Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 329: Rouge Tears—Who Is That Man?

The northern geese fly south, and the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves.

A sycamore tree gently sways, dropping a yellow-edged withered leaf.

Two white jade fingers gently pinch it, the leaf splits from the center to the sides and continues to fall, the crack is neat and flawless.

Below is a rippling lake, the leaf falls onto the lake and instantly turns to powder, dissipating to nothing.

"Senior brother’s martial arts have advanced again."

A soft voice rings out, a graceful figure approaches, draping a cloak over the white-clad man standing by the lake.

The man slowly turns, looks at the woman behind him, and gently shakes his head, "No, fallen leaves are fragile, how can that be considered advancement."

"Senior brother, you..."

The woman hesitates to speak.

Duanmu Nan looks at his junior sister’s nervous demeanor and softly laughs.

"Why, worried about that one in the palace?"

"Senior brother, have you forgotten our sect’s rules? We cannot participate in worldly disputes, nor can we use what we’ve learned to harm others. If our master finds out and gets angry, according to our sect’s rules, then..."

Yun Jin’s face is full of worry, these years she has always followed her senior brother. Firstly, because she truly admires him, even if she can’t enter his heart, it’s enough to watch from afar. Secondly, she doesn’t want him to make mistakes, so she’s always advised him to let go of his hatred.

Duanmu Nan slowly raises his head, gazing at the distant rippling lake surface, lost in thought.

"My Duanmu family, seventy-nine lives, all died under his butcher’s knife—parents, uncles, brothers, sisters—all slaughtered. Can you say I shouldn’t hate him? The hatred cuts deep... ha, maybe he’s long forgotten the Duanmu family, after all, he has killed so many."

Duanmu Nan slowly closes his eyes.

"I don’t want to harm anyone, a fallen Emperor will inevitably lead to political turmoil, the populace will suffer, but I cannot let my father and brother’s revenge go unavenged. If I do nothing, how will I face the ancestors of the Duanmu family in the future? So, I just placed a Rouge Tear in his candlestick."

"Rouge Tear?" Yun Jin’s eyes widened, "That’s a forbidden medicine!"

"What of it? This is already my greatest mercy. Yue’er and her husband are weakened in spirit, Rouge Tears are beneficial for those with such weakness, but for those full of vitality, it is a poison.

I’ve seen him, he’s past the age to know his destiny, yet his vitality is abundant, if it continues like this, living another twenty or thirty years wouldn’t be a problem, why? I just let him be peacefully buried early."

"Senior brother, you..."

Yun Jin staggered, looking at the jade-like man before her, feeling somewhat unfamiliar.

Such methods of killing invisibly, too cruel, too cold, is this still her gentle and refined senior brother?

"What’s wrong?"

Duanmu Nan looked over, just one glance, and Yun Jin felt her heart tremble!

"I’m... I’m fine."

"Rest assured, I only placed one mace of Rouge Tear, if more I would worry about Yue’er’s wellbeing too. I’m doing this to test fate, if fate wants him gone, that bit of Rouge Tear is enough... let’s go." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Having said this, Duanmu Nan slowly turns, the autumn wind flutters, lifting his long robe, reflecting against the rippling water behind him, like an immortal.

"Senior brother..."

Yun Jin murmured, quickly catching up.

...

Again that alley, again that shop.

A black-bearded hunchbacked old man slowly walked into the shop, gently tapping the door.

The door signaled with three long taps and two short ones, soon a servant came and led him inside.

Entering the inner room, the old man straightened his body and took off the hat and beard, becoming a middle-aged man. He lightly tapped the wall to one side.

A crack opened in the wall opposite, revealing a long and deep passage.

The middle-aged man walked in.

Still that cramped little room, he met the man in black.

"Failed."

He said indifferently.

The person opposite: "Failed, then failed!"

A similarly indifferent tone.

"What you need to do is stir up disputes between Dazhou and the surrounding countries, the rest is incidental. If those from Chen Country manage to kill the Emperor, that’s good, if not, so what? You think this is failure, but I don’t think so. Emperor Zhou’s hot temper makes it easier for him to clash with neighboring countries, that’s a good thing!"

The middle-aged man was silent for a while, then said: "It’s an overall failure, war between Daliang and Dazhou seems unlikely."

"Hmm? Why?"

"The Da Liang Princess was rescued."

The middle-aged man slightly lowered his head, resisting inner uneasiness, and said.

The opposite plunged into a deathly silence.

After a long time, he said, "Why wasn’t she killed directly? Are you a pig to leave this woman alive to cause trouble?"

His voice remained calm, yet it carried a murderous aura, cold sweat formed on the middle-aged man’s forehead, more on his palms.

"I wanted to keep her, to manipulate her, make her useful to us. Dazhou kills Da Liang envoy—hearing from others can’t compare to one of their own speaking out. With Princess Nianxi under my control, she’d return to accuse Dazhou of countless crimes to Princess Liang, generating a more effective war!"

"Since this woman is so important, how did she get rescued? How are you hiding people?"

The middle-aged man forced a smile: "It’s my fault, I thought I was being covert, but was ultimately discovered."

"Who ruined our plans?"

"Pang Longyue, my nominal daughter."

"Useless, to be ruined by a misbegotten child you’re truly useless!"

"I submit to punishment!"

"Punishing you now is of no help, find a way to kill her! Additionally, start the second phase plan."

"Yes!"

...

The middle-aged man walked out from the passage, put on the black beard and hat again, hunched his body, leaving the shop.

He walked slowly, his gaze fixed steadily on the ground.

Outside, rain began to fall.

A bout of autumn rain, a wave of chill, the autumn wind blows, and the temperature drops sharply.

On the streets, pedestrians hurriedly passed, someone sneezed, wrapped their clothes tighter, quickened their pace, someone sought a shop to temporarily take shelter from the rain, some vendors quickly packed up and hurried home.

The rain gradually got heavier.

Falling on him, slipped into his collar, soaking his clothes.

The middle-aged man didn’t notice.

He stared at the rain-soaked and now smooth ground, as if it reflected some past events.

Back then, he approached that woman with a purpose, it was for the Cao Family Army behind her, but he failed.

Yet the woman had latched onto him, he couldn’t reject her, or he’d ruin his grand plans, so he could only indulge in playful games with her.

On their wedding night, she thought it was him she had consummated with, little did she know it was just a libertine he randomly found on the street. That man drank heavily, was then incited by secret medicine, and so confusedly had relations with her, resulting in a daughter.

At that time, he thought it was just a random street libertine, causing no harm, this daughter could be raised since perhaps useful in the future.

But now, it appears he was wrong!

Terribly wrong!

Her appearance was not extraordinary, how did she give birth to such a beautiful and charismatic daughter?

Born to a military family, with a straightforward and forthright nature, how did she give birth to such a cunning and deceitful daughter, able to silently ruin his plans?

This character takes after whom?

Who was that stranger that had relations with her back then?

This question lingered in his mind, adding a coldness to his gaze!

It’s time to find that man!