Chapter 197

It was late at night and the sound of a night watchman's clapperboard could be heard in the distance. The streets that were bustling during the day were now deserted, and every household had locked their doors. Most of the people had fallen into a deep sleep.

Wang Heng hid not far away with his servants, staring at the door of Xie's old house. The dark shadow asked him to put the things here. It was almost midnight, so he brought a few strong servants with him tonight, wanting to see with his own eyes whether there were really ghosts or just people pretending to be ghosts.

"My lord, it's been several hours and no one has come. I heard that since the incident with the Xie family, people have always heard crying in the middle of the night. No one dares to live around here." The servant rubbed his blue face. The night was as cold as water. A gust of wind blew by. He felt colder and colder, and more and more afraid. He said tremblingly: "My lord, why don't we go back? What if that person from last night... comes again?"

Wang Heng reached out his hand and hit him on the head, "What are you afraid of? He's the one we're waiting for. If you start arguing again, I'll let you go first."

As they were talking, a gust of cold wind blew and the master and servant fell silent instantly. Wang Heng pretended to be calm and asked the servants behind him to get ready.

After a few "bang bang" sounds, it was midnight. The moonlight shone on the ground, as if a layer of white frost had formed. Suddenly, the wind blew violently, and the whistling wind blew up the fallen leaves, making it impossible to open one's eyes. Wang Heng half covered his face with his sleeves and squinted his eyes to look at one place.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, making the master and servants feel uneasy. "Sir, this wind is the same as last night... It can't be... It's really coming, right?" Wang Xiang's legs were shaking like a sieve, and he was in a state of panic.

Suddenly, the dusty door of Xie's mansion creaked in the wind, and the cold wind made Wang Xiang's scalp numb with fear. Then there was another "click", and the sealed door actually opened by itself.

"Sir, it, it opened by itself." Wang Xiang stuttered, he was so scared that he couldn't utter a complete sentence, "Let's... go quickly." The burly men behind him also had sore legs and feet. Anyone who saw this scene would be scared to death. The servants didn't care about Wang Heng's life or death at this time, they fled in fear, and Wang Xiang couldn't stop them even if he shouted.

Wang Heng, however, refused to believe it. He was afraid that he would be in a state of anxiety if he didn't find out the truth today. He ignored the advice of his servants and went to find out the truth. Wang Xiang couldn't persuade him, but he couldn't just leave his master alone, so he had to bite the bullet and follow him.

Wang Heng walked forward bravely, his steps weighing more than a thousand miles, and finally arrived at the gate of Xie's mansion. When he looked carefully, he found that the things he had placed at the door were missing. He clearly saw the servant put them here with his own eyes, so how could they be gone?

But there was indeed only a stone lion that had been burned by fire standing in front of him. The wind blowing from Xie's mansion blew across his face, and he was instantly horrified. When he turned around, he found that there was no one behind him.

Wang Xiang is missing.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on his back, and an old and familiar voice came out, "Wu Ping, come in."

Wang Heng trembled and said, "You... I have already given you what you want, what else do you want to do?"

The voice said, "It's just a blank piece of paper. Do you really think you fooled me?"

Wang Heng's knees went weak and he almost fell to his knees. He heard a rustling sound behind him and he didn't dare look back.

With a "bang", he was thrown into Xie Mansion by a great force from behind. The door behind him slammed shut. Wang Heng looked back with a sad face, but saw nothing.

He pointed in one direction and said, "Sir, what exactly are you going to do? If you want to vindicate the Xie family, you should go to the Ding family and the emperor. I'll give you the evidence you want. I'll give it to you. Please don't bother me anymore."

"Have you forgotten what I said yesterday? Since you can't keep your promise, you don't deserve to live." The voice suddenly became fierce, and the wind started to blow again. The Xie Mansion had experienced a fire, leaving only broken walls and ruins. It looked particularly creepy in the dark night.

A black shadow flashed, and the spear pierced Wang Heng's neck like a cold star in the darkness, and blood immediately flowed out. "Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life. I was wrong. I was greedy and vain, and I repaid kindness with hatred."

"Tell me, why did you betray me at that time?" asked the black shadow.

Wang Heng touched his neck, which was sticky. He burst into tears and said, "The Ding family promised me a high position and generous salary, but I was blinded by greed and agreed to frame you."

"What else? I have treated you well. You were born in a humble family and I was the one who promoted you from a commoner to a higher level. I never thought you would be such a black-hearted person." The old voice was filled with a hint of confusion and regret.

It was this tone again, and this tone again. A fire suddenly rose in Wang Heng's heart, and this fire suppressed his fear at the moment.

"What else?" Wang Heng suddenly said in a harsh tone, "So what if I was promoted? Lord Xie has countless talented generals under his command, but who can still remember me? Over the years, I have always been a small Lieutenant General under your command. Even that little bastard Su Lie wants to shit on my head, and you still want to ask me why?"

He seemed to be lost in memories. "It was just a small matter, but you said you had the wrong person, that I had bad behavior. Everyone looked at me like that..." Wang Heng's voice trembled, and he laughed out loud. "Everyone looked at me like they were looking at the dirt under their feet. Everyone looked down on me. Fine, since everyone looks down on me, I'll let you all look at me carefully."

