Chapter 137 Crocodile Tears
"But considering the status of Master and his wife in the antique world, the review team gave the Xu family a week to prepare supporting documents. If there are indeed collections of unknown origin, the Xu family will be punished."
"Master and his wife are honest people who have devoted their lives to studying antiques. Who knew people were so sinister? As soon as the review team left, Mr. Lu found someone to impersonate a public official and threatened them."
"At this time, rumors spread that the Xu family was doomed. After waiting for two days, Mr. Lu saw that the time was right and came to visit. He said that he had connections and could save the Xu family, but he wanted Master to entrust the family's collection to him for safekeeping first, just in case."
"Master is not a fool. He felt something was wrong when the two groups of examiners had different faces. Unfortunately, the Xu family had no one in the political circle, so it was difficult to get information. In addition, the outside world was in a state of panic. The antique world was investigated. Many people not only had their property confiscated, but were also thrown into prison. Add to that the intimidation from Mr. Lu, and Master and his wife were scared."
Xu Qingsui listened quietly. It turned out that all this was Mr. Lu’s conspiracy.
Yang Yuanming sighed and continued, "Master realized at the time that this might be Mr. Lu's conspiracy, but even though he knew it was a trap, he had to jump into it in order to protect you and your brother. So he promised Mr. Lu to give all the Xu family's collections to him for safekeeping, but there was a condition, that is, he must ensure the safety of you and your brother and raise you two. If the Lu family wants to obtain this collection legitimately, they must marry you."
Xu Qingsui finally understood why Mr. Lu tried his best to let her go. His purpose was to marry her and get the collection. The next step was to create an accident to kill her and her brother.
From then on, the Xu family had no heir, and as her husband's family, the Lu family became the legitimate heir.
Seeing Xu Qingsui's face becoming more and more ugly, Yang Yuanming paused for a moment with a guilty conscience, and quickly defended himself: "These are all designed by Mr. Lu. I just burned the bills and reported anonymously. The rest has nothing to do with me!"
Xu Qingsui snorted in her heart. Her uncle was in cahoots with the Lu family, but now he was pretending to be innocent in front of her.
However, she did not show her emotions, but pretended to be friendly and said to him: "Uncle Master, I know you are also a victim. This matter was all planned by the Lu family. Go on and tell me what happened after Mr. Lu took away this batch of collections."
Seeing that Xu Qingsui had no hatred towards him, Yang Yuanming felt relieved and continued, "After Mr. Lu took the collection away, Master called me. I didn't actually go abroad. I lied to you before. I destroyed the bills. I was afraid that Master would know it was me, so I left the Xu family and found a place to hide."
"Master didn't know anything from the beginning to the end. I was the one who reported him. Even after the incident happened, he still trusted me so much." As Yang Yuanming spoke, he shed tears of regret. He felt guilty towards his master.
Xu Qingsui felt disgusted when he saw this. It was just crocodile tears. Maybe he really had regrets and guilt, but the moment he betrayed his master and mistress and coveted the Xu family's assets, he was no longer worthy of forgiveness.
She suppressed her nausea and pretended to comfort him: "Uncle Master, you were forced to do so. This is not your fault."
With Xu Qingsui's comfort, Yang Yuanming's guilt seemed to be alleviated. He wiped his tears and said, "After Mr. Lu took away the Xu family's collection, he asked the fake inspectors to come to the house, take the two elders away, and detain them on the pretext that they did not cooperate."
"What did they do to grandpa and grandma?" Xu Qingsui's heart was in a knot when he heard this.
"They... injected the two elders with a chronic drug. Once injected into the body, this drug would quickly cause the five internal organs to fail, giving the illusion that they died of exhaustion and excessive worry."
"So, grandpa and grandma were killed by Mr. Lu, right?" Xu Qingsui could no longer control himself and stood up and grabbed Yang Yuanming by the collar.
Yang Yuanming was startled and stammered, "Yes...I guess so."
"What happened next?" Xu Qingsui forced himself to calm down.
"You should remember what happened later. A few days later, Mr. Lu released the people. Master and his wife died within two days of returning home. That group of people sealed off the Xu family's courtyard and drove you two out onto the streets. Mr. Lu wanted to let you two starve to death, but rumors spread in the antique circle, and people began to suspect the Lu family. Mr. Lu had no choice but to take you two back. He just wanted to save his reputation, and he was even more afraid that this matter would be exposed. If the higher-ups investigated, the Lu family would be finished."
"Impersonating a public official, embezzling other people's property, and intentionally killing people!" Xu Qingsui sneered, "Of course the Lu family is finished!"
"Alas." Yang Yuanming sighed, "After the incident, all the relevant personnel, including me, were sent abroad. Without his summons, we were never allowed to come back. As time passed, we can no longer find the people we knew. Perhaps he had designed to kill them abroad. I am lucky to have escaped this disaster and have a chance to come back."
This is also one of the reasons why Yang Yuanming betrayed Mr. Lu. He knew that Mr. Lu had plotted to kill him more than once, but he had resolved the plot.
It’s just that it’s unknown whether other people are as lucky as him.
"In other words, apart from you, it will be difficult to find other witnesses?" Xu Qingsui knew that the matter was difficult, but no matter how difficult it was, she was determined to seek justice for her grandparents.
"Yes, not only can't we find the witnesses, but we can't find the physical evidence either. If you want to investigate, it may be harder than climbing to the sky, unless..." Yang Yuanming paused, as if he had something to hide.
"Unless what?" Xu Qingsui asked quickly.
"Unless you have a way to make Mr. Lu admit it himself."
"I will definitely find a way!" Xu Qingsui clenched his fists and made up his mind secretly.
"So this time it was also Mr. Lu who asked you to kill my brother? What was his purpose?" Xu Qingsui asked.
"Because you have grown stronger and are no longer under his control, he is worried that if things go on like this, the collection will be taken back by you. He is even more afraid that what happened back then will be exposed. So in order to prevent future troubles, he asked me to create an accident and kill you two brothers and sisters..." Yang Yuanming made a clicking gesture.
"He forced me to do this. I owed a lot of money during these years abroad. I lived like a rat, living in fear and hiding from place to place every day. He said that after the matter was settled, he would give me half of the Xu family's assets so that I could live a good life in the future."
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