Chapter 545: Attacking the Unprepared
An hour later, Xie Xuan arranged everything in the mansion, and then came to Luo Tianjin's study alone.

"Master, Jiang Yiwei's funeral has been arranged."

"Ugh!"

In the past few days, Luo Tianjin had been immersed in caution and calculation. Until this moment, a trace of sadness emerged between his brows, and he said: "Although Jiang Yiwei once chased Xiao Zhirou, he did not kill her in the end, which did not disappoint my sincerity to him."

"Yes!" Xie Xuan sighed, "Looking back at the ups and downs over the years, Jiang Yiwei has repeatedly risked his life for Xianwang Mansion. No matter how difficult the task was, as long as the Lord of the Mansion asked, he never said a word of 'no'. If you think about it carefully, Jiang Yiwei has also made great contributions to Xianwang Mansion's current achievements."

"What a pity." Luo Tianjin seemed unwilling to indulge in sadness for too long, and waved his hand, "Tell Luo Qi that Jiang Yiwei's funeral must be held in a grand manner. Invite all his friends. Also, on the day of the funeral, have all the prominent figures in Luoyang go to see him off. When he was alive, Jiang Yiwei was very low-key, and now that he is dead... let him go to the underworld with dignity!"

Luo Tianjin's words were so sad that Xie Xuan couldn't help but be moved.

"Forget it!" Even though there was not a single tear, Luo Tianjin still subconsciously wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves and smiled bitterly, "When people get old, they often become sentimental. Haha..."

"My Lord, please accept my condolences." Xie Xuan consoled him, "Your injuries have not healed yet, please take care of yourself."

"Tell me about it!" Luo Tianjin let out a long breath, then changed the subject and asked, "How have you been observing these past few days?"

"Reporting to the Palace Master, everything in the palace is normal, nothing strange." Xie Xuan pondered, "Yan Bugui, Deng Changchuan, Huang Yulang, Murong Bai, follow the Palace Master's instructions and find some coroners. As for the results of the coroner's autopsy, the Palace Master has just learned about it. If there is a problem with the coroner... then there is a problem with the four of them."

"Impossible." Luo Tianjin said firmly, "The four of them plus Jiang Yiwei are enough to occupy half of the Xianwang Mansion. If there were problems, the Xianwang Mansion would have collapsed long ago, and my head would have been chopped off long ago. I would never be alive today."

"What the Palace Master said is very true."

"What do you think of the performance of the four of them in the hall just now?" Luo Tianjin raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Who is the most abnormal?"

"This..." Xie Xuan carefully recalled the scene just now, and said hesitantly, "Yan Bugui is sure that Li Jia escaped from the Xianwang Mansion without permission, and listed some ways to sneak out of the mansion. This part is a bit strange. Deng Changchuan turned a blind eye to many suspicious points of the whole incident, and instead suspected that we were worrying too much. This part is also a bit strange. Huang Yulang wanted to hold the funeral and bury Jiang Yiwei as soon as possible. This part is also worthy of suspicion. Only Murong Bai has doubts about Li Jia's escape, which is reasonable."

"So, Yan Bugui, Deng Changchuan, and Huang Yulang are all abnormal?" Luo Tianjin said with a half-smile, "Brother Xie, what's the difference between suspecting four and suspecting three?"

"This..." Xie Xuan smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly, "When it comes to them, I have to be extra careful, and sometimes even suspicious."

"There is another person who is extremely abnormal." Luo Tianjin said dimly, "I am completely puzzled."

"What the Palace Master said is..."

"Madam." Luo Tianjin said, with an indescribable tangle in his eyes. "She firmly believed in the conclusion of the seventeen coroners and even reminded me that these coroners were quite prestigious in Luoyang. The strangest thing is that she knew the details of the chief coroner and knew that he had worked in the Criminal Justice Department."

At this point, Luo Tianjin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked in a sarcastic tone: "Brother Xie, what do you think Madam meant by this?"

