At this moment, all he wanted was to know the truth about his father's death.
Ning Hongchen suppressed her smile and looked at Mu Zian seriously before asking.
"Some things are better known than unknown."
"explain."
The only response Ning Hongchen received was this cold, single word.
Upon hearing this, Ning Hongchen stopped hiding her thoughts.
After all, she still needs Mu Zi'an's protection right now.
Trading secrecy for one's own safety is a fair and worthwhile deal.
Ning Hongchen looked at Mu Zian and said.
"The battle in which the Duke of Zhenguo died was because someone leaked your father's battle plan, which led to his being surrounded."
"However, your father was a renowned general. Even if he was defeated and surrounded, he still had a chance to survive. But the people behind the scenes hired all the assassins of the Sky Burial in order to completely eliminate your father."
"That battle was indeed very fierce. Mu Zhanying lived up to his reputation as the Duke of Dali, whose name was known throughout the world. The Sky Burial Assassins were almost wiped out. He barely managed to kill him and then disguised the assassination site as an encounter battle, perfectly concealing the traces of the assassination."
"And you know what happened next, so I probably don't need to say more."
As Mu Zian listened to Ning Hongchen's narration, his five fingers involuntarily clenched tighter.
This is the deepest obsession remaining in the depths of this body.
"Who hired you?"
Mu Zian practically gritted his teeth as he uttered those words.
Sensing Mu Zian's almost tangible killing intent, Ning Hongchen spoke without the slightest hesitation.
"This matter is the top secret of the entire Six Burial Hall. Even I only know some scattered information."
"There was more than one employer who hired sky burial, and I only learned about one of the employers by chance."
Suddenly a cold wind blew by, and the candlelight on the table flickered.
Ning Hongchen looked at Mu Zian, whose body was half-hidden in the darkness, and said.
"One of the employers is..."
"The Pei family of Qinghe."
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