Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers-Chapter 322 - : The True Face of Chu Yuntian?

Chapter 322: Chapter 322: The True Face of Chu Yuntian?

“…Miss Qi Yue, I’ve said all that I can!” Hu Chengxuan struggled in bed, his complexion growing worse.

Qi Yue said coldly, “After my father died, someone saw his corpse and thought he was severely wounded from behind. Otherwise, with my father’s martial skills, even if Donggao had many people, in a place like Yunling, they might not have been able to hurt him, right?”

Hearing this, Hu Chengxuan’s face and expression tightened.

“…Indeed so. Your esteemed father was extraordinarily skilled, only…”

“Only what?” Qi Yue pressed, “Make it clear.”

“…Only…”

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“Hmph.” Qi Yue stood up and placed the knife against Hu Chengxuan’s neck, her voice cold, “General Hu, tell me, if I were to chop off your head with a knife, could you still live?”

Hu Chengxuan’s face turned deathly white instantaneously.

“Don’t, you can’t do that!”

“Then speak clearly!”

“I’m saying, only that Miss Qi might find it hard to bear after hearing the name of this person.”

“What’s so hard to bear? Quit playing tricks and spill it!”

“That person is no other than your foster father.”

Upon hearing this, the knife in Qi Yue’s hand tightened, directly cutting a wound on Hu Chengxuan’s neck.

Hu Chengxuan let out a cry of pain, but the wound quickly healed and stopped bleeding.

Qi Yue didn’t have time to be astonished by Hu Chengxuan’s undying body but continued to inquire, “You’re speaking of my foster father, Chu Yunfei?”

“Exactly him! The one who stabbed your father in the back was him!”

“I don’t believe it, my foster father is simply not that kind of person.” Qi Yue sneered, “Even if you want to frame someone, you should find a more plausible suspect!”

Hu Chengxuan struggled with his stiff body, his eyes bulging wide, protesting vehemently.

“I am not framing or falsely accusing anyone.”

Qi Yue pressed the knife even harder against his neck.

“My foster father is known for his integrity and dedication to the people, and he is also my father’s sworn brother. He would never do such a thing. Why would you want to frame him? Tell me, who are you covering for?”

Blood started to seep from Hu Chengxuan’s neck again, but he still struggled to speak.

“I…am not covering for anyone. The person is him, Miss Qi can investigate if you don’t believe it.”

Qi Yue saw that he didn’t seem to be lying, which made her somewhat doubtful.

However, after pondering over it again, she still couldn’t believe it. How could Chu Yunfei, whom she always heard referred to with respect as Qi Yunzhang, be a murderer?

No matter how she thought about it, it seemed impossible.

But Hu Chengxuan’s life was in her hands, and Qi Yue knew very well that under such circumstances, he was unlikely to lie.

“What evidence do you have?”

Hu Chengxuan’s eyes shifted around.

“The proof is that after that great battle, Chu Yuntian became the prefectural governor, and I was promoted to Prefectural Magistrate, both of us jointly in charge of the Longnan County Government. He was but a minor official at that time. If he had not done that deed, how could he possibly become a governor? This Longnan County Government was supposed to be mine alone!”

Qi Yue did know about this situation.

Ten years ago, Qi Yunzhang managed the Longnan County Government, controlling military and civil affairs, a true great local official. However, after that battle, the Imperial Court split the military and civil governance, with Chu Yunfei and Hu Chengxuan each taking separate charge.

Initially, she thought it was the Imperial Court’s strategy to divide and weaken the power of local officials, but according to what Hu Chengxuan said, it also served another purpose.

However, if Chu Yunfei really was the person he claimed, it seemed far too well-hidden.

No matter what, in judging people, she considered herself to possess a discerning eye, yet she had failed to see that Chu Yunfei harbored malicious intentions?

Thinking of the time they had known each other, of the deep affection and generosity Chu Yunfei had shown her, she found it truly hard to believe in her heart.

She narrowed her eyes and continued to press.

