Chapter 114 Information from Both the Overt and Covert Sources

At this point, there were no words left on the pages.

A moment of silence fell over the room; no one spoke.

Huigu pushed the books away, and large tears fell one by one onto the back of her hand.

After a long pause, A-Cuo explained dryly, "We people of Wuming Village all have the surname 'Wu' followed by a single character. For example, my courtesy name is Cuo, so my full name is Wu Cuo. Aunt Hui is Wu Hui, and Aunt Yue is Wu Yue..."

After she finished speaking, she fell silent again.

Shang Yuji didn't know how to comfort her.

Wu Yue did not die for love as they thought, and no one even knows why she died.

"..." Hui Gu wiped away her tears and slowly said, "Thank you, young lady, for letting me know the cause of her death."

Tears blurred her vision, and she could no longer see the words on the page. She said softly, "This is the real A-Yue."

She wasn't a girl who died for the men of Da'an, but a Wuming Gu woman who could bite off half of her enemy's life before she died.

Wu Yue's death was a thorn in Hui Gu's heart. She refused to believe that such a gifted person had died so casually and carelessly, yet she was forced to confront the stark reality of the situation. Now, through what she wrote in her book, the thorn in Hui Gu's heart has finally been removed.

She is still herself, the brilliant and talented Wu Yue.

"That heart-burning Gu is the 'Trust Gu.' Once planted, if the person infected does anything outside of the agreement, they will feel their heart and lungs burning, as if a thousand needles are piercing their head. If there is no antidote, it can even take the life of the infected person... It is the Gu worm that is the hardest to detect when planted, and it is also the Gu worm that will kill without an antidote once it takes effect."

Therefore, King Zhou Yun of Qi did not seek revenge on them for many years. Firstly, his companions had forgotten the memory of fighting the monster with Wu Yue and considered it insignificant. Secondly, Wu Yue had poisoned him with the "Word of Faith" poison before her death.

The threat of death from the Gu attack made him dare not even entertain the slightest thought of returning to kill.

Even the monster whose combat power she had reduced by more than half had to spend a considerable amount of time recovering.

The King of Qi remained silent for more than ten years, which was a heavy loss for him as well.

I thought the Second Prince's residence was troublesome enough with the support of Prince Qi, but I never expected that Prince Qi was exceptionally difficult to deal with.

King Qi was skilled in Gu poison, and his strength was comparable to that of Wu Yue at the time. Otherwise, he would not have been able to change the attributes of the Tongxin Gu created by Wu Yue, turning the mother and child Gu into hundreds of child Gu that could only lock one person to share the pain, and instead shared the damage for the monster mother Gu. It is unknown how much his Gu skills have improved over the past ten years.

He also had a monster in his possession. According to Wu Yue, it was a stitched monster that drank human blood and ate human flesh. As long as it didn't die, even if it was chopped into a hundred pieces, it could take the missing parts from living people and become a "complete" monster again.

As expected, Yi Sha and the other three elders were all affected. Although it may appear that they have lost their memory, is it possible that the Gu or poison in their bodies will alter their consciousness at a crucial moment and make them fight for Zhou Yun?

Not to mention the inhuman monster that the man in black was supposed to control with the Wuyue relic, it was most likely not that monster, but rather the Mo Wuhen they had imagined. The monster could only be controlled by Zhou Yun; he wouldn't entrust such a powerful weapon to a man in black.

I thought Jiang Xi was Zhou Ao's greatest asset, and that taking her away would cripple him. All her subsequent actions were aimed at supporting the Eldest Princess in suppressing the Second Prince.

The truth was revealed to her that the real mastermind was actually King Qi, Zhou Yun, who was the one who had been hiding the truth the best.

What kind of kind soul would think of using living people to raise stitched monsters?

Back then, even several masters working together couldn't completely kill it...

Wu Yue even lost her life for this—the Xinyan Gu requires the heart's blood of the Gu master to cultivate, and the way to cure the Gu is the heart's blood of a living Gu master. She chose to commit suicide to eliminate his possibility of obtaining the antidote. She was using her life to restrain Zhou Yun.

A-Cuo asked, "Should we tell Senior Yi and the others about this?" They should also know about it.

Shang Yuji looked serious and said, "Not yet. We need to see what Zhou Yun did to them first, and then we'll tell them after we've untied them."

Based on the suspicion that King Qi harbored malicious intentions, he definitely had a backup plan.

If forcibly recalling memories triggers death, that would be disastrous, and Wu Yue's good intentions would be wasted.

"I just don't know if what they have is Gu or poison. I'll find an excuse to have them examine you. If it's not Gu but poison, I'll contact Elder Yan and ask him to come to the capital."

But she was more inclined to believe it was poison. If it were a Gu poison, Wu Yue might be able to cure it, unless it was a poison she was not very familiar with.

Fortunately, before leaving, Elder Yan had told her about the secret communication method of Xuanhu Valley, which was just the right way to send a message to Elder Yan. She just hoped that he was not too far from the capital.

Hui Gu then told them some stories about Wu Yue's past.

It would be a pity and a shame if such a free-spirited, passionate, open-minded, and spirited young Gu practitioner were truly buried in the bloody and turbulent past.

Jiang Xi Qu...

It's a pity that he was a chivalrous and righteous genius of witchcraft, who dared to love and hate and could take on a hundred people single-handedly.

A worn-out book records her short but brilliant life.

