Urbaner Blumentraum - Kapitel 106
"Besides the internal injuries, what other poisons have you been ingested?" Nishino En asked.
The child's account was largely consistent with his assessment of the scene. However, judging from the large amount of bloodstains he saw, Zhu Huihui also showed signs of poisoning. They had discussed this several times and all agreed that, apart from Zhu Huihui, the man in black was present the entire time when Brother Liuyue and Yan Shenhan were fighting.
This person first secretly and brutally murdered Qin Er and Song San, who had been following and protecting Zhu Huihui. He could have killed Zhu Huihui as well, but because her location, though secluded, was very close to Liu Yue and Shen Han, he was not confident that he could kill Huihui without alerting the two masters, despite his high level of martial arts. Therefore, he chose to poison Zhu Huihui.
Later, Zhu Huihui couldn't withstand the clash of internal energy between Liu Yue and Shen Han, and collapsed, bleeding profusely. The two masters, realizing someone was being affected, hastily withdrew their power, only to be injured themselves in the process. Zhu Liu Yue, whose injuries were less severe, immediately took Huihui away, while Yan Shen Han found a place to heal. Taking advantage of this, the assailant launched a vicious attack on Yan Shen Han. Afterwards, Xi Yeyan arrived at the scene and also fell victim to his ambush…
This hidden figure was the same black-clad man with bizarre martial arts skills who had been driven away by Nishino En at the lakeside pavilion on Xuan Yue Water Island that night—now, they knew his name was Kazama Yoru, and he was from Japan. According to what Yuki-iro had told him after their encounter, this man's martial arts were unfathomably high, and judging from "Tenkai Ningshuang" among the Xuan Yue Water Island group today, he also seemed to have a deep understanding of poison…
Nishino En believes that this interconnected deduction has essentially reconstructed what happened on that bloody night.
Feng Xuese nodded, indicating that she deeply agreed.
Zhu Huihui glared at the two of them, then continued, "When I woke up that day, I was on a ship. The first person I saw was a gentleman. He was very handsome and kind—"
At this point, she glanced at Feng Xuese, secretly comparing the two to see who was more handsome. One was as serene and composed as a mountain range, the other as noble and expansive as a cloud in the sky; it was truly difficult to say who was better. After comparing for a while, she finally realized that she still preferred the chivalrous man a little more.
Nishino En urged, "What are you staring at the snow for? Say something!"
Zhu Huihui blushed slightly, wiped her cheek vigorously, and then said, "I spoke a few words with the master, and then the madam returned. They said I slept for seven days, and my injuries were very serious. It was only with great difficulty that I was saved!" As she said this, she glared at Yan Shenhan, who had remained silent all along.
Yan Shenhan looked at her apologetically.
"Then what?"
"Then...then I accidentally swallowed all the pills in that little red bottle that Miss Mu gave me. Then Madam said I took the wrong medicine, that this kind of medicine has to be taken slowly, and that if I swallowed it all at once, it would rupture my meridians!" Was that what Madam Wan said? I can't remember! Anyway, the meaning was something like that!
Nishino En simply said "Oh." If he hadn't still been filled with resentment, he would have laughed at her: "Serves you right for being so greedy..."
"Then I fell asleep again, and when I woke up, several days had passed. However, my husband and wife had already healed my injuries while I was asleep. Later, since I had nowhere else to go, I stayed with my husband and wife. One day, my wife asked me to deliver medicine to the villagers of Qingfengya. When I got to the village entrance, I found five familiar people bound with thick iron chains and left to bake in the sun in front of the teahouse. I also recognized two of the five people sitting inside the teahouse—"
She turned to Feng Xuese and asked, "Great hero, guess who I ran into?"
Feng Xuese pondered for a moment and said, "The Five Heroes of Qiyun?"
Zhu Huihui was taken aback: "Great hero, how did you know?"
Feng Xuese smiled and said, "I guessed."
Zhu Huihui was truly impressed: "Great hero, are you a god? How could you guess so accurately!" The great hero is indeed amazing; even a random guess came true!
Feng Xuese was somewhat speechless. What was so hard to guess? Hearing her ask him that proved she knew all the people she knew. How many people could they possibly know in common? Especially five at once!
"How did the Five Heroes of Qiyun end up tied up?"
"They were captured by the 'colluding' couple and their friends!" Zhu Huihui continued. "I saw these five big, dumb guys looking pitiful from being sunburnt, and I wanted to rescue them. I sat behind a tree and pondered for a long time, and luckily I had a bottle of medicine given to me by the snake envoy in my bag, and I immediately came up with an idea..."
