BVAHEDLA[W Chapter 58

Chapter 58 Ancient 32: Revelation

Qian Ming then turned his surprised gaze toward the woman standing silently behind Chu Li-fei and Lu Mo-chen, whose presence was almost nonexistent.

He paused, seemingly puzzled by the hint of joy in Lu Ying’s tone. In his impression, Lu Ying wasn’t someone who would actively initiate conversation.

So Qian Ming’s tone was noticeably hesitant and probing: “Ah… yes, please accept our condolences, Madam.”

Although he didn’t see any trace of sadness on Lu Ying’s face.

After receiving the affirmative answer, Lu Ying seemed to suddenly realize something, and stiffly nodded.

Chu Li-fei, however, noticed sharply that Lu Ying’s hand, which had been tightly gripping the doorframe, loosened and slid down to her side the moment Qian Ming answered. It was as if she had dropped all defenses, allowing others to glimpse the calm interior beneath her madness.

However, he didn’t say much.

A person who was usually taciturn must have done a lot of mental preparation before deciding to speak up. Lu Ying’s actions just now reflected this well, suggesting that she was still under considerable pressure.

Therefore, now was obviously not a good time to ask questions.

Besides, since Qian Ming had arrived, they had more important things to do.

Qian Ming’s thoughts were in line with Chu Li-fei’s. They exchanged a look, and their thoughts were understood without words.

Soon, a group of people in dark official uniforms poured into the small courtyard like a tide, their target very clear – the main house and the study.

Logically speaking, as Qi Fu’s legal wife, Lu Ying naturally couldn’t escape suspicion. But combined with the information gathered in the past few days, and for some unknown reason, Lu Ying didn’t live in the same house as Qi Fu, so the investigation priority of her and her room was lowered.

The group spread out, working swiftly and efficiently, each doing their job. Soon, Chu Li-fei and the others heard the sound of overturning boxes and cabinets coming from not far away.

At this moment, Lu Ying’s hand tightly gripped the fabric over her heart, her eyes flickering with entanglement and confusion, her brow furrowed slightly, casting a faint shadow.

She seemed to be struggling greatly in her heart.

Lu Mo-chen subtly nudged Chu Li-fei with his shoulder, and after receiving the latter’s nod indicating understanding, he quietly took a step forward, standing beside Chu Li-fei. He asked in a low voice, audible only to them:

“Royal Uncle, Lu Ying, is she really okay?”

The implication was that he believed Lu Ying, as Qi Fu’s wife, couldn’t possibly know nothing. And Lu Ying’s current appearance clearly indicated that she was still hiding something from them.

Having been an emperor in his previous life for several years, Lu Mo-chen, like every emperor, had learned to be suspicious. However, unlike those people, a piece of purity still remained deep in his heart, willing to reveal everything to Chu Li-fei without reservation, and believing in his every action and every word.

The search was nearing its end. Chu Li-fei saw the figures who had been busy in the house lining up and filing out one after another. His eyes sharpened: “She has a problem –

But I don’t think she’s standing against us. Let’s wait and see.”

“Okay, I believe in Royal Uncle.”

Qian Ming, on the other hand, hurried forward to inquire about the search situation. Unfortunately, the head constable silently lowered his head and shook it at Qian Ming.

Nothing found.

Qian Ming was also silent for a moment, then turned his gaze to Chu Li-fei, asking for his opinion.

“Let’s go. There’s less than a day left. Let’s start from other places and see if we can find more evidence.”

Chu Li-fei sighed, using his peripheral vision to secretly watch Lu Ying’s every move, then seemingly inadvertently asked, “Speaking of which, how is the case I asked you to investigate?”

“You mean—” Receiving Chu Li-fei’s gaze, Qian Ming immediately understood, pretending to barely react: “The case of the Lu family couple in the East Sea who accidentally drowned…?”

Exactly as Chu Li-fei had expected, Lu Ying’s eyes suddenly lit up when she heard the words “Lu family couple.” The original hesitation and timidity were swept away, leaving only a full of unwillingness and anger.

“You… are investigating my parents’ case?”

A slightly hoarse but hopeful voice suddenly sounded from behind the three.

Chu Li-fei paused, a smile curving at the corner of his mouth.

See? She’s hooked.

But when he turned around, his face was filled with worry: “When we were investigating, we discovered that the forces of the Hongguang Pavilion were also involved in the death of your parents. Therefore, we thought of reinvestigating to see if we could find other clues.”

This wasn’t really a lie to Lu Ying. Last night’s battle had given Chu Li-fei a rough idea of the strength of the Hongguang Pavilion. Especially the man in the dark green clothes, he could never have been trained through ordinary martial arts, especially that bloody aura that couldn’t be washed away.

And to be able to cultivate or recruit such a person, the number and depth of the forces involved behind the Hongguang Pavilion were far beyond his imagination.

Therefore, Lu Ying’s parents’ death, in any case, must be inseparable from the Hongguang Pavilion.

Hearing this, Lu Ying just stared straight into Chu Li-fei’s eyes, as if trying to discern whether his words were false.

Her parents had died tragically for no reason. She had also questioned it and even secretly investigated it, but in the end, nothing came of it. After Qi Fu found out, it was even more…

Lu Ying’s vigilant gaze slid up and down Chu Li-fei’s body, but all she saw was frankness and gentleness, as warm as a spring breeze, as pure and warm as the sun.

There was no malice or exploitation.

It made people involuntarily want to indulge in those amber peach blossom eyes.

They were clearly the most affectionate-looking eyes, but they inexplicably made her feel trust.

