Chapter 1884: Seeking Justice

Nan Yan looked at the two of them, then recalled what Chu Ping had just said, and asked, "You said that after wandering for a few years, the person you met was him?"

Chu Ping said with tears in her eyes: "Yes."

Li Lai was kneeling on the side, his face flushed after the struggle just now.

He looked at Chu Ping: "You, you said everything?"

Chu Ping cried and said, "Yeah."

“…”

Li Lai was silent for a moment. He looked at her, then at Zhu Feng and Nan Yan in front of him. He gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly, "I deserve to die. I deserve to die for everything I've done. I only beg the Emperor and the Empress to be reborn and spare her life. She's suffered enough in this life. I am willing to bear all the sins!"

Zhu Feng said coldly: "You are a good hero."

“…”

"Tell me now, who are you, and what have you done besides helping the bandits against me? Tell me clearly, and then you can be a hero."

Li Lai knelt on the ground, lowering his head, and said, "I am Li Lai. My family runs a silk business. Although we are not wealthy, we have considerable assets. I grew up under the protection of my parents. I have a bad temper and do all kinds of evil things, such as cockfighting and dog running."

“…”

Nan Yan looked at him in surprise.

Although Li Lai helped the Sha bandits to commit atrocities this time, to be honest, this person has a calm temperament and is capable in his words and deeds. If he were not an accomplice of the Sha bandits, he would be considered a talent.

There is no way to connect him with the person he described as "having a bad temper, doing cockfighting and all kinds of evil things".

Nan Yan asked, "Then, how did you get to know her?"

Li Lai turned his head and glanced at Chu Ping, his eyes filled with tears and tenderness. He said, "There are many beggars in the town where I live, and she is one of them."

“…”

"At that time, we were horrified to see her eyes gouged out, so we often picked up stones and threw them at her. The little people loved to play pranks on her. When they saw her begging for food, they would knock it over just as she was about to put it in her mouth. When they saw her walking to the river, they would deliberately push her in, just to tease her for fun."

Nan Yan frowned and kept shaking her head.

The nature of young people is very strange. Sometimes they can be so kind that it moves heaven and earth, but at the same time, they seem to have some evil in their nature. If such behavior is not stopped in time and they are not guided to be good, it is very likely that they will become a real evil person.

Nan Yan asked, "What happened next?"

Li lowered his head and spoke in a hoarse voice, "Later, when I was eighteen, my parents unfortunately fell ill and passed away. At that time, I knew nothing and only knew how to have fun every day. My relatives not only didn't help me, but they also seized my property and kicked me out."

“…”

"I was so angry that I went to our house every day to make trouble. So they had someone beat me up and threw me out."

“…”

"It was a snowy day. I was lying in the snow, covered in blood and cold all over. I even thought I might bleed to death in the snow."

“…”

"But I didn't die."

“…”

"When I opened my eyes, I saw myself being carried to a dilapidated temple. There was a fire in front of me, and someone cooked a pot of clear porridge and fed it to me."

When Nan Yan thought of this scene, her heart suddenly warmed.

She asked, "Is this person Chu Ping?"

Li Lai was sobbing and unable to speak. Chu Ping said softly, "I didn't know who he was at the time. I just felt that he was still breathing. I was afraid he would freeze to death, so I dragged him to the mountain temple where I lived, warmed him by the fire, and fed him. I took care of him for a while, and he gradually got better."

“…”

"Then I realized that it was an older brother who liked to bully me."

Hearing her calling him "big brother", Nan Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Although Chu Ping has experienced such tragic things, she still maintains a kind heart, which is really rare.

She asked, "What happened next?"

Li Lai finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The two of us depend on each other. At first, when I couldn't move, she would go out to beg for food and bring it back for me. Later, when I could move, she went out to find work on her own and found a way to support us."

“…”

"Even if it makes me a little tired, but she is so good, I don't want her to suffer anymore."

“…”

Although he did not explain what they had experienced during those days of mutual support, it was conceivable that Li Lai's heart must have softened after being treated so tenderly, so he was willing to cheer up for Chu Ping.

Li Lai continued, "Gradually, our lives improved, and we even built up some wealth. I planned to marry her, but when I asked her why she had lost both eyes, I realized she had been hurt by her own family!"

Having said that, he gritted his teeth.

Nan Yan immediately saw deep hatred on his face.

It can be imagined that Li Lai was a rich young man who was plotted against by his relatives and eventually ended up on the streets and almost died. He was very disgusted by the fact that blood-related relatives would murder and plot against each other. Unexpectedly, even Chu Ping was like this and was hurt by her own relatives.

He himself could swallow that breath, but he could not swallow the grievances that Chu Ping suffered.

Nan Yan said: "So, you want to seek revenge?"

“…”

"You used the alias Jiang Qu and deliberately approached Chu Xin, Chu Xin, just to help her get justice?"

Li Lai said: "Not bad!"

“…”

"I dug out her eyes to let her know how painful it is to have your eyes gouged out!"

“…”

"After digging out those eyes, I found a doctor and wanted to give them to Chu Ping so that she could see again. Unfortunately -"

“…”

"We have consulted many doctors, and although we were able to give her these eyes, restoring her sight is impossible."

“…”

"But no matter what, this is fine."

“…”

"Seeing that she is doing well, I feel relieved."

Nan Yan sighed.

Everything has cause and effect, and this can be considered the retribution for one's original intention.

She glanced at Zhu Feng. No wonder Zhu Feng disliked Chu Xin from the beginning, thinking that she was selfish, domineering, and cruel. Now it seems that he was right about her.

At this time, Zhu Feng asked seriously, "Since you have done all this, and your revenge has been taken, and the grudge has been settled, why did you come here to help these bandits and abet their evil deeds?"

As soon as he heard him speak, Li Lai's face turned pale again.

He knelt on the ground in terror and said, "Your Majesty, spare my life!"