Chapter 147: Investigation from All Parties (1)
Translator: Guy Gone Bad
In the imperial palace
“Huh? What did you say? You think the man Zheng Xuan is looking for is Mo Yi?” Lou Jing looked at Lou Feng with disbelief.
Lou Feng nodded, “From the current clues, Mo Yi is the most possible one.”
“But, how is that possible?” Lou Jing wore a darkened face.
“Information from the intelligence center says that Xu Zihan has a younger brother named Xu Ziyu, who is an illegitimate child,” Lou Feng started storytelling, “The two brothers look much alike. When the Hiding Dragon Realm was opened, the Xu family let Xu Ziyu enter the Realm as a subst.i.tute for Xu Zihan for fear of an accident happened in the latter.”
“Not long after Xu Ziyu came out of the Realm, he was driven out of his home. People who knew about this were all silenced by the Xu family three years ago, but there was always a slip of the net.”
Lou Jing squinted, “Zheng Xuan also went to the Hiding Dragon Realm that year? But his name was not on the list!”
“Zheng Xuan’s qualifications were mediocre, so the Zheng family’s collateral relatives were ready to make trouble then. However, shortly after the Land closed, Zheng Xuan’s qualifications suddenly advanced. He must have gone there, but with a different ident.i.ty,” said Lou Feng with eyes narrowed.
Lou Jing shook her head, “The Xu family was really bold enough to have tricked Zheng Xuan like a fool.”
Lou Feng shook his head, “Zheng Xuan was also really stupid to have been fooled for three years.”
“Even so, why should it be Mo Yi?” Lou Jing gritted her teeth.
“Actually there is no solid evidence. But three years ago, after Zheng Xuan went to Zheng family, Xiao Mei sent someone to hunt down Xu Ziyu. The place where Xu Ziyu disappeared was not far from the location of Mo family.”
“Mo Yi appeared not long after Xu Ziyu disappeared. Besides, Mo Yi’s background is very mysterious as if he came out of nowhere.”
Lou Jing looked dreadful. “How could there be such a coincidence in this world? The wife our Mother Consort has designated for that little rat Lou Yu is already tough enough. Now even his servant has an ambiguous relations.h.i.+p with Zheng Xuan. I don’t believe it.”
Lou Feng shook his head, “I’m not willing to believe it, either.”
At first, Lou Feng was thinking of finding out the person Zheng Xuan really wanted and roping him in. If that person was Mo Yi, things would be beyond their control.
Lou Jing frowned with a face of unwillingness.
“Feng, what odds do you think that Mo Yi is the one Zheng Xuan is looking for?” After a long silence, Lin Feiyu asked.
“Sixty percent,” replied Lou Feng.
“Oh, that’s a lot of uncertainty.” Lou Jing breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Feiyu said faintly, “In fact, there is a simple way to test whether it is him or not.”
“What is it?” Lou Jing looked toward Lin Feiyu.
“Blood identification. Xu Ziyu is the illegitimate child of Xu Qing, isn’t it?” Lin Feiyu said in a light tone.
Lou Feng nodded his head. The most urgent task now was to find out whether the man was Mo Yi or not. They hoped it was not him. Otherwise, they would have to make early preparations, or even to kill him if there was no other choice.
In the Xu family.
Xu Zihan was some rotted food, his eyes turning all red.
He took a deep breath and thought in his heart: The servants in the family were all gra.s.s on the top of a wall which swayed with the wind. Ever since Zheng Xuan and Xu Qing turned against him, they even dared to skimp on his diet and gave him some rotted food to eat. After he gained momentum, he must teach these people a good lesson.
The first time this kind of food was sent to him, Xu Zihan overturned the food and threw a tantrum. However, no one was willing to pay any attention to him and no other food was delivered. Xu Zihan held his anger, stayed hungry for a day, while the food quality remained unchanged the next day.
In the end, Xu Zihan was so hungry that he had to force himself to eat these s.h.i.+t. Since he was a child, he had a feast every day on the most delectable dishes. At the thought of his current situation, Xu Zihan felt wronged and wanted to cry.
Xiao Mei sat at the bed head with her hair scattered, her eyes bloodshot and her mouth constantly cursing Xu Qing.
Putting down his chopsticks, Xu Zihan stretched his hands and feet and smelled the sweat on his body. He could not help shouting at the guards outside, “I want to take a bath.”
The guard outside looked at Xu Zihan and said, “Young master, please stop. Everyone in the house has their own things to do. Who has the time to get you bath water?”
Xu Zihan darkened his face, staring at the man outside, “What do you mean? Watch what you say, otherwise, I am gonna strangle you to death.”
The guard smiled dismissively and did not take Xu Zihan’s words to heart at all, “Young master, your current situation is different from the past. You’d better keep a low profile.”
At that time, a slim woman came over. The woman looked at Xu Zihan gloatingly and said with a scornful smile, “Zihan! The whole family was messed up by the truth that you’re abandoned by Zheng Xuan. So, just stop. What’s the use of taking a bath? You’re still dirty from inside to outside, and the things you have done can never be washed clean.” The woman who came was his father’s concubine, Yin Lin. Xu Zihan had once secretly laid hands on her and killed her child.
Xu Zihan gnashed his teeth at the woman. “I should have killed you.” He thought this woman was timid, acquiescent, flattery and groveling to him. But he had never expected she would put on another face. The woman was just playing dumb to prey on the tiger.