Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 84 So what if it wasn’t you?
一
Shen Feng and Wen Yi made up their minds to work together to sacrifice the You family's blood to Zhang Feng and Shen Lin, as well as the people who died in vain because of them.

Wen Yi still had Cai Shi to deal with in Yong'an, so he set off back to Yong'an before dawn.

After sending Wen Yi away, Zhong Lan and Shen Feng silently watched the flickering candlelight in the room.

"The You family and I are irreconcilable." Shen Feng said these words to Zhong Lan with firm eyes and a stern tone.

Zhong Lan had never seen Shen Feng like this before, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and shuddered when he heard this.

Shen Feng suddenly lowered his head slightly and did not notice Zhong Lan. He just drew something on the paper with a pen: "It's getting late. You should go and rest first."

Zhong Yan looked at Shen Feng forgetting to eat and sleep without saying a word. He only asked Jiang Liu to cook a late-night snack for Shen Feng to refresh himself, and then returned to his room.

Chang Huan was a little surprised: "In the past, the girl would either accompany my uncle or give him a few words of advice. Why do you leave so easily now? Could it be that the girl feels that my uncle's words are too harsh?"

Zhong Lan came back to his senses and whispered: "The You family does deserve to die, but the look in his eyes when I look at him is so strange that I'm a little scared."

"His eyes were always gentle and kind before, but now they have become so cruel. Do you think he will do something out of revenge?"

Hearing this, Chang Huan leaned towards Zhong Lan and comforted him: "Since ancient times, there is no way to take revenge without doing anything. Don't think blindly, girl. My uncle will always be his uncle."

"He has his own original intention and revenge. Now it may be difficult to avenge his father-in-law while guarding his own bottom line. I am really afraid that he will..."

Zhong Yan shook his head, trying to shake such absurd and terrifying thoughts out of his mind: "I hope it's me who thinks too much."

Shen Feng did not return to his room all night, and took Jiang Chuan out early the next morning, leaving Jiang Liu in the house.

Zhong Lan was so tired from busy work that when he woke up, there was no trace of Shen Feng. After asking Chang Huan, he found out that he had gone out, so he had no choice but to say: "Nothing, you go prepare the meal. I will go and say hello to my mother-in-law."

"Yes." Chang Huan nodded.

Zhong Lan washed and dressed. As soon as he went out, he saw Jiang Liu: "Why are you here? Your adults didn't take you with them when they went out?"

Jiang Liu was also puzzled: "My lord, I just said that I'm tired these days, so I want you to have a good rest in the house."

"Then are you tired?" Zhong Lan raised his eyebrows.

Jiang Liu shook his head honestly.

Zhong Lan pursed his lips: "You should step back first."

Jiang Liu also felt something in his heart, and there was a hint of loss in his eyes: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

At night, Shen Feng returned home wearing stars and moonlight, and went to Yang's room to say hello.

When Shen Feng arrived, Zhong Lan had just served Yang's decoction, and the two of them were playing with Anian together.

"Son, please greet your mother." Shen Feng stepped forward and saluted politely.

"Fie'er, please get up." Yang, who had not seen Shen Feng for a long time, called for him to come forward and sit with Zhong Lan.

An Nian also said hello to Shen Feng in the same way: "A Nian wants to say hello to daddy."

Shen Feng smiled gently, touched Anian's head gently, held him in his arms and teased him, then put him down again: "My son has something to do in the study, so he can't stay with his mother for a long time."

Yang's face had some joy at first, but in an instant it turned into disappointment. She could only lower her head and nod helplessly: "Good boy, go ahead."

After Shen Feng left, Yang sighed softly: "This child."

Seeing Yang's disappointment, Zhong Lan persuaded him in a gentle voice, "I'll go and persuade him to come and talk to my mother-in-law later."

Yang looked at Zhong Lan and smiled happily: "He is the head of the family now. He should be busy. Let him be."

"If dad doesn't stay with grandma, how about Ah Nian?" Lying in front of Yang's couch, he blinked his ignorant and innocent eyes and smiled.

Ah Nian was still young, with an innocent and handsome appearance, especially his eyes that were very similar to Shen Feng's, which made Yang's heart melt.

Yang smiled lovingly and held Anian in her arms: "Okay, our Anian is the best."

two

That night, Zhong Lai put Ah Nian to sleep. Seeing that Shen Feng hadn't returned to his room yet, he asked Jiang Liu and found out that he hadn't even touched a few bites of the dinner he had sent, then he was immersed in writing something, and now he was still burning the midnight oil in the study.

So Zhong Lan went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of noodles and delivered it to Shen Feng himself.

Arriving outside the study door, Zhong Lan saw the flickering candlelight in the room and the blurry figure reflected on the window paper. After some thought, he took the food box from Chang Huan's hand, pushed the door open and walked in.

