Along the way, Wen Chan was thinking about the strange thing that happened with Liang Yanbei just then. He racked his brain, but he still couldn’t think of any reason for that.
Back at the City Lord’s mansion, steward Yang Lin took the lead in welcoming them and said a few polite words to Liang Yanbei.
But when he turned around, he found that Wen Chan was still lost in thought. So he couldn’t help but reach out to poke his shoulder and ask, “What are you thinking about? Where to go next?”
Wen Chan’s train of thought was disturbed, but he didn’t care about his little action. He asked as if in a daze, “What?”
“Why don’t we go see your three subordinates who were taken away? We should be able to find out something from them.” He said directly.
At this mention, Wen Chan suddenly remembered his actual business and quickly agreed, urging him to take them to see Ah Fu and leaving behind the issues he had been thinking about before.
The servants of the mansion took the two to a relatively quiet residence. Two servants were guarding the door. When they saw Wen Chan and Liang Yanbei, they hurriedly saluted.
“The City Lord instructed us earlier that if you two come, we should just let you go in directly.” One of them lowered his head and said respectfully, pushing the door open and bowing, “Please.”
This was the first time that the servants in the mansion were so reverent and respectful to them, and Wen Chan couldn’t help but take a second look.
“Young Master……”
Just when Wen Chan was about to enter through the door, Ah Fu’s cry suddenly came from diagonally above, full of grievances.
He looked up and saw Ah Fu and Qin Qi clinging to the wall above, both looking down.
As soon as Ah Fu saw Wen Chan, he started sobbing and crying, “Young Master, Ah Fu was accused wrongly— —”
Wen Chan pointed at him and said, “Get down quickly. Don’t fall.”
As he walked into the courtyard, he saw Shu Hua coming directly towards him. Without saying anything, he kneeled and said, “This subordinate acted recklessly and caused trouble for the Young Master.”
Ah Fu and Qin Qi also climbed down from the wall and kneeled beside Shu Hua.
“The humble one really didn’t kill Second Young Master Yao with poison…… The humble one doesn’t dare to…… Although Qin Qi dares to, he will not……” Ah Fu cried hard. It was unknown whether it was because he was wronged or afraid, but his words were a little incoherent.
“This subordinate doesn’t dare to either……” Silently, Qin Qi gave a glance to Ah Fu.
Liang Yanbei looked on from the side and couldn’t stand it any longer, “You speak well. Why are you crying?”
“You all get up first, and we’ll talk after we go in.” Wen Chan had no intention of blaming them. Seeing that none of the three were injured, Wen Chan became relieved for the time being.
Among the three, Shu Hua was the most innocent. He was implicated and arrested for protecting Ah Fu. So when Wen Chan asked questions, he basically didn’t answer and just sat aside in guilt.
“Let me ask you this. Someone said that they personally saw you guys going to Second Young Master Yao’s residence. Is this true?”
“It’s true.” Ah Fu was still sobbing. So Qin Qi replied, “We were looking for food for the Young Master last night and somehow we reached into the servants’ dining room. After walking for a while, we didn’t see anyone to whom we could ask for directions.”
“Just as Ah Fu and I were discussing whether to go out of the mansion to buy food, a woman came up to us, pointed us in a direction, and said that there would be food there.”
“We didn’t know about it at that time. So we returned in vain after going there. Later, Ah Fu and I learned that it was Second Young Master Yao’s residence. It seems that the woman deliberately guided us there.”
“What does that woman look like?” Wen Chan heard this and guessed nine out of ten2most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority.
It must be that someone deliberately used the conflict between them and Yao Yanming two days ago as a medium to kill Second Young Master Yao first and then put the blame on him. So that the reason for killing him in revenge was just right.
Qin Qi thought earnestly for a moment and said, “She had willow eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes. She also had an outstanding appearance and medium height. She was wearing an apricot yellow dress with simple and elegant makeup. There was only a cyan-coloured bead hairpin3
4I definitely would buy this if I could. in her hair, and there were no distinctive features on her face.”
In the light of his description, Wen Chan roughly stored the information in his mind and sighed, “There are many people like that on the street.”
Qin Qi lowered his head apologetically.
