diskusbooks Chapter 369: Li Family Past (2)
Chapter 369: Li Family Past (2)
"Is my uncle divorced?" Murong Ling'er asked softly with some curiosity, her eyes full of concern.
Li Yunyi shook his head slightly, forcing a bitter smile, and said, "How could your grandfather bear to separate me from my wife and children? He also didn't want to put me in a dilemma."
"So, he proposed dividing the family fortune, intending to use half of it to pave the way for your uncle's career, and to divide the remaining half into three parts, allowing everyone to run their own business and make a living."
"Even so, your second aunt remained relentless and resolutely disagreed. At the time, everyone thought that once the family was divided, she would calm down and return to a peaceful life. But who could have imagined... who could have imagined that she would be so cruel and ruthless..."
At this point, Li Yunyi was so angry that his body trembled slightly, and his hands clenched into fists, as if he was back to that terrible night.
"What did she do?" Murong Ling'er narrowed her eyes, a strong ominous premonition surged in her heart, and her breathing became rapid.
Li Yunyi's voice was filled with grief and indignation as he spoke word for word, "She drugged everyone in the Li family, from your elders to your brothers and sisters, and even those loyal servants. She spared no one."
"Then, she madly set a huge fire. The raging flames instantly engulfed the entire Li family. Hundreds of people died tragically in that merciless fire..."
Murong Ling'er was stunned for a moment. She only knew that the Li family died in the fire, but she never thought that the murderer behind it was her second aunt.
The truth was too cruel and too unexpected for her to accept.
She couldn't help but wonder, does her second aunt really have the courage to do such an outrageous thing?
Thinking of this, Murong Ling'er blurted out: "Second aunt...how dare she...is she really so brave?"
"Hahaha……"
When Li Yunyi heard Murong Ling'er's question, he could no longer suppress his inner emotions. He suddenly raised his head and laughed out loud. The laughter echoed in the silent courtyard, getting louder and louder, but it revealed endless sadness and bitterness, as if to vent all the pain that had accumulated in his heart over the years.
"Actually, all of this is my fault," his laughter abruptly stopped, his voice choked with sobs, and he muttered with self-blame, "If I hadn't been bewitched and married that woman from Min'an Country, the Li family wouldn't have been destroyed, and my relatives wouldn't have died tragically one by one. It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."
Li Yunyi's face was filled with pain and regret. He grabbed his hair with both hands, as if this could ease the torment in his heart.
"Is she from Min'an?" Murong Ling'er suddenly realized what was going on when she heard this key information.
Various clues flashed through her mind quickly, and she thought to herself that the so-called second aunt was probably a spy planted by Min Anguo from the very beginning.
She infiltrated the Li family with the purpose of destroying the Li family and embezzling huge amounts of property.
When the Li family decided to split up and her conspiracy failed, she revealed her hideous true face without hesitation and killed everyone in the Li family.
But she never expected that her second uncle would escape.
"How did you escape?" Murong Ling'er asked softly, staring at Li Yunyi closely, afraid to miss any details.
Hearing this question, Li Yunyi was like being struck by an electric current. He suddenly hugged his head and his body trembled continuously.
His eyes were filled with pain and struggle, and he regretted that he had survived the disaster but was unable to save his family.
"That night," Li Yunyi began slowly, his voice as hoarse as sandpaper, "it was her. She was the one who brought me out of the flames. She cried and told me the fire was an accident, that the candle in the kitchen had accidentally ignited the firewood. I believed her, but later, I couldn't help but feel that something was wrong, so I started looking for the truth."
His eyes revealed a hint of determination, as if he had returned to those painful years of investigation. "When I finally discovered that she was the one who planned this disaster, I wanted to kill her immediately. I went to find her with a knife, but I didn't expect that she had already anticipated my pursuit and had poisoned me in advance."
"I desperately wanted to die with her," Li Yunyi's voice grew deeper and deeper, filled with despair. "I set fire to the house where she was hiding. Watching the blaze, I thought everything was over. But for some reason, when I regained consciousness briefly, I discovered I was still alive."
There was a trace of confusion and bewilderment on his face, as if even he himself could not understand why fate played such a trick on him.
"After that, I have been in a state of half-crazy and half-awake, and I don't remember many things." Li Yunyi sighed, as if he had taken off a heavy shackle.
This was the first time that he revealed that tragic past to others without reservation, tearing open his bloody wound again. Even though twenty years had passed, the wound in his heart not only did not heal, but instead festered even more seriously under the erosion of time.
The truth of that year was deeply buried with the death of one person and the madness of one person.
At that time, a major incident occurred in the General's Mansion, and they were struggling to protect themselves, so they had no time to care about the truth behind the fire at the Li family.
The timing of the two events was too coincidental, and Murong Linger couldn't help but think of Master Ji of Min'an State.
She thought that it was no coincidence that Li Yunyi's wife happened to be from Min'an.
Min Anguo's spies had plotted carefully. Given the Li family's wealth and status, once they were targeted, their destruction seemed to be an expected result.
The more Murong Ling'er thought about it, the more she felt a chill down her spine. She knew very well that there might be a more complicated conspiracy hidden behind this.
Murong Ling'er looked at Li Yunyi quietly, wondering in her heart whether he had thought of that level.
Even if he didn't think of Master Ji of Min'an State, with his intelligence, he must have already seen through the woman's sinister intentions.
Li Yunyi's face was filled with pain and regret, and he looked distraught, as if all his life had been drained away.
Seeing this, Murong Ling'er's heart softened and she decided not to continue this heavy topic. Instead, she said, "Uncle, I have prepared an antidote for the poison in your body."
Li Yunyi, who was immersed in the abyss of grief, was stunned when he heard these words, and his whole body seemed to be frozen.
A few seconds later, he reacted and his gaze shot towards Murong Ling'er like lightning, his eyes full of astonishment: "Ling'er, you... can you really cure this poison?"
Li Yunyi's voice was trembling. When the woman had detonated the poison in his body, she had vowed that there was no antidote for the poison. He believed it without a doubt and was even determined to die together with her.
Now, Murong Ling'er suddenly said that she could detoxify him, how could he not be shocked.
"I said I can solve it, do you believe me, uncle?" Murong Ling'er didn't use too many words to persuade him, but just stated the facts calmly, leaving the choice to Li Yunyi.
She understood that no amount of explanation would be as powerful as the facts at this moment.
Li Yunyi fell into a brief contemplation.
Do you believe it? Actually, for him, it didn't matter whether he believed it or not. Before he met Murong Ling'er, he was just a walking corpse, drifting aimlessly in the world.
Not until he knew that she was his own niece did he feel a sense of concern again in this cold world. Since his niece said that she could solve the problem, then let it be!