Chapter 90 Counter-accusation
Jin Renfeng bowed his hands,
"Huashan disciple Jin Renfeng greets all the uncles and aunts."
The Taoist priest Tianmen had a murderous look on his face. He slapped the armrest of the armchair with his left hand and shouted, "Where is Linghu Chong?"
His words were so loud that they really were like a thunderbolt in the air.
"My junior fellow apprentice is not here. If there is anything, please talk to me."
Facing the famous martial arts master, Jin Renfeng was not afraid.
"What is there to say?" Tianmen Taoist said angrily, "Linghu Chong is a disciple of your Huashan Sect, and he is at least a member of a reputable and upright sect. He actually went to hang out with that rapist and robber Tian Boguang, a flower-stealing thief who does all kinds of evil. What on earth did he do?"
Jin Renfeng's face darkened.
"Uncle Master, it's really unreasonable for you to say this. My Junior Brother Linghu hasn't shown up yet, and the matter is still unclear. Why did Uncle Master frame my Second Junior Brother?"
Taoist Tianmen paused, stood up, and said angrily, "You are still talking nonsense and trying to defend yourself to that bastard Linghu Chong. Junior Brother Tiansong, tell him how you got injured. Does Linghu Chong know Tian Boguang?"
Two door panels were stopped on the ground at the west end. On one of them lay a dead body, and on the other lay a Taoist with a long beard. His face was pale, and his beard was stained with blood. He whispered, "This morning... I... I and my nephew Chi were in Hengyang... Huiyan... at the top of Huiyan Tower, we met Linghu Chong... as well as Tian Boguang and a little nun..." When he said this, he was out of breath.
Liu Zhengfeng said, "Brother Tiansong, you don't need to repeat it. I will just tell him what you just said."
Jin Renfeng said, "Uncle Liu, please tell me the truth of this matter."
Liu Zhengfeng sighed and said,
"Early this morning, Brother Tiansong and Junior-Martial-Nephew Chi were drinking in Huiyan Tower, and they saw Linghu Chong, Tian Boguang, and Junior-Master Yilin drinking together!"
Taoist Brother Tiansong was a man who hated evil. When he saw these three people drinking at the same table, he naturally became furious.
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At that time, Tian Boguang forced Master Yilin to stay with him, and nephew Chi Baicheng could not endure it any longer, so he drew his weapon and went forward to fight.
Unfortunately, he was killed by Tian Boguang.
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Taoist brother Tiansong stepped forward immediately. He was eager to kill the bandit, and after fighting for hundreds of rounds, he was not paying attention and was stabbed in the chest by Tian Boguang's despicable trick.
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Afterwards, Junior Brother Linghu continued to drink with that lecherous villain Tian Boguang, which was a loss of loyalty to the Five Mountains Sword Sects. That’s why Brother Tianmen was upset.”
Liu Zhengfeng recounted the entire incident from beginning to end.
"Now, for some reason, nephew Linghu has become acquainted with that fellow Tian Boguang. We must find out the truth. If it is really nephew Linghu's fault, our Five Mountains Sword Sects are one family, so we should persuade him properly..."
Tianmen Taoist said angrily: "What do you mean by persuading him nicely? Clear out the family and take his head!"
"Now that the matter is not resolved yet, uncle-master wants to take my junior brother's head. How shameless of him." Jin Renfeng snorted coldly, not giving him any face at all.
"How dare you, a junior, be so rude to me." Tianmen Taoist cursed, "Huashan disciples are really a nest of snakes and rats."
"Master Tianmen, I respect you as a senior, so this is nothing. But you have a confused mind. You have insulted my sect time and again and framed my junior brother. Do you really think that I, Jin Renfeng, have a good temper?" Jin Renfeng cursed angrily.
"You said my junior brother was a thief, so let me ask your junior brother, Tian Boguang is an evil person. Since he has seriously injured your junior brother, why didn't you kill him on the spot? Instead, why did you let him live?"
Taoist Tianmen was about to explode, but when he heard this, he was stunned. Then he turned to Taoist Tiansong who was lying on the ground. "I... ran fast,... Tian Boguang... didn't chase me!" Tiansong said reluctantly.
"Heh, the great Tian Boguang who travels thousands of miles alone, famous for his Qinggong, his signature skills are actually not as good as a seriously injured defeated general. This really broadens my horizons."
Jin Renfeng said sarcastically.
"From what I see, you and Tian Boguang may have had a tacit understanding. Maybe you knelt down and begged for mercy, and agreed to go along with him, so that you could save your life."
These old gangs relied on their seniority to frame the Huashan Sect, so he counter-framed them.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Tianmen Taoist was anxious.
"Then why don't you explain to me, Master, how it was possible for your fellow apprentice to save his life?" Jin Renfeng asked.
"Junior Brother Tiansong, please tell us something!" Taoist Tianmen shouted.
“I…I…” Taoist Tiansong was dumbfounded but could not say anything.
Seeing this, Tianmen Taoist's face darkened.
Now everyone in the hall could see clearly that there must be something hidden.
"Hey, you old bastard, you never tell a word of truth, yet you say my junior brother is a lecher, you confuse right and wrong, you gossip nonsense, you really deserve to be stabbed in the back."
"You have framed my Huashan Sect without any reason! Even the Sect Leader himself has to go down in arms. The Taishan Sect is really a den of snakes and rats." Returning to Taoist Tianmen's words, Jin Renfeng said coldly, "If my junior brother is ultimately innocent, I will force the Taishan Sect to give me an explanation."
"You!" Tianmen Taoist's face turned red, but he couldn't speak.
Suddenly, someone outside the door said, "Master, I have something to report."
When Tianmen Taoist heard the voice of his disciple, he hurriedly said, "Come in!"
A man in his thirties walked in and said to Tianmen Taoist,
"Master, Senior Uncle Tianbai sent a message saying that he led his disciples to search for the two rapists Tian Boguang and Linghu Chong in Hengyang, but has not yet found any trace of them."
"What two rapists! Are you from the Taishan Sect so uneducated?" Jin Renfeng scolded, "How can you falsely accuse my Junior Brother Linghu of being a rapist when the matter has not yet been concluded?"
The man turned to look at him, then looked at Tianmen Taoist, and for a moment he didn't know what was going on.
"Don't scold Linghu Chong for now!" Tianmen Taoist said sullenly. He was a straightforward person. Although he was not convinced by Jin Renfeng's rebuttal before, he was willing to admit the truth in his words.
The man nodded and continued,
"But outside Hengyang City, a body was found. It was Senior Brother Jie Luo from the Qingcheng Sect. A long sword was stuck in his lower abdomen. That sword belonged to Linghu Chong."
Yu Canghai cried out "Ah", stood up, and asked in surprise: "Is it Renjie? Where is the body?"
"Here!" Someone said outside the door, and then two people came in carrying a door panel.
I saw a sharp sword stuck in the abdomen of the corpse on the door panel. The sword was inserted from the dead man's lower abdomen and stabbed upwards diagonally.
Yu Canghai stared at the sharp sword on Luo Renjie's body and saw green silk tassels floating on the hilt. On the sharp blade near the hilt, there were five small characters engraved: "Huashan Linghu Chong".
(End of this chapter)
