After a long while, Xavion then plucked up his courage, carefully said, "Teacher's wife, teacher has passed away, all disciples understand teacher's wife is sad, but this funeral … cannot be delayed."
SuRu's expression did not change, not only that, she did not even look at Xavion, in her eyes, other than looking at lao qi who had just returned, there was only Tian BuYi's figure.
Xavion's face revealed embarrassment, for a moment he did not know what to do, looked back at those junior brothers who were kneeling on the ground burning joss paper, but they were also looking at each other, not knowing what to do? And at this moment, SuRu instead called out:
"Daren."
Xavion hurriedly replied, "Yes, teacher's wife, what instructions do you have?"
SuRu said, "You and the rest go out first, without my call, do not come in."
Xavion was stunned for a moment, stepped back a few steps, the junior brothers beside looked over, Xavion frowned and did not speak, the usually quick-witted He DaZhi who was standing beside him, shook his head at him, his face had an anxious expression, Xavion saw it, his brows only frowned even tighter.
He had been with these junior brothers for a long time, what He DaZhi was worried about, he naturally understood very clearly.
Once he thought of that, Xavion's face turned pale with fright, his feet could not move no matter what. And at this moment, SuRu glared at them, slightly angrily said, "What are you all doing, could it be that after your teacher died, you all disregard me this teacher's wife's words?"
[Plop! Plop!]
A series of sounds, other than Ghost Li who was already kneeling in front of SuRu, Xavion and the rest of the Big Bamboo Valley disciples all knelt down, prostrated on the ground and kowtowed, Xavion's mouth said, "Disciple does not dare, disciple does not dare!"
SuRu sighed, her face revealed a deep weariness, as if she did not even have the strength to scold, only gently waved her hand, said, "All of you go out."
Song Daren and the others didn't dare to go against the master's wife's words anymore. They retreated with a bitter face, but the stone in their hearts was heavy, and they didn't know what to do. Ghost Li bowed lightly to Suru and also slowly stepped back, unexpectedly he had only stepped back a few steps when Suru suddenly said:
"Old Seven, stay here. I have something to ask you."
Ghost Li was surprised, stopped his steps but Song Daren and the rest behind him heaved a sigh of relief, no matter what, as long as there were people beside Shiniang, most likely there would not be any accidents, footsteps were heard, not long after, Song Daren and the rest of them had already left the Observed Silence Hall.
In the Observed Silence Hall, it was quiet for a moment, only the burning flames swallowing the paper money, occasionally emitting light crackling sounds.
Ghost Li quietly stood at his spot, lowered his head and did not speak, after an unknown period of time, Suru was heard sighing, said, "Your teacher this person, has always been hard mouthed but soft hearted. That unforeseen event ten years ago, he has always been brooding over it, although he did not say it to me but I can see, in his heart, he actually felt very sorry to you. "
Ghost Li's eyes turned red, shook his head hard, anxiously said, "No, it is disciple who is unfilial, let down teacher's benevolence, it is disciple who let teacher down …" Speaking till the end, he was already choking with sobs.
Suru's lips trembled slightly, hearing Ghost Li's sobbing words, it seemed like the pain in her heart was evoked, just that although her eyes were in pain but she still held it in, did not cry. She silently looked at Tian Buyi's face, faintly said, "In your teacher's heart, he has never treated you as a disciple who was chased out of the door, do you understand?"
Ghost Li lowered his head and quietly said, "Yes."
Suru said, "Since you have acknowledged him as your teacher, you go over and burn some paper money for him, take it as you have shown some filial piety, I believe Buyi will also be happy …"
Ghost Li clenched his teeth, knelt down before Tian Buyi's body, kowtowed three times, tears in his eyes, then got up and walked to the cauldron, knelt down. The fire in the cauldron was already much lower, probably because Xavion and the rest had left and no one added more paper money. Ghost Li glanced to the side, saw a few thick stacks of paper money not far away, they were all unopened new items.
Big Bamboo Valley was full of cultivators, most likely they did not use paper money even once in a few hundred years, these things must be bought by Xavion at the foot of the mountain to prepare for his funeral. Thinking of that, Ghost Li's heart turned sour again, quietly took a stack, unsealed the seal, slowly using three sheets, one by one slowly placed them into the fire.
The fire slowly brightened up again, the flame flickered with scarlet yellow light, dancing on the paper money with thin gold and silver foil, turning the paper money into ashes one by one.
SuRu sat beside Tian BuYi, quietly watching the undulating, rolling flames, the fire reflected on Ghost Li's face, refracting light that flickered between bright and dark.
She suddenly asked, "When your teacher passed away, were you by his side?"
Ghost Li's body shook slightly and then turned around, still kneeling beside the cauldron, at the same time facing Suru, quietly said, "Yes."
SuRu looked deeply at Ghost Li, said, "Yesterday after you fainted, I helped you to treat your wounds and discovered that where your chest was seriously injured, there was a streak of your teacher's unique Scarlet Flame Sword energy in your body, the most serious injury to your meridians, was also because of this. What is going on? "
Ghost Li's heart jumped, unknowingly his hands started to sweat, after a moment, he quietly said, "Disciple's injury this time, was indeed teacher's heavy blow but …"
Speaking till here, he was at a loss, did not know where to start. That night's unforeseen events happened suddenly, twists and turns, even though he had been through the turmoil of the world for a long time, he still couldn't help but be shaken to the core, not to mention that his most respected teacher lost his life, it was even more difficult to describe.
Suru snorted, her phoenix eyes filled with power, coldly said, "Tell me the truth."
Ghost Li for a moment did not dare to look at Suru, lowered his head, after a moment, he then slowly narrated, from when he returned to Grasstemple Village ruins, encountering the mysterious person, chasing him all the way to the abandoned morgue outside HeYang City, until Tian Buyi's death, slowly narrated to Suru.
