Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 742 The Past!

"...Tsk, your old flame from back then, huh? I was even there, and you were chatting and laughing with her as if I wasn't there..."

"For you, someone was willing to pay the price of their life and break through mysterious taboos just to tell you information about the future of your beloved nephew."

"If Hongxia hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. Wu Sansheng, in the decades I was gone, did you encounter countless other girls?"

Chen Wenjin's smile became even more perfect.

Wu Sansheng thought to himself, "Zhang Wuji's mother was right. The more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is..."

"...That son of a bitch Hu Ming, it must have been him who made you say these things in front of Wenjin, right? And where did he dig this up from?"

Wu Sansheng's face immediately turned green, and he didn't even bother to argue that, according to seniority, Hongxia should also call him Uncle San.

Chen Wenjin is a strong and independent person at heart, and Wu Sansheng knows this well. Such a woman is not immune to jealousy, but rather...

Dead.

Wu Sansheng wanted to cry.

What happened back then is another story, but both Chen Wenjin and Wu Sansheng know that Wu Sansheng was also powerless to control what happened back then.

Back then, during the pursuit of thunder, Wu Sansheng's mental state was affected by the sound of thunder, and he experienced serious problems.

The female team leader accurately sensed Wu Sansheng's state and seemed to want to use him for something, which is why she made a tentative move.

Chen Wenjin knew all this; she was present and was the first to discover Wu Sansheng's mental problems, but…

Women, even the most rational ones, when they're angry, who's going to reason with you?
"There's one more thing, Second Master Wu asked me to pass on a message to you."

Hong Xia smiled. No one expected that such a little trick could fool the shrewd Wu Sansheng. It was not surprising that he could guess that it was Hu Ming's wicked sense of humor.

To be honest, Hongxia had no idea how Hu Ming had dug up such old, trivial matters from the 1970s.

But it's alright. As a member of the Hong family, the head of the family's request isn't too unreasonable. It's just relaying a message; it's no big deal.

"Second brother, what did he say?"

Wu Sansheng fell silent.

"Yang Daguang and his son were innocent, but they were ultimately dragged into the mire by you and died with a stigma. People like us, although none of us are good, should still have some bottom line and some conscience."

“Third brother, you were a scoundrel when you were young, I don’t blame you. You and eldest brother both have fatal character flaws. Before he passed away, the old man asked me to take good care of you and eldest brother. This is a dereliction of duty on both my part and his part.”

"But now, I have buried Yang Daguang's body. After this is all over, go to the graves of Yang Daguang and his son and offer incense. Consider it an act of good karma."

Hongxia relayed Wu Erbai's original words verbatim.

"Still the same old guy. He just crawled out of Grandma's belly a few years before me. Besides, shouldn't the eldest brother be the one who's like a father? What does it have to do with him..."

"I understand. I committed many sins in the first half of my life, and I will do it even if it's for Wu Xie's sake in the second half."

"Wu Xie has suffered too much in his life. It's all our fault as elders." Wu Sansheng sighed, waved his hand to Wu Erbai, who was far away in the underworld, to show that he understood.

The more someone is involved in this industry and the more mysterious things they have witnessed, the more awe they develop towards certain things.

Although people in this line of work don't believe in gods or worship Buddha, they still have some apprehension about things as sensitive as "fate."

As for the story of Yang Daguang, Wu Sansheng's former companion... how should I tell it?

The story of Da Guang... how should I tell it?

Hu Ming sometimes really felt that, given Wu Sansheng's personality when he was young, the deaths of Yang Daguang and his son might not have been so simply a matter of being implicated.

After all, when they were young, Yang Daguang, like Wu Sansheng, was a flower among the admirers—Chen Wenjin.

Yang Daguang and his son were not the hereditary tomb raiders that people later speculated; they were just ordinary, honest people.

In short, after leaving the South China Sea King's Palace, Wu Sansheng, having some ideas about listening to thunder and encountering the mysterious female leader, simply tricked Yang Daguang into secretly entering the South China Sea King's Palace a second time.

Along with him, Wu Sansheng also brought along Qi Yu and several other skilled individuals, forming a team of at least six people who successfully stole the South Sea King's coffin from the South Sea King's underground palace.

In fact, now that things have come to this point, Wu Sansheng has noticed something amiss when recalling what happened back then. It seems that there was always an unseen hand pushing him along behind the scenes.
Qi Yu is the only surviving member of the blind man's clan, a descendant of the Manchu people, and not a bloodline descendant of the Eighth Prince.

However, his surname just happened to be Qi, so he was often mistaken for a child of the Qi family. Later, for reasons unknown, Eighth Master took Qi Yu under his wing and taught him all his skills.

It was precisely because of Eighth Master's inexplicable actions back then that outsiders believed Qi Yu was Eighth Master's illegitimate son, born out of his youthful ignorance...

Coincidentally, Eighth Master was a staunch supporter of Buddha.

From the very beginning, Qi Yu was the Buddha, a loyal follower of that one. The feng shui formations that Qi Yu set up when he secretly entered the South Sea King's Palace for the second time with Wu Sansheng probably had a rather terrifying purpose.

Wu Sansheng still hasn't figured this out.

However, that's not important. What's important is that when Wu Sansheng secretly entered the South China Sea King's Palace back then, he had already prepared for his exposure.

Because he knew that under the watchful eyes of the highest-ranking figures, such small actions would be difficult to conceal.

At the time of the incident, Wu Sansheng had already built a tomb behind Yang Daguang's ancestral hall, where he hid all the items he had brought out from the underground palace.

Afterwards, through a series of maneuvers and with the tacit approval of some people, Wu Sansheng successfully absolved himself of all responsibility, shifting all blame onto Yang Daguang…

After all, to Buddha and his men, Wu's third son was far more important than Yang Daguang.
In those days, once such behavior was confirmed, the local militia had the authority to execute Yang Daguang directly.

In order to save his son, Yang Daguang's father had no choice but to take all the blame upon himself and be executed in his son's place.

In his youth, Wu Sansheng was cunning, ruthless, and merciless. He also inherited the fine tradition of Dog Fifth Master, thinking things through before acting. For him, taking advantage of the situation to kill off a group of his love rivals was just basic stuff.

From then on, Wu Sansheng disappeared from Yang Daguang's life. Burdened with immense self-blame and resentment, Yang Daguang began his pursuit of Lei alone.

In the end, he died unnoticed in the secret room of the weather station in Hangzhou. Even in death, Yang Daguang could not rest in peace, his heart filled with hatred.

That's why Wu Erbai kept saying that Wu Sansheng owed Yang Daguang and his son!