Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Everyone arrived at Cai Lian Manor. The time for appreciating lotus had long passed, and the manor was rarely quiet. However, the wife of a young master who had not yet married had just passed away here. Not to mention any decorations like white banners, even the servants were wearing ordinary clothes, and it seemed that there was no intention of handling the funeral at all.

Jiang Xinxin just stood at the gate and saw the rising resentment hovering above Cailian Manor with no sign of dissipating.

Li Lianhua had been paying attention to Jiang Xinxin's expression all the way. Seeing her suddenly frowning solemnly, she couldn't help but ask, "Did Miss Jiang see anything?"

After saying that, Fang Duobing and Di Feisheng also looked over, but Jiang Xinxin just shook her head casually and said perfunctorily: "I just think Cailian Manor is too quiet and cold."

So everyone knew that now was not a good time to talk. When they entered the gate, they saw a man who looked like the owner of Cailian Manor giving a lecture. He was saying that lotus flowers are noble creatures and cannot be fertilized with ordinary soybean meal.

Jiang Xinxin instantly understood that the lotuses in Cailian Manor were probably all grown by humans, otherwise even if they were just animal corpses, the resentment would not have accumulated to such an extent.

So, even if she didn't see any soul, Jiang Xinxin already understood what happened behind Cai Lian Manor.

Even if the bride who came from far away was still lying in the coffin at this moment, she would probably not be able to escape the fate of being sunk to the bottom of the pond to be offered to the lotus if they had not arrived.

While it was dark, everyone gathered in Jiang Xinxin's room. Fang Duobing couldn't help but ask, "Miss Jiang, what did you see in the afternoon? Why didn't I notice anything wrong?"

Ignoring the latter question, Jiang Xinxin said, "The method used by Cailian Manor to raise lotus is probably not an ordinary one. This method is extremely harmful to Yin Qi, so I guess it should be the method of using corpses to raise lotus."

After saying this, Li Lianhua looked at Di Feisheng with amusement and said, "Then we came at the right time. The Lion Soul of the Golden Mandarin Duck League has appeared in Cai Lian Manor before, and the people of the Golden Mandarin Duck League always like to do those weird things."

Di Feisheng glanced at Li Lianhua unhappily, but he still spoke to confirm: "As far as I know, Lion Soul does know how to grow lotus in the way of the Corpse Fragrance Lotus Tomb. Combined with what Miss Jiang said, the people of Cailian Manor should have obtained this method of growing lotus from Lion Soul, which made this lotus more famous."

Fang Duobing didn't expect that he had just arrived at Cailian Manor and he had obtained so much useful information. But then he became more suspicious of the identities of Li Lianhua and A Fei. One of them knew a lot about Baichuan Courtyard and anecdotes of the martial arts world, and the other seemed to be very familiar with the Jinyuan League. It was hard for him not to doubt their identities.

"Let's go and take a look at Miss Tan's body and the rooms where the previous brides temporarily lived."

Since Miss Tan was not yet the legitimate young lady of Cai Lian Manor, the mourning hall was very simple. There was no one to keep vigil at night. It was even possible that her family members had not received the news yet.

After some investigation, everyone found that Miss Tan had indeed drowned, but there were some bruises on her back, lower back and neck, and there seemed to be some grass leaves hidden under her fingernails.

Nothing could be seen from Miss Tan, so everyone avoided the farmhands of Cai Lian Manor and went to the brides' temporary residence.

Originally, it was impossible for them to know the brides' temporary residence right away as they had just arrived. However, when it was getting dark, the strange housekeeper burned paper by the pool where the brides fell into the water and in front of an attic.

In the brides' temporary residence, everyone found a set of reddish-brown wedding dresses with Miao style. When Fang Duobing saw the wedding dresses, he couldn't help but have some ideas. He grabbed Li Lianhua and said, "This ready-made wedding dress is here. Li Lianhua, why don't you try it on and see if it can help us find some clues?"

Seeing Li Lianhua looking over, Jiang Xinxin immediately refused: "For an unmarried girl, you can't just wear wedding clothes casually."

Di Feisheng also hurriedly walked away with his arms folded, "It's none of my business anyway."

Looking at the smug Fang Duobing in front of him, Li Lianhua gritted her teeth and used her ultimate move: "We have three grown men here, let's play rock-paper-scissors!"

Di Feisheng didn't escape after all, and reluctantly came to participate in the game of rock-paper-scissors. However, he didn't expect Li Lianhua to lose completely in the first round. Fang Duobing and Di Feisheng quickly rejected the proposal of two wins out of three rounds and three wins out of five rounds, "If you keep doing this, it will be dawn soon!"

Li Lianhua didn't expect that she had dug a hole and buried herself. She took her wedding dress and hair crown and went to the back to change clothes cursing. About quarter of an hour later, a faint bell sound came from the back. Everyone looked up and saw Li Lianhua, who was dressed in a gorgeous dress, walking out slowly.

Di Feisheng was the first one who couldn't help wanting to laugh, but he knew he definitely couldn't laugh in front of Li Lianhua, so he quickly turned around and walked towards the window.

Fang Duobing laughed out loud, and after receiving Li Lianhua's glare, he hurried forward and attentively supported him so that he could walk more easily.

Jiang Xinxin was much more direct and praised directly: "Li Lianhua, Li Lianhua, your name is really right. This gorgeous wedding dress makes you look even more like a lotus emerging from water."

After hearing what Jiang Xinxin said, Li Lianhua felt much less uncomfortable. He even took the initiative to look around the room, wanting to look in the mirror to see what he looked like.

"Oh, why is there no mirror in the room?"

After Li Lianhua asked, everyone realized that this room was for the women to live in, but it didn't even have a mirror for dressing.

However, Di Feisheng, who had been hanging around the window, made a discovery. "There is a reflective surface outside that is as tall as a person. Could it be that the bride needs to go outside to look in the mirror after changing her clothes?"

Jiang Xinxin walked over to Di Feisheng and took a look. She immediately understood that all the designs inside and outside the house seemed to be aimed at leading the bride to the water's edge.

Looking back at Li Lianhua's complicated silver ornaments and narrow skirt, Jiang Xinxin said, "I now understand the mystery of this wedding dress and the mirror-like object outside."

Fang Duobing understood it as soon as he saw it, and he spoke his guess happily: "This wedding dress, crown, and various silver ornaments are all to restrict the bride's movements. After the bride puts on her clothes, there is no mirror in the room, so she can only look in the mirror outside. But next to the mirror outside is a gentle slope downwards, and the bride can easily fall into the water if she is not careful."

"The heavy and restrictive clothing made it difficult for the bride to save herself even if she could float. In addition, this place is remote, so if the bride fell into the water, there would be no chance of rescue!"

The more Fang Duobing spoke, the uglier his expression became. It seemed that no one in Cai Lian Manor was a good person. It was a pity for those girls who came from far away to marry. They thought they could find their ideal husbands, but they didn't expect that the man wanted to take their lives from the very beginning!

Standing by the water, Li Lianhua carefully looked at the direction of the water flow and confirmed that the place where the brides first fell into the water should be where they are now. As for the place where the bodies were fished out, that was the result of the water flow.