mtl008 Chapter 135 Kill Him First
Chapter 135 Kill Him First
When Ye Peng saw Shangguan Zhenhua in front of the braised food shop, he felt that he was very familiar. Today, when he saw him wash his face, he was finally sure of his identity.
This man was his father, the biological father he had hated for thirty years and one of the murderers of his mother.
Memories that had been buried for thirty years suddenly began to stir in Ye Peng's mind.
His mother was the eldest daughter in the family, with five younger siblings. The one she loved the most was her second sister, who was two years younger than her and had been frail and sickly since childhood. She was his second aunt, Ye Qianrou.
The Ye family was just an ordinary family of scholars. At the beginning of autumn of the year when his mother got married, the Ye family was massacred by a group of thieves. When Shangguan Zhenhua and his mother rushed there, the Ye family had been looted and almost everyone was dead. Only his mother's youngest brother Ye Qianbai and Ye Qianrou were left. Ye Qianrou was found by his mother from a pile of dead bodies.
Later, his mother brought his uncle and Ye Qianrou to live with her. After he was born, his uncle and Ye Qianrou treated him very well.
When he was six years old, Shangguan Zhenhua followed Emperor Yuanwu to the battlefield. Less than three months after he went on the expedition, the city where his family lived was attacked. The city was in chaos and everyone was fleeing. It was at that time that he and his mother were separated from his uncle and Ye Qianrou. Not long after that, he and his mother were captured, and then he and his mother saw the glamorous Ye Qianrou.
Ye Qianrou was a completely different person at that time. She looked at him and his mother with eyes full of ridicule and contempt.
"Sister, you and your nephew are in such a mess!"
"Since you are all going to die, I will tell you a secret!"
"My brother-in-law and I have been in love for a long time, but since my sister was around, I could only be a concubine after I entered the family. My brother-in-law didn't want to wrong me, so he didn't say anything. He waited until the time was right and found such an opportunity to get rid of my sister. After my sister died, my nephew would definitely hate us. Maybe he would find out the truth and seek revenge on us in the future. So, my brother-in-law and I want to cut the grass and let my nephew die with you!"
"Don't blame my brother-in-law and I for being cruel. If you want to blame someone, blame your bad luck!"
"If you die, I can be with my brother-in-law openly, and then I will give him many, many children."
"Oh, by the way, there is something I need to tell you. Ye Qianbai discovered the truth behind the demise of the Ye family, and I killed him. Hahahaha!!!"
Ye Peng still remembers Ye Qianrou's sharp and vicious voice, which lingers in his mind like a devil's sound.
The mother was heartbroken and asked Ye Qianrou why she did this.
Ye Qianrou did not answer his mother, but only said that the Ye family deserved it, his mother deserved it, and his little nephew deserved it even more.
Later, Ye Qianrou left him and his mother to a group of people, who buried them alive. His mother protected him with her life. When he was buried underground, he was held in his mother's arms and kept shouting for help. After an unknown amount of time, when he was about to lose consciousness, someone dug them out.
Ye Peng closed his eyes and recalled what his mother said before she died. She said: Ruolin, don't listen to the words of the treacherous people. Your father is not that kind of person. You have to believe him and at least find out the truth.
He kept these words in mind and went to the battlefield to find Shangguan Zhenhua, but in a small town, he saw Shangguan Zhenhua and Ye Qianrou hugging each other.
He stood like a beggar, not far behind Shangguan Zhenhua and the other man, staring at Shangguan Zhenhua's back and watching the couple being intimate.
Ye Peng felt a splitting headache. He held his head with a painful expression, "I was impulsive. I shouldn't have angered him. I should have avoided him when he tore my pants. Now, he must have guessed who I am. He failed to kill me thirty years ago. Now he has found me. He will definitely kill me and implicate you. No, I have to kill him before he does anything."
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"Why do you think Ruolin doesn't recognize me? Why?" Shangguan Zhenhua stood under the tree, staring at the Xiao residence, and asked Wei Huan beside him.
