amaotonovel Chapter 42 Jade City Little Cotton Inn
Chapter 42 Jade City Little Cotton Inn
Meanwhile, Fang Duobing was still worrying about his next meal, searching and searching for his package.
Unexpectedly, Wang Fu unearthed many of Pu Erhuang's letters. After a brainstorming session, Fang Duobing concluded that Li Lianhua was the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance's Medicine Demon, and thus followed the trail of Li Lianhua's Lotus Pavilion.
As evening approached, Li Lianhua was finally seen parked by the roadside, but she was nowhere to be seen.
Fang Duobing attempted to enter the building to search, but was blocked by the traps inside. However, as the young master of the Tianji Hall, and given that the traps were also designed by the Tianji Hall, Fang Duobing quickly and efficiently deactivated the Lotus Tower's defensive mechanisms.
Fang Duobing asked the two curiously, "If Li Lianhua is really the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance's Medicine Demon, then why does this Lotus Pavilion have the traps of my Heavenly Mystery Hall? Could it be that he murdered and robbed people?"
Li'er and Wangfu shook their heads in unison, and Fang Duobing didn't expect them to give any answers. "Search." The three of them then entered the Lotus Pavilion.
The three of them searched the room thoroughly and found that only one room was locked; the others were unlocked.
The three stood in front of the locked door. Fang Duobing analyzed, "This is the only locked room. Li Lianhua must have hidden something inside. If we open it, we'll know if he's the Medicine Demon."
Li'er and Wangfu agreed. Li'er said, "Young Master, it must be Li Lianhua who hid the evidence in her room and locked it. Young Master, please open it quickly so we can go in and investigate properly."
Fang Duobing circled the lock cylinder several times, trying several methods but failing to open it.
After looking at it for a long time, I remembered that I had seen this lock style in my mother's study before. It was called "Chihiro" and was the last work of a master locksmith a hundred years ago.
Legend has it that locksmith master Wang Hai only made six works in his lifetime, each one a masterpiece, each with its own unique design and the origin of its name. It is said that only the person with the key can open them, and no one else can open them no matter what method they use.
It is said that the first five items were collected by various powerful forces, but the sixth item has disappeared without a trace, and no one knows its whereabouts. Unexpectedly, it was obtained by Li Lianhua and used here. It is unknown what is hidden inside. Fang Duobing is even more curious about what is inside.
Unfortunately, although Tianji Manor had the good fortune to see 'Chihiro', they did not know the lock's structure, had no design, and had no direction for research, so they were unable to figure out her key.
Fang Duobing was furious: "It's hidden so well, there must be something fishy going on. Go and search the other places carefully, don't miss any clues."
"Yes, young master."
Li'er and Wangfu searched even more carefully once again.
Persistence pays off. The group believed that the most important things might be hidden in the most inconspicuous places. Fang Duobing finally found Ying Zhujia, through which the sound of flute flying, under a clay pot. The group became even more certain that Li Lianhua was the Golden Mandarin Alliance's Medicine Demon.
Thinking that since Lotus Tower was here, Li Lianhua should not have gone far and should still be nearby, the group headed towards the direction where there was smoke in the distance.
As the saying goes, "Looking at the mountain makes one's horse run out of time," and despite seeing the fireworks not far away, the three of them didn't reach a small cotton inn until nightfall.
After knocking and entering, Fang Duobing saw the person they were looking for in the inn, leisurely eating watermelon and playing with a dog.
While instructing Wangfu and Li'er to go upstairs to check if there was anything special about Li Lianhua's room, Fang Duobing sat down opposite Lianhua with a swagger, making sarcastic remarks.
"As the saying goes, you may meet again from mountains and rivers. If someone does something wrong, it's easy for them to slip away, but wouldn't it be awkward to run into them again?"
The man sitting opposite, wearing a fox mask and plain clothes, showed no sign of having done anything wrong and been caught red-handed.
He gave a perfunctory explanation: "Young Master Fang, here's what happened. I was in a hurry to set off north and didn't have time to check on you while you were still drunk. If there was anything I did wrong, I'll treat you to some chilled watermelon."
As he spoke, the man in the fox mask prepared to take a slice of watermelon from the table for Fang Duobing.
Seeing this, Fang Duobing quickly stopped him.
"I don't like gossip. Besides, the strangely dressed woman I met today specifically told me that I should think carefully before eating anything you hand me, otherwise I would be letting Miss Wu down."
"What Fifth Sister? How could she misunderstand me like this?" Something flashed through Li Lianhua's mind, but he couldn't quite grasp it. Later, when Li Lianhua thought back on it, he deeply regretted his actions that day.
Remembering Wu You's instructions, Fang Duobing quickly covered his mouth and said mysteriously, "It can't be said, it can't be said."
Fang Duobing then expressed his doubts about Li Lianhua's strange behavior in Lingshan and his suspicions about the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance's Medicine Demon.
After Li Lianhua's incredibly persuasive words, Fang Duobing actually dispelled some of his doubts.
As the two were talking, a sudden gust of wind blew, and the door flew open.
A woman, whose scars were clearly visible despite wearing a veil, burst through the door. As people stared at her scars and gossiped, she cursed, pulled the veil over her face, and went upstairs.
The guests downstairs continued chatting, and before long, they heard a woman scream, shouting, "There's blood up there! There's blood up there!"
The group went upstairs and discovered that Fang Duobing and Xiao Si were dead. Fang Duobing suspected that Li Lianhua had killed Wang Fu, so he drew his sword.
Just as tensions were about to rise, shouts rang out from outside the door. It turned out that the woman who had just entered was Yu Qiushuang, the younger sister of Yu Hongzhu, the wife of the Jade City Lord. She had disappeared without a trace, and the guards were now searching everywhere.
After a thorough search, Yu Qiushuang's body was finally found in the trunk of a group of镖师 (bodyguards/escorts). To uncover the truth, everyone from Xiaomian Inn was taken to Yucheng.
Everyone at Xiaomian Inn was imprisoned. In order to save themselves, Li Lianhua and Fang Duobing joined forces again, just to clear their names and the names of everyone at Xiaomian Inn.
When the truth was finally revealed, Yu Qiushuang discovered that her fiancé, Zongzheng Mingzhu, was having an affair with her sister. When she was discovered, she was injured from a distance by Zongzheng Mingzhu's splitting palm technique.
Severely injured, he sought help from his friend Yun Jiao, only to discover that Yun Jiao was actually with his brother-in-law, Yu Mulan. The fatal blow came when his brother-in-law, fearing discovery, shot him with the Soul-Stealing Needle.
It has to be said that this is a truly melodramatic soap opera. Even Li Lianhua couldn't help but sigh, "How pitiful! The second young lady loves no one, and none of them want to let her go."
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Yu Hongzhu was guilty but refused to be arrested, while Li Lianhua, not wanting to expose herself, pretended to be weak and helpless, hiding behind Fang Duobing. Fang Duobing was no match for the four of them and was about to be defeated when suddenly several dogs barked.
It turned out that it was Li Lianhua's little yellow dog, a fox spirit, who brought reinforcements.
Seeing the situation was bad, Yu Cheng and his companions turned to flee. A long whip approached from afar, blocking their path. It was Bai Chuanyuan Shishui and Yang Yunchun from the Supervisory Department who had arrived.
Li Lianhua, not wanting to be recognized by the people of Baichuan Academy, secretly slipped away from the battlefield from the rear with the fox spirit.
After several rounds of fighting, Fang Duobing and his group gained the upper hand and captured the people of Yucheng.