What's wrong with this world?
There is an inn.
Yuan Xuanlang picked up a peanut and tossed it upwards. The peanut flew parabolically into his mouth and said casually, "Qin Lan'er is hiding something from us, something about her brother. Otherwise, she wouldn't have allowed that imposter to cheat us out there."
Lin Yuan asked the system: "System, can I check Qin Yuanshan's current location? I don't want to hear no, I'm sure I have enough points."
Yes, in the past few months, Lin Yuan has done tasks big and small, such as helping the old lady carry the basket, returning books to Ximo Tower for a friend, righteously exposing a classmate for cheating in the exam, and even worse, bathing Wangcai (the dog) of a classmate.
System: "Don't worry, Master. The system is searching...Qin Yuanshan is in a cave in the northwest corner of the Qin Mansion."
Lin Yuan opened his eyes wide: "Qin Mansion? The cave? He has never appeared before. Could it be that... he is already dead?"
The system was speechless. How could the host just say that someone was dead, as if death was so easy?
"Junior sister, junior sister?" Yuan Xuanlang waved his hand in front of her.
Lin Yuan came back to his senses, calmed himself down, and said, "Ah, I was distracted. So, what should we do next?"
Yuan Xuanlang said: "The Qin Mansion must have some secrets that cannot be revealed. I think we can go to the Qin Mansion tonight to find out."
"Tonight? Aren't you trying to avoid suspicion? We just met Qin Lan'er this morning." Lin Yuan asked.
Yuan Xuanlang said confidently, "We want to catch him off guard. Qin Lan'er will never think that we will return tonight."
Lin Yuan thought it made sense and nodded in agreement, but he had to find a way to get them to the cave.
That night, Lin Yuan brought with her an extremely sharp knife, a deadly silver needle, stone powder mixed with anesthetic... Various hidden weapons were placed on her clothes and hair. She was like a walking bomb, and anyone who was not careful would be hit.
Seeing this, Yuan Xuanlang said with a smile: "We are not going to kill anyone, we are just gathering information. There is no need to do this."
Lin Yuan said seriously, "What if we have to take action? Better safe than sorry."
Yuan Xuanlang had no choice but to go along with her.
It was another dark and windy night. Three men in black whizzed over the high wall. Of course, Lin Yuan didn't know any lightness skills, so he had to ask his senior brother who was the best at lightness skills for help.
The experience of jumping up is indeed nice, but the dirty hand holding the waist is very annoying.
When they landed, Yuan Xuanlang pinched Lin Yuan's waist lightly, in line with the principle that only a fool would not take advantage of an opportunity.
A cold light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes. He gritted his teeth and thrust his left elbow back hard.
"Well...you're too cruel." Yuan Xuanlang leaned on Lin Yuan's shoulder and complained softly.
Lin Yuan glanced at him sideways, a cold and ruthless expression on her face. She quickly shook off Yuan Xuanlang and followed her senior sister. Yuan Xuanlang rubbed his fingers, feeling good. He decided to continue next time.
In the middle of the night, insects were rustling and the two warriors guarding the entrance of the cave were knocked down silently.
"There really is a cave here," Yuan Xuanlang exclaimed in amazement. It seemed Lin Yuan had quite a few secrets.
During the day, Lin Yuan seemed to be possessed by Sherlock Holmes. "Qin Yuanshan has always opposed this marriage. If what that person said is true, Qin Yuanshan should have returned home to take charge of the situation long ago. Then why is there so little noise? Why are there rumors of a conflict between the brother and sister?"
Lin Yuan nodded slightly, burying one side of her face in the shadows, half-closing her eyes: "There is only one truth, Qin Yuanshan is dead!"
Yuan Xuanlang raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Not bad, continue." Obviously, he had thought of this as well.
Lin Yuan: "Then Qin Yuanshan's body is hidden in the northwest corner of the Qin Mansion, because the soul returns to the west and the north of the mountain is yin. The Qin Mansion's elaborate funeral was actually prepared for him."
Yuan Xuanlang clapped his hands in praise, "What a wonderful statement! But how did Junior Sister know that Qin Yuanshan's body was in the Qin Mansion and not in a graveyard or in the wilderness?"