Wei Huan shook his head: "I don't know, maybe the prince has his own difficulties and dare not recognize you."
After the empire was settled, the Duke of Huguo could not get over the pain of losing his wife and son, and he never remarried in all these years. Apart from the widowed Madam Qianrou, her son, and her maid, there were no other women in the mansion.
The Duke of Protectorate also said that when he turned 60, he would request an imperial decree to appoint Madam Qianrou's son as the Crown Prince to inherit his title of Duke.
But now, a biological son appeared out of nowhere, the biological son of the Duke of Protectorate, who is the crown prince without any need for enthronement.
"It's not that he doesn't dare to recognize me, he just doesn't recognize me. The way he looks at me is full of hatred." Shangguan Zhenhua disagreed with Wei Huan's words: "I am his biological father, why does he hate me?"
It was clear from Ye Peng's appearance that he had not lost his memory. If he hadn't lost his memory, why didn't he go home and live as a country bumpkin here for thirty years, making him think that he had already died.
"I clearly saw the bodies back then. The bodies of mother and son were eaten beyond recognition by wild dogs. The pictures on the bodies were eaten away by wild dogs. Wait, could it be that I made a mistake and Ye Peng is not my son? No, he is. He must be. No, I must get this matter clear."
"You guys come with me to find out the truth. I want to know everything about Ye Peng." Shangguan Zhenhua said with a cold face.
Wei Huan raised his eyes to the sky: "But, Master, it's getting dark, where are we going to stay?"
"Duke, Duke, Duke?" A cautious voice came over.
Shangguan Zhenhua and his companions turned their heads and saw a villager looking in their direction.
The villager looked very excited.
"Do you know me?"
Xiao Wenyong's eyes widened in disbelief: "It really is the Duke!"
He ran over quickly and knelt in front of Shangguan Zhenhua: "I, Xiao Wenyong, pay my respects to the Duke."
Shangguan Zhenhua frowned and said, "How can a country boy like you know the Duke?"
Xiao Wenyong didn't even dare to raise his head: "I am a soldier who was captured and sent to Yunling Pass. I was just released home a few days ago. I have had the honor of meeting the Duke twice."
Wei Huan's eyes moved: "I remember the soldiers who were sent to the army."
He said to Shangguan Zhenhua: "Master, I have told you that among the exiled soldiers, there is a group of very powerful miscellaneous soldiers. Xiao Wenyong is one of them. In addition, there seems to be another one named Xiao Wenhai and Xiao Wennan. You are cousins..."
"Yes, yes, and Wen Nan and Wen Hai. General Wei still remembers me and my cousins. We are so lucky."
After hearing this, Shangguan Zhenhua had some impression of him, because Xiao Wenyong and his group were quite outstanding, and Wei Huan had mentioned them to him a few times.
"You are actually from Qingquan Village too. Yes, there are many people from Qingquan Village who were sent to serve in the army." Shangguan Zhenhua clapped his hands and said, "You came at the right time, kid. Where do you live?"
Xiao Wenyong pointed in a direction and said, "My Lord, I live over there."
Shangguan Zhenhua took a look and found that it was very close to Xiao's house.
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"Dad, don't be impulsive. The Duke of Protectorate is very skilled in martial arts. You are no match for him." Ye Tang stopped Ye Peng and said, "We need to think carefully about the assassination. You are not alone now. You still have me, Ping An, and your son-in-law."
She had just calmed Ye Peng down when Lu Anbang came to report again.
"Madam, that Mr. Shang has gone to stay at the Fifth Master's house."
Ye Tang and the other two: "......"
The three of them suddenly remembered that there were many able-bodied men in Qingquan Village who had returned from the army at Yunling Pass. They had seen Shangguan Zhenhua on the battlefield. When they saw Shangguan Zhenhua appear in Qingquan Village, they would be very excited and admire him. As long as Shangguan Zhenhua opened his mouth, they would definitely try their best to invite Shangguan Zhenhua to live in their homes and serve him attentively.