Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 154 Fire
Fang Zhiyou's motive for saying this was to exonerate himself, but there was some truth to what he said.

As a result, everyone's eyes were focused on He Chunzhuo.

He Chunzhuo was relatively calm. He said in a deep voice, "I owe Chu Wangshan a favor. My family was in trouble, my parents died, and I was bullied. It was Chu Wangshan who helped me. Many years later, I came to Luzhou again and wanted to repay him. He didn't want any gold, silver or treasures, he just wanted me to help him kill everyone in Lingdie Temple."

Fang Zhiyou was skeptical: "Just to repay a favor, you dare to kill and burn people? This reason is too far-fetched."

He Chunzhuo asked back: "You dared to kill your master and fellow apprentices for your own selfish reasons, why can't I kill people to repay my gratitude?"

Du Lingzhou couldn't help but curse again: "You are all a bunch of snakes and rats. You are all no good."

In order to verify whether Fang Zhiyou and He Chunzhuo's words were true or false, all he had to do was call Chu Wangshan over and ask him. So Si Buping ordered Yuejin to go to Ruixue Tower and bring Chu Wangshan over.

Next, Si Buping ordered his men to detain He Chunzhuo, Fang Zhiyou, Zhou Qi, and Lian Zhuifang separately and interrogate them individually to see if they could get any useful information out of them.

After the people were taken away, the room suddenly became much more spacious.

Si Buping leaned back, put his right hand on the armrest, looked around at the five people present, and said slowly: "There are no outsiders now, you can speak freely about your ideas."

Du Lingzhou was the first to express his views.

"I think the murderer should be among He Chunzhuo and Fang Zhiyou. It would be best if they can confess honestly. Otherwise, they will be severely punished!"

Si Buping did not comment on this.

He looked at Yan Ciwan and asked, "What do you think?"

Yan Ciwan said slowly: "Based on the current clues, Fang Zhiyou and He Chunzhuo are indeed the most likely suspects, but I still have a few questions in my mind that I still can't figure out."

Xiao Wang asked: "What's the problem?"

"Two people have died so far, but there were actually three people killed. Fu Xue was the only one who was targeted by the murderer but managed to survive. The first question is, why did Fu Xue survive?"

Xiao Wang followed her train of thought and said, "Because there is white ginger in the mutton soup, white ginger can reduce the toxicity of aconite."

"Then the second question is, did the murderer know that there would be white ginger in the mutton soup?"

Xiao Wang pondered, "We originally thought that the murderer didn't know, so Fu Xue was lucky enough to save her life. But if the murderer knew in advance that white ginger would definitely be put in the mutton soup, then the murderer deliberately wanted to spare Fu Xue's life."

Yan Ciwan was standing between three fingers: "The third question is, why did Fu Xue hang herself?"

Xiao Wang analyzed, "This brings us back to the second question. Did the murderer know in advance that there was white ginger in the mutton soup? If he didn't know, it means that the murderer didn't expect Fu Xue to survive. The murderer didn't want to let her go, so he chased her to Wanxiangyuan and killed her, and disguised it as a suicide by hanging. But if the murderer knew, it means that the murderer didn't want Fu Xue to die from the beginning, so Fu Xue's hanging must be ruled out as homicide."

Yan Ciwan said, "Assuming the first possibility, the murderer chased to Wanxiangyuan and killed Fuxue, but Lingniang and her men arrived in time, and Fuxue luckily survived again. Two consecutive times were lucky, which is too lucky."

Xiao Wang also said: "When Fu Xue hanged herself, the doors and windows were locked from the inside. If it was an outsider who committed the crime, how did the murderer leave the house?"

At this point in the analysis, the two looked at each other and the truth had already surfaced.

How can there be so many lucky things in the world? Fu Xue's survival was all due to human efforts.

The murderer wanted to kill someone, but couldn't bring himself to do it to Fu Xue. The only possible reason for this was that the murderer had a very close relationship with her.

In the entire Mengdie Villa, the only people who have a direct blood relationship with Fu Xue are Chu Wangshan and Ling Niang.

Yan Ciwan suddenly asked, "What's Lingniang's last name?"

No one present knew the answer.

Si Buping immediately ordered: "Fubai, go and bring Lingniang over."

"Yes!" Fu Bai hurriedly left Yufengtang.

What followed was a long wait.

Du Lingzhou just stopped listening to Yan Ciwan and Xiao Wang's analysis. He felt dizzy and couldn't help but ask, "Could the murderer be Lingniang? I never doubted her."

Not only him, but no one else present doubted Ling Niang.

Lingniang is just an ordinary weak woman, and she doesn't look like a murderer at all. Moreover, she is Fuxue's biological mother. She has a very deep affection for her daughter, and no one could have imagined that she would be so cruel as to murder her daughter.

Chaolu murmured softly, "I don't hope it's her."

She could feel that Ling Niang really loved her child. She could even see the shadow of her mother in Ling Niang. She didn't believe that this maternal love was fake. She didn't even dare to think about how painful Fu Xue would be when she woke up and knew the truth.
Yan Ciwan was also in a very heavy mood.

The atmosphere in the house was too depressing, so she planned to go outside for some fresh air.

When she opened the door and walked out, she found that the sky had cleared up, the wind and snow had stopped, and the long-lost sunshine shone through the clouds and sprinkled on the white snow.

Yan Ciwan let out a long breath.

The snow stopped, which meant they would be able to go down the mountain soon. This was the only good news in recent days.

As she was thinking this, she suddenly noticed thick smoke billowing out not far away!
After a closer look, she discovered that there was a fire. Judging from the direction and distance, it should be Ruixue Tower!

Yan Ciwan was startled. Could it be...

She immediately ran towards the direction of Ruixue Tower.

She kept praying in her heart, hoping that it would not be what she thought, and that it would not be the worst possible outcome!

On the way, she ran into Yuejin.

Yue Jin was running towards Yufeng Hall. When he saw Yan Ciwan, he hurriedly stopped and shouted, panting: "Rui Xue Tower is on fire, Chu Wangshan is still inside, I have to go inform the chief minister!"

Yan Ciwan's face changed drastically. She didn't bother to speak and quickened her pace as she ran towards Ruixue Tower.

By the time she rushed to the vicinity of Ruixue Tower, the entire building had been engulfed in flames.

Flames shot up into the sky and thick smoke billowed up.

A Shi and A Ping also rushed over. They and their servants tried their best to pour water on the fire, but they failed to stop the fire from spreading.

Yan Ci Wan stood in the dirty snow, looking up at Ruixue Tower. The blazing firelight reflected in her eyes, making her pupils as bright as if they were burned by fire.

Chu Wangshan's hands and feet were tied and the door was locked, so there was no way he could escape.

At this moment he must have been burned into a fire man.

Why did Ruixue Tower suddenly catch fire? Could it be Ling Niang's doing?
At this time Fu Bai ran over panting. He saw that Ruixue Tower was on fire and shouted excitedly.

"Have you seen Ling Niang?"

Yan Ciwan suddenly turned his head and looked at him: "Isn't Lingniang taking care of Fuxue in Wanxiangyuan?"

Fu Bai said with an unpleasant expression, "Just now I went to Wanxiang Courtyard to look for Lingniang, but Liuhua told me that Lingniang had already come to Ruixue Tower."

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