Miss Truth

This tune is called "Ruan Lang’s Enchantment"; evidently, it focuses more on the story of Ruan Zhao.

Ruan Lang...sees through the mortal world...Xiao Song’s brows furrowed slightly, could he have been mistaken?

Liu Pinrang’s tone was especially grave, "Could it be that the murderer is a monk rather than a nun?"

Xiao Song pondered for a moment and said, "No, compared to this tune of ’Ruan Lang’s Enchantment,’ I trust the evidence I saw even more. However, it might be related to the beginning of the case, so we might as well consider the motives."

"I should be the one to think about this," Liu Qingsong rubbed his waist, appearing out of nowhere.

Liu Qingsong typically jumped to conclusions with every rumor, turning every slight breeze into a story with a beginning and end, all well-founded and reasonable, a bit more advanced than the gossiping women in the alleys, making one wonder whether to admire or despise him.

Xiao Song said, "Then let’s hear it."

"There are so many possibilities!" Liu Qingsong grumbled, "All this kicking, I wonder if my kidneys will become useless later..." He then said, "Let’s start with a straightforward yet quite cruel one. There was once a young man who fell in love with a lady. They pledged their lives to each other in secret, enjoying time spent together under the flowers and moon, a match made in heaven, with vows of eternal love. They were practically husband and wife, but then the lady was promised to another. The young man asked her to elope with him, but as the one to elope would be a concubine, the lady was unwilling. The young man felt she had changed her heart, and in a fit of rage and anger, he became a monk. In truth, the lady still yearned for him, so she continually hummed ’Ruan Lang’s Enchantment,’ but the young monk never knew and grew increasingly disturbed. He couldn’t stand to see others engage in secret vows, so he went on to murder them."