Mountains of corpses, seas of blood, devastation everywhere.
After Jingtan layman's carriage arrived, Hua Yuerong saw the miserable situation in Huayue Village, knelt down in front of the corpses, and burst into tears.
Li Tianyu stood at a high place and looked around cautiously.
Jingtan layman was also dumbfounded:
"Who did this?"
Tang Huayi glanced at Jiang Ran, who slowly looked away from Hua Yuerong.
He breathed out gently and whispered:
"The situation in Huayue Village looks particularly tragic."
Before Master Jingtan and the others arrived, Jiang Ran had already looked around from top to bottom.
There was no one alive in the entire Huayue Village.
The owner of the village, Hua Shaoyun, even died without a complete body. After everyone searched for a long time, they could not piece together a complete body.
This battle not only left Huayue Village itself to pieces, but the intruders probably also left many corpses behind.
But now, there are no traces of those corpses. It was obvious that they took the corpses away when they left this place.
Tang Huayi glanced at Hua Yuerong and whispered to Jiang Ran:
"What should I do?"
Jiang Ran was silent for a moment, then said to Hua Yuerong:
"Flower girl, there is no resurrection after death. Please... show your condolences and be patient."
Hua Yuerong cried so much that she fell into a trance.
After hearing Jiang Ran's voice, he raised his head in confusion, but as if he didn't know what day it was, he wiped away his tears randomly.
I want to say something, but I don't know what to say.
As soon as he opened his mouth, tears started to flow down again.
After a long time, she looked at Jiang Ran and knelt down in front of him with a plop:
"Huayue Village... Huayue Village has encountered a catastrophe... This... this is definitely not a coincidence!
"Dr. Jiang, that letter...
"The letter said that the Setting Sun Sect was going to give me to Bai Xichao.
"But I, Huayue Village... will never let anything happen to me and ignore it.
"This matter must have been done by the Setting Sun Sect.
"They... they killed everyone in Huayue Village, and they plotted against me, treating me as a gift to Bai Xichao...
"They also... they also killed Wangshui Villa.
"The Cangyang Sect is doing such evil and evil, Hua Yuerong begs Hero Jiang to bring justice to Huayue Village!
"The little girl has nothing to offer in return, but she is willing to give everything she has!!"
"Flower girl, please get up first."
Jiang Ran stretched out his hand to help her and pulled her up from the ground:
"As a chivalrous person, I will naturally not ignore this matter."
"Thank you...Thank you, Master Jiang..."
When Hua Yuerong said this, maybe she was tired from the past two days, or maybe she was too sad. After all, she couldn't hold on anymore and fell directly into Jiang Ran's arms.
Tang Huayi glanced at Jiang Ran and then at Hua Yuerong.
Jiang Ran shook his head gently and reached out to hug Hua Yuerong:
"Huayue Village is experiencing great changes now. Since we are here, we cannot turn a blind eye after all.
"It's just that this matter needs to be considered in the long term. For now, let's put the body away first."
Tang Huayi and others also nodded lightly.
Jingtan layman glanced at Hua Yuerong and sighed:
"How is she?"
"She has been frightened for the past two days. It might not be a bad thing if she falls asleep now. Let her rest first."
As Jiang Ran said that, he took Hua Yuerong deep into Huayue Manor and found a room for Hua Yuerong to rest.
Later, he worked with others to bury the bodies of everyone in Huayue Village.
This can be considered a big project.
There were hundreds of corpses in Huayue Village, most of them in pieces. Everyone was busy until half past midnight, and then they barely finished the work.
After casually eating a few mouthfuls of dry food, Jingtan layman couldn't help but ask about the Setting Sun Gate.
Jiang Ran did not hide anything, from the bandits in the village, to what happened at Wangshui Villa, to the murder of a wealthy family in the town, and finally the tragedy at Huayue Villa.
After Jingtan layman listened, he realized the twists and turns.
But he frowned:
"According to what Jiang Shaoxia said, the Setting Sun Sect was secretive before, but now it is so indifferent...
"But I don't know what's going on with Ziyue Villa now?"
The Setting Sun Gate had been dormant for a long time, and suddenly a series of murders broke out.
Ziyue Villa may not be able to escape from this murder. Thinking that Guan Jinqiu is at Ziyue Villa, Jingtan layman can't sit still.
