The years I was in the human world

Chapter 132 Have you seen the night of the final court?

"Sect Master Ye." Peacock stood on the stage and performed a perfect etiquette, then raised his eyes and looked silently at the man sitting in the main seat.

It seemed that Nanhuang had taught Ye Yunzhou some lessons. Peacock looked at Ye Yunzhou, who was obviously haggard, and thought that his cultivation seemed to have declined. Or maybe it was because she had been with Lu Zhouxue for too long. Now when she faced Ye Yunzhou, she no longer felt the fear and anxiety she had in the past.

The father who was full of oppression in her memory now looked much more timid, and not as majestic as she had imagined. Instead, his every move revealed a sense of lethargy. Peacock felt very strange. Her father now looked not as dignified as an elder like Xiao Fengzhuo.

"Kong Qing, you're here!" When Ye Yunzhou saw her, his eyes flashed with brilliance for an instant, like a drowning man who grabbed the last straw at the end of his rope, showing a lot of abnormal fanaticism.

It was very strange, Peacock thought, there must be something on her that Ye Yunzhou wanted but she didn't know about it.

Ye Yunzhou dismissed the maids who were serving him, and then stealthily closed the palace door. He carefully set up a barrier around him to block any eavesdropping. Then he walked up to Kong Que, grabbed Kong Que's shoulders, and said anxiously, "Kong Qing, when Ah Zhao died, you were the only one by her side. Did she leave anything for you? Or did she tell you anything?"

Kong Que's heart skipped a beat. For some reason, she suddenly had a premonition that what Ye Yunzhou wanted to ask her at this moment might be the cause of her mother's frame-up. She said calmly, "My mother left behind a lot of things. What is Sect Master Ye asking?"

Ye Yunzhou's face was obviously filled with joy, and the hand holding Kong Que's shoulder tightened instantly, pinching her so hard that she could not help but frowned. However, Ye Yunzhou asked without noticing anything, "That's great, my dear daughter. Tell Daddy about the instructions of the Heavenly Dao opportunity."

A chance from heaven? Kong Que was confused. Her mother had never told her about it. Even when she was dying, she just said unwillingly, "I left you behind."

Seeing that Peacock remained silent, Ye Yunzhou became anxious instantly. He shook Peacock's body vigorously, and his tone became less kind because of his impatience: "Tell me, where did your mother hide the opportunity of the Heavenly Dao? Tell me, Daddy really needs this opportunity now!"

Peacock once again looked at Ye Yunzhou's face. The man's expression was distorted and ugly due to his impatience. She suddenly laughed out loud. Yes, Ye Yunzhou seemed to be in a great position now, but in fact his cultivation had declined greatly, and his reputation in the Zhongting was not as good as before. He was completely a puppet in Yaoguang's hands.

Her father was such a "proud" man, how could he allow himself to be controlled by a woman? He was eager to get the opportunity that should have belonged to his mother from her so that he could hold his head high again.

"What is Sect Leader Ye talking about? Mother didn't mention anything about opportunity before she passed away." Peacock was telling the truth, but her expression was too ironic. Ye Yunzhou felt that she was teasing him deliberately.

He immediately grabbed Kongque's neck in anger and threatened: "You are just as ungrateful as your mother. You are just lowly monsters. What use is there for you to have this opportunity? Are you going to tell me or not?!"

"Sect Master Ye, are you finally stopping pretending?"

"Hahahahahaha..." Peacock didn't care at all about Ye Yunzhou's hand that was pinching her throat. Her biological father was the most despicable and selfish. He didn't dare to take action before he achieved his goal. What's more, she had already built a bridge with Yaoguang. Look, this coward didn't even dare to tighten his hand even a little.

Kong Que laughed so hard that tears came out. When she had laughed enough, she looked at Ye Yunzhou provocatively and said, "Ye Yunzhou, mother did leave something behind. I am filled with hatred. You'd better strangle me to death now, otherwise one day, I will use the Phoenix Karma Fire to burn you to ashes."

Ye Yunzhou was frightened by the hatred that suddenly appeared in her eyes. In panic, he actually tightened his grip and said angrily: "You damn girl, do you really think I dare not kill you, this evil girl?"

Ye Yunzhou was so angry that he didn't control the severity of his blows. Kong Que's eyes went dark from time to time and he almost lost consciousness. An angry shout rang in his ears: "Mr. Ye, what are you doing?!"

