Self-cultivation in the world of monster hunting

Lu Xiang understood that it was impossible to pry Qin Xiucheng's mouth away no matter what, so he didn't want to say more, but was more sincere, and said seriously: "It's fine if the head of Qin doesn't want to say more. But I guess, the murderer hasn't given up yet. Two lives have been lost in succession, if we don’t gather everyone together, our situation will be even more dangerous.”

Qin Xiucheng stared at Lu Xiang and said, "Let's gather together? What if the murderer is among them?"

Lu Xiangdao: "The murderer has been among us for a long time, maybe he is looking at us and talking at this moment. Don't be single when we are together, it will be more difficult for him to do it. Head Qin, think for yourself, the night is still very long .”

Qin Xiucheng frowned tightly, and Lu Xiang said again: "You and the eldest son are together, the murderer should not be your opponent, but it's hard to say if you are alone, head Qin, go and stay with the eldest son. Me and Si Jun, go to the gate of the female family's courtyard to watch for a while, and wait for the head of Qin and the eldest son to arrive before leaving."

After saying that, Lu Xiang pulled Sijun and turned around to leave, too lazy to talk nonsense with Qin Xiucheng.

It should be that they were really afraid of the murderer. The father and son did not dare to stay longer in Hongya Courtyard. After tidying up Mrs. Qin's body, they quickly went to Pengcheng Courtyard to gather the female relatives.

Lu Xiang still didn't want to talk to Qin Xiucheng, and soon returned to Bafanglou with Sijun.

The guests were all sitting in twos and threes in the Bafang Building, everyone had a very nervous expression on their faces, each occupied a corner, and they didn't trust each other.

Lu Xiang's two people entered the door and attracted a lot of suspicious eyes. Lu Xiang ignored them and went straight to find Bo Yangyan who had been pushed to the farthest corner.But before the two sides had time to say anything, Qin Xiucheng and Qin Wenyu brought the female family members to them, and then separated the female family members from the others with a carved wooden screen.

Lu Xiang took advantage of this moment to look at Qin Wenyu and Qin Jingrui.The former was already in a trance and his face was ashes, like a walking dead.And the latter was also quite frightened, his eyes were still red and swollen, as if he was crying hard.

Everyone settled down, and it was almost midnight.Qin Xiucheng ordered people to extinguish a few oil lamps so that the tired and frightened people could rest for a while.

When the lights dimmed, Sijun asked Lu Xiang, "Aren't you afraid of this?"

Lu Xiang said: "Fortunately, so many people are here."

In fact, what Lu Xiang thought in his heart was: there is nothing to be afraid of when Sijun is around.

Bo Yangyan, who had waited for a long time without a chance to speak, finally couldn't bear it anymore, pulled Lu Xiang and asked anxiously: "Young master Lu, did you find anything just now?"

Lu Xiang couldn't bear to talk about his relatives in front of Bo Yangyan, so he had to take a look at Sijun to find some peace of mind from his unparalleled handsome face before finally speaking.

"I said before that the head of Qin may have done something terrible, and now I still feel so." Lu Xiang said in a soft tone, "Just now I cheated him casually, and he almost showed his feet, but I still think so." Too stupid, he found the loophole, and I failed to swindle anything useful."

Sijun reached out and rubbed Lu Xiang's head, and said, "You are very smart, but you are too simple."

"Hey, I can't take it anymore." Xingyuan shook the goosebumps on his body, quickly changed the subject, and said to Bo Yangyan, "Mr. Bo, Lu Xiang and Sijun will explain Qin's matter to you later, because this It's about your relatives, and I hope you can calm down a bit, no matter what we say, it is based on finding out the murderer and everyone's safety, we have no malice towards you or the Qin family."

Bo Yangyan nodded and said in a low voice, "I understand."

Lu Xiang felt that Xingyuan was very caring, and pinched his petals with his fingers to show his closeness, but Xingyuan didn't appreciate it, waved his hand away, and asked: "Didn't Sijun say at the beginning that he would tie people up and ask him?" Why? Why don’t you advocate violence now, and didn’t threaten Qin Xiucheng just now.”

Sijun shook his head and said: "It's useless, these great families value fame more than life. Wen Renxian and Ming Zhao are examples, they would rather die than let the world know what they did."

Bo Yangyan gasped for a long time, and then asked: "Uncle, he... that's all, we'll talk about it when we find out, then... what about my aunt? Why is she being treated like this! Who is going to kill her!"

Lu Xiang bit his lip, and then slowly told Bo Yangyan everything they found in Qin Huaiqiu's room.

The more Bo Yangyan listened, the more he trembled. When Lu Xiang finished speaking, he even trembled when he spoke.

"So, so...the murderer who killed the second son did it...to avenge Shuyue...but why did he kill the aunt?"

Lu Xiangdao: "I guess it's also to avenge the eldest lady."

Bo Yangyan hurriedly said, "My aunt is very... to Shuyue..."

Bo Yangyan wanted to say "very good", but when the word "very good" came to his lips, he suddenly felt that it was not the same thing.

"Auntie is neither bad nor kind to Shuyue." Bo Yangyan tried his best to recall the past, and said, "In my memory, my aunt was devoted to Buddha and was very indifferent. She was not close to Shuyue, but she never did anything for her. I feel sorry for Shuyue. If the murderer wanted to avenge Shuyue, why would he treat aunt so cruelly?"

Lu Xiang said quite seriously: "Actually... I found a little clue."

