CH 97.2

Dijia frowned, and he pressed the frightened Li Yuan into a chair with impatience, “I don’t have the patience and I will only say it once. Tell me what you know.”

Li Yuan’s pale face suddenly stiffened, and he nodded frantically.

“The Lord said he was in the fur business in his early years. In the year of heavy snowfall, he hunted a thousand-year rare fire fox in the mountains. The fur was as bright and dazzling as fire, and it was a pure red. But only the fox had already learned human nature. Once it was caught, it actually knelt on the ground with tears in its eyes and begged the Lord to let it go.”

“But this fox’s fur was rare, and one piece was worth a fortune. At that time, the Lord had little money and, in order to make a living, he ignored its pleas for mercy. He killed it, and dragged it back.”

“He skinned it and sold it for a good price, which led to the present days in wealth.”

“The Lord was fine at first, but a few years ago, the Lord began to have nightmares, saying that the fox demon had come to claim his life.”

“The Lord originally did not believe in ghosts and gods, but three years ago, the Madam died tragically. He was afraid that the fox demon had come looking for him to pay with his life, which was why he approached the Taoist Qing.”

“Since the fox demon wanted to claim his life back then, wouldn’t it be better for it to directly attack the Lord? Why kill the Madam?” Bai Lixin frowned slightly, “Are you still hiding something?”

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, and under Dijia and Bai Lixin’s sharp eyes, finally said the secret buried deep inside.

“Because the Madam was the bait to catch the fox.”

Bai Lixin, “Bait?”

Li Yuan, “The foxes deep in the mountains are extremely sly. When there are people who have fainted in the snowy mountains, the foxes will sometimes run over to check on them. Sometimes they will drag the person back and eat them, other times they will help the people with fur to drive away the cold.”

“The Madam acted as such bait. She would remain wearing very little in the winter, and lie in the snow to lure the foxes over.”

“That’s how the Madam’s fear of the cold came about.”

“The Madam and the Lord caught the fire fox together. The Madam deceived it, and the master killed it, so, of course, it would look for both of them to seek revenge.”

“I told you about the antique store’s boss, he was the one who bought the fire fox.”

Bai Lixin, “Didn’t you say that the Lord came out of the palace with money? How did he come to rely on selling the fox fur?”

“Well, *three people become a tiger,” Li Yuan smiled awkwardly. “The Lord caught a treasure, and brought so much gold and silver jewelry, so people naturally associated with it. The Lord actually heard these rumors, but he did not stop them.”

“Because, compared to being a hunter, Lord Li would not be looked down on as an eunuch from the palace .”

Bai Lixin, “If Lord Li didn’t come from the palace? How did he become a eunuch?”

“That,” Li Yuan’s face turned red, “it was bitten off by the fire fox.”

Bai Lixin and Dijia glanced at each other, and Bai Lixin’s gaze slowly fell to Dijia’s lower abdomen.

Dijia: “……”

Now, why are you looking at me?

What do you mean?

Dijia straightened his waist and coughed lightly, “This fox, uh, kinda knows the art of war.”

Bai Lixin laughed, “Capture the chief to defeat the enemy?”

“No,” Dijia retorted, “No, going for the kill.”

Li Yuan: “……”

Are you two joking?

Finally, the subject of Lord Li’s body was touched, and the system’s prompt rang out again.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player, the mission progress is 15%.]

Only 15%?

It seems that things are far from being as simple as they seemed, there must be a hidden story.

Rumors harm people, although the ancient Qing Dynasty ended, the slavery in people’s hearts was not extinguished. A mere eunuch could use rumors to dominate the town.

“Who is Xian Gu?” Bai Lixin remembered the name Lord Li’s ghost mumbled.

He thought Li Yuan would know, but the other party shook his head in confusion, “That… I really do not know. Xian Gu? I have not heard of this name.”

Bai Lixin went and pulled the wooden box from under the bed. “Is this fur from the fire fox?”

