#235 - Supported by the Hall of Merit
#235 - Supported by the Hall of Merit
In the courtyard, Chu Meng looked at the spiritual herbs in her hand and said after a moment of silence:
"Are these people's cultivation levels all quite high?"
"Yes, they are all quite good. Each of them is above the early stage of the Golden Core realm, and the weakest are at the late stage of the Golden Core realm," Chun Yu said seriously.
"Then how did you catch that Gu An?" Chu Meng asked with slight curiosity.
"The death of the people at Thousand Dust Peak is related to the Great Cleansing, and they had already been contemplating it. Perhaps it won't be long before they try to kill Gu An by any means possible.
After all, he is the fuse of the Great Cleansing.
As Gu An became a disciple of the Peak Master, they probably felt that if they didn't act now, they might not have another chance in the future. Therefore, they wanted to move against Gu An, but now they have been killed instead.
Saying it has nothing to do with Gu An, no one will believe it," Chun Yu said after thinking seriously:
"That Deacon from the Outer Peak even had direct friction with Gu An, and Si Wuye even sent people to capture Gu An. These people all have some kind of enmity with him.
In order to protect himself, hiring a murderer is reasonable.
If his cultivation level allowed it, given his personality, he might have even done it himself."
Chu Meng:
For a moment, she didn't know how to speak.
"Has the Underworld Hall been alarmed?" Chu Meng asked.
"Not yet, but it's almost there.
People from the Enforcement Hall have already deployed some magical treasures and started investigating.
This time, two direct disciples have died, so they definitely won't let it go easily," Chun Yu recalled and said: "Even if only some clues point to a suspect, the other party will not be able to leave the Enforcement Hall.
According to previous practices, the people who go in now will probably not be able to come out for ten years."
Chu Meng lowered her eyebrows and put down the spiritual herbs.
She sighed in her heart.
Her head was a little aching.
Enforcement Hall.
Gu An was "invited" over by Du Gujing and the others.
He was directly taken to the familiar prison cell.
When he arrived, he found that there were already many people here.
Everyone had a magical restriction on their hands.
It also appeared that people were being brought in from other places. They already had the magical restrictions on them when they arrived.
Reaching the location, Du Gujing took out a talisman and said with a smile: "It's just a routine matter, Junior Brother. Please bear with it."
Gu An didn't say anything.
Then, the talisman turned into a rope and restricted his hands.
Making it difficult for him to escape.
Thus, Gu An also arrived among the crowd.
Standing next to a young man,
The other party asked with a slightly flustered expression: "Does Senior Brother know why he was arrested?"
"Doesn't Junior Brother know?" Gu An asked back.
"I don't know. They didn't say anything when I asked them, and we were restricted when we arrived. It seems that Senior Brother needed this after arriving," the young man thought that Gu An should have some background.
"I heard that a direct disciple was killed," Gu An truthfully informed him.
Hearing this, the other party's face turned pale, and he said: "Senior Brother, if you have connections, you must find a way. Once you get involved in the death of a direct disciple, even a simple connection will cost you dearly."
"I don't have any connections," Gu An shook his head and sighed.
The young man looked despairing.
At this time, the people from the Enforcement Hall began to take away everyone's storage magical treasures.
Gu An frowned.
Do they also take away the storage treasures of suspects?
He was taken away because he killed someone.
Although some people were unwilling, they still had to hand them over in the end.
Gu An was silent.
Fortunately, he had transferred most of his things.
"Directly taking away the storage magical treasures, it seems that what Senior Brother said is true. I'm afraid this matter cannot be easily resolved," the man said dejectedly: "Even if you have connections now, it's probably useless. Being brought here and having to hand over your storage magical treasures, it will be difficult to leave."
Gu An also understood this and just sighed along with him.
Soon, two people from the Enforcement Hall came to Gu An's side.
They held a tray and placed it in front of the young man,
The other party handed over the storage magical treasure without hesitation.
Soon, the tray landed in front of Gu An, asking him to hand over his things.
Gu An sighed in his heart. There was an inexplicable pressure here in the Enforcement Hall. Even if he was in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he couldn't resist.
Not to mention that there were quite a few experts here.
He could only hand it over.
"Wait a moment."
Just as Gu An was about to move, a voice suddenly came from outside.
Gu An turned his head and saw Mei Jianghe walking in with two people.
Everyone was a little surprised when they saw him arrive.
The young man even exclaimed: "Why would people from the Merit Hall come? Whose background is so big?
This is the first time I've heard of the Merit Hall directly interrupting the Enforcement Hall's enforcement process.
Does Senior Brother know who they came for?"
"I don't know," Gu An shook his head.
The young man said with certainty: "It must be for a certain fairy. Most likely, she was favored by a certain expert and was accidentally brought here.
If it were a man, he shouldn't have been brought here."
As for the Merit Hall's sudden visit, the Enforcement Hall was also a little surprised.
