Lu Xiaofeng's qinggong was very fast, so when he chased in the direction of the poison needle, he could still see a corner of her clothes.

When he chased her to the garden, the scene seemed to reappear. It was that strange girl who caught Princess Peacock and pressed her against the stone table.

He had asked Hua Manlou about that strange girl later. Hua Manlou had explained that she was his sixth sister-in-law's younger sister. Her surname was Shen and her name was Ling Shuang.

If it wasn't for the wrong time, Lu Xiaofeng would have laughed out loud.

Now he could only ask with a tense face, "Princess Peacock, did you just kill Kantai?"

Princess Peacock who was forced to bend down was very embarrassed. Her words were distorted, "I don't know any Kantai. Kai Tai, let go of this princess!"

Shen Lingshuang was a very straightforward girl. She helped her ask again, "I'm asking if you killed anyone, not who you killed."

Princess Peacock was directly enraged, "No, no, no!

How many times do you want me to say it?

Let go! "

Wanting to test Princess Peacock's skills, Lu Xiaofeng gave Shen Lingshuang a look to let her go.

So when Princess Peacock was still rubbing her slender waist with a sour face, Lu Xiaofeng attacked.

Although it took some twists and turns, it was clear that she couldn't shoot that kind of poison needle with her skills. The person who killed Kantai was indeed not her.

If it wasn't her, why would she coincidentally appear when the murderer was escaping?

Was the Iron Shoe Thief actually Prince Peacock's people?

No, the Iron Shoe Thief had already stolen the Jade Buddha Of The Vast Seas. If it was Prince Peacock's people, then why would Prince Peacock take the token to the Jade Buddha Of The Vast Seas?

Unless … unless the Jade Buddha Of The Vast Seas stolen by the Iron Shoe Thief was a fake!

Lu Xiaofeng felt that he was infinitely close to the truth. He couldn't wait to find Hua Ruling to verify it.

Princess Peacock, who was standing on the side with a gloomy face, was angry. She tried to sneak attack Lu Xiaofeng when he was thinking, but she was intercepted by Shen Lingshuang.

Shen Lingshuang was not polite. She hit the back of her head and directly knocked her out. That wasn't the end of it.. She muttered, "Women are troublesome." She said it as if she wasn't a woman.

Lu Xiaofeng, who had been in a daze for a long time, came back to his senses and found out that Shen Lingshuang had saved his life. Immediately he became more interested in this girl. After telling her to find a room for the Peacock Princess Consort, he returned to the reception pavilion where the banquet was taking place.

The reception hall was as lively as ever, if you ignored Hua Manlou and Yang Muzhi, who were sitting in an inconspicuous corner.

It was also at that moment that Lu Xiaofeng was a little absent-minded. He always felt that he had two of the best friends in the world. Even if they didn't want to get involved in so many troublesome things, they still reached out to him time and time again.

But now, they were in a predicament, and there was so little he could do.

Lu Xiaofeng felt a little ashamed, a little self-blame, and very grateful. No matter what price he had to pay, he had to investigate this case to the bottom.

Jin Jiu Ling, who had just come in, saw Lu Xiao Feng standing by the door in a daze for about half the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. He slapped Lu Xiao Feng awake and said, "Yuan Fei is awake, let's go take a look."

He also called Yang Muzhi and Hua Manlou. The four of them walked towards Yuan Fei's residence.

This time, even Jin Jiu Ling didn't bother to adjust the atmosphere. He knew that with such a dark cloud hanging over them, no matter what kind of joke they made, it wouldn't be funny.

Yuan Fei, who was being helped up by the Hua family's servants, wasn't surprised to see the four of them. He just looked behind them. "I heard I almost died?

Where's Kantai, that stinking thing?

He doesn't dare to come see me? "

When he mentioned Kantai, the four of them subconsciously skipped over him. Lu Xiaofeng asked, "Hero Yuan knows it was Hero Guan who poisoned you?

Did you see something you shouldn't have seen? That's why he poisoned you? "

Yuan Fei asked straightforwardly. "When I was in the secret chamber, I noticed that something was wrong with that stinking thing, Kantai. Everyone else was careful not to take a wrong step, but he strode forward casually. It's not that he was arrogant, but that he had been there before."

Lu Xiaofeng looked dignified. "Did you ask him how he knew about the mechanism in the secret chamber?

Did he do something to Zhu Ting … "

Although it was rumored that Lu Xiaofeng and Zhu Ting had cut off all ties three years ago and no longer contacted each other, Lu Xiaofeng had been very worried about his old friend ever since he went through the secret chamber.

The reason was simple. Hua Ruling wouldn't tell anyone about the secret chamber where the Jade Buddha Of The Vast Seas was stored. Therefore, the Iron Shoe Thief could come and go freely in the secret chamber without triggering the mechanism. It could only be Zhu Ting.

Zhu Ting's mouth was tighter than a lock, but he still revealed the secret. How could Yuan Fei not worry about him?

"How could Kantai have the ability to subdue Zhu Ting?

He must have followed the Iron Shoe Thief into the secret chamber. That stinking thing deliberately quarreled with me because he didn't want to drag me down. When I can get out of bed, I'll teach him a lesson! "

Nobody had the heart to tell him that his best friend, whom he missed dearly, had died an unnatural death. Lu Xiaofeng continued, "Since Yuan Daxia knows that Guan Daxia is related to the Iron Shoe Bandit, then do you know who the Iron Shoe Bandit is?