·

Before sending the message, Shang Yuji told Tang Xiliu to be extremely careful, as there was something even more terrifying in the Lotus Garden. She warned him to leave immediately if anything seemed amiss and not to harm anyone out of curiosity.

The secret message has been sent; we await Elder Yan's journey north.

Without revealing the contents of Senior Yi Sha's belongings, they found another excuse to have Hui Gu investigate. Fearing omissions, they also sent Jiang Xi out to help check if the two martial arts seniors had been poisoned, but both returned a "no" result.

As expected, she was not disappointed. They still had Doctor Yan. If they were really in a hurry, they would find a famous doctor in the capital, or even invite the princess's personal physician. She heard that the physician was an old imperial physician who was old but unwilling to admit his age, so the Empress Dowager arranged for him to work in the princess's residence.

Shang Yuji found some time to talk to Jiang Xi about Wu Yue in detail. Finally, she sat down to one side and placed her right hand on the back of his hand: "Zhao means light. Aunt Yue has high expectations for you. It's all Qi Wang Zhou Yun's fault. One day he will pay the price for it."

Jiang Xi leaned down and rested her head on her shoulder, trying to comfort her, who was upset after learning the truth: "Thank you, Changtian. If it weren't for Changtian, none of us would have known the truth that Mother had hidden. Changtian did the best. I'm so glad that my arrival was valued by Mother and Father. Changtian should be happy for me too."

He had never met any relatives since birth. The only person he was close to, his wet nurse, left when he could barely remember anything. After that, he was alone in Hongyun Garden for a long time. Jiang Xi didn't complain about why he grew up alone, because he had always thought that growing up alone was a matter of course. No one taught him propriety, morality, or respect for others, so he naturally had no illusions about his parents whom he had never met.

But it doesn't matter. To comfort Aji, he will thank his parents, whom he has never met... thank them for bringing him into this world and allowing him to meet Aji.

Realizing that she had been comforted instead, Shang Yuji was at a loss for words. The two of them stayed together in silence until the setting sun shone like gold, as if it wanted to burn away all the filth in the world.

She raised her head and looked directly at the red sun.

It's so bright and glaring.

"Kill him, Xi Qu, I hate him so much right now."

The one who caused Jiang Xi's family to be destroyed, who made him grow up like a beggar, and who squeezed the last bit of flesh and blood from his body to turn him into a human soldier, was Zhou Yun.

The source of all misfortune.

"……good."

·

Following the tragic death of Lady Lan, the wife of the Second Prince, in the fire, the capital was thrown into turmoil by two separate pieces of news, one overt and one covert.

General Tian Mu, known in the capital for his upright character, turned out to be a heinous executioner.

When they grabbed him, his clothes were half-undone, revealing his virility, and he was about to make a move on the beautiful woman on the bed.

Hearing that the beautiful woman was determined to preserve her chastity and refused to submit, General Tian was so enraged that he wanted to force himself on her.

Fortunately, the beautiful woman's husband begged the princess to help find her beloved. The princess was very clever and noticed something amiss in her words. She pieced together the clues and captured the man before Tian Mu could force himself on the beautiful woman!

In addition to the beautiful young lady, the eldest princess also discovered that there were countless victims in the courtyard. Enraged, she demanded a thorough investigation into the matter, and the entire Ministry of Justice was currently overwhelmed with work.

The eldest princess also declared that Tian Mu's audacity in acting so recklessly under the imperial city must be due to accomplices protecting him, and that those who knew about it but failed to report it, as well as those who aided and abetted the evildoer, would all be punished!

If it were merely the eldest princess's swift and decisive arrest of the thief Tian Mu, this matter might not have caused much of a stir in the capital.

However, due to the meddling of several people, Tian Mu's case became full of twists and turns.

First, Tian Mu's image as a good person was shattered overnight, shocking countless people. Everything he had painstakingly built up was like a sharp blade, falling back on him piece by piece. The Tian family members were implicated and treated like rats in the street, hated and chased by everyone.

No matter what, he was a high-ranking official in the court; how could ordinary people dare to offend such a nobleman? But wasn't he backed by the Eldest Princess? The Eldest Princess had promised to investigate thoroughly. The girls rescued from Hua Manyuan alone were enough to uncover numerous atrocities. Only by personally witnessing the rescued girls, so thin and weak they were unable to walk on their own, could one truly understand the extent of the abuse they had suffered at the hands of Tian the bandit.

The just and impartial princess executed the villain, who was a high-ranking official whom the common people dared not even dream of, and everyone cheered.

The beautiful woman, who was rescued in time, remained steadfast in her loyalty to her husband. The couple, standing before a garden full of flowers, vowed that "I, Jia, will only love Zhen Qiushui for the rest of my life, and will never leave her, even unto death." Their unwavering love moved everyone to tears.

What a love that transcends death, like branches intertwined in the same grave!

The couple was deeply in love, but the wife vowed to never submit to the villain, and the husband disregarded his dignity to call for help. Together, they withstood the trials and tribulations brought by the villain.

The story reveals the true face of evildoers, the severe punishment of evil forces, and the unwavering love that endures trials. The separation of the three is already a popular plot, let alone the fact that all three are now together in one person.

With the covert efforts of the eldest princess's faction, the spread of the virus far exceeded expectations.

On the surface, Tian Mu's case is stirring up the political winds in the capital, but in the shadows—

The emperor fell ill.