The fairy who was collecting the storage magical treasures didn't stop but planned to continue.
However, she had just placed the tray in front of Gu An.
Suddenly, Mei Jianghe's figure disappeared and appeared next to Gu An, pushing the tray back with a casual movement.
The fairy who was collecting the storage magical treasures was stunned by this sudden scene.
Not only that, but the young man was completely dumbfounded.
The other party's sudden action was undoubtedly to stand up for Gu An.
He had even confidently said that the other party came for a fairy.
In addition, the person with the terrifying background was right next to him.
Gu An was also a little surprised.
He didn't expect that the people from the Merit Hall would directly arrive and confront the Enforcement Hall.
"Senior Brother Mei," Du Gujing walked over, telling the person collecting the storage magical treasures to step back.
"Junior Brother Du Gu, what is this for?" Mei Jianghe pointed at Gu An.
"Sect mission. Junior Brother Gu is suspected of murdering a direct disciple," Du Gujing said with a smile.
"Suspected?" Mei Jianghe smiled slightly: "Do you have any evidence?"
"We're investigating."
"Investigating? How long will it take to investigate? A few years? A few decades?"
"It will take some time anyway."
"You want to let Gu An, who has contributed enough merits to the sect, suffer such an injustice with just a sentence of 'it takes time'?"
Du Gujing looked at Gu An with some surprise, thought for a moment, and then said: "One month. If we don't find anything, we will naturally let Junior Brother Gu leave."
Mei Jianghe smiled slightly, extended a finger, and said: "One day. If you don't find any evidence, you must release him."
Du Gujing was slightly embarrassed.
He argued according to reason.
Finally, they agreed on a limit of three days.
"Then the storage magical treasures?" The fairy on the side asked now.
"Did Junior Brother Gu kill someone?" Mei Jianghe asked the fairy.
"That's the rule," the fairy said.
"Rule? I only know that the fact is that Junior Brother Gu didn't kill anyone," Mei Jianghe said.
"Perhaps there will be clues if we check the storage magical treasures?"
"Then why don't you check all the people in your Enforcement Hall first?"
"We don't have the motive to kill someone."
"But you have the strength to kill someone. Junior Brother Gu doesn't have the strength to kill someone."
In the end, the Enforcement Hall could only give up.
And the restriction on Gu An's hands was also lifted.
Gu An was slightly surprised.
It seemed that he was indeed on the list.
He had received the protection of the Merit Hall.
However, the first condition for the Merit Hall's protection was that the Enforcement Hall had no evidence.
If there was evidence, it would probably be difficult to protect him.
He only hoped that there would be no evidence related to him in the future, at least not direct evidence.
In this way, he would be able to leave the Enforcement Hall in three days.
Before being imprisoned, Mei Jianghe smiled at Gu An and said: "Junior Brother, you really didn't disappoint people. You got into trouble so early."
As long as it wasn't Junior Brother Gu An who killed them, there's nothing to worry about.'
Half of them were killed by me, is there any need to worry? Gu An asked in his heart, but he still thanked the other party.
After that, he and the others were imprisoned.
However, unlike the others, he had a separate cell and it was relatively decent.
It's just that the light was a little weak.
And he couldn't perceive the situation outside.
Gu An sighed in his heart.
Being caught directly was indeed unexpected.
He thought he would be arrested after returning from the mission.
Counting the time, after a day.
The prison door opened.
"Gu An." Someone outside spoke.
Gu An got up and responded, then followed the other person to a room.
"Go in." The other party said.
After Gu An went in, he found a man sitting inside.
There was a strange pattern on his face.
Faintly glowing.
Gu An had seen the other party before.
A member of Luo Sheng Hall, who had questioned him outside before.
When he came in, the other party also raised his eyebrows and looked over: "Junior Brother Gu, we meet again."
He Chao Liang, Gu An was slightly surprised.
People from Luo Sheng Hall began to take over?
In this case, it seems that he is not very safe.
"Sit." He Chao Liang said politely, then apologized: "There is one more person, she seems to be late,
Shall we wait a bit?"
"Okay." Gu An nodded.
He sat down and waited quietly.
"I have read all the records of Junior Brother entering the sect, it's really wonderful." He Chao Liang leaned back and said with interest: "Junior Brother achieved Foundation Establishment within a few months of entering the outer sect, and killed the embezzlers of the night logging yard.
Although he was sent to the place of exile, it seems that he got the mission item by taking advantage of the internal strife and successfully returned to the outer sect.
Then he entered the inner sect.
After that, in less than a year, he killed some people in the inner sect who ignored the order of the sect, and even became the trigger for the great purge.
In just two years, Junior Brother has jumped from the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refining to the early stage of Golden Core.
How did Junior Brother do it?"
"Because I hid my cultivation." Gu An thought for a while and said: "It was caused by some opportunities,
I didn't want to attract attention, but in the end, it backfired.
