Grudge Breaker

Chapter 302: Selfishness
"Yes, this is Boss Shu's handwriting!"

She pointed at the stroke of the character “偶” (evil doll) - it had an obvious upward curved arc, which was obviously a personal writing habit.

"Boss Shu often sent me medicine and snacks, and he would always put a note with his own handwriting inside. Sometimes he would also add his paintings of orchids and bamboos. I thought they were beautiful, so I kept a few. I am sure that the '撇' he wrote is like this, and it is very easy to recognize."

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"Shukatsu Taki?"

Mo Tingfeng picked up the letter and examined it carefully. If it was written by Boss Shu, it would be much safer to let Li Qingshui deliver it to Si Chen Mansion on his behalf. Why did he go through a roundabout way and specially let an unrelated child deliver it? He just felt that the matter was not that simple.

"You do not trust me?"

Song Weichen was somewhat unhappy. She was not making up stories. She was not familiar with other people's handwriting, but she did recognize the handwriting of Mo Tingfeng and Shu Xinglong.

But she didn't act petty after all. In her eyes, Mo Tingfeng was a serious boss who couldn't be more serious. To her boss, she had to behave like a worker and be restrained in everything.

"When we return to Wuqing Residence, I will show those letters to Lord Si Chen so we can compare them."

Her cold tone and businesslike attitude made Mo Tingfeng feel uncomfortable, but various situations were coming one after another and the case was urgent, so he really couldn't afford to comfort her.

"Weiwei, of course I believe you."

"I'm just wondering if there's something hidden in this. If it's really Boss Shu who did it, we should go back to him and make things clear without delay."

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"Yuheng, please explain yourself clearly."

Mother Ruan's eyes were red as she watched Zhuang Yuheng come out of the house with a sad face. Her heart sank and she felt as if the sky was falling. But she still walked over in three or two steps and grabbed his arm. Her hand was very powerful, obviously that of a martial artist with profound internal strength. She didn't look like an ordinary woman in a wealthy family at all.

With that kind of momentum, if she could hear from Zhuang Yuheng where the murderer was, she would probably be the first to rush in with sword in hand - she did have the confidence to do so.
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Ruan's mother is not an ordinary person.

Her real name is Jing Lan. She is not from an immortal family. She is the daughter of Jing Zeng, the most prestigious leader of the escort sect in Chenmei.

Jing Zheng is as his name suggests, extremely tough and sturdy. Looking across the entire world, he is the only one who has the courage to accept escort orders from all over the world.

This is because escorting in the Mei Realm is different from other places. Apart from the bad guys plotting evil, there are also countless monsters and ferocious beasts running rampant in Youmei and Kongmei - some of the must-pass places on the escort route are so dangerous that not only ordinary cultivators, but even immortals and Class A sorcerers are afraid of them.

However, relying on his extremely strong anti-reconnaissance ability and unique skills in driving ferocious beasts, he was able to move freely in the territory with the cultivation level of a Class C sorcerer.

But within a few decades, the Jingmen Escort Agency founded by Jing Zeng became the top escort agency in Meijie. Under the influence of his father, Jing Lan also made great achievements in beast-taming magic and swordsmanship.

In particular, she performed the "Spirit Dragon Out of the Sea" set to perfection. This sword technique especially emphasized the combination of internal strength and mental control. When it was fully mastered, it could be used to tame fierce beasts. Jing Lan was particularly good at it, and gradually grew into Jing Zhe's capable right-hand man. Although she was a woman, except for my father, she was the only one who could protect the convoy through dangerous places.

She was considered a remarkable woman at that time.

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Originally, neither Jing Zeng nor Jing Lan would have anything to do with the Zhuang family, the Ruan family and other noble immortal clans in the Mei world - all because of that battle.

More than 800 years ago, a fierce battle also took place in Pingyang, also in the dead of winter, and its brutality was even greater than the one 80 years ago.

It's really evil to say that the place Pingyang not only made Huang Ag Po's husband Huang Hu become a war ghost in the southern border, but also made Jing Lan's father Jing Zeng die a hero.

The fierce battle broke out suddenly, and the vassal kings also colluded with foreign barbarians to attack together. The generals guarding Pingyang Mountain were defeated, and countless soldiers were killed and wounded. The southern border was located at the frontier, and it was difficult for the generals to rush to help. It seemed that the entire Pingyang was about to fall.

Those who excel in study become officials, those who excel in martial arts become generals, and the world of Mei is no exception.

At the critical moment, someone thought of Jing Zhe who was escorting a caravan in the foreign land, and wrote to the territory lord in a hurry, strongly recommending him to go nearby to defeat the enemy.

The territory master had naturally heard of Jing Zheng's reputation and was deeply impressed by him. He immediately sent a letter to appoint him as General Hu Zhong and ordered him to take over the seal of the commander.

Unfortunately, Jing Zhe is used to fighting alone. Maybe he is equal to a team, but it is really impossible for him to manage a team alone.

As a commander, what you need is the strategic power of deploying troops.

As the old saying goes, those who are good at using soldiers can become generals, those who are good at using generals can become commanders, and those who are good at using commanders can become kings.

Unfortunately, the person he makes the best use of is himself.

It's like a ferocious hunter who drives his wolfhound. As long as he goes up the mountain, he will be the overlord of the area, but such a person cannot guard a piece of farmland.

This is destined to be a cannon fodder ending.

Less than half a month after the former escort king arrived in Pingyang and took the seal of commander, he was killed in the southern border - he led ten elite soldiers to sneak into the enemy camp in the middle of the night for a surprise attack, but was caught in the trap and was never heard from again.

