“A corpse!” Zuan and Yu Yanluo exchanged a glance, noticing the bitterness in her eyes.
She finally found her husband, only to find a cold, lifeless corpse.
In comparison, Zu'an was more excited. He had no connection with the Duke of Yunzhong County, and now that the truth had been uncovered, the situation in Yunzhong County had stabilized, and he could be considered to have completed his mission.
The two of them looked at the piece of ice that Uncle Ming had dragged up. It was about the length of a person, and a man was lying inside it, covered by a thick layer of ice. However, the ice was crystal clear, and they could still vaguely see the face inside.
His face was pale and bluish, but his thick eyebrows and broad face, along with his faint air of authority, still hinted at the charisma he possessed in life.
Zuan has been imitating him all this time, so how could he not recognize him?
Duke Jian Yanyou of Yunzhong!
"Why is it frozen?" Jian Taiding looked at the ice sculpture in front of him with some doubt, and even reached out to touch it, but immediately withdrew his hand, obviously chilled by the biting cold.
"This pool is so cold, it's not surprising that it's frozen over," Uncle Ming said, shivering as he warmed himself by the fire.
“But the pool itself wasn’t frozen.” Jian Taiding was still puzzled. It would be understandable if the body froze after being taken out of the water, but for such a thick layer of ice to form in the water was too strange.
"Could this be a side effect of the Ice Heart Snow Soul I used last time?" Uncle Ming's hand was almost touching the fire when he finally felt the warmth and his body slowly recovered.
Upon hearing this name, Zu An's heart skipped a beat; he had personally experienced the Ice Heart Snow Soul technique.
When Ma An, the head of the Imperial Medical Academy, tried to assassinate him, he used this poison. At the time, he was very confident, saying that it could even poison a grandmaster.
Is the Ice Heart Snow Soul in these people related to Ma An?
When he interrogated Ma An, the other party seemed to be from Youyinglou. Could it be that Jian Taiding and the others also had a connection with Youyinglou?
Thinking of this, Zu'an couldn't help but complain. The imperial court in this world has a lot of power, which has compressed the space of some sects in the martial arts world. Although the sects on the surface are gone, there are still a lot of organizations in the shadows.
The Shadow Pavilion and the Leisure Pavilion seem increasingly mysterious.
At this moment, Jian Taiding's voice came, pulling him back to reality: "It is indeed possible. Speaking of which, this 'Ice Heart Snow Soul' is truly domineering. If it weren't for the help of this poison, all of us combined would not be a match for Big Brother."
Uncle Ming reminded him, "Second Master, you should also be careful. Since that person could give us Ice Heart Snow Soul to deal with the Master, he might also use this poison against you."
Zu An was puzzled. That person?
Who exactly is Uncle Ming talking about?
Judging from what he said, it seems that there is someone else hiding behind the scenes, and is it the same person as the mastermind he sensed before?
"Hmph, of course I know the danger of dealing with a tiger, but once I have firmly secured my position as the Duke of Yunzhong, I will be the emperor in Yunzhong County, and how can he do anything to me?"
You don't have that chance!
Just then, a cold voice rang out, and Yu Yanluo walked out with a frosty expression.
Seeing the body of her nominal husband, who was actually her best friend, carelessly dumped on the ground while the murderer brazenly boasted about it, even she, with her good temper, couldn't hold back anymore.
Zuan didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He had already collected the evidence he needed to, so there was no point in hiding anymore.
It's time to bring these two to justice.
In any case, Jian Taiding was seriously injured, and Uncle Ming was only at the eighth rank of cultivation. He and Yu Yanluo working together were enough to suppress the two of them.
Just as he was about to follow her out, Yu Yanluo gently waved her hand behind her back, signaling him not to rush.
Zuan instantly understood her thoughts; she probably wanted to see if she could take the opportunity to get some more information out of her.
Jian Taiding and Uncle Ming were startled, but when they turned around and saw that only Yu Yanluo was there, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing here?" Jian Taiding greeted her with a smile, subtly shielding her from the ice on the ground with his body. "Did you come alone? It's freezing cold here, it's not good for your health. What are Xingnu and the others doing!"
Yu Yanluo sneered, "I think you're worried that there are other people coming with me."
Jian Taiding smiled awkwardly: "Sister-in-law, you've misunderstood. I was really worried about you."
"There's no need to hide it anymore. I heard everything you just said. I never thought you were so heartless as to kill your own brother," Yu Yanluo rebuked her mercilessly. "Yanyou has been so good to you all these years, and instead of being grateful, you harmed him. Have you lost your conscience?"
Hearing her say that, Jian Taiding naturally had no need to pretend anymore: "My older brother is naturally very good to me, but unfortunately, what he gives me is not what I want, and what I want is something he can never give me."
Yu Yanluo frowned slightly: "How could that be? Over the years, Yanyou has cultivated you in every way, making you a person second only to the emperor in Yunzhong County, making countless people envious and critical. What else would he not give you?"
"It is you, sister-in-law!" Jian Taiding gazed at Yu Yanluo's peerless beauty, his eyes gradually becoming fervent.
"Me?" Yu Yanluo didn't react for a moment.
Looking at his elder brother's corpse on the ground, Jian Taiding also felt an urge to confide: "My elder brother can give me anything, but he can't possibly give me you, his wife. Sister-in-law, do you know that the moment I saw you on the day you and my elder brother got married, I was captivated? I never imagined there could be such a beautiful woman in the world. No amount of flowery language can describe your beauty. At that moment, I swore that I would marry no one but you in this life!"
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