Chapter 999: Surrender

As the saying goes, a dying man speaks kindly. Xuan Xiang was cornered, so he naturally didn't intend to hide it.

Xuan Ci raised his eyebrows and was about to scold, but Xuan Bei interrupted him:

"Xuan Xiang, you are the most pious among our brothers and sisters. Now forty years have passed, and you haven't let it go. Why are you angry now?"

Speaking of this, Xuan Xiang's expression changed:

"Since you asked, I will not hide it."

He said:

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

He sighed softly:

"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 very angry at first, but under Master's guidance, I gradually let go of my hatred. I plan to take this secret to my coffin, and go to the underworld to tangle with my senior brother."

Then Xuanxiang smiled bitterly:

"But you shouldn't have let me see Jingkong."

Sure enough, Jingkong was the reason.

"No one in my family of six was spared. Why can he enjoy family happiness 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 the things that Senior Brother Host must not forget either. I didn't expect that he would actually commit suicide. I know Senior Brother Host wants to use his own death to appease my resentment, but it can't be appeased!"

"So you killed Junior Brother Xuannan?"

Xuannan glared:

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

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

Xuanxiang's face was hideous, no longer kind and gentle, and his heart was filled with resentment.

"Junior Brother Xuanxiang."

Xuanbei put his hands together and said:

"Have you ever thought about what you would do after that, even if you were asked to kill Jingkong?"

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

The host who massacred his hometown back then is dead, and his half brother Xuannan is also dead, leaving only Jingkong who knows nothing.

Even if he is killed, what will happen next?

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

"Junior brother, you have been possessed by a demon, why don't you think about Zhang Hanlai."

Xuan Bei saw Xuan Xiang's intention to send Zhang Hanlai away and stay, so he didn't plan to leave alive.

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

Xuan Bei saw this point and advised him.

"Is that man your fellow villager?"

"I don't know."

Xuan Xiang closed his eyes:

"It was too chaotic back then, and I don't know if any fellow villagers escaped."

"You taught Zhang Hanlai martial arts, I guess you can't let go of your obsession."

"Nonsense, I taught him martial arts, but one day he would avenge his fellow villagers who died tragically, I..."

"You can avenge yourself, why bother?"

The sun and the moon rise and set, and the stars are lined up. 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 purely because when Xuanxiang met Zhang Hanlai, this guy didn't even know his name, so he gave him this name casually.

Since then, Xuanxiang has been secretly teaching him martial arts. He said he wanted revenge, but in fact, he couldn't let it go.

Just like Xuanbei said, if he wanted revenge, Xuanxiang himself was enough.

Xuanxiang sighed:

"At this point, I have nothing to say."

After that, he raised his arms and surrendered.

–--——----

The morning light came as usual, accompanied by the ringing of the bell of Jingci Temple, and a new day began.

The monks who had just woken up early in the morning immediately heard that the murderer of Master Xuannan had been caught. It was originally a happy thing, 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 Xuanci to argue, and some leaned against the wall and sighed secretly.

In theory, killing someone must be dealt with according to the law.

However, there is a very flexible bottom line in this matter.

After all, the princess is here, and the government must ask for her opinion.

The princess's opinion is that this is the matter of Jingci Temple, so you should not interfere.

Then the constable and the county magistrate were very tactful.

Xuanxiang deliberately killed people, but there was a reason, so now he was locked up in the cave where the host was in seclusion, and he would never get out in this life, which was equivalent to a life sentence.

This kind of treatment is good for everyone. After all, the grievances that cannot be sorted out should be cut off at this moment.

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

Li Chengxi saw this news when he went 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 squatting. No matter how he thought, there would be no problem. 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 thing. It only said that the murderer was Xuanxiang, and no other details were revealed.

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 study the new abbot. Since Princess Mingzhu had to jump out and say that she would be a witness, and the monks of Jingci Temple could not refuse the princess's face, the voting ceremony for the new abbot was really led by the princess.

You can imagine how chaotic the scene was.

In other words, although this princess looked unreliable, she was very smart. When Xuan Ku died before, others thought it was because of the motive of choosing a host, and suspected Xuanci, Xuanbei and Xuanku. Only the princess thought that the other monks of the Xuan generation were more suspicious.

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

But no matter which one it was, this princess was not as stupid as she seemed on the surface.

——Although she was really a headache when she played.

Due to the interference of Princess Mingzhu, the newly presided over the election ceremony was in chaos. One moment, they said that it was not good to put the table here, and the next moment, they said that it would be better to change the signatures used for counting votes to bamboo slips, which made the imperial guards and the monks of Jingci Temple very upset.

But she is the princess, so you have to endure the torment.

Look, what is cruelty and inhumanity...

Although the process was a bit speechless, the result was really fair and just. With the princess there supervising the counting of votes, the final result was more convincing.

In the end, according to the vote results, Xuanci got the most votes and took over the position of host. Xuanbei took over Xuanci and was responsible for the external affairs of Jingci Temple.

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