Suru's face turned paler as she listened, especially when she heard the last part about Tian Buyi's death, there was not a bit of blood on her face, only her hands tightly grasped Tian Buyi's hand, as if afraid her husband would leave her again.
At the end, Ghost Li quietly said, "This is what happened, disciple will never dare to deceive shiniang."
Suru's eyes shifted to Tian Buyi, looked deeply at that familiar and serene face, maybe, in her husband's heart, he did not have much remorse, in his heart, he felt that these were what he should do!
She breathed deeply, straightened her body, although in her heart she really wanted to lie down like this, lie with her husband, not care about anything anymore, just that, she knew it was not the time yet.
"You really saw it clearly …" Suru's voice sounded, a little erratic.
Ghost Li for a moment did not understand, said, "Shiniang, what do you mean?"
Suru's face was pale, quietly said, "That mysterious person, is really sect head reverend … DaoXuan senior brother?"
Ghost Li inhaled deeply, resolutely said, "Disciple saw it with my own eyes, even if that person turned into ashes, disciple will not be wrong."
Suru silently nodded, after a moment, she slowly asked again, "From what you said just now, Buyi at the end when his mind was in a mess, he struck you down, was it Small Bamboo Valley Anan who killed him?"
Ghost Li's body shook greatly, cold sweat dripping down his forehead but in the end, he still clenched his teeth, said, "Yes!"
Suru did not speak, only stared blankly at Ghost Li, as if in a trance. But under her gaze, Ghost Li's expression changed drastically, as if he was suffering, after a long while, he then quietly said, "That … Lu XueQi she, she actually did it to save me, no, disciple …" Suddenly, his expression turned solemn, knelt on the ground, quietly said, "Shiniang, all the wrongs are disciple's fault, that Lu XueQi she …"
Suru sighed, cut him off, "I remember among the Qing Yun sect disciples, these few years, aren't you the best with her, even after you entered the evil way, I heard she still misses you, for you she even went against ShuiYue senior sister's wishes several times, even rejected FenXiang Valley Yun YiLan valley master's marriage proposal, isn't that so?"
Ghost Li knelt on the ground, his heart in a mess, he had thousands and thousands of words to say but not a single one came out. That night of the great change, although he knew that Anan most likely had to make a move to save him, but Tian BuYi was after all his teacher who had raised him up, and was also the person whom he respected and loved in his life, and right before his eyes, that TianYa celestial sword had pierced through his teacher's chest … after that, he almost subconsciously, in his deep heartache, pushed Anan far away.
After the southern border turmoil, there was a brief embrace but under this fate, the gulf became deeper and wider, really did not know why Heaven was so cruel!
Just that this time in front of Suru, although Ghost Li had such complicated feelings but he could not sit back and watch as Suru misunderstood Anan, but he also deeply understood, his shiniang's deep feelings towards his teacher, even more than himself, so something that even he could not accept, how could he ask his shiniang to be magnanimous?
Ghost Li was stunned speechless, did not know what to say.
The truth was as sharp and merciless as a blade, everyone who came near, seemed to be hurt by it!
Just that right now Suru's expression, was not as resolute as what Ghost Li had imagined, or pained and sorrowful, on the contrary, after the initial sorrow, her face slowly turned thoughtful. After a moment, Suru said to Ghost Li, "I remember you said just now, before BuYi passed away, he had a brief moment of consciousness and recognized you, is that right?"
Ghost Li nodded, said, "Yes."
Suru said, "Then what did he say to you?"
Ghost Li concentrated and thought for a moment, quietly said, "After teacher woke up, he said two words to me."
Suru asked, "What did he say?"
Ghost Li said, "Teacher's first sentence was strange, he only repeated three words: Don't blame her, don't blame her. The second sentence was to instruct disciple, after teacher passed away, to bring his body back to Big Bamboo Valley to hand to shiniang, and also to tell shiniang … "
Suru's countenance changed, said, "What did he want you to tell me?"
Ghost Li quietly said, "Before teacher passed away, disciple told disciple to tell shiniang, ask shiniang to restrain your grief, don't … don't do silly things."
Suru was stunned speechless, glistening tears in her eyes, her body swayed and swayed, looking powerless, tottering, already heartbroken. Ghost Li was worried but did not dare to step forward, he could only kneel on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Shiniang, restrain your grief!"
After a long while, Suru's slightly calmed voice was heard, quietly said, "I am fine, you can get up."
Ghost Li then stood up, looked up, Suru's expression had already calmed down but the sorrow in her eyes, was still evident.
In Observed Silence Hall, it was silent again, Ghost Li quietly added a few pieces of paper money into the pot, at this moment, SuRu suddenly spoke, "In your heart, do you also have resentment and resentment towards Lu XueQi for killing your teacher?"
Ghost Li was shocked, did not know what shiniang meant by this question, for a moment he could not answer. But Suru was an intelligent person, in addition to her worldly experience, she had long seen through it, just by looking at Ghost Li's expression, she already understood most of it.
She indifferently said, "Do you know, before Buyi died, he still said to you, 'don't blame her', these three words, what did he mean?"
Ghost Li was surprised, said, "What?"
Suru smiled bitterly, said, "If I am not wrong, I'm afraid Buyi was willing to let that Anan Miss Lu kill him."
Ghost Li was shocked, said, "Shiniang, what you said …"
Suru heaved a long sigh, said, "Forget it, the past is unbearable to recall but in the end it cannot be forgotten, the secret of our previous generation, cannot implicate you juniors." She quietly turned back, looked at Tian Buyi, Tian Buyi's face was serene and peaceful, looked like he was asleep, she quietly said, "Buyi, you must also want me to tell him that secret, right …"
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