El mundo de las artes marciales es un pozo

Capítulo 3

After a while.

"The murderer doesn't necessarily have to look like him." He said coldly.

"I don't have any knife or other weapons on me. Don't you understand? Everything requires evidence!"

"You can kill someone even without a knife."

The words had barely left her lips when two cold fingers were already gripping her throat!

Instantly, Yang Nianqing felt a chill, like a sharp blade, pierce through her skin, spreading from her neck to her whole body. Goosebumps immediately rose on her skin, and her body hair stood on end.

However, before he could even make a sound, the hand had already retracted.

"You...you..." Her face was pale, and her tongue was tied in knots with fear. "What, what's going on..."

The handsome man in fine clothes shook his head: "Brother He, this is..." He didn't continue, but looked at Yang Nianqing, his gentle smile carrying a hint of apology: "Miss, there's no need to worry. Something happened at my humble abode, and you just happened to fall down, so Brother He suspects... Why don't you stay for a few days? Once the matter is investigated, I will definitely apologize and see you off respectfully, how about it?"

After a while.

Yang Nianqing snorted angrily and involuntarily took two steps closer to the amiable handsome man: "I'll stay if I want... but don't wrong an innocent person. I didn't do anything."

"It's good that you didn't do it." The tone remained cold.

"Stay then!" Yang Nianqing thought for a moment, then suddenly laughed again—"Your sister here is unfamiliar with the place and is worried about having nowhere to eat or stay!"

Go ahead and investigate. I didn't do anything. I'll accept your findings if you find any evidence.

Night fell, and a cold rain began to fall.

The small attic was very rustic, with several lanterns hanging high on the exquisite eaves, swaying gently in the wind and reflecting the fine rain in the night sky. On the table in front of them were several plates of delicate and tempting pastries and side dishes, as well as an elegant white pot, in which amber wine rippled gently.

Four people sat by the railing.

If it weren't for the fact that this place is in ancient times and there was a murder, Yang Nianqing would definitely think it's extremely beautiful.

Faced with delicious food, she was already hungry, and besides, she was in custody, so what was there to be afraid of! So, without any hesitation, she raised her glass and drank it all in one gulp, then poured herself another glass and continued... Is this how you appreciate wine? Especially for a woman! Seeing her drink the precious grape wine like water, the other three all showed expressions of surprise and amusement.

When Yang Nianqing was eating the third piece of cake, she suddenly remembered something important: "If you've left me here, you should at least tell me who you are. Maybe you're bad people? And..."

She pointed at the handsome man in black's cool, hooked nose, forgetting the profound lesson of being choked earlier: "Who are you? What right do you have to detain me? Are you a policeman? No, are you an official? A constable?"

The crowd's expressions grew even stranger.

After a while.

The handsome man in white blinked his beautiful eyes, his long eyelashes fluttering as he spoke: "You really don't know who he is?"

She glared at him: "Nonsense!"

"My name is He Bi," he said coldly.

"What?!" Yang Nianqing's jaw nearly dropped. "Why bother?"

The handsome man in black gave her only a cold glance, neither arguing nor getting angry. The handsome man in white, however, looked at her with interest: "Do you find it funny?"

“Yes…” Yang Nianqing coughed twice, suppressing a laugh, as it was rather impolite to mock someone’s name. “I’m sorry… just a little bit, cough cough…”

“Anyone who hears this name will laugh,” the handsome man in white looked at the handsome man in black, seemingly finding it amusing. “He is not necessarily a must-have; Yu Bi is a beautiful jade disc.”

"So it was He Bi." Yang Nianqing realized.

The elegantly dressed young man also revealed a clean and kind smile: "Brother He is known as the number one detective in the world, which is why he offended the young lady."

The Divine Detective? She knew about the TV series "The Four Great Detectives." So this was his job. No wonder he considered her a suspect! Thinking of this, Yang Nianqing felt much more understanding towards him.

After thinking for a moment, she turned to her savior, the handsome man in white, and asked, "What's your name?"

But her question only made things worse. He Bi, who had been engrossed in drinking, immediately turned her face away, her usually indifferent expression now showing a hint of amusement. The elegantly dressed young man next to her couldn't help but cough.

The handsome man in white glanced at the two of them and smiled wryly, "I'd better not say anything."

Yang Nianqing was extremely puzzled: "Why?"

"Because if I say it out loud, the girl will definitely laugh again."

She realized: "Could it be... that your name is funny too?"

“It’s not funny at all,” the handsome man in white shook his head. “It’s just that I think so, but other people will still laugh when they hear it.”

Yang Nianqing was already laughing. This narcissistic handsome guy is actually quite humorous!

"What is your name?"

"His name is Reason."

Yang Nianqing lay on the table, her expression strange: "You...you can't be serious? Haha, why did your dad give you such a name...what reason? Make up an excuse..."

“You really do have a laugh,” the handsome man in white sighed, his long eyelashes fluttering as he looked at her with amusement. “I am Mu Zili, a traveler on a scenic tour.”

It turned out to be Li You.

“Young lady, do you not know this saying?” the handsome man in fine clothes laughed, “Why bother making excuses? Big cases and small cases are nothing to worry about.”

"He's not worried about cases big or small... Is he also a legendary detective?"

“How could a divine constable be as leisurely as I am?” Li You poured himself a cup of wine and murmured, “If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that a woman could laugh like that.”

Yang Nianqing immediately stopped laughing, straightened up and muttered, "Tch, a smile makes you ten years younger, what do you know..."

“That makes sense.” Li You nodded in agreement, a hint of amusement appearing in his eyes.

Yang Nianqing turned to look at the handsome man in fine clothes and coughed twice: "And what's your name?"

She was mentally prepared.

