Xuanxia

Chapter 395 Enlightenment in Longchang
"Very good. Tell me how you seriously injured Lan Hongjun. Don't miss any details."

In the pitch-black prison, dim lights flickered gently.

Yue Heng's hands and feet were shackled, his hair was disheveled, his head was hanging, and he leaned against the iron chair. He said in a hoarse voice: "I... have already said it."

"If you are asked to say it, just say it."

At a small table not far in front of him, Wang Dahai and Liu Xingyuan sat side by side. Wang Dahai picked up a pen and took notes. Liu Xingyuan said in a deep voice with a blank expression: "Since you said you have been wronged, you must tell us all the details. Otherwise, who can clear your name?"

Yue Heng let out a long breath and sighed, "Yes."

He spoke mechanically, his tone calm, "That day at the Sword Master Academy, I was thinking of taking a walk before leaving Beijing, but I didn't expect to run into Lan Hongjun and his servant by the White Crane Pond."

"He mocked me, saying that everything I had experienced at Qingteng Academy a few days ago was caused by him, just to ruin my reputation... I was extremely angry, so I rushed towards him and beat him up."

"But I didn't think about using magic when I first started."

Yue Heng pursed his lips and said, "I was just angry and wanted to punch him a few times, but when I was grappling with Lan Hongjun, he...he pulled out a dagger from his boots!"

"He swung the dagger at me twice. Although I dodged it, I could see murderous intent in his eyes. He really wanted to kill me! I had no choice... I had no choice."

As he spoke, he sighed, "Sir, I don't want to die. My legs and feet are injured, and I can't run fast or escape. I can only... I can only use magic to save myself."

Wang Dahai was still writing down the words on the paper, and Liu Xingyuan was still expressionless: "According to you, you are fighting back to save yourself?"

"Yes."

Yue Heng nodded and said, "I am fighting back to save myself."

"Hmm..." Liu Xingyuan said slowly: "The dagger you mentioned did not appear at the scene."

"I am not sure."

Yue Heng said in a hoarse voice: "Someone quickly held me down. In the chaos, I don't know where the dagger went."

Liu Xingyuan asked calmly, "That's the Sword Master Academy. There are many people coming and going around, and there are many accomplished masters among them."

"If you hurt someone, someone will hold you down... Similarly, Lan Hongjun is just an ordinary person without any talent for cultivation, and his servant is also an ordinary person. As long as you shout loudly and attract others, Lan Hongjun will definitely not be able to kill you, right?"

"I……"

After a moment of silence, Yue Heng said softly, "Yes, I know."

"So, what you just said about saving yourself and fighting back was all an excuse." Liu Xingyuan said calmly: "He wants to kill you, and you don't want him to live either."

Hearing this, Yue Heng was obviously agitated. He clenched his fists tightly and the chains on his wrists clanged.

"Shouldn't I have the intention to kill?"

He gritted his teeth and said, "Back in Hengfeng City, I just said that his poems were not good at a poetry meeting... I just said one sentence! His people chased me and beat me up, and even wouldn't let me set up a small stall to write letters for others! I went to the pawnshop to pawn a calligraphy and painting, and they beat me up when they saw me!"

"I finally left Hengfeng City, came to the capital, and entered Qingteng Yayuan, but Lan Hongjun still wants to pester me!"

"He told me himself! He wanted to take the minor imperial examination, and his family could arrange for a tutor, so he didn't even need to go to Qingteng Yayuan! He only came here because I was there and he wanted to mess with me! What did I do wrong to end up like this!"

As he spoke, tears welled up in Yue Heng's eyes. "I have studied the books of sages since I was young, and I have always been kind to others and never done evil. The most shameful thing in my life is that I secretly married Chuchu and almost ruined her reputation. But I will also take responsibility! But why, why won't he let me go!"

Wang Dahai and Liu Xingyuan looked at him expressionlessly.

After Yue Heng vented his anger, he gradually calmed down. He raised his hand to wipe away his tears and said softly, "My Lord, I'm sorry... I admit that I did want to kill Lan Hongjun at that time. I could have called for help, but in the end I still used magic to seriously injure him."

"Yeah, I got it."

Wang Dahai made a final note: "We will question the people involved in this matter again...just go back and wait."