It was not until the war stopped that people in the court of Meijie heard from a lieutenant general who surrendered from the barbarians that Jing Zhe had died a tragic death.

Not to mention the corpse, even meat paste could not be found - Pingyang was close to the border, and there were no black bears in the dead of winter, as they all hibernated in caves. However, the barbarian leader ordered a cavalry group to take Jing Zhe to the border and throw him into a huge cave, where a mother bear and her two cubs were sleeping.

The lieutenant general was the leader of the cavalry battalion at that time. He was ordered to throw Jing Zheng into the cave, and then ordered the soldiers to shoot the two cubs with crossbows, and then block the cave entrance with huge rocks.

The result is not hard to guess. A bear that was awakened from hibernation is already extremely irritable, and seeing her cub die tragically, the mother bear is even more brutal than one can imagine.

According to the lieutenant general's description, although they were outside the cave, they could clearly hear the mother bear's roar that shook the mountain, and the entire mountain was resonating with it. Even though they were a team of elite soldiers, the sound was so loud that no one dared to enter the cave to check.

It was not until three days later, when there was no movement in the cave at all, that they carefully moved the huge rock blocking the door open a crack. The cave was filled with blood and flesh, and there was no sign of a complete bear or a complete person.

Just like this, Jing Zhe, a hero in his lifetime who had tamed countless beasts, fell and could only leave a cenotaph.

The lord of the territory was naturally saddened, so he posthumously conferred the hereditary title of marquis on the Jing family and named Jing Lan "Princess Zhonghui".

Jing Lan was overwhelmed with grief, but there was nothing she could do.

Without his father's appeal, the escorts were like sand, scattered in the wind.

The once prosperous Jingmen Escort Agency soon disappeared from the world.

She became disheartened and stopped practicing swordplay and martial arts. Instead, she worked hard to learn how to play the piano and embroider, trying to make herself "look" like other princesses.

After the three-year mourning period, she married "Ruan Beiming", the most marginal and powerless noble in the world of Mei - she was a commoner princess from a mountain village, and he was a powerless prince, so they were considered a good match.

The only thing they can rely on is that the Ruan family is related to the Zhuang family. The Zhuang family has deep roots, and the Ruan family is like a vine that follows them - from the perspective of others, they seem to be living a very free life.

But after a long time, Jing Lan couldn't help but feel unwilling. She didn't want to live like this.

As time went by, she gradually developed a sense of resentment, and felt that the whole world owed her an explanation. She could have done a lot, but why did she end up in the situation where she had to rely on powerful people to make a living?

So, after Ruan Mianmian was born, all her reluctance and self-motivation turned into a strong desire to "cultivate". She wanted to train Ruan Mianmian into the most decent and true daughter of aristocracy. She wanted her to marry the most powerful man in the world - in short, she must not let her marry a powerless and marginal prince like she did.

Jing Lan was full of expectations and taught Ruan Mianmian to do everything she could, as if as long as she could achieve it one day, she would be able to start a new life with her daughter.

After all, Ruan Mianmian's current personality is closely related to her mother's wrong way of raising her, but that is a story for later.

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The important thing is that at this moment, Ruan Mianmian is missing.

The only "hope" in her life disappeared.

It was not until this moment that Jing Lan realized that it didn't matter whether Ruan Mianmian was the most decent aristocratic girl, whether she was good at playing the piano and writing, or even whether she married a powerful man - Jing Lan's maternal instinct was fully awakened, and she just wanted her daughter to be safe.

Along with her maternal instinct being awakened, her fighting power is also awakened.

Jing Lan felt like she was the hibernating black bear, and some evil people broke into the cave and took away her bear cubs for no reason - how dare they? !

"Yuheng, tell me the truth. I can hold on."

"My daughter, I must bring her back!"

"aunt……"

Zhuang Yuheng was surprised to find that his aunt seemed like a different person. After all, he had never seen Jing Lan during her mortal cultivation period. Even though he knew about the terrible things that happened hundreds of years ago, he could not associate the woman in front of him with the word "escort".

When he met this woman, she had already married his cousin Ruan Beiming, and owned half of the immortal book. She practiced music, chess, calligraphy and painting all day long, looking like a quiet and demure woman from a wealthy family.

But things changed at this moment. The aura of the woman in front of him did not allow him to not tell the truth.

Zhuang Yuheng did not dare to be negligent and told everything he knew. Ruan's mother immediately said that there was no need for Mo Tingfeng to send a master to break the resentment. She would guard Ruan Mianmian's boudoir herself and would not let any living creature set foot in until her precious daughter returned.

The two of them had a detailed plan, which we will not go into here.
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"This...this letter..."

Inside the Wangyue Tower, Shu Xilong looked at the letter that Mo Tingfeng took out with a look of disbelief on his face.

Song Weichen pointed at the stroke and spoke bluntly.

"Boss Shu, this is your handwriting. Am I right?"

"This……"

Shu Tinglong was speechless and did not answer Song Weichen directly. Instead, he looked at Mo Tingfeng with a puzzled look on his face.
"Where did you get this letter?"

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"Didn't you send a little brat to Si Chen's house?"

Song Weichen couldn't help but respond. She fluttered her long eyelashes and blinked several times, not understanding what Shu Xinglong was up to.

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"Master Si Chen, Weiwei, this handwriting is definitely Shu's."

There was an imperceptible fear surging in Shu Tinglong's eyes.
"But this letter was definitely not written by Shu."