Lin Yuan swallowed his saliva and racked his brains to figure out the reason for the "northwest corner", but he didn't expect that there was still a loophole that was not filled!
"Ah... because I know a little bit about divination." Lin Yuan said, "We'll know tonight."
…
The three of them entered the cave. The walls were neatly arranged and dim lights flickered. Sharp arrows shot out from the front. "Be careful!"
Yuan Xuanlang swung his sword to block the flying arrow, then dodged and took a step forward. His movements were graceful and smooth. It was obvious that this mechanism was a piece of cake for him.
Lin Yuan used a steel umbrella to block the way, and slowly walked with Mu Yunxi through the rain of arrows. When they reached the dragon head mechanism, they raised the steel umbrella and smashed it with a "bang!" The "One Arrow Through the Meat" level was passed!
Yuan Xuanlang was dumbfounded. This was possible!
Lin Yuan gave him a smug look. "I just broke the rules, so what?" (The steel umbrella came from the system's points mall.)
Next, Lin Yuan successfully mastered the game of whack-a-mole with a wooden stake, mincing meat with a steel knife, and stinky eggs (the names were given by Lin Yuan) using his bizarre weapons.
Seeing this, reading this, and hearing this, one can’t help but sigh: What’s wrong with this world?
To soothe the visual and psychological impact, Yuan Xuanlang pushed open a door and saw the mist of spring water and silky water vapor slowly flowing. On the stone base was an ice coffin.
When I got closer, I saw that the man's eyebrows and features were extremely similar to Qin Lan'er. It must be Qin Yuanshan.
Suddenly, an angry voice was heard, "You actually broke into the forbidden area of my Qin Mansion. What is your purpose?" Qin Lan'er glared at them.
Yuan Xuanlang took off his veil and said with a smile, "How are you, Miss Qin?"
"It's you!" Qin Lan'er was about to attack with a long sword in her hand, and Lin Yuan and Mu Yunxi were both on high alert.
"Wait a minute, Miss Qin, why bother using force? You will definitely not be able to defeat the three of us if you use force," Yuan Xuanlang showed a kind smile.
"Then what do you want to do?" Qin Lan'er asked, her eyes fixed on the coffin beside the three people.
Yuan Xuanlang: "As long as Miss Qin tells me about Liu Ziyu, everything will be easy to discuss."
Qin Lan'er sneered: "Hmph, why are you bothering to hold on to a dead man? If you keep your mouth shut, I will pretend that what happened today never happened."
However, they have already spent too much energy on this matter. The more they invest, the harder it is to give up. This is called "sunk cost."
Lin Yuan raised a torch and brought it close to the ice coffin. She spoke slowly and loudly, "Miss Qin, our patience is limited."
The system was shocked. It gave her a torch to keep warm, but she used it to threaten others and said classic villain quotes. How could it be such a scumbag to have such a host? Is it too late to change the host now?
Qin Lan'er's pupils constricted, and her tone was stiff and nervous: "Don't! I'll tell you, I'll tell you!"
Seeing her so excited, Lin Yuan whispered, "Am I going too far?"
System: “Hehe”
Yuan Xuanlang whispered: "You just found out."
Qin Lan'er ran to the ice coffin and felt relieved when she saw her brother's body was intact.
"It was you who caused Liu Ziyu's fatal injury, right?" Yuan Xuanlang said with narrowed eyes.
"That's true. How did you tell?"
"You have no martial arts skills, so directly inserting the needle into Liu Ziyu's vital point had no effect. That's why there are red marks and blood scabs on your right hand fingers. I guess it took a lot of effort to get the needle to hit the vital point."
Seeing that Qin Lan'er hadn't given up, Yuan Xuanlang continued, "Your expression wasn't right when you mentioned Liu Ziyu. A truly grieving person wouldn't think of catching their tears with a handkerchief. You were actually trying to hide the hatred in your eyes."
Qin Lan'er heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this and said, "That's right, but I don't regret it. Liu Ziyu married me for the map of the Lone Star Sword Manual. My brother told me that. Haha, at that time I thought it was just what Liu Ziyu's master wanted. Ziyu truly loves me."
"Until one day my brother suddenly returned home secretly, covered in blood." Qin Lan'er recalled the unforgettable scene in her life.
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