Shen Feng wrote quickly and did not notice Zhong Lan walking in front of him. It was not until the food box was placed on the table that he raised his head warily.

Shen Feng's eyes were a little cold, and Zhong Lan was stunned: "I heard from Jiang Liu that you didn't eat much for dinner, so I will give you some food, noodles made by myself."

When the two were in Qianming Village, there were not many people at home, so Zhong Lan took the initiative to take charge of the food at home. Among the meals she made by herself, Shen Feng's favorite was the noodles she made.

As expected, Shen Feng's eyes lit up and his expression softened: "Thank you very much."

He smiled gently: "Put it down first, I'll use it later. It's getting late, so you should rest early so you don't have to wait for me."

Hearing this, Zhong Lan nodded blankly. He was about to turn around, but felt unwilling to do so. He turned around and sat on a soft chair nearby: "Fortunately, nothing happens. I'll stay with you."

This soft chair couldn't help but remind the two of them of a soft chair with a back cushion that was larger than this soft chair in the study of Shen Mansion in the royal capital.

That was because Shen Feng felt sorry for Zhong Lan who kept staying up all night with her, so she specially asked Jiang Liu to take a rest so that she could rest when she was tired.

But now he is no longer in the royal capital.

Shen Feng didn't want to force Zhong Lan, so he just nodded and let her go, and then he started writing at his desk again.

Looking at the countless files and letters in the case, Zhong Lan was a little confused: "Are these all the evidence you collected?"

Shen Feng nodded when he heard this: "When Tan Lin investigated the Gao family case, only a small part of the You family's affairs were uncovered, and all of them were passed on to You Hanyong. Now it is time for the truth to come out."

"Before the prince was deposed, You Shuchen was openly neutral in the court, but in fact he was secretly helping the deposed prince to seize the throne, and colluded with the You Shujin brothers to seek power for personal gain; they were also involved in the private mining cases in Dai and Bao states, and they were also involved in the private mining cases in Dai and Bao states. There were the false accusations against me, the frame-up of Wen Yi, the poisoning of Young Master Zhang, and the murder of my father." Shen Feng's tone became more and more excited, and in the end he was almost crazy.

Zhong Lan was startled: "Did they do all this? Are they already so lawless?" Shen Feng was silent for a long time while looking at the files and letters one after another, and suddenly his eyes sternly said: "Even if they didn't do it , I can also make this what they do.”

Zhong Lan felt a chill in his heart: "Are you going to perjure yourself?"

Shen Feng laughed sadly: "I didn't mean to frame them innocently. Just because of what they really did, they deserved to die. The You family deserved to die. But I'm afraid that after the documents are delivered to the royal capital, they will be given a break on the evidence. Machine. Therefore, they must be beaten to death for their crimes."

"I understand what you are going to say. When I guarded my meager original intention and ridiculous ambition, they almost destroyed our family and our family. Only now do I understand that original intention is nothing compared to ambition and hatred."

Shen Feng lowered his head and did not look at Zhong Lan. He only said coldly: "I can't look back now, and I don't plan to look back. I will do it to the end."

Hearing this, Zhong Lan lost consciousness and turned around and left the study.

Chang Huan stepped forward and asked strangely: "It's spring already, why is the girl shivering?"

Only then did Zhong Lan realize that he was shaking slightly and shook his head: "It's nothing. Let's go back."

three

Although Zhong Lan felt that Shen Feng's appearance was very strange, she understood that judging from the actions of the You family, the You family was not only not innocent, but even guilty. The hatred between Shen Feng and the You family could only be resolved by one side. obliterate.

So she could only hide her inner sorrow and try her best to help Shen Feng sort out the evidence and improve the details.

As for Shen Feng's guilt for the You family, she just ignored it and said nothing more.

Therefore, a complaint document was completed, in which the You family committed 21 major crimes and 54 minor crimes, including seeking fame and reputation, abusing power for personal gain, collaborating with the enemy and treason, killing people, forming cliques for personal gain, false accusations and frame-ups, etc.

Shen Feng was not in a hurry to hand it over. It happened that Wen Yi took care of Cai Shi and Yu Shuizhou, and the king came to dismiss them. He secretly leaked to You Hanting the things he had sorted out to sue the You family.

Three days later, late at night, only one lamp was lit in the main hall of Shen's mansion, illuminating Shen Feng's face that flickered between bright and dim. He closed his eyes and sat in the middle of the main hall.

Jiang Liu walked quickly into the door and saluted, "Sir, there is someone outside the door claiming to be You Hanting and asking to see you."

Shen Feng suddenly opened his eyes, looking as if he already knew he would come, and smiled slightly: "Invite him in."

