defend the truth

While walking in the forest, Li Weizhen gradually learned from Wen Tingyun what happened at Zhanlongtai on Mount Jiuhua, and what kind of friendship Wen Tingyun and Zhong Lihua had.

It turned out that Wen Tingyun and Zhong Lihua were not only comrades-in-arms who joined forces to fight against the evil ways in the past, but also friends from the same hometown who knew each other before they stepped into the fairy gate to practice.

The hometowns of the two are both a small town in the middle of Tiannan Realm.Wen Tingyun came from a scholarly family, the family ran a private school, and was the youngest in the family.But Zhong Lihua's family was in a poorer situation, because he couldn't afford to go to school, so he could only climb over the wall and enter private schools from time to time, hiding outside to eavesdrop on his teacher's lectures.

Because of this, Zhong Lihua at that time was often chased by Wen Tingyun's grandfather with a broom.In the words of the old man: "If the children in every household are like this, can this private school still be opened? Will other families still spend money to go to school?"

And Wen Tingyun has his own study in the east wing of the private school.

Once, Zhong Lihua ran away again, and in a panic, he strayed into Wen Tingyun's study.

Instead of driving Zhong Lihua out, Wen Tingyun hid him under her desk.

Afterwards, Zhong Lihua, who had survived the catastrophe, wanted to climb out of the window angrily, but Wen Tingyun threw him a collection of poems and said, "If you can find a poem in this collection of poems that can be read on the half-column." The poems that Xiang Nei memorized, I will teach you the knowledge in the books. But if you can't do it, please don't come to the private school again and make my grandpa angry, what do you think?"

Afterwards, Zhong Lihua was able to hold his head high every day, walk in from the main entrance of the private school, and head straight to the study in the east wing.

At that time, Wen Tingyun was 13 years old and Zhong Lihua was eight years old.

In the morning, Zhong Lihua not only learned to read and write, but also practiced calligraphy; in the afternoon, he learned to compose poetry with Wen Tingyun.

After about half a year, Zhong Lihua was able to make use of the topic and talk to Wen Tingyun in poetry.

It's a pity that such a happy time only lasted for half a year.

Half a year later, Wen Tingyun did not participate in the Qiu Wei examination to obtain the status of Juren as he expected, but was picked up by a mountain fairy who claimed to be from Lingkong Mountain-Huayun Cave.

When parting, Wen Tingyun made a promise to Zhong Lihua that when she succeeds in cultivating the Tao, she will definitely return to her hometown and lead Zhong Lihua to the mountain to practice the way of longevity together.

However, as everyone knows, this journey lasted for a full ten years.It turned out that the immortal who brought Wen Tingyun to Lingkong Mountain had been waiting for him for 13 years, during which time he had tested him in various capacities.

How could the 13 years of waiting for the cold and the summer be just for one day?As soon as Wen Tingyun went to Lingkong Mountain, she was trapped in Huayun Cave, practicing various spells.Not to mention going down the mountain, he couldn't even get out of the cave gate.

Ten years later, that immortal ascended into the sky, and Wen Tingyun inherited the Huayun Cave logically. After becoming the master of the cave, he was finally able to walk out of the cave.

After ten years of hard training, in exchange for a strong cultivation base, on the day of leaving the customs, a large number of people prostrated themselves outside the cave.

But at that time, Wen Tingyun only had melancholy in her heart. It has been ten years, things have changed, how much has the outside world changed?The most worrying thing is the friend in memory, what kind of life is he living now?Should I still fulfill my promise?

If we say that with Zhong Lihua's intelligence, he should have obtained a good reputation in the past ten years, and may even have embarked on an official career.

But if it is not so ideal, will he spend his days running around for a living?

I used to be young and indifferent, and I didn't know what is the difference between immortals and ordinary people; now that I am standing on the top of a mountain, should I go against my teacher's order and be contaminated with that karma?

In the end, Wen Tingyun returned to her hometown, met her living relatives, and saw many familiar things, except for that friend who she couldn't find out and always missed.

It turned out that in the second year after Wen Tingyun left home, Zhong Lihua became an orphan.

Some people said that there were human traffickers in the town; others said that they saw a wild child who was about the same age, fell into the water; .

