After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen
Chapter 78 - 77: The Handwriting of the Aunt Who Raised Me

Chapter 78: Chapter 77: The Handwriting of the Aunt Who Raised Me

Liang Chen remained silent and still.

Pei Zhan halted: "Why aren’t you looking?"

Liang Chen said, "You borrowed all the military books she annotated before, and you haven’t returned them until now. Don’t you recognize her handwriting?"

He said something about sneezing being guided by fate, but wasn’t it really because Xing Er was just criticizing him for being a bachelor who couldn’t find a wife, and that’s why he sneezed?

Pei Zhan was momentarily speechless. He turned his face away and said, "That was so long ago, who remembers? I don’t even know where I stuffed those books!"

Alright.

Liang Chen looked at the letter. After just two glances, he lifted his head: "It’s her! It’s her handwriting!"

He quickly scanned through it and said, "All of her handwriting features are present here, it’s impossible to forge. No one can counterfeit such an authentic handwriting!"

"Look more carefully!"

"This is my aunt whom I raised with my own hands! How can I not look carefully?" Liang Chen unconsciously raised his voice, "I was the one who practiced writing with her when she was little, and I often imitated her handwriting to copy her homework.

"Now, there is still a thick stack of letters she wrote back from the northwest to the capital on my desk. Can I not be certain of this?

"No, even if this letter was written by my aunt, is it that important? It’s perfectly normal for her to correspond with other ladies when she was alive."

Although Liang Chen was excited, Pei Zhan disregarded his duties and hurried to deliver this letter to him, which was somewhat puzzling.

He asked, "Where did this actually come from? Why does it mention Canglang Pavilion? And who does the lady mentioned here refer to?"

There were only three lines of text and a small sketch. The sketch depicted the Canglang Pavilion by the moat, with roads, trees, and houses around it. Others would see it as a small landscape note, but in his eyes, these were landmarks by the moat where they frequently played as children. If taken seriously, it looks more like a map!

But how could a map of their childhood play routes be drawn by Liang Ning for others?

Pei Zhan glanced at him, took a big sip of tea: "If you can believe that there was an unknown murder case in Baiyu Lane six years ago, then the content here should be related to the murder weapon of that case."

"Murder weapon?" Liang Chen narrowed his eyes, "Murder case?"

"Yes," Pei Zhan said, "the murder weapon is the dagger I asked you about that night."

Liang Chen suddenly understood.

That night, Pei Zhan only drew a sketch of a dagger and asked if anyone in their family had seen it, but he didn’t mention the origin of the dagger.

"What kind of murder case? What does this case have to do with my little aunt? And when did this case occur?"

Having fought alongside Pei Zhan for years, Liang Chen knew him well. If there was no connection, he wouldn’t take it so seriously.

"According to word of mouth, the case happened on the third night before her demise, with her mother as a witness and having had dealings with Taiping. This letter is taken from her hand."

Pei Zhan then recounted the story related to the case that he heard from Fu Zhen. "The three-day deadline was proposed by her. In hindsight, she seemed quite fearless.

"Since the letter is real, at least half of the dagger’s story is true, so the authenticity of the murder case is likely as well."

"But if the case is real, there must have been some rumors. How could the murderer have done it so cleanly?" Liang Chen’s eyes were full of doubt.

Pei Zhan nodded: "This is also the reason I have always been reluctant to believe her. But Li Jiang obtained this letter from her guard, and you just confirmed that the letter indeed came from Taiping, so no matter what, Taiping had contact with her mother, that’s undeniable.

"Chief," Pei Zhan said at this point, looking deeply at him, "right now, the most important thing for us is to verify whether the dagger truly exists.

"The Liang family hasn’t heard a word about this matter. Not only has Taiping not mentioned it to you, but Baiyu Lane is right next to the Liang Mansion, and yet no one in the Liang Mansion has heard of it either, which is truly bizarre."

"Exactly." Liang Chen pondered, "—Someone! Prepare the horses, gather a few people, notify the guards at Suozhi Square, and keep watch around the Canglang Pavilion by the moat!"

Pei Zhan immediately said, "No need to bring too many people. Before I came, I had already sent someone to guard it. We can go over now.

"If that dagger really exists, I bet the two of us can definitely guess where she’s hiding it!"

After hearing this, Liang Chen had already stepped out the door: "So what are we waiting for? Let’s go!"

...

Zhang Cheng circled back to the mansion, where Fu Zhen was eating bird’s nest in Yixin Hall. His young lady had a good appetite, always stuffing things into her mouth whenever she had the chance. Within just a few days, she looked visibly healthier than when they first met, no longer looking like skin and bones.

"Miss, here’s a roast goose I picked up for you along the way. It’s quite good; lots of people were lined up to buy it!"

Fu Zhen took a deep whiff of the goose’s aroma from his hand, then opened the paper wrapper and tore off a goose leg: "How much? —Ziyan!"

"A small amount, a small amount!" Zhang Cheng waved his hands repeatedly, "The reward you’ve given is too much, what is a couple of roast geese? If you find it delicious, I’ll buy more next time!"

Fu Zhen nodded: "Where did you follow them to?"

"I kept a distant tail on Li Jiang as he went to the barracks, then watched General Pei enter Liang Mansion before coming back! Miss, your foresight is truly impressive!"

Zhang Cheng was waiting for this moment and couldn’t help but give a thumbs up.

Fu Zhen looked calculative and wise, "This is called knowing yourself and the enemy; a hundred battles, a hundred victories. Study those military strategies I’ve given you well!"

Imitating others is difficult, but was it hard for her to imitate herself?

First, she found a piece of letter paper with the right age and then wrote that letter herself, deliberately choosing her earlier writing style. Even if the letter were taken to Dali Temple, as long as the ink wasn’t examined, it would show no flaws!

After Li Jiang stole the letter, he would certainly take it to Pei Zhan, and once Pei Zhan had "Liang Ning’s" letter, he would undoubtedly bring it to the Liang family to verify.

There are two people in this world who are incredibly familiar with Liang Ning’s handwriting: one is Xu Yin, and the other is Liang Chen.

With Liang Ning’s authentic handwriting as evidence, what else matters? Who would seriously take it for authentication?

Moreover, even if it’s forged, Pei Zhan would naturally think that in just a few days, Fu Zhen couldn’t have fabricated such a realistic letter, and there’s no reason for her to forge it.

As long as they believe it, they will certainly go to the riverbank to verify its authenticity!

—Speaking of which, she hadn’t faced off against these two boys since they grew up. Unexpectedly opposing them now, let’s see who will win this round?

"Time’s about up, go prepare the carriage!" She finished the last spoonful of bird’s nest, stood up holding the goose leg, and said, "By now, I’ve already got news from you about the lost letter, so to prevent anything unexpected in the middle, I should hurry to the moat!

"If I’m lucky, I might even be back in time for dinner!"

"Got it!"

Zhang Cheng spun around and dashed out the door!

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