NOVGO.NET Chapter 728: 310 Disaster Befalls the Eastern Region_2
Chapter 728: Chapter 310 Disaster Befalls the Eastern Region_2
It was the Qilin Swordsman who said so, now openly serving as the Hall Master of Seventh Hall, he naturally had a thorough understanding of these matters.
“Indeed!”
Li Xuechun immediately clapped her hand and said with a smile:
“The distance between Fourth Hall and Tenth Hall cannot be said to be a thousand mountains apart. But one thing…
“Wusheng Hall is built in concentric circles progressing inward.
“The First Hall is adjacent to the Inner Courtyard.
“The Second and Third Halls follow outward in succession, though not necessarily in a neat arrangement, but the overall layout is just like this. Have I spoken wrongly?”
Everyone could only nod.
These were well-known facts. However, upon hearing this, they also understood what Li Xuechun was getting at.
Indeed, they heard Li Xuechun continue with a smile:
“Isn’t that interesting?
“Wan Cangxin belongs to the Tenth Hall, not too far from the gates of Wusheng Hall.
“At that time, the affair between him and my junior sister had just been discovered by the Great Hall Master… the Great Hall Master immediately ordered his capture.
“At that point, if he hadn’t gone to see my junior sister, he should have run away right away.
“Even if he wanted to do something to draw the attention of the disciples, to delay the Chasing Army, hence setting a fire.
“He should not have done it near the Fourth Hall, should he?
“If he set the fire near the Fourth Hall, it would mean that the first thing he did upon learning that the Great Hall Master was after him was to rush towards the Inner Courtyard.
“But if he did go, why then did he not see my junior sister?
“And if he didn’t go, why bother to rush inward only to set a fire, then run outward?
“I’d like to ask, none of the uncles present are mediocre. If it were to happen to you, would you make such… unexpected moves?”
Unexpected was a polite way of putting it; in fact, if that were really the case, it would be utterly idiotic.
Wasn’t everyone present shrewd?
In such a situation, the natural response would be to run.
Even if one wanted to set a fire to attract attention, it should be near the Tenth Hall, or simply burn down that Tenth Hall itself.
Bei Changzhi had a furrowed brow, wanting to speak, yet he closed his mouth.
But this scene did not escape Li Xuechun’s eyes, and he smiled gently:
“Could it be that North Hall Master meant to say that his setting the fire was not to escape, but to go to the Scripture Storage Building to steal the Great Transformation Rebirth Heart Lotus Scripture?”
“…”
Bei Changzhi was momentarily at a loss for words.
Then they heard Li Xuechun sigh helplessly:
“The Scripture Storage Building is not in the Inner Courtyard, but it is not close to where the fire started near the Fourth Hall.
“Setting fire near the Fourth Hall, traversing half of Wusheng Hall… and it was precisely when Grand Hall Master Wan Yutang had given the order to capture Wan Cangxin…
“What kind of skill must this person have to be able to come and go freely within the halls of Wusheng Hall while a group of people were out to get him?
“He is Wan Cangxin, not Su the Chief of the Escort.
“If he really had such skill, then why wouldn’t he dare to meet my junior sister?
“Whether emotionally or logically, it does not make sense.
“So, please allow me, the young nephew, to boldly say that the suspect who set the fire in Wusheng Hall that night and took the secret book was someone else, definitely not Wan Cangxin. I urge everyone to discern the truth.”
Actually, the matter could not stand up to scrutiny, and it had not been investigated because no one wanted to delve into it.
The internal situation of Wusheng Hall was complicated, and any minor movement could affect the whole body.
Merely for the sake of Wan Cangxin was not worth it.
If everyone just dumped the blame on Wan Cangxin, no one would object.
But now it was different…
Since the issue involved the assassination attempt on Ding Wugong, it naturally implicated Su Mo.
If there was even a thought to cover it up, it had become utterly impossible.
However, to be fair, if Bei Changzhi had not intervened, the matter would not have led to these consequences.
Now that the matter had reached this point, Su Mo cleared his throat softly.
Although he was not a person of Wusheng Hall, his status as the foremost figure of Donghuang was there, who would dare to take him lightly?
This cough immediately drew the attention of all.
Just then, Su Mo looked up at Deng Fengbai:
“Master Deng, now that it has come to this, should you not give an explanation?
“If the person who went to the Scripture Storage Building that night could not possibly be Wan Cangxin, then why you… why did Master Rong insist it was him?”
“This…”
Deng Fengbai seemed to have some unspeakable difficulties.
Rong Zhan Tang, too, had a tightly furrowed brow.
Yet the other Hall Masters had also turned their attention towards them.
After a long moment, Rong Zhan Tang suddenly slammed the table:
“Damn thieving bastard!
“Now that we’ve talked to this point, there’s no point hiding anything.
“Up to now, I will speak of what I witnessed that day.
“But, in fact, there was nothing much… in the end, that day Deng and I were merely drinking at Gu Tower. Suddenly, a fire broke out in the Fourth Hall.
“At that time, Deng and I…”
“Rong Zhan Tang, hold your tongue!”
Rong Zhan Tang was quiet until he spoke, but once he opened his mouth, it was like setting off a cannon, throwing out a long stream of words.
It was only now that Deng Fengbai’s attempt to stop him came out.
However, Rong Zhan Tang ignored him completely and waved his hand, saying:
“At that time, Deng and I intended to go put out the fire, but before we could reach the Fourth Hall, we saw someone moving through the night, heading straight for the Scripture Storage Building.
“This person was dressed in black and wore a mask, clearly not on the right path, and we saw Qiu Chengli chasing right behind.
“We immediately followed…”