On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

In front of Yan Ruyu, Wu Zhouce's dirty thoughts were exposed.

He knew that the situation was hopeless and it was futile to try to refuse to admit it - besides, he couldn't hold on any longer.

It really hurts to be beaten.

Wu Zhouce sighed and said resignedly: "That thing is indeed important, but if it is written on paper, there is a risk of losing it. Besides, this picture..."

He paused, Linlang rolled up her sleeves, and he was frightened and said quickly: "This picture was not originally mine. I got it by chance. I was worried that someone would come to look for it, so... I thought of this idea."

"Why did you choose your eldest son?" Yan Ruyu asked.

She had a vague guess in her mind, but she also felt that this conclusion was too hurtful.

Wu Zhouce said without hesitation: "This is actually easy to understand. I know that my wife doesn't like him. She has disliked him since he was born. But for the sake of face, she wants outsiders to think that she is a good stepmother. She also wants to play the role of a good woman in front of me. She will only look forward to the eldest brother and will not really kill him."

"As time went on, everyone in the mansion stopped caring about the boss and he barely had any presence. I achieved my goal."

Yan Ruyu took a look at the corpse on the ground, thought to herself it was not worth it, and felt sad.

Boss Wu would never have thought until his death that his father had actually known about his tragic life for a long time and was even secretly delighted and added fuel to the flames.

He carried the biggest secret in the mansion, yet was treated with the coldest eyes.

"If this thing was on Wu Laosan," Huo Changhe said coldly, "it would make you feel uneasy, right?"

Wu Zhouce nodded: "Your Highness is wise, it is true. The third child has a bad temper and has been spoiled by his mother. He goes out to cause trouble every day. What if he is beaten to death or something unexpected happens one day? Wouldn't I be left with nothing?"

Huo Changhe was speechless for a moment, and Linlang sneered at the side.

Wu Zhouce glanced at her subconsciously.

Linlang said, "I thought you scholars had a lot of affection and love for your family, but it turns out you are just like this. My master is right, you are unworthy of being a father and a human being."

It would be fine if Wu Zhouce did not choose the third son of the Wu family because he often went out to play, but he actually said nonchalantly that if he was beaten to death one day, all his efforts would be in vain, which really made Linlang angry.

Linlang originally thought that there were many educated people in the Central Plains who were sensible and knew right from wrong, unlike those in their tribe who were vulgar and barbaric and had no kindness towards their children.

Seeing Wu Zhouce and hearing these words made her furious.

Yan Ruyu understood her feelings and did not stop her.

Wu Zhouce lowered his head and curled his lips. Although he was dissatisfied, he did not dare to refute.

Yan Ruyu asked again, "When you came home from the academy, who delivered the letter to you?"

Wu Zhouce shook his head: "I don't know, it's a note."

"Where is the note?" Huo Changhe asked.

"Well... there's no point in keeping it, so I just put it on the table in my residence at the academy."

"You said that you got this picture by chance. What was the coincidence? How did it get painted on your eldest son?" Yan Ruyu asked in a deep voice, "Tell me everything in detail."

Wu Zhouce sighed, recalled and began to speak: "That was two months before the eldest brother got married."

"I had just become somewhat famous at that time, and Wang... that was my old wife, was in charge of the wedding. She hated the eldest brother so much that she certainly didn't want his wedding to go smoothly. I don't know if it was her doing, but after the invitations were sent out, word suddenly spread that the eldest brother had a hard life and was unlucky in marrying."

"The girl we found originally had a family background comparable to ours, and it was also because I had some fame. The eldest son lost his mother when he was young, and Wang announced to the public that the eldest son had been raised by her. The eldest son was raised by his stepmother since he was young, and he was almost the same as the stepmother. Others had no idea about the inside story, so they were naturally willing to marry him."

"But once the news of this wife-killing spread, people were not happy. She was an only child and her family background was pretty good. Her parents were not willing to gamble on such a thing, so they called off the engagement more than a month before the wedding."

"I was lecturing around at the time and didn't know about this. I counted the days and rushed back. I saw a man lying in the grass by the roadside. He was covered in blood and was only breathing his last breath."

"I got the map from him," Wu Zhouce said. "At the time, he had a premonition that he was dying, so he gave me the thing, but he couldn't talk. Fortunately, there was also a brief introduction. After I read it, I realized that it was a treasure map."

Wu Zhouce still gets very excited when he talks about what happened back then.

For him, life at home was always a little tight and he had never enjoyed great wealth. This treasure map gave him hope and he was naturally excited.

The brief introduction said that the picture was taken more than 300 years ago when the emperor of the previous dynasty sent a group of secret practitioners of alchemy to look for immortals and medicinal materials to refine elixirs of immortality. The treasures were the expenses they brought with them at that time.

In addition, they later discovered that becoming an immortal and living forever were all impossible things to achieve, but they could not go back to report, as that would be a dead end, so along the way, they also robbed tombs and dug for treasures to accumulate wealth for future use.

A treasure map records the locations of these riches.

After Wu Zhouce said this, Yan Ruyu no longer believed it in her heart. She had heard these legends so many times that she just treated them as stories.

Go to any museum and you’ll hear several stories like this.

"Is that brief introduction still there?" Huo Changhe asked.

"This... No, because there are few words, I just memorized it in my mind."

Huo Changhe sneered: "Then how do you prove that what you said is true?"

Wu Zhouce said anxiously: "Heaven and earth can bear witness to this, every word I said is true."

"Stop talking nonsense," Huo Changhe interrupted him.

"What next? Continue talking about your family."

Wu Zhouce cleared his throat and continued, "After I came back, I learned that something had happened to the eldest brother's marriage. But I can't do anything about this kind of thing. He just wants to cancel the engagement. What can I do?"

"Your mind was already focused on that picture at that time, right?" Yan Ruyu said sarcastically.

"...Yes, I am indeed completely focused on the picture. Whether the marriage is successful or not, there is always another one if it doesn't work out this time. It will just be later. It's not a big deal."

Wu Zhouce said to himself: "But I can't tell where the picture is. After all, it's been three hundred years, and the terrain is different from now."

"While I was researching, Wang came to tell me that she had found a woman for the eldest brother. She had mentioned it to the woman and she agreed that they could get married on the original wedding date."

"When I heard it, I thought it was a good idea. They also got married on the wedding day. It's just a matter of changing the person."

"When I told the eldest brother about it, he was also happy about it, so it was settled. She later became the eldest brother's wife."