Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 999: Captured without mercy
As the saying goes, a dying man speaks the best words. Xuan Xiang was cornered and naturally didn't intend to hide anything.

Xuan Ci raised his eyebrows and was about to scold him, but Xuan Bei interrupted him and said:
"Brother Xuanxiang, you are the most pious among us brothers. Now forty years have passed, and you still haven't let it go. Why did you flare up now?"

Speaking of this, Xuanxiang's expression suddenly changed:
"Since you asked, I will not hide it."

他 说:

"I fled here when I was young, and thankfully my master took me in. But I immediately recognized that the host brother was the one who destroyed my hometown, and I wish I could eat his flesh and gnaw his bones!"

Sigh:
"But Master saw the anger in my heart and asked me the reason. I told him everything. Master advised me that revenge would never end, and told me that my senior brother had suffered the same fate. I was extremely angry at first, but under Master's guidance, I gradually let go of my hatred. I plan to take this secret into my coffin and go to the underworld to confront my senior brother again."

Then Xuanxiang smiled bitterly:
"But you should never, ever let me see Jingkong."

Sure enough, clearance was the reason.

"There are six people in my family, and none of them are spared. How can he enjoy the happiness of family life when he has done so many evil things?"

The hatred that I had let go of was pulled up little by little because of this.

"I wrote a letter to vent my resentment. I can't forget something that the host brother certainly can't forget. I didn't expect that he would commit suicide. I know that the host brother wanted to use his own death to appease my resentment, but it can't be appeased!"

"So you killed Junior Brother Xuannan?"

Xuan Nan glared angrily:

"Junior Brother Xuanku usually takes the best care of you, and you actually!"

"Yes, Senior Brother Xuanku did take care of me, but these small favors are nothing compared to the irreconcilable hatred!"

Xuan Xiang's face was ferocious, no longer as kind as before, and he was filled with deep resentment.

"Junior Brother Xuanxiang."

Xuan Bei clasped his hands together and said:
"Have you ever thought about what you would do after killing Jingkong?"

Xuanxiang was stunned as if the stop button was suddenly pressed. He opened his mouth but said nothing.

The abbot who massacred people in his hometown is dead, and his half-brother Xuannan is also dead, leaving only Jingkong who knows nothing.

Even if I kill him, what next?

Xuan Xiang seemed to have lost all hope and was at a loss for a moment.

"Junior brother, you are possessed by a demon. Why don't you think about Zhang Han?"

Xuan Bei saw that Xuan wanted to send Zhang Han away and stay here, so he had no intention of leaving alive.

Of course, he would definitely resist before he died, not to protect himself, but to vent his resentment.

Xuan Bei saw this and spoke out to persuade him.

"Is that person your fellow countryman?"

"I do not know either."

Xuanxiang closed his eyes:

"It was so chaotic back then, I don't know if any of my fellow villagers escaped."

"You taught Zhang Hanlai martial arts, so you must be unable to let go of your obsession."

"Nonsense, I taught him martial arts just to let him avenge the tragic deaths of his fellow villagers one day, I..."

"You can take revenge on your own, why add more trouble?"

The sun and moon rise and set, the stars are spread out, winter comes and summer goes, autumn harvests and winter stores.

This is a passage from the Thousand Character Classic, and it is also the origin of Zhang Hanlai's name. There is no deep meaning, it is simply because when Xuanxiang met Zhang Hanlai, this guy didn't even know his own name, so he gave him this name casually.

From then on, Xuan Xiang secretly taught him martial arts. He said that he was doing it for revenge, but in fact, he just couldn't let go.

Just like Xuan Bei said, if you want revenge, Xuan Bei himself is enough.

Xuanxiang sighed:
"At this point, I have nothing to say."

After saying that, he raised his arms and surrendered.

–‐‐——–‐‐——

The morning light arrives as usual, and a new day begins with the ringing of the big bell of Jingci Temple.

The monks who had just woken up early in the morning immediately heard that the murderer of Master Xuannan had been caught. This was something to be happy about, but when they heard that the murderer was Xuanxiang, many of them were stunned on the spot.

Some people couldn't believe it, some wanted to find Master Xuan Ci to argue, and some leaned against the wall and sighed secretly.

Logically speaking, if someone kills someone, they must be dealt with according to the law.

But there is a very flexible bottom line in this matter.

After all, the princess is here, and the government has to seek the princess's opinion no matter what.

The princess’s opinion was that this was Jingci Temple’s business and you should just stay out of it.

Then the constable and the county magistrate were very tactful and agreed.

Xuan wanted to kill someone intentionally, but there was a reason behind it, so now he is locked up in a cave for retreat, and he can never get out in this lifetime, which is equivalent to a life sentence.

This kind of handling result is good for everyone. After all, the complicated grievances can be resolved at this moment.

Zhang Hanlai, who has received the news, should come to visit, but what happens in the end is none of Yang Yiyi's business.

Li Chengxi saw the news when he came online in the morning. After all, when he went to arrest people yesterday, there were not only a bunch of palace guards, but also three monks with superb martial arts waiting there. No matter how he thought about it, nothing would go wrong. Li Chengxi didn't stay up late to pay attention to it yesterday.

It can be seen that Jingci Temple wanted to minimize the impact of the whole incident. It only said that the murderer was Xuanxiang and did not reveal any other details.

Jingkong and the others didn’t even know what was going on. For this young boy, it was better not to know these things.

Jingci Temple immediately began to discuss the matter of the new abbot. Since Princess Mingzhu had insisted on saying that she would be a witness, the monks of Jingci Temple did not want to offend the princess, so the voting ceremony for the new abbot was really led by the princess.

You can imagine how chaotic the scene was.

Having said that, although this princess looks unreliable, she is very shrewd. When Xuan Ku died before, others thought it was because of the motive of choosing the abbot, and suspected Xuan Ci, Xuan Bei and Xuan Ku. Only the princess felt that the other monks with the surname Xuan were more suspicious.

Her vision is actually broader than Li Chengxi's. It may be that the open and secret struggles in the palace have made Princess Mingzhu develop this way of thinking, not sticking to the clues in front of her, or it may be her natural intuition.

But no matter which one it is, this princess is not as silly and playful as she seems.

——Although she is indeed a headache to play with.

Due to the interference of Princess Mingzhu, the newly-hosted election ceremony was thrown into chaos. Sometimes they said it was not good to put the table there, and sometimes they said it would be better to change the signatures used for counting votes to bamboo slips. This caused a lot of trouble for the palace guards and monks from Jingci Temple.

But she is a princess, so you have to endure her troubles.

Look at what cruelty and inhumanity means...

Although the process was a bit speechless, the result was truly fair and just. With the princess there to supervise the vote counting, the final result was even more convincing.

In the end, according to the voting results, Xuanci received the most votes and took over the position of abbot. Xuanbei then replaced Xuanci and was responsible for the external affairs of Jingci Temple.

After the ceremony, Yang Yiyi handed the letter from Tianjue Palace to Xuanci. Now all that was left was to complete the blessing ceremony, and the next stop would be Lingyun Temple.

(End of this chapter)