Fate [Donglun Tong Humanities]

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After returning to Wang's mansion, Wang Dongcheng hurried to the previous room.He opened the drawer in the room, only to find that the previous bottle of blood was gone.Wang Dongcheng rubbed his temples, how could it disappear if he put it here?After searching the whole room, he didn't find the small bottle, so Wang Dongcheng sat on the stool restlessly.A bunch of broken things collided together waiting for him to solve them.Where is the body?Who is the old man?Where did the blood go?Why blood?Also, where is Aaron Yan now?

At this time, Wei Qing suddenly came to tell him that the matter he asked to check before had some clues.

Wang Dongcheng thought about it with a headache, but he couldn't remember what he asked Wei Qing to investigate.It was only when he saw Aunt Shi that he suddenly remembered that he had indeed asked Wei Qing to do something.

"My lord, it's this aunt who said she knew the inside story." Wei Qing invited Aunt Shi.

Wang Dongcheng waved Wei Qing down, ordered his servants to bring Aunt Shi a glass of water and asked, "Auntie, do you know the inside story? It's about my father and the Wu family."

Aunt Shi grabbed the hem of her clothes nervously, and said, "This matter was quickly suppressed by Mr. Wang, so not many people knew about it. I also know a little bit from hearsay."

Press down?Wang Dongcheng frowned. Dad has always done things in an aboveboard manner. What things need him to use his authority to suppress?He vaguely felt that the truth of the matter would be an existence that he could never imagine.

Seeing Wang Dongcheng's expression of continuing to let her speak, Aunt Shi cleared her throat and said in a low voice, "Actually, some people say that the real reason for the fire in the Wu Mansion was that Mr. Wang ordered people to do it." She raised her head and glanced at Wang Dongcheng. Aunt Shi continued to say after she felt that there was nothing wrong with her expression: "At first, it seemed that Master Wu quarreled with Master Wang because of his daughter. The details are not very clear. In short, the relationship between the two families has been bad since then. .

Although Mr. Wang is the county magistrate of this county, Mr. Wu's status is not low. The two of them can be said to be the most influential people in this county.Before this, the relationship has been pretty good, helping each other or something.But I don't know what happened or what happened, and the two families started to quarrel.The daughter is one reason, but what really breaks the relationship is the struggle between the powerful. "

If he hadn't heard someone tell Wang Dongcheng with his own ears today, I am afraid that Wang Dongcheng would never be able to relate the word "struggle for power" with his father in his life.

"Actually, these are the only things that can be told to adults. At that time, Mr. Wang was so strict that no one would say anything more within a day." Aunt Shi said apologetically.

"The only surviving young master of the Wu family, what does my aunt know?" Wang Dongcheng took out the piece of jade from his bosom and handed it to Aunt Shi.

Aunt Shi silently recited the word "Wu Genglin", her eyes lit up suddenly, but she was immediately covered by fear.

"What's the matter?" Wang Dongcheng sensed Aunt Shi's psychological changes,

"It's really strange to say. A few days ago, I met a young master on the street. At that time, I just thought it looked familiar and didn't think much about it. Now, my lord, you mentioned the affairs of the Wu Mansion, and I remembered it. That young master, Mr. He looks very much like the young master of the Wu family. Because after many years, he can only be said to be like the owner of this jade, Wu Genglin."

"Which young master?" Although Wang Dongcheng secretly felt that Aaron Yan was the young master that Mrs. Shi was talking about, he still had to confirm it.

"How should I describe this?" Aunt Shi said awkwardly.

Wang Dongcheng was silent for a moment, then turned around and brought a pen and paper from the study.After a while, Aaron Yan's face appeared on the paper.Because he has never met Wu Genglin, so if Aaron Yan was identified correctly by Mrs. Shi, then it must be.

"That's right! That's the son!" Aunt Shi said excitedly, "But it's really strange, how can there be two people who look so similar in the world?"

Wang Dongcheng heaved a sigh of relief, it turned out that Yan Yalun was Wu Genglin, the person who escaped from the fire at that time.Taking back the jade from Aunt Shi's hand, he stroked the smooth jade surface with his index finger. If he knew this news, he would be very happy.very happy?Wang Dongcheng slightly hooked the corners of his mouth.

After sending Aunt Shi away, Wang Dongcheng found Mrs. Wang, and stood a few steps away, looking at his mother talking and laughing with Xu Yan.Will mother know something?About my father and Master Wu.He couldn't ask nothing, even if he touched something that shouldn't be touched, he still had to touch it desperately.

"Mother." Wang Dongcheng stood in front of Mrs. Wang, "I have something to ask, is it convenient?"

Looking at Wang Dongcheng's complicated expression, the smile on Mrs. Wang's face slowly faded, and the bad premonition seemed to strike her head-on.

