My First Husband After Transmigration

Chapter 4

"It is exactly fifteen."

Today?! That means... tonight, that guy who said "One Slash Through Jiangnan" will be hung up this tree! Thinking of this, her hair stood on end, and she moved closer to the three of them.

Nangong Xue frowned and said, "I have already ordered my men to surround the manor and not let anyone in."

That's good! Yang Nianqing breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Li You glanced at her, suppressed a laugh, and said seriously, "I remember Brother Nangong was just as wary last time, but he still let people in on time."

Yang Nianqing froze instantly. His wild imagination hadn't been so foolproof; even if they surrounded them, the culprit could still get in!

Nangong Xue nodded in agreement: "I really don't understand how he got in."

Yang Nianqing pondered for a while and said, "So, they must have been killed first, and then the murderer brought their bodies here and hung them in the tree?"

Li You said, "It is not an easy task for anyone to bring a living person into the Nangong Villa."

Nangong Xue smiled: "It wasn't killing, it was more like poisoning."

He Bi suddenly spoke up: "Are you sure it's poisoning?"

Nangong Xue thought for a moment: "When the servants found them, their faces were all purple, their eyes were bloodshot, and their lips were bluish-black." He paused, then sighed: "Brother He should also know that this is clearly a sign of poisoning."

He Bi nodded: "That's right."

A hint of hesitation flashed in her phoenix eyes. Nangong Xue shook her head and pondered, "That's the strange thing. I've tried many methods, but I haven't found any poison in their bodies."

He Bi immediately exchanged a glance with Li You and said nothing more.

Although Nangong Xue wasn't an expert in poisons, her knowledge of them was definitely no less than that of a master poison user.

Yang Nianqing asked in confusion, "Could it not be poisoning?"

Nangong Xue shook her head: "They have no injuries. Apart from being poisoned, what palm or fist technique in the world would turn a person into that state after killing them?"

“Interesting,” Li You’s lips curled into a smile, his long, narrow eyes flashing as if he found it very amusing. “Why not ask Mr. Chrysanthemum to take a look?”

No wonder He Bi said he should be called "Young Master Curious." Yang Nianqing chuckled inwardly, yet wondered: Who is Mr. Chrysanthemum?

Nangong Xue smiled helplessly and said, "You know his temper. Besides, anyone with eyes can see that he's been poisoned. It's fine if he says I'm ignorant, but I'm afraid that if I anger him, he'll say that I underestimated him and bothered him with such trivial matters."

Upon hearing this, Li You frowned and fell into deep thought.

“It’s obvious that the murderer is trying to frame you!” Yang Nianqing blurted out. “He’s done this to you, so he must be your enemy or have a grudge against you. Why don’t we start with them?”

Nangong Xue shook her head.

Li You smiled and said, "You're not stupid. It's just that Brother Nangong has no enemies in his life."

"No enemies?" Yang Nianqing was stunned. "Then... what about those with whom you have a grudge?"

“I have never had any conflicts with anyone in my life,” Nangong Xue said with a slight smile. “I really don’t understand why he would frame me.”

"Never had any conflicts with anyone?!" Yang Nianqing looked at him in disbelief, unable to believe that such a kind-hearted person truly existed in the world—no, such a kind-hearted handsome man. "Could it be... that he has a grudge against your parents, siblings, or nephews, and is deliberately harming you to get revenge on them?"

Nangong Xue shook her head again: "My parents passed away ten years ago, and I have no brothers or sisters."

Yang Nianqing paused, then muttered, "Then why did he specifically frame you? Could it be... he's jealous of your family's wealth? Or are you more handsome than him, or more popular...? Psychopaths are terrifying..."

He Bilian closed her eyes as well.

After a long pause, Li You took a sip of his wine: "The reason is very simple."

"First, since the murderer framed him for this, who do you suspect first?"

"Of course, they are his enemies."

"But what if he doesn't have any enemies?"

Yang Nianqing was speechless.

Li You smiled and said, "I'm afraid you'd never be able to figure it out, no matter how hard you try."

She widened her eyes, genuinely unable to think of anything: "Then who do you think it is?"

“Since he is not his enemy, he must be the enemy of the murdered person,” Li You said leisurely. “But many people are easily influenced by their previous thoughts and only care about investigating Brother Nangong’s enemies. I’m afraid that’s exactly what the murderer wanted.”

“Yes, that’s absolutely impossible to find,” Yang Nianqing said with great admiration, nodding repeatedly. “And the second one?”

“Secondly, he’s a good man. If I were looking for a scapegoat, I would definitely choose him,” he said, looking at her with interest. “Isn’t it safer to frame a good man than to frame someone else?”

“That makes sense!” He Bi suddenly opened his eyes and nodded. “Framing him will definitely save us a lot of trouble.”

"good!"

Yang Nianqing didn't understand: "What do you mean?"

"If the blame is pinned on you, won't Tang Jingfeng, Liu Ru, and their relatives and friends seek revenge on you?"

"meeting."