Wen Chan didn’t mean to blame him. He raised his hand and patted his shoulder, “Don’t worry. I will definitely find the real culprit and clear you guys’ names.”
The three of them were all slightly downcast and didn’t respond much to Wen Chan’s encouragement.
Liang Yanbei stood aside for a while. It was unknown what he was thinking. He then asked slowly, “Did you see him when you went to Second Young Master Yao’s place?”
Qin Qi’s mind turned quickly, and he knew that he was referring to Yao Yanming. So he replied, “Yes, we saw him. He was carrying a jar of wine to the room, but he didn’t see Ah Fu and me.”
“In order to avoid causing trouble, we left immediately.”
“That is to say, he was fine when you saw him?” Wen Chan asked.
“He looked well.”
“I’m not sure if there was anything wrong with that jar of wine.” He said.
“Actually, this murder is very easy to investigate.” Liang Yanbei said with a smile, “The person who poisoned Yao Yanming obviously knew that Yao Mengping loved his son so much and that he was monopolising Wuyue Island. There is no need to say anything further; the murderer certainly killed him to vent their anger.”
“So apart from framing someone by shifting the blame onto them, they basically didn’t cover anything up.”
“However, what he didn’t expect was that Yao Mengping’s actions would be hindered. There was Bai Xiao in front of him and Tang Clan in the back, and then the City Lord intervened, causing the matter to be delayed again and again. I guess he is busy destroying evidence of the crime now.”
“Do you know who it is?” Wen Chan saw that he seemed confident.
“I made a rough guess.”
Wen Chan was overjoyed and hurriedly stood up, “Then let’s go and stop them from destroying the evidence.”
“There’s no rush.” Liang Yanbei held his shoulders, “We have to wait a little longer.”
After hearing this, he sat down again. Although he did not nod in response, he still acquiesced.
The three subordinates around him all expressed surprise at seeing that Wen Chan trusted Liang Yanbei so much. But no one dared to question it.
When Liang Yanbei said that he guessed that the real murderer was destroying evidence, his first reaction was not to ask who it was but to go and stop it.
And then, when Liang Yanbei said to wait a little longer, he immediately calmed down too.
Perhaps Wen Chan himself felt something was wrong. After a moment of pause, he raised his head and asked, “Till when should we wait?”
“Yao Yanming was poisoned. If we want to find out the truth, we must first know what kind of poison he was poisoned with.”
Then they had to at least wait until Liang Yanbei had seen Situ Zhoulan.
Wen Chan gave his three subordinates a few final instructions and left the courtyard.
He didn’t want to go with Liang Yanbei to find Situ Zhoulan. So he said that he was tired and wanted to go back to his room to take a rest. And he asked Liang Yanbei to go find her by himself.
Back in the room, the silence around him calmed all his emotions.
So for no reason, he remembered the unusual thing that happened to Liang Yanbei today.
Liang Yanbei was very different from ordinary people. He had known this since his previous life itself.
People around the world said: Dong Wang’s Lu Yebai, Xi Liang’s Liang Yanbei.
The deeds of these two generals, who were like the protector gods, were spread among the masses and were admired by the masses.
Liang Yanbei could almost be said to be born with divine power. In his previous life, he wore armour to protect and fight for the country, and he never lost a battle.
The bows and arrows of ordinary people could shoot through the bodies of animals; the arrows shot by people who have practiced internal strength could penetrate stones; but Liang Yanbei’s bows and arrows could break through trees without losing their power, making it easy to kill people.
In a fierce battle with the Shengui Clan in his previous life, Wen Chan was injured and did not participate in the battle. But he witnessed the entire battle with his own eyes.
The disciples of the Shengui Clan were all evil monsters. Although swords could hurt them, it was difficult to kill them. Even Zhong Wenjin was seriously injured in that battle, but no one was killed. Only Liang Yanbei was invincible with one sword and one life.
Originally, Wen Chan only thought that his internal strength was extremely powerful. Although it was rare to have such divine power, he did not think much about it.
But seeing what happened today, he suddenly overthrew his understanding from his previous life.
Wen Chan suddenly became suspicious if a mortal sword could actually kill a demon.
