The Death of Yuhuan (Thirteen)
"My sister-in-law is one month old."
If they really had a relationship that was not to be revealed to the public, then Du Xingye's secret meeting with her would explain the origin of the kiss mark.
It can even explain why Du Xingye appeared so quickly in uniform on the night of the second wife's death.
He went to Man Yue first, then returned to the courtyard, and was called by Nong Qin to coax people.
The chronological order makes sense, but evidence is still needed.
He even had to confirm whether there was really a kiss mark on Du Xingye's neck.
"How do I confirm this? Should I dress up as a woman and seduce her?" Li Shaodong shyly twisted his body, "That's not a good idea."
Zhang Yuan rolled his eyes at the silly boy and said, "That's not necessary. Now that Du Xingye has been ruled out, the biggest suspects are the eldest lady and Man Yue, especially Man Yue who had no sense of existence before."
"We'll prioritize investigating her. If there's something fishy going on, we'll definitely be able to find some clues."
It's already the fourth day. If we can't find the copy, we'll be dead.
If things were really as they thought, the plot would be exactly like the song "The Royal Concubine's Complaint" at the beginning -
Seeing how Man Yue couldn't leave Du Qi before he left, it is very likely that Du Xingye had forcibly taken his brother's wife.
Just like Yang Yuhuan in "The Complaint of the Imperial Concubine", who was in deep love with Prince Shou, she became Yang Guifei behind the walls of the palace after being summoned by the emperor.
"Li Longji forcibly took Yang Guifei, and the first step was to make her become a nun and live separately from Prince Shou on the pretext of 'praying for his mother, Empress Dowager Dou'." Zhang Yuan explained the story behind "The Resentment of the Concubine" to high school student Qi Xiaopei.
"Du Xingye sent Du Qi away on the pretext of going to Jiangcheng for work."
"But we have only found these two common points so far," Zhang Yuan thought for a while, "there may be other points that we haven't noticed."
"Wait a moment!"
Li Shaodong suddenly slapped his thigh and asked in surprise: "What did you say the name of the Shou prince is?"
Zhang Yuan replied in surprise: "Li Mao, didn't we check it together?"
"What does 瑁 mean?"
"Beautiful jade, the jade used by ancient emperors, but many people call it this..."
"No, no!" Li Shaodong shook his head vigorously, his tone excited.
He said happily, "This time none of you noticed it. I was the first one to find it!"
"Qi, also means beautiful jade!"
"Du Qiong, Qiong - also a beautiful jade! It corresponds to the deposed Crown Prince Li Ying!"
"The second wife is Consort Wu Huifei! In historical facts, Consort Wu Huifei failed to become the queen due to her 'Wu family identity', so she framed Crown Prince Li Ying and wanted to make her son, Prince Shou, the crown prince. This is connected to the second wife Du Qiong!"
"Besides, do you know what the scariest thing is?" Li Shaodong got emotional and started to keep everyone in suspense. "It makes me shudder just thinking about it. It's been so long, and I didn't even notice such a big hint at the beginning of the dungeon!"
"Hurry up and tell me!" Zhang Yuan glared at him unhappily, but he also thought he was so cute, so he chuckled and coaxed him, "Wow, that's amazing, I didn't expect that at all! Come on, awesome classmate Li, reveal the truth, and let's get out of here quickly."
Li Shaodong was finally satisfied.
His face became serious, one hand rested on the table, the other hand supported the edge of the table, he lowered his head and said in a deep voice:
"Tang Xuanzong's name was Li Longji."
"Longji——"
"It corresponds to the word Xingye."
Zhang Yuan was really surprised. She stuttered, which was unusual for her: "So, so Man Yue is also..."
"Isn't the full moon in the sky the shape of a jade ring?"
Qi Xiaopei hugged himself and rubbed the goose bumps on his arms: "How scary!"
"What chicken?"
Xu Wei tilted his head belatedly and looked at Lu Fanye, "Do you have roast chicken?"
Lu Fanye: "..."
He turned her head back to its original position and ignored her.
"Is the portal about to appear? Let's go and take a look?" Li Shaodong was not afraid anymore. He was in high spirits and looked very proud of himself. He wished he could flatten the dungeon by himself.
Seeing Qi Xiaopei's puzzled expression, Zhang Yuan explained to her: "The portal is the medium for returning after completing the task. It is usually at the place where you first entered the dungeon."
"Let's go and take a look."
Because there was a possibility that a portal would appear and they could return to the transfer station early, everyone decided to take the dazed Xu Wei there first.
She regained some consciousness and remembered who she was and where she was.
Holding Lu Fanye's arm, Xu Wei staggered all the way, still muttering.
"Eat, has Du Qiong eaten yet? I'll send some to Butler Liu..."
"Oh, that thing, I'm really impressed, do you want it, Lihua?"
"Xiaolu, please don't drink anymore. If you can't, you will get drunk..."
Lu Fanye remained silent and straightened her tilted body. The latter thought she had reached the destination, so she sank down and put all her weight on him, and burped.
"Are we there yet? Going home?"
I remember this clearly.
Li Shaodong lamented from behind: "Why is she still so drunk? I think she was forced to drink a lot of wine. Du Xingye was really cruel!"
"What a pity, one less person will see my highlight moment, ah..."
"Huh?" Xu Wei seemed to hear someone talking about him and wanted to turn his head, but Lu Fanye quickly stopped him.