"Won't you die at the hands of these people?"

“…Yes,” Yang Nianqing glared at him, “Can you please stop using me as an example! It’s too unlucky!”

Li You ignored her protest: "If you were killed by them, wouldn't they try to find a scapegoat the next time they kill someone?"

She nodded dejectedly, "Yes."

He Bi coldly replied, "If something is handled too complicatedly, it will inevitably leave some clues."

“That’s right,” Li You said, glancing at Nangong Xue. “If we frame him, we can avoid a lot of trouble.”

Nangong Xue finally nodded, frowning: "He approached me from the very beginning. Everyone knows I can't kill people, and I've helped them before. He was sure their family wouldn't seek revenge on me, so when he needed to kill again, he could easily frame me without any flaws."

Li You looked at him and sighed: "It seems you are really suitable to be a scapegoat, so it's better not to be a good person."

Nangong Xue remained silent for a while, then suddenly revealed a gentle and clean smile: "I find my own enjoyment in this, just as Brother He enjoys public cases and Brother Li enjoys beautiful women and fine wine."

He Bi said coldly, "Your heart is too soft."

Nangong Xue smiled: "There are many kind-hearted people in the world, not just me. What's wrong with that?"

Yang Nianqing was stunned.

Faced with something like this, most people would start by looking at Nangong Xue's enemies, but he has no enemies, so the trail goes cold. I never thought these people would be so clever, managing to uncover so many clues, even guessing the murderer's thoughts! They truly deserve to be called the number one "god" and "man" in the martial arts world.

After a long while, she finally came to her senses, looked around with lingering fear, and yawned: "It must be eleven or twelve o'clock now, almost midnight. It's so late, he... he wouldn't be here, would he?"

The three of them were taken aback.

Eleven or twelve o'clock? What does that mean? But no one asked her.

Sure enough, the sound of a watchman's drum rang out in the distance.

"It's midnight now, so it seems there's really nothing wrong," Nangong Xue breathed a sigh of relief. "With the two of you here, he probably won't dare to come again. Why don't we go back and rest first, and talk again tomorrow when we're refreshed?"

Li You smiled slightly: "Alright."

He Bi didn't speak, but was the first to stand up. Yang Nianqing was already sleepy, but hearing them say this, she was overjoyed and immediately stood up as well.

In that instant, a dark shadow silently swept past overhead.

Don't they know who's here? How could they possibly miss such a commotion? Sure enough, He Bi's eyes flashed, and he leaped up, leaping over the railing and onto the roof.

Li You sighed.

In the short time it took to sigh, He Bi had returned to the three of them. Not a single drop of rain had gotten on him, as if he hadn't moved at all.

Yang Nianqing stared in disbelief. When she came to her senses, she noticed that there was a black thing in his hand.

It was a cat!

Black cat.

The three of them stood there stunned, and He Bi's expression was not good either—he was known as the number one detective in the martial arts world, but he had actually chased the wrong cat!

“There was indeed someone just now,” Li You said, looking at his hand. “There were words on it.”

He Bi was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned the cat over. Sure enough, on the black cat's snow-white belly, there was a blood-red mark drawn with some kind of paint—

It's not a character.

The four of them were stunned again.

—A face grew out of the cat's belly!

A smiling face.

It has eyebrows, eyes, and a mouth—everything is there, and it's clearly smiling, but at first glance, the smile looks rather distorted, as if it's mocking everyone.

Yang Nianqing gasped and took two steps back.

Seeing that He Bi had let go, the cat let out a mournful, piercing cry, seized the opportunity to leap down the stairs, and escaped with that eerie smile on its face.

A cold wind swept by, the lanterns swayed, the shadows of the trees swayed, and countless branches and leaves collided overhead, creating a rustling sound. From time to time, branches brushed against the eaves.

The atmosphere was quiet yet eerie.

Perhaps it was because the raindrops had gotten into her neck, but Yang Nianqing felt a chill down her spine and couldn't help but tug at Nangong Xue's sleeve: "Let's go."

To everyone's surprise, the gentle and elegant Nangong Xue remained motionless, like a wooden statue. Looking at He Bi and Li You, they were also stunned, just like Nangong Xue, all three pairs of eyes staring at the same spot.

Yang Nianqing, bewildered, followed their gaze.

A white shadow drifts in the wind!

Hanging in mid-air like a ghost, it swayed back and forth like a swing, appearing particularly eerie and terrifying, yet incredibly real, against the backdrop of the shadows of the trees.

It's right before our eyes.

Gradually, that face slowly turned around.

"Ah—!!~~~~~"

With a deafening scream, Yang Nianqing closed her eyes and collapsed towards He Bi beside her…

Thank you for your support, friends!

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With a loud thud, she was thrown heavily to the ground, almost screaming in pain, and then she lost all desire to faint.

But she clearly fell towards He Bi, so she shouldn't have fallen to the ground! Lying on the ground, Yang Nianqing stared at He Bi, only to see that in the blink of an eye, he was already standing by the railing.

"you……"