Not long after Jiang Liu retreated, he led a man in a black cloak through the door. Seeing that the person sitting in the main hall was indeed Shen Feng, the man took off his hood and it was You Hanting.

"Master You, long time no see." Shen Feng had no intention of getting up, and there was no hint of respect in his words.

You Hanting looked unhappy and could only reluctantly return a respectful salute: "Mr. Shen."

"I am Ding You, no longer an adult." Shen Feng smiled, looking a little scary under the only light.

Seeing that You Hanting didn't speak, Shen Feng said again: "Master You came here late at night. What's the matter?"

"Some of the things you found out were not done by me. You didn't even find out what you found out yourself, so you have to report it to me today. Be careful of getting yourself burned. I will accuse you of slander." You Hanting gritted his teeth and whispered. .

"Oh?" Shen Feng smiled, "What is it? Is it the death of Young Master Zhang or the death of my father? The evidence is overwhelming, why is Mr. You innocent?"

You Hanting's eyes rolled slightly: "Those were all done by my father and brother, and they were framed on me. I have witnesses and physical evidence."

Shen Feng had enough time to calm down and said, "For example?"

You Hanting saw that Shen Feng showed signs of relenting, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "The poison that Young Master Zhang was poisoned by was produced in Pingzhou. I have nothing to do with Pingzhou. It was my eldest brother who has been helping the deposed prince in Pingzhou. Place hidden stakes.”

"Also, your father's death was caused by my eldest brother who bought cotton that easily absorbs water and swells, and bribed his servants to poison your father. I have the testimony of the stewards around my eldest brother as proof. Mr. Shen had better see something clearly. .”

You Hanting took out the secret letter that Shen Feng had leaked to him from his sleeve: "There is also the destruction of the Feng family. The Feng family is the best family in Beizhao and even the world. How can the destruction of the Feng family have anything to do with the You family?"

Seeing that You Hanting stopped talking, Shen Feng nodded: "That's right, but I don't care. So what if it's you who did it, but what if it wasn't you? I just want to achieve my goal."

You Hanting watched Shen Feng lose his usual gentle and humble look and change into the cold and cruel look now. He couldn't help but frown and asked: "What is Mr. Shen's purpose?"

"The whole You family's life." Shen Feng smiled warmly, but his words really made You Hanting shiver.

You Hanting said in disbelief: "Ms. Shen has always been fair and honest before. In order to kill my second brother to rectify the issue of innocence, he did not hesitate to risk his life to escape death. I am not a person who does not know right from wrong, so I only blame my second brother for not being a bastard like this." In other words, I am very respectful when doing business with Mr. Shen. How can Mr. Shen be so indifferent to right from wrong now?"

Facing You Hanting's question, Shen Feng first pursed his lips and chuckled, and then the laughter became louder and louder, almost out of breath. He took a breath for a long time, with an unreadable smile on his face: "Master You said You're right, I really don't know right from wrong. I have handed over this document, right from wrong, let's judge it from now on."

You Hanting gritted his teeth, looking at Shen Feng's unwillingness to give up, his face softened: "I really regret the wrong things my father and brother did, but my heart is clear, and I hope Mr. Shen will let me go and help my father and brother. My brother atones for his sins. You can give whatever Xianggong Shen wants, gold or silver, as a gift to thank Xianggong Shen."

Shen Feng felt an indescribable joy in his heart when he saw that You Hanting, who had been so easy to deal with in the world before and was so duplicitous in his smile, had now exposed his true nature for the sake of life and death.

He smiled and said without saying much: "Master You, please come back."

"Mr. Shen is like this, aren't you afraid of chilling your wife's heart?" You Hanting asked fiercely.

Shen Feng was slightly startled, but quickly calmed down, pretending not to care and said, "It's no need for you to worry about it."

Seeing that Shen Feng refused to accept the offer and had no intention of continuing the conversation, You Hanting could only leave unwillingly.

After You Hanting left, Shen Feng lowered his head and said nothing.

Zhong Lan walked out of the inner hall and gently put his hand on Shen Feng's shoulder.

Shen Yan suddenly raised his head, seeing that it was Zhong Yan, his expression eased: "Why haven't you rested yet?"

"Let me see you." Zhong Lan's eyes were soft and he caressed Shen Feng's cheek.

Shen Feng laughed at himself: "Sorry."

"Sorry for what." Zhong Lan asked softly.

"No reason." Shen Feng shook his head and said nothing more, only holding Zhong Lan's hand tightly.

Zhong Lan put her arms around his neck and hugged him: "The You family really deserves to die. Do what you think is right. I will always stand with you."

Shen Feng suddenly felt a lump in his throat, hugged Zhong Lan tightly, and gently rested his cheek on Zhong Lan's neck.

Zhong Lan felt the moisture in the crook of his neck and slowly and painfully stroked his thin back.

(End of this chapter)