Wandering among the heavens, learning has no end.

Li Lianhua was a little curious about how Ji Yuan knew.

"How did you know?"

Li Lianhua asked directly.

"Junior brother has some special sources of intelligence."

Ji Yuan planned to directly pin the blame on Feng Qing.

"Your sources of information are quite extensive..."

Li Lianhua said something, but didn't delve into how Ji Yuan knew. She simply asked, "According to Yun Jiao, the second young lady seemed to have been injured when she went to see her. Do you know what happened?"

"I know, things in Jade City are quite messy. This second young lady is truly a victim of injustice."

Ji Yuan nodded.

Then he continued, "To tell you the whole story, let me first explain the relationship between the parties involved."

First are the two young ladies of Yucheng, the eldest, Yu Hongzhu, and the second, Yu Qiushuang.

In addition, there is the eldest young lady's husband, Yu Mulan, the city lord of Yucheng. Although Yu Mulan is called the city lord, the one who is in charge of Yucheng is actually the eldest young lady. Yu Mulan is just a son-in-law who lives with his wife's family and has the title of city lord.

Finally, there was one more person, Zongzheng Mingzhu, the son of a minister of Daxi and also Yu Qiushuang's fiancé.

But he had actually been having an affair with Yu Hongzhu all along…

"Wait a minute, is the second young lady's fiancé having an affair with her own sister, and the second young lady's maid having an affair with her own brother-in-law?"

Li Lianhua felt a little numb listening to this.

Why are the people of Jade City always having affairs?

Ji Yuan nodded: "So, there's a lot of messy stuff going on. This second young lady is really a victim of injustice."

The second young lady died because she accidentally witnessed her fiancé and sister having an affair. Zongzheng Mingzhu also had martial arts skills, having learned the "Splitting Palm," which allows one to strike from a distance.

Once, the second young lady was eavesdropping outside the door when Zongzheng Mingzhu noticed her and immediately struck her with a palm strike.

However, this palm strike did not kill the Second Miss. The Second Miss, who was seriously injured, subconsciously went to find her maid, Yun Jiao, who was like a sister to her.

Then she stumbled upon Yun Jiao having an affair with her brother-in-law. You know what happened next: she was killed by her brother-in-law who pierced her heart with a single, deadly needle.

Ji Yuan recounted the entire process of Yu Qiushuang's death to the two of them.

Su Xiaoyong said emotionally, "This second young lady is so pitiful..."

"This incident was not entirely accidental."

Zongzheng Mingzhu already knew that Yu Qiushuang had discovered his secret kiss with Yu Hongzhu. In addition, Yu Qiushuang had overheard some things she shouldn't have heard. Therefore, he intentionally intended to kill Yu Qiushuang with this palm strike.

As for Yu Mulan, he had long planned to kill Yu Qiushuang. Even if he hadn't caught her cheating this time, he would have taken action soon after.

His original family, the Pu family, was wiped out because of his gambling addiction and the large amount of gambling debts he had incurred.

Although his entire family had been wiped out, leaving him the only survivor, a leopard can't change its spots. He was still addicted to gambling and accumulated a lot of gambling debts, which he kept falsifying accounts to pay off.

Now they're no longer satisfied with falsifying accounts to pay off gambling debts and gamble; they want to kill Yu Qiushuang. If Yu Qiushuang dies, the half of Yu Cheng's property that was originally supposed to be given to Yu Qiushuang will no longer need to be divided.

I suspect that if this plan hadn't been exposed, after he killed Yu Qiushuang, his next step would have been to kill Yu Hongzhu, and then Yucheng would truly be his.

Ji Yuan then revealed a deeper layer of the inside story of the case.

Su Xiaoyong felt a little numb after hearing this; the world of martial arts is indeed treacherous.

I never imagined that so many sordid things could happen in a city like Jade City.

After listening, Li Lianhua frowned slightly and asked, "What did Yu Qiushuang hear that she shouldn't have heard that would make her fiancée want to beat her to death?"

"Actually, it's nothing much, just the matter of Yu Hongzhu and Zongzheng Mingzhu colluding with the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance."

Ji Yuan stated directly, laying his cards on the table.

Li Lianhua and Su Xiaoyong stared wide-eyed.

This isn't a big deal?

Li Lianhua took out the thumb ring she had obtained from Pu Erhuang: "That makes sense, this thumb ring did indeed come from Yucheng."

Li Lianhua immediately believed Ji Yuan's words.

As Li Lianhua spoke, she looked at Ji Yuan and asked, "You don't have someone in the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance who's leaking information to you, do you?"

"Oh, no, it's someone from the Myriad Saints Sect who's been giving me information."

Ji Yuan shook her head.

"The Path of Ten Thousand Saints?"

Is there any connection between this Wanshengdao (Ten Thousand Saints Path) and the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance?

Li Lianhua asked.

“There is a lot of cooperation.”

Ji Yuan nodded.

"It seems to be a troublesome force... Never mind that for now. Since Yu Hongzhu and Zongzheng Mingzhu are colluding with the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance, I want to try to find out the whereabouts of my senior brother's remains from them."

Li Lianhua looked at Ji Yuan and said.

Ji Yuan nodded.

"It's getting late, go to bed early."

Afterwards, the three of them went back to their respective rooms.

After returning to her room, Li Lianhua did not rush to sleep. Instead, she wrote two letters, one to Baichuan Academy and the other to the Censorate.

To properly handle the matter in Yucheng, we still need the people from Baichuanyuan and the Supervisory Bureau.

……

The next day.

After breakfast, the four of them headed to Jade City together.

Upon arriving in Jade City, the four headed straight for the City Lord's Mansion.

Fang, who was ill, presented his token.

"Please inform them that Detective Fang Duo, a criminal investigator from Baichuan Institute, is visiting due to illness."

As soon as Fang finished speaking, someone went in to report.

Not long after, a respectable-looking man came over: "When I heard the servants say that Fang was ill, I thought it was just someone with the same name, but I didn't expect it to really be Young Master Fang."

"Young Master Zongzheng".

Upon seeing an acquaintance, Fang Duobing immediately clasped his hands in greeting.

Ji Yuan and the other two exchanged glances.

"Young Master Fang, please."

Zongzheng Mingzhu invited the three of them directly into the mansion.

After entering the mansion, Zongzheng Mingzhu brought up the matter of Xiaomian Inn. He and Yu Hongzhu already knew about Yu Qiushuang's murder.

Zongzheng Mingzhu thanked him as he spoke, saying, "I have to thank Young Master Fang for this. If it weren't for Young Master Fang, the murderer who killed my fiancée might have escaped."

"It has little to do with me."

"Young Master Zongzheng, I have come here today because I feel there are still many questions about this matter, and I believe further investigation is necessary."

Fang, who was ill, directly stated his purpose.

Zongzheng Mingzhu remained expressionless, but asked with some doubt, "Any more questions?"

But Yun Jiao and Yu Mulan have already confessed; they were the ones who killed Shuang'er.

"Could I go see the body?"

Fang Duobing continued.

"This...this might be a bit difficult. Sister Hongzhu and Shuang'er have a very close relationship, and she probably wouldn't allow any outsiders to touch Shuang'er's body."

Zongzheng Mingzhu looked somewhat troubled.

Fang Duobing clasped his hands in a fist and pleaded, "Young Master Zongzheng, please, there are still some doubts in this case. You don't want the real culprit to still be at large, do you?"

Ok?

Where does the taste of a simple, peaceful life come from?

Zongzheng Mingzhu hesitated for a long time, then sighed and said, "Alright, I'll take you to see Sister Hongzhu."