She thought he had something to say and looked up at him.
The two were very close at this time. Xu Wei's arm was pressed against Lu Fanye's chest, and the whole person was forced into his arms. The latter's suit jacket was rubbed a little messy, and one hand was wrapped behind his back, neither putting it down nor connecting it.
Xu Wei was waiting for him to speak.
Lu Fanye didn't say anything, just lowered his head slightly and just looked at her.
The two people moved closer, their breath blending together, their breath was warm and intoxicating, with a slight taste of alcohol.
This is a very ambiguous area.
"belch."
Xu Wei burped again, with the taste of the stir-fried bamboo shoots he had just eaten.
Lu Fanye was silent and expressionless as he put his hands around her waist to prevent her from falling.
"Is there a sound?" Li Shaodong stretched out his ears, frowned and listened carefully. After a while, he doubted himself and said, "Am I hallucinating?"
Zhang Yuan put his index finger to his lips and made a "hush" gesture.
She heard it too.
Lu Fanye covered Xu Wei's mouth with his backhand.
At this time, they had just walked through the corridor and entered the garden, and they would reach the stage after passing through the left door.
A breeze blew by, bringing with it gusts of cold night air, and from afar, broken whispers like threads of thoughts came with the wind.
“Wuwuwu——”
The voice came from behind the huge rockery in the middle of the garden. The voice was like a sob and a complaint, full of deep resentment.
Li Shaodong swallowed his saliva and unconsciously took a step towards the left door: "Or, let's go and look at the portal first, maybe we can get out, haha."
He laughed dryly.
Zhang Yuan was also hesitating. The sound sounded very dangerous. Besides, the portal might be open now. It would be irrational to rush into the danger with Xu Wei.
But if the portal is not open, you may not have enough time to come back and watch this part of the plot, which may affect your subsequent completion of the game.
The safest thing to do is to take a look...
Lu Fanye took advantage of Xu Wei's inattention, put her two hands together, and held them tightly with one hand.
After the people were settled, he suggested: "Let's go together. I'll look after her."
At worst, you can just carry it and run. If you can’t run, three people will take turns carrying it.
Everyone walked lightly towards the rockery.
The closer the distance, the louder the whispers become, like the sobs between lovers, mournful and heartbreaking.
Across the rockery, a dark figure was kneeling on the ground, with soft long hair draped behind him. Under the cold moonlight, the white hands gently stroked the wild flowers and grass on the ground, with infinite tenderness.
Her voice gradually became clearer: "Du Lang, when will you return? I miss you so much, and hope you have a safe journey home, and hope nothing unexpected happens, any accident..."
"I can't blame you, so how can I blame you? Come back, I have something to tell you."
"Are you really not aware?"
"Just look at me, look at the moon, I am your wife..."
One tune and three sighs, just like singing a song for a pitiful person.
It was clearly a song about sentencing her husband to return, but she sang it with a mixture of sorrow and hatred, and deep resentment. As the meaning of the words progressed, her five fingers dug deep into the cracks in the soil, tearing up the flowers and plants, crushing them into mud, and then she threw herself on the soil, sobbing bitterly.
"Du Lang! Du Lang! Yue'er doesn't like drama anymore..."
"ah--"
With her last wail, she rubbed her five fingers frantically in the cracks in the earth, then picked up stones and smashed and poked her palms until her hands were covered in blood and dark liquid flowed from her nails.
Everyone then realized that the coat she was wearing was not a dark black coat at all, but was covered in old, black bloodstains!
As if she sensed the presence of a stranger, she stopped what she was doing, supported her hands on her sides, and slightly shrugged her shoulders, as if she was about to turn around.
Sensing this signal, the players retreated.
"Du Lang?"
She called out softly, still with her back to the crowd. Her body wrapped in the blood-red coat was graceful and slender, as if it could be easily broken with one hand.
"Du Lang, is that you?"
She turned her head slowly, her face still gentle and beautiful, tender as water, and extended her hand towards Li Shaodong.
"Come here, let me see if you've lost weight?"
Li Shaodong's steps weakened and he almost fell down.
The woman turned her head and looked at him with a smile.
A pair of soft hands turned over, fingertips folded to the back of the hand, and hooked at him.
"Du Lang?"
Seeing that Li Shaodong didn't respond for a long time, she seemed to get up and move closer.
"No, no... I'm not Du Lang!" Thinking of this female ghost with a twisted head and body coming close to him, Li Shaodong felt numb all over and retreated in panic.
"It's not Du Lang?" She paused as she was about to stand up, as if she was confused. "Then who is it?"
"I'm just a guest in the mansion. I'm sorry to bother you, young lady, as I'm strolling here." Seeing that the other party was still willing to communicate rationally, Zhang Yuan hurriedly started a conversation.
"So... there have been many guests in the mansion recently, including several modern women." She put her hand on her chin and rubbed the dark blood. "Modern women, be careful."
The pair of pupils that were so dark that they could swallow up any light were fixed on Zhang Yuan: "If you run into them, tell them to be careful."
Zhang Yuan nodded calmly: "I will."
"If, if you see my Du Lang, tell him not to leave me." Man Yue said sadly.
Zhang Yuan was about to nod when Lu Fanye next to him suddenly stood at attention.
Xu Wei broke free from his hand and sat down on the ground facing Man Yue: "You..."
"Why?"
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