Grudge Breaker

Chapter 336 Testing each other
"Let's not talk about the 'evil doll' for now. I want to ask you, when did you start to suspect Shu Taki?"

"From the beginning."

"when?"

Gu Cangyue didn't expect Mo Tingfeng to give this answer, so he asked again subconsciously.

"The day after Weiwei appeared in the Meijie, Shu Yinglong sold the largest restaurant in Water Street, Wangyuelou. I checked and found that the restaurant had not changed hands for nearly a hundred years and its business was booming. The original owner also had plenty of money to use for other purposes. Why did he suddenly resell it? There must be a reason that cannot be revealed."

"Not long after that, Weiwei and I pretended to be a couple and went to Luoyun Town to investigate a case. We met Shu Tinglong again at Ximanlou, which was also his business. As a businessman with a lot of wealth, it's understandable that he has businesses all over the place, but why is it that by coincidence, he always appears around Weiwei intentionally or unintentionally?"

"After further investigation, I found this matter to be even more interesting: Ximan Tower also changed hands recently, on the same day that Shu Xinglong bought Wangyue Tower. Moreover, the transaction was extremely low-key. When the deed was signed, no "agent", "guarantor" or "clerk" was present. Only Shu Xinglong and the original owner privately handed over the transaction and signed the red deed. It was quick and secretive."

"In fact, it's not just Wangyue Tower and Ximan Tower. Within a day after Weiwei appeared, Shu Long spent a lot of money to build 24 wine shops in Meijie, all over the big cities, and each one is next to the local post station."

"What does he want to do?"

"Even if I am being overly suspicious, even if his ultimate target is not Weiwei, it must be closely related to her appearance."

"It seems that they started some conspiracy because of her appearance."

……

Mo Tingfeng looked at Gu Cangyue coldly, as if the person sitting in front of him was of the same ilk as Shu Xinglong.

"I had someone carefully investigate his background. He is clearly a mortal, but we could not find any birth information or family relationship related to him. It seems like he appeared out of thin air, and was born with wealth from all directions."

"What's interesting is that this person has had very close dealings with the nobles of the Three Realms over the past decade or so, and yet no one has doubted his background."

"This shows the background of the person behind it."

Mo Tingfeng leaned forward, his eyes interrogating and questioning, as if he wanted to penetrate Gu Cangyue's soul.
"So compared to Shu Tinglong, I care more about who is behind him."

……

"Are you doubting me?"

Gu Cangyue pulled up a slight smile, seeming a little disappointed with Mo Tingfeng's performance.

Mo Tingfeng also smiled faintly.
"One thing I am sure of is that Shu Tinglong has a very close relationship with Cangyue Mansion. It is precisely because of this that many immortal nobles look at him differently."

Mo Tingfeng picked up a white wine bottle with a jade neck on the table and held it in front of Gu Cangyue.
"The person who introduced Shu Xilong to Hua Shan and provided Wu Nian Mansion with the raw materials for making Wu Nian Water was you."

"What nonsense!"

"Why did I introduce that beast to Bei Hua Shan?"

Gu Cangyue looked very angry, with the whites of his eyes slightly red. Mo Tingfeng looked at him carefully and didn't feel deceived.

...Could it really not be him?
After a brief hesitation, Mo Tingfeng revealed his cards directly.
"Hua Shan said that you came to the mansion in person to propose this matter."

"This wine needs to be made from rootless water, rootless quinoa, rootless flowers, and rootless fruits collected from the four dangerous places in the southeast, northwest, and northeast of the Netherworld. Those places are extremely dangerous, and not only ordinary people, but also ordinary cultivators cannot reach them. In the past, we could only rely on Brother Ji to collect them at specific times, or order people to go to the ghost market to buy raw materials at high prices. Therefore, Wu Nian Water is extremely precious, and every drop counts."

"And it was at that time that you recommended Shu Xinglong. I don't know what means he used, but he was always able to provide fresh raw materials in a timely and stable manner, and the price was fairer than that of the ghost market. Hua Shan was very happy and mentioned this to me. He also said that he owed you a favor for this. Whenever a new brew was produced, the first batch was always sent to Cangyue Mansion first."

"Snapped!!"

Several jade-necked wine bottles on the table were all thrown to the ground by Gu Cangyue with a flick of his sleeve. Wunian Water spilled all over the ground, and the air was instantly filled with the sweet and fragrant smell of wine.

"Tsk, what a pity."

Mo Tingfeng felt somewhat regretful.

"This wine is not available to ordinary people. It is occasionally found in the ghost market. It costs thousands of taels of gold per bottle. Lord Cangyue's anger is expensive."

Gu Cangyue didn't say anything. She waved her brocade sleeves again, and many new bottles of various wines appeared on the table. They were all rare good wines in the world, but Wunianshui was no longer seen.

He took a bottle and sipped directly from the pot.

"Bei Huashan is blind, so it's not surprising that she mistook me for you. But you, Mo Tingfeng, have some brains, and you actually believed her one-sided words so firmly?"

……

"Benevolence" "Benevolence"

Mo Tingfeng tapped the table rhythmically with his slender fingers. He looked at Gu Cangyue with a calm expression and suddenly smiled.

"I remembered it wrongly."

