Bloody Kyoto

In the space

Inside the container, Chen Shifeng was tightly bound by vines, with an incense stick burning beside him.

With Chen Nanle absent, Chen Shifeng surveyed the strange house, his gaze finally settling on the dark red stains on the ground.

He panicked because he recognized the bloodstains.

Actually, he wasn't afraid of dying, but he couldn't bear to leave Ah Hui and his mother.

As for his father, he was afraid of him; no matter what he did, his father was never satisfied.

This includes his relationship with Ah Hui.

He thought that even if he died, he probably wouldn't be sad.

At this moment, Li Nanle is sitting in the small garden in front of the light steel villa, wrapping zongzi (sticky rice dumplings).

On the table in front of her were three small winnowing baskets and two small earthenware basins.

One of the winnowing baskets was filled with glutinous rice, another had bamboo leaves for making zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), and yet another had already wrapped bamboo leaves for making zongzi.

The small earthenware basins contained chestnuts and strips of cured pork with alternating layers of fat and lean meat.

She herself likes to eat chestnut zongzi, while Yunxia prefers to eat meat zongzi.

She often said that meat is the source of strength.

After wrapping a meat-filled rice dumpling and placing it in a winnowing basket, she slowly picked up another bamboo leaf and continued wrapping.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, she was busy grieving and seeking revenge, and didn't remember celebrating the festival at all.

I really shouldn’t have done that!

Yunxia loves festivals the most because she always prepares lots of delicious food for them.

Actually, these things are usually stored in the warehouse. She was quite puzzled and asked her why she insisted on eating them on holidays.

She replied: Because of the sense of ritual, some things only bring happiness when eaten during festivals.

She thought she was so naive back then, but she doesn't think so now.

It's really lonely to spend the holidays alone.

His face was filled with a forlorn expression, yet his hands moved with practiced, ceaseless skill, like a mindless robot—a sight that evoked pity.

Half an hour later, all the rice dumplings were wrapped, and she put them on the ugly stove outside the house to boil.

Looking at the ugly stove, she recalled Yunxia, ​​her face covered in mud, proudly boasting to her.

Don't be fooled by the ugly appearance of the stove; it works perfectly.

I don't really believe it!

You'll see once you try it.

: Then let's give it a try.

Then, both of them were covered in soot, and black smoke billowed from the stove. They looked at each other's dark faces, one of them giving the other a mocking smile, while the other awkwardly dug his toes into the ground.

Li Nanle added more firewood, then turned and walked towards the container.

The stove is now working perfectly thanks to Yunxia's patching and mending; it no longer emits smoke everywhere.

Chen Shifeng, who was inside the container, had already lost consciousness. She opened her palm, and a black stick-like object appeared out of thin air in her hand.

She shook it around Chen Shifeng's nose, and Chen Shifeng slowly woke up, but his eyes were unfocused.

"What have you done to Huo Yunxia?!"

Upon hearing the question, Chen Shifeng mechanically replied, "I harassed her with some spoiled young men, bribed the Fu family to steal her underwear, and threw it into a brothel for people to play with."

Upon hearing this, Li Nanle was so angry that her teeth were grinding together.

She suppressed her anger and continued to ask, "Have you done anything else?"

"Nothing."

Li Nanle then asked, "What kind of forces does Zheng Jiaojiao secretly control?"

Upon hearing this question, Chen Shifeng did not answer immediately, but instead frowned and his expression became ferocious.

Li Nanle knew that he was resisting answering and trying to defy the suppression of the puppet incense.

She glanced at the burnt-out puppet incense stick beside her and immediately lit another one.

Chen Shifeng, who was resisting, smelled the fragrance again and struggled even more fiercely.

But gradually, he calmed down.

"What kind of forces does Zheng Jiaojiao secretly control?" Li Nanle asked again.

This time, Chen Shifeng did not resist again, mechanically replying, "The 200,000 troops left behind by the Duke of Zheng are in her hands."

Li Nanle continued, "What are some of Zheng Jiaojiao's lesser-known skills?"

She must have been quite capable to escape from the emperor's clutches.

"Ah Hui has healing abilities and divine power, and... I don't know."

Li Nanle pondered to himself, the healing and divine power belonged to Yunxia, ​​but now she has taken most of them away. But what did he mean by his last sentence?

Thinking about it, she asked again, "What is it that you don't know?"

"It's indescribable; we only know that she has other abilities, but we don't know exactly what they are."

This little-known ability must have been what allowed her to escape from the emperor.

She continued, "Was Zheng Jiaojiao the mastermind behind Huo Yunxia's murder?"

Chen Shifeng: "Yes and no, the Yun family occupies the most important position."

"Tell me carefully!"

"At first, Ah Hui only knew about Huo Yunxia's abilities. In her amazement, she told the Yun family. Upon learning this, the Yun family immediately sent a message to her, telling her that she must obtain Huo Yunxia's heart no matter what."

Ah Hui didn't understand why, but after pressing him for an answer, he learned that the heart was where powers were stored. Ah Hui coveted this power, so he began his plan to kill Huo Yunxia.

To ensure the success of this plan, she informed some princes and ministers, including the emperor, that they could gain Huo Yunxia's abilities by consuming her flesh and blood.

Upon hearing this, those people immediately agreed and cooperated in murdering Huo Yunxia.

After Chen Shifeng finished speaking, Li Nanle, with his head down, continued to ask, "Where is the Yun family's territory?"

"I don't know where the main branch is, but I do know that Ah Hui's mother's collateral branch, the Yun family, is located below Xiya."

Where did Zheng Jiaojiao go after she fled?

"At the thumb of Liuzhi Mountain."

Who are Zheng Jiaojiao's confidants in the capital?

"Chunniang of the Magnificent Pavilion, the manager of the First Fresh Restaurant, the manager of the Colorful Cloth Shop, and..."

He said one, and Li Nanle took notes on each one; these people also needed to be dealt with one by one.

She watched Chen Shifeng raise his hand, and was about to use her supernatural power to injure him and wake him up, when she suddenly remembered that there was still one question she hadn't asked.

"Does Fu Yanji truly like Zheng Jiaojiao?"

"Of course, how could anyone in this world not like Ah Hui?" Chen Shifeng said with immense pride.

Li Nanle chuckled. So he's a hopeless romantic!

With a flick of his finger, Chen Shifeng's arm was pierced, and the intense pain brought him back to his senses.

Staring at the girl before him, he was stunned for a moment, then remembered what had happened before he was completely controlled. He roared, "You monster, what have you done to me?!"

Li Nanle's lips curled slightly as he slowly named several locations, "Gorgeous Pavilion, First Fresh Restaurant, Dazzling Fabric Shop..."

Every time Li Nanle mentioned a shop name, Chen Shifeng's eyes would bulge out a little more.

Li Nanle smiled, enjoying his angry yet helpless expression. "Thank you for the information, but you still can't escape the death penalty."

"You damned monster, you actually used sorcery to make me betray Ah Hui."

"Aaaaaah, you deserve to die! You deserve to die!"

He struggled violently, and the vines were barely able to bind him anymore.

Li Nanle searched for a suitable knife in the knife box, glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, and with a slight movement of her fingers, the vines suddenly tightened.

Chen Shifeng was immediately out of breath, his face first turning red and then pale.

As his face began to turn pale, the vines loosened a little. He gasped for breath, glaring fiercely at the girl who was walking towards him with a knife.