73: Don't look at his age, he is much better than you

Chapter 73: Don't look down on him just because he's old; he's much stronger than you.

Li Yunshu remained silent, waiting for Madam Zhao to continue.

Having already started, Madam Zhao decided to reveal everything.

“Otherwise, why would I have been coerced and enticed by that old man Qi Tai?

He wanted a son, so I just had one with someone else for him.”

Clap, clap, clap.

Li Yunshu couldn't help but clap his hands. Old man Qi Tai played a clever trick.

Knowing that Zhao Youde was impotent, he deliberately got an outside woman pregnant to pressure the legal wife, forcing her to comply.

This led to both sons not being Zhao Youde's.

In the prison cell.

Zhao Youde punched Qi Tai hard in the cheek, cursing angrily.

“Old man, I’ll curse your ancestors!”

He had heard everything his wife just said; both of his sons were not his biological children.

From the very beginning, he had fallen into Qi Tai’s trap.

He had doted on his two sons, entrusting the Spiritual Abode business to Zhao Yi.

He even made an enemy of Li Yunshu for Zhao Yi's sake.

As it turned out, all of it was a joke.

He had served alongside this old man for so many years, yet he had been manipulated the entire time.

Ah—

Since both men had their cultivation suppressed, the elderly Qi Tai was no match for Zhao Youde and could only cower in a corner, clutching his head and crying out in pain.

Hearing Zhao Youde's furious roar, Madam Zhao also reacted.

She looked at Li Yunshu with some terror, stammering.

“Who’s there?”

Li Yunshu personally untied Madam Zhao's hands.

“Of course, it’s your husband, Minister Zhao.”

“You—you did this on purpose!”

At this moment, she also understood Li Yunshu's intention: he was deliberately humiliating Zhao Youde with her scandal.

Clearly, his goal had been achieved.

Having achieved his goal, Li Yunshu no longer concealed anything.

“Don’t worry, Zhao Youde won’t leave this Imperial Prison; he can’t do anything to you.”

Hearing this, a glimmer of hope appeared in Madam Zhao's eyes.

“So, I can leave?”

Unexpectedly, Li Yunshu reached out and ran his hand across Madam Zhao’s neck.

“Madam, colluding with the enemy and betraying the country is a grave crime. Your nine familial exterminations will either be exiled or, in severe cases, beheaded.”

Madam Zhao felt a chill on her neck and collapsed to the ground.

A moment later, she found an unknown burst of strength, sprang up from the ground, and quickly ran out of the interrogation room.

Soon, she found Zhao Youde in the cell, punching and kicking Qi Tai.

“Zhao Youde! Dragging the whole family to their graves, are you satisfied now?!”

Hearing her accusation, Zhao Youde was also furious.

He lunged at the cell bars, reaching out his arm, trying to grab Madam Zhao outside the cell.

“You hussy, how dare you blame me?!”

“Hmph—” Madam Zhao snorted, then, giving up completely, said, “You’re impotent and blame me. I did all this to fulfill your wish for a son.”

Madam Zhao stepped forward, standing an inch from Zhao Youde's outstretched arm, then pointed at Qi Tai on the ground.

“Don’t look down on him just because he’s old; he’s much stronger than you.”

Seeing Zhao Youde's eyes widen in rage, she continued.

“Do you think I didn’t know about that outside woman you kept in Ruyuan?

Let me tell you, I’ve been with that old man more times, along with that vixen, than you’ve visited Ruyuan.”

“You—”

Pfft—

Zhao Youde's face turned crimson, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He swayed, clutching the cell door, feeling a surge of Qi blocked in his chest, unable to escape.

On the ground, Qi Tai, who had finally caught his breath, spat out his old teeth.

Listening to Madam Zhao's words, he chuckled.

Zhao Youde slowly turned his head to look at Qi Tai in the cell.

“Wh-why?”

“Why, how could you ask such a question?!” Qi Tai struggled to get up from the ground, leaning his back against the wall, gasping for breath, “If it weren’t for you, I would be the Minister of Justice!”

At this moment, Zhao Youde seemed to understand the reason for everything.

This matter involved the previous dynasty.

Qi Tai was originally an old official of the previous dynasty, and he was the Minister of Justice.

However, after the establishment of the new dynasty, he took Qi Tai's position.

Initially, he was not without precautions.

But Qi Tai had sent him so many valuable gifts and always maintained a humble demeanor, which gradually made him lower his guard.

He never expected that Qi Tai, who seemed so submissive on the surface, had used all his skills on his wives and concubines.

Qi Tai grinned, and blood flowed from his mouth.

“Now you know why you have a multitude of wives and concubines, yet only two sons, right? Because you are a good-for-nothing.

Zhao Yi, Zhao Xun, haha…”

Just then, Li Yunshu walked to the cell door, silently watching this farce involving three people.

Seeing him appear, Zhao Youde opened his mouth and squeezed out a sentence from his throat.

“You—you knew all along.”

Initially, he didn’t understand why he and Qi Tai were locked up together, but now he understood.

Recalling it, back in the main hall of the Capital Magistrates Office, after Li Yunshu learned his identity, his first words were, ‘Actually, Zhao Yi is not your son.’

At that time, having just lost a son, he naturally wouldn't believe Li Yunshu's nonsense.

Thinking about it now, it was truly ironic!

If he had believed it back then, perhaps he wouldn't have ended up in this situation today.

Li Yunshu spread his hands, speaking slowly with a helpless tone.

“I told you long ago that Zhao Yi isn’t your son, but you refused to believe it.”

Zhao Youde's gaze swept over Li Yunshu, Madam Zhao, and Qi Tai, realizing that only he had been kept in the dark the entire time.

Ugh—

With a surge of Qi and blood, he stiffened, then fell heavily in the cell, literally dying of anger.

Li Yunshu looked at Zhao Youde's corpse in the cell, muttering.

“I promised Zhao Xun that your family would be reunited, but I wonder what he would do if he knew you weren't his father at all.”

Zhao Qian, holding the whip, witnessed everything. Looking at Zhao Youde's corpse, then at Li Yunshu, a trace of fear arose in his heart.

This person was too terrifying; one must never make an enemy of him, or they would be angered to death.

Qi Tai was also barely clinging to life, still puzzled.

“I did this very secretly; for so many years, not even Zhao Youde found any clues. I’m very curious, how did you know?”

According to Zhao Youde's words just now, Li Yunshu had known about this for a long time and had told Zhao Youde.

However, Zhao Youde had not believed him.

He truly hadn't expected Li Yunshu to be able to endure and never confront him.

With such a big secret, if Li Yunshu had approached him, he would surely have been hesitant to act.

Hearing this question, Zhao Qian, standing at the edge of the interrogation room, perked up his ears.

Actually, he was also very curious how Li Yunshu had uncovered such a huge secret.

Li Yunshu looked at Qi Tai in the cell.

“You want to know?”

Qi Tai looked up slightly.

“Yes.”

Li Yunshu turned and left.

“I’ll make sure you die with that question unanswered.”