Chapter 87 Does it hurt? I can only protect you if you stay by my side...

"But if you want to see what's inside, just tell me directly and I'll get it for you. Why would you have to go there in the rain and get yourself in this state?"

Zhou Youlan actually wanted to ask Wei Wei why he vomited blood, but it seemed that mentioning Wei Wei would make him angry, so he held back and could only ask indirectly.

"I actually saw that thing when I was a kid, but it was covered in ancient characters, and I couldn't quite understand them. I only roughly grasped the meaning."

Zhou Youguan observed Wei Wei's expression as he spoke. "It seems that one of our Zhou family's ancestors was a prime minister, but he misbehaved and wronged many people. Feeling guilty, he requested to be removed from the family tree. Later, he apparently committed suicide at the grave of the person he had wronged."

Wei Wei had not expected such a sequel. He thought from the information he had read online that Zhou Zheng might have been murdered by Xiao Chengyun after he resigned from his official position, or that Zhou Zheng himself might have wandered in the mountains and died in a foreign land at some point, leaving behind only an unknown monument. However, he did not expect that Zhou Zheng actually committed suicide in front of his father's grave.

"When I was just beginning to understand things, I was incredibly curious about what was inside the wooden box in the ancestral hall. Why did everyone in my family keep it so carefully, and why didn't anyone else see it? So one day, I couldn't resist my curiosity and secretly opened the box. At the time, I couldn't really understand the words inside, so I just pieced them together based on my guesses. Later, my father found out and gave me a severe beating. That was the worst beating my father had ever given me. It left me with bruises and blisters that took days to heal."

"Later, when I grew up, I went to see it again, when my father was not at home, but I still didn't quite understand it. However, I always felt that since it was a confession of guilt, it was passed down to warn future generations, so why should it be enshrined? Shouldn't it be hidden?"

Zhou Youguan shook his head. "But I don't think the Zhou family would dare to hand this thing over to the country. Otherwise, they would be condemned by those history students and be humiliated."

"Hasn't he already asked to be removed from the family tree? That has nothing to do with you then."

Zhou Youguan shrugged. "It doesn't matter whether it matters or not. It's been so many generations. There are still people in the Zhou family who keep a nameless tablet for him. I guess they feel sorry for him."

Wei Wei said nothing more. Indeed, Zhou Zheng never married in his life and had no direct descendants. To this day, the Zhou family was only a side branch of Zhou Zheng and had no connection at all.

A sudden warmth touched his brow, and Wei Wei slowly raised his eyes. Zhou Youxuan's face, leaning very close to his, was filled with tenderness. His fingertips gently rubbed his brows and stretched them to the sides, trying to soothe all his worries. The faint scent of Zhou Youxuan's perfume emanated from his palm, and even though it was so close, he didn't feel any resistance.

"So, A'an, can you tell me why that confession makes you so angry?"

Zhou Youxuan was not a fool. Since he had seen that thing, even if he didn't understand it when he was a child, he would naturally understand it when he grew up. What's more, the word "Wei" also appeared on the bamboo slips.

Wei Wei’s surname is also Wei, so is there any connection between them?

Wei Wei's reaction today gave Zhou Youlan a strong premonition that perhaps the Wei family mentioned in the letter of guilt was Wei Wei's ancestor.

Could it be that their two families were enemies for generations?

In just a moment, Zhou Youguan's mind was already full of a lot of bloody hatred dramas. He wondered what would happen if Wei Wei remembered the feud between their ancestors and hated him too?

"Zhou Youguan." Wei Wei pulled Zhou Youguan's hand down and stroked his forehead. "I'm not from here."

Zhou Youguan frowned in confusion, "I know, you came down from the mountains, you're not a local."

"I'm from Daqi."

"Da Qi, Da, what is Da Qi..." Zhou Youguan paused, staring at Wei Wei blankly, looking at his long hair that was never cut short, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.

"You, you mean, the Great Qi Dynasty that was destroyed almost a thousand years ago? Ancient times?"

Wei Wei nodded slightly.

Zhou Youguan took a few steps back. Wei Wei thought he was frightened and couldn't help feeling lost.

However, Zhou Youguan hurriedly got up and locked the bedroom door, and by the way, he looked outside to see if anyone was listening.

In fact, Zhou Youlan was not particularly shocked. He really did not expect to hear Wei Wei's confession. However, since he met Wei Wei, Wei Wei seemed different from the people around him.

Last time on the show, when Wei Wei was injured and unconscious, he changed Wei Wei's clothes. Although he closed his eyes, he still accidentally saw the place that Wei Wei didn't want others to see.

At that time, he was extremely surprised and distressed. He thought that Wei Wei might have been born with a disease, which was why his body was defective.

But now we know where Wei Wei came from. In ancient times, only eunuchs would be subjected to such punishment, so Wei Wei...

"I was injured during an assassination mission and accidentally came to this era. Your father saved me, so I stayed by his side and worked for him."

