Chapter 653: Didn't You Just Mention Me?

"My lord, can't you think of a way?"

"Think of a way? That's easy for you to say!" Turning his head to glare at his wife, Leng Hanye was so angry he nearly cursed out loud.

If it hadn't been for the fact that he found her beautiful back then, coupled with his own youthful hot-bloodedness, he wouldn't have accidentally lost control.

That night of dry tinder and raging fire was supposed to have been a mistake, something everyone would forget. But in the end, she had blackmailed him; if not for that, how would he have married such a dim-witted woman back then?

Now he even suspected whether he had been drugged; otherwise, how could a man of integrity like himself have lost control, and at the very moment he was about to leave, happened to be seen by someone?

Back then, he was a dashing figure, with so many people lining up to propose; who would have thought he would end up in the hands of a woman with a big chest and no brains.

He didn't know how the Zhuo family had raised such a daughter; they were a prestigious family, after all, and he had heard that the women they raised were all virtuous wives who knew literature and etiquette, which was why he had gritted his teeth and agreed back then.

But what was the result? How did it come to him, marrying such a troublesome piece of work?

No wonder on their wedding day, other people's fathers-in-law were all reluctant to part and secretly shedding tears, while his own father-in-law looked so excited he nearly set off firecrackers himself to celebrate.

It turned out it was because the daughter he had been worried about getting stuck with had finally been offloaded; it was all his own fault for being too young and not knowing the dangers of the world!

"Sigh!" He let out a deep sigh. It was one thing that his wife was troublesome, but the son he had painstakingly cultivated was now also troublesome; the burden of the family now rested entirely on his shoulders.

He was already getting on in years; was it easy for him!

"My lord!" Hearing Leng Hanye's sigh, Lady Leng's expression darkened, as if she had thought of something bad, and her crying became even more miserable.

"My poor child, my lord, is there really no other way?"

"Crying, can crying solve the problem? The only way now is to make him tell the truth. I have been investigating these cases for so long, yet there isn't a single trace."

"When everyone discovered it at the time, only this unfilial son was present and covered in blood. I believe he didn't do it, but he must know something!"

Speaking of this, Leng Hanye looked at his son, who remained silent, and in a fit of anger, he kicked him hard.

"Unfilial son, are you trying to anger me to death? Are you going to speak or not?"

"Shen!" Protecting her son with a pained heart, Lady Leng hurriedly said, "My lord, Shen is frail, don't hurt him!"

"He's frail? His cultivation realm is almost catching up to mine!" This work that satisfied him had once been his pride, and compared to himself, he was even better than his master.

But this stubborn temper was exactly the same as his own. This hopeless brat, his father has so many merits, yet he doesn't learn them, instead learning this foul temper; is that something you should be learning at your age?

"My lord, why don't we send Shen back to the main family? That way, no one will dare to touch Shen!"

"Fart! A woman's perspective! Shen cannot go anywhere right now!" Hearing his wife's words, Leng Hanye, who had been trying to maintain his composure, directly cursed. Was this woman trying to ruin the entire Leng Family?

"Do you think that just because I am the Prefect here, I can really hold absolute power and do whatever I want?"

"The Black-Clad Guard reports on what they hear, and the Capture Gate is also keeping a constant eye on the local area. My relationship with the Black-Clad Guard and the Capture Gate is not exactly harmonious; I imagine it won't be long before they have already reported the matters here."

"You, can't you just let me have some peace of mind!"

"Isn't it because you always pride yourself on being a gentleman and disdain associating with others? Otherwise, they wouldn't be targeting us like this!"

"You!" This one sentence choked Leng Hanye quite a bit. He was born into the Leng Family, and the main branch at that. That was a famous and prestigious family, second only to the eight great families of the world.

By rights, ordinary people should be respectful and smiling when they meet him, and his official career should have been smooth sailing, rising step by step.