Then a gust of fists came and Ye Yunzhou, who was pinching her, was knocked out by a punch. Kong Que covered her throat and fell down. The young man who came over helped her to stabilize her body. The young man asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Peacock shook his head, and when his breathing became smoother, he replied in a hoarse voice: "Nothing, thank you, Junior Master."

Wei Ruge said "hmm" softly, and after helping Kong Que sit down, he stood up and walked towards Ye Yunzhou aggressively. He pulled Ye Yunzhou, who had fallen to the ground, up by his collar and asked coldly, "Mr. Ye, you have wronged my senior sister, but even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Now you don't even let your own daughter go. Are you still human?"

"You're so restless just after coming back from the Southern Wilderness. I think you should stop living in this sect master's mansion. Come with me to Beidu Court. I want to ask you, how can you be safe and sound after killing your wife and daughter?" As Wei Ruge said this, he pulled Ye Yunzhou and took him to Beidu Court without any explanation.

"Empress Pojun personally ordered me to come back, how dare you touch me?" Ye Yunzhou finally panicked. Wei Ruge was of the same generation as him, stronger than him, and also Baili Changqing's beloved disciple. He was not someone he could afford to offend. No matter how he teased Kong Que, he could still cover it up with the excuse of disciplining his daughter.

But Wei Ruge is obviously not a man who follows the ordinary path. If he wants to send him to Beidu Court, Ye Yunzhou may end up in trouble.

"The evidence of Zhu Huang's unjust death is solid, and she herself cannot be cleared of it. Do you think she dares to protect you?" Wei Ruge sneered. The reason why Yaoguang could recall Ye Yunzhou despite the verdict was because he and Baili Changqing were both in seclusion and did not know about it.

Now that he knew that his master did not want him to protect the Dharma and insisted that he stay outside to investigate the matter thoroughly and take care of Peacock, it was impossible for Yaoguang to rely on his power and disregard the law.

Past crimes had to be settled, and now that he had witnessed with his own eyes Ye Yunzhou attempting to strangle his daughter, he could not let him go easily.

The news of Wei Ruge sending Ye Yunzhou to Beidu Court caused quite a stir. After all, Sect Leader Ye, who had returned in glory and was full of pride just the moment before, was reduced to his original form the next moment. Quite a few people came to watch the fun.

Peacock didn't care how lively it was outside. He silently used a piece of cloth to deepen the bruise on his throat, which was shocking to anyone who saw it. Then he returned to the Phoenix Terrace while staring at everyone's inquiring eyes.

This was the plan she came up with when she saw Baili Changqing and Wei Ruge in the palace just now. Baili Changqing couldn't control her affairs, but he would definitely do something. He was seriously injured and had no way to go against the entire Zhongting who were in collusion with each other, but his remaining power was more than enough to deal with one or two people.

Among the people that the Final Court can deal with now, only Ye Yunzhou has the most solid evidence. Yaoguang only summoned him back, but has not had time to clear him of the charges. Junior Master-Uncle Wei Ruge hates evil and he only needs a fuse and he will naturally take action to deal with Ye Yunzhou.

After a few days, the Beidu Court made its verdict on Ye Yunzhou: his immortal bones were removed and he was expelled from the Final Court. Compared with Zhu Huang's fate, this was an extremely lenient punishment, but for someone like Ye Yunzhou, it was a fate worse than death.

Yaoguang was willing to negotiate for Ye Yunzhou, so Wei Ruge only asked her one question: "Madam Pojun, do you want to protect him or yourself?"

Peacock personally watched Ye Yunzhou being removed of his immortal bones and expelled from the Final Court. That day was the winter solstice on earth, and the cold wind was blowing bitterly. Ye Yunzhou, like a stray dog, met the Peacock who came to see him off at an ordinary intersection in the human world.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Give Sect Master Ye a ride." Peacock tilted his head and smiled.

"Really?" Ye Yunzhou also laughed. His bones were destroyed, and he had no chance of turning things around. Instead, he calmed down. He looked at Kong Que, who had a smile on his face but didn't see it in his eyes, and said jokingly, "You hate me, but you are all like me. Xue Feng died because of you, my dear daughter, how much more noble are you than your father?"

"Yes, we are connected by blood, and we have the same goal." Kong Que said softly, and then drew out the Zhaoyang Sword that Baili Changqing asked Wei Ruge to return to her, "We will all pay for our sins with blood. Then, father, please go to the underworld first to atone for my mother's sins."

The sharp sword instantly pierced Ye Yunzhou's chest. He looked up in shock. This time, he clearly saw the hatred burning like a raging fire in Peacock's eyes.

