Lian Wanxiong seed to have arrived in a rush. His body bore multiple wounds, and there were even traces of blood in so places. His appearance was sowhat haggard, and his face looked fatigued.
"Kid, you’re finally back!" Wu Daozi walked over and patted Lian Wanxiong on the shoulder. "How is it?"
"It’s quite troubleso!" Lian Wanxiong’s expression was grave. "Several of The Sovereigns have already entered Huaxia Country over there. I reckon they’re trying to take advantage of this opportunity to stir up trouble. Ye Jiansheng and the others are still holding them off. As soon as I received the ssage, I rushed back imdiately. What’s the situation now?"
Wu Daozi: "At noon today, they’re going to publicly execute Su Yang!"
Lian Wanxiong furrowed his brows. "The cris committed by Su An are Su An’s responsibility. Su An is already dead, so why are they still executing Su Yang?"
Wu Daozi shrugged. "Maybe because he rose to prominence too quickly later on. Or perhaps soone is concerned because he possesses the Destiny’s To."
Lian Wanxiong sighed. "Ah, these people always put their interests above everything else!"
"Alright, I have a few things to investigate," Wu Daozi said. "You head to the Capital City first, and rember, try to stall for ti. If Old Yuan’s calculations are correct, we can save him!"
Lian Wanxiong glanced at the two of them. Though he was puzzled, he ultimately didn’t ask further questions and imdiately soared into the sky, heading toward the Capital City.
With Lian Wanxiong providing assurance, Fatty finally let go of his distrust toward Yuan Tiangang and Wu Daozi.
"Can you two really save Su Yang?" Fatty asked nervously. He had overheard everything just now and knew that Su Yang was about to be executed, a matter that worried him more than anything else.
"What nonsense, why do you think the two of us rushed here in the middle of the night?" Yuan Tiangang said. "Alright, no more idle talk. Since you’re a local here, we have a lot of things to investigate, and you have to help us!"
"No problem!" Fatty imdiately replied. "I’ll do everything I can to help. What do you need to do?"
"Let ask you a few questions first," Yuan Tiangang said. "When did you first et Su Yang?"
Fatty thought for a mont and said, "We t when we were in elentary school."
"Elentary school!" Yuan Tiangang nodded. "So, around when you were seven or eight years old?"
"That’s right!" Fatty nodded.
"And what about before he started elentary school? Do you know anything about that?" Yuan Tiangang asked.
"I know a bit. We were good friends and started school together from a very young age," Fatty said. "What exactly do you two want to know?"
"When did his family co to Nanluo City?"
Fatty thought for a mont. "I heard it was when Su Yang was around two or three years old."
"Heard?" Yuan Tiangang looked at Fatty with curiosity. "Who told you that?"
"I don’t rember. I used to visit his house often, so I guess I must’ve heard it back then," Fatty scratched his head. "Why are you asking about all this? Can this help save Su Yang?"
Yuan Tiangang did not answer, instead continuing, "Do you know anything about what happened before Su Yang was two or three years old?"
"I wouldn’t know about that," Fatty paused. "Besides, at that age, he wouldn’t rember anything. What could’ve happened back then?"
"I’m asking about his father, Su Ping," Yuan Tiangang clarified.
"Well..." Fatty scratched his head. "I honestly don’t know. You might want to ask Auntie Zhao."
The "Auntie Zhao" Fatty ntioned was Zhao Xuefen.
Guided by Fatty, Yuan Tiangang and Wu Daozi found Zhao Xuefen.
Zhao Xuefen was still imrsed in grief and didn’t care much about other matters. However, when Fatty personally brought them over, she did tell them a few things.
Yuan Tiangang inquired about Su Ping’s early years, but Zhao Xuefen didn’t know much. In truth, Su Ping wasn’t an exceptional figure in the area. In his early years, he was just a street vendor who was always kind and cheerful with everyone, so he had decent relationships in the community.
After Zhao Xuefen’s husband passed away, so people attempted to match her with Su Ping. At the ti, Su Ping’s inco as a street vendor was ager. He had always lived in rental housing and wasn’t a local, so he had faced plenty of bullying. Eventually, he married into Zhao Xuefen’s family to establish a foothold in the area.
As for Su Ping’s past, he only ntioned a few things briefly to Zhao Xuefen. She knew that his family had suffered a grave misfortune and that none of his family mbers were alive. Beyond that, Zhao Xuefen had no clue about anything else.
Yuan Tiangang asked for quite a while but never managed to uncover what he was looking for, leaving him a bit anxious. Zhao Xuefen was Su Ping’s wife, yet even she didn’t know much. How could anyone else provide more information?
Seeing the urgency on the faces of the two n in front of her, Zhao Xuefen couldn’t help but feel puzzled. "Why... why are you asking about these things?"
Recalling the heated rumors circulating lately, Zhao Xuefen began crying again. "Su Ping... how could he be the sa Su An? My Old Su was such an honest man. How could he... How could he have done sothing like that? Did you make a mistake? He’s already dead. Why won’t they let him rest in peace? Why won’t they even let him be buried? How is this fair?"
Fatty was similarly emotional. He didn’t know anything about Su An, but in his mory, Su Ping was indeed a kind and honest man who never did anything out of line. How could he have ended up embroiled in so much trouble?
"Don’t be too upset about this. The matter hasn’t been settled yet!" Yuan Tiangang said. "Wu Daozi and I ca here specifically to investigate the truth. Think carefully. Is there anyone who knows a lot about Su Ping’s past? We need soone to help us prove sothing!"
"Prove what?" Zhao Xuefen asked in surprise.
"Prove that he’s not a bad person!" Wu Daozi said.
Zhao Xuefen imdiately perked up, her voice trembling with urgency. "This... Can that really be proven?"
"Of course! Otherwise, why would we co here?" Yuan Tiangang said. "Alright, think carefully. Is there anyone who might be familiar with his past?"
Zhao Xuefen pondered for a mont and said, "My Old Su was too honest. He didn’t have many friends. If I have to think of soone he was close to... it would be Old Lin..."
"Who’s Old Lin?" Yuan Tiangang asked in surprise.
"That would be Lin Ze Ping!" Zhao Xuefen said. "Old Lin and Old Su had a great relationship. Back when the Lin Family was wealthy, Old Lin even arranged a childhood betrothal for his only daughter to marry Su Yang. Though that didn’t work out in the end, Old Lin and Old Su remained as close as ever!"
"Really?" Yuan Tiangang’s spirits were imdiately lifted. "Where does this Lin Ze Ping live? Can you take us to et him?"
"I’ll take you!" Fatty said. "I know where he lives!"
"That’s great!" Yuan Tiangang exclaid as he stood up at once, his face full of excitent. Together with Wu Daozi, he followed Fatty and quickly left.
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