"Madam is just stating the facts, the Lord of the Mansion does not need to worry too much."

Xie Xuan was still frightened by what happened last time, so when he mentioned Ling Xiaoxiao, he only said half of the sentence, leaving the other half for Luo Tianjin to figure out.

"Really?" Luo Tianjin murmured to himself, "Maybe I'm really overthinking it."

"The mansion master said that today we are just paralyzing the real murderer and making him relax his guard. Everything will be arranged." Xie Xuan asked curiously, "Right now, Jiang Yiwei's funeral has been arranged, and the matter will soon be concluded. I wonder what the mansion master's arrangements are..."

"Whether he is buried or not, it does not affect our investigation into the cause of Jiang Yiwei's death." Luo Tianjin said with a hint of meaning, "In fact, someone has already hidden the truth in his heart."

"Who?"

"Grandma Taohua!" Luo Tianjin said, "Do you believe that the world-famous number one doctor would make a mistake in judging Jiang Yiwei's injuries? Even seventeen coroners could see the 'poisonous blood stasis', how could Grandma Taohua not be aware of it?"

"The Palace Master means..."

"These coroners have long been bribed, so they put on airs in front of me and made up some 'profound and mysterious' reasons to confuse me." Luo Tianjin said in a serious tone, "Brother Xie, I dare to assert that Granny Taohua must know the real cause of Jiang Yiwei's death, but she doesn't want to wade into this muddy water, so she is in a hurry to leave."

"Thinking about it this way, Granny Taohua not only knows the cause of Jiang Yiwei's death, but she has also most likely guessed the real culprit behind the scene." Xie Xuan pondered, "The real culprit may be an important figure in the mansion, otherwise Granny Taohua would not have to be so cautious, let alone leave in such a hurry."

"Jiang Yiwei's corpse won't speak, but Granny Taohua will. As long as we convince her, we can get the truth."

"The mansion master was worried that the real murderer would harm Granny Taohua, so he hastily ended Jiang Yiwei's matter to make her relax her vigilance." Xie Xuan suddenly realized, "You agreed to let Granny Taohua go because you wanted her to leave the place of trouble as soon as possible to avoid being affected."

"Grandma Taohua is our only hope to find out the truth, so nothing must happen to her." Luo Tianjin said undeniably, "The longer she stays, the more dangerous it will be. Only by leaving can the real murderer give up the idea of ​​killing her to silence her."

"That's right!" Xie Xuan nodded repeatedly. "Jiang Yiwei has been buried, Granny Taohua has left, and the matter has been completely resolved. The real culprit behind the scenes will definitely not cause any trouble, because hunting Granny Taohua down would easily arouse suspicion."

"Exactly."

"But... Granny Taohua is old and cunning, it's hard for us to get her to speak." Xie Xuan said worriedly.

"Of course you and I can't do that, but there is one person who can easily make Granny Taohua tell the truth. More importantly, this person has been indebted to Jiang Yiwei, so he definitely doesn't want Jiang Yiwei to die in vain." "What the mansion master said is..." Xie Xuan's mind was calculating rapidly, and suddenly a light flashed, and he exclaimed, "Xiao Zhirou!"

"That's right!" Luo Tianjin answered confidently, "I will write a letter right away, and you send someone to Jiangzhou to give it to Xiao Zhirou. Then send a trusted confidant to Changbai Mountain to wait for Granny Taohua to reveal the truth. By then, everything will be cleared up and the truth will be revealed."

……

At noon, in order to fulfill his promise, Qin Ku booked the entire Tianxiang Tower and hosted a banquet for the disciples of the three sects.

Looking at the jars of fine wine piled up like a mountain, the people upstairs and downstairs cheering and rejoicing. Qin Ku was happy, but his heart couldn't stop bleeding.

