Chapter 237

"Are you okay?" Yao Wenju hurriedly helped me up.

"It's fine, let's go!" I was extremely weak at the moment, cold sweat beading on my face, my whole body limp, I couldn't muster any strength. But I knew I couldn't give up; the one-legged Sunrise was leading us to find Han Duo, and once we found Han Duo, we would naturally find QingSongShu and the others.

Sunrise bounded ahead, leading us into the depths of the tomb, the light growing dimmer. Afterwards, Sunrise actually led us to crawl into a narrow, dark tunnel; Yao Wenju held Ye Qi and inched forward by squeezing his way.

"What the hell kind of place is this? I feel like we're going higher and higher the more we walk," Yao Wenju cursed impatiently. Indeed, it was like a steep cliff, and we were like climbers grabbing any hold to pull ourselves up. Only here the space wasn't spacious, and it was also very narrow.

Just as he was speaking, Yao Wenju let out a sudden scream and vanished completely. I was startled, hastily grabbing a few rocks and lunging forward.

When I climbed to the spot where Yao Wenju had been, a bright light suddenly appeared ahead, and immediately I felt weightless, sliding out like pulling up an onion.

What the hell kind of design is this? The tunnel was clearly going upward, yet at the top it started descending again, and there was an opening left—where have I ended up now?

I hit the ground with a loud bang, seeing stars, my ears filled only with a buzzing roar, hearing nothing. When I came to, I saw a puzzled yet familiar chubby face—Pangzi, staring at me anxiously and urgently.

What I didn't expect was that Yao Wenju was now being held at gunpoint.

"Don't move, he's not a bad person." I struggled to my feet and shouted anxiously.

At this point I began to see my surroundings clearly; having been flung from that hole, I finally reached the depths of the Yang family ancestral tomb, where QingSongShu, the Yang brothers, and the Yang family guards were present.

As for Han Duo, she lay dying in a corner of the tomb, with Sunrise guarding her. Although Sunrise had been given a soldier's seal by me, deep down he still clung to her as his master.

"Little Master Chen, can you explain what the hell is going on!" a deep voice came, and Yang Shou Ren looked at me with a grim face.

The surrounding guards also drew their guns; though they weren't pointing at me and Pangzi, their gazes were still full of vigilance. Evidently, seeing Yao Wenju and me enter together, Yang Shou Ren's mind began to run wild.

"Boss Yang, please calm down; my brother isn't like that, and neither is Wen Ge—he's not the sort you imagine. Put your guns down, let's talk properly." Although Pangzi didn't know why I had suddenly fallen, seeing the situation he too grew anxious.

Yang Shou Ren said gloomily, "You keep calling Wen Ge, Wen Ge—do you dare say you have nothing to do with the Yao family?" Then he turned to look at QingSongShu; his expression was no longer so cold, and he even found an excuse for QingSongShu.

"Master Wang, I believe this has nothing to do with you. It's just that your disciple, inexperienced in the world, couldn't resist temptation, was deluded by the Yao family, and thus became bewitched and fell in with them."

Yang Shou Ren had clearly lost his calm judgment; merely seeing Yao Wenju, he linked us to past events, thinking we were also involved in ruining the Yang family's feng shui and killing Yang Rui.

QingSongShu didn't get angry; instead he smiled faintly and said in a calm, breezy tone, "Brother Yang, you should first hear what the junior has to say."

"All of this is Yang Shou Yi's conspiracy, his design. His aim is to provoke a conflict between the Yao and Yang families so he can profit from it." As soon as QingSongShu finished speaking, I jumped up, furious.

Yang Shou Yi had been standing quietly beside Yang Shou Ren, still his usual refined, calm self; seeing me, Yao Wenju, and the unconscious Ye Qi, his face showed no tension at all.

When everyone was stunned, Yang Shou Yi merely gave a light smile and calmly asked me, "Do you have any evidence?"

"Yes, Shou Yi is my brother, Rui'er is his son—your words are sheer nonsense. How could Shou Yi possibly kill Rui'er?" Yang Shou Ren also echoed.

Pangzi nudged me from the side and whispered, "Hai Sheng, don't talk nonsense; even if you want to clear Wen Ge's name, you can't be so reckless."

