Section 7

Before leaving, the master instructed the servant to prepare a few small dishes for the young lady, and the servant is now bringing them to your room

I am not panicking, but rather smiling: "Madam Li, even if Yan'er dies today, she cannot become a wronged ghost. May I ask you a few questions?"

I sat beneath a peach blossom tree when the solitary and cold figure emerged from the concealed flowers, saying: "Miss, your lightness skill is remarkable; I find it quite challenging to keep up with you."

What does this have to do with my family's elder?

An old woman brought a girl several hundred miles to this inn, which is unreasonable both emotionally and logically. First, Li Wuxin knows that the martial world is perilous and would never allow his wife and daughter, who lack martial skills, to take such risks. Second, Li Qing'er’s arms were severed post-mortem, as we were all in the inn at the time. If she had lost her arms, she would certainly have cried out in pain, yet we heard not a single sound, indicating that she was killed in an instant by a master, and then her arms were severed. I carefully examined her corpse; her eyes were wide open, precisely because a one-inch iron nail was lodged in her nasal cavity. This indicates that someone killed Li Qing'er to frame Shen Ruosu. Third, during our match, when your sword was about to stab Madam Li, she naturally evaded it. Even the table that my master pushed away with his internal energy, she was able to nimbly sidestep. This proves that Madam Li lied.

"Clever." Duguliao had no choice but to express admiration for my intelligence

Shen Ruosu seemed to have evaporated from the world.

Thanks to Lady Li's reminder about the iron nails, I recalled from Master’s teachings that the 'Master of Skills' Li Wuxin had once spent some time in the military camp of the court. In the military camp, there exists a cruel and little-known form of punishment. If someone were to betray, in order to prevent the morale of the troops from collapsing, they would drive iron nails into the person's nasal cavity, resulting in immediate death. Most importantly, the person would die with wide-open eyes, making it impossible to ascertain the cause of death.

What about the other seniors

Dugu Gongzi, how long do you intend to follow hetushu.com?

Hero Shen set out early in the morning to search for Young Master Shen, while Madam Li had breakfast before going to the town to buy joss paper. The other two did not appear to have left the house.

I shall speak freely of all that I know, leaving nothing unsaid and no detail unelaborated

Is it true that the legendary romantic, Prince Dugu Liang, used this trick to win the favor of young ladies?

Likewise, did you not also use our exchange to test whether Lady Li possesses martial arts skills

About half an hour later, the waiter came to clear away the dishes. Feeling tired, I lay down on the bed to rest. Suddenly, I heard the door creak open. I propped up my heavy eyelids, and before me stood an elderly woman with a beaming smile.

"Miss Yan, I hope you are sleeping well. I accidentally walked through the wrong door, and I truly apologize for that." Madam Li spoke sweetly, yet she proceeded to pour herself a cup of tea and slowly savor it.

Ha, how does the young lady know that I am Du Gu Liang and not Du Gu Leng

I merely came to see the young lady. I heard from the young waiter that the young lady was ill, and I specifically came to visit her. Lady Li suddenly burst into a hearty laugh, filled with immense satisfaction: "However, the young lady may die in this bed, and no one will know the true cause of her death"

It seems that I have underestimated the young lady

Why kill Li Qing'er

If I am not mistaken, Madam Li must harbor a deep hatred for Senior Shen Tianqi

The next day, as dawn broke, I woke up to find that I had slept too deeply; the light made my head throb painfully. The shop was eerily quiet, so I went to knock on the master's door. The shop assistant came up to me and said, "Miss, the master left in a hurry early this morning, looking quite anxious"

I struggled to sit up

Madam Li need not disguise herself any longer, Li Wuxin is indeed you, you are the 'Masterful Hand' Li Wuxin who cross-dressed as a man back in the day

Useless, those dishes contained soft bone powder, and I lured those old folks out. Even if you, this ghostly girl, possess extraordinary abilities, you cannot escape from my grasp.

Then, why did she lie? Who would use such a bizarre method as piercing someone's nose with an iron nail to commit murder?" Du Gu Liang said: "So where is the guqin exactly?"

The unparalleled sword of the world, Dugu Liang, has a romantic tale of "the sword's chill in the depths of rosy hues" that has spread throughout the martial world. Moreover, even if I am unaware of your romantic exploits, my master has mentioned the "Ghost Sword's Ultimate Technique" to me more than once. Furthermore, the only ones in the martial world who can wield this ultimate technique, apart from the long-retired Gui Jian Piao Wu Wang, are the Fourth Young Master of the Dugu family, Dugu Liang.

The motive is clear: it is to cause an accident for Shen Ruosu

In this way... I seem to be lost in thought

Lady Li

This statement is not false; it indicates that she is not your daughter. For no one would use such a cruel method as piercing the nose with an iron nail to kill their own flesh and blood

"You young lady have indeed seen some of the world, to know about the iron ring through the nose." She elegantly sipped her tea and asked, "So do you know why I want to kill her?"

As night fell, the sound of the guqin drifted in once more. Unlike last night, the music was filled with deep sorrow, evoking tears. I seemed to see a woman standing at the edge of a cliff, her heart full of melancholy, and I could not help but shed tears, overwhelmed by a sense of despair that made me wish for death. I am certain this is a guqin from a chaotic era.

I smiled slightly, for a fox will always reveal its tail

Oh?

There are four light dishes: cold cucumber salad, scallion tofu, stir-fried pork, and steamed carp. "How did the master know that I love to eat carp?" "The master said that carp has a delicate fragrance, so he asked me to prepare it for the young lady." I smiled and said, "Excellent. Thank you, Brother Xiao Er, this is your reward."

How could a mother bear to kill her own daughter

The shopkeeper joyfully took the silver and left.

Although Lady Li is an elder, it is still inappropriate for her to intrude into the room of a younger person

Strangely, Master, the room of Shen Tianqi was very quiet, seemingly a peaceful night. I donned my night attire and ventured out. Taking advantage of the darkness, I sought the source of the琴声, but ultimately, the sound was too ethereal, misleadingly coming from different directions, and I gave up.

Madam Li held the teacup with a stiff posture for a moment, forcing a smile as she said: "I have never met that old venomous creature, how could I hate him?"

Only the sound of the zither drifts, and I cannot find its source