What he faced today was a real monster. Even Liang Yanbei himself said that he saw a crown and feathers on the woman’s head. However, when everyone was affected by the demon’s power, he was fine. Even standing beside Liang Yanbei made him feel sheltered.
Judging from the reactions of the demoness and the young man, Liang Yanbei was absolutely extraordinary.
Wen Chan suddenly felt that the world in front of him was different from the world in his previous life.
Outside, Liang Yanbei was busy going in and out, while Wen Chan indulged in flights of fancy5to let one’s imagination run wild in his room.
After sitting blankly by himself for a while, Wen Chan went out again and stopped all the servants who were walking back and forth on the roadside.
He repeated what Qin Qi had said about the woman to the servants. Unfortunately, no one had seen such a woman. After asking around, he found nothing.
He could only wait for Liang Yanbei to find out what kind of poison Yao Yanming died of.
After waiting like this, it was evening.
It was summer in June, and at nightfall mosquitoes were everywhere, buzzing in Wen Chan’s ears.
Everything has a soul6The belief in the soul is the core of animism and also the foundation of this theory.. But mosquitoes do not.7My dear, I agree with you. Even I have a personal rivalry with them. They have to drink my blood even when there are other sources available. Don’t you get bored of drinking the same flavour?
When Wen Chan pressed the fifth mosquito to death indifferently,8Good job! Liang Yanbei knocked on the door and entered.
“How’s it going?” Wen Chan was a little anxious.
“It has been found out.” Liang Yanbei sat down at the table and poured himself a cup of herbal tea first. “There is one kind of poison in the wine and another kind of poison in the cup. Yao Yanming died of two kinds of poisons.”
“Two people tried to hurt him at the same time?” Wen Chan was speechless. He didn’t expect this Yao Yanming to be so hated.
Liang Yanbei shook his head slightly, “The poison in the wine does a lot of damage to the kidney yang, and the amount was very sufficient. It will be difficult for a man to gather yang essence after drinking it, and he will be unable to raise it9When the kidney yang is deficient, fluids are not metabolised efficiently, and oedema may result. Generally, body metabolism slows, and it is easier to put on weight and harder to shift it. Kidney Yang-deficient patients often show signs of: Puffiness or overweight..”
To put it bluntly, he will have erectile dysfunction.
“…… That is a bit cruel.” Wen Chan said quietly.
But it was also an appropriate way to deal with Yao Yanming.
“The poison in the wine glass will make people feel cold all over and make them unconscious. But neither poison is fatal.”
“Since neither poison is fatal. Was there a third poison?” Wen Chan wondered.
“One poison contains touch-me-nots10
, and the other poison contains commelina benghalensises11
. If the two are combined, it will become a highly blood-coagulating poison. If you are exposed to it, you will die. There is no cure to it.” Another person’s voice came from the door.
The two people in the room looked there at the same time and saw Tang Yixiao leaning against the door frame. He asked leisurely, “Do you think this is a coincidence, or is it intentional?”
Tang Qin was still standing behind him. She stretched out her head and glanced into the room before retracting it again.
Tang Yixiao walked up and sat down in a familiar manner, “You guys have been busy all day, and this is all you found?”
As soon as he left, Tang Qin’s whole body was exposed. She seemed to be a little scared. But it was still suppressed by the arrogance on her face, and she swaggered in, “According to me, it’s better to kill him directly. Why bother like this.”
“If a person’s life is worth a thousand pieces of gold, how can you kill him too casually or hastily?” When Wen Chan saw Tang Qin, he felt as though his head would explode.
“He is just an ant. Why is he worth a thousand pieces of gold?” She sneered.
“I find that your thoughts are different from those of normal people. Are you a fairy in disguise?” Liang Yanbei suddenly said.
Somehow, after hearing his words, Tang Qin’s body trembled slightly, and there was an obvious look of panic in her eyes. But then she was pressed down by him again.
For the first time, she didn’t answer the words.
Afraid of Liang Yanbei? Why?
“You couldn’t be a fairy in disguise, right?” Wen Chan repeated tentatively.
As soon as he finished speaking, he received a fierce glare from Tang Qin.
Well, it turned out she was only afraid of Liang Yanbei……
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