After being reborn with my scumbag ex-husband, I became his sister-in-law.

Her gaze was distant, as if she were recalling the past.

"Your biological father is my senior brother. He is exceptionally talented, yet eccentric. Not only is he unruly, but he is also elusive, wandering among the mountains and rivers. He can create countless miraculous medical methods and techniques to bring the dead back to life, making him unfathomable."

"His methods are strange, but they really can save lives. Although we don't see him often, we all admire him."

"He is the greatest senior brother in our hearts. He taught us many of our unique medical skills."

“I don’t actually know how your father and mother met. I only know that my senior brother loved her deeply. His study was filled with portraits of your mother, and everyone thought they were a perfect match.”

"Before his death, Master, clinging to his last breath, summoned Senior Brother back from afar. He made Senior Brother promise that after taking over the position of Mountain Lord, he would not be an unruly person wandering the world, but must shoulder the heavy responsibility of Mountain Lord. Otherwise, Master would pass the position of Mountain Lord to me."

"In the end, my senior brother agreed and took over the position of mountain lord from our master."

"Master left for only half a month, and then my senior brother suddenly disappeared, as if he had vanished into thin air. No one knows where he went, and he didn't even leave a word behind."

As the Divine Physician Rihua spoke, his eyes welled up with tears: "My master just died, and then the Mountain Lord disappeared. Do you know what that means?"

"The entire Sun and Moon Mountain is in chaos. Everyone is eyeing the position of the mountain lord and the miraculous medicines behind Sun and Moon Mountain."

“I hate your father so much. He clearly promised the master, but he neglected his duties, left without saying goodbye, and even harmed the whole mountain. He even played with your mother, making her break off her relationship with your maternal grandfather and leaving her to wait bitterly on the mountain until she found out she was pregnant with you.”

"In the end, it was me. I used the name of Guanyin, the Goddess of Fertility, to go down the mountain and deceive people. I went to the palace to treat the concubines and gained the support of the royal family. Only then did I regain the position of the mountain lord and protect the entire Sun and Moon Mountain."

"Therefore, from now on, I will never allow my senior brother's name to be mentioned on the mountain again."

When Song Xizhi heard this, he frowned slightly.

She never imagined that her master's persistence in concealing this secret stemmed from such a past event.

So she asked, "And then? What happened next?"

“When I returned to the mountain, your mother had already gone down the mountain to get married. I learned from my fellow disciples that during the time I was down the mountain, your mother alone used her shrewdness to thwart the covetous eyes of various forces.”

"But in the end, your mother couldn't hold on any longer. She had no choice but to take matters into her own hands and make a deal with that scoundrel to marry into the Song family and get a sum of money. She not only hired thugs from the martial arts world, but also infiltrated the elite circles of the capital as an official's wife, making them believe in my medical skills and ultimately protecting Riyue Mountain."

"Before your mother died, she told me not to blame my senior brother. He did not leave without saying goodbye, but disappeared to treat the noble person and to save the Great Qian Dynasty."

As the divine physician Rihua spoke, a mocking smile appeared on his lips: "Your mother died of grief because of this, yet she still believed in this fact until her death. But I know that this was just her thinking of her senior brother in her final moments."

She forced a smile and continued, "I never imagined your father would actually die more than a decade ago. But how does that prove what your mother said?"

"Perhaps he was just a womanizer, promiscuous and fickle, who, after promising his master, wandered the world again. In the end, he suffered retribution and died. That's why I say, there isn't a single good man in this world!"

Upon hearing the words spoken through gritted teeth by the Divine Physician Rihua, Pei Yunyi and Qing Tong, who were present, couldn't help but tremble.

When Song Xizhi heard this, he knew that the Divine Physician Rihua hated her senior brother because of past events and her mother's tragic end.

However, she grasped Master Rihua's cold hand: "No, Master. What my mother said is very likely true."

The renowned Japanese doctor looked up at her: "What do you know?"

Song Xi paused, then looked hesitantly in Pei Yunyi's direction.

Pei Yunyi nodded to her, then stepped forward a few steps and explained to the Divine Physician Rihua, "Madam Su may not have died of depression. She was murdered because she made incense to fake her death for the sake of... the late Empress."

"Even her break with the Su family wasn't because of your senior brother, but because of the incense she developed. It involved the deepest secrets of the Great Qian Dynasty, so Old Master Su was unwilling for her to risk her life."

