We Share One Heart Demon and One Bed novel · Chapter 8 of 24
Chapter 8: A Trial by Villagers
"Interesting," Jinghan said, and his voice rang across the green. "Which night?"
Every torch turned toward him.
Pei Zhongyi lowered his arm slowly.
"Jinghan. You should not be here."
"I'm staying nearby. Which night did the demon dry the spring, Master?"
"Last night, as the villagers know."
Pei turned to the crowd with a sad little shrug.
"The seal broke, and the thing beneath the Gate escaped into the demon sect master's heart."
"Everyone knows what the Scarlet Lotus does with such things."
A murmur ran around the ring.
The headman had gone gray again.
"One of my elders has traced the residue," Pei went on. "Demonic qi in the basin. Strong, fresh and unmistakable."
One of the twelve Cloudpeak elders held up a jade slip that glowed a dull red.
It was an impressive piece of theater.
"Of course there's demonic qi in the basin," Jinghan said. "Luo stood in it this afternoon. So did I."
"Jinghan..."
"I stood in it, I touched it, and I carried water from it. Ask anyone here."
The old woman who had given him tea nodded firmly.
Pei's smile thinned.
"You are bewitched, my boy. Anyone can see it."
"I'll tell you what anyone can see," Jinghan said.
"You say the demon dried the spring last night. I can tell you exactly where he was."
"Where?"
"In my bed."
Silence fell, and it was a very complete silence.
Somewhere at the back a toddler said brightly, "What's a bed?"
"He has been in my bed every night since the seal broke," Jinghan said, "and for a good part of every day."
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