The water ghost, who was originally restrained by the shackles of the forbidden law and had no power to resist, suddenly swelled into a giant ten feet tall at this moment!
The knotted muscles covered with blue veins burst through his clothes and turned into a strange dark blue color, and his eyes were full of fierceness and ferocity.
A strong wind blew up.
The thick arm twisted and punched Xu Chong who was close at hand.
Xu Chongzheng was staring at Lu Zhong with all his concentration, not expecting this sudden change at all.
Completely out of instinct, Xu Chong raised his hand to greet him, trying to resist the attack of the water ghost.
But at this moment.
The huge body of the water ghost continued to shrink, and his whole body fell towards Xu Chong.
Xu Chonghun flew into the sky.
If it was just his body shrinking and falling over, it wouldn't frighten him so much.
But the problem is.
Under this turn of events, the water ghost was supposed to face Xu Chong's fist, but he just missed it and replaced it with...
throat!
"You can do it."
The water ghost's lips moved slightly and his eyes smiled.
--No!!!
Xu Chong violently tried to pull his hand away.
The violent friction made his muscles and bones scream.
Unfortunately it's still too late.
——Pfft!
A head flew up.
Xu Chong was covered in the bright red blood spurted out.
All this happened in the blink of an eye.
When the water ghost burst out, Lu Zhong turned around.
By the time he arrived, the water ghost's head was already flying into the air.
"Damn it!! He actually knows how to do side effects?!"
Lu Zhong's expression turned extremely ugly, and he directly pushed the water ghost's standing body down, "Fortunately, the shackles of the forbidden law were there, so it couldn't fully explode."
After calming down, Lu Zhong looked at Xu Chong worriedly: "Is Xu Chong injured? I have a good medicine here..."
"No need."
Xu Chong smiled and asked: "What did Master Cifu mean just now, is that this move cannot be fully unleashed?"
"...As long as there is no cultivation, the restrictions of the forbidden shackles can ignore the realm."
Lu Zhong looked at the smiling face soaked in blood and subconsciously looked away, "The side art of demon disintegration is quite special. It destroys the orifice, reverses the veins, and burns the body at the same time. It does not require strong support to complete, so you can break free.
Restrictions... It's a pity that he doesn't know that the material of the forbidden shackles is extremely tough, enough to support the changes in his body and suppress subsequent outbreaks."
The water ghost doesn’t know?
Oh.
How could you not know?
Xu Chong chuckled and turned sideways to face Zhang Shunyi.
Zhang Shunyi lay on the ground in despair, staring blankly at the headless body.
The Master's words were running over and over in my mind.
"Benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust, answer."
"Reach out!"
"Why? The answers you just gave are correct, but they are all copied from what the sages said. Just like that, how can you pass the provincial examination? Reach out!"
"If you fail in your homework today, you are not allowed to go home for dinner!"
"What?! That kid is hung up?!"
"You must never persuade me face to face, just listen to me..."
"Don't want to take the provincial examination?"
"You are confused!"
"..."
Although most of them are very strict, Zhang Shunyi can clearly feel the care from the heart.
But why would such a person want to enslave his father and kill his father?
Zhang Shunyi couldn't understand, and his eyes became confused.
Xu Chong caught this, and without caring about Lu Zhong, he asked directly: "Now, do you think of that mysterious man from back then?"
"Mysterious man..."
Zhang Shunyi slowly came back to his senses and said, "It's Zhou Ze."
Not long after he entered martial arts, he got his memory back.
Back in Canglong, the person who tempted him to suspect Wang Hezhi was none other than the chief secretary of Canglong County, Zhou Ze.
"No wonder your inner demon is not serious, because when you broke through, Zhou Ze was already painted on the portrait of the water ghost as a rebel of Taiping Dao."
"Of course you won't believe a rebel, so your suspicion of Master is not as firm as before."
Xu Chong pointed to the corpse on the ground, "But think about it, if Zhou Ze was also transformed by a water ghost, why would he lead you to doubt yourself?"
"this……"
Zhang Shunyi was stunned, "You mean, Zhou Ze is not a water ghost at all...so what Master just said is true?"
"No, quite the opposite."
Xu Chong shook his head, "I think it was Zhou Ze who enslaved and killed your father."
"Back then, when I was just promoted to official status, I got the skills from my bloodline memory and became a first-level martial artist very early on."
"On the day your father's accident happened, I was responsible for leading the search team. During the process, I sent all the government officials to go to Heishuiwu to investigate."
Xu Chong looked at Zhang Shunyi and said in a calm and calm tone, "Sure enough, I found your father."
"What?!"
Zhang Shunyi stood up directly, "Did he say anything to you?"
"He asked me to be careful about Zhou Ze and take care of you if I have the spare time."
Xu Chong replied, "He was already dying at that time. I couldn't save him, so I had no choice but to return... By the time the government officials found him, he had already completely expired."
"That……"
Zhang Shunyi lowered his head and looked at the corpse again: "Why did Master say that?"
