The group found a restaurant on the street to eat, and decided to stay overnight at Cailian Manor. The manor owner couldn't very well refuse them, but he seemed to be holding a grudge. Li Lianxin couldn't help but laugh at this.
"What would you like to eat, sir?" The waiter asked with a smile, a rag draped over his shoulder and a teapot placed on the table.
Li Lianxin looked at the names written on the list and couldn't decide which ones were good. "Pick some good ones to serve."
Alright!
"Li Lianhua, what do you think about the matter at Cailian Manor?" Fang Duobing asked Li Lianhua.
"What else can we do but stand and watch? This is something you, Master Fang, excel at," Li Lianhua said, deliberately emphasizing her expertise.
"Li Lianhua, you're teasing me again!"
“There are so many suspicious points at Cailian Manor, Fang Duobing, you must not have noticed them, right? But if you haven’t noticed them, who knows when you’ll get promoted to a full-fledged detective position.” She could tell from Fang Duobing’s expression that there were definitely many things he hadn’t noticed.
Fang Duobing's stubborn temper flared up immediately, and he stubbornly refused to admit it, "How come I didn't notice? The bride drowned, didn't she? She died while wearing her wedding dress, didn't she? And she was drinking in the middle of the night, didn't she?"
"That's true. But are you sure you only remembered the first one when Lotus mentioned it? You're talking like everyone knows that you were wearing a wedding dress. Weren't the first two both wearing wedding dresses?"
You only improved a bit when it came to drinking; kudos to you!
As she spoke, Li Lianxin reached out and gave Fang Duobing a thumbs-up.
"And what did you discover?" Fang Duobing was unconvinced, not at all!
"There are many reasons, such as why there are no servants guarding the bride's room, why such a large estate has no gatekeepers in the middle of the night, and why some good family's bride drinks the night before her wedding."
Moreover, Guo Huo wasn't as heartbroken as he appeared, though he was indeed afraid of his father.
After all, he didn't like that woman named Su Su at all; he was the one who caused the deaths of those three poor girls.
"Let's sneak into the bride's room tonight and take a look. It's decided then and there." Fang Duobing made the decision, as he had a feeling that there must be very important news in the bride's room.
"Have you heard? Several more bodies have gone missing from the cemetery in the suburbs." Just as he finished speaking, he heard a man at the next table say this. He had just sat down and hadn't heard what they were saying earlier.
"Oh, what's the big deal? It's just a newly buried corpse. Who knows what wild animal might have carried it away? It's happened countless times over the years." They were already used to this; quite a few bodies had disappeared from the cemetery over the years.
At first, there was a slightly different expression on his face, but now... that's long gone.
The officials investigated countless times, but there was still no follow-up.
"Exactly, exactly! If we're talking about strange things, it has to be recently. Another bride died at Cailian Manor. You know, it's really eerie!" Another man spoke with great emotion, as if he had witnessed it himself.
"Brothers, I just heard you mention Cailian Manor," Li Lianhua asked. It's great to eat out; you can always hear useful information.
"Yes, you're here to admire the lotus flowers too?" Judging from their attire and accent, it's almost impossible to tell that they're not from the area. After all, who in the area doesn't know about Cailian Manor?
The lotus flowers cultivated at Cailian Manor are indeed unparalleled in the world, but the brides who marry there die tragically one after another, and no one wants to be associated with such bad luck.
"Yes, if I may ask, is Cailian Manor usually very hospitable?"
“Every year, people flock to Cailian Manor to admire the lotus blossoms. However, young master, I advise you not to go there recently.”
Then the man next to him chimed in, "There, someone just died there. It's really haunted. None of the brides from Cailian Manor live to see their wedding day. It's said that evil spirits are at work."
Li Lianhua pretended to be frightened, "This, this is so scary!"
"What do you mean by being possessed by evil spirits? I think it's probably just that the owner of Cailian Manor is a bad person, and Heaven is punishing him." This time could be called an accident, but these two or three times say something.
"The servants in the village are all inhuman. Anyone who doesn't do what he wants will be beaten half to death. I heard that Old Man Guo's wife was also driven to her death by him. He's a real scoundrel, ugh!" As they spoke, the people began to spit on Guo Gan.
After Li Lianhua asked a few more questions, the people on the other end started teasing Guo Huo, "What? Can't we even talk about it? Look at that madman in their family, he's probably driven them crazy!"
"Yes! I reckon his honest, simple son will be here soon too."
Then came a burst of laughter. Li Lianxin nudged Li Lianhua with her elbow, turning her face to the side. Li Lianhua looked over and saw Guo Huo standing there. The other guests, upon seeing him, simply suppressed their laughter.
I won't say anything more.
Noticing Li Lianhua's gaze shift, Fang Duobing also looked over, "Young Master Guo..."
"Oh, so the four of you are here too." Guo Huo only noticed them at this moment.
"Young Master Guo is out drinking too?" Li Lianhua secretly sized him up.
Guo Huo shook his head and said casually, "My second uncle has fallen ill again. He loves the Eight Treasure Duck here, so my father sent me to buy some. I didn't expect to run into a few people here."
"Then let's meet by chance instead of meeting in person. Let's go together." With that, she pulled on Lianxin, who was still in her original spot. Li Lianxin got up and sat down next to Li Lianhua.
After thanking him, Guo Huo sat down. He could tell that the doctor and the young lady were related.
A young woman came out and placed several small dishes from a tray on the table. "Young Master Guo, I'm so sorry. The guests said some unpleasant things just now. Please don't mind them. These dishes are my apologies on their behalf."
It's alright.
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