Chapter 198: A hair's breadth away, a mile's difference
Chapter 198 A slight mistake can lead to a huge error
Normally, the same person cannot die in two different ways.
With Taiyi's ability, Ning Zhe possesses the memories of both Yu Ziqian and Tian Chengyun. In Yu Ziqian's memory, Tian Chengyun was killed by him personally, and in Tian Chengyun's own memory, he committed suicide by slitting his throat in front of his brother.
If two people have two completely different understandings of the same thing, then there is a high probability that one of them is false.
If other people encountered this kind of contradictory situation, they would first suspect whether they were deceived or whether someone lied to them, causing them to receive false information, but Ning Zhe could not use this reason to fool himself.
Because the source of his information is not oral narration from others, but memory.
Yu Ziqian killed Tian Chengyun with his own hands, and Tian Chengyun committed suicide by slitting his throat in front of his brother. The two completely different facts were clearly recorded in the memories of both people, and no one was lying to him.
But just like mind readers are afraid of encountering the kind of ruthless people who even deceive themselves, is the information obtained through memory necessarily completely true?
This is a world with ghosts. Lan Shiwen can predict the future and the God of Wealth Wutong can bring the dead back to life. Judging from the current performance, ghosts are almost omnipotent. If they can't, it means you haven't found a ghost that can do it.
Therefore, even human memory is subject to the possibility of being tampered with.
"First of all, the memory of one of Yu Ziqian and Tian Chengyun's brother was tampered with, or both of their memories were false, in order to cover up the real cause of Tian Chengyun's death."
Considering that Tian Chengyun’s ashes were not found in the cemetery before, Ning Zhe felt that it was very likely that someone was preventing him from tracing back to the truth of the Bishuiwan Manor incident.
"Then, Feng Yuxu's memory is also suspected to have been tampered with. In her memory, Bai Fugui stayed in the bathroom of the manor on the night when the Bishuiwan Manor was haunted, but this does not make sense."
Either Bai Fugui was not in the manor and the burns on his body were faked later.
Either Bai Fugui is in the manor and is familiar with the rules of the special arrangement, so he can save his life in the haunted manor.
Of the two possibilities, Ning Zhe personally prefers the latter for a very simple reason.
When the Bishuiwan Manor was haunted and blocked by Tu Yu, Bai Fugui was suspected to be at the scene.
When Taoyuan City was pulled into the virtual world, Bai Fugui was still on the scene.
Once was a coincidence, twice was a chance encounter, but considering the tampering of Feng Yusu’s memory and the special circumstances of Bai Zhi, then it was not a coincidence at all.
"Bai Fugui is definitely connected to the strange world. He might even come to Ancient Monument Town just for the Snake God."
Ning Zhe came to his own conclusion in his mind.
If there is no connection with the strange world, how to explain the mysteries surrounding Bai Fugui's family?
If it wasn't for the Snake God, why would Bai Fugui travel thousands of miles to Qinzhou to compete with the local tyrant Zhang Yangxu for the development rights of Gubei Town?
If both of these assumptions are true, Bai Fugui's true identity will be revealed to some extent.
"Auntie, be careful about your husband. You'd better pay more attention to whether he has any strange behavior." Ning Zhe said.
Feng Yushu was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Why?"
"I suspect your husband is Fenwu."
Ning Zhe said: "It is known that Fen Wu wanted to get the Snake God, so he entrusted Tu Yu to seal the Bishuiwan Manor and release ghosts to kill people in the manor. Until now, he is still eyeing me in the dark. And according to my speculation, the reason why Bai Fugui came to Gubei Town is suspected to be for the Snake God.
If my guess is correct, they may be the same person.”
Fen Wu wants to obtain the Snake God, which means that the rules of the Snake God Summoning are useful to him, and may even be able to make up for the shortcomings of his core rules. If Bai Fugui is Fen Wu, then his puzzling behavior of traveling thousands of miles to confront the local snake of the Xia family head-on can be explained.
A ghost that can be used by me is worth the huge price paid by the Ascendant.
"Of course, all of this is just my guess and may not be the truth." Ning Zhe exhaled and explained: "But it's always right to be careful, isn't it?"
"Yes, yes..." Feng Yushu's face was stiff, and he forced a smile. Although it was a guess, Ning Zhe would not easily make a blind guess. All his guesses were well-reasoned and his accuracy rate was quite high.
It would be fine if he guessed wrong this time, but what if he guessed right?
From Feng Yusu's perspective, her husband might be an ascender named Fen Wu, who is planning to hunt Ning Zhe and seize the rules of the Snake God Zhaoyou to make up for his own shortcomings...
Conflicts between the Upgraded Ones rarely occur, but once they do, they are a fight to the death.
...If this possibility becomes a reality someday in the future, whose side should I stand on? Feng Yushu touched her chest and came up with an answer that even she herself found frightening.
"How can this be... No, I can't... That kind of thing..." Feng Yusu covered her face with her hands, lowered her head and sobbed softly.
The waiter at the barbecue restaurant stood by the table holding a tray of food, not knowing whether to go in or out.
"It's okay, she'll be fine after crying for a while." Ning Zhe smiled and took the skewers from the waiter's tray and put them on the table. He took a few pieces of mutton from the skewers and put them on the porcelain plate in front of Feng Yusu.
After a few minutes, the aunt stopped crying, her eyes red and she didn't know what to say.
"Okay, let's put this matter aside for now. After all, none of us has any evidence." Ning Zhe leaned against the window and looked at the brightly lit snack street outside. He then said, "I asked you out today because I have something else to ask you."
Feng Yushu nodded: "You ask."
Ning Zhe nodded and said nonchalantly: "Remember the last time in Taoyuan City, when the rules in me were on the verge of getting out of control, and I asked you to give me a mirror?"
Feng Yushu hummed and nodded, "I remember it very clearly. What's wrong?"
"We met in a restaurant. What did I say to you when we first entered the private room of the restaurant?" Ning Zhe asked.
"Well... you first asked me about Ah Zhi's situation, then talked a little about the special allowance and the rules of Ye Yao, and then..." Feng Yuxu wiped her tears with a napkin, her eyes showing memories:
"Then you said that I would obey you from now on. No matter what you ask, I must do it. I will never disobey any of your orders."
Ning Zhe exhaled slowly, and then asked: "What were you thinking when I said this to you?"
"What are you thinking?" Feng Yushu was a little confused, but still answered truthfully:
"I was a little surprised at first, but then I felt that you were right and I should have listened to you. Although you sometimes asked me to do some excessive things, if I hadn't done what you said in Hejia Village, I might have died there a long time ago."
"...Is that so." Ning Zhe put down the barbecue skewer in his hand: "I understand. Thank you, Auntie."
(End of this chapter)