She rarely did good deeds, and her act of bravely rescuing the five idiots of the Ba family was the one she was most proud of. Although she was later driven away by her husband and wife and felt quite depressed, it did not affect her pride in telling the story.
Nishino En asked, "A friend of this 'colluding' couple? Who is it?"
Zhu Huihui was speaking animatedly when he was interrupted. The eldest brother was unhappy and frowned, thinking for a moment: "I think they are called 'Xuan Yin Three Fiends'."
Upon hearing these four words, everyone in the room was slightly startled.
The "Three Fiends of Xuan Yin" were notorious bandits in the Northwest. One was a ruthless killer, another loved money more than life itself, and the third was a lecherous madman. The three were highly skilled in martial arts and cunning. For many years, they had roamed the Northwest, committing crimes together and never suffering a loss.
These three people might not be considered formidable opponents in the eyes of Feng Xuese, west Yeyan, Yan Shenhan, and Steward Qin, but to Zhu Huihui, the little glutton, they are nothing short of deadly enemies!
Although everyone saw Zhu Huihui sitting there unharmed, they were still worried for her. Such a mischievous yet beautiful girl, and such a vicious, cunning, and lecherous wolf...
"...I took the small bottle of medicine, disguised myself briefly, approached the teahouse, and managed to slip the medicine into their drinks. They didn't notice anything and drank it all..."
west Yeyan continued, "You actually poisoned 'Wolves in Arms' and 'The Three Fiends of Xuan Yin'? Isn't that just bragging? Those five are all seasoned veterans, each one more cunning than the last. How could they be poisoned by a newbie?"
"It wasn't poison!" Zhu Huihui said impatiently. This bald man really knew how to rub salt in the wound! In this matter, she was very sensitive to the word "poison"—she was still feeling resentful about being wrongly accused of poisoning the seductive woman by Mr. Chen and Mrs. Wan!
west Yeyan asked curiously, "If the medicine given by the snake envoy, who is the most skilled in poison among the twelve zodiac envoys of the Blood Pavilion, is not poison, could it be an aphrodisiac or a sleeping potion?"
Zhu Huihui glanced at him: "You guessed right!"
Nishino En exclaimed in surprise, "Did you really drug them with aphrodisiacs?" This girl is so biased! Yukiiro is a "goddess," but how come he's just a "fool"?
Zhu Huihui asked, puzzled, "What's wrong with aphrodisiacs?"
Nishino En turned around and complained, "Xue Se, look at your sister, a grown woman, using such despicable drugs! Shouldn't her hand be chopped off?"
Feng Xuese accepted the situation calmly, because he knew Zhu Huihui all too well. That child had never had any morals, and it wouldn't be surprising if she did something strange. But he knew that Xiye Yan was just trying to scare her, so he just hummed in agreement and said, "I'll teach her a lesson later!"
Zhu Huihui glanced at the two of them, then swallowed her anger and said, "I don't want to use this kind of medicine either, but I don't have any other options! Let's not talk about this anymore, I'll continue..."
Nishino En said, "This matter can't be simply dismissed with a word!" He was deliberately picking a fight, because she had angered him several times tonight!
Zhu Huihui was furious: "Do you want to listen or not? You keep interrupting!"
Damn it! It's just a bottle of aphrodisiac! What's the big deal? Why are you making such a fuss about it?
Nishino En laughed and said, "Alright, alright, continue!"
Zhu Huihui glared at him again before saying, "Okay, I'll continue... Where was I?" She had forgotten in her anger.
Nishinoyan: "..."
Maple Snow kindly reminded him: "When talking about 'colluding with each other' and 'the Three Fiends of Xuan Yin,' he drank the wine."
"Oh, right!" Zhu Huihui slapped her thigh, "They drank the wine and chatted while drinking, and I was eavesdropping..."
She continued her story in one breath, mentioning that when Se Sha died and she was unjustly driven away by Mr. Chen and Mrs. Wan, Feng Xue Se asked her a few questions but couldn't get to the bottom of it. However, he had heard a little about the grudge between Mr. Chen and Mrs. Wan and that little fish demon, and thought to himself that it was fortunate that Mr. Chen and Mrs. Wan were kind-hearted; if it were someone else, regardless of whether she was innocent or not, they would probably have drawn their swords and chopped off the child's head on the spot.