Jiang Ran glanced at Jingtan layman and comforted softly:
"Purple Moon Villa is not a trivial matter, it is also one of the top political forces in this East County mansion.
"No matter how lawless the Setting Sun Sect is, they would not dare to attack Ziyue Villa easily.
"But if senior is worried, we will hurry up and get to Ziyue Villa earlier."
"good."
Jingtan layman nodded after hearing this:
"I just hope everything goes well."
There was nothing left to say, and everyone took a rest.
After returning to the room, Jiang Ran opened his system interface.
[Knife-catching mission: Escort Hua Yuerong back home!]
[Task progress: Completed!]
[Task reward: a pot of Baihua brew, please wait patiently...]
"..."
Jiang Ran looked at the reward in silence, and then sighed after a long time.
Although I already knew that this knife-catching mission was a trap.
However, he did not expect that he would be tricked to this extent.
The mission reward is actually a bottle of wine?
I looked at my life span again and found that my life span had increased by two days.
I was stunned for a moment.
"If we look at it in terms of rewards, the reward for rescuing Liu Wenshan in the previous place was far more generous than this time.
"One is a Jiaoweiqin, the other is a jug of wine... naturally they cannot be compared.
"But why, Liu Wenshan's lifespan reward was one day...
"But this time, it's only two days?
"How does this system determine lifespan rewards?"
Jiang Ran had some thoughts in his heart, and his expression gradually became weird:
"It took less than a day to save Liu Wenshan.
"But this time, it took nearly two days to escort Hua Yuerong home...
"This lifespan reward will be judged based on the time it takes me to complete the task, right?
"Then if I take on a task and then procrastinate on completing it, and it takes a whole month, should I be directly rewarded with one month of life?
"Eh...that's not right either!
"I have a limited lifespan. If I spend one month and get another month in reward, wouldn't that mean I am neither advancing nor retreating?
"In the end, it turned into just getting rewards?
"This seems... to make sense."
Jiang Ran scratched his head and felt that this guess seemed reliable.
“But if you want to verify it further, you need to do another task to see.
"If it is true as I think, and the knife-catching mission and the arrest mission can coexist with each other...
"Then I can use the knife-catching mission to block my lifespan, and then use the arresting mission to accumulate lifespan.
"In this way, you may be able to accumulate a considerable amount of lifespan in a short period of time, and you don't have to worry about dying in a few years."
Thinking of this, Jiang Ran's heart felt faintly hot.
However, thinking that everyone in Huayue Village had just been killed, it seemed a bit unkind for him to dance happily.
Then he suppressed the joy in his heart.
So far, the night has been silent, and in the blink of an eye, it has already arrived the next day.
Hua Yuerong slept until almost noon the next day before waking up.
Her face was pale after she woke up. She had been hit by a weird trick, her whole body was weak and she couldn't use her inner strength.
Now it looks even worse.
Dragging such a body, she found Jiang Ran.
"Master Jiang..."
Hua Yuerong's face was haggard, frail and weak, and her eyes looked at Jiang Ran, hiding thousands of emotions.
After looking at each other, they breathed out softly:
"Master Jiang kept his promise and sent me back to Huayue Village. Hua Yuerong is extremely grateful.
"I should have begged my father and thanked him with great courtesy.
"But now... Huayue Village has disappeared, but I can't give you any worthy thank you gift.
"But after I woke up today, I went to the wine cellar.
"I found a pot of Baihua Brewing among them.
"Jiang Daxia is a good wine person, and this Baihua Niang is made with our unique secret method at Huayue Village.
“Although it’s not as refreshing as the ‘Thousand Miles of Happy Wind’ at Qianyun Villa.
"But it is also a rare wine in the world...and the potpourri contains various rare herbs, which can help improve internal strength.
“It’s not too overwhelming.
"I would like to ask Master Jiang to accept this..."
As she spoke, she took out a sealed and exquisite wine bottle and handed it to Jiang Ran with both hands.
Jiang Ran tilted his head and took a closer look, then reached out and took it:
"Thank you very much for Miss Hua's kindness, so Jiang accepted this jug of wine.
"I wonder what Flower Girl has planned next?"
"..."
