"Later on, when we reached the Taganla mountain range, Li Yuanfa secretly followed us. I believe it was your intention." Yan Li said.
Li Rulong said, "Why did I let him follow?"
Yan Li said, "Because you had other things to do, so you let Li Yuanfa save me so that I could take over your role."
Li Rulong said, "But he died."
Yan Li said, "You never expected that he would bear a grudge because of my humiliation. He wanted revenge, but he died in my hands. I became a slave of the Desolate race, and by chance, I arrived at the Lava tribe."
Li Rulong said, "What happened next?"
Yan Li said, "Next, in the Desolate King's Palace, you informed Huo Zheng, and I suffered a blow from you."
Li Rulong said, "Where's the evidence?"
Yan Li said, "Due to the invasion of all sorts of strange forces, it caused my body to temporarily solidify the Hidden Sword Technique. As such, I happened to absorb your attack, and it also buried the karma that allowed me to kill Huo Zheng."
Li Rulong said, "What karma?"
When he asked this, it was tantamount to admitting to the matter of informing. Everyone immediately looked at each other angrily, but because of another wave of shock in their hearts, they did not immediately flare up.
Since Li Rulong had admitted to informing, then wasn't the matter of Zhang Zhidong's instigation irrefutable? Furthermore, he had yet to say a word to defend himself.
The truth of the matter was extremely heavy.
Yan Li kept them in suspense once again, "We'll talk about this later. Now, let's talk about Ye Qing. "
Li Rulong said, "What happened to Ye Qing?"
Yan Li said, "For convenience, you found an excuse to let her return to Rong City."
Li Rulong said, "I had no ill intentions towards her."
Yan Li said, "When she returned to Rong City, she was in a hurry to inform Zhang Zhidong about the Fire Worship Festival, so she barged in."
Sun Bo said, "Would the Marshal kill her because of her recklessness?"
Yan Li said, "Of course not. It was because she discovered a secret."
Sun Bo said, "What secret did she discover?"
Yan Li said, "Speaking of this, there is a very important question. After the Huo clan was destroyed, what happened to the Huo Xiu family's belongings? "
Sun Bo said, "I heard that it was snatched away by the Desolate Men."
Yan Li said, "But there is an authentic 'Wuling Painting' hanging in Zhang Zhidong's study. I heard that this is Huo Xiu's most precious collection."
As soon as he said this, everyone's expression changed.
It wasn't that they didn't notice it before, but they were all uncouth men who didn't know how to appreciate it. They didn't even know that it was authentic. At this moment, there was an eighty percent chance that Zhang Zhidong had murdered the entire Huo Family. This was not far from being conclusive.
However, there were still people who were unwilling to believe it. Qu Zhengping gritted his teeth and said, "How could Teacher be so cruel? There must be a reason behind this …"
He turned to Zhang Zhidong and said anxiously, "Quickly refute him. There must be a reason, right?"
Zhang Zhidong shook his head and remained silent.
Yan Li said mockingly, "Living to this age, you'd rather lose your reputation than shoulder everything. I admire your determination to sacrifice. However, as the saying goes, Ye Qing's success and failure are also Ye Qing's. Ye Qing's death is the first step in my suspicion of the truth. "
"The truth of the truth?" Sun Bo said.
Qu Zhengping was like a drowning man grasping at the last straw of hope. He said hopefully, "There is a reason, right?"
Yan Li said, "Before I returned to Rong City, I always thought that Zhang Zhidong was the mastermind. However, Ye Qing's death gave me a new insight."
"What do you mean?" Li Rulong's face darkened and his eyes were filled with warning.
Yan Li ignored him and said, "This insight is the secret that Ye Qing discovered."
Sun Bo said, "Not the Wuling Painting?"
Yan Li said, "It has nothing to do with the Wuling Painting. Let me keep you guessing for now. However, I would like to ask everyone, if a secret that would make someone like Zhang Zhidong choose to silence, would he carelessly leave it in his study?"
Everyone looked at each other. From a logical point of view, it was better to keep such a secret as deep as possible.
Sun Bo said, "If it were me, I wouldn't."
Yan Li said, "That's right. I believe if it were anyone else, they would keep it properly. Furthermore, they would deliberately hang the painting askew, as if they were deliberately telling Ye Qing. Now, I am certain that before Zhang Zhidong discovered the secret, he did not know the secret was hidden in it. "
Sun Bo said, "Since it's the Marshal's secret, how could he not know?"
Yan Li said, "Because this was a message sent to him by someone."
Sun Bo said, "What message?"
Yan Li said, "A message of death."
Sun Bo said, "A message of death?"
Yan Li said, "This was arranged by the person behind Zhang Zhidong. It was a plan to escape. This is because he is very careful in everything he does. If the secret of colluding with the Desolate race is exposed, he can use this to escape punishment. "
Zhang Zhidong's expression changed drastically as he said coldly, "You mean there is someone in this world that can make me willingly become a scapegoat?"
Yan Li said, "Isn't that so?"
Zhang Zhidong said coldly, "Aren't you overthinking things?"
