Chapter 99: Transforming Passivity into Initiative

Xie Yan rubbed his fingers. "I'm afraid Sun Zhiye also forged a letter written to him by the Second Young Master Sun."

"Sun Zhiye's actions were indeed quick, accurate and ruthless."

"This act of using death as an excuse for the crime, using the life of the second young master Sun, turned the tide, reversed the plight of the Sun family, appeased the anger of the people of Changhe County, and won some sympathy at the same time."

"Sun Zhiye must have regretted the drowning incident and was soft-hearted enough to spare Qu Ying's life."

Lu Mingchao raised his voice slightly, his eyes turned cold, "That's a good plan, an invisible father, a stupid mother, and a broken him?"

But Sun Zhiye was not only not so easy to break, but also poisoned.

A strong chill spread quickly from the top of the head to the soles of the feet like cold water pouring down, making people shiver involuntarily.

It only took Qu Ying a few hours from the time she climbed onto the bed to the time when Sun Ershao died.

The walls were filled with confessions, fake letters, and the scene had to be set up to look like a suicide scene. It was clear that Sun Zhiye decided to kill his brother to save himself without much hesitation.

She said yesterday that the only good person among a group of bad people is, to a large extent, either a hypocrite or a demon.

She would rather Sun Zhiye was simply a hypocrite.

But facts have proven that Sun Zhiye is a complete devil.

"Have the people of Changhe County heard about the news that Sun Ershao committed suicide in prison?" Lu Mingchao asked with a fixed gaze.

Xie Yan's expression was also somewhat ugly. "Not yet. The news is still kept secret. I think Sun Zhiye is still in Shanwei."

"If you don't handle this properly, I'm afraid the fire will burn you."

"When it comes to human life, people's hearts are particularly soft, even if the person is a notorious person whose reputation is too infamous to be mentioned in history."

Lu Mingchao was terrifyingly calm, his brows slightly furrowed, but his eyes lit up a little bit. "A Yan, it looks like Sun Zhiye took the initiative and caught us off guard. You and I can only respond passively."

"In reality, he is in the light, and you and I are in the dark."

"He doesn't know that you and I already know that Young Master Sun has died. To some extent, it's still unclear who will get the first chance."

"I would rather splash the dirty water back than react passively."

"Children's songs!" Lu Mingchao said word by word. "There is no better way to spread the word than children's songs."

"On cold nights, little beggars gather together."

"Perhaps the common people prefer the melodramatic story of a brother taking his brother's wife and then killing his brother after dinner."

Even if Sun Zhiye heard about it, it would not involve her and Xie Yan.

After all, Sun Zhiye had already found out the details of her relationship with Xie Yan.

"good."

Xie Yan's eyes were bright as he looked at Lu Mingchao under the candlelight.

This was his Ming Dynasty.

And there is honor in it.

"Let's find out more about Mr. Sun and Mrs. Sun's current situation."

The fact that Sun Ershao became a domineering and arrogant playboy who bullied men and women was closely related to the indulgence of his parents.

As parents, can you remain indifferent when your youngest son, who has been favored by everyone, dies in such a bloody and tragic way?

Xie Yan picked up the pen and wrote down the arrangements on the paper. He blew a whistle lightly, and the pigeon on the dead tree branch landed on the windowsill. It quietly let Xie Yan tie the reply letter to the pigeon.

The carrier pigeon spread its wings and flew away, soon blending into the thick night.

"It's late at night, go to sleep. You still need to teach Miss Feng how to write tomorrow."

Xie Yan scissors extinguished the flickering candle flame and spoke softly.

Lu Mingchao was lying on the bed, covered with a soft and fluffy quilt, squinting his eyes in satisfaction. "Jin Yu called me sir, what should I call you?"

When Xie Yan thought of the scene where Feng Jinyu clamored to call Ming Chao "little daddy", he had a bad feeling.

He was worried that Feng Jinyu would not stop calling his mother if her words were not shocking!

The scene was so bizarre that he couldn't handle it.

Xie Yan raised his hand to tuck in Lu Mingchao's quilt and changed the subject, "I will go to the city tomorrow to see if Sun Zhiye's shop is ready."

There was a rustling of wind outside the window and silence inside the house.

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Changhe County Sunfu.

Grandpa Sun's face turned pale, and the hand he was pointing at Sun Zhiye was shaking violently. His lips kept opening and closing, but he couldn't utter a word.

I was exhausted and my legs were weak, and I sat down on a chair with my buttocks limp.

"Dad, the head of the county government has reported that my second brother committed suicide by cutting his wrists in prison." Sun Zhiye repeated again.

Mrs. Sun cried out in extreme grief and passed out.

The main courtyard was empty, with no servants serving.

Under such circumstances, neither Mr. Sun nor Sun Zhiye had the energy to take care of Mrs. Sun.

Grandpa Sun lowered his head and said nothing, his cheeks twitching constantly, tears streaming down his face, and his hands hanging at his sides were clenched tightly, veins throbbing.

"I will personally pick up my second brother tomorrow morning." Sun Zhiye seemed unaware of Grandpa Sun's pain and continued to speak calmly.

Grandpa Sun was so angry that his eyes were about to burst and he cried out in tears, "Is it you? Is it you?"

"You are his elder brother. An elder brother is like a father. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs!"

"He is a bit mean, but he has never hurt you, nor has he ever had any bad intentions towards you. How could you! How dare you!"

"Dad, why do you say that?" Sun Zhiye was cold and indifferent, with a sullen look and raised eyebrows, revealing an unquestionable majesty that made people afraid to approach him. "The most experienced coroner in the county performed an autopsy. He cut his wrists with pottery shards and committed suicide."

"Dad, are you trying to destroy the entire Sun family with these cruel words?"

Grandpa Sun laughed sarcastically.

His eldest son is even more ruthless than his father, and even his father is terrified.

Last night, he saw murderous intent in his eldest son's eyes.

Tonight, he heard from his eldest son the news that his second son had committed suicide.

Sun Zhiye was slightly surprised and froze, the indifference on his face cracked for a moment. He suspected that he was dazzled, and he actually saw disgust in the eyes of his father who had not cared about his affairs for a long time.

It was as if he was some kind of trash and they wanted to avoid him as much as possible.

Dislike it?

He could understand hatred and fear, but not disgust.

It was he who built up the Sun family's business step by step and made it so prosperous.

"Dad, if you have no place to vent your hatred, you might as well hate mom, Qu Ying, my second brother, and Lu Mingchao."

"When my father was young, he was also a vagrant and did many immoral things easily. Now he knows what is the right thing to do."

"Unless my father wants his grandson's family's wealth to turn into ashes, he will have to beg for a living."

Grandpa Sun wiped the tears from his face and said, "Why? You did something that I, as your father, cannot say anything about?"

"You need Peng'er's life to save your precarious reputation, so Peng'er has to die."

"What about next time?"

"Whose life will you use as a stepping stone so that your defeated subordinate can have another chance to fight?"

"I?"

"Or your mother?"

How could he not be angry, resentful and hateful when his most beloved and filial son bled to death in prison?

The word "a defeated general" completely shattered Sun Zhiye's cold and indifferent exterior.

"My father is as biased as ever, and he is even more confused about right and wrong than ever before."

"Looking at the series of events that have happened since I returned from the capital, I am the innocent victim of this unprovoked disaster."

If the brother is not on the right path, the house will not be peaceful.