"Perhaps he thinks that if you die with a blood debt, your inner demons can be completely eliminated, right?"
Xu Chong shook his head, "But it's just the opposite."
"That's really possible."
Lu Zhong thought for a moment and nodded, "That explosion just now, now that I think about it, I was really begging for death."
Lies form a closed loop here.
"So...that's it..."
Zhang Shunyi murmured.
His vision was completely blurred, and no matter how hard he rubbed it, he couldn't get it clear.
After a moment, he turned to look at Lu Zhong, almost pleading, "A rebel... must be a traitor?"
Lu Zhong's face became solemn and asked: "Must the officials of the imperial court be the most kind and benevolent?"
Although there is no answer, this is already the best answer.
Good and evil are not determined based on status.
same.
Life and death are not determined based on good and evil.
Although cruel, Zhang Shunyi has got the answer he wanted.
"Students understand."
Zhang Shunyi cried and laughed, bowed his hands and said in a choked voice: "Please allow me to bury you in the ground."
"Go ahead."
Lu Zhong nodded, "Although Xie Changqing has been granted the title of Marquis of Taiping, he still has no foundation in the court. As a teacher, he can still suppress this matter."
"Thank you, Master."
"Thank you, Lord Cisuke."
…
…
The grave of the water ghost was placed on the edge of the cliff outside the east city wall by Xu Chong.
Not next to Qin Tian Prison.
But next to the Imperial College.
Although there is no separate passage like Qintian Prison, the sound of reading can occasionally be heard here.
Xu Chong felt that even if the water ghost came to life, there would be nothing wrong with it.
The two of them didn't use any tools, they just relied on their hands to dig out the soil one by one.
Move carefully and slowly.
After burning the incense, a small earth bag swelled up.
Xu Chong found a huge stone and used his palm as a knife to carve out a stone tablet.
Zhang Shunyi watched silently and did not stop him.
Although rebels are not allowed to erect monuments or leave inscriptions, almost no one sets foot here, so there is no need to worry about being discovered and reported.
But he thought wrong.
Xu Chong pointed his finger like a knife and carved a few words.
"this……"
Zhang Shunyi was surprised.
"What do you think I want to engrave?"
Xu Chong glanced at Zhang Shunyi, "Wang Hezhi? That's not him."
"If you talk about the water ghost..."
"One, Water Ghost is not his real name either."
"Two, if the name of the underworld is to add a ghost after the name...what if he gets angry and doesn't protect us?"
really.
Zhang Shunyi nodded with deep understanding, "Why not engrave the word "Master" on it?"
"You raise your head and look into the Imperial College. Did you see that old man on the third floor?"
Xu Chong said, "He is accompanying the capital to the Imperial Academy as a sacrificial wine, and is also called Master."
"All right."
Zhang Shunyi withdrew his gaze.
The stone tablet was erected and planted in front of the earth bag.
Xu Chong clapped his hands and faced the sea of clouds: "The scenery is nice and clean. Occasionally, there are people reading to him, which is not bad."
"What the Master likes is not to hear people read...but to teach people to read."
Zhang Shunyi shook his head.
"That's just right."
Xu Chong twitched his lips and said, "There are many Imperial College officials who accompany the capital who are unlearned and unskilled. Some of them are too busy."
"That's right, that's true."
Zhang Shunyi nodded.
The two of them didn't speak again, just watching the sea of clouds rise and fall quietly.
Until it gets dark.
"Actually, my father was not killed by Zhou Ze, right?"
Zhang Shunyi suddenly asked.
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows, "Why do you see that?"
"That day, the day my father had an accident."
Zhang Shunyi said, "When I was about to go out to the county school, he asked me something."
"What words?"
Xu Chong tilted his head.
"He asked me if one day he killed the person closest to me, would I forgive him."
"I didn't understand it at the time, so I asked, isn't the person closest to me the same person?"
"He nodded with satisfaction and then let me stay at the school for a day."
Zhang Shunyi smiled and said, "Now that I think about it, the closest person he mentioned...should be Brother Xu."
Xu Chong was shocked.
"But no matter what the truth is, it doesn't matter anymore."
Zhang Shunyi shook his head, "As I said before, what I hate is not the person who killed my father, but the person who changed my father."
"I believe that Master would not do that, and Brother Xu would not do that either... Brother Xu was still young at that time and could not do that."
"so."
Zhang Shunyi turned sideways to face Xu Chong and bowed deeply: "Brother Xu is gone, please take care of me."
Xu Chong looked at him, sighed quietly, and then bowed.
"treasure."
It didn't take long.
The huge team started, slowly passed through the city gate and went down the mountain.
This high-standard team only stayed in Paidu for one day.
He exchanged the corpse of a rebel thief for the new champion.
Xu Chong did not see him off, but sat alone next to the stone tablet until late at night.
"What does 'you can do' mean?"
"Can I help Shunyi get through this difficult time?"
"Or, can I get through my own difficulties?"
The moonlight was pleasant, clearly reflecting the inscriptions on the stone tablet nearby.