In fact, after telling Zhou Youlan that he was from Daqi, Wei Wei felt regretful the moment Zhou Youlan took a few steps back.

He regretted revealing this secret that concerned his safety to Zhou Youlan. He was not an impulsive person and did not trust anyone easily, but when faced with Zhou Youlan who treated him so wholeheartedly, he could not be completely on guard.

He thought that if one day the people here discovered that he was an ancient man who traveled through time from thousands of years ago, they would probably think that he was an alien and would capture him for research as Wang Ren said. But by that time, perhaps only Zhou Youlan would do everything he could to keep him behind him.

He would not be easily moved by a few words and lose his mind, but Zhou Youlan was one of the few people with a pure heart he had ever met. Anyone would plot to harm him, but Zhou Youlan would not.

So even when he knew that his identity would be exposed and that Zhou Youlan would know his identity as a eunuch, which he didn't want to talk about but couldn't, he still confessed his origins to Zhou Youlan.

"I am Wei Wei, the governor of the Western Depot of the Great Qi Dynasty."

"Does it hurt a lot?" Zhou Youxuan's voice was a little deep. Wei Wei was already feeling unwell and his cheeks were pale. This fragile look made Zhou Youxuan's eyes misty. "It must hurt a lot."

In that feudal era, unless one was born poor and had no other choice, one would not become a eunuch even if he had to be a slave for a wealthy family. But if Wei Wei came from a prominent family, he would not become a eunuch unless his family fell into decline or he was convicted. In ancient times, this was a great shame.

Zhou Youxuan looked at Wei Wei's bloodless lips. Wei Wei was so thin, suffered such great hardships, endured such disgusting sufferings, and suffered so much grievances.

His heart felt like it was being crushed and was aching.

Watching Zhou Youguan silently shedding tears, Wei Wei opened his lips slightly, but didn't know what to say.

He thought Zhou Youguan would be curious about his experience here, whether it was like those strange stories, with some time tunnel or wormhole suddenly sucking in, what kind of strange and bizarre process of traveling through time was, or what Daqi was like, and whether it was completely different from here...

But he didn't expect that Zhou Youlan would ask him if it hurt.

When Wang Ren learned of his identity, he was excited about the incredible secret and secretly proud of having obtained something that could not be told. He even wanted to use it as a threat to send him to some institution as a research subject. However, Zhou Youlan was afraid that someone would hear about his background and say something that would be detrimental to him, so he was concerned about whether he would be in pain.

Wei Wei found it difficult to speak, so he remained silent.

It's not like he would with other people, because revealing this scar would insult his self-esteem and make fun of him, so he chose to keep silent, but he couldn't talk about his private parts with Zhou Youguan, because it was shy for two men to talk about these things.

"Did that fool ancestor of our Zhou family harm you?"

Otherwise, Zhou Youlan couldn't figure out why Wei Wei was so angry that he vomited blood after seeing Zhou Zheng's confession, unless the incident happened to Wei Wei himself.

Unjust case, extermination of the whole family, impeachment by Zhou Zheng, wasn't it the brainless ancestor of their Zhou family who caused Wei Wei to become like this?

"Fuck." Zhou Youguan cursed inwardly, "How did he pass the imperial examination and become an official? What an idiot he is."

Wei Wei: "...He is also considered a member of your Zhou family."

Or your ancestors.

"So what? He did something wrong and I can't scold him. I don't care how many generations of my ancestors he is."

Wei Wei chuckled: "It's treasonous."

Zhou Zheng has such a gentle personality, yet their family actually produced a traitor like Zhou Youlan.

"Ah'an," Zhou Youguan squatted down, holding Wei'an's arm and said solemnly, "Your life story must not be known to others. Also, you have to stay by my side, always by my side."

"I can only protect you if you stay by my side."

If Wei Wei were to be discovered to be not from this world, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"I'm sorry, A'an. Zhou caused you to lose your family and suffer so much."

Wei Wei lowered his eyes, "Fortunately, after coming here, I finally know who caused the destruction of the Wei family."

Zhou Youlan didn't know how to comfort Wei Wei. He shouldn't have said anything. It was the debt owed by their Zhou family. What right did he have to tell Wei Wei not to be sad or let it go?

He didn't even dare to think about the great injustice Wei Wei had suffered, and what kind of abuse he had endured afterwards. That was why he was always worried and unhappy, and why he couldn't sleep well every night and was haunted by nightmares. He had lost his loved ones and his dignity.

"Ah'an, you came here unexpectedly. So, will you leave suddenly too?"

Wei Wei was going to leave. After seeing Zhou Zheng's confession of guilt, his desire to return to Daqi became even stronger and more anxious.

If Xiao Chengyun were to sit on the throne for one more day, he would be doing a disservice to the Wei family and the 80,000 soldiers.

He must return to Daqi, no matter what means or cost.

He wanted to cut Xiao Chengyun into pieces with his sword, using the blood of the tyrant emperor as a sacrifice to tens of thousands of innocent souls.