Longevity begins with a dog

Chapter 111 Choice
"This appearance does not belong to the water ghost itself."

'Wang Hezhi' stroked his beard, "Huanzhentian is an extremely ancient cave. After natural decline, it formed a number of 'non-phase clothes', which can devour newly dead people to form false appearances."

Zhang Shunyi stared blankly at this face, and all he recalled in his mind were the memories of Canglong County School.

After a while, naked hatred and killing intent intertwined.

"so……"

Zhang Shunyi's voice was extremely hoarse, "Water Ghost, did you kill Wang Hezhi?"

This is already a sign of a resurgence of demons.

Lu Zhong quickly removed the change of Wuxiangyi, and grabbed Zhang Shunyi's shoulder with one hand: "Be sober!"

"Master... answer me!"

Zhang Shunyi growled in a low voice.

"..."

Lu Zhong's face changed, and after a while he sighed quietly: "The water ghost did kill Wang Hezhi, but the Wang Hezhi he killed was not your wife."

"Ok?"

Zhang Shunyi was stunned.

"The real Wang Hezhi should have been killed by the water ghost as soon as he arrived in Canglong."

As Lu Zhong said, he glanced at Xu Chong who had been silent all the time, "From the perspective of your schooling time, the one who taught you from the beginning to the end... has always been the water ghost."

silence.

There was deathly silence in the carriage.

Zhang Shunyi was completely lost, unable to speak even a single word.

And Xu Chong kept his head down, no one saw his expression.

a long time.

Lu Zhong sighed again.

"Originally, everything was just Xie Changqing's inference, without any actual evidence."

"However, I don't know about your recent situation, so I went to Cang Taki in my heart to sneak attack with the power of ten layers of unblocking meridians..."

"His true state, I am afraid that he has the fifth level of body washing. If I have no side skills, I may even be killed by him."

"Just one state can already explain a lot of problems, but..."

Speaking of this, Lu Zhong paused for a moment, and then pointed out: "After I caught him, I didn't interrogate him, and directly transferred to Zhentian."

"Where is he?"

Xu Chong finally asked a question.

"In one of the baggage wagons in the back."

Lu Zhong glanced at Xu Chong and felt that the other party was too calm, "I was afraid that the prison car would attract the attention of Taiping Road and cause unnecessary changes on the road, so I locked him in a wooden box."

At this time, the carriage gradually stopped, and the government office arrived.

The entourage drew back the curtain.

Lu Zhong got up first, planning to get out of the car first, to give the two a buffer time.

Walking to the door, the footsteps paused.

"actually."

Lu Zhong tilted his head slightly, "If I had known that the situation in Shunyi was improving earlier, I would not have done this, but now...it is too late."

The meaning is obvious.

Lu Zhong didn't care about a Taipingdao rebel, whether he killed or released him, he didn't care.

But not anymore.

Presumably the capital has already received the news.

Xu Chong was silent for a moment, then looked at Zhang Shunyi who was still in a daze: "Let's go, this is the end of the matter, no matter what the ending is, we have to face it."

"face?"

Zhang Shunyi raised his head in a daze, got up like a walking corpse, and got out of the car.

When the two rushed to the inner hall of the government office, all the idlers were cleared away.

There is only one Lu Zhong in the hall, and a back kneeling on the ground.

"I have ordered that no one should come near. If you have anything to ask or say, do it now."

Lu Zhong said something to the two, turned his back and walked aside, his attitude was obvious.

Hearing this, the figure kneeling on the ground slowly turned his head.

When he saw clearly the two people standing at the door, his whole body was shaken violently.

His face was exactly the same as what Xu Chong had glimpsed that night.

Xu Chong looked at him quietly, and there was nothing to say.

When Lu Zhong took out the Wuxiang garment and changed into the appearance of 'Wang Hezhi', he understood everything.

In the beginning, the water ghost might really be just a simple Taipingdao rebel.

Until the third master gave the Wuxiang clothes in exchange for the water ghost to take care of him.

Using Wuxiangyi, the water ghost successfully concealed its own realm, and went to Taipingdao to complete the second unblocking.

Then he replaced the real Wang Hezhi and became the teaching instructor of Canglong County.

Maybe it's because he has seen the true face of Taiping Dao, maybe it's because he likes teaching and educating people, maybe it's because he kept his promise with the third master, Shui Gui has been teaching him for more than ten years.

Afterwards, the third master died and entered the county government by himself.

On the same day, Shui Gui came to the door and told himself the existence of knowledge barriers and martial arts by accusing him of not giving up the road to the imperial examination.

why?
Because in Shui Gui's view, the third master would save his exercises, and telling himself these things in advance would allow him to step into the martial arts earlier, and he would be able to protect himself a little bit more.

And the Zhang Youde incident, the Sun Yourong incident, the cave fragment incident...

All the things, Shui Gui or Wang Hezhi, saw everything in his eyes, and secretly checked and made up for omissions.

And now, the water ghost has been caught.

This water ghost, who knew most of his secrets, was captured.

Once sent to the capital, with the strength of the imperial court, everything is likely to be exposed.