The long sword was drawn without any stain of blood. Peacock sheathed the sword, but her face was too calm. She did not have the joy of revenge at all. Even if all her enemies died, she could not bring back her mother. What she wanted was never just revenge.

Ye Yunzhou's body was thrown off the cliff by Peacock. She turned around and saw Ye Jin, who also came to see Ye Yunzhou off. He stood there quietly, and it was unknown how much he had watched and how long he had watched.

"Brother?" Peacock called softly.

"You killed your father?" Ye Jin didn't respond, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Is such a person worthy of being called a father?" Peacock asked back.

"Ke Rou came to see me. She said you killed Lu Zhouxue." Ye Jin avoided Kong Que's question and asked, "Is it true?"

"What do you think, brother?" Kong Que asked. Some facts, even if everyone knows them, cannot be admitted from her mouth. "You can only choose one between mother and him. What would you do if it were you, brother?"

Ye Jin understood what he said, but then she was confused. Lu Zhouxue went to Dongshan to investigate the old case for Kong Que, and arranged for her to become his apprentice. Everyone saw how he treated her: "He treats you well. Isn't what Xuefeng did for you worse than a dead person?"

The so-called dead person refers to Yu Zhao.

"Dead? She is your biological mother." Kong Que's eyes widened. She met Ye Jin's condemning gaze and suddenly sneered, her eyes moistened. "Could it be that in her brother's eyes, she is so insignificant that the word 'dead' can be easily ignored?"

"Is it for your mother or for your own selfish desires? Do you believe what you said?" Ye Jin asked aggressively. Facing this sister with whom she rarely communicated, she was extremely disappointed.

"Private desire? Since you see me like this, I would like to ask you, where were you when mother was suffering? Where were you when mother died unjustly? Mother suffered so much torture from Yaoguang, but you have never seen it once. How can you blame me like this at this moment?" Peacock asked.

"You know nothing. I tried to check Dongshan--" Ye Jin tried to explain himself, but he seemed a little flustered because of his incoherent speech. He felt guilty, and it seemed that those countless self-deceiving words could not really convince himself.

"Is the old case in Dongshan difficult to investigate? Lu Zhouxue had just arrived, and he got to the bottom of it in half a month. My mother was imprisoned in Fenghuangtai for a hundred years. Is it true that you can't find anything at all?" Peacock suddenly interrupted Ye Jin's defense, tore off Ye Jin's fig leaf, and said bluntly,

"Brother is just a coward. He is afraid that what he finds out will affect the interests of all parties and then end up like mother. That's why brother dares not investigate. He wants to protect himself. It's a very smart plan." Peacock knows her brother too well. He is just like Ye Yunzhou, hypocritical and cowardly.

"But brother, since you have chosen to stand by and watch, just pretend that you don't see anything. Why do you have to point fingers at a sister like me who wants to do something?!" The tone of her second half of the sentence suddenly rose, and her voice was sharp, almost a roar.

She stared at Ye Jin with red eyes, and it seemed as if tears were about to fall from her eyes. Ye Jin thought she was going to cry the next moment, but she didn't. She suddenly closed her eyes, not wanting to show her vulnerability even in front of her blood relatives.

She took a deep breath, and when she opened her eyes again, her tears were completely hidden. Her voice was very soft, with a kind of determination that did not need to be expressed to anyone:

"Have you ever seen the night of Zhongting? The wind is still. A person sits alone in the empty palace. The cold and lonely Phoenix Terrace will never see the dawn. My mother died there quietly, but the world can only see the newborn Snow Phoenix."

"No one remembers her bloody battles, no one remembers her great achievements, the Dongshan disaster was exposed, and no one cleared her name. If even I don't vindicate her, who will still remember the Zhu Huang who was famous all over the world back then?"

Ye Jin fell silent, as if he had been hurt. He also lost the position to blame Kong Que. Compared with her, he might not be much better, perhaps even more despicable, so he was speechless and could only say hastily: "You take care of yourself."

Then he fled in panic.

Peacock stood there and watched his back go farther and farther away. After he could no longer see his back, he suddenly sneered softly, "Take care of yourself? Brother, you can't stay out of this either. Every one of us should atone for our sins."

The only innocent person was stabbed in the chest by her sword, and his intestines were ruptured and he died. Then, why should those who deserved the punishment for their crimes get a good end?

A sigh falls gently, accompanied by the first snowflake of winter, and another year of heavy snow is coming.