Or do you have any clues about the Iron Shoe Thief? "

It seemed that the question was difficult to answer. Yuan Fei covered his head for a while before he remembered something. "He didn't want to drag me down, so he kept it from me. But he gave me a letter before, saying that if something happened to him, I should open it and take a look."

As he spoke, he took out a letter and handed it to Lu Xiaofeng. The letter must have been kept close to his body because it was still warm.

After asking for Yuan Fei's opinion, Lu Xiao Feng tore open the letter. After quickly skimming through the contents, he carefully folded the letter and returned it to Yuan Fei. Without saying anything, he lifted his foot and walked out.

The other three followed him. When Yang Muzhi crossed the threshold, he accidentally fell on Jin Jiu Ling if Hua Manlou hadn't helped him.

"Little Phoenix, if you see anything, say something. Don't just walk away."

Lu Xiaofeng, who was walking in front, took big steps. He knew that he should say something, but he didn't know what to say.

Perhaps when Kantai wrote that letter, he already knew that he wouldn't be able to escape the fate of being silenced. Therefore, he vaguely revealed that the Iron Shoe Thief had an inseparable relationship with the royal family of Hanhai Province. If he really was killed, he also asked Yuan Fei not to seek revenge for him.

People of the jianghu who were used to holding swords didn't have any literary talent when writing a letter. Therefore, at the end, Kantai wrote a straightforward sentence. "If I die, I will discuss with the King of Hell that I will be a woman in my next life. When the time comes, I will marry you and quarrel with you for the rest of my life."

Lu Xiaofeng didn't have the heart to imagine how Yuan Fei would feel after reading this letter. The pain of losing a loved one was something that could be remembered forever.

Sensing his abnormality, Jin Jiu Ling grabbed Lu Xiaofeng and fixed him in place. "It doesn't matter if you want to say it or not. You have to at least tell us if there are any useful clues."

"The Iron Shoe Thief and the Prince Peacock of Hanhai Province should be the same people. I now suspect that the Jade Buddha Of The Vast Seas stolen by the Iron Shoe Thief is a fake, so I want to find Uncle Hua to verify it."

When the four people found Hua Ruling in the room, he was copying the Rebirth Mantra, saying that he would burn it on the seventh day after the tragic death of the servant.

Seeing that Lu Xiaofeng's mental state was not good, Jin Jiu Ling asked, "Hero Hua, now we know that the Iron Shoe Thief is Prince Peacock's people. After stealing the Jade Buddha Of The Vast Seas, they still didn't give up. Does this mean that they didn't steal the real Jade Buddha Of The Vast Seas?"

Hua Ruling was not very surprised. He said neither quickly nor slowly, "Golden Constable, you are right. The stolen item is indeed not the real one.

Since more than twenty years ago, I promised the old King of Hanhai Province that I could only give the Jade Buddha Of The Vast Seas to the prince with his token, then I must do it. Therefore, the item enshrined on the high platform in the secret room is just a fake used to confuse people. "

After getting a definite answer, the four people prepared to leave. Yang Muzhi suddenly took out a needle, "Uncle, perhaps you have seen this needle before?"

Taking the needle, Hua Ruling carefully looked at it for half a cup of tea's time. Finally, he said resolutely, "My old friend Song Wencao has this kind of needle in his medicine box. Muzhi, why are you asking this?"

The answer was self-evident. Song Wencao was also one of the Iron Shoe Thief's people, or even the Iron Shoe Thief himself.

At noon, half an incense stick's time had passed.

The little girl ran in breathlessly, "Song … Divine Doctor Song is dead!"

The four people sitting in the parlor looked at each other. Could it be that Song Wencao was also killed?

Another person's death successfully brought panic. Lu Xiaofeng and Jin Jiu Ling were busy settling everyone down.

Yang Muzhi brought Hua Manlou to the place where Song Wencao's body was found.

In front of everyone's eyes, Hua Manlou openly held the hand of the person next to him and said in a gentle voice, "Muzhi, are you afraid?"

In his previous life, Yang Muzhi was used to seeing life and death. How could he be afraid?

But now, Yang Muzhi's heart was warmed by someone. How could a person of flesh and blood not be afraid?

But compared to the fear of death, Yang Muzhi was even more afraid of something. He held Hua Manlou's hand, "At this time, Hua Manlou, don't tell me you still want to push me away. It's too late."

Hua Manlou gave a low laugh, as if he had thought through something, "At this time, Muzhi, I'm a bit regretful."

"Regretful about what?"

"Regretful that there were too many things I didn't tell you."

Yang Muzhi's heart softened and he took a deep breath, "Hua Manlou, it's not too late for you to say it now. I'm listening."

After walking through the long corridor, they arrived at a slightly open space. Song Wencao's body was as miserable as the body of a manservant. Other than the shadow guards that accompanied Song Wencao, no one else dared to stay.

When the shadow guards saw that their master had arrived, they tactfully hid in the shadows after greeting him.

Yang Muzhi lifted the clothes on the corpse.

Hua Manlou said, "Muzhi, actually, I still care about Xiaoyan. In your heart, am I more important than her?"

"You're more important."

Yang Muzhi took a silver needle and pierced it into the corpse's chest.

Hua Manlou said, "Muzhi, I don't like the flower that Shangguan Xueer gave you. Sometimes you spend more time looking at flowers than you do looking at me. Can we give it to someone else?"

"Yes."

Yang Muzhi crouched next to the corpse, looking for the needle holes.

Hua Manlou said, "Muzhi, I like you more than ever."

"Me too."