It's getting dark.
Lu Ze stopped investigating the case and moved with Chen Qian and his wife into the guest house that the Huang family had prepared for them.
Qi Yuning went into Lu Ze's room and had dinner with him and Lu Yun.
After the meal, Qi Yuning asked, "Since there was only the "adulterer" in Shen Nian's room that day, could it be that he killed Huang Rui? But Shen Nian said that she had not let Huang Rui into her room for a long time. The "adulterer" went to Shen Nian's room and killed him. He was willing to die to slander Shen Nian. I don't know what he was trying to do."
Lu Ze said: “I don’t think Shen Nian’s room is a place for murder.”
Qi Yuning said: "Hmm?"
Lu Ze said, "Huang Rui is huge and looks like a strong martial artist. It would not be easy to murder him. If Huang Rui had just been murdered in that room, there would have been a dispute. And I don't think it is possible for one person to suffocate Huang Rui."
"After dinner, we will go find Man Niang and ask her if there was anything unusual about Huang Rui before his death."
"Master, are you in there?"
Qi Yuning heard Huang Fei's voice coming from outside the door and hid inside.
Huang Fei walked in directly and saw two handsome monks having a meal. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Master Shuiqing is having a meal..."
Seeing Huang Fei coming, Lu Ze narrowed his eyes and asked, "What do you want, Second Master Huang?"
Huang Fei looked at Lu Ze's slender fingers and his white and tender hands. He reached out and touched Lu Ze's hands. "Master Shuiqing, your hands are so beautiful!"
Lu Ze withdrew his hand with extreme disgust.
Lu Yun watched from the side and frowned, "Where did you come from? How dare you tease me...my senior brother!"
Huang Fei looked at Lu Yun and said, "How dare you, a little monk, speak to me like that!"
Lu Yun said angrily, "Why can't I talk to you like this? My senior brother is a high monk who was invited to help your elder brother to be liberated. But you dare to come and tease him."
Huang Fei said: "I am not teasing you. I fell in love with Master Shuiqing at first sight and I really want to make friends with him."
Huang Fei continued to reach out and touch Lu Ze's hand. "As long as Master Shuiqing follows me, I promise that Master Shuiqing will never want to return to the temple again. It won't be long before I will accept the military power of Longyou Road. Within the scope of Longyou Road, what I say is what goes..."
Lu Ze listened to Huang Fei's words, but did not withdraw his hand. He asked, "Why would the military power of Longyou Road be given to the Second Young Master?"
Huang Fei took the opportunity to touch Lu Ze's hand twice more. Such a handsome man is rare in the northwest. "The Qi family, who is looking for death, dared to raise an army. My father is old, and he has no intention of going to the battlefield after his eldest brother died. From now on, the military power will be mine, Master, you will not lose out if you follow me."
Qi Yuning was listening to Huang Fei's words inside, and suddenly he understood why Shen Nian was framed like this.
Outside, Lu Ze said to Huang Fei: “Second Master Huang, I have received a large sum of money from the Shen family to clear Shen Nian’s name. Now I have something important to do, so it is important to find the real murderer.”
Huang Fei said: "You little devil, if you follow me, do you still worry about not having money?"
Lu Ze loosened his hand and stopped Huang Fei from taking advantage of him. He said, "The Shen family is still here. If the second young master can really give me ten thousand taels of silver, it would be better to wait three days before talking about it."
Huang Fei looked at Lu Ze's stunning beauty and said, "A beauty needs to wait a little longer..."
Huang Fei said: "Then Master, have a good rest."
After Huang Fei led his men away, Lu Yun looked at Lu Ze with disdain and said, "Brother, why were you so disgusting just now? That Huang Fei was so shameless! You still call me a playboy, but I am not as upright as him!"
Qi Yuning came out and looked at Lu Ze's big hands and said, "Hurry up and wash your hands."