He laughed crazily, "Ding Yanhe sent someone to promise me gold and silver, and asked me to find a chance to put your Xie family's letter of rebellion in your study. What a good plan! The Ding family wants to move forward, and I want you dead. We can just clash." He looked up at the shadow, "You refused to cooperate with the Ding family. Who told you, Xie Suwen, that you only wanted to be a loyal minister? Who told you, Xie family, to stand in the way of the Ding family? Look, with a letter and a fire, the usually high-handed Mr. Xie and the prosperous Xie family are gone."

"That kid Su Lie wanted to avenge you. Do you know what happened to him? He died with thousands of arrows piercing his heart, and he was still talking about you before he died. I gouged out his eyes and stepped on them on the ground. That day was the happiest day of my life. He used to look down on me, but he was just the mud under my feet. Xie Suwen, whom he revered as a god, could not save the Xie family, nor could he save him."

Wang Heng lowered his head and laughed, "Mr. Xie, it's a pity that you died, and no one in the Xie family survived. What can you do now that you have become a ghost? If you really could kill me, would you have waited until today?"

"Really? The ghost can't kill you, but what about that person?" A cold voice came from above my head.

Wang Heng looked up suddenly, only to see Xie Chen's face under the moonlight, as evil as a demon, so cold that he didn't look like a living person.

"You... why are you here? Who are you?" Wang Heng was shocked and couldn't tell whether Xie Chen was a human or a ghost after seeing him.

"Didn't you say that there is no one left in the Xie family? Unfortunately, I am the remaining member of the Xie family." Xie Chen's voice was cold, and his black eyes looked at Wang Heng who was kneeling on the ground.

"Xie Chen." Wang Heng gritted his teeth and said, "You are really Xie Chen. You are not dead. Why are you not dead? Why are you not dead?" He shouted in pain, but was kicked to the ground by someone.

Old Zhang had wanted to take action since he talked about what happened back then. Now he really couldn't tolerate it anymore. This kind of beast was enough to make the adults dirty.

Wang Heng fell to the ground, and when he came to his senses, he saw several shadowy figures behind Xie Chen. He cursed, "Xie Chen, you are really playing tricks. However," he guessed the purpose of Xie Chen's action, and grinned, "You are trying so hard just to vindicate that old man Xie Suwen and your Xie family. It's a pity that you will never find evidence. You and Xie Suwen will always be accused of treason in history books, and be despised by people for generations to come."

"Really? Then you don't need to worry about it, Lord Wang. Thank you Lord Wang for letting us watch a good show today," Lin Shuge said with a smile, "Lord Wang, you played the role of a clown very well, just like a rat in the gutter, watching others live in glory," he bent down and sneered at Wang Heng, "and you, you are jealous to the point of going crazy, you can only rely on conspiracy and trickery to make people look up to you, but in fact, no one looks up to you."

"Lin Shuge, Lin Shuge, what did you say? Say it again," Wang Heng has done all kinds of bad things in his life, but he just wanted others to look up to him. Lin Shuge hit the nail on the head and he was about to pounce on him. How could Xie Chen let him get close to Lin Shuge? He kicked him several feet away.

"Brother, stay away from him, he has gone crazy."

Lin Shuge said, "I'm fine. He is indeed crazy. He has been busy all his life, but he has always been a double-faced person..." He looked behind him and said, "Master Ruan, this man turned a blind eye to kindness and forged a fake letter to frame the Xie family. I believe you have heard it clearly just now. I hope you can interrogate him carefully and clear the name of the Xie family."

Ruan Qingyun, who had been silent behind him, said, "Thank you for your hard work. I will report to His Majesty what happened tonight. Come, drag him away."

The soldiers stepped forward and tied up Wang Heng. "What are you doing? Xie Chen, you have no evidence. I want to see how you can vindicate the Xie family...Xie Chen..."

"Lord Wang, don't worry about us. Didn't you tell us where you put the letter? Zhongxuan and I would like to thank Lord Wang for the evidence he provided. Lord Wang, rest in peace. By the way, as far as I know, young General Su Lie has been loyal and brave throughout his life and has made great military achievements. You will never be able to match him in your entire lifetime, oh no, even in eight hundred lifetimes. There is only a world of difference between you and him." Lin Shuge said lightly.

Wang Heng was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He struggled to come over and fight with Lin Shuge, but was knocked unconscious by a soldier's knife. He finally calmed down.

The moon moved and the wind blew. Xie Chen stared at one spot for a long time without moving. Lin Shuge asked, "What are you looking at?"

"That used to be my parents' yard," he walked forward a few steps, then stopped, looking at the charred scene, a trace of sadness flashing across his eyes.

"Wang Heng has been arrested and the letter has been obtained. The Xie family will be vindicated soon. When the time comes, we will ask His Majesty to grant the Xie Mansion back to you. I will accompany you to renovate the mansion and ensure that it remains the same as before." Lin Shuge said.

Xie Chen looked back and smiled, "Brother, you have to live in my yard from now on."

"No, I have my own mansion, you can live there by yourself." Lin Shuge said deliberately. Seeing that the worry between his brows had disappeared, he asked, "What exactly is going on with what Wang Heng said?"

Xie Chen smiled calmly, "Wang Heng was just a soldier under my father's command. In a battle, my father saw that he was quite brave, so he promoted him to be a personal guard. Later, he was promoted several levels. However, he was jealous of others' talents and could not stand anyone being better than him. Su Lie was the young general promoted by my father after him. He followed my father to win several battles and his military merits gradually increased, so my father promoted him."