"You didn't visit her in person, but asked your personal maid Shanhu to deliver a letter of introduction to Huashan." "Bullshit!!"

Gu Cangyue lost his patience, and the thick fog spread towards the table again - it was obvious that he didn't want to talk anymore.

"promise."

Mo Tingfeng was neither anxious nor annoyed. He took out a piece of neatly folded paper from his inner pocket and gently placed it in front of Gu Cangyue.

Inside the Yuan cocoon, the thick fog stopped.

The paper was opened in Gu Cangyue's hands - it was indeed his tone and handwriting, without any difference. Even the sporadic magical powers revealed in the handwriting were his own. This could definitely not be faked.

Gu Cangyue hesitated for a moment, fearing that Shu Tinglong had taken the opportunity to control his mind, and then controlled himself to send Shanhu to Wunian Mansion, and he was completely unaware...
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"Cang Yue, can you show it to me?"

Song Weichen, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke.

She didn't think that Shu Tinglong could completely control Gu Cangyue's mind and drive him to do anything without him realizing it. She wanted to take a closer look at the words.

Gu Cangyue didn't know that she had already seen through his relationship with Shu Xilong. He just handed it to her without hesitation when he heard her ask for it.

In fact, Song Weichen was not as familiar with his handwriting as Shu Xinglong. To put it bluntly, Da Niao didn't like writing, but preferred painting, so the words she saw from him were basically inscriptions, but at least she had seen them before.

Perhaps it was because they had the same soul, their handwriting looked very similar at first glance, almost as if they were from the same person, with only very subtle differences - surprisingly, Shu Long, who was as gentle as water, had a sharp edge where his pen turned; whereas Gu Cangyue, who was always eccentric and arrogant, had a soft and rounded tip where his pen turned, without showing too many edges and corners.

Song Weichen examined it carefully and found that the writing on the paper in his hand was as smooth as jade, and it certainly did not look like the work of Shu Xinglong.

But... she always felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what it was.

While searching for clues in his mind, Mo Tingfeng spoke up, "Master Cangyue, may I ask if this piece of paper was written by you?"

"This……"

"I can't remember clearly. So what if it is? So what if it isn't?"

"Mo Tingfeng, don't beat around the bush. Are you trying to say that the handwriting on this letter of recommendation is exactly the same as the one on the paper with the word 'evil doll' written on it, so you can conclude that it was done by me and that I am the one backing that beast?"

Mo Tingfeng chuckled. He had no intention of mentioning the evil doll paper. Was Gu Cangyue confessing himself?
"No, what I want to say is that this piece of paper was not written by you, my Lord."

"Yes, it's not Cang Yue!"

Song Weichen looked at Mo Tingfeng with bright eyes - she figured out what was different!

Without waiting for Mo Tingfeng to speak, she hurriedly spread the paper on the table so that the other two could read it.
"This letter only has two sentences and a dozen words. At first glance, the tone, wording, and handwriting are consistent with Cang Yue's."

“But that’s exactly the problem.”

"It's so similar! I've seen these words in the inscriptions on Cangyue's paintings. Not to mention the size and shape, even the mistakes are the same. It's like they were copied from different paintings, and then carefully traced with Cangyue's brush and ink. That's why there are bits of his magic left on the paper."

"In short, I think this letter of recommendation was not written by Cangyue himself, but was fabricated by someone else."

"slight……"

Mo Tingfeng and Gu Cangyue called out at the same time, but the former felt even more sad because she knew everything about Gu Cangyue so carefully, while the latter felt just the opposite.

Taking a deep breath and forcing himself to focus on his work, Mo Tingfeng nodded slightly with approval in his voice.

"Weiwei's discovery is very important, and we can find paintings to prove it later, which is great."

……

"But I judge that this recommendation letter was not written by Lord Cangyue, but was fabricated by Boss Shu, and there is other evidence."

He took out another folded piece of paper from his arms and placed it neatly next to the letter of recommendation. It was the one with "evil doll" written on it.

"The paper materials and sizes of the two notes are the same, both are top-quality Chengxin Xuan paper. Although not the best, they are not only available to the rich and powerful."

"Let's not talk about the handwriting, just look at the way these two pieces of paper are folded. It is obvious that the folding of the fan letter is more delicate and neat, and it combines the folding methods of 'sealing folding' and 'flower paper', forming a unique style."

Song Weichen took a closer look and was amazed at what Mo Tingfeng said. It was like the work of a person with extreme obsessive-compulsive disorder. Every folded edge was handled with great care and even the folding order seemed to be very particular - in contrast, the one with the word "evil doll" written on it was much more casual.

Mo Tingfeng took out a few pieces of paper from his inner pocket again. They were the notes in the box that Shu Xinglong had left when he sent snacks to Song Weichen in the past. He had written them by hand every time and folded them neatly - folded them in exactly the same way as the piece of paper he had given to Bei Huashan.

There is always a loophole in a perfect plan. It was probably difficult for Shu Tinglong to predict that the flaw would be revealed in the way he stacked the letters.
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"Not so stupid."

Gu Cangyue leaned back and lazily leaned against the soft cushion of the chair, with his slender fingers lightly touching his forehead, looking at Mo Tingfeng with a smile.

"Since you suspected that beast from the beginning, why did you pretend to be so righteous and slander me just now?"