Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin - Kapitel 6
A rope.
To be precise, there were two, because they had been cut off, and the marks at the break were still very fresh.
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Looking at Zhang Mingchu's corpse on the ground, Li You sighed: "He was probably already up in the tree five or six hours ago."
"Impossible!" Nangong Xue was slightly surprised, then shook her head. "Since yesterday, I have had the villa surrounded. How could he have been brought in!"
"Since he can come, he can naturally bring someone else in as well." A cold voice said.
“But if we’re talking about five or six hours ago…” Nangong Xue suddenly looked at Li You, “Brother Li, your lightness skill is the best in the martial arts world. Are you confident that you can easily bring someone into Nangong Villa?”
The number one in the martial arts world! Yang Nianqing immediately looked at him as well.
Li You smiled and said, "It is indeed very difficult."
“Brother Li is certainly capable,” Nangong Xue smiled, “but not everyone has such excellent lightness skills as Brother Li.”
Even he, with his unparalleled lightness skill, found it difficult, let alone others. In fact, no one would believe it. Not to mention that Nangong Villa was famous in the martial arts world and heavily guarded, how could such a large dead body remain on a tree for half a day without anyone noticing? Moreover, the murderer was able to make Zhang Mingchu's corpse appear in front of everyone at just the right time!
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He Bi said coldly, "But he is indeed in the tree."
Nangong Xue seemed about to speak again, but Li You shook his head to stop her.
“Although the rain wasn’t heavy, and he was wearing quite a lot, he was already soaked,” the handsome man said, his long eyebrows furrowing. “There was a dry spot on the tree; he must have been tied up there.”
Yang Nianqing thought for a moment, then felt a chill run down her spine. She had just been sitting here drinking and talking with them, never imagining there was a dead man keeping her company in the tree next door!
"It seems that the person just came to untie him and deliberately let him fall so you could see him. He didn't expect you to discover him, and fearing being caught, he released the cat to lure you away."
The crowd remained silent.
Li You shook his head: "Everything is probably within his expectations, and the cat was prepared long ago."
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The second year of the Jiatai reign of the Song Dynasty. (13)
Although Yang Nianqing's knowledge of history hasn't reached the level of an archaeologist, and she doesn't know whether this is the Southern Song or the Northern Song Dynasty, she has indeed traveled to the ancient Song Dynasty.
"My goodness, this is so outdated!" she exclaimed dejectedly, curiously touching the candlestick and bed. "These are such ancient things! How will we live without electric lights..."
Someone actually dislikes Nangong Villa?!
Li You and He Bi exchanged a glance, and in the blink of an eye, they had exchanged a lot of information, perhaps due to the strange tacit understanding between friends.
"Electric light?" Nangong Xue was also somewhat surprised, then smiled apologetically, "My humble abode is indeed a bit simple, so you'll have to make do for a few days. Perhaps soon, everything will come to light, and you'll be able to leave."
Seeing his gentle demeanor and polite manner, Yang Nianqing's goodwill towards him immediately increased: "Thank you so much. Actually, staying a few more days wouldn't be a problem, since I have nowhere else to go..."
Nowhere to go? Stay a few more days? She herself didn't realize the meaning behind her words, but the three exceptionally intelligent people beside her already understood her predicament.
Nangong Xue paused for a moment, then shook her head and smiled.
Li You stared at her for a long time, then looked at Nangong Xue, a look of sympathy appearing in his captivating eyes, and murmured, "I have come to understand something else."
"What is it?"
“You can never be a good person,” he sighed, fluttering his long eyelashes as he patted Nangong Xue’s shoulder. “Fortunately, the Nangong Villa can easily support a few hundred more people.”
Nangong Xue couldn't help but laugh.
Was he implying that she was freeloading? Yang Nianqing finally realized. Her face immediately turned red, and she glared at him fiercely, only to find that those charming eyes were also looking at her with amusement.
You're talking nonsense!
Yang Nianqing felt no shame, since he was forced to be her "savior" anyway.
Just then, He Bi spoke up: "How did you get here?"
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“All I know is,” He Bi interrupted her coldly, looking at Li You, “that you would never do this just to get him to hold you.”
Yang Nianqing immediately felt embarrassed. In fact, she had already understood that in a place guarded on all sides, if someone with no martial arts skills fell from the sky for no reason and landed in someone's arms, anyone would be suspicious.
She sighed: "You suspect I'm an accomplice?"
Li You looked at her for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Of course you're not."
"Thank you." Yang Nianqing felt a surge of warmth in her heart.
