Ink Burns

Chapter 66 The Disappearing Note

In the art of painting, one should use little effort to achieve great results. One should start slowly, put down the brush lightly, move the brush shallowly and end the brush casually. Any deliberate and solemn brushstrokes will not produce a masterpiece that will be remembered forever.

Shan Yue's gentle words were like the finishing touch in a painting, instantly startling birds out of the forest and throwing rocks into the water.

Cheng Xinghe was furious and even more puzzled: Is Shanyue crazy too?! How could Shanyue, whom he had trusted for so long, change overnight? How could she change completely?!?
"You, you shut up!" Cheng Xing knelt down to the side of Lord Liu and leaned close to his feet: "Are you crazy? What nonsense are you talking about! I want revenge, I want revenge on my father for what!? I can't even do it in time! Why should I take revenge on him!"

Shan Yue raised his chin and looked directly at Cheng Xinghe: "Because you want to avenge your real father, Master Cheng."

Cheng Xinghe was frozen.

what?
WTF?

What real father?!
What is He talking about?
Wasn't it He who guided him in the beginning, and wasn't Lord Liu his real father?
Cheng Xinghe's body swayed. In broad daylight, he felt as if he had seen a ghost - who was this woman standing upright and with such a graceful demeanor in front of him?
Is she still the timid, gentle and cowardly He?

She, what is she doing?
Cheng Xinghe couldn't understand this, but he knew that he had to say something to protect himself: "You're talking nonsense! How could I avenge Cheng Daxing! My biological father is obviously Lord Liu!"

Cheng Xinghe turned around and cried, hugging Lord Liu's feet: "Don't believe what He said, she is just a 'green phoenix' found by my mother, a lowly person, what does she know!"

Lord Liu raised his foot and kicked Cheng Xinghe over. He raised his eyelids and called Shanyue: "You speak."

"It was Madam who saved me, so I will never forget your kindness! Even if I risk my life, I will expose your crimes to Master Liu!"

Shan Yue's words were full of anger. She spoke loudly to drown out Cheng Xinghe's crying. She turned to look at Master Liu and said, "Master, on September 21st, after I finished my training at the Liu Mansion, my wife was left at the Liu Mansion, so I went back to the Cheng family alone. Master Cheng called me to ask about why my wife hadn't returned. I didn't know what he meant, so I told him everything—"

Shan Yue's words were followed by a barely perceptible cry: "I never thought that this action would harm my wife!"

"After the Madam returned home from the Liu Mansion, Master Cheng was furious and beat and kicked her. He also smashed her head with a vase. Perhaps it was the Madam's instinct to survive that made her use a blunt object to take advantage of Master Cheng's unpreparedness and accidentally beat Master Cheng to death!"

Shan Yue's tone quickly calmed down, and he pretended to be trying to hold back his grief but remain calm: "Whether what my daughter said is true or not, you can send someone to ask the elders of the Cheng family to verify it!"

"In the mourning hall that day, Cheng Xinghe personally identified his wife to the elders of the clan. As soon as the eldest master is put into the coffin, he will thoroughly investigate the matter in the clan!"

Shan Yue continued, "Later, the madam was locked up in the woodshed. The day before she was put into the coffin, Cheng Xinghe was afraid that the elders in the clan would be afraid of your authority and would not dare to punish the madam, so he secretly poisoned her to death. Cheng Xinghe told me more than once that he hated the madam for cheating on the master and having an affair with you..."

Shan Yue raised his eyes quickly.

There was an unclear expression on Lord Liu's face.

Shan Yue mumbled the word "Zou Ying'er" in his throat: "My biological father was killed by my adulterous mother, and Cheng Xinghe sent her away with a bowl of poisonous soup. You have always been on good terms with the madam, and you are the direct cause of the master being smashed to death. How could Cheng Xinghe let you go!?"

"It's a pity that there is a difference between officials and businessmen. He is just a lowly businessman. If he wants to take revenge on you, it's like a mayfly trying to shake a tree. You must think long and hard!"

"He could only think of a way to get close to you, and after gaining your trust, he intended to use the hands of the nobles in the capital to eliminate you!"

"It's simply a crime!" "Think about it, exchanging fake medicine for real medicine, it hurts you deeply, but it's a hundred benefits to him without any harm!"

"——After the nobleman took the fake medicine, he will definitely hold you accountable. What happens to you is entirely up to God! In addition, he opened many charity halls and accumulated a good reputation of 'kindness' in Songjiang Prefecture day by day. This epidemic is proof of it! The Cheng family provides free medical treatment, distributes medicine, and saves lives. When the whole city talks about the Cheng family, who doesn't praise them as 'the great philanthropists of the ninth generation'!"

"He is using the recipe you gave him to gain fame by stepping on your head!"

Cheng Xinghe opened his mouth slightly, but didn't know how to start refutation.

It's like watching a shadow play, everything is real.
But the sequence of the scenes, the internal and external circumstances, the standpoints and thoughts in the play were all disrupted! The audience can only see the person behind the screen and can only believe what that person says!
He has no way to refute it!

Because it’s all true!

It's all fucking true!
Cheng Xinghe knelt beside Lord Liu, swaying as he looked at Shanyue with a look that seemed to spit fire: "You, you, you and I don't have any!"

Cheng Xinghe burst into tears and looked at Lord Liu: "Dad! Dad! I didn't! You are really my dad! I didn't kill my mom! After she was locked up in the woodshed, she even left me a note, telling me that I am your son! Your biological son!"

"Where is the note?" Shanyue asked in a deep voice.

Cheng Xinghe burst into tears: "At home! In the main hall of the Cheng family! I hid in the wooden box!"

Lord Liu laughed and said, "Send someone to get it."

Cheng Xinghe immediately called the waiter outside the door and told him where the note was hidden. The waiter quickly went to get it. In less than half an hour, Cheng Xinghe cried so hard that his voice became hoarse. The waiter panted and rushed in anxiously: "Master, there is nothing! Nothing!"

Cheng Xinghe was almost in despair: "No? How, how could there be no!? I clearly hid the note! That was the testimony my mother left for me before she escaped!"

Lord Liu laughed again, as if he was watching a joke: "Your mother knows best who your offspring are. How dare she say such outrageous things and confuse the bloodline of my Liu family?"

How could he possibly let that thing get pregnant with his child! ?

How could he allow his son to call Cheng Daxing "Dad" for so many years?
Cheng Xinghe looked at Shanyue in panic and said with gritted teeth: "You bitch, you are hurting me!" He flew over and tried to tear Shanyue's face off!
Shan Yue reacted very quickly and stepped back. Cheng Xinghe, in his rage, missed his target and his forehead hit the corner of the table!
Shan Yue said in a leisurely voice: "You can also ask your wife to come forward."

"You keep saying that you didn't poison the wife, and the Cheng family hasn't had time to punish the wife. I just want to ask you - where is the wife now? If the wife is still here, she can show up to defend you."

Cheng Xinghe's throat suddenly became stuck, and a feeling of despair suddenly surged into his heart: He had the illusion that no matter what he said, that bitch He would always have something to say to him!

He's blocked his way!
He had no way of defending himself!

Shan Yue slowly took off her veil, tears in her eyes, and lowered her head: "I hope Lord Liu will avenge my wife!"

　Sister He: A pioneer who is proficient in the Spring and Autumn style of writing and montage techniques.

　　
　
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