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Chapter 681 Revenge
Chapter 681 Revenge
When Lu Qing finished speaking, he also finished reading the last few lines of Lu Zhang's letter. He put the letter on the table and noticed that Zhu Yu was looking at him without saying a word. He was slightly taken aback, but then he guessed what she hadn't said.
"I'm fine." He reached out and pinched Zhu Yu's cheek. "You don't need to look at me so nervously."
"If it were me, I would definitely hope that one day, once the matter is settled, I can personally kill my enemy."
We're pretty much the same at heart, so I guess you originally had the same wish.
Now that Zhao Bi's entire family is dead, you have no chance to personally avenge them, nor can you watch them admit to the sins they committed back then. This is certainly a great pity.
Lu Zhang's letter undoubtedly confirms our previous speculations, and it's like reopening your wounds... so..."
"So you think I would be furious, sad, or unhappy?" Lu Qing smiled and sighed softly. "The dead cannot be brought back to life, especially since my family members have been dead for more than twenty years."
Even if God gave me this opportunity to take Zhao Bi to my family's grave, kill him with my own hands, and let his blood stain the tombstone, so what? Those who have already left are destined never to return.
So rather than feeling regret and anger over something that has no value, I think Lu Zhang's letter came at a very opportune time.
The events he told us seemed to have some similarities with what the fake fortress lord had told us in Vatican City, but also some significant differences.
This is what interests me most right now.
Zhu Yu suddenly realized that she certainly remembered the "story" that the fake lord had told Lu Qing with great emotion in the High Priest's mansion.
Before meeting the fake fortress lord, they had already heard snippets of information from others in the Vatican. It was said that the senior disciple of the sect, in order to satisfy his ambition to become a high-ranking official, violated the sect's rules and used the most vicious and strange poison. As a result, he was expelled from the sect, which indirectly caused the sect to fall apart and its members to scatter when the tree fell.
The senior disciple, under the secret instigation of Emperor Jin, used the most venomous blood of the Jade Snowbird to poison Lu Qing's entire family, just to eliminate this relative who might threaten his throne.
Throughout this whole affair, Duke Zhao Bi of Yan played the role of an accomplice, helping Emperor Jin to cover up this scandalous affair for his own selfish interests and status.
In Lu Zhang's letter, however, he did not mention anything about Emperor Jin's involvement. Instead, he frankly admitted that the whole thing was instigated by his maternal grandfather, Zhao Bi. The mastermind behind Zhao Bi's scheme was the sect's master himself, and the one who infiltrated the Lu family to poison them was his eldest disciple.
Combined with what Emperor Jin had personally told Lu Qing in the Southern Study, that the head of that sect's master had been hung on the city gate for three days as a warning to others.
The eldest and second disciples fled in the chaos, and all that was found in the end were their incomplete skeletons, their faces unrecognizable.
The biggest difference between these two accounts lies in who the mastermind was and whether the fleeing individuals were the eldest disciple's subordinates or a combination of the eldest and second disciples.
Both versions of events have their merits, yet also raise questions. "Whose story do you believe more?" Lu Qing asked after a moment, seeing Zhu Yu deep in thought.
“Lu Zhang’s.” Zhu Yu had already thought about this matter and gave a very straightforward answer. “I just thought about it. In the Brahma Kingdom, not to mention the common people, even the Brahma King has become a sick man and a puppet. So what we’ve heard in the streets is naturally something that someone deliberately spread out, with the aim of laying the groundwork for what’s to come and increasing the credibility of their own words.”
The version told by the fake lord ultimately points to all the hatred and conflict on Emperor Jin alone. His relentless efforts to sow discord between you and Emperor Jin, his adoptive father and son relationship, all serve the same purpose.
At that time, the Duke of Yan had not yet fallen from power. Given the long-standing grudge between you and the Duke of Yan, no matter how much you were provoked, the chances of you being able to harm Zhao Bi were extremely slim.
On the contrary, although Emperor Jin's status is much more noble than Zhao Bi's, as the Prince of Xiaoyao and Emperor Jin's adopted son, it would be much easier for you to get close to Emperor Jin, or even to assassinate him.
What about you? What do you think?
"Is that even a question? Didn't you just say that we're the same kind of people?" Lu Qing nodded with a smile. "My wife and I are of the same mind."
The things the fake castle lord told us were all based on his and his backers' plans and schemes; everything he said was for his own purposes.
Lu Zhang was different. He had never had any other support besides his maternal grandfather. If he wanted to play tricks at this time, the wisest thing to do was to completely cover up this past and never mention it.
However, after learning of the murder of Zhao Bi's entire family, he thought long and hard and decided to tell me what happened back then. From his personal perspective, I'm willing to believe his honesty.
"Actually, another incident also shows that Zhao Bi was the mastermind behind this. They tried to frame Emperor Jin just to use you as a gamble," Zhu Yu said. "Combining the two statements, Lu Zhang's statement is indeed more credible. After all, after you failed to harm Emperor Jin as you wished, they turned all their attention to Zhao Bi."
Going back a little further, over the years, many things have actually pushed Zhao Bi into the limelight.
For example, the fact that the Tze-Lü Shop has been in the capital for so many years is clearly not just a prelude to the final piece of flowing cloud-patterned silk.
The incense that initially caught our attention wasn't just in the palace; Zhao Bi also had it on his person. The reason Zhao Bi had that incense was because his wife burned it at home, which then tainted him.
Didn't you inquire privately before? Among the incense that the palace uniformly transported from Lan, there wasn't that kind.
Unfortunately, Lu Ze's mother, Consort Duan, had a fragrance in her palace that smelled extremely similar to that of the Duke of Yan's mansion.
Consort Duan was originally presented to Emperor Jin by Zhao Bi, who was also his only remaining connection in the harem. Therefore, it is highly likely that the spices first reached the hands of the Duchess of Yan, and then were passed into the palace by her, eventually reaching Consort Duan.
If this were investigated one day, it would be discovered that even the poisonous incense entered the palace through Zhao Bi's route, which would only compound the crime.
Ultimately, besides wanting to bring Zhao Bi down, the other side's scheming against Zhao Bi seemed to also stem from a desire to kill him. What else could this be but revenge?