HCB Chapter 223 The sworn hatred
Chapter 223 The sworn hatred
She was surprised and suddenly thought of a question she had ignored: "He...he killed your parents too?"
When Li Zhang heard the word "also", she was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "Miss Qin also knew? Since you already knew that he killed your parents, why did you continue to be entangled with him for so many years?"
Miss Qin seemed a little embarrassed: "I only found out about all this tonight, almost at the same time I found out that he wanted to kill me."
Li Zhang felt a little relieved and slowly explained the whole story.
It turned out that she discovered Zhang Yuanshun's true identity by chance three years ago.
That day, Zhang Yuanshun came back from drinking outside, still not satisfied, so he drank a lot more by himself.
Under the influence of alcohol, he seemed extremely excited. His usual seriousness and restraint were gone, and he even danced around the house.
After the dance, he pulled Li Zhang aside and began to talk incessantly.
The more Li Zhang listened, the more he felt something was wrong, because what Zhang Yuanshun described was not daily trivialities, but his past experiences as a serial killer.
He proudly described how he had killed seven people who had tried to suck his blood. His words were full of contempt. He said those people usually bossed him around, but when faced with his blade, they were all scared out of their wits. The scene seemed extremely funny to him.
Li Zhang was shocked and unable to accept it for a moment. She thought Zhang Yuanshun was talking nonsense under the influence of alcohol and was playing a cruel joke on her.
She shook her head desperately, begging him to stop this horrible joke...
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuanshun's expression was unusually firm, as if he wanted to reveal the darkest secret in his heart to the public in order to prove that what he said was true.
Not only did he insist that he was not joking, he also went on to reveal a shocking fact - he had killed her parents himself.
In that cold and cruel narrative, even every detail of the crime was depicted like a series of cruel pictures, so clear that it made people shudder.
When Li Zhang heard this, she was struck by lightning. She felt shocked and angry, and her face turned pale.
She stared at Zhang Yuanshun with her eyes wide open in disbelief. There was deep confusion and uncontrollable anger in her eyes.
Zhang Yuanshun, seemingly driven by an inexplicable emotion, suddenly had an idea and proposed to recreate the scene on the spot to prove the truth of what he said.
However, perhaps the anesthetic effect of alcohol took effect, for Zhang Yuanshun fell into a deep sleep before he could finish his words. His arms hung limply, and then deafening snoring was heard in the room.
This incident allowed Li Zhang to escape an unknown disaster, but the fear and anxiety in her heart did not dissipate.
The deep and meaningful look in Zhang Yuanshun's eyes before he went to sleep was like a shadow that shrouded her heart for a long time, making her unable to sleep at night and full of lingering fear.
She had wanted to report the case to the authorities several times and expose Zhang Yuanshun's crimes, but she had no solid evidence.
In this era, although the Great Sheng Empire had relaxed restrictions on women compared to the Sheng Kingdom a hundred years ago, the traditional concept of "husband is the head of the wife" was still deeply rooted.
If a wife wants to accuse her husband, unless the husband has committed a serious crime such as murdering his wife and there is solid evidence, otherwise, once the husband turns around and accuses his wife of being unfaithful, the consequences will be disastrous.
Not only will the wife fail to obtain a successful divorce, but she will be punished instead. She may even have to endure twenty lashes of the cane in court.
Faced with such a dilemma, Li Zhang could only force herself to calm down and secretly made up her mind to secretly collect evidence and wait for the right time to bring Zhang Yuanshun to justice in one fell swoop.
Fortunately, that night Zhang Yuanshun was so drunk that she became carried away and revealed almost all the facts of the crime and the hiding places of key evidence, as if God was helping her.
What was even more unexpected was that after sobering up, Zhang Yuanshun had no memory of his drunken words, which undoubtedly provided great convenience for Li Zhang's plan.
However, the good times did not last long. Just when she was about to collect all the evidence and prepare to go to the government office to report Zhang Yuanshun, he appeared in front of her like a ghost, with a piercing coldness in his eyes, and questioned her why she betrayed him.
Immediately afterwards, Li Zhang's world fell into darkness. Her legs were cruelly broken by Zhang Yuanshun, and her life fell into endless pain and despair from then on.
Perhaps it was fate's mercy that allowed her to gradually regain some consciousness one day two years later.
But this faint hope did not make her dare to speak out, because she was afraid that Zhang Yuanshun's cruelty hidden under his calm appearance would show mercy to her again.
Until today, when she learned from her daughter about Zhang Yuanshun's meeting with Miss Qin, and remembered that yesterday was the deadline of the thirty-year retrospective period, and worried about the danger Miss Qin might face, she mustered up all her courage and came to the door regardless of the consequences.
Facing Li Zhang, Zhang Yuanshun's eyes flashed with coldness and viciousness, as if there was an irreconcilable hatred between them: "Treacherous man! I was deceived by your disguise!"
Li Zhang was not intimidated. She stared at him with a blazing fire of hatred in her eyes. "You are the murderer who killed my parents. You betrayed me first! Do you think I don't know? You planned to take all our property and run away once the retrospective period was over. You even planned to get rid of me before you left, making me a sacrifice on your road to freedom!"
Her tone was full of unquestionable certainty. Obviously, during this period of time, she had found new evidence that was sufficient to convict her.
Faced with all this, Zhang Yuanshun just looked at it coldly, chose to remain silent and did not make any excuses.
At this time, Sheng Junwei stood up and revealed the truth to Li Zhang: "Yes, he did plan to end your life as soon as the retrospective period was over, and then flee from here with all the money."
She continued to expose Zhang Yuanshun's despicable behavior, "and his so-called 'flying far away' actually meant returning to his hometown, Fu County, a place where everyone knew him.
After the retrospective period, even if someone recognizes him, he can no longer be punished by law. He did this purely to satisfy his own twisted psychology, especially to bring endless pain to his family. "
Sheng Junwei's words were like a bomb, shocking everyone present.
They find it difficult to understand why Zhang Yuanshun’s thinking logic is so distorted. Can such behavior really give him a so-called sense of accomplishment?
And when the person is no longer here, what is the meaning of that false sense of accomplishment?
Although Sheng Junwei did not understand Zhang Yuanshun's twisted logic, she could peek into his inner world through the hexagrams.
She shook her head gently, with a hint of helplessness and compassion in her voice: "You don't have to think about going back to show off. Your parents and family, whom you care about, are surrounding you right now, and you will be able to meet them soon."