“Words alone are not proof. Chu Yuntian could never do such a thing. If he were the person you describe, he would never have won the love of the people. You better clarify, who really is the person who stabbed from behind?”

“Miss Qi Yue, it really is Chu Yunfei!” Hu Chengxuan struggled vehemently, his face full of resentment, “Chu Yunfei is nothing but a liar spouting fake benevolence and false righteousness, a hypocrite!”

Seeing Hu Chengxuan’s emotional outburst seemed genuine, Qi Yue loosened the knife from his throat and let him explain everything in detail.

According to Hu Chengxuan, Chu Yunfei from ten years ago was a man who only appeared kind but was full of false benevolence and righteousness.

Most of the secret information they had obtained about Qi Yunzhang came from Chu Yunfei.

But after the event was successful, Chu Yunfei, who had become part of the Longnan County Government, suddenly changed his attitude and determined to sever ties with them.

At first, Hu Chengxuan thought that he was just putting on an act for fear of being exposed, so he didn’t say anything.

After all, he originally despised Chu Yunfei for taking over the prefectural power that rightfully belonged to him.

Moreover, this way, nobody would suspect that the two had conspired to commit an earth-shattering crime.

Who knew that Chu Yunfei wasn’t just talking the talk? For the past ten years, he worked diligently and wholeheartedly for the people, earning their deep affection.

For the benefit of the people, he even went as far as to oppose Hu Chengxuan on many matters.

Although Hu Chengxuan was annoyed, there wasn’t much he could say.

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After all, both parties had dirt on each other, and exposing one would hurt the other as well.

“Miss Qi, everything I’ve told you is true. If you don’t believe me, you can confront Chu Yuntian himself!”

This crafty old man was indeed smart; if they were to confront each other, wouldn’t he be able to continue living?

Qi Yue snorted coldly.

“There’s no need for a confrontation. Since you’ve admitted to committing deeds worthy of death, you should die. However, I am willing to give you a chance to live!”

“What chance?”

“The matter that Qing Nanzun told you about before he returned to Donggao, you can talk about that.”

At this, Hu Chengxuan’s expression turned to surprise, but he quickly pretended to be composed and asked, “What matter? I don’t know.”

Qi Yue slightly curled her lips, then placed the knife against his neck once again.

“If you don’t know, then you can only die. What will it be, keeping that secret or living? You only have one chance!”

Hu Chengxuan’s face instantly turned pale.

His bloodless lips trembled a few times before finally saying something.

“I — he didn’t say it in too much detail, he just told me the locations of several people and asked me to help him feed them…”

“Where are those locations?”

“West City Civilian Alley, the one with the locust tree,” Hu Chengxuan said. Then he suddenly shouted, “Miss Qi, you said you’d spare me, right?”

“Of course,” Qi Yue said with a light smile, “I’ll give you release, freeing you from this half-living, half-dead existence.”

As she spoke, her hand moved, and before Hu Chengxuan could even cry out, his head was chopped off and rolled to the ground.

What was shocking was that the head seemed to have a life of its own, inching closer and closer to Hu Chengxuan’s body.

On Hu Chengxuan’s neck, a shadow of a massive Immortal Bug began to emerge faintly.

Qi Yue was terrified in her heart.

She had never seen such a thing before!

But, shocked as she was, seeing a large chest at the head of Hu Chengxuan’s bed, she couldn’t be bothered with that and quickly opened it, locking the wriggling head inside.

Her assistant had told her that to completely eliminate the Immortal Bug, one must use fire.

She immediately dragged a barrel of gasoline from her storage space, pouring it all over Hu Chengxuan’s body and the box containing his head.

Being thrifty with good materials, she emptied Hu Chengxuan’s room of its contents before setting it ablaze.

As the fire started, she had already leapt into the neighboring yard.

The people previously knocked out by the drugs woke up instantly with the heat from the fire, all shouting for someone to put it out, but with a whole barrel of gasoline poured over him, Hu Chengxuan’s body burned without leaving anything behind.