My First Husband After Transmigration

Chapter 14

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It was clearly a tragic love story, but he told it in such an elegant voice, slowly and deliberately, which only added a touch of melancholy and poignant beauty to it.

After a long silence, Yang Nianqing shook her head, sighed deeply, and muttered to herself, "Broken Heart Manor, Broken Heart... In ancient times, breaking off an engagement was a matter of life and death. Wouldn't divorces in modern times cause a huge uproar?"

Upon hearing this, Nangong Xue was stunned: "Divorce?"

"Yes, divorce. Where I'm from, if two people are unhappy with their marriage, they just get divorced. If the man is unfaithful and has a mistress... uh, that is, taking a concubine, you can sue him for bigamy and demand compensation!" She continued rambling, shaking her head and sighing, "Unlike here, an engagement means you're completely at their mercy, and breaking off an engagement is a huge disgrace. Sigh, ancient times were really inconvenient..."

Nangong Xue was immediately stunned, Li You looked at her in surprise, and even He Bi's usually indifferent face showed a strange expression for the first time.

After a moment, a smile flickered in his long, bright eyes: "Bigamy? A wife suing her husband for taking a concubine?"

"I didn't expect you to understand, you're smart!" She pretended to be surprised, patted Li You on the shoulder, and then looked at him with disdain. "If a lecher like you were in our country, with all sorts of women, ha, your wife would have cleaned up your act long ago."

Li You smiled wryly: "How am I like a lecher? Why do you always have to say that about me?"

Yang Nianqing pursed her lips and didn't answer, secretly amused.

He Bi nodded: "If such a place really exists, he should indeed go and visit it." After saying that, he looked at Yang Nianqing: "Now I'm starting to believe that you're not from around here."

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So they've been secretly suspecting me all along!

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When I'm feeling down, dusk always seems to come especially quickly.

"What should we do now?" Yang Nianqing thought through the whole story and then shook her head. "Since Yun Biyue has no successor, how can someone else use the Ten Thousand Poison Blood Palm? It seems like we have no clues again."

He Bi said coldly, "At least we know that it wasn't poison."

Li You nodded: "That's right, it's not that there are no clues at all. Yun Biyue is extreme in her behavior and goes her own way. The martial arts she created will not easily fall into the hands of others."

But all of this is over thirty years old. Now, in this vast sea of people, where can we find this person?

Yang Nianqing suddenly looked up: "Didn't you say the murderer was the enemy of these victims? What was the relationship between these dead people? Did they have any common enemies?"

Nangong Xue slowly shook her head: "First was Master Situ, the Wind-Breaking Palm Master, then Tang Jingfeng, the master of Tang Family Fortress. These two not only had no relation, but also had some incompatible temperaments and were not on good terms with each other; then there was Liu Ru, the Swift Sword Master. Liu Ru and Tang Jingfeng were close friends. As for Zhang Mingchu, he had no relation to the previous people at all. I'm afraid he didn't even know them, let alone have a common enemy with them."

"Since their relationship wasn't special and they didn't have any common enemies, why would the murderer kill them all?" Yang Nianqing sighed in exasperation. "Now we've run out of clues again!"

silence.

Li You looked at her and suddenly smiled: "Who said there were no clues?"

The Unbelievable Murder

Updated on Shuxiang Chinese Website: 2008-02-26 10:50:35 Word Count: 4512

Li You raised an eyebrow: "If your enemy suddenly died, wouldn't people suspect you?"

Yang Nianqing rolled her eyes: "Nonsense."

“I’m afraid you’ll be the first one to be suspected,” Li You countered. “If you wanted to kill someone who was at odds with you, but didn’t want to be suspected, what would you do?”

“This…” Yang Nianqing thought about it carefully, then suddenly shuddered. “You mean… could it be…”

He Bi coldly interrupted, "To cover our tracks, we can't just kill one person."

Yang Nianqing exclaimed, "They'll kill a few more to take the fall first!"

Nangong Xue frowned: "That's right. Once someone is killed, people will first suspect his enemies. But if there are too many people who die, it will be difficult to distinguish them, and the possibility of being suspected will be much smaller."

Li You nodded: "Moreover, he certainly won't be the first to attack his enemy, because being the first is always the easiest to attract attention. If he were to do so, people would immediately suspect him."

He Bi said coldly, "If there is even the slightest suspicion, it will be much more troublesome to kill someone again."

Yang Nianqing thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "That's right! If he kills an unrelated person first, no one will suspect him."

“Most importantly,” Li You’s lips curled into a smile, “he deliberately set the time on the fifteenth of each month, and in the same place, Nangong Villa. When the second or third dead body is discovered, we will only think of the same murderer as before, and will not pay attention to the enemy of someone later. This makes it easier to lead people astray.”

“He took advantage of preconceived notions and exploited a loophole,” Yang Nianqing immediately added. “So, that old man Situ was the first to die, and his enemies can be ruled out?”

"It shouldn't be wrong."

Yang Nianqing was stunned. (The last part, "18," appears to be a fragment and doesn't translate directly.)

for a long time.

Nangong Xue finally sighed: "I hadn't thought about those things."

"Someone as kind as you wouldn't think of such a cruel method," Yang Nianqing sighed deliberately. "Actually, no one with a kind heart would think of these things."