Wen Tingyun asked the officials, summoned the soul by the river, and spent nearly a year, walked through big cities and small towns, and went to countless Goulan theaters, just because of a thought in her heart: "As long as people are alive, they will always be happy." See you again."

Maybe it was that sincerity that touched the heavens, or maybe it was predestined in the dark.

After nearly a year of painstaking efforts in vain, Wen Tingyun accidentally heard that in the Zixiao Sect of Jiuhua Mountain, there was a young talent with the same name and surname as his friend, who gradually became prominent in the East China Sea.

Wen Tingyun immediately stopped searching for a needle in a haystack and returned to Lingkong Mountain.Yes, he didn't go directly to Mount Jiuhua. He felt inexplicably at ease, and firmly believed that one day, he would meet again on a more important occasion.

In the years that followed, both parties actually knew of each other's existence, but neither of them tacitly sought opportunities to meet deliberately.

Sure enough, when the time came three years ago, Wen Tingyun and Zhong Lihua stood side by side on the East China Sea battlefield.

What is commendable is that fifteen years have passed, and the identities between each other have remained unchanged. They are friends, and just friends are enough!

Before they knew it, Wen Tingyun and Li Weizhen had already walked out of the woods. There was a big river in front of them. The surface of the river was surprisingly calm, which meant that the river bed must be very deep, and there were undercurrents surging under the water surface.

Li Weizhen is obviously a good listener. When Wen Tingyun recalled the past in a relatively calm tone, even if he was surprised, he never interrupted with questions.

Wen Tingyun, who had been silent for a while when she came to the shoal by the river, looked at the slightly distorted reflection on the water, seemed to be talking to herself, and also seemed to be asking others: "Time and time again, I obviously have the opportunity to change everything. Is it wrong?"

"If I had insisted that Master take Ah Hua up the mountain, wouldn't he have such a contradictory life? If I hadn't persuaded him to stay on the fortress mountain in the counterattack against Hehuan Island, Wouldn't the end result be the same?"

Li Weizhen can probably analyze that Wen Tingyun's first question is about the series of causal entanglements caused by the elder brother who was once a member of Taiyi sect and was forced to worship Zixiaozong; as for the second question, although he doesn't know the details situation, but it can also be guessed that it must have a profound impact.

It's just that understanding is understanding, and Li Wei is really uncomfortable, and he can't give a good answer.

It can only be said that everything has become a fait accompli, and there are not so many regret medicines in the world to take.I believe that Wen Tingyun already understood this truth, but guilt is unavoidable, some words are not spoken, and her heart is blocked.

But in the next questioning, Wen Tingyun stared into Li Weizhen's eyes, and said, "They said, Ah Hua is a traitor, and the downfall of your Taiyi Sect was also caused by him colluding with the devil. The truth is like this ?"

Li Weizhen couldn't avoid this question, and it was absolutely impossible not to respond. He was both surprised and angry and said: "Nonsense, if there is no senior brother, I and my senior brothers would have died on Moon Mountain. It's just slander, which bastard spread the rumor?"

Wen Tingyun said with a sad expression: "Ah Hua admitted it with his own mouth on the Dragon Slaying Stage before he died."

"How...how did this happen?" Li Weizhen was so dumbfounded that he almost staggered and fell to the ground.

Wen Tingyun shook her head with a wry smile and said, "It's ridiculous, isn't it? Such an absurd thing really happened. A group of sanctimonious people, by some means, forced a dying person to tell them a lie full of mistakes. It's complete."

"Hahaha... What happened to this world? What happened to this world that countless of us defended with blood?"

Wen Tingyun laughed wildly and roared wildly, with tears in his smile and his eyes were red from laughing;

He laughed at the hypocrisy of this world, and he also laughed at himself for having all his abilities, but he was unable to reveal the ugliness of this world in front of the world.

Li Weizhen was just the opposite. He gritted his teeth and endured with all his strength, and his nails were embedded in the flesh and blood in his clenched fist.He suppressed the tears, because the tears at this moment were the most powerless, and feeling powerless was what he hated the most.

The wind blew ripples, and time finally calmed down the turbulent heart lake.

Wen Tingyun broke the silence again, "Do you have any alcohol on you?"