Chapter 3161 Sachet

After hearing this, Shi Tianlu's face became slightly heavy and he said, "Don't say that."

“…”

"She may not really be dead."

“…”

Nan Yan didn't say anything, just looked at Shi Tianlu. After a long while, she said in an incredulous tone, "You, what did you say?"

Shi Tianlu also looked at her and said seriously, word by word, "I say, she may not really be dead."

Nan Yan didn't know whether to refute him or be surprised by the news. Unable to react, she appeared very calm and said to Shi Tianlu, "Why do you say that?"

“…”

"Do you have evidence? Or—"

At this point, without waiting for Shi Tianlu to say anything, she shook her head again, as if trying to convince herself, and said, "No, you can't have any evidence. Even when you said I was their daughter, you had no evidence at all. It was just your own guess."

When Shi Tianlu heard this, he was not angry.

He just said calmly: "This time, I am afraid I really have evidence."

“……!”

Nan Yan stared at him with wide eyes. After a long moment, she finally managed to catch her breath when she spoke again. However, her voice was still trembling with excitement. "Evidence? What evidence do you have? How can you prove that she's still alive?"

From the moment she began to doubt her own life experience and from the moment she investigated the relationship between Si Boyan and Qin Xixi, Nan Yan accepted the fact that they were dead. It was not because she wanted them to die, but because they had disappeared for so many years and had such a close relationship with her. If it were not for their death, she would have no way to explain why they were missing from her life for so many years.

I am also more afraid. I hold on to the hope that they are still alive, but what I have to face is the tragic fact that they have already passed away.

Therefore, a pattern has been formed in her mind.

But now, someone suddenly told her that they might still be alive.

Moreover, there is evidence.

Nan Yan felt her feet go limp, as if she were stepping on clouds. In fact, the sky was already darker than before, and the mist over Xingluo Lake was thicker. Gradually, some of the mist was carried by the wind to the top of the mountain, blowing across the lush green grass at her feet, creating waves of green. She felt as if she were truly floating in a vast, unsettled ocean.

Nan Yan asked again: "What evidence are you talking about?"

Seeing Nan Yan's rare loss of composure, Shi Tianlu sighed lightly, reached out and took out something from his arms, put it in his palm and held it in front of her.

"That's it."

After just one glance, without even looking closely, Nan Yan suddenly felt a buzzing in her head, as if a bolt of thunder had struck her whole body, shattering her into pieces.

In Shi Tianlu's palm was a small sachet.

sachet.

Among the relics left by the late Queen Chen, there was also such a small sachet. Zhu Feng took it out separately and discovered that the spice inside was benzoin, which was impossible to appear in the country of Yan under the rule of Emperor Gao.

Nan Yan took a breath and said, "I, I can take a look."

Shi Tianlu said: "I took it out just to show you."

Nan Yan stretched out her trembling hand and gently picked up the sachet. As soon as she touched it, she knew that it was exactly the same as the one in Zhu Feng's hand. The fabric and pattern were exactly the same. When she took it in her palm and looked at it carefully, even the workmanship and stitching were exactly the same.

He put it to his nose and took a deep breath.

Although this sachet was well preserved, the edges and corners had been worn out a lot. It had been at least ten or twenty years old, and the fragrance had become very faint. However, because she had long explored this kind of spice and was very sensitive to its smell, she recognized it at the first smell.

Benzoin.

Benzoin again.

When Nan Yan raised her head, the corners of her eyes were red: "This is——"

Shi Tianlu said, "This was given to me during the Xingluo Lake War."

"Who is it?"

"I'd like to find out, but it's been passed around so many times. Plus, after that year, we stayed in Xingluo Lake and never left again. So, there's no way to find out who sent this sachet to me, and where it came from."

Nan Yan sighed with some regret.

And Shi Tianlu said: "But, I have a feeling."

“…”

"This sachet was made by her."

“…”

"She had someone bring it back to me. It's something she left for me."

“…”

"So I believe she is still alive!"

Nan Yan looked at him with a look of certainty, just like before, he was certain that she must be the daughter of Si Boyan and Qin Xixi. There was no reason, no need for evidence, as long as he was sure, it must be her.

It would be nice if that were true.

However, Nan Yan knew very well that the Battle of Xingluo Lake began in the third year after Emperor Gao and Luo Xingwen drove the cavalry of the Neng State out of the territory of the Yan State. In that year, the monument of Concubine Qin had been erected here for three years.

Was it really the sachet made by Qin Xixi that was sent back?

Or, was this sachet already made, and it took three years to reach him?

No one can explain it clearly.

Nan Yan couldn't believe it. It wasn't that she didn't want to believe that she was still alive, but she was afraid that once the flame of hope ignited in her heart, the cruel reality would pour a bucket of cold water on her and completely extinguish it.

After all, almost thirty years have passed.

If she is still alive, why is there no news from her?

At this moment, footsteps were heard not far away. Shi Tianlu immediately raised his head alertly and saw two figures faintly appearing in the diffuse mist. It was Ruoshui and Yuntong walking towards them. As they walked, they asked, "Madam? Madam, are you here?"

Nan Yan was about to speak to stop them from coming over when Shi Tianlu said, "I came here this time just to see her and you. Now that I've told you this, I have no regrets."

Upon hearing this, Nan Yan immediately frowned: "Old man..."

Shi Tianlu smiled.

"You can rest assured. I'm already this old man, I can't do much, nor do I want to do anything anymore. She is the only thing that has been on my mind all these years. Now that I've told you, I'm going to let go of this worry."

Hearing these words that seemed to express relief but were filled with immense sadness, Nan Yan couldn't help but frown.

"Old man, you want to -"

At this time, Ruoshui and the others were getting closer and closer, and asked in confusion: "My Lady, who are you talking to?"