Bo Yangyan said nervously: "I would like to hear the details."

Lu Xiang then asked: "Brother Bo, have you ever noticed what are the books that fell on Mrs. Qin's body?"

Bo Yangyan showed embarrassment, then shook his head and said, "Just now I was too sad, I didn't dare to look at it."

Si Jundao: "In addition to the Buddhist scriptures, there are also "Nvvirtue", "Women's Training", "Women's Commandments", "Women's Rules", "The Analects of Women", "The Book of Filial Piety" and "Biography of Women". There are also some scattered handwritten manuscripts. These contents."

"These are teachings to teach married women the three obediences and four virtues." Xing Yuan said, "I thought that the aristocratic families are not like secular families, and there are many restrictions on female virtues for women. It turns out that they are still the same."

Bo Yangyan said sadly: "But what... has anything to do with my aunt's tragic death?"

Lu Xiang slowly took out a palm-sized piece of paper, spread it out for Bo Yangyan to see, and then said: "This is just now when I took advantage of people not paying attention, I took out a pile of handwritten manuscripts that were pressed on Mrs. Qin's body." As soon as I saw this handwriting, I felt very familiar, so I secretly took out a piece. On the way back, I never remembered where I saw this handwriting. But once I entered the Bafang Building, I immediately I remembered."

Bo Yangyan looked at Lu Xiang suspiciously, then looked at the paper in Lu Xiang's hand, and then froze for a moment, obviously he recognized it too.

Xingyuan hurriedly asked: "So the three of you understand again, and I don't understand alone!"

Sijun raised his hand and pointed, Xingyuan looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that beautifully framed picture of Jiangnan landscape hanging in the most conspicuous place.Xing Yuan took a closer look, and found that the elegant handwriting on the picture perfectly matched the handwriting on the paper in Lu Xiang's hand!

Xingyuan suddenly realized: "It was handwritten by Miss Qin Shuyue!"

Lu Xiang nodded, and said: "Yes, it was handwritten by the eldest lady. I have already read it. On another shelf that has not collapsed, there are still many manuscripts on display. Looking at the rough estimates of the number, the eldest lady at least Copied those seven books no less than five times."

"Five, five times?" Bo Yangyan widened his eyes in shock and said, "Before Shuyue married her eldest cousin, we were very close. I know she spends a lot of time painting every day, so it should be because she has no free time to copy. These books. No wonder... After getting married... Shuyue seldom draws... These books have a lot of words. If Shuyue started copying from the moment she married her eldest cousin, she would have to copy a few times a day time."

Xing Yuan immediately said: "This... is not a mother-in-law's teaching to her daughter-in-law, is it? This is embarrassing! And after that, the eldest lady is pregnant, so it is too hard to copy the books for several hours every day. "

Bo Yangyan said with a painful expression: "It's really too much...how could my aunt do this...is Shuyue's death related to this matter?"

Lu Xiangdao: "The book that killed Mrs. Qin was "Female Virtue". Judging from the murderer's purpose of 'tit for tooth', he should think that Mrs. Qin was also responsible for the death of the eldest lady. Actually... I have a Guess. Don’t call me nonsense when I tell you.”

Bo Yangyan said anxiously: "Young master Lu, tell me quickly."

Lu Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued: "I guess it's like this... The book "Bamboo Horses in Pairs" written by Lord Shen Yunrou is at least seventy-eight percent true."

After Lu Xiang finished speaking, Bo Yangyan gasped, but still didn't say anything.

No one interrupted, Lu Xiang continued: "There is indeed an affair between Qin Wenyu and Qin Huaiqiu. But as the future heir of the Qin family, Qin Wenyu must have a child, so he married the eldest lady. But The affair between the two has not been broken, and was discovered by the eldest lady after they got married. The eldest lady may have asked Mrs. Qin to make the decision, but in Mrs. Qin's opinion, a woman who is virtuous should not interfere with her husband's private affairs, so let Mrs. The lady copied these female morality books over and over again, hoping that the eldest lady would be able to honestly give birth to Qin's children.

"I don't know... Did Missy accept her fate, but Qin Huaiqiu obviously refused to accept her fate. Out of jealousy, Qin Huaiqiu cursed Missy when Missy gave birth to the iron bucket. Mrs. Qin may be very upset about all of this. Clearly, so in the eyes of the murderer, she is also an accomplice in killing the eldest lady."

After speaking, Lu Xiang looked at Sijun.Because he didn't find any direct clues, these were all guessed by Lu Xiang, he was a little unsure, and when he glanced over, Sijun said, "What you said makes sense."

Only then did Lu Xiang feel less uneasy.

Bo Yangyan and Xing Yuan fell into silence after hearing this, and after a while, Xing Yuan slowly said: "If it's true...then Mrs. Qin is too... As a woman, why do you have to make things difficult for women? Missy is too Bitter."

"Auntie...how did she..." Bo Yangyan closed his eyes in pain. Although it was a bit unbearable, he also thought that Lu Xiang's analysis made sense.

Lu Xiang had no choice but to comfort him again: "Brother Bo, you must be steady. If we find out, there will be more..."

"I know." Bo Yangyan raised his head, interrupted Lu Xiang, and said very firmly, "Young master Lu, if you find anything else, tell me, I can accept it."

Lu Xiang was a little relieved, and then continued: "Besides, apart from being owed to the eldest lady, Mrs. Qin was killed for other reasons. I have another discovery here, but I don't want to understand what it means."