals and does not teach such spells. Two, even if we know how to call back souls and hold up ghosts, we cannot use them as evidence to go to court. We have to think about other things. Method."

Yuan Zhen got dizzy when he heard that, so he simply said: "We might as well go and beat Na Zhixian severely, I don't believe that he dares to judge the case randomly after suffering from flesh and blood."

Ming Yuan shook his head: "Not right. Brother Song will live here in the future, if he offends the county magistrate, he will inevitably be retaliated after we leave, and the end may be even more miserable than now."

Yuan Zhen said anxiously: "Then you should think of a way, this won't work, that won't work either, you will only find fault with others."

Ming Yuan stretched out his hand and tapped him on the forehead, and said with a smile: "It's obvious that you came up with a bad idea, why don't people say it? For the current plan, only by finding out the real culprit can Brother Song be innocent."

Yun Yi wondered: "This spiritual fruit falls when it meets gold, withers when it meets wood, melts when it meets water, burns when it meets fire, and enters when it meets soil. It must be stored in a jade box and placed in the Chunhua Cold Cave for safekeeping. We have been out for more than ten days, and if we drag on like this, I am afraid that the aura of the spirit fruit will be dissipated, but to find out the real culprit, how can it be achieved overnight?"

Yuan Zhen also crossed his waist and asked Ming Yuan: "Everyone in this town is suspected. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. How can we find the real culprit?"

When She Qing heard this, she was even more anxious. If the matter could not be found out quickly, Yun Yi and the others would have to leave early for the sake of the spiritual fruit and return to the Chunhua Sect. At that time, she would also be escorted to be punished together, but In this way, what should brother Song do?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help turning his pleading eyes to Ming Yuan.