mtlumby2d Chapter 341, Route 86
Chapter 341, Route 86
"Fang Xiaobao, look who's the calmest person there?"
"That's the owner of Ruyi Money Shop, named Xing Ziru. He's had some business dealings with our Tianji Manor over the years."
Fang Duobing carefully said to Li Lianhua, "Oh, right, he's the one who recommended my mother to buy a house in Xiaoyuan City last time. What, is there a problem?"
"Think about it, he was involved in the Xiaoyuan City incident, and now he's involved in the loss of Luo Motian Ice. It can't be that much of a coincidence, can it?"
"Two completely different things, yet there's the same thing, the same person—it just doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it."
Seeing Xing Ziru leave the bustling crowd alone, Fang Duobing immediately arranged for someone to secretly follow him, without alerting him.
After He Xiaohui showed everyone all the treasures she had brought, she returned to the inner courtyard to meet up with Li Lianhua and the others.
After discussing it, both sides realized that Xing Ziru was the prime suspect. So they devised a plan: He Xiaohui would stay with Xing Ziru in the courtyard and find excuses to prevent him from returning to his room.
Meanwhile, Li Lianhua and a few others searched Xing Ziru's room to see if they could find the stolen Luo Motian Ice.
After the three of them searched Xing Ziru's room, they found nothing unusual, let alone Luo Motianbing.
"Could it be that we've made a mistake, and it's not Xing Ziru? Or is Tian Bing on him?"
"Such a fancy jade pendant! I never expected Xing Ziru, despite her rough appearance, to be someone who loves beauty." Li Lianhua pulled out a brightly colored jade pendant from under Xing Ziru's pillow.
"We're looking for Luo Motianbing, what does his jade pendant have to do with it? I saw it myself, Xing Ziru's gaze towards Luo Motianbing earlier was absolutely genuine." Fang Duobing gave Li Lianhua a small, sarcastic comment.
"If they came for the Heavenly Ice, and then saw another one, they would have tried every means to get it. Why would they turn around and leave instead of keeping a close eye on where the Heavenly Ice went?"
"Wu You, you are overthinking this. As the young master of Tianji Manor, my manor is heavily guarded, and naturally I will not allow anyone to easily discover the whereabouts of the treasure."
“The camphor was stolen in a short time and the room could not be found. In addition to knowing the location of the camphor in advance and making a theft plan, we naturally needed someone to help us.”
"Wu You, do you mean he has an inside man?"
"Don't make such a fuss."
Li Lianhua said calmly, "If you were a bad person and wanted to take something, wouldn't you need help?"
"Alright, I'll instruct everyone in the manor to keep a close eye on Xing Ziru and follow the trail to catch him red-handed."
"Very good, I'll leave this to you."
At night, Li Lianhua carried a pot of sake and walked along a quiet road.
Suddenly sensing a gust of sword wind rushing towards her, Li Lianhua remained still, only slightly tilting her head to the side, thus dodging the attack.
Li Lianhua used his right index finger and thumb together to block the sword from the right. When the sword came from the left, he also used two fingers to block it.
Before the sword could strike her from behind, Li Lianhua spun around lightly and struck the arm of the person behind her who was wielding the sword with her palm.
Li Lianhua wanted to stop the person behind him, but he didn't expect that the person behind him had a steady hand holding the sword. After a feint, a dense sword aura attacked Li Lianhua's face.
Li Lianhua didn't expect this person to be so unreasonable. She stomped her foot lightly on the ground and dodged backward.