After being expelled from the sect, I became the villain mentor

"I don't intend to delve into Madam's past," Yu Nian's voice grew colder after being repeatedly interrupted. "It's just that this matter is so strange that I can't miss any details."

"You mean, you doubt my wife?"

The two of them were on edge, and the atmosphere instantly turned cold.

Fan Yao covered her mouth and coughed twice, "Husband, I feel a little uncomfortable..."

"Did you get caught in the wind?" Wen Bo walked over quickly, grabbed Fan Yao's hand, and held it in his palm. He then looked at Yu Nian and the others, "My wife is feeling unwell. Let's stop here for today. It's almost noon, and I'm sure you haven't had lunch yet. I'll go to the kitchen and have the servants prepare a meal so I can treat you all well."

"Then I would like to thank Master Wen first."

Wen Bo called two maids and helped Fan Yao back to her room, while he went to the kitchen.

Looking at the two people leaving, Yu Nian felt that they were very strange.

"Senior Yu, have you found anything?" Liu An looked at Yu Nian, who seemed to want to say something but hesitated, and asked.

Yu Nian told everyone what he had just seen, "I don't know what Madam Fan Yao's illness is, but she exudes a strong aura of death, like a ghost cultivator. The key to this case may lie with her."

"Death energy?" Wang Yang's eyes lit up, and he stumbled with his hands. "Then it makes sense!"

"What makes sense?" Everyone looked at Wang Yang.

Wang Yang narrowed his eyes slightly, "Isn't this obvious? Apart from the dead, the only ones who have death energy on them are ghost cultivators."

"Impossible!" Liu An immediately stood up and denied it. "Madam Fan Yao is a gentle and kind person, how could she be a ghost cultivator? Moreover, Madam Fan Yao has no spiritual energy. She is a mortal who cannot cultivate, and it is impossible for her to practice evil magic."

Wang Yang looked at Liu An's naive appearance and smiled. "There are so many hypocrites in the world. Besides, many evil techniques such as prolonging life can be practiced without spiritual roots as long as there is someone to help."

"Impossible! I believe Madam Fan Yao is not that kind of person!" Liu An insisted on his opinion.

The two people had different opinions, and Wang Yang just curled his lips and disdained to argue with them.

In his eyes, cultivators like Liu An who came from big sects were all simple-minded fools who had never seen the dangers of the world.

However, it was precisely because of this rare pure and sincere feeling that he would travel with her to avoid mutual suspicion.

"Then tell me, what's the deathly aura surrounding Madam Fan Yao?" Wang Yang decided to patiently teach his friend. "She practiced sorcery to prolong her life, grew jealous when she saw her husband marry someone else, and then used sorcery to control monsters to kidnap the brides. That way, everything makes sense."

Liu An still didn't believe it. He didn't believe that such a gentle and quiet woman would do such a thing. He was suddenly confused.

"Friend Wang, assuming this is the case, where did the evil magic that Madam Fan Yao practiced come from? And where did Madam Fan Yao hide those brides?" Cai Qi touched his nose and looked up at Wang Yang.

"This is exactly what we want to investigate." Wang Yang grinned.

After listening to several people's speculations, Yu Nian looked at Ling Cang and questioned him with his eyes, wanting to confirm his apprentice's opinion.

Ling Cang nodded. "It's not impossible. We need to find more clues and use evidence to prove it."

After some discussion, they decided that Ling Cang and Liu An would go out to investigate in the afternoon to see if they could find the monster's lair, while Cai Qi and Wang Yang would wander around the Wen Mansion and nearby houses to see if they could find out anything strange that had happened recently from the servants and neighbors of the Wen Mansion.

As Yu Nian was a woman, she was asked to approach Fan Yao to see if she could get any information out of her unintentionally.

After lunch, Yu Nian strolled to the backyard and found Fan Yao sitting in the yard, looking up at the dead peach tree.

Yu Nian walked up to her and said, "Madam, this peach tree is so big, it would be a pity if it died."

Hearing the voice, Fan Yao was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses. Seeing that it was Yu Nian, she smiled and said, "Miss Yu is right. This peach tree is hundreds of years old."

When saying this, a trace of nostalgia flashed in Fan Yao's eyes, as if she was remembering something from the past.

Yu Nian spoke carefully, "Does this peach tree have any history with Madam?"

"Why do you ask that, Miss Yu?"

"Because the tree's roots are shallow, it doesn't look like it was born here," Yu Nian pointed to the exposed roots and continued, "They took the trouble to transplant it here. It must be very important to Madam."

A smile played on Fan Yao's lips as she lost herself in memories. "It is very important... When I was a child, I was not in good health, and my parents would not let me play with my peers. I often read alone in the peach forest on the outskirts of town. This tree is the largest, and I really like to stay in its shade."

"Peach forest?" Yu Nian was a little confused. "We didn't see any peach forest along the way."

"They were all cut down," Fan Yao's smile faded, his eyes filled with unwavering sadness. "Wangxiangyi has been dealing in the dead for generations. Peach trees are believed to ward off evil spirits, so all the peach trees were cut down. Finally, only this largest one remained, but it's a pity it died too... I'll never see it again."

In the last sentence, Fan Yao's voice was as low as a mosquito. If Yu Nian was not a cultivator, he probably would not be able to hear clearly what Fan Yao was saying.

It was obvious that there was a story behind this. The incident of the lost bride was probably more complicated than they had guessed.

Suddenly, Wenbo's voice was heard not far away. When they turned around, they saw Wenbo walking towards them with a bowl of medicine, followed by two maids.

"Yao'er, it's time to take your medicine."

Wen Bo placed the medicine on the stone table in the yard, helped Fan Yao to sit down beside the stone table, and gently placed his hand on Fan Yao's shoulder. Fan Yao's body, which had been ill for a long time, looked very thin and slender.

Then, Wen Bo scooped a spoonful of medicine, blew it gently and put it to Fan Yao's mouth.

Fan Yao smiled weakly, "I can do it myself."

Yu Nian watched the way the two interacted. Wenbo treated his wife with the utmost care and love, while Fan Yao was polite to Wenbo, truly living up to the saying "treat each other with respect like guests"...

Looking at this scene, the strange feeling in Yu Nian's heart reached its peak, and she finally figured out what was strange.

He is so good to his original wife, but he still keeps taking concubines?

Even if his mother forced him to take concubines in order to continue the family line, marrying so many in a row is really horrifying. It is really against common sense that he would not stop even after the accident.

Moreover, Wenbo is a well-known kind-hearted person. How could he tempt those people to marry their daughters off with benefits just to continue the incense?

Therefore, the one who practices evil magic may not be Fan Yao, but Wen Bo is also possible.

Just as he was thinking about it, Yu Nian saw that the medicine was very strange, like blood, and the red was dazzling.

"What kind of medicine is this?"

"This is a magical medicine that my master asked for from Doctor Zhang. My wife is seriously ill. She drinks a bowl of it every day, and her complexion has improved a lot." The maid following Wenbo explained.

Doctor Zhang?

There must be something fishy!

Yu Nian calmly nodded, her thoughts collected. The maid continued, "Miss Yu, Master Cai and Master Wang are looking for you in the guest room."

"Okay, I see."

When she arrived at the side hall, she saw Wang Yang and Cai Qi already sitting there waiting for her.

"Senior Yu." Seeing Yu Nian coming over, the two of them stood up and saluted.

"Did you ask anything?"

The two looked at each other for a while, then looked at Yu Nian, "I heard from a purchasing maid at the Wen Mansion that something strange did happen..."

Just as Wang Yang was about to tell what he had discovered, a flare exploded in the sky outside the window.