Rong Yan couldn't help but glance at Shen Ruyi when he heard this, "You mean to say that Shen Jiaojiao is the child of the woman who died in the tax case?"

He asked someone to investigate the tax and silver case from more than 20 years ago.

A mutilated female corpse was also dug out from the cellar under the warehouse, but no one expected it to be related to Shen Jiaojiao.

Shen Ruyi nodded, "This is what the ghost doctor said, but looking at Shen Cangyun's reaction now, it is probably true."

Rong Yan: “…”

Shen Cangyun has been in the court for so many years, and he usually behaves like a decent person in public. Who would have thought that he is like that behind the scenes?

It is true that you cannot judge a book by its cover.

After hearing this, Shen Luo was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.

In his mind, Shen Cangyun has always been a good father.

Of course, I thought he changed after Shen Jiaojiao came, but I didn't know that Shen Jiaojiao's arrival was just the fuse of a cause and effect cycle.

And below, the ghost doctor has become neither human nor ghost.

If Shen Ruyi went there today, there would be no doubt that the Shen family father and son would take action as well.

Shen Luo glanced at Shen Ruyi, and even if he wanted to say a lot of words to bring them together, he couldn't say them.

Below, Shen Cangyun was still persuading Shen Ci.

"She's already like this. Even if you're reluctant, she's already useless."

He glanced at the ghost doctor with an unusually cold look in his eyes, "Today, you have to choose between her and Jiaojiao. It's up to you."

Shen Qi's whole body began to tremble.

He couldn't bring himself to do it.

Reason and emotion were still struggling, but only half of this emotion was the reluctance to bear with Shen Ruyi, and the other half was just fear, afraid of having blood on his hands.

"Master Shen Wu, if you don't make a move, then I will!"

Butcher Zhang snorted when he saw this.

"Fifth Brother——"

Shen Jiaojiao was a little angry, and even her crying voice became stiff.

But Shen Cangyun still felt very distressed when he heard it.

His face darkened, and he looked at Shen Qi, raising the stakes, "Also, if Shen Ruyi survives, with her status as Ziwei Fuxing, she will only make us die without a burial place in the future!"

"Do you want the entire Prime Minister's Mansion to be buried with her?"

This sentence is deafening.

Shen Qi shuddered suddenly and his face turned pale.

In this way, he no longer has to choose between Shen Ruyi and Shen Jiaojiao, but between Shen Ruyi and everyone in the Shen family.

There is no way he could sacrifice the Prime Minister's Mansion!

Shen Qi's heart almost jumped out of his throat.

After a brief struggle, his eyes gradually became firm and cruel, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Father, I understand."

After saying that, Shen Qi looked at the ghost doctor.

The ghost doctor was shrouded in fear. She crawled towards the edge of the cliff and would rather jump into the cold pond than be tortured any further.

But since she was poisoned, there was no way she could compete with Shen Qi in speed.

The poison that Shen Ci gave her was not as light as Shen Ruyi's, which only caused her to develop blisters and become unable to speak.

Her face had long been twisted by the pain, her internal organs felt like they were soaked in poison, and her limbs were close to cramping.

She had just squirmed on the ground for a while when Shen Qi caught up with her.

Shen Qi retreated towards her, holding the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands, and slashed down fiercely, trying to give himself courage, "Shen Ruyi, now that things have come to this, it is all your own fault."

As if saying this could atone for his crime.

Blood splattered all over his face.

Shen Qi stood there, his young face twisted. He turned his head and slowly looked at Zhang the Butcher, "Can you let Jiaojiao go?"

The ghost doctor's screams almost drowned out Shen Qi's voice.

Blood gushed out from her thigh. She looked at Shen Jiaojiao, Zhang the Butcher and the others, her eyes filled with accusations, tears, and a rare hatred.

For the first time, she hated Shen Jiaojiao so much.

I hate Zhang the Butcher and Zhao Yi, the two people closest to me and whom I trust the most!

Shen Jiaojiao met her gaze and was stunned for a moment.

It was natural for Shen Ruyi to hate her, but that look was more than just hatred, it seemed like something was wrong.

But soon, she felt happy again.

She didn’t care what Shen Ruyi meant. As long as Shen Ruyi was unhappy, she would be happy.

And after what happened today, Shen Ruyi is really finished!

Shen Ruyi, the person who made her jealous and hate, died as a result of her calculations, and she was very satisfied!

Shen Jiaojiao leaned in Butcher Zhang's arms and couldn't help wanting to laugh out loud, but she still needed a hostage, so she had to hold it back for the time being and whispered to Butcher Zhang, "Let Shen Qi come over."

Butcher Zhang looked at Shen Qi and said, "Come here and make sure we leave safely, and I will let Shen Jiaojiao go."

Shen Qi frowned, "I'll go over, but you have to let her go."

"Of course," Zhao Yi laughed, "You are the fifth son of the Prime Minister's Mansion and Ye Hongzhuang's apprentice. Even if we have ten times the courage, we can't touch you."

"I don't think you would dare!"

Shen Qi sneered and walked towards Zhao Yi with blood all over his face.

Zhao Yi asked him to drop the knife.

Shen Qi did as he was told and let Zhao Yi control him.

Then he looked at Shen Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, don't be afraid. I failed to protect you well in the past few years and caused you to suffer. I will not make the same mistake again in the future."

The two men were facing each other, only one meter apart.

Shen Qi's eyes were full of love and comfort for Shen Jiaojiao.

But Shen Jiaojiao laughed, and she easily broke free from Zhang the Butcher's control -

No, it was Butcher Zhang who let her go with a smile.

Shen Qi was stunned when he saw this scene.

"Jiaojiao, you——"

Shen Jiaojiao raised her hand and slapped him hard, "How dare you call me Jiaojiao!"

Shen Qi was stunned.

What exactly happened?

Why did Shen Jiaojiao become like this? Why did she beat him like this?

He was the one who saved her life!

Shen Qi was confused and looked at Shen Jiaojiao with wide eyes.

"The show is about to begin. Shen Jiaojiao can't hold it back any longer."

Above, Shen Ruyi watched Shen Jiaojiao beating Shen Qi, with a hint of sarcasm on her lips.

“The dog-eat-dog drama is quite exciting.”

Eunuch Yuan glanced with a grim face at the ghost doctor, who had only half of his upper body left.

The ghost doctor was wearing Shen Ruyi's clothes.

In other words, the father and son of the Shen family really did such a cruel thing to Shen Ruyi for Shen Jiaojiao!

This is not only an immoral act, but also a slap in the face of the emperor!

Want to rebel?

Behind him, the commander of the imperial guards also had murderous intent in his eyes.

The attitudes of these two people basically represent the emperor's attitude, but the Shen family father and son did not realize the danger.

"Jiaojiao, what's going on?"

Shen Ci frowned and watched Shen Jiaojiao slap Shen Qi in the face, puzzled, "Has she gone mad?"

"What did she just say?"

Shen Yu also felt like he was stabbed.

Shen Jiaojiao said Shen Qi was not worthy, so what about him?

"Jiaojiao, come here quickly, why did you hit your fifth brother?" Shen Cangyun frowned and looked at Shen Jiaojiao feeling puzzled, and was dominated by a secret fear.

He knew very well who the kidnappers were today.

He killed a woman in this way more than twenty years ago.

But that was something he was trying hard to hide, because 20% of the tax money fell into his hands, and the woman took the blame.

But he didn't expect that the woman's relatives would come to his house and capture his daughter!