The Japanese-Chinese doctor was stunned, his mouth agape.

Song Xizhi took a deep breath and nodded. She said with some difficulty:

"And... my father, perhaps as my mother said, was trying to develop an antidote for faking death. While escorting the late empress, he was chased and killed. He fought against a hundred men and died a hasty death in a dark tomb. No one even knew of his death."

It is clear that Song Xizhi had no feelings for her biological father, and she didn't even know what he looked like.

But when she said this, her eyes suddenly reddened.

Song Xizhi never imagined that he had lived two lives, and only now did he understand.

It turns out she wasn't an unwanted child, nor was it because she had few relatives.

It was because her parents were both killed by the Empress Dowager!

The Divine Physician stood rooted to the spot, taking a long time to process the news. She looked up at Pei Yunyi, her gaze sharp.

"So, you mean the late Empress faked her death? My senior brother was hunted down and died a violent death while protecting her?"

"What about the late Empress's family?"

Why did she fake her death?

"How did others find out the truth about her faked death, and why were they hunting her down?"

It must be said that the Divine Physician Rihua's thinking is very sharp. She immediately figured out the key points and clarified the relationships, and was able to ask Pei Yunyi a question in return.

Pei Yunyi shook his head, a bitter smile on his face: "I don't know where my mother is, or whether she's dead or alive."

"I don't even know what my father is thinking. All the clues I have are deduced little by little by me."

"I suspect that the mastermind behind everything is the Empress Dowager, and this He Jingyan in front of me is a puppet sent by the Empress Dowager. Their goal is the Great Qian Dynasty, but I don't know why they have been relentlessly hunting down my mother for decades."

The Divine Physician Rihua was once again slightly shocked by what Pei Yunyi said.

After digesting the information for a moment, she patted Pei Yunyi on the shoulder again: "If what you said is true, then the murderer who killed Mingyue and caused the death of my senior brother is the enemy of my Sun and Moon Mountain. My Sun and Moon Mountain will be at your service."

"Now, let's go visit... my senior brother."

After saying this, she took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped her hands, and then strode into the courtyard.

Pei Yunyi stared at the movements in her hands, his feet seemingly rooted to the ground.

"Zhizhi, what is your master doing?"

Song Xizhi turned her head and saw Pei Yunyi's innocent eyes: "She's disgusted with you."

"My master believes that no man in the world is a good thing, so she never allows men to enter her body. If she has to touch a man, she must bathe and change clothes. Since she became the mountain lord, even the number of men on the mountain has greatly decreased..."

Song Xizhi encouraged him sincerely with her eyes: "Actually, the fact that she just wiped her hands at this moment shows that in Master's eyes, you are already an outstanding man! In the past, when she touched Song Juncai, she took a bath and changed clothes three times."

"She used to secretly praise you, saying you were the tallest among the short!"

Pei Yunyi's lips twitched suddenly, and his voice sounded aggrieved: "Then I must thank Master..."

Before Song Xizhi could answer, the voice of the Divine Physician Rihua came from the front: "Zhizhi, where is the body? Have you examined it?"

Before Song Xizhi could pay any attention to Pei Yunyi, he rushed to the side of the Divine Physician Rihua and answered truthfully: "The air in the tomb is thin, so I only did a rough examination of the body."

The Divine Physician Rihua nodded, followed Song Xizhi's guidance, stepped over the threshold, entered the house, and saw the corpse in front of him.

She paused for a moment in front of the body.

When Qing Tong saw the Divine Physician Rihua, he suddenly trembled slightly.

He hurriedly took a few steps back, nudged Siqin beside him, carefully handed her the long sword, and pointed in the direction of his master.

Siqin glanced at him speechlessly, took the longsword, and walked back to the Divine Physician Rihua: "Master, this longsword was found in the corpse's hand."

"May I ask if this is your senior brother's personal sword?"

Upon hearing this, the Divine Physician Rihua carefully examined the sword in Siqin's hand, and after a long while shook his head: "No, this is not the sword that my senior brother always carries."

As she spoke, she stepped forward and lifted the burlap sack covering the corpse.

After the Divine Physician Rihua clearly saw the corpse in front of him, he suddenly looked up at Song Xizhi and said in a deep voice, "The corpse in front of you is not my senior brother."