Ji Yunshu and Bai Yin looked at each other.
They waited for him to continue.
San Ye's voice trembled as he sobbed. He looked at Bai Yin and continued, "When we were separated, your mother was only eight years old. She had just been pregnant for less than a month." As he spoke, he looked at Ji Yunshu, "And the child in her womb was you."
Ji Yunshu and Bai Yin were speechless.
Third Master San shook his head. "I don't know what happened to her after we were separated. I don't know how she ended up in a place like Jinjiang's brothel. It's all my fault. If I had kept a close eye on her, we wouldn't have been separated. It's all my fault. "
He was filled with regret!
He blamed himself!
Bai Yin was stunned, her eyes dazed.
He had been searching for the truth for twenty-one years. Today, the truth was finally revealed. But why … His heart was numb, as if he had lost all feeling.
He trembled on the spot.
Ji Yunshu furrowed her brows. Her emotions were complicated. She was occupying this body that didn't belong to her, but she could clearly feel the soreness in her chest.
So … she's from Huyi?
When the Ji family banished her from their genealogy, it was as if it was preordained that she wasn't a member of the Ji family.
The pattern that she saw on Aunty Xie's daughter's puppet was exactly the same as the one on the wooden sign. That explained it. The man who made the puppet should also be from Huyi and knew about the flower.
But she still had a question in her mind.
She asked, "Then who is our father?"
Third Master's eyes flickered as he evaded the question. He said, "Your father … was just an ordinary son of an official. He was already dead when we escaped."
His words were concise and comprehensive.
He didn't want to talk about it.
Ji Yunshu was skeptical.
Her woman's intuition told her that it wasn't that simple.
Perhaps, there was a huge secret hidden behind it.
Bai Yin suddenly ran out. Ji Yunshu paused for a few steps and chased after her.
Third Master San fell to the ground.
He was in great pain.
He stared at the ground with his black, wrinkled eyes.
His hands were clenched into fists on his knees.
In his mind, he recalled the scene from back then. Twenty-one years ago, the Huyi Imperial Palace was filled with smoke and the flames of war raged on. Deafening shouts, cries for help, and cries almost drowned the entire Huyi Imperial Palace. Plumes of black smoke continued to emerge from various palaces and gradually turned into a raging fire. People fled frantically with their baggage.
In the distance, the rain of arrows came again and again, hitting the palace pillars, the ground, the tiles, the people …
The smell of death and blood filled the entire palace!
It was pungent and unpleasant.
He brought a few people with him to protect Xi 'er and the eight-year-old Bai Yin as they passed through one long corridor after another, passing through palace after palace that was ablaze with flames.
Finally, they arrived at the north gate of the palace …
When he looked back, the entire palace was already engulfed in flames.
Inside, the sounds of death never stopped.
Moreover, the ground was littered with wreckage!
He would never forget this Palace Seizing Battle!
Before Xi 'er boarded the carriage, she held his hand tightly and pleaded bitterly, "He's still inside, he's still inside, save him …"
But there was nothing he could do.
He could only leave with the pregnant Xi 'er and the eight-year-old Bai Yin. The events of the past were still vivid in his mind. The final scene stopped at the moment when he and Xi 'er were separated. They were in a dense forest, pursued by the enemy behind them and guarded by the Great Lin's army in front of them. It could be said that it was difficult to move even an inch. The pursuers were already closing in, and it was difficult for them to escape.
In order to take a gamble, he could only bring himself to lead the pursuers away and hide Xi 'er and Bai Yin in a tree hole that could only accommodate the two of them. They took the risk and stepped forward bravely to lead the pursuers away. In the end, some died, while others were scattered. He was the only one who returned, but Xi' er and Bai Yin were already gone.
At that time, he was almost completely disheartened.
All these years, that scene would appear in his mind almost every night.
He even felt extreme regret!
If he hadn't abandoned them that year, if he could have brought them away successfully, if …
But in this world, there were no 'ifs'.
He took a deep breath.
"Xi 'er, perhaps the only way to protect them is to conceal what happened that year."
…
Ji Yunshu followed Bai Yin out of the tent.
He kept walking out.
She kept following him.
Behind them, there were a few Hou Liao soldiers. They held torches and followed at a moderate distance.
Bai Yin walked up to a small hill.
Only then did she stop.
Ji Yunshu stopped as well.
He glanced sideways at her and asked, "How long do you plan to follow me?"
Ji Yunshu asked him in return, "Where do you plan to go?"
"Where?" He smiled and looked at the grassland in front of him. As he looked deeper and deeper, it became darker and darker until he couldn't see the end. He sighed, "I don't know."
"You can stay." Ji Yunshu took a step forward.
"…"
"Bai Yin, we're brothers."
"You accepted it quickly."
"That's the truth, but so what?" He shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter if we're siblings or not, Hu Hehao is my brother. Now that you guys want to fight, what about me? Should I follow you guys to attack Yue Dan? Or should I just watch and do nothing? Or … help Hu Hehao fight you guys? Then?
Watch you die? "
He couldn't do it.
Ji Yunshu furrowed her brows, "You can do nothing, but if Ma Yinghao attacks, am I supposed to protect you? Or not? " "If you really think of us as siblings, then come with me. I'll take you to Yue Dan. I can protect you. You should know that Ma Yinghao will definitely exterminate Hou.
It's from Liao. "
Pooh!
Ji Yunshu smiled bitterly. "That's the tiger's den. Bai Yin, do you still not understand? Ma Yinghao doesn't care about your life or death. He only cares about his own ambitions. Once you lose your value, he will kill you at any time. "
"Impossible!" Bai Yin said with certainty, "I've saved his life before. He treats me like a brother. Come with me, I promise I won't let you come to any harm."
He tried to pull at her.
She took a step back.
"Bai Yin, I don't want to be your enemy!"
"I don't want to either."
"Then you can stay."
"If I stay, it means that I will become Ma Yinghao's enemy." Bai Yin was very agitated.
Suddenly —
A voice sounded, "Do you really think that Ma Yinghao treats you like a brother?"
Hearing the voice, she saw a tall and straight figure walking over.
It was Jing Rong!
His expression was cold and expressionless. He stopped beside Ji Yunshu and said to her, "I heard what Third Master said just now."
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