Standing in the study, Wang Dongcheng looked at Mrs. Wang without saying a word.Know what to ask, but don't know how to ask.He questioned his father, and that alone left him at a loss for words.

"Dongdong, what's the matter?" Mrs. Wang said with a forced smile.

Wang Dongcheng took a breath, looked away from Mrs. Wang's face, then took out the jade from his bosom and said, "Mother, do you recognize the name on the jade?"

[Wu Genglin] The three words came into Mrs. Wang's eyes very clearly, and her figure trembled slightly.She never thought that things would continue to develop one day. In the past, that thing was deliberately buried in the corner of her heart, forcing herself to ignore its existence, but today Wang Dongcheng lifted the dust so easily.After being silent for a long time, Mrs. Wang returned and said, "Yes, I recognize it, how could I not recognize it?"

"Does it have something to do with dad?" Wang Dongcheng closed his eyes and continued to ask with courage that had been shattered by the blow, "Did dad do the arson case three years ago?"

Silence answered everything.

Wang Dongcheng smiled self-deprecatingly, thinking that his mother would explain a few words, at least give him a little more comfort for his disappearing admiration.But without any pale explanation, the sharp point of the knife stabbed straight at him.Unguarded, what a straightforward admission.

"Why don't I know about this?" Wang Dongcheng asked while hanging his arms weakly, biting his lips.

"Have you forgotten? Five years ago, you almost died. That happened while you were unconscious." Mrs. Wang said, and then stepped forward to grab Wang Dongcheng's hand.

Wang Dongcheng dodged, "After I woke up, Dad already suppressed the matter, didn't he?"

Mrs. Wang looked at the injured Wang Dongcheng, her distress was self-evident.Wang Dongcheng's trembling shoulders expressed his disappointment and anger, like a cornered animal with nothing to do.

"Isn't it?!" Wang Dongcheng roared, tears rolling down his face.Since childhood, the image of his father has always been so tall, and he has always been the object of his longing. He vowed to become a responsible man like his father.But now he was told that such an upright father also killed someone, and even used his power to suppress his crime.

He didn't have to get an affirmative answer from his mother, but he just wanted the decisive answer to erase the remaining trace of admiration in his heart.He thought what he needed was to make amends to Aaron Yan and pay for it himself.

"Yes." Mrs. Wang nodded, tears finally shed from her red eyes.

"Thank you for your answer." Wang Dongcheng said, holding back his grief, turned around, opened the door of the study and ran out.

He galloped on his horse and didn't stop until the grove.

Sit on the horse, close your eyes, listen to the chirping of birds above the treetops, and feel the breeze blowing in your face.Tears have dried up, and the flustered emotions are gradually smoothed by the breeze.It happened five years ago, and no matter how angry he was at his mother, he couldn't solve the problem, not to mention his father had already passed away, anger would not help.

Jumping off the horse, Wang Dongcheng walked towards the cabin.Apart from his father, this matter is also waiting for him to investigate clearly. What kind of intention does the old man have to deceive him?And why, from the very beginning, the old man was sure that he would find him?

Pushing open the door, there is no breath of life in the room, lifeless.The only difference is that compared with before, a faint light is emitted from the depths of the room.

Wang Dongcheng calmly walked over step by step, reached the end of the room and opened a door, the light inside the door made him unable to open his eyes.After I got used to it, I discovered that there was a huge iron cage behind the door, which was huge enough to hold a person.His eyes flickered around, and suddenly the strangely positioned cabinet caught his attention.

He reached out and pushed the cabinet, only to find that the cabinet had been pushed open, and there was a hole in the wall, and the stairs led to the ground.

He turned around and looked behind him to make sure there was no one there, and then drilled into the wall.

Wang Dongcheng thought that he could find the old man or someone else in this secret place, but he didn't expect that there was no one.Only the half-burned candle continued to burn, and a rope made of straw remained on the ground.

He picked it up and saw that the broken place was not smooth, as if it had been rubbed away by someone.Coupled with the faint blood stains from the broken rope, Wang Dongcheng also guessed something.Although I don't want this conjecture to be true.

He dropped the rope, but found a rag beside it."Sorry" was written in blood on the rag.

Wang Dongcheng looked at the rag in his palm for a long time, wondering what he should think about now.This handwriting is Aaron Yan's, and the person who was tied up here must be his.But... Wang Dongcheng gathered up the rags in his hands, stood up and returned to the ground.

Wang Dongcheng lingered at the gate of Wang's mansion, but did not go in for a long time.He was considering the tone of his apology to his mother, and when he was still struggling, the housekeeper hurried to him.

"Oh, master, why did you come back only now?!" the butler said anxiously.

"What happened?" Wang Dongcheng asked.

"The old lady and the young lady are gone!"

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