As a result, after all these years, he was still just a Prefect, which showed what his conduct was like on a daily basis. With this foul temper, he didn't even know how many people he had offended.

He was also very clear that on the surface, the people from the Black-Clad Guard and the Capture Gate were respectful when they saw him, but behind his back, they would never hesitate to stab him in the back.

This was also something the imperial court loved to see; if the Black-Clad Guard, the Capture Gate, and the local government were all on good terms, that would be the worrying part.

But it was precisely because their relationship was not harmonious that Leng Hanye was worried. He wasn't afraid of anything else; he was just afraid that the news of his son's affair would spread and reach Shen Yu, who was wandering all over the world.

This was a man who could not tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes; if he found out, he would truly kill.

Thinking of this, Leng Hanye couldn't help but feel a wave of worry. This was his only son. After working hard for so many years, he finally had this one son, and he had him late in life.

At this point, would it be too late to try for another?

"Before the imperial court sends people to investigate, and before Lord Shen Yu finds out, we must investigate this matter clearly. We must not let Shen get involved in it!"

"This, this..." Lady Leng was choked with sobs. Born into a prestigious family, although she looked like a naive girl on the surface, she wasn't truly stupid.

She naturally knew what Shen Yu represented now, knew that her husband's worries were not without reason, and even more so, knew what her son would face if Shen Yu found out about the matters here.

"My lord!" Grabbing Leng Hanye's sleeve, Lady Leng said urgently, "I heard that Shen Yu kills without blinking an eye; no one who falls into his hands has ever survived."

"If there's really no other way, why don't we let Shen run?"

"Run? Run where? Wouldn't running just be a guilty conscience?"

Waving his sleeve, he directly broke free from his wife's grip. What kind of terrible ideas was this silly woman coming up with?

"You, a doting mother ruins her son. If you hadn't taken advantage of my absence to privately block the woman who came to file a complaint, how could that woman have committed suicide at the entrance of the yamen, and how could it have become known throughout the city?"

"Do you know that I am now being roasted on a fire!"

Looking at his wife, he felt a surge of anger. He had a lifetime of reputation; how did he end up with someone so brainless?

"I, I just kindly told her that you weren't at the yamen and asked her to go back first. Who knew she would misunderstand me and think that you refused to take her case."

"I didn't know she was so unyielding that she would directly dash her head against a pillar and die!"

"If it doesn't work, let Shen run. We, husband and wife, will bear the rest! We only have this one son, why must you be so stubborn?"

"Bear it? How do we bear it? That's over a dozen human lives; do you know what this means? I have to give them an explanation, I have to give the common people an explanation, do you understand!"

"Yes, you are a good official, you stand up for the people, but what about our son?" At this moment, Lady Leng completely exploded, standing up and roaring at Leng Hanye.

This sudden outburst left Leng Hanye almost unable to react; his wife actually dared to roar at him?

"My lord, Shen has been kneeling here for three days and still refuses to speak; perhaps he really doesn't know anything. Look at how you've forced our son!"

"Do you really want our son to pay with his life? You might be willing, but I am not!"

"Isn't it enough to just investigate such a small matter clearly? Is it necessary to make it like this?"

Just at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the doorway, causing the three people in the room to be shocked.

"Who? Who are you?" The three of them were all experts, yet they hadn't noticed anyone approaching them. Subconsciously, the three people in the room tried to lock onto the figure outside the door with their Qi.

However, their Qi missed completely, as if there was no one outside the door at all, as if all of this was just their hallucination.

But they could now clearly see the figure at the doorway. The figure was clearly visible, yet their Qi could not lock onto it; this was an expert, and an unimaginably powerful one at that!

"Lady Leng, didn't you just say that I kill without blinking an eye? How did you forget so quickly?"

Pushing the door open and entering, Shen Yu looked quietly at the three people in the room. "I came without an invitation; I'm not interrupting, am I?"

"You, you, Shen, Shen Yu!"