Qiao Wanwan was taken aback by this sudden question. She thought for a moment, a hint of girlish shyness showing on her face: "Putting on a wedding dress... naturally I have to look in the mirror to see if I look beautiful."

She gently stroked the delicate embroidery on her wedding gown, her eyes revealing a hint of longing. "Every woman hopes to be the most beautiful bride on her wedding day."

"Mirror?" Li Xiangyi and Di Feisheng exchanged glances, each seeing a hint of doubt in the other's eyes. They had previously been so focused on inspecting the wedding dress itself that they had neglected the furnishings in the room.

"There seems to be no mirror in this room." Fang Duobing looked around. Apart from this conspicuous wedding dress, there were only some simple tables and chairs in the room. There was no bronze mirror or other items.

"When a normal woman gets married, she will prepare a bronze mirror and carefully dress herself. How could this bride, wearing such expensive clothes, not have a mirror?"

Li Xiangyi said thoughtfully, "Besides, three brides got married without mirrors? This doesn't make sense."

"Mirror..." Li Xiangyi muttered to himself. After putting on the heavy wedding dress, the first thing he thought of was to look in the mirror to see what he looked like. But the room was empty, where was the mirror?

"Could it be that someone took it away?" Fang Duobing speculated, "After all, this wedding dress is so valuable. Maybe even the mirror is a treasure and someone stole it."

"Impossible." Di Feisheng flatly denied, "The door lock of this room is the Bagua Panlong Lock. No one can open it easily except you."

"That's not necessarily true. This young master is extremely smart, and maybe there are others as well..." Fang Duobing wanted to brag a few more words, but was interrupted by Li Xiangyi.

"Stop talking nonsense," Li Xiangyi said. "Let's split up and look around to see if there's anything suspicious nearby."

So, the four of them began to search carefully around the room where the wedding dress was stored. Qiao Wanwan was very attentive and she noticed that the window of the room seemed to be a little loose. With a gentle push, it opened a gap.

"There is a path here!" Qiao Wanwan was surprised to find that there was a hidden path outside the window leading to the backyard.

"Let's go and take a look." Li Xiangyi said as he was about to go out, but he was tripped by the heavy wedding dress and almost fell.

"Be careful." Qiao Wanwan hurriedly supported him, her eyes full of worry.

"It's okay, it's okay." Li Xiangyi waved his hands, indicating that he was fine. He looked so miserable now, and there was no trace of the "Xiangyi Divine Sword" style left.

The four of them followed the path to the backyard, which was filled with a variety of flowers and plants, all in a dazzling array of colors. Deep within the flowers stood a rockery, and beside it a lotus pond, filled with pure white lotus flowers, emitting a delicate fragrance.

"The scenery here is quite nice," Fang Duobing said. "What a pity that all three brides died here."

"Come and see!" Qiao Wanwan suddenly pointed at a stone next to the rockery and said, "What is this?"

When the three of them got closer, they found that it was a strangely shaped stone with a surface as smooth as a mirror, which could clearly reflect a person's figure.

"This is... a mirror stone?" Fang Duobing said in surprise, "This is the first time I've seen such a large mirror stone."

"How did this mirror stone appear here?" Li Xiangyi asked in confusion, "Does this mean brides look at themselves in the mirror?"

"It's very likely," Di Feisheng said. "The mirror stone is located right across from the path. After the brides put on their wedding gowns, they will probably walk along the path here and look in the mirror."

"But, this place is so close to the lotus pond. What if I accidentally fall in..." Before Fang Duobing could finish his words, he heard a "plop" sound. Li Xiangyi missed a step and slipped into the lotus pond!

Li Xiangyi was wearing a heavy wedding gown, which made it difficult for him to move. Furthermore, he had just been startled by Fang Duobing from behind, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground. The ground around the mirror stone was very smooth, and when he fell, he rolled like a heavy ball into the lotus pond.

"Li Xiangyi!" Qiao Wanwan exclaimed, and hurried over to try to pull him out. However, the wedding dress was too heavy, and Li Xiangyi struggled in the water for a few times, not only failing to climb out, but sinking deeper and deeper.

"Hurry up and save him!" Fang Duobing was also anxious. He was about to jump into the water, but was pulled back by Di Feisheng.

"You are not good at swimming, so don't make trouble." Di Feisheng said, then jumped into the lotus pond.

Di Feisheng was an excellent swimmer, and he quickly swam to Li Xiangyi's side, grabbed his arm, and tried to pull him up. However, the wedding dress was soaked in water, becoming even heavier, and both of them sank.

Seeing this, Qiao Wanwan was terrified. She knew that if this continued, both Li Xiangyi and Di Feisheng would be in danger. She took a deep breath and activated the Mingyu Gong. A gentle internal force surged from her palms, transforming into a white silk that wrapped around Li Xiangyi's waist.

"Get up!" Qiao Wanwan shouted softly, and with a strong pull, she actually pulled Li Xiangyi and Di Feisheng out of the lotus pond.

"Cough cough..." Li Xiangyi choked on a few mouthfuls of water and coughed miserably. His wedding dress was wet and stuck to his body, making him feel like a drowned rat.

"Are you okay?" Qiao Wanwan asked with concern, her eyes full of worry.

"It's okay, it's okay." Li Xiangyi waved his hands. He just wanted to take off this damn wedding dress as soon as possible. "Thank you, Luoluo." He looked at Qiao Wanwan gratefully. If she hadn't rescued him in time, he would probably have drowned in this lotus pond.

"You, be careful next time." Qiao Wanwan scolded, with a hint of blame in her tone, but more of heartache.

"It's all your fault. Why scare others for no reason?" Li Xiangyi turned his head and glared at Fang Duobing. If he hadn't scared him suddenly, he wouldn't have fallen into the lotus pond.

"I... I didn't know you would be so careless." Fang Duobing knew he was in the wrong and defended himself in a low voice.

"Okay, now is not the time to assign blame," Di Feisheng said, "Let's first think about how these three brides died."

"Is that even a question?" Li Xiangyi said, "They must have accidentally fallen into the lotus pond and drowned while wearing these heavy wedding gowns."

"But why are they coming here in their wedding gowns?" Fang Duobing asked in confusion, "Are they all here to look in the mirror?"

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