Yan Li smiled lightly, "Killing Ye Qing was the first step, and Zhang Huaibi's death was the second step."
Sun Bo said, "Then the murderer is the Marshal?"
Zhang Zhidong said, "The murderer is of course me."
Ma Guanshan's expression changed as he looked at Zhang Zhidong in disbelief.
Zhang Zhidong looked him in the eye, his eyes filled with a tinge of guilt.
Yan Li said, "No, I said killing Ye Qing was the first step, and Zhang Huaibi's death was the second step."
Sun Bo said, "What do you mean by Zhang Huaibi's death?"
Yan Li said, "Zhang Huaibi's death is another point that I have my suspicions about. This is because I never believed that there was someone in this world who could kill him silently. Furthermore, this person was from the Desolate race. Later, I found out that the person who killed him was himself. "
When Shen Liuyun heard this, he could not help but say, "What do you mean? Brother, brother isn't dead? "
Yan Li said, "Of course he isn't dead. Furthermore, he is here now."
Everyone's expression changed drastically. Sun Bo said, "There should be no problems with the corpse. The coroner has also specially examined it, but there were no abnormalities."
Yan Li said, "Now, I will reveal the first secret."
Sun Bo said, "Is this the first suspense you were keeping us in suspense?"
Yan Li said, "That's right. The first suspense I was keeping you in suspense was regarding the murderer's identity. Now, I will clearly tell you that the murderer is Zhang Huaibi."
"Where's the evidence?" Li Rulong said with a sunken expression.
Yan Li said, "That corpse is obviously real, but it was a substitute that he had prepared three years ago."
"Substitute?" Sun Bo said.
Yan Li also showed his anger, "This substitute is none other than his father who died three years ago, the former head of the Zhang family."
Although everyone was already numb from the shock, they could not help but tremble when they heard this.
"How, how is this possible?" Sun Bo said in disbelief.
Yan Li said, "The first time I suspected it was when I heard how Steward Hu addressed him. According to common sense, the old servants in the family would never change the way they addressed themselves, but when I asked Steward Hu when he would change the way he addressed him, he stammered and quickly ran away. At that time, I was almost certain that the dead person was not Zhang Huaibi, but his father. "
Sun Bo said, "But, but Lord Zhang died three years ago."
Yan Li said, "Because of his health, Father Zhang lived in the Camphor Forest. Whether he was dead or alive was naturally announced by the Zhang family. I believe that in the entire Zhang family, only Steward Hu knew the truth. This can explain why the murderer silenced Steward Hu that night."
Sun Bo said, "But there was more than one person who died that night, and Steward Hu was beheaded."
Yan Li said, "The murderer beheaded Steward Hu because he did not want anyone to discover his identity, and then he went to kill Ruan Tianhe because he did not want anyone to associate him with the murderer, so he tried to divert our attention."
"I saw that Lord Huaibi was not there at all, could he have changed his appearance?" Sun Bo said.
Yan Li said, "Now I will reveal the second secret."
Sun Bo said, "The key to killing Huo Zheng."
Yan Li said, "The reason why I could kill Huo Zheng was all because of one person."
Sun Bo said, "Who?"
Yan Li said, "Li Rulong."
Li Rulong said in surprise, "Me?"
Yan Li said, "When I received your attack, you might not have imagined it, but they actually canceled each other out, or else I might have died on the spot in the palace. Later I realized that because the source of your power was the same, both came from the Heaven Wounding Fist, so my body was not damaged by the Heaven Wounding Fist. Instead, it was a blessing in disguise, causing the power of the Hidden Sword Technique to increase to another level. "
Li Rulong said, "You are saying that I cultivated the Heaven Wounding Fist? But I used a saber. "
Yan Li said, "Appearances can deceive people, but the body's reaction cannot. The Hidden Sword Technique is the best evidence."
Li Rulong sighed and said, "Even if I cultivated the Heaven Wounding Fist, so what?"
Yan Li said, "Now I will reveal the third secret."
Sun Bo said, "It is the secret of the Marshal's killing."
Yan Li said, "This secret is a technique, it's called the 'Heaven Wounding Fist', a unique fist technique created by Huo Xiu."
Sun Bo said, "I see, Ye Qing was silenced by the Marshal because she saw it at that time."
Yan Li said, "And the reason this secret is in Zhang Zhidong's study is because of you." He pointed at Li Rulong.
"Me?" Li Rulong said in a ridiculous manner, "I am only a deputy general in the army, how could I dare to frame the Marshal?"
Yan Li sighed and said, "Zhang Huaibi, now that things have come to this, how long are you going to keep up the act?"
Everyone turned pale with fright, the crowd split into two sides and looked at Li Rulong with a fearful gaze.
Unknowingly, they no longer doubted Yan Li's words.
Li Rulong said coldly, "Where is the evidence? Since you said it is the technique manual of the Heaven Wounding Fist, please take it out for everyone to see. "
Yan Li sighed again and said, "Didn't you hand the evidence to her personally?"
At this moment, a pleasant fragrance wafted over, peach blossom petals rained down from the void, and a peerless beauty holding an umbrella descended from the sky along with the petals.
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