"Long time no see, Senior Sister..."
Seeing Xu Xingjian's incredibly sickly smile, Wang Ruofu didn't hesitate for a moment and slapped him across the face.
In the quiet medicine room, a crisp slapping sound rang out. Xu Xingjian's pale cheek instantly became red and swollen, and a trace of bright red blood flowed down the corner of his mouth.
"Who are you calling 'senior sister'... Xu Xingjian, what right do you have to call me that..."
Wang Ruofu never held back when he struck, and the slap sent a buzzing sound through Xu Xingjian's head.
Xu Xingjian licked his bleeding lips, and a metallic, sweet taste spread through his mouth.
"I didn't expect that after four years, you still have such a fiery temper, Senior Sister. It seems that your trip to Suizhou didn't teach you a lesson..."
Upon hearing this, Wang Ruofu instantly exploded, grabbing his collar and coldly demanding, "Tell me... you were involved in the massacre of the Su family..."
Upon hearing this, Xu Xingjian did not refute, but suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, "Who told that old man to stop me? My Gu technique was about to succeed, but because of Su Ci, all my hard work has been wasted. An eye for an eye, isn't it right for me to kill him?"
"You are a beast. Your master taught you medicine to heal the sick and save lives, not to kill. You used to make medicine from death row inmates to satisfy your own desires, and you still don't repent?"
"Repent?" Xu Xingjian sneered, completely unconcerned. "Why should I repent? You vulgar people will never understand..."
Seeing that Xu Xingjian showed no remorse, Wang Ruofu was so angry that she punched him twice more, and blood flowed from his nostrils.
Xu Xingjian seemed to be unable to feel pain, laughing loudly as he looked at Wang Ruofu.
Standing to the side, Su Yan watched Wang Ruofu beat Xu Xingjian without feeling a ripple in her heart.
She had expected to feel an uncontrollable rage when she searched for the murderer who wiped out the entire Su family, but Su Yan was quite calm now.
Because he knew that the mastermind behind it all was definitely not Xu Xingjian.
Soon, Su Yan stopped Wang Ruofu from continuing to beat Xu Xingjian, saying, "Senior sister, stop hitting him first. I have some questions for Xu Xingjian."
After speaking, Wang Ruofu, having vented her anger, stopped hitting him. She released Xu Xingjian's collar, stood up, rubbed her sore wrist, and made way for Su Yan.
Su Yan looked at Xu Xingjian, who was lying on the ground barely alive, squatted down, and looked at her calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, you weren't the one who made the Gu poison, were you?"
Xu Xingjian lay on the ground and did not answer Su Yan's question.
Su Yan seemed to have expected Xu Xingjian's silence, and continued, "I know someone named Hua Hanyun. He's a devoted lover I've met. Hua Hanyun chose to die to protect you, didn't he?"
When Xu Xingjian heard the name 'Hua Hanyun,' he was clearly taken aback, and looked at Su Yan in astonishment, "What do you mean...?"
Su Yan curled her lips slightly, "Actually, things in this world are always so coincidental. I originally thought that Scholar Zhao only had one daughter, but I didn't expect that he also adopted a godson. That person should be you..."
Xu Xingjian did not deny it, but looked at Su Yan coldly, "What exactly are you trying to say...?"
Su Yan sighed softly, "Actually, I've never been able to understand how Hua Hanyun, a mere scholar, could acquire such superb skills in making poisons and refining gu in just a few years. Although my medical skills aren't great, I know that an iron rod can't be ground into a needle in a day."
Furthermore, I've investigated; Hua Hanyun has never learned medicine from anyone, so I clearly don't believe he could become a master of Gu cultivation on his own.
"Then how do you know that the adopted son of Scholar Zhao is definitely me?"
"Actually, I didn't know it was you, but your purse is embroidered with a pear blossom. I've seen the same purse on Hua Hanyun. It must have been embroidered by Zhao Wushuang!"
I think Hua Hanyun chose to commit suicide because she wanted to hide your identity.
As soon as Su Yan finished speaking, Xu Xingjian subconsciously gripped the purse at his waist.
This action precisely confirms Su Yan's guess.
The person connected to the Dark Moon Pavilion is not Hua Hanyun, but Xu Xingjian.
The murderer who killed the villagers of Lihua Village was not Hua Hanyun, but Xu Xingjian.
Because Xu Xingjian displayed amazing talent in medicine, Zhao Xiucai did his best to support his adopted son's medical studies.
Therefore, Xu Xingjian had been studying medicine outside all these years and had not lived in Lihua Village. After returning from his studies, he discovered that his sworn sister Zhao Wushuang had been tortured to death.
Therefore, Xu Xingjian abandoned medicine and poison and sought out Su Yan's father, Su Ci, to learn the art of poison.
After listening to Su Yan's account, Xu Xingjian remained calm and did not refute her. "That's right, I was the one who killed the villagers of Lihua Village. Jiang Han, that coward, didn't even dare to avenge my sister. Although he died for me, what can he have done to make up for it?"
"You still managed to find me..."
Wang Ruofu, whose emotions had been gradually calming down, suddenly felt his suppressed anger flare up after hearing the conversation between Su Yan and Xu Xingjian. He questioned sharply, "Xu Xingjian, I can understand your desire for revenge, but what did the Su family do wrong? What did Master do wrong? He only banished you from Chang'an, otherwise you would have harmed more people. Why did you exterminate the entire Su family?"
Xu Xingjian did not refute Wang Ruofu's raging anger, but only looked at her with a cold smile, "I'm not the one who wants to kill the Su family..."
"It wasn't you..."
Before Wang Ruofu could finish speaking, Su Yan immediately interrupted, her eyes filled with urgent curiosity as she asked, "Who is it...?"
Xu Xingjian smiled and looked at Su Yan, "You're so smart, you probably already guessed who it is!"
Su Yan's eyes darkened. "It's the Dark Moon Pavilion Master..."
Xu Xingjian did not immediately refute, and his long silence seemed to be an answer to her question.
Although Su Yan's relationship with Xu Xingjian was brief, she could tell that he was a principled person who never killed innocent people; otherwise, he wouldn't have been so merciful as to spare the women and children of Pear Blossom Village.
Even if he really had a grudge against his own father, he would only target that one person and would not harm innocent people.
On the contrary, Su Yan found the Dark Moon Pavilion Master, who had never shown his face, to be extremely terrifying.
Suizhou was like a chessboard to him; everyone was just a pawn to be used, and he didn't care what kind of disaster the people would suffer.
The massacre of the Su family must be inextricably linked to him.
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Meanwhile, the ghost market, illuminated by the moonlight, was as eerie as the underworld.
Shen Yao and Xie Yu once again arrived at the Ghost Market.
Because of the previous looting by government officials, the ghost market is not as prosperous as before.
There were hardly any pedestrians on the street, and the vendors selling their wares were even more pitiful.
Wearing a white mask, Xie Yu walked down the street, looking at the desolate surroundings, and couldn't help but complain, "Shen Yao, with the Ghost Market in this state, is it really possible to find any clues about the Dark Moon Pavilion?"
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