Nie Huaisang could not have let the final pieces of his revenge fall into place without his watchful eye, after all. "More truths came out. I told you of the curse whose blame was falsely assigned to Wei Ying. Su Minshan had cast that curse, and Jin Guangyao had used it to arrange the ambush that led to Wei Ying's death." Briskly, he continues rather than pausing there: "Nie Huaisang had placed a poison trap within the coffin of Meng Shi, Jin Guangyao's mother, and already removed her body. He had also unleashed Nie Mingjue's corpse to hunt Jin Guangyao. When the corpse arrived, Jin Guangyao had Wei Ying's nephew held with a qin string around his neck. His fear of Nie Mingjue was so strong that he could not hold it steady. That is why I removed his hand."