Yue Heng sighed deeply, stood up, and bowed to the two of them: "Yes, sir."

After saying this, he didn't need anyone to detain him, so he just turned around and left, dragging his shackles and walking slowly away.

This place is not the Ministry of Justice prison, but the Mingjian Pavilion prison.

Yue Heng was just transferred in the day before yesterday... When he first heard that he was going to the Nether Prison, he was so scared that he couldn't sleep all night. After all, that place is the most mysterious and terrifying place known to everyone in the world. It is said that if you go to the Nether Prison, even if you admit your guilt, you will at least have to pay a price...

But after arriving, he found that the situation seemed a little different.

First of all, there were no jailers in the Nether Prison. The reason... Yue Heng was not particularly clear, but he had also opened his spiritual orifices and could roughly sense that there was no spiritual void here, really not at all. He did not know whether warriors could do anything, but they certainly could not cast any spells.

The shackles and chains on his hands and feet seemed to have some special function, but he was very weak and had no intention of resisting, so he was not sure what the function was.

Therefore, in this dark prison, as long as you don’t do anything wrong, no one will care about you.

Apart from someone bringing him food and drink every day, there was no other disturbance. There was also a separate toilet in the cell, which was even more comfortable than the Ministry of Justice prison.

As for the interrogation... it shows that the interrogation method of Jiange is extremely terrifying, but Yue Heng has never experienced it. Although the two secret envoys were not polite, they did not bully him either.

Even on his way back to his cell, he couldn't see any cellmates on the way. He didn't know if there was really no one in the prison, or if different prisoners were locked up in different areas.

Yue Heng walked back to his cell and closed the door.

The door was not locked, just like when I was home.

With a gloomy face, he returned to the bed, lay down, and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

After lying like this for an unknown amount of time, he slowly turned over and lay on his side. He reached out and brushed away the dry straw on the bed, revealing the wooden board underneath the straw.

On the wooden board were words carved by who knows who, long ago.

"If one day I am free from prison, I will change my mindset."

"The world is like a dream, innocence is fragile, to break the long night, one must be ruthless!"

"If you want to accomplish great things, you must be more cunning than ghosts and more ruthless than criminals!"

The handwriting was a little blurry and distorted, and in the cracked wood chips were bloodstains that had long since turned black and dried. It was obvious that these were scratched out bit by bit by someone using his or her fingernails in a state of extreme indignation and remorse, so it was not easy to see clearly.

But Yue Heng watched it very seriously.

He remained lying on his side, stretched out his hand, and gently stroked the twisted handwriting, his breathing becoming heavier little by little.

"Is there still a chance?"

He asked softly: "Xiaosheng...is there really still a chance?"

But soon, his eyes became firm.

"There's a chance!"

He said to himself, "Today, the two secret envoys did not ask about the stolen book. I think they have confirmed that the book on me was written by Brother Fu... If they want to confirm this so quickly, Brother Fu must be in the capital too!"

"Brother Fu is here. He must have a way to rescue me! I still have a chance, I still have a chance!"

Yue Heng slowly clenched his hands as he stroked the words, his fingernails breaking the wooden strips between the words and scratching all the already blurry words.

"Brother Fu is a man of great accomplishments. I can do nothing for him, but he saved my life several times just because we are of the same mind..."

He looked at the words he had scratched out on the wooden board, and finally, only the last word "ruthless" remained.

"I must be admitted to the Sword Academy and become an official in the imperial court! After more than ten years of hard study, how can I give up so easily!"

"In a broad sense, I want to find a good ruler for the people of the world, and eliminate all the evil sons of aristocratic families like Lan Hongjun and corrupt officials, so as to bring peace to the world!"

"To put it simply, if I were to ascend to a higher position, I would also be able to do a lot for Brother Fu... He is bound to make enemies when he is out there in the martial arts world. If I were to gain power, I would be able to clear away the thorns for him and keep him safe!"

Just at this moment, Yue Heng's ears moved.

Outside the prison, someone approaches.

"Yue Heng."

The man outside the prison said in a deep voice: "Come out, your case will be tried."

Yue Heng slowly opened his eyes.

This, so fast?

(End of this chapter)