"Brother Shen, as long as you spare his life, I am willing to tell you everything I know about the secrets of the Body-Refining Altar." Ma Xiuxiu knelt on the ground after saying that.
"Ma Xiuxiu, you are indeed involved with the Body-Refining Altar," Shen Luo said coldly when he heard that.
"Brother Shen, as long as you are merciful today, I will do anything. Even if you want me to exchange my life for it, I will not hesitate." Ma Xiuxiu lowered her head even more and said again.
"No …" Jinghe Dragon King was shocked and furious when he heard that.
"What is your relationship with Jinghe Dragon King? Why are you doing this?" Shen Luo's expression changed and he could not help but ask.
"Brother Shen, he is my biological father. How can I not save him?" Ma Xiuxiu asked loudly.
As she spoke, she suddenly raised her head. Her face was already full of tears.
Although Shen Luo had already guessed it, he was still shocked when he heard Ma Xiuxiu admit it personally. He did not expect Ma Xiuxiu to be the daughter of Jinghe Dragon King.
"It sounds unbelievable, right? If those people did not do evil, I would probably use the respected surname 'Ao', right? I would probably be a little dragon girl who grew up in the Dragon Palace and did not know anything about the world, right? " Ma Xiuxiu muttered.
Shen Luo heard some inexplicable meaning in her words and asked, "Those people who did evil, what do you mean?"
"The world only knows that my father disobeyed the Jade Emperor's order in a fit of anger and changed the timing and quantity of the rain without permission. He was pushed onto the Dragon Slaying Platform because he went against the Heavenly Dao. Who went to find out the reason behind this?" Ma Xiuxiu asked.
Shen Luo already knew about the bet between Jinghe Dragon King and Yuan Shoucheng. However, from Ma Xiuxiu's words, there seemed to be more to this matter.
"Miss Ma, what do you want to say? Please say it clearly," Shen Luo said with a frown.
Ma Xiuxiu was about to speak but was stopped by Jinghe Dragon King. "Let me say it …"
Shen Luo shifted his gaze to Jinghe Dragon King, but he did not loosen his grip on the Dragon Slaying Sword.
"That was twenty years ago. At that time, the governor of the capital, Ma Wenli, had a daughter named Yuanran. She was born with both talent and beauty. She was quite famous in Chang 'an …" Jinghe Dragon King's gaze drifted into the distance. His thoughts seemed to have returned to the past.
In his narration, Shen Luo heard a very different story about the Divination Duel that he had heard before.
That year, Emperor Li Shimin went out to hunt in the mountains. When he returned, he temporarily rested in the mansion of the Governor, Ma Wenli. When he saw the talented and beautiful Second Miss of the Ma Family, he was immediately impressed by her talent and was full of praise.
In order to win over the Imperial Preceptor Yuan Tiangang and the powerful Yuan Family behind him, Emperor Li Sheng took the initiative to form a marriage between the Ma Family and the Yuan Family. He granted the Second Miss Ma to Yuan Qing, the Second Young Master of the Yuan Family, who was equally talented at that time.
In the eyes of everyone in Chang 'an at that time, this was a perfect match. Everyone praised it.
But no one knew that the Second Miss Ma fell into the water when she was out swimming. She was saved by Jinghe Dragon King, who had transformed into a human form. The two had already fallen in love at first sight.
It was only because of the difference between humans and gods that Jinghe Dragon King did not give the three letters and six betrothal gifts. But he did not expect Emperor Li Sheng to intervene, causing the current awkward situation.
Due to etiquette, the Second Miss Ma had no choice but to part with Jinghe Dragon King even though she was deeply in love with him. She was forced by her father to marry the Second Young Master of the Yuan Family.
It was only when he found out that his beloved was about to get married that the Jinghe Dragon King finally couldn't hold it in anymore. When the Yuan and Ma families were preparing for the wedding with great fanfare, he snatched the bride away and took Second Miss Ma back to the Jinghe Dragon Palace.
Originally, the Yuan and Ma Families and even the Tang government were shocked by this matter. They wanted to attack Jinghe Dragon Palace, but they were stopped by Yuan Qing.
After Yuan Qing learned from the Second Miss Ma that the two were in love and had already pledged to marry each other, he reluctantly took back the letter of engagement and fulfilled their wish.
Unfortunately, the amazingly talented Second Young Master Yuan was also an infatuated person. Although he reluctantly fulfilled their wish, he could never forget the Second Miss Ma. In the end, his longing became ill and he died of depression.
If things had only reached this point, it would still be a tragedy of love not being reciprocated. However, what happened after that caused the marriage to move towards a different ending.
"After Yuan Ran and I had the wedding ceremony, we had a relatively stable time. That was probably the happiest time of my life. After that, the head of the Yuan Family, Yuan Tiangang, deliberately transformed into the diviner Yuan Shoucheng in order to avenge his nephew, Yuan Qing. He provoked me to fight with him. In the end, he used Wei Zheng to kill me. "Jinghe Dragon King spoke faster and faster, and his expression became more and more agitated.
"You said that Yuan Shoucheng was transformed by Yuan Tiangang?" Shen Luo frowned and asked.
He had heard Cheng Guogong mention this before. The Tang government was also very confused about Yuan Shoucheng's identity. However, this person's identity was too mysterious. After Jinghe Dragon King was beheaded, he seemed to have vanished into thin air. There was no trace of him since then.
"Who else could it be? How could he have the ability to predict the future? How could he be good at manipulating people's hearts? "Jinghe Dragon King sneered.
"Not long after that, my mother gave birth to me. But my father had already died, and we were driven out of Jinghe Dragon Palace. Fortunately, my father's old friend saved us and we survived. Unfortunately, my mother died of depression when I was seven years old. In the end, our family could not be reunited. "Ma Xiuxiu punched the ground with her fist, and tears fell down her cheeks.
Shen Luo listened carefully. Although he was also sad, he still said,
"Even if you want to take revenge, you should look for Yuan Tiangang and His Majesty. Why did you vent your anger on the entire Chang 'an City, causing people to suffer and innocent deaths?"
"Innocent? When Yuan Qing died, how many people in Chang 'an gathered on both sides of Jinghe River, threw stones into the river, and cursed my parents day and night? When my father was beheaded by Wei Zheng, how many people in Chang 'an City clapped their hands and celebrated with fire? Does any one of them remember that my father has been in charge of Jing River for many years? The water has always been calm and tranquil, and he never dared to slack off in the slightest. That's why he protected them and allowed them to have a good harvest? "Ma Xiuxiu suddenly stood up from the ground and asked loudly.
Hearing this, Shen Luo did not know how to refute.
"They were all ungrateful and foolish people. Even death could not wipe out their crimes." Ma Xiuxiu seemed to be still angry and scolded angrily.
"Miss Ma, even if what you said is not wrong, it has been 20 years. During these 20 years, how many new lives were born in Chang 'an City? Some of them were still in their infancy and did not know about the storm that year. What crime did they commit?" Shen Luo sighed and said.
"They did commit a crime. They should not have been born in Chang 'an City, which is full of evil!" Ma Xiuxiu's eyes turned cold, and she said resentfully.
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