It's always touching to be trusted in a strange place, but if you tell the truth, only a fool would believe you. However, lying to such intelligent people is far too dangerous; losing their trust might lead to you being branded an accomplice and "executed"...
Thinking of this, she shuddered and decided to tell the truth.
"Actually, I was wondering how I got here too," she blinked innocently. "My home is in the People's Republic of China. This morning, I was on a boat with my friend, and I... accidentally fell into the water, and then..."
She stopped talking, her face darkening.
He remained silent for a long while.
Her expression brightened again: "Then I opened my eyes again and saw you all. That's how it is. I really don't know why I ended up here."
After saying that, she looked out the window in confusion: "I clearly fell into the lake, so is this place underwater?"
for a long time.
"The People's Republic of China?" Li You murmured, then suddenly laughed, "Interesting!"
He Bi looked at her coldly.
"You don't believe me?" Yang Nianqing looked at them frankly, somewhat helplessly. In fact, she didn't need to ask; she knew herself that these words were indeed too hard for people to believe, even though they were the absolute truth.
Suddenly, Li You turned to look at her, a smile appearing in his bright eyes: "I believe you."
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"You believe me?" Now she was surprised. Although what he said was true, she hadn't expected him to believe it so easily. "Are you so sure? Maybe he deliberately abandoned me to be an undercover agent? Maybe..."
Undercover agent?
He Bi snorted coldly: "You fell down on your own."
“Uh, yes,” Yang Nianqing nodded, still puzzled, “What does this have to do with whether I’m an accomplice or not?”
He Bi did not answer.
“Of course it’s related,” Li You shook his head and said leisurely, “He just wanted to say that there was no fifth person besides the four of us at the time, so you fell down on your own, and you were definitely not thrown down by someone.”
How did you know?
After asking the question, she realized it was a pointless question, so no one answered—their skills were such that even the most skilled murderer needed a cat to escape safely, so how could they not notice if someone was above them?
Li You looked at her with amusement: "Besides..."
"Besides what?"
"Besides," Li You coughed, turning to He Bi and Nangong Xue, "if you two were looking for someone to act as a spy, wouldn't you choose her?"
Nangong Xue could only smile wryly. Since he was the most virtuous person, he naturally wouldn't answer this difficult question.
He Bi, however, said, "No."
Yang Nianqing asked curiously, "Why?"
“Since he acts so meticulously, he naturally wouldn’t take such a risk,” He Bi looked at her. “You’re too stupid, and you’re a woman.”
"What!" She finally realized what was happening and jumped up. "What's wrong with women? You think you're so smart?!"
He Bi remained silent.
Li You looked at her, and a look of curiosity gradually appeared on his face.
"Damn it, I thought he was so sure because he trusted me, but he actually went too far!" Yang Nianqing gritted her teeth and glared angrily at the two of them.
Li You, however, had already turned around and walked to the window, standing with his hands behind his back.
“Picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence, I leisurely gaze at the Southern Mountains. On this clear autumn day, with chrysanthemums blooming everywhere, Mr. Chrysanthemum must be returning to his leisurely abode.”
The cicada, the mantis, and the oriole
Updated on Shuxiang Chinese Website: 2008-02-26 10:50:34 Word Count: 5673
Why split into two groups?
There was no response.
A gentle morning breeze caressed the path, and the warm sunlight hung down like a thin veil. A few golden leaves brushed past, and everything was absolutely beautiful.
However, Yang Nianqing was very unhappy and followed Li You slowly, muttering to herself as she walked.
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Unexpectedly, when I woke up this morning, I found that He Bi and Nangong Xue had already left with Zhang Mingchu's body, leaving me alone with this playboy, this lecher.
"Hey, can't you hear me?!" she finally shouted, grabbing a handful of leaves as she did so. Luckily, there was no need to worry about damaging the environment and getting fined here.
Li You stopped and smiled wryly, "My ears are almost deaf, how could I not hear?"
Why don't we go with them?
"Because we need to find Mr. Chrysanthemum."
"Does this have anything to do with finding someone?" She rolled her eyes, then asked curiously, "Who exactly is Mr. Chrysanthemum? Is he an autopsy specialist? A forensic doctor? Or..."
Li You interrupted her: "He's not human."
Not human?! Yang Nianqing was startled. Although it was broad daylight, she couldn't help but shudder when she thought about what happened last night. This world was really too strange!
Li You seemed to have anticipated her fear, and immediately coughed again, a look of amusement on his face: "Although he is not human, he is a god, the number one divine physician."