The male supporting character was actually myself.

The truth, which could have been revealed simply by her speaking out, has instead become an unsolved mystery amidst suspicion and entanglement. Shen Rumeng is truly despicable! How can someone with such character be worthy of being the head wife of the number one family in the martial arts world?

“My younger brother, Huo Changyun, was falsely accused of being a sect-destroying maniac, which led to the destruction of Hundred Flowers Valley. As the only surviving witness, he personally recounted how he met, got to know, and fell in love with Miss Shen. What I just said is naturally supported by evidence.”

As he spoke, he pointed at Shen Rumeng with a murderous look and said, "On the 23rd of August, at midnight, you went boating on the lake, and you took off your clothes and pledged your love to him for three lifetimes. Miss Shen, if you hadn't had physical intimacy, I doubt anyone would know the location of the pink birthmark and the small black mole on your body, hidden in a secret place, right?"

Do I need to make myself clearer and more understandable?

Ling Xiao, who had been standing silently in the corner watching the show, turned to Luo Junfei and asked, "Patriarch Luo, you should have seen your wife's private parts, right? Are they indeed places that shouldn't be easily shown to others?"

"I have never met you before. If Changyun hadn't told me that I would never have been able to reveal this secret, would Miss Shen still refuse to give up?"

Faced with Huo Yun'er's aggressive questioning, Shen Rumeng turned pale and didn't know how to defend herself.

Luo Junfei was so embarrassed he wanted to disappear into the ground.

It's been almost a month since the wedding, and I haven't even slept in the bridal chamber yet, let alone undressed and consummated our marriage. How could I possibly know anything about secrets...

"Slut!" His last shred of goodwill vanished, and he coldly rebuked, "Even now, you still won't tell the truth?!"

Huo Changyun was annoyed to see that she still refused to speak. "Patriarch Luo, Shen Rumeng and my younger brother Huo Changyun meet secretly every night without any attempt to avoid suspicion. She has a pink birthmark the size of a fingernail on the upper part of the inside of her right thigh; and a black mole the size of a bean between her breasts. These are things that my brother saw with his own eyes when she was recuperating in Hundred Flowers Valley."

My younger brother had no intention of bothering her after he learned she was married.

"I was wronged to be framed as some kind of demon. All I wanted was to speak up for her, clear her name, and give justice to the innocent Hundred Flowers Valley. She was so heartless, even lying and denying everything. Such character is truly despicable!"

Everyone turned to look at him, and Luo Junfei's face flushed red and then turned pale.

He couldn't possibly say that he had never been in contact with his wife and didn't know if she had any birthmarks or moles. It would be an utter disgrace for a complete stranger to blurt out such a secret!

How could I have admired and fallen in love with such a slut!

"Huo Changyun, you...you've ruined me!" Shen Rumeng suddenly screamed, then her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

"Someone, take the young mistress to a quiet room so she can rest properly, and have her maidservants who came with her dowry go and serve her."

Luo Junfei took a deep breath, waved for someone to come in and drag her away, then bowed to Jiang Chen and the others to apologize, saying, "Please forgive my poor performance."

To be honest, I drank a few too many cups on my wedding day and we couldn't consummate the marriage. Afterwards, my father was poisoned and his health was worrying. I (can't) serve him day and night at his bedside and haven't been able to go back to my room to rest. Whether what Miss Yun'er said is true or not, I need to send my nanny to check to find out.

If it is found that Shen Rumeng is a shameless harlot, then my Luo family naturally has no need for such a person to be the head of the family.”

“Brother Luo, just now when Shen Rumeng denied being in Hundred Flowers Valley, she said she had been staying in Aolong Garden waiting to be married. We still need to find a way to verify this with Alliance Leader Shen. If both she and her father are lying…” Jiang Chen carefully chose his words and said seriously, “I’m afraid there’s an even bigger secret behind the matter of the sect-destroying demon.”

Luo Junfei frowned and stroked his hair.

The villa is currently closed. First, the father was poisoned; then there was Shen Rumeng's affair and lies; and then there were the visitors from the South China Sea...