"I'm not talking nonsense." I shoved Pangzi aside, stepped forward, and stared at Yang Shou Yi: "All of this is your scheme, isn't it? You first sent the Yin Shan Sect's Wu Fei to stir up trouble in the Yao and Yang families' gambling house, aiming to make the Yao family suspect the Yang family and provoke a feud so you could profit. But you underestimated Yao Wenju's composure."

"So, unwilling to accept defeat, you hatched a plan: using the Plowshare Iron Talisman to frame the Yao family, you first had Wu Fei and Han Duo appear one after another, creating the illusion they were here to ruin the Yang family's ancestral feng shui. Then you forged an investigation report and told your elder brother that these two were sent by the Yao family."

"You are Yang Shou Ren's brother; he naturally trusts you completely, and besides, Yao Wenju is the heir of the Plowshare Witch Sect. You could say you left nothing to chance." Gazing at Yang Shou Yi, I said coldly, "I never imagined that to achieve your goal you would personally kill your own biological nephew, wasting an innocent life."

Having said all that in one breath, I panted, my chest heaving, but my eyes never left Yang Shou Yi the whole time.

Because what I said was too shocking, everyone froze as soon as I finished—even QingSongShu frowned. Only Yao Wenju, after arriving here, remained calm; despite the gun aimed at him, he lit a crude cigarette with composure.

"Nonsense..." Yang Shou Yi hadn't even defended himself when Yang Shou Ren burst out angrily: "I don't have long to live; after I die everything goes to Shou Yi, so he has no need to do all this to steal the old Yang family's property."

"That's only if your son Yang Rui hadn't died." I loudly interrupted Yang Shou Ren, walked over to the unconscious Ye Qi, pointed at her and said: "If you don't believe me, you can ask your good wife. I personally saw your close brother and your wife trysting in the rear garden."

As soon as I finished, Yao Wenju cooperatively curled his Seal Finger and spat out Ye Qi's soul from his mouth. I had previously been reluctant to bring a burden into the tomb, but now I realized Yao Wenju's coincidental decision was truly brilliant. Without Ye Qi, I might truly have been unable to defend myself against a hundred accusations.

When I finally returned the soul to Ye Qi's body, she finally woke up slowly.

Upon waking, Ye Qi's first glance was not at Yang Shou Ren; instead she involuntarily looked at Yang Shou Yi and cried out, "Brother Yi!"

This made even Yang Shou Ren's eyebrows twitch—after all, he was Ye Qi's husband, and she had always called Yang Shou Yi "Second Uncle Yi"; to suddenly blurt out "Brother Yi" was exceedingly odd. The deeply familial Yang Shou Yi finally sensed something amiss.

"Brother Ren, please save me! They… they just brought people into my house, killed everyone, and threatened me to bring them to find you. They… they want to exterminate us!" Ye Qi quickly came up with this; I truly admired her wit—after panicking, she managed to spin such a perfect lie in a short time.

Yao Wenju choked on Ye Qi's words, coughing repeatedly. I too was furious: "Damn, what a shameless woman—caught in the act and still playing the victim."

However, no matter how Ye Qi tried to cover up, Yang Shou Ren could never truly trust her. Because the first thing she said upon waking was "Brother Yi." A normal person's psychology, when overwhelmed by fear and panic and feeling helpless, instinctively thinks of the one most important to them.

"Ah Yi," Yang Shou Ren frowned, turned, and softly called his brother's name: "You and Xiao Qi, are you…?" Yang Shou Ren stared fixedly at Yang Shou Yi.

At that moment everyone's eyes were on Yang Shou Yi, but he showed no panic or last-ditch excuse. Instead he adjusted his glasses, slowly walked up to Yang Shou Ren, put on a harmless smile, and glanced at me.

That smile seemed amiable to outsiders, but when he looked at me I couldn't help feeling a chill run down my spine.

"Big brother," Yang Shouyi smiled, saying each word deliberately to Yang Shouren: "You must believe me, I have no intention of seizing the Yang family's property."

When Yang Shouren's brow relaxed, and I almost couldn't help but jump up excitedly, Yang Shouyi then pointed at Ye Qi and slowly said to Yang Shouren: "She is not your woman, she is your daughter. Yang Rui, he is not your son, he is my son. I am not trying to seize the Yang family's property, but to utterly destroy the Yang family."

Just then, everyone was stunned..