Hua Yuerong pondered for a moment and said:
"I want to go to Jinyang Mansion!"
"Jinyang Mansion?"
Jiang Ran narrowed his eyes slightly:
"You're thinking……"
"Exactly."
Hua Yuerong nodded:
"No matter what happens with the Setting Sun Gate, I can't let it go.
"The letter that Hero Jiang gave me earlier stated that they would discuss important matters in the Liuyuan of Jinyang Mansion on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
"There must be clues to the Setting Sun Gate.
"In order to prevent everyone in my Hua family from dying in vain, I must go to Jinyang Mansion."
"But how can you go such a long way in your current state?"
Jingtan layman listened on the side and couldn't help but said:
"In my opinion, the affairs of Canyangmen are by no means as simple as one household after another.
"The Hu family in Wangshui Villa was also attacked and killed by the Setting Sun Gate.
"I don't know where the Setting Sun Gate came from, and it has started to stir up wind and rain in the rivers and lakes, but I don't know where this storm will blow.
"Girl from the Hua family, if you can trust me, you can come with us to Ziyue Villa.
"Meng Huan, the owner of Ziyue Villa, is an upright man and has a reputation as a chivalrous person.
"If he climbs high and makes a call, he will definitely gather experts beside him. By then, it will be far better to gather the righteous people in the world to attack the Can Yang Clan than to risk it alone."
Hua Yuerong seemed stunned, glanced at Jiang Ran subconsciously, and then said:
"Is this... going to be too much trouble for you?"
"No trouble."
Jiang Ran was the first to speak:
"If you want to go to Ziyue Villa, we happen to be on the same road, so you can go together for a while."
Hua Yuerong nodded immediately:
"If that's the case, then I'll be troublesome to Master Jiang."
"There is no need to say these kind words."
Jiang Ran waved his hand: "If the flower girl has nothing else to do in Huayue Village, we will set off as soon as possible."
"Everything depends on Master Jiang."
Hua Yuerong's eyes darkened: "Now that things have happened, I... I just want to avenge my relatives at home."
"Then without further ado, we'll set off right away."
After Jiang Ran said this, everyone packed their bags and continued on their way.
Hua Yuerong was still sitting on the carriage as usual, but as the carriage went further and further away, she looked at the Huayue Village in the distance. The girl's eyes were also dim with tears, and she was no longer as strong as she was at the beginning.
"I really feel pity for you."
Tang Huayi whispered to Jiang Ran:
"You have to hold on tight."
Jiang Ran glanced at her and asked directly:
"Is there any gain?"
"No."
Tang Huayi shook her head: "She really slept all night. Do you think the two of us misunderstood her?"
"It's hard to say, which is why I didn't want to tell you before.
"The situation is unclear, and speaking of it makes people think wildly and make them uncertain."
When Jiang Ran said this, he glanced at her again: "Can you try using the methods of your demon sect?"
"sure."
Tang Huayi nodded immediately:
"As long as I am willing, this girl will definitely tell everything she knows and tell everything...
“But in this case, we are faced with two results.
"You guessed it right, she does have something else to hide.
"You guessed wrong, she is really just Hua Yuerong...
"But no matter what the outcome is, once I stop influencing her, she will definitely be able to realize what happened.
"It's like, after you woke up in the Tang family, you immediately discovered something was wrong the day before.
"But if I keep using tricks on her...
"Jingtan layman and Gu Xizhi are not ordinary people, so there is no guarantee that they will not notice the clues.
“When the time comes, shall we kill them and silence them, or will you kill me and silence me for them?
"The world has been afraid of the Demon Cult for a long time, what will you do?"
"Then just keep observing."
Jiang Ran touched his chin: "I feel that the truth of this matter is about to surface."
"Well, what do you plan to do with the tail at the back?"
Tang Huayi said:
"In the past two days, even Jingtan layman and the others have discovered it."
"It doesn't matter, let them follow."
Jiang Ran smiled and said, "In other words, they came just in time."
After hearing these words, Tang Huayi's expression suddenly changed:
"Wait...something's wrong.
"When you handed Ximen Feng over to Yan Wushuang, you didn't know there was another Setting Sun Sect!
"The people from the Baizhen Society are following us, naturally because they know something from Ximen Feng's mouth...