I was impulsive."
"Junior Brother is really true to his nature." He Chao Liang picked up the book in his hand, flipped back a few pages, and looked at the record on it:
"The first person Junior Brother killed was that Junior Sister named An Xin Ru?"
"Yes." Gu An nodded.
He Chao Liang didn't even raise his head, looking at the book and said:
"Did An Xin Ru regret it before she died? Did she think she had gone too far?"
Gu An thought for a while and said: "Maybe."
"It's really courting death, to dare to embezzle so blatantly." He Chao Liang shook his head slightly disdainfully, then continued: "Later, did Elder Huang regret it before he died?"
Hearing the question, Gu An subconsciously remembered Elder Huang's appearance before his death, but he quickly realized the problem.
He shook his head and said, "Senior Brother, you remembered it wrong."
Hearing this, He Chao Liang was stunned for a moment and smiled: "Is that so? I forgot and mixed it up while reading the book."
After that, he continued to speak casually.
Gu An was on guard in his heart, but occasionally he would still be suddenly asked related questions.
Not directly, but indirectly.
For example, the formation at Si Wu Ye's residence was attacked, which was a pity.
He also said that Lin Rou's injuries were quite serious.
He also said that if it weren't for an accident, Si Wu Ye wouldn't have died, the killer was taking advantage of an opportunity.
The content of what the other party said would always make Gu An's memory clear, and then the other party would suddenly ask questions.
He asked what weapon Lin Rou used to injure Si Wu Ye, and also asked whether the other man's timing was good.
Then he asked where the people sent by Si Wu Ye died.
They chatted for a long time.
Gu An felt physically and mentally exhausted.
"Impeccable." He Chao Liang looked at Gu An and smiled:
"Junior Brother is different now. When I first met you, it wasn't like this.
Back then, your body was stiff and your emotions were overflowing.
Now you are calm, restrained, and your mind is clear.
It makes me wonder if the changes during this period are real, or if you deliberately hid your clumsiness before."
"Senior Brother is too kind." Gu An lowered his head humbly.
"The other one doesn't seem to be coming." He Chao Liang looked at Gu An and said: "Let's end the interrogation, Junior Brother, go to the ordinary prison, just share a room with Lin Rou and the others, you can ask what happened at that time, it's good to explain clearly when someone asks outside.
After all, many people in the sect like to hear these things."
Gu An breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, then got up and left.
After the person left.
He Chao Liang threw the book in his hand on the table and said: "How is it? Did you see anything?"
At this time, Situ Qian Ling walked in, frowning, and said:
"I didn't see anything, but I vaguely feel that there is a problem, but I can't say where the problem is.
If we interrogate a few more times, there will definitely be a breakthrough within a month."
"A month?" He Chao Liang laughed and said: "Don't say a month, it won't work even if we have one more day.
If there is no evidence tomorrow, we must send him away.
The pressure from the Merit Hall is too great.
He is not an ordinary disciple like before, his merits are on the Merit Hall's list.
How many years has the Merit Hall been waiting for this day, how can they let go?
If the Law Enforcement Hall can't find evidence, they have to let people go. If there is no answer after the interrogation, they won't let us continue the interrogation.
They will say that we are not capable enough, so we have to sacrifice other people's freedom and time?"
Hearing this, Situ Qian Ling's face was quite ugly.
But she really couldn't keep people.
After a pause, she asked:
"Are there any breakthroughs in other places? What about the scene?"
"There are some clues that can confirm that the person who killed Elder Huang and Si Wu Ye is the same person, and the one at Qian Chen Peak is another person.
The former does point to Zuo You Yan, and the latter says it is Zuo You Yan, but it can be confirmed that it is a disguise.
The whereabouts are still being tracked.
Even if there are some clues, they don't point to Gu An."
"I think he has a problem." Situ Qian Ling said.
"It's useless if he has a problem, you have no evidence." He Chao Liang said.
"Where does the evidence come from if we don't interrogate?"
"We just interrogated him."
"We need more time."
"Don't even think about it."
"Then just let him leave like this."
"What else?"
Situ Qian Ling was silent.
After a long time, He Chao Liang asked with a smile: "Do you still remember how you evaluated him back then?"
Situ Qian Ling said casually:
"Just a small character.
His words, speech, and emotional changes are all too ordinary.
Like a farmer from the countryside."
"You remember it clearly, so how should you evaluate him now?" He Chao Liang asked.
"Early stage of Golden Core, if this matter is really related to him, he won't be able to handle it.
In addition, his accomplices will never be able to stand on the stage. He will understand in the future that the weaker he is, the more powerless he will be if he gets involved in too many things.
Although I don't know if his age is real or fake, have you ever seen a forty-nine-year-old Golden Core cultivator who is so old?" Situ Qian Ling said calmly.
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