Li Yuan stood up from the chair and came to take a look, “Yes, I put a piece or two of the remaining fox skin, but it disappeared after the death of the Lord. If the killer really looked like what Master Xin described, then the fire fox claimed his life, and then took its skin.”

He patted his chest, put his hands together and bowed towards the outside in worship. “Heavenly Lord Fox demon, injustice has a head and debt has an owner. The people who hurt you have paid for their lives, you are a god in heaven, do not come back to hurt other innocent people. The great revenge has ended, so you can go on your way in peace.”

Bai Lixin winked at Dijia, who then looked at Li Yuan, “You go, I’ll call you if something happens.”

Li Yuan said “okay” and respectfully withdrew from the room.

After Li Yuan left, Dijia came to Bai Lixin’s side, “What’s wrong?”

Bai Lixin twisted the hairs and held them under the sun, “Li Yuan is lying, at least, he is not telling the truth about some things.”

“Look at these hairs, although rare, you can vaguely see red, black, and white mixed in them, not the pure red Li Yuan was talking about.”

“And here, come here,” Bai Lixin went to the courtyard. The black ashes in the fire pit were light and thin as gauze, it slipped through the fingers gently.

“Li Yuan said he burned the portrait to Lord Li, but the material used for canvas and paper money is not the same, the ashes from the two are also different. For things such as painting canvas, materials with thick texture and resistance are used in order to create durability. The ashes that come from burning canvas should also be thicker.”

“What’s more, he also admitted that even the frame was burned.” Bai Lixin snickered, “The frame for canvas is generally made of wood, there are no wooden ashes here.”

“To create such a lie, the portrait must be a big issue, and Li Yuan also has a problem.”

Dijia stood aside, silently admiring Bai Lixin’s process of reasoning, he didn’t even notice the doting look in his eyes.

Bai Lixin finished analyzing the fire pit, and then walked to the painting at the bedroom door.

He stared at the painting for a while, then turned to look at Dijia with watery eyes, and pointed to the painting. “I want this painting.”

Dijia just wanted to nod his head.

Give, give, give! I’ll give it all to you! If you want the stars in the sky, I can pluck them down for you!

Bai Lixin had rubbed the ashes between his fingers, so Dijia took out a dark green handkerchief and pulled Bai Lixin’s hand over to patiently wipe the dirt off the fingers. He said in a low voice, “I can’t give you the painting for nothing. If I give you this painting, what will Little Mother give me in return?”

The slightly rough handkerchief rubbed over Bai Lixin’s fingers, and slowly slid in the direction of his palm, all the way to his wrist.

It felt ambiguous and gentle, Bai Lixin couldn’t help trembling.

A hand grabbed Bai Lixin’s wrist that wanted to retract, the other firmly circled Bai Lixin’s waist. Dijia slowly leaned over, and whispered, “Answer three questions and I will give you the painting, okay?”

Bai Lixin’s breathing became hurried, he raised his eyes to look at the man’s deep dark eyes, and the abyss-like pupils reflected a helpless and fragile face.

Bai Lixin lowered his eyes and murmured, “You ask.”

Dijia, “Question one. Little mother is such beauty, are you a man or a woman?”

Bai Lixin’s face turned red, “Of course I am a man.”

“Is that so?” Dijia sneered, “I don’t believe it. Can Little mother prove it to me?”

Bai Lixin blinked blankly.

Prove it? How could this be proven?

Dijia, “If Little mother can’t prove it, then how about I check it out instead?”

Bai Lixin’s entire face turned red.

The man in front of him recklessly put his hands all over his body. Every question was more shocking than the other, yet his face only became more serious.

If one didn’t personally hear what this dog was asking, others would even think that they were talking about something important.

And shouldn’t every question be followed with a question mark?

He seemed to be asking, but it was more like an attack.

Scum, Sven scum!

“I’m really a man,” Bai Lixin tried to tilt his head and pointed to his neck, “I have an Adam’s apple ”

Dijia’s deep eyes looked over.

He looked for a while before tsking, “I’ve looked closely and it just looks like an Adam’s apple. But some very thin women also have bumps on their necks, which still doesn’t prove your sex.”