"They booked the entire restaurant, added thousands of jars of fine wine, hundreds of tables of delicacies... These tigers and wolves don't know how to be frugal at all. They only choose the expensive things. Every table is filled with delicacies from land and sea..." The drunk Qin Ku hugged the jar of wine and snuggled under the table. He counted on his fingers, made a sad face, and kept complaining, "Oh! I have never spent so much money in my life..."

After saying that, Qin Ku slapped himself hard on the mouth a few times and blamed himself: "Foul mouth! Foul mouth! I told you to make blind promises!"

"Brother Qin, what are you doing under the table?"

With a playful ridicule, Liu Xunyi sat on the ground, leaning against the table leg, looking at the self-pitying Qin Ku with interest, and teased: "Everyone has eaten and drunk enough, just waiting for the deputy to spend a lot of money."

Liu Xunyi's words were like a sharp sword, piercing Qin Ku's heart fiercely. He curled his lips and said, "Xunyi, I'm going to become a pauper again..."

"The mansion master rewarded you with a million gold coins, what's a mere meal of wine and meat?" Liu Xunyi smiled nonchalantly, "To you, it's just a drop in the bucket."

"What do you mean by a drop in the bucket?" Qin Ku glared and said aggrievedly, "I save money to build a house and buy land, marry a wife and have children in the future. Alas! You are lucky to marry the daughter of the leader of the martial arts world. You will enjoy endless wealth and glory in the future."

"Brother Qin, a real man should stick to his word..."

"Xun Yi, you are familiar with the owner of Tianxianglou, can you help me talk to him... to buy on credit first?"

"The rules of Luoyang City are set by the Palace Master, especially for disciples of Xianwang Palace. They are not allowed to buy on credit." Liu Xunyi said helplessly, "If the Palace Master knows about this, be careful to fine you 200,000 or 300,000 taels."

Hearing this, Qin Ku's face changed, and he stuck out his tongue awkwardly. Under Liu Xunyi's "coaxing", he reluctantly got out of the table.

"Thank you, Deputy Chairman, for the wine and meat!" Upstairs, Xu Heng did not forget to make some jokes, which immediately attracted everyone to agree with him.

"Take back all the unfinished wine and uneaten meat," Qin Ku yelled, "No one is allowed to use my money to show off. I'm going to the toilet first, and if I see any wine and meat left on someone's table when I come back, don't blame me for asking you to pay for it!"

"Ha ha……"

Accompanied by a burst of laughter, Qin Ku, with a flushed face, staggered towards the backyard of Tianxiang Tower.

"Miscalculated! Miscalculated! Next time I treat you, I should serve steamed buns..."

When Qin Ku stumbled out of the toilet, a young man who looked like a waiter had been waiting in the yard for a long time.

"Master, are you Qin Ku?"

"What are you doing?" Qin Ku was immediately displeased when he saw the waiter staring at him, "Are you afraid that I can buy on credit?"

"No, no, no! I'm not a worker at Tianxianglou. I'm..."

"I don't give a fuck who you are." Qin Ku waved his hand and said impatiently, "If you have something to say, just say it. If you have to fart, just fart!"

"Uncle Qin, someone wants to see you."

"Bullshit!" Qin Ku's face darkened and he said unhappily, "Am I a dog? When will it be your turn to order me around..."

Before he finished speaking, the waiter had already pulled out a stack of banknotes from his arms and said with a flattering smile: "As long as you honor me, all this money is yours. And... there will be benefits later."

Upon seeing the banknote, Qin Ku's eyes lit up. The anger on his face disappeared in the blink of an eye, and he put on a friendly face with a playful smile. While taking the banknote, he greeted, "You are too polite! If you want to see me, just say hello. Why spend so much money? Come on, come on, please lead the way, big brother!"

"Uncle Qin, this way please!"

After that, the waiter led Qin Ku out of the back door of Tianxiang Tower and got into a carriage on the street.

With the whip cracked, the carriage sped towards the end of the street.

……

(End of this chapter)