Lu Ying suddenly knelt down, her thin frame held straight, her eyes full of determination, her bright black eyes as deep as water: “I beg you three to give my father and mother justice!”

Her voice was hoarse but particularly forceful, like an ancient ringing bell, echoing in this small courtyard: “Father and mother were proficient in swimming, how could they have drowned on a windless and waveless day! I don’t believe it!”

“I beg you three to thoroughly reinvestigate this case!”

Before anyone could react, Lu Ying actually started kowtowing, each sound heavy. Lu Mo-chen quickly stepped forward to help her up.

However, when she raised her head again, a trace of blood slid down her forehead.

But Lu Ying seemed to feel no pain at all. Her eyes shone brightly, as if they had been washed over and over again by a cold spring. It seemed that the figure of the confident and bright young woman of the past could be glimpsed from them.

“I am willing to tell everything I know –

All truthfully.”

Lu Mo-chen and Qian Ming’s eyes both lit up, but when they saw Chu Li-fei’s composed expression, which didn’t reveal his feelings, they felt a deep admiration.

Was all of this also within his control? Qian Ming thought to himself. Even sending him to the East Sea to investigate the case, was that also planned in advance?

He couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Lu Ying briefly recounted everything she had experienced in the Qi residence.

Qi Fu had difficulty walking, but unexpectedly, he also had difficulty with offspring. But his younger brother, Qi Lu, was steadily promoted and had a happy family.

Factors of dissatisfaction were constantly growing in the dark, taking root in his heart like bone gangrene, and watered with jealousy, eventually breeding a deformed flower, causing his personality to twist little by little.

Therefore, he secretly planned everything in order to destroy the Qi family.

He believed that everyone in the Qi family owed him. His younger brother had taken the title that belonged to him, his father ignored him after he lost his value, and his mother was biased towards her youngest son.

Did they even have his existence in their eyes?

And Xiao Chun was a person arranged by Qi Fu to be by the Old Madam Qi’s side.

But it cost a lot of money to build a set of armor. Qi Fu simply couldn’t come up with that much money. So he came up with the idea of using Lu Ying.

Greed had long swallowed him up.

In order to obtain the money in a legitimate way, Qi Fu even orchestrated the death of Lu’s parents.

By the time Lu Ying found out about this news, it was already too late. All she got were two cold bodies and countless empty boxes. The gold, silver, land deeds, etc. inside had long disappeared.

Qi Fu kept a close watch on her and rarely allowed her to leave the house. So she told Old Madam Qi about this matter and asked her to uphold justice, but in return she received a meaningful look.

There was shame, unbearable feeling, and countless emotions she couldn’t describe in that look. Lu Ying still didn’t understand what this meant, but she didn’t want to understand.

Speaking of this, Lu Ying finally took off the veil that had been covering her face. All that could be seen was that there were blue and purple marks all over her originally beautiful face. The colors were light, and they looked like they were about to disappear.

But can the scars disappear? Can the harm that has been suffered be treated as if it never happened?

Can the crimes committed by the perpetrators not be held accountable?

Later, this matter never caused any further waves. And Lu Ying secretly received a lot of dowry from Old Madam Qi, which, when added together, was probably equivalent to the money that Qi Fu had misappropriated.

As she spoke, Lu Ying led the three to the study in the courtyard again.

The place where they had just stood was in the right position to see the situation inside the room clearly. Naturally, they could also see which places in the room had been searched just now and which places hadn’t.

So Lu Ying knew that there was still one place that they hadn’t found, and that was the place that Qi Fu had hidden, a place unknown to outsiders.

“There’s one more place that you haven’t searched.”

Lu Ying’s tone was unhurried and unhurried when she said this. Her expression was light, but her eyes were slightly lowered, focusing her gaze on a certain spot on the bookshelf.

The several constables behind Qian Ming were all a little surprised when they heard this. They had clearly searched carefully inside and out just now, so how could there still be omissions?

But Lu Ying’s expression was too calm, as if she was saying something insignificant, like a wide lake. The splash of water caused by a stone could not bring about any waves.

I don’t know if it was because she had endured for too long, but at the moment when she revealed the truth, she couldn’t even remember the joy of the injustice being redressed.

She first switched the order of two books, and then gently turned the bronze sculpture placed on the table, and a hidden compartment was exposed to everyone’s sight.

No wonder so many of them hadn’t found it before. It turned out that two mechanisms had been set up.

“As you three can see, this is the secret that Qi Fu has been hiding all along.”

Although Lu Ying’s speech was still a little hoarse and stuttering, her logic was clear, and there was no sign of her previous madness.

Now, she was too lazy to even call him “husband.”

She sneered: “This person has always been gloomy, suspicious, short-sighted, and retaliatory. Therefore, he never burned the letters he exchanged, but secretly hid them.”

“But he used to guard against me very closely. I also spent a lot of effort to discover this mechanism, but I don’t know anything about what’s inside.”

“I hope these things can help you.”

“Thank you, Miss.”

Chu Li-fei also changed his address. Presumably, if she could, she wouldn’t want to hear the word “Madam” again.

Although Lu Ying lightly glossed over the process of how she learned about this mechanism, I’m afraid there is no end to the hardships involved.

The three of them took a step forward and took out the letter, but as soon as they saw the contents, the original joy was swept away.

It was actually blank!

At this moment, Chu Li-fei suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He took out a fire pocket and carefully baked the letter paper.

A magical thing happened.

Black handwriting gradually appeared on the originally white paper—