Lu Ze smiled and went over to pour water to wash his hands, then said to Qi Yuning, “I was curious before, why did you use adultery as an excuse to murder Shen Nian, but now I understand.”
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "The Qin family is really vicious."
Lu Yun looked at Lu Ze and Qi Yuning in confusion and asked, "What are you talking about? Why don't I understand anything?"
Qi Yuning said, "The position of Jiedushi of Dasheng is hereditary. Except for the position of Jiedushi of Shuofang, which has always been held by the Shen family, the other Jiedushi are all inherited by their eldest sons and grandsons! For example, Huang Tao's position as Jiedushi should have been inherited by Huang Rui. Huang Rui had a son but died, so Huang Rui's eldest son Han Ge'er should have inherited the position of Jiedushi."
Lu Ze nodded and said, “Using Shen Nian’s adultery as an excuse and using Han Ge’er’s bloodline as an excuse, Huang Tao will definitely leave the position of Jiedushi to his second son Huang Fei, not Huang Rui’s eldest son.”
Lu Yun understood, "So, what you mean is that it was Huang Fei who killed Huang Rui?"
Lu Ze said: "It's just a guess. Let's go find Man Niang and ask about the situation first."
Lu Ze and Qi Yuning went to the courtyard where Man Niang was. They could hear the sad sound of guqin and Man Niang's faint singing from a distance.
Lu Ze listened to Man Niang's singing and said, "She does have a good voice."
Qi Yuning entered Manniang's room and saw a woman in white clothes playing the piano quietly in the courtyard, holding a small lamp.
Manniang saw a monk and a woman appear at the door and frowned, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Lu Ze clasped his hands together and said, "I am here to investigate the cause of Mr. Huang Rui's death. I hope you will cooperate."
Manniang gently stroked the guqin and said, "Why did you come to me?"
Lu Ze stared at Man Niang and said, "Given Huang Rui's figure, if he wasn't the most vulnerable, even two people wouldn't be able to hold his mouth and nose and murder him."
Man Niang sneered and said, "So you suspect that I killed my husband? What a joke, how could I kill my husband? My husband is so good to me. He once said that after he welcomes the Qi family's troops and goes to the court with the Qi family's troops to quell the rebellion, and after he gains fame, he will discuss a divorce with Sister Shen and marry me. How could I kill him?"
Qi Yuning listened to Manniang's words and said, "What did you say? Huang Rui said that he would welcome the Qi family's troops into Longzhou City?"
Man Niang said: "Yes, my husband admired the Qi family army the most. When he learned that the Qi family army had arrived in Liangzhou, he wanted to go out of the city to welcome them. He was so happy that day that he told me that he was going to meet King Qi. I didn't expect that he would not be able to meet King Qi later..."
Qi Yuning frowned and looked at Man Niang. For a moment, he wondered if she had already known his identity and said that on purpose.
Man Niang said: "I don't have the ability to kill my husband. I also believe that my husband was not angry to death because of Sister Shen's adultery. Sister Shen has long been unwilling to forgive him, and my husband has long been over his relationship with Sister Shen."
Qi Yuning looked into Manniang's eyes and said, "You said Huang Rui would divorce Miss Shen and marry you? This is absolutely impossible. They have a child!"
Manniang said, “I don’t know whether my husband is trying to coax me or if he wants to scare the lady in order to ask for her forgiveness.
My husband still has many lofty ambitions. He is still thinking about getting rid of the Qin family. He will never let himself be angry to death..."
Lu Ze asked, "What do you mean by eliminating the Qin family?"
Manniang said: "My husband's biological mother was killed by the daughter of the Qin family. The wife of the current Qin Jiedushi relied on the fact that she was the niece of the Queen Mother and caused my husband's biological mother to die during childbirth.
My husband has remembered this hatred since he was old enough to understand things, and he has always kept it in his heart. How could he be so easily angry to death when he has not yet avenged his great vengeance? "
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