“It’s better to let me do it myself.”

Bai Lixin’s legs trembled: “……”

Do it yourself!? Do exactly what ah?!

The hand around the waist slowly moved down. Bai Lixin could not break free from the other party’s strong grip, and could only helplessly bury his head into Dijia’s chest, using the metal buttons to ease his face and hot trembling body.

A few moments later, Dijia chuckled, his voice was thick and husky. “Heh, it seems that I misunderstood, Little mother is really a man. It’s all Little mother’s fault for being too beautiful, as beautiful as a fairy and making me misjudge.”

“Little mother will forgive me for being reckless and unreasonable, right?”

Bai Lixin: “……”

Wuu, damn it!

I will never forgive!

—

In the live broadcast room.

[Fuck! Although I can only see the back of the big boss, it is gratifying!]

[Help!!! The boss said he was really a man, how did the big boss judge?! I got it, the big boss is worthy of being a big boss, this is great.]

[It’s amazing, it’s a scene of a half-covered pipa but I’ve already made up the picture just by listening to the dialogue. Is this the boundless imagination of human beings?]

[The big boss was as pure as water in the last copy, and in this one, he is as hot as lava. These are two people, right?]

[God Xin has a character setting, would the big boss also have a character setting? For example, a lustful character or something?]

[I’m laughing to death. If he really has a character setting, then I will really laugh to death.]

[If the big boss also has a character setting, doesn’t that prove that the monsters in this copy also have restrictions?]

[I now suspect that the big boss is an insider in this game, otherwise, how can he always find God Xin? This is not something ordinary people can do ah.]

[Upstairs, what you say is very reasonable ah.]

[Can we not go off topic! I just want to say, it’s too damned hot, I’ve started taking oxygen.]

[Ah ah ah, the big boss is too good at teasing, and God Xin is too pitiful. I love the character settings of both the big boss and God Xin!]

—

In the evening, Meiyuan House was already full.

On the second floor pavilion.

Hu Meier was eating the candied fruit the maid next to her was serving. She faced the stage, but the corner of her eye fell on the two people beside her.

The other concubines were not here, only Feng Gu, Hu Meier, and Brother Yun were here.

Noticing Hu Meier’s scrutinizing gaze, Feng Gu spoke up, “What’s wrong? Sister keeps looking at me.”

Hu Meier, “Oh, nothing.”

“It’s just strange, where did the eldest young master and Brother Xin go? They said they would watch the show with us but why haven’t they come?”

Originally, they were supposed to come together. In the evening, she came to find the young master and Bai Lixin, she searched around but couldn’t find a trace of the two.

Later, she asked the servants in the courtyard, only to find out that they left early in the evening.

“Hehe,” Brother Yun chuckled, “One is a bloodthirsty warlord, and the other is a soft and gentle qin guanren, what do you think they can do?”

“As soon as the young master entered the door, his eyes were on Brother Xin as if his soul had been hooked.”

“Tsk tsk,” Hu Meier giggled, “My Li residence is really interesting, the Lord was an eunuch, and the unmarried stepmother and adopted son got together. This big family is just ridiculous.”

Halfway through her words, she looked at Brother Yun with affection, and her eyes were full of desire.

However, Brother Yun seemed to be quite concerned about watching the play. In order to watch the play, he deliberately washed away the thick powder on his face and changed out of the offending cheongsam.

The man sitting In front of her now was the same as when she first met him. He was wearing a fine black robe, his hair neatly laid down, and he looked manly.

Hu Meier could not help but sigh lightly, “Brother Yun looks really good like this. Anyway, that dead ghost is gone, why don’t you just put on like this in the future?”

Brother Yun turned his head and gave Feng Gu a questioning look.

Feng Gu took a sip of tea. “Brother Yun looks good like this, but I am, after all, the Lord’s right hand. I have to take people’s gossip into account.”

Hu Meier’s expression instantly sank, and Brother Yun’s smile also stiffened.