Chapter 125 The whole story of the murder
Three years later, in the eighth year of the Tianbao era.
On the day of the Lu family head's birthday banquet, Luo Chenzi had already made a plan: the vengeful spirits would gather at noon.
On the Ren family's side, the head of the Ren family, who had been lying low for three years and had made all the preparations, knew that the Lu family would publicly unseal the Changxiangsi wine that had been sealed for three years on the day of the birthday banquet. So he planned to sneak into the wine cellar in advance and put the prepared powder into the Changxiangsi wine.
Because this powder causes an extremely strong drowsy reaction when it comes into contact with alcohol, when Qian Yaqiu brought back the Changxiangsi and opened it in front of everyone at the banquet, all the maids, servants, and guests who were invited to the event fell into a deep sleep.
Since the head of the Ren family had taken the antidote at home beforehand, he would not fall into a coma. He only needed to kill the head of the Lu family with a dagger when everyone was in a daze, and then he only needed to clean up all the traces and return to his seat to pretend to be asleep.
Unexpectedly, the Lu family head, who wanted to get rid of Qian Yaqiu, took the initiative to let Qian Yaqiu go to the wine cellar to fetch wine herself.
In order to administer the drug, the head of the Ren family had no choice but to take a shortcut to the wine cellar, based on the pre-obtained map of the Lu family's entire estate.
Having evaded the Lu family servants, the head of the Ren family hid in a wine cellar. He accidentally knocked something over and was just about to go to Changxiangsi to administer the drug when the candlestick that had been hanging high on the cellar ceiling suddenly fell down, nearly injuring him.
While hiding, the medicine powder he was carrying scattered all over the ground. Then, the wine jar broke, and the spilled wine was ignited by the candle flame, which led to the fire in the wine cellar.
Because the head of the Lu family had already discovered a groove in the top of the wine cellar, he stole a fishing line made of silkworm silk from Yang, a concubine who loved fishing, and tied it to an extremely smooth stone ball.
He then pretended that the weather was hot, and while Yang's concubine ordered someone to open the ice cellar to get ice for cooling off, he secretly hid a piece of ice and brought it into the wine cellar.
Since the head of the Lu family always went to the wine cellar alone, his visit to the wine cellar did not arouse suspicion.
When tying the fishing line to the stone ball, the Lu family head was so nervous that he accidentally cut his palm with the line. Fortunately, the cut was so small that no one noticed.
Then, the head of the Lu family placed the stone ball into the groove and pressed down the other line with ice.
Because the temperature in the wine cellar is low, the ice melts very slowly. He only needs to wait until noon tomorrow, and then instruct Qian Yaqiu to come to the wine cellar to fetch wine for the guests.
At a quarter past noon, the ice melts until it can no longer hold down the stone ball tied to the fishing line. The stone ball then rolls down the groove in the cellar ceiling to the six-legged candlestick above the Sauvignon Blanc jar.
The stone ball then broke it and fell, hitting Qian Yaqiu who was below.
The Lu family head had a very good plan. Even if the candlestick falling from the height could not kill Qian Yaqiu instantly, the candle flame that broke the wine jar could quickly ignite the spilled wine, and Qian Yaqiu would inevitably be doomed.
A large fire can also burn all the fishing line tied to the stone ball, leaving no trace.
Unfortunately, the ice block was knocked down by the head of the Ren family who was on his way to the wine cellar to add the drug, which directly caused the wine cellar to catch fire. The back of the Ren family's shoes was stained with drug powder, and the corners of his sleeves were damp from touching the ice block.
In the backyard, the head of the Ren family, who was leaving in a panic, encountered his daughter Ren Ning'er, who had just separated from Young Master Wei.
But he never expected that Ren Ning'er was already pregnant with Young Master Wei's child.
Young Master Wei had taken over the Flower Pavilion in his early years and became its behind-the-scenes owner. He used the Flower Pavilion's courtesans to gather information about powerful and influential families, which he then used to blackmail and help his father advance in his official career. He also made a living by reselling information.
Having spent so many years with Ren Ning'er, Young Master Wei had long since grown tired of her.
Unexpectedly, Ren Ning'er knew about his relationship with Hua Manlou and used it to threaten him.
Driven by fear and anger, Young Master Wei, under Ren Ning'er's constant pressure and threats, decided on a whim to get rid of her. However, his concubine Yang, who was falsely conveying the words of the First Madam, summoned Ren Ning'er away.
The young master Wei, having failed to kill Ren Ning'er, also cut his own arm and had to return to the banquet in unease.
Luo Chenzi, who orchestrated all of this three years ago and was invited here today, only needs to sit in the hall and wait for the vengeful spirit to emerge and kill people in the Lu mansion.
He only needed to take advantage of the panic among the crowd to secretly kill Qian Yaqiu and avenge his mother.
By a twist of fate, Qian Yaqiu was murdered by the vengeful spirit of Lan Niang, who had been reborn, in the burning wine cellar. The spirit left behind a blood-written message on the wall: "Priceless treasures are easy to find, but a loving man is hard to come by."
On the other side, Ren Ning'er, who had been tricked back to her room by her concubine Yang, confronted Yang inside the room.
Having given birth before, Concubine Yang immediately noticed that Ren Ning'er was pregnant. Enraged by Ren Ning'er's provocations and threats, Concubine Yang gradually lost her temper and stabbed Ren Ning'er to death with scissors from Ren Ning'er's sewing basket.
When Concubine Yang regained consciousness, she was terrified and panicked. Suddenly, she heard servants outside shouting that the First Madam had passed away.
After listening for a while, Yang's concubine, who quickly calmed down, decided to stage Ren Ning'er's death to look like the same scene as the death of the eldest lady of the Lu family.
Since she did not know what was written on the wall, in her panic, she remembered Qingyuan, who had been killed by the Lu family head, so she wrote on the wall, "Let me blow away the clouds by the moon, so that I may see the heartless man," intending to frame Qingyuan's ghost for the incident.
Just to be on the safe side, Yang's concubine wrote another line of small characters in the corner: "Where can I buy wine with green coins, and who will add fragrance to my sleeves?" as a strong clue to clear herself of suspicion.
After dealing with everything, Concubine Yang threw the scissors and sewing basket into the lake in Wang Ningzhi's courtyard, and then pretended to be flustered as she ran to the main hall.
The images on the big screen gradually darkened, and through this unusually long VCR, the background and consequences of the Changxiangsi case were finally revealed.
"Alright, congratulations to our Daoist Luo Chenzi for becoming the winner of this game!"
The live stream returned to the scene, and as Song Rui spoke, the camera focused on Luo Jiayin.
Luo Jiayin smiled shyly and modestly. Although the guests were somewhat disappointed, they still politely congratulated Luo Jiayin.
Luo Jiayin accepted everyone's blessings without any hesitation.
The program then began to broadcast the inner thoughts of Daoist Luo Chenzi from his first-person perspective, detailing how he designed the case, planned the murder, and manipulated people's hearts.
The purpose of playing this video was actually to give the guests present time to prepare.
After the video ends, they will have to perform a corresponding ending based on the result.
In this episode, they discovered that the murderer of Ren Ning'er was Yang's concubine, but they did not uncover the real mastermind behind the case. Therefore, the staff quickly sent the script materials for "Final Episode 3" to several guests.
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