Plotting with You: The Forensic Scientist in Ancient Times!-Chapter 507 - 506: Consumed by Inner Demons

After the Fake Castle Master finished speaking, Lu Qing remained silent, his expression more solemn than before.

Clearly, over the years, he had been trying to investigate the events of the past. Although he met obstacles everywhere, it did not mean he had gained nothing.

What the Fake Castle Master said naturally corresponded with much of what Lu Qing had previously uncovered.

This prolonged silence gradually worried the talisman brothers beside him.

"Master, don’t listen to this scoundrel’s nonsense!" Fu Lu, seeing Lu Qing remain unresponsive, said in a muffled voice, "How can you believe the nonsense from someone like him!"

"Exactly!" Rune nodded in agreement with his brother, "His words are full of inconsistencies!

If that were the case, how are you still alive today?

Who would leave a survivor when wiping out a family?"

Lu Qing’s slightly lowered eyelids moved, seemingly responding to the talisman brothers’ words.

The Fake Castle Master observed all of this and laughed.

"I’d say, you might as well get new guards." He glanced at the talisman brothers with disdain, shaking his head, clicking his tongue, as if afraid they wouldn’t feel his contempt, "Having two such idiots around every day, how do you expect to keep your ears and eyes clear?

Don’t they say servants resemble their masters? With these two fools by your side, people might take you for a fool too."

"You!" Fu Lu glared angrily, pointing his sword at the Fake Castle Master, clearly infuriated, but still remembered etiquette, asking Lu Qing, "Master, just give the word, and I’ll go over and cut this scoundrel’s head off and throw it into the toilet to rot!"

"Do not be reckless." Lu Qing finally responded, frowning, stopping Fu Lu, and asked the Fake Castle Master, "Isn’t what my guards said true?"

The Fake Castle Master looked provocatively at the deflated Fu Lu, laughed and said, "It makes no sense at all.

You are not even your father’s only son; there are clearly several elder brothers above you, so why were you the only one, the youngest with no memory of anything, left alive?

Don’t you think this is rather peculiar?

If I wasn’t forced, I would never beat around the bush, so today I’ll just tell you directly.

The reason you survived back then is because Emperor Jin needed you alive.

If your whole family died, leaving none, in private many would guess who might have orchestrated it, suspecting anyone.

Even if in front of him, no one would dare voice any suspicion, it doesn’t mean they wouldn’t secretly think it.

Once many think this way, if someone exploits this, it could become a hidden threat.

Leaving you alive is different.

You were just a baby then, even if someone killed your whole family in front of you, you’d remember nothing, so there’s no worry of you suddenly recalling it one day and seeking vengeance for your grandfather and father.

Raising the only surviving child by his side, bestowing titles, every act showcasing him as a benevolent ruler mindful of old ministers’ loyalty, Emperor Jin did them all.

Am I wrong in saying this?"

Lu Qing’s face was cold, he glanced at the Fake Castle Master, anger and embarrassment from being exposed mixed in his eyes.

The Fake Castle Master’s eyes smiled even more: "So let me ask you, after all these years, despite the title One-character King or Two-character King, Emperor Jin’s other sons either hold military power or are deeply admired by civil and military officials, full of glory.

What do you have? Where is your freedom as Prince Xiaoyao? Not even a good reputation, let’s not talk about real power.

And that Golden-faced Imperial Censor, sounds mighty, but essentially just does the dirty work the Emperor doesn’t want to do himself.

You offend people for him, and if one day he wants to frame you, he just reveals you are the Golden-faced Imperial Censor, then sells a favor by blaming you for the misdeeds you uncovered.

By then, he doesn’t need to act; many would want to end your life!"

After speaking, the Fake Castle Master cautiously observed Lu Qing’s expression, adding: "Think carefully, all these years, has Emperor Jin ever shown you any care or affection?

With your grandfather and father’s past achievements, if it were truly out of gratitude for their loyalty and service, who would treat the sole surviving heir of a slaughtered family this way?

In other words, he’s the Sovereign of the World, the most noble position imaginable!

If he wanted to fully investigate your family’s overnight massacre, who could stop him?

The answer, I shouldn’t have to say; you should know it at heart."

After listening, Lu Qing’s expression was beyond gloomy, it was as if a storm was brewing on his face.

Beside him, the talisman brothers seemed unsure how to comfort him, staying alert while continually glancing at Lu Qing.

Zhu Yu looked as if she’d heard some terrible news, standing by trembling, not daring to lift her eyelids, wishing she could curl into a ball.

Lu Qing’s gloom and silence greatly pleased the Fake Castle Master; it was what he wanted, so he wasn’t in a hurry to speak, patiently waiting for Lu Qing to break the silence.

After a long while, Lu Qing finally spoke again, his tone seemingly slower than before, tinged with an unspeakable fatigue and depression.

"So..." He looked at the Fake Castle Master, a hint of doubt in his voice, "You are with the High Priest, and he wants revenge for his senior brother, so he orchestrated all this?

Then what is this? Dying before the plan comes to fruition?"

Hearing this, the Fake Castle Master sneered, and under Lu Qing’s puzzled gaze, spat fiercely at the High Priest’s corpse.

"Pah! That coward afraid of death, hesitant, always fixated on his own prosperity, how could he possibly want revenge for his senior brother?

When his senior brother was in trouble, the first thing this bastard did was to quickly cut ties with him!

As for what happened... Just consider it as him and his few protectors going mad during seclusion and dying."