Upon hearing this, Nangong Xue couldn't help but shake her head with amusement.

Li You stared wide-eyed.

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Yang Nianqing ignored his innocence and was only excited: "Besides that old man Situ, there's only Tang Jingfeng, Liu Ru, and this Zhang Mingchu left. What kind of enemies do they have?"

Li You thought for a moment: "Liu Ru and Tang Jingfeng do know each other, and their friendship is quite deep. More than twenty years ago, they, along with Tao Huayu, the leader of the Tao Clan, were known as the 'Three Heroes of the Arms,' as close as brothers. Unfortunately, the Tao Clan was later wiped out by the imperial court for treason, with not a single member spared. Tao Huayu tragically died, and Liu Ru and Tang Jingfeng were deeply grieved. They secluded themselves for half a year and withdrew from the martial world. In all these years, they have no longer concerned themselves with the affairs of the martial world and have not heard of any enemies."

Yang Nianqing was stunned for a moment: "Then what about Zhang Mingchu?"

Li You did not reply.

Nangong Xue smiled and said, "'One Slash Cuts Down the South of the Yangtze River' Zhang Mingchu has always been clear about his grudges and has never committed any major offenses. However, he is known to everyone in the martial arts world for his love of women, which may cause some trouble."

"So it was another pervert," Yang Nianqing glanced at the nonchalant Li You, suppressing a laugh. "Could it be that one of those women was a descendant of Yun Biyue, who hated his womanizing ways and, heartbroken, simply used the Ten Thousand Poison Blood Palm to finish him off, but was afraid of being suspected, so she killed a few others to take the fall?"

No one answered.

This guess is rather far-fetched, but since no other explanations hold true, it has to be considered reasonable.

After a while.

Li You sighed: "Getting involved with women certainly brings a lot of trouble..."

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night.

Outside the window, bursts of noise and singing could be heard from time to time, but inside the cabin, it was even more quiet. In the lamplight, shadowy figures swayed and danced on the cabin walls like ghosts.

A coffin was placed in the center of the cabin.

No one spoke; after what had happened, no one was in a good mood. A gust of wind rushed in through the window, and the flimsy window creaked loudly, making the shadow of the coffin appear even more sinister, as if the person inside might lift the lid and climb out at any moment.

In this situation, Yang Nianqing not only recalled her memories of ghost movies, but also felt secretly nervous. The murderer was so meticulous and ruthless, and could kill innocent people at will in order to cover up his purpose. It seemed that this matter was very dangerous to deal with.

Trying to ease the tense atmosphere, she made conversation: "So, the murderer is likely Zhang Mingchu's enemy, and quite possibly a woman."

No one spoke.

Half a day.

He Bi suddenly turned to look at Li You: "You should go to Lin'an."

Li You smiled bitterly.

Nangong Xue said sadly, "I'm already eighteen today, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back by the end of the month."

“Who knows who will go missing early next month?” Li You finally sighed. “But if we don’t go, we can’t stop him, can we?”

Nangong Xue remained silent. (70)

He Bi glanced at the coffin, his eyes flashing: "We'll set off tomorrow, but we'll go in two separate ways. Brother Nangong and I will escort Hero Zhang back to Jiangzhou, and we can inquire about him along the way. You two will go to Lin'an and meet at the usual place on the fifth of next month."

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Lin'an is Hangzhou, isn't it? Luckily, she still had basic historical knowledge. Yang Nianqing thought for a moment, then asked, puzzled, "What would we do in Lin'an?"

He Bi glanced at her: "Of course, it's to find someone."

"Who should I look for?"

"He knows." (1f)

Yang Nianqing immediately looked at Li You.

Li You didn't answer, but sighed and muttered, "Why do you always have to dump trouble on me?"

He Bi looked at him and said, "Only you are willing to be with women."

Yang Nianqing was stunned for a moment before she finally understood. She jumped up and pointed at Li You's nose: "Am I a nuisance? Do you think I want to be with a pervert? I don't mind you, but you keep whining. Forget it, I don't want to go with you!"

“Unfortunately,” Li You rubbed his ears, seemingly helpless, “I have no choice but to accept it.”

He Bi nodded: "That's right."

Li You looked at her: "Did you hear that?"

She snorted.

“You’re too long-winded and too wild. I can’t stand it. Brother Nangong never walks alone with a woman,” He Bi looked at Nangong Xue and then at Li You. “If you don’t want to go with him, you can go by yourself.”

Yang Nianqing held back her anger: "Don't you think you've been talking a lot today?"

He Bi immediately fell silent.

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Li You looked at Nangong Xue, blinked his long, bright eyes, and a look of curiosity and amusement appeared on his handsome face. He murmured, "I'm a little confused..."

Seeing his expression, Nangong Xue asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Li You blinked and looked him over: "Brother Nangong, why do you dislike women so much? You don't even want to walk with women. Could it be... that you really like men?"

Yang Nianqing laughed before anyone could react, and He Bi also showed a rare look of amusement.

Nangong Xue was taken aback for a moment, then raised her eyebrows and deliberately put on a stern face: "If I really like men, you should be the first one to be careful."

Li You stopped talking, and in the blink of an eye, he was already sitting down next to He Bi, muttering, "I have never been interested in men."