“Miss Ling, my father is still in good spirits, so we can discuss the Blue Water Fortress matter in detail first. As for Shen Rumeng… she is currently imprisoned in the Jingshi. I will write a letter and send it to Aolongyuan to inquire about the situation in a short while. We will discuss the follow-up then.” Having quickly made his plans, he invited Ling Xiao and Shangguan Jiangchen into the ward again.

Huo Changyun and Lin Wanyue remained in the side room to wait.

With the door closed and complete silence outside, Huo Changyun, his mind in turmoil, covered his face with his hands and sat dejectedly in a chair.

He didn't want to bring up that beautiful yet heartbreaking past again, but how did things turn out like this when they met again?

"Don't be too sad." Lin Wanyue gently took his arm and whispered, "Perhaps... she had her own reasons? When I heard Sister Ling mention it, I thought a few simple words would clear your name, but who knew it would turn out like this..."

Huo Changyun froze, staring blankly at her. "You...you knew everything?"

"Sister Ling just told me everything." Lin Wanyue nodded. "Before, I felt sorry for myself and thought my life was miserable, but now it seems you've had it even worse than me. I just encountered some setbacks, but fortunately, I met you all and escaped my misery."

However, you have encountered one difficult situation after another.

Being framed, hunted down, abandoned, and betrayed must be incredibly painful, right?

On the bright side, we were all lucky to have met Young Master Shangguan, which saved us from a life of hardship. But what will we do if we can't clear your name?

Chapter Thirty-Five: The Final Chapter (Can Be Slaughtered)

After pondering for a moment, Huo Changyun made up his mind and said, "If Shen Rumeng would rather die than testify to clear my name, then we can only try to catch the real culprit!"

In the next room, Ling Xiao handed his master's handwritten letter to Luo Pei, whose face had noticeably regained some color.

"I knew there was something fishy going on!" Luo Pei slammed his fist on the bed after quickly reading the report, his eyes blazing with murderous intent. "Miss Ling, Shangguan, I've already discussed this with Junfei. You probably don't know much about the situation at Blue Water Fortress."

I was very close to the Three Heroes of Bluewater Fortress. Back then, they were falsely accused of being part of a demonic cult, and a group of so-called righteous people slaughtered everyone in the fortress.

I used my personal connections to collect all the information and evidence from that year and asked the Grand Elder of the Wuliang Sect on Longyan Island in the South China Sea to verify its authenticity.

Looking at the results now, I know my persistence was right!

Someone is secretly framing them; no one in Blue Water Fortress is involved in those evil deeds of the demonic path. Now, the massacres are happening one after another, and those slaughtered are all sects and clans that participated in the battle of Blue Water Fortress back then. Of the nine forces, only the Celestial Elephant Gang and the Celestial Sparrow Elder's Celestial Sparrow Fortress remain.

Perhaps by working backward from the Blue Water Fortress incident, we can catch the true culprit behind the sect's annihilation!

Jiang Chen closed his folding fan and questioned, "Uncle, there is something I don't understand. After the battle of Blue Water Fortress, the nine forces that participated in the massacre rose to prominence overnight. Their wealth and prestige increased rapidly to their peak. After more than ten years of management, as far as I know, they are all now famous sects and clans in the martial arts world."

To silently slaughter such a powerful force is something that cannot be accomplished by one person alone.

Why does everyone now believe that Huo Changyun, despite his young age and decent martial arts skills, possesses such strength?

“Alas… it’s just the way things are.” Luo Pei sighed and shook his head. “Firstly, the continuous annihilation of sects and clans, although there are witnesses, no one knows the details. People are living in constant fear and urgently need to find a suspect to vent their fear.”

Secondly, it's reasonable to label Huo Changyun as a descendant of the Huo family of Blue Water Fortress, claiming that he inherited special techniques from a demonic cult that could bewitch people and commit massacres.

Those with discernment can see and understand this clearly, but they can't resist the majority of those in the martial arts world who have been misled, leading to the current situation.

Ling Xiao hurriedly asked, "Master Luo is very close to the Three Heroes of Chidan, so you must be very familiar with their appearances, right? In your opinion, does Huo Changyun look like Senior Huo?"