Who knew—

"My name is Nangong Xue." (Smiling)

Yang Nianqing was stunned. It was quite unexpected. After hearing the two funny names, she was not used to hearing a serious one. She wondered if this was considered abnormal.

"Don't you find this name boring?" Li You's lips curled into a smile, as if he knew what she was thinking. "Everyone likes to call him the number one young master of the martial arts world, the number one philanthropist."

"The number one philanthropist, no wonder I could tell he was a good person at first glance, and he's so kind..." Yang Nianqing suddenly realized, then murmured to herself, "One is the number one detective, and the other is the number one philanthropist..."

She suddenly glared at Li You: "Then what are you?"

Before he could answer, He Bi coldly declared, "He is the number one idler."

"So you're the one who benefits the most," Yang Nianqing chuckled inwardly, then said with feigned seriousness, "Being an idle person is much easier and more carefree than being a divine constable or a benevolent person."

“If you think that way, you’re wrong,” Li You frowned and sighed. “When others get into trouble, they usually look for idle people, so idle people are actually busier.”

She suppressed a laugh: "Really? So you're that unlucky."

“He’s not unlucky,” He Bi coldly interjected. “People only seek him out because he’s always looking for trouble and has nothing better to do.”

Yang Nianqing found their bickering extremely amusing.

“Everyone calls him ‘The Flower-Picking Gentleman,’” He Bi looked at Li You for a long time, then shook his head. “But I think ‘The Curious Gentleman’ would be more appropriate for him.”

The Flower-Picking Gentleman? No wonder his smile is so captivating, tinged with mystery yet utterly without malice, like the Buddha's smile while holding up a flower—it certainly makes sense...

“Nianhua is only good because his hidden weapons and lightness skills are better than others,” He Bi looked at her, took a sip of wine, and then slowly recited, “Beauty is like a flower, and beauty is like jade…”

So it wasn't the "flower-picking gentleman" after all, but a playboy! Yang Nianqing immediately focused her attention and looked Li You up and down. The more she looked, the more he resembled him!

Li You didn't look at her, but a hint of a smile appeared in his long, slender eyes.

His eyes looked even more like it! And she had actually been hugged by him for so long... Thinking of this, Yang Nianqing got goosebumps all over her body again and couldn't help but move away from him.

“Even with beauty that could topple cities and kingdoms, such a woman is hard to find again,” Li You said, taking a sip of wine and blinking. “Without fine wine and a beautiful woman, wouldn’t my life be just as dull as yours?”

After a while.

Yang Nianqing coughed twice, changing the subject: "What kind of case happened here?"

In the distance, the night was pitch black. A cool breeze swept in, and under the red lamplight, raindrops drifted obliquely into the eaves. Beside the pavilion, the branches of the large tree swayed, casting shadows and making a rustling sound. Yang Nianqing then felt a chill run through her body, and goosebumps rose on her skin.

Li You looked at her: "Can you see this tree in front of you?"

She rolled her eyes in annoyance: "I don't have presbyopia, nor am I nearsighted."

"Three people died here."

Yang Nianqing immediately trembled and moved closer to him—

Updates at noon, updates in the evening, updates every day :)

Volume One: Why Look for Excuses? (The face on the stomach)

The massacre at Nangong Villa has become so widely known that almost everyone knows about it.

Three months ago, Master Situ, the master of the Broken Wind Palm, went out to visit an old friend, but disappeared on his way back. On the night of the fifteenth of that month, his body was found hanging from a tree in the back garden of Nangong Villa!

Two months ago, Tang Jingfeng, the lord of Tangjiabao, mysteriously disappeared. On the fifteenth night, his body was also found hanging from a tree in Nangong Villa.

A month ago, Liu Ru, the swift swordsman, disappeared. On the same night of the fifteenth, his body was also found at the Nangong Villa.

Earlier this month, Zhang Mingchu, known as "One Slash to Slay Jiangnan," disappeared while on business in Nanjing.

Today is the fifteenth.

Will Zhang Mingchu, the man who "cleaved Jiangnan in two with a single stroke," have his body hung on this tree again?

If it were anyone else, this place would probably have been turned upside down by those seeking revenge. But now almost everyone knows that Nangong Xue, the master of Nangong Villa and the number one young master in the martial arts world, would never kill anyone. Moreover, Tang Jingfeng and Old Master Situ had both received his kindness before their deaths, so he had no reason to kill them.

Yang Nianqing felt a chill run down her spine, imagining the three corpses hanging from the tree. She slowly moved closer to Li You; dying right after transmigrating wouldn't be good...

Li You smiled wryly: "So your courage isn't as big as your voice suggests."

"What!" Her eyes widened, and she immediately moved away from him, glancing nervously and warily at the large tree in front of her. "Could the murderer be..."

Nangong Xue shook her head and smiled, "Don't worry, young lady. With Brother He and Brother Li here, the murderer probably won't dare to come."

“Yes, yes,” she let out a long breath, trying to calm herself down, and smiled ingratiatingly at He Bi, “With the First Divine Constable here, of course everything will be fine, hehehe…”

"How come all the dead people were found in your house? Could it be that you...? No, if you killed them, why would you leave the bodies in your house?"

Nangong Xue frowned slightly: "I haven't seen them many times either, and there are even some of them whose appearance I don't know, I've only heard their names."

Li You nodded with a smile: "The idea that the number one philanthropist would kill people is probably the biggest joke in the martial arts world."

Nangong Xue smiled: "Miss Yang's suspicion of me is not entirely unreasonable. Anyone who encountered such a situation would be the first to suspect me, especially since the person was found at Nangong Villa, so I am naturally a suspect as well."

Yang Nianqing thought for a moment, shivered, and looked at the tree beside her: "So, their bodies were all hung from this tree on the night of the fifteenth, and today is..."