"From the very beginning, you have been plotting against Baizhenhui to lure them into this situation in Dongjun Mansion.
"But without knowing about the Setting Sun Gate, who was the person you wanted to plot against in the first place?"
"you guess."
Jiang Ran winked at her.
Tang Huayi suddenly froze, and the long-lost 'guess' still had the same lethality.
She took a deep look at Jiang Ran and suddenly smiled:
"If Yan Wushuang knew that you were plotting against her, I don't know what his expression would be."
"Then... let's wait and see?"
…
…
The journey since then has been extremely smooth.
I haven't encountered any more dangers, nor have I encountered so many massacres.
It's just that the matter about the Setting Sun Gate has started to get more and more intense.
It was Hu Wanshan of Wangshui Villa who initially sent out the news, accusing Canyangmen of being framed and killing people wantonly.
Later, there was news from the Dadong County Government Office, and the Setting Sun Sect was classified as a first-rate evil sect.
If it were just about Wangshui Villa, people in the world would probably still be doubtful about this news.
But there was news even from the Dongjun government office, so people had to believe it.
Suddenly, those who had been holding back for a while, or those who had not found the opportunity, all came to the fore.
Everyone wants to overthrow the Setting Sun Sect and bring justice to the martial arts world!
Along the way, Jiang Ran and others could sometimes see indignant Jianghu disciples searching for traces of the Setting Sun Clan all over the world.
And as Ziyue Villa gets closer and closer, there are more and more traces of these Jianghu people.
After asking around, I found out that Ziyue Villa had always been the leader of the righteous path in Dongjun Mansion.
Just like Hongfeng Villa in Cangzhou Prefecture.
It's just that the reputation of Hongfeng Villa is not limited to one place, but Ziyue Villa can only be ranked first in Dongjun Mansion.
But no matter what, the Can Yang Clan massacred Jianghu comrades in Dongjun Mansion and initiated several massacres. Naturally, these Jianghu people would find Ziyue Villa and ask Meng Huan to come forward and take charge of the overall situation.
This is one of them!
The second one is also suspected of questioning.
Among the forces that have gathered in Ziyue Villa in recent days, there are Beifeng Lin Family, Dugu Family, Dahan Gang and Qingfeng Hall.
They are mainly the ones who want to be held accountable.
The reason is naturally because of the Qin family's affairs.
At that time, Meng Huan confirmed to the Setting Sun Sect that the evidence was true, and these people in the world just raised it high and put it down gently.
Now that the evil deeds of the Setting Sun Clan have been made public, Meng Huan naturally has to bear the responsibility.
These forces cannot usually defeat Ziyue Villa.
Now that I have seized this opportunity, I want to bite off a piece of flesh from Ziyue Villa no matter what.
If there are words, it will be long; if there are no words, it will be short.
At this time, the group arrived at Ziyue Mountain.
Following the mountain road, you can also see scattered people from the world who come to visit.
But most of them were turned away by Ziyue Villa.
Jiang Ran and others pulled the carriage to the door of Ziyue Villa.
Just as he stood still, he heard a voice:
"Who is coming?"
The person who spoke was the guard in front of Ziyue Villa, with some dissatisfaction and vigilance hidden in his tone.
Jiang Ran glanced at him and smiled:
"Excuse me, I'd like to report... I came to Jiang Ran at the end of my career, and joined hands with Yaxin Xiaozhu Jingtan layman, and the ancient Xi Zhi of the Tianlong Divine Sword..."
Having said this, he glanced in the direction of the carriage and said softly:
"And Hua Yuerong, the orphan of Huayue Village, came here to visit Master Meng of your village."
The shadow of the famous tree.
Speaking of these names one by one, the guard in front of the door was stunned for a moment.
The layman Yaxin Xiaozhu Jingtan, the Heavenly Dragon Divine Sword is an ancient treasure.
How come this person who seems to be on the horizon suddenly appears in front of me?
The orphan of Huayue Village?
How come there are orphans in Huayue Village?
Jiang Ran, who entered Jiang Ran at the end of his studies...could it be the Jingshen Sword?
The guard stayed in front of the door for a while, then came back to his senses, and immediately clasped his fists and handed over his hands:
"Everyone, please wait a moment. I, I will go in and report."