“It is indeed very similar, but I had never heard of the Huo family having a child back then. In addition, how could such a meticulous encirclement plan allow an infant to escape so easily?” Luo Pei’s eyes once again saw the voices and smiles of the Three Heroes of the Red Courage, and he couldn’t help but sigh.

Suddenly, Jiang Chen had a flash of inspiration. He took out a sheepskin map, unfolded it, and pointed to a small dot near Blue Water Fortress, asking, "Uncle, we passed by Blue Water Lake on our way to the manor. I noticed a small dot on the map, but there was nothing around Blue Water Fortress. Do you know if it was a drawing error or if some buildings were destroyed?"

"Southwest of Bluewater Fortress... Oh, I remember now, the map is correct. About half a year after Bluewater Fortress was built and people moved in, there was a drought and the lake level suddenly dropped, revealing a small rocky area in the southwest. It seems that there was an island in the lake that was submerged and could not be seen on ordinary days."

The third son, Huo Xinde, was cheerful and playful, so he built a small boathouse on the exposed rocks.

Later, when the rainy season came, the lake rose and submerged the rocks, making it look from a distance like a boat resting on the water, which was quite interesting. I even took a boat trip on a small boat; although small, it had everything you needed, and if you had enough food, you could stay for ten days or half a month without any problem.

"If there were people on the ship when Bluewater Fortress was suddenly surrounded, would there be any survivors?"

His guess immediately made Luo Pei's eyes widen. "This...theoretically, it should be possible. After all, it looks too much like a small boat, so it might be temporarily overlooked. You mean..."

Jiang Chen traced the Blue Water Lake northeastward with his finger. "I asked Huo Changyun, and his master found the baby in a large wooden basin in the river at the foot of Wuming Mountain. Judging from the timeline, if you go downstream from Blue Water Fortress, you can reach Wuming Mountain in the same body of water."

"If that's the case, perhaps when Blue Water Fortress was suddenly besieged, someone was on a ship with an infant. Upon discovering the danger, they put the child in a large wooden tub and let it float downstream. The timing matches up, and the appearance is extremely similar. Huo Changyun is very likely Senior Huo's child!"

Luo Junfei's breathing quickened. "Father, do you think it's possible... that someone discovered this before us and deliberately framed us to eliminate any future threats?"

Ling Xiao frowned, disapprovingly saying, "It can't be that bad. Huo Changyun's kung fu is just so-so. Killing him would be easy. Why go through all this trouble to frame him? If we had the aura to wipe out a whole sect, we would have chopped Huo Changyun into mincemeat long ago."

“There must be a deeper secret.” Jiang Chen shook his paper fan and said quietly, “My uncle was suddenly poisoned, and this kind of poison is one that only I have seen and can cure;

Huo Changyun happened to stay overnight in Hundred Flowers Valley due to his injury;

The massacre of the entire sect had been going on for a long time, but it just so happened that the 'culprit' was revealed when we arrived at Hundred Flowers Valley after Brother Luo's wedding, triggering a battle to besiege Hundred Flowers Valley.

I survived entirely by luck. Logically speaking, the final result of this battle should have been: Hundred Flowers Valley was completely destroyed; I died tragically under a hail of blades; Huo Changyun became a hunted demon and died under the blades of some pursuers.

Based on this, it can be inferred that the uncle died of poisoning two months later;

Brother Luo investigated the truth about Blue Water Fortress alone, but almost all the sects and clans that participated at the time were wiped out and there was no way to trace it.

The real culprit who poisoned my uncle is very likely to also target Brother Luo, the number one family in the martial arts world…

He paused, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "If I may ask a very inappropriate question: If both Uncle and Brother Luo were to die from the Hundred Days' Poison, who would take over the family of the number one martial arts family?"

None of the people present were ordinary people, and their minds were naturally quick. When Shangguan Jiangchen asked this question, Luo Junfei's face turned pale and he trembled slightly as he said, "If the patriarch passes away, I will naturally have my brothers, uncles, and uncles and brothers who can take charge of the family."

However… now that the Luo family has established deep roots and expanded their operations across various regions, it’s highly likely that, for the sake of the bigger picture, my wife will be stationed at the manor… of course, it’s only a possibility…”

"What if your wife is pregnant? Or perhaps she has given birth to a child or two?"