For example, the third master is not in the enlightenment state at all, for example, he can rub the source of spirit with his hands, for example, he is not a legacy of the great ancestor at all.

Yes.

Xu Chong could completely rely on the halo of the legacy of the Taizu that still existed for the time being, and choose to kill the water ghost in court, and he would not be too implicated.

But he can't.

The starting point for him to achieve what he is now is provided by the third master.

Regardless of the position of Dian Shi, or the entry posture of Zhengyang Jin, without the third master, he would not be able to start martial arts at all.

However, after he started, it was this fake Wang Hezhi, the water ghost of Taipingdao, who really supported his growth!
If there were no water ghosts, as early as Zhang Youde's time, he would have become a prisoner of Wu Zhou and others, and there would be no later, such as Wuxiangyi, Taizu's legacy, and body washing...all of these would not be possible. Appear.

Kill a person who has great kindness to him?
impossible.

Xu Chong looked at the water ghost quietly, his eyes were firm and decisive.

This look soothed Shui Gui's mood and gradually calmed him down.

The water ghost smiled, moved his body and turned to the two of them.

There was a rattling sound as the shackles were dragged.

Zhang Shunyi lifted his leg, tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground, then crawled up to the water ghost, "Master, tell me, tell brother Xu, tell your mentor...you are not a water ghost, right?"

Young eyes full of hope, just like back then.

"I……"

The water ghost was moved for a moment, and then immediately calmed down: "I am a water ghost, not a master. Your master has already been killed by me."

"..."

Zhang Shunyi's eyes turned red instantly, "Master Lu already said that you were the one who taught us our homework from the very beginning..."

The water ghost trembled all over, and his expression changed again and again.

"Whether you are a water ghost or not, you are our master."

Zhang Shunyi continued to speak, his tone gradually becoming firmer, "If that Xie Changqing can be recruited, so can Master... Please rest assured, Master, the student will never stand still in this matter."

Recruiting?

The water ghost sighed.

He knew it was impossible.

Xie Changqing is a direct descendant of one of the six major families, and is of great value to the court.

What about yourself?
A mere prefecture-level rebel has never entered the center of Taiping Dao, at most, the strength of washing himself is of some use.

Absolutely not up to the standard of recruitment.

What's more, with the enmity between himself and Xie's family, Xie Changqing will never let him go.

No.

Don't let Zhang Shunyi set himself on fire.

As soon as he thought of this, Shui Gui felt ruthless, and said coldly: "Didn't you suspect that I killed Zhang Youde?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Shunyi trembled violently.

"You were right to suspect."

The water ghost continued, "I broke Zhang Youde's pulse with my own hands."

Zhang Shunyi completely froze in place.

"Do you know why?"

The water ghost took advantage of the victory to pursue: "As early as many years ago, I turned Zhang Youde into my martial slave. A martial slave is nothing more than a human being. If you kill him, you will kill him... There is no reason at all."

Xu Chong's complexion changed drastically, his eyes were full of incomprehension.

As for Zhang Shunyi, who was lying on the ground, his breath had already begun to become chaotic.

Tyranny, doubt, reluctance... all kinds of emotions are intertwined.

"It's not just Zhang Youde."

The water ghost paused, and his eyes fell on Xu Chong's face, "And Xu You'an, I also killed it myself!"

"why?!"

Xu Chong roared.

What he asked was not why the water ghost wanted to kill Xu Youan.

Because he knew that neither Xu Youan's death nor Zhang Youde's martial slave nature had anything to do with water ghosts!
Why do you want to blame yourself for a crime that doesn't exist at all? !

At this moment, the water ghost spoke again.

"My original plan was to wait for you to achieve something, then kill you and replace your identities... After so many years of getting along day and night, I will pretend to be you and enter the court without anyone noticing."

"Unfortunately, all of you went to the Blood Clothes Guards without hope... What future does the Blood Clothes Guards have? Let alone life and death, you still won't be able to enter the center of power."

"The other one is upbeat, but it's too upbeat, and he went directly to the capital."

"The place in the capital is too scary, if I go..."

Speaking of this, Shui Gui narrowed his eyes: "All the secrets I know are at risk of being exposed."

The word 'everything' obviously accentuated the tone.

So Xu Chong understood.

The water ghost is begging for death.

Why did he take the deaths of both Zhang Youde and Xu Youan into his own hands?
Because the water ghost didn't want to die and become Zhang Shunyi's burden.

Because the water ghost was creating a motive for himself to kill on the spot!

The water ghost was afraid, afraid of being escorted to Beijing, and those things about himself would be exposed!
"Hehe, even so..."

Xu Chong stepped into the inner hall and walked towards the water ghost step by step.

But his eyes fell on Lu Zhong, whose back was turned to this side.

In the previous conversation, he has already judged that Lu Zhong's highest is no more than five layers of cleansing.

And after these three months of promotion, he has also reached the fifth level of cleansing, so he may not be unable to give it a try.

It's nothing more than breaking up with the court.

All roads lead to Rome, as long as you can escape, the world is still vast.

that's it.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Xu Chong approached the water ghost.

And just when he was about to explode to reach the stars, the water ghost moved first.

"Side technique - the disintegration of the demon!"

(End of this chapter)