Liu Wei stared at Zhao Zhong for a while, but then let him go.

The culprit was Empress Dowager Dong!

"Tell me who else participated in the massacre of the village!"

Zhao Zhong was surprised that Liu Wei would let him go. He muttered, "And Xia Yun and Guo Sheng too!"

"After they served Empress Dowager Dong, they were to be silenced. In desperation, they agreed to enter the palace as eunuchs, which saved their lives."

Liu Wei: "Alright, I've got it. I will definitely use their heads to pay tribute to my deceased mother and those who protected me."

Do you know where my birth mother is buried?

"He was buried with the baby outside Niujiazhuang in Zhuojun County. A kind-hearted person surnamed Liu helped with the burial."

"A kind person surnamed Liu? Do you have their name?"

"Your Highness, this old servant has no idea about this person, but he claims to be a descendant of Prince Jing of Zhongshan!"

Zhao Zhong tried hard to recall, "It was precisely because he was a descendant of royalty that we dared not offend him, which allowed the prince's birth mother to have a place to be buried."

What!

Could this person be Liu Bei, the straw sandal seller, after Prince Jing of Zhongshan?

Liu Wei never expected that he and Liu Bei had such a connection.

"If I meet you again someday, I will be very grateful."

In this desolate and chaotic world, where people are treated like dogs, it is rare to find so many kind-hearted people.

The stranger who brought news to his mother, Liu Wei's adoptive parents who raised him, the baby who died before he even saw the world, the innocent villagers of Niujiazhuang, and Liu Xuande who helped him bury his mother!

"Stay here for one night, and I'll have them release you. Leave on your own first thing tomorrow morning!"

After speaking to Zhao Zhong with a blank expression, Liu Wei turned and left.

Zhao Zhong was left alone in the secret room, lost in thought.

The next morning, Ding Xiu and his men discovered that Zhao Zhong had bitten his tongue and committed suicide.

Liu Wei remained unmoved after hearing this.

This is the dignity that Zhao Zhong has left for himself, despite his grave sins.