ebookland Chapter 458 Recognizing the thief as his father
Chapter 458 Recognizing the thief as his father
After Mrs. Jiang passed away, Jiang Zhixu gave the newly born Jiang Wantang to Qin to raise and registered the child under her name.
It was not until later that Qin became pregnant and was promoted to the second wife.
Inside the dungeon, it was cold and damp. Ice-cold water droplets condensed on the stone walls, and the "tick-tick" sound was particularly clear and creepy in the claustrophobic space...
Jiang Wantang was wearing a simple long dress, spotless, which contrasted sharply with the dark and dirty surroundings.
She walked through the dim and damp corridor step by step. Her footsteps were light and heavy, echoing in the silent dungeon. Each sound was like a death knell.
Jiang Wantang stopped in front of the last water dungeon in the corridor.
Dim light penetrated through the tiny wire window, reflecting strange and distorted light and shadows on the turbid water surface of the dungeon.
In the center of the dungeon, Jiang Zhixu's body was hung in the shape of a "big" by four iron chains as thick as a child's arms...
His lower body was completely soaked in the cold and turbid sewage pool. The rusty iron chain was deeply cut into his bloody wrists, and his skin and flesh were rolled up. Blood slowly flowed down his arms and dripped into the sewage below, staining the calm water surface with strands of dark red.
Jiang Zhixu's head was lowered, and his messy long hair covered most of his face. His body was covered with whip marks and scars, with new and old wounds crisscrossing each other. The prison uniform on his body was tattered due to torture, and he looked very embarrassed.
Leng Xue opened the door of the dungeon, and Jiang Wantang walked in. A pungent stench of decay and damp earthy smell hit her in the face, making her almost nauseous.
However, Jiang Wantang didn't care and walked towards Jiang Zhixu step by step.
Jiang Zhixu, who was trapped in a sewage pool with iron chains, did not raise his head when he heard the noise.
Until the elegant plain skirt appeared in his dim vision, Jiang Zhixu slowly raised his head, and a pair of gloomy and bloodshot eyes were revealed between his wet hair.
His gaze slowly moved upwards, and when it touched the white veil on Jiang Wantang's face, his pupils suddenly trembled and contracted.
Especially when he saw his reflection in Jiang Wantang's calm and indifferent peach blossom eyes, he suddenly struggled violently...
The iron chains clattered, stirring up waves on the dirty water surface.
Afterwards, Jiang Zhixu seemed to have gone crazy. His scarlet eyes stared at Jiang Wantang in front of him like a poisonous snake, and then he began to exert force continuously, as if trying to break free from the chains that bound him.
"Again?"
"Why do ghosts always haunt me?"
"Why!" Jiang Zhixu roared, his voice hoarse, "You've been dead for so many years, and you still won't let me go?!"
"come!"
"Come here if you dare!"
"How can I, a living person, be afraid of you two dead ghosts?"
"Hahaha......"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wantang's pupils trembled, and scarlet blood spread clearly in his eyes.
Jiang Zhixu's words were incoherent, but she understood them all.
Jiang Wantang knew very well that he mistook her for Mrs. Jiang and thought it was just hallucination.
So, he is indeed... not the real Jiang Zhixu!
So, it was he who killed her parents and took over her position!
So, her biological parents had been murdered sixteen years ago!
Even though he had already guessed it in his heart, when he heard it for real and confirmed it, Jiang Wantang's breathing became heavier in an instant, and a huge feeling of suffocation arose in his heart.
At the same time, boundless hatred surged in my heart...
Sixteen years!
Sixteen whole years!
No, it's two lifetimes, two whole lifetimes...
She recognized the thief as her father in two lives, and even until her death in her previous life, she resented her cruel and heartless parents who gave birth to her but did not raise her.
But it turns out that they were never their parents, but the enemies who killed their father and mother!
Jiang Wantang was unable to accept this tragic fact for a moment, and his scarlet eyes were filled with bloodthirsty murderous intent.
She clenched the dagger hidden in her sleeve, her fingers trembling uncontrollably.
She wants him dead!
No, death is too easy for him...
At this moment, Jiang Zhixu saw that he couldn't break free from the chains on his body. After a burst of rage, he suddenly laughed out loud: "I have lived a rich and prosperous life for so many years, I have not lost anything!"
“Hahaha…cough…”
As he was laughing, he suddenly couldn't help coughing: "Cough cough..."
A cough affected the wounds all over his body, and Jiang Zhixu's face was distorted with pain.
He whispered, "What a pity..."
"I failed to kill the little beast you gave birth to."
"I allowed her to enter the palace for no reason, snatching away the splendor and wealth that should have belonged to my daughter..."
After he finished speaking, the severe pain in his body made Jiang Zhixu sober up a little instantly. He realized belatedly that this was not an illusion, nor was he dreaming.
He stared intently at Jiang Wantang in front of him, and a deep sinister look appeared in his dark and turbid eyes.
"It's you!"
"Jiang Wantang!"
Jiang Zhixu's eyes were filled with viciousness, as if he wished to eat Jiang Wantang alive. His tone was even more gritting with teeth: "You little bastard, why don't you come here quickly and let your father go... Ahhhh..."
Before Jiang Zhixu could finish his words, the dagger in Jiang Wantang's hand flew past his face and cut off one of his ears. The ear fell into the water, dripping with blood...
At the same time, Jiang Wantang walked down the stone steps by the pool, not even noticing that her embroidered shoes were soaked in the dirty water.
She walked towards Jiang Zhixu step by step, and finally stopped three steps away from him.
Jiang Wantang raised her hand and removed the veil, revealing the face that had demanded Jiang Zhixu's life in countless nightmares.
Jiang Zhixu's pupils dilated, and he looked at her with fear, anger, and hatred at the same time.
What he hated most compared to the face was the pair of affectionate eyes, the charm of which was really just like that of the man back then.
However, Jiang Wantang smiled brightly and asked him, "Does it hurt?"
Although she was smiling, her eyes were red and her whole body exuded a bloodthirsty and ruthless aura that made people feel terrified.
Jiang Zhixu looked terrified, and before he could react, he saw Jiang Wantang pull out the dagger that had been stabbed into the wall.
Another knife pierced his arm...
"Ah ah ah..."
Jiang Zhixu was caught off guard and screamed.
Jiang Wantang smiled and pulled out the dagger. As she moved, blood gushed out of the wound.
Then, she used the blood-stained dagger to pry away the wet hair on his forehead. The cold and sticky touch of the blood-stained tip of the knife against his skin made Jiang Zhixu's scalp numb and his hair stand on end.
Jiang Wantang stared intently at the face before him, a face that, even in its middle age, still retained its handsomeness and elegance. It felt familiar yet strange...
She thought, if her biological father were still alive, he would be more charming than this, right?
Of course, it wouldn't always be as hideous as it is now.