Looking at Tao Feng’s expression, Ling Zhang knew that he had won half the battle today. Tan Yang was a very special place where the Prefecture Guards had more power to hold down the civil servant group headed by Tao Feng. In Ling Zhang’s last life, the reason the government officials had been directed against Ling Family was because Zhang …
Chapter 9 – Confrontation
Twenty years’ banishment for three thousand miles, once implemented, would mean that Jia Yuanling’s life was doomed with no prospect. But if Jia Yuanling had framed Ling Zhang successfully, Ling Zhang would be the one doomed. Therefore, everyone present didn’t think that Ling Zhang was cruel. Instead, they were surprised by the sudden change of Ling Zhang. “Childe Ling!” Suddenly …
Chapter 8 – An Openly Declared War Between Jia and Ling
Jia Yuanling’s sophistry was useless. The guests present thought they were not fools to be easily deceived and they angrily scolded Jia Yuanling when they saw that he was still framing Ling Zhang at this point. Jia Yuanling staggered a few steps backwards unsteadily. Looking at Ling Zhang’s cold and sarcastic eyes, he trembled all over. His dull and muddled …
Chapter 7 – Show the Cloven Hoof
The politer and decorous Jia Yuanling usually was, the more surprised other people would feel at this moment when they saw him flush as if he wanted to have sex with the woman. His father’s concubine was lying on the ground, improperly dressed. Jia Yuanling, as the son, dared to look at the woman all the time. His behavior was …
Chapter 6 – Keep Your Damned Eyes Open
“Are you looking for me?” Just while these people were talking, Ling Zhang suddenly appeared behind all of them. He looked neat and tidy. Apart from a whiff of alcohol, he did not show any inappropriateness, let alone the so-called traces left after fornicating with a woman. “When I was resting in the wing-room, I heard great noise here and …
Chapter 5 – Why Isn’t Ling Zhang Here?
Jia Yuanling’s back garden was in the style of Jiangnan gardens, tortuous and winding, elegant and quiet, which was convenient for Ling Zhang to lay the formations. The formations his mother taught him should be used according to different conditions, some of which paid attention to the right place at the right time. But the illusive trap he was going to …
Chapter 4 – The Legacy of Mother
After putting the jade into the hand of the dancing girl, Ling Zhang was intended to find a place to hide and enjoy the show. But when he just turned around, there came a sudden bursting pain on his head. The severe pain overwhelmed him, blurring his vision, and made him stagger to almost fall down. “What, what happened?” Ling …
Chapter 3 – Past Wrongs
Two servants, when passing the corner, took Ling Zhang to another direction, not really to the room for a rest. They took Ling Zhang to the garden behind the main hall and threw Ling Zhang to the ground rudely. The floor was covered with rough stones and his left arm was scratched to bleed when hitting the ground. “Oops! Didn’t …
Chapter 2 – One Bowl of Hangover Soup
As soon as Ling Zhang passed through the corner door, he ceased his grin, the coldness in him disappeared, replaced by gentleness and clarity. His indifferent expression gradually turned into the weary face of a heavy drinking. And his footsteps moved or acted in a shaky unsteady way. He pretended like a person who was completely undefended. “Here he is, …
Chapter 1 – He Crawled Back
The putrefactive odor of dead bodies made one sick with nausea. The flies and maggots were all over the pit. At the bottom of the pit, there was a man, sitting on a pile of rotting corpses, covered in blood and with strangely bent legs. He was completely incapable of moving. The nails of his hands were broken, and the …