"According to my family's rules, as long as I have descendants, even if it's just a girl, she can inherit the manor. Of course, she can only hold power before marriage. If she marries into the family, she can continue to run the household, but ultimately the next head of the family will have to be my brother's son."

The conversation between the two created a cold atmosphere.

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and continued, "The poison of the Hundred Days of Wither will start to take effect in one to three days after ingestion, depending on the individual's constitution. Uncle is highly skilled in martial arts, but after all, he has suffered from hidden ailments from years of traveling the martial arts world. Based on my deduction, Uncle's poisoning should have been caused by a problem with his diet the day before."

Please, both of you, consider carefully whether there was anything inappropriate about Uncle's diet on the wedding day.

On the day of the wedding, with guests filling the house, Luo Pei, as the head of the family, was naturally very busy with various social engagements. Choosing this time to poison someone would be the most likely way to succeed.

The father and son pondered for a long time before both shaking their heads.

“There is no way I could have poisoned him,” Luo Pei said confidently. “My most trusted old butler takes care of everything I eat and drink. I know him well; he is even more cautious and careful when he is busy and flustered, so he won’t make any mistakes.”

"So far, only my uncle has been poisoned. The Hundred Days Dead Poison comes from a foreign land and is extremely rare. The person who poisoned him must have been 100% certain before he did it and ensured that no one else would be harmed."

Jiang Chen carefully considered the various procedures the original owner participated in during the wedding and hesitated before saying, "My uncle's diet is guaranteed, and the poison of the hundred-day poison is also slightly yellow. He will definitely eat and drink things that only he can access... At the moment, I can only think of one part - the bride serving tea."

The suspicions have returned to Shen Rumeng.

First of all, her reaction to the Hundred Flowers Valley incident was too strange and illogical;

Secondly, if the old and new patriarchs die of poisoning one after another, she will be the biggest beneficiary. Moreover, she is the daughter of the martial arts alliance leader and represents the prestigious Shen family.

Last but not least, the tea prepared only by the bride on the wedding day is a cup of tea that only her father-in-law, Luo Pei, will drink!

"Brother Luo, perhaps we need to conduct a search to confirm my guess." Jiang Chen said with a solemn expression, "From my uncle's poisoning to the massacre in Hundred Flowers Valley, it seems like there is no connection, but there are actually many intricate links."

There could not possibly be only one dose of the poison, so perhaps we can trace it back to its source.

Until the poison is found, my advice is to absolutely prevent Shen Rumeng and her servants from having any contact with anyone.

Since the matter was of great importance, Luo Junfei did not hesitate and immediately took them to the villa where he would live after his marriage.

Jiang Chen was worried that Huo Changyun's bad luck would strike again, so he made up an excuse to bring them along. The group entered the villa in a grand procession, waiting for the divine doctor to personally search for clues.

"Host, you're looking for a light yellow, odorless powder, right?" Finally, it was her turn to be useful, and the fluffy little ball was eager to try.

"Yes, if my guess is correct, Shen Rumeng has a problem. According to the original plot, it is very likely that she and Luo Junfei will fight to the death. In addition, she has a father who is about to become the leader of the martial arts alliance, so the possibility of her vying for power is very high."

She certainly wouldn't have carried only a tiny amount of poison; she would have kept some as an emergency backup.

"Okay, meow, I'll go search for it!"

Jiang Chen moved slowly around the room to ensure the little white cat could get in anywhere. After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he heard the fluffy little cat excitedly shout, "Host, I found it!"

A fluffy head popped out from under the bed board and meowed, "Here! Here! There's a very well-hidden little hole under the bed board. It looks like it was dug out temporarily. There are some gold and silver jewelry and a small porcelain bottle inside. It should be poison!"

He ordered Luo Junfei to send people to move all the furniture out of the house under the pretext of a thorough investigation.

When the bed board was opened, Luo Junfei immediately saw a small amount of dried soil scattered underneath.

Without a careful search, one would never have imagined that behind the concealed blue bricks was a hollowed-out space containing jewelry and a two-inch-sized celadon vase.