Qing Lingyi was shocked beyond words.
Such a letter, such a letter...
"It comes every three months, and the content is pretty much the same. They all say the same thing." Chun Cai shed tears.
Cheng Zheng looked at their expressions and knew something was wrong.
He took the letter from Qing Lingyi.
The further he looked down, the tighter his frown became. At the end, his face turned red with anger, and his hands clenched into fists, making a "click" sound.
Chun Cai cried: "In the past, when my eyes were still good, Madam would read every letter. She cried bitterly after reading it at first and couldn't sleep all night. Later, Madam couldn't see anymore, so she asked me to read it to her. She listened, but had no reaction. Over the past six or seven years, all the letters filled up a small box..."
"I'm going to kill them!" Cheng Zheng clutched the letter and roared angrily.
He was so furious, like a little beast that was cornered.
His whole body was shaking and he was breathing rapidly, "They killed my father and insulted my mother like this! I want to kill them, I must kill them! Cut off their flesh one by one!"
"Cheng Zheng." Qing Lingyi called him.
"I must kill them! I want them all to die!"
"Cheng Zheng!" Qing Lingyi stood up, opened her arms, and hugged him.
The young man's body was hot and he was stunned for a moment.
Qing Lingyi stroked his back, "I know. I know."
"Aunt, aunt..."
Cheng Zheng's sanity gradually returned, he choked with sadness and lowered his head on her shoulder.
Qing Lingyi clearly felt that the cold liquid kept sliding down his neck, more and more, more and more.
Cheng Zheng cried so helplessly that he kept repeating: "They don't deserve a good death... They don't deserve a good death..."
Qing Lingyi's eyes also turned red and she patted his back: "They will definitely pay the price."
She gritted her teeth and said, "But the top priority now is to find the second sister-in-law. Being too emotional will affect your judgment and behavior."
Cheng Zheng got angry, cried again, and finally calmed down.
Qing Lingyi turned to Chuncai: "So, the person who sent the letter came from the west side of the city. Where is Madam going to seek revenge from him?"
Chun Cai nodded with tears in her eyes, then shook her head.
Qing Lingyi was puzzled.
Cheng Zheng said at this time: "My mother may be here for my father. There is a Qinghui Pavilion in the west of the city. In the past, when my father went to war, my mother would bid farewell to him there. That year, it was also at the Qinghui Pavilion that my mother would send blessing sachets. I gave it to daddy. But daddy didn’t come back alive.”
In other words, Shen most likely went to Qinghui Pavilion and died for love there.
No matter what the possibility is, Qing Lingyi must save Shen!
She called Chengzheng and left.
As soon as he left the room, he saw a tall figure rushing towards him.
"Uncle." Cheng Zheng called him.
Cheng Yang hummed, looked at Qing Lingyi, frowned slightly, and said, "There's news."
Qing Lingyi opened her mouth and asked, "What about the second sister-in-law?"
"Yes," Cheng Yang said in a deep voice, "I went to find Lu Ting, and he was also busy. There were a series of murder cases in the city today. It is now known that there are Westerners who died, all of whom were men and had served in the army. They were found Died at home, all dismembered.”
Qing Lingyi also frowned, "How did you know that was the second sister-in-law?"
Cheng Yang said: "On their foreheads, they all carved a magnolia flower with a knife. The second brother told me that the second sister-in-law likes this pattern the best."
Qing Lingyi's heart beat.
"So, there is only one person left..." Cheng Zheng murmured softly as he remembered the description in the letter.
"This last person lives in Mingyue Lane in the north of the city!" Chun Cai got up at some point and chased after him.
Cheng Yang still didn't understand what they were talking about.
Qing Lingyi had already made up his mind and said: "Cheng Zheng, you and Chun Cai go to Qinghui Pavilion in the west of the city. Husband, you and I will go to Mingyue Lane in the north of the city."
"good."
Going to the north of the city is still riding a horse.
Mingyue Lane is a civilian residence, with rows of houses and various smells in the air.
Qing Lingyi took a careful sniff and keenly caught the smell of blood.
She called Chengyang, "This way!"
It was a small, dilapidated courtyard in the depths, with the door closed.
Qing Lingyi tried to push the door open, but it didn't move.
"I'll do it." Cheng Yang pulled her behind him and kicked the door open.
Qing Lingyi glanced at him, wasn't he sick?
Cheng Yang coughed immediately, he was... really sick.
Qing Lingyi didn't have time to worry about this and looked inside.
The yard is extremely small, and the room is even smaller, with just a bed, a table and a stool.
Qing Lingyi saw at a glance that Mr. Shen was sitting on the bench, with an extremely solemn posture, but his eyes seemed to be hidden in the fog, hazy and unreal.
As she got closer, she discovered that she was holding a short knife in her right hand, and her plain gray robe was stained with blood.
"Sister-in-law..." Qing Lingyi called her.
Mrs. Shen turned her head slightly and gave her a gentle smile: "Lingyi is here."
Seeing that she was fine, Qing Lingyi felt relieved, said "hmm" and walked inside.
Cheng Yang followed her silently.
Shen's ears moved slightly, "The Third Master is here too."
"Sister-in-law, how do you know?" Qing Lingyi asked.
"When the eyes can't see, the ears will become sensitive. I have deliberately trained myself." Shen said.
"Sister-in-law, you are here for revenge, right?"
"Yes," Shen confessed, "five people. The five of them tortured and killed my Yu Lang together, and I couldn't let them go. Since I received the second letter, I began to investigate their whereabouts. I am not Sui Being a metropolitan, my connections and power are limited, so it is very laborious to do this. Later, I developed an eye problem, which made it even more difficult."
She showed a look of regret: "Seven years of planning is still too long. The man who lives here is named Li Feng, and he is also the mastermind of the whole thing. His neighbor told me that he went to gamble the day before yesterday and didn't come back. He should He was beaten to death because he owed money. Originally, he should have died under my knife."
Qing Lingyi was speechless.
Cheng Yang probably understood a little bit, but he was more confused.
Shen said: "Third Master, you know these five people. They were all under the Chengjia Army. They accepted Jiang Zhao's benefits and defected after the war. This is Jiang Zhao's usual trick."
Cheng Yang was stunned for a moment.
"After the war, they escaped unharmed under Jiang Zhao's protection. They took the silver and lived happily, but they quickly squandered it all. They went to Jiang Zhao again for more, but were rejected. They did not dare to come. To expose Jiang Zhao to you, they thought of a vicious method. They wrote to me, waiting for me to complain to you, and then you went to make a big fuss with Jiang Zhao. In order to silence them, Jiang Zhao would give They have silver."
Speaking of this, Mrs. Shen laughed: "But they underestimated me. I am not just a crying little girl. I am the daughter of the Shen family in Wuchuan. My father and brother once fought bravely under General Qing, and I am also a military general!"
Her smile was so gentle, like the calm lake surface blown by the breeze under the moonlight night.
But there is an undercurrent surging underwater.
Shen's body was trembling. She clenched her right hand tightly, her skin touched the sharp blade, and blood flowed down, but she didn't know it.
"Lingyi," Mrs. Shen said, "the great revenge has been avenged. It's time for me to accompany Yu Lang. I leave Zheng'er, mother, and Chuncai all to you. I'm very relieved."
After saying that, she raised the dagger and stabbed hard into the heart!
