Chapter 183 I was scared to death
"A Li will be in trouble, is it because I want to 'come back'?"
She was thinking in the tower, if her resurrection was not accidental, then what about Ah Li's death? If Ah Li died because of her, then she must do everything she can to return this life.
Even though Ah Li was saved by her back then, saving him was her spontaneous act, which does not mean that she can take Ah Li's life at will.
Wu Jue was stunned, then he understood what she meant, and waved his hands, "How could it be... Although this formation is taboo, it is not an evil spell that exchanges lives for lives. Otherwise, how could I, the one who set up the formation, only know that you are Your Highness now?"
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "As for the fate of Ah Li... Your Highness, do you still remember how you saved her back then?"
Chang Suining nodded: "I remember."
She said: "At that time, a maid found you and asked you to rescue her wife and little girl. It snowed heavily that night. When you rushed there, you first found the woman's body, but the child was nowhere to be found..."
"At that time, I cast a divination, and the divination showed that the child was about to die, and had no hope of survival... It was Your Highness who refused to give up and found her and saved her before the last ray of hope disappeared."
"At that time, His Highness temporarily changed her fate, but it is difficult to get rid of the calamity in her fate. Over the years, I have been secretly helping her avoid disaster. Old Chang did not dare to let her practice martial arts before because of this concern. This child did not want to go out and did not like to interact with others. I let her do whatever she wanted. She just wanted to seek a stable life. However, after all the precautions, she still..."
"The matter of Hezhou should be over, it is really difficult to continue..."
Wu Jue finally sighed and said, "I just never thought that the bond between this child and Your Highness would be so deep... This time, perhaps she found Your Highness in the dark, just like Your Highness brought her back that year."
Thinking of the little girl's once lovely face, Chang Suining said in a low voice, "I want to thank her."
Wu Jue let out a long sigh.
"Before this, I really never thought that you would wake up in Xiao A Li's body. The formation originally showed that your chance of survival should be in the person of the Ming and Li families who is related to you by blood..."
As Wu Jue spoke, he could not help but think of the past incident in which His Highness ordered people to secretly erase all traces of the child's origins after finding the person...
Wu Jue looked at the person in front of him and asked subconsciously: "Your Highness, what about Xiao A Li...?"
Chang Suining was silent for a moment before he said, "Ali and I do have some relationship."
It was no coincidence that the maid chose to ask her for help.
From the very beginning, she knew A Li's identity, so she treated him with extra care. Before leaving for Beidi, she specifically instructed Chang Kuo and the others to treat him well.
Wu Jue got this answer and did not ask any further questions. He just said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. If you don't want others to know Ah Li's identity, I will do my best not to arouse the Saint's suspicion."
Chang Suining nodded to him.
"Your Highness, please do not overthink it." Wu Jue's red eyes were filled with respect and kindness, and he spoke slowly and gently, "I assure you that this formation has never brought you back at the cost of harming innocent people. I know your character, so how could I dare to be so generous as to use other people's lives to exchange for yours?"
"Otherwise, I'm afraid that when you come back, the first thing you'll do is chop at my subordinates!"
"Wrong, I'm going to chop myself first." Chang Suining said, looking down at his arm: "Then what's going on?"
“My subordinates are different.” Wu Jue said with a smile: “This was left behind when the formation was set up. I am the one who set up the formation.”
He smiled and said, "He is also a willing person."
Since he did it willingly and it was his own choice, he is not among the innocent people, so it cannot be considered as harming any innocent person.
Chang Suining looked at the scars on his arm and lowered his voice: "Is that all?"
This is something that can be seen. What else can be seen as a price? "If you didn't die when setting up the formation, you won't die at that time." Wu Jue said with a smile, "It's just that you are unlucky."
Chang Suining was half-believing and half-doubting: "Really?"
Wu Jue looked at her with a smile: "When did I ever lie to you?"
This bad luck is nothing more than being trapped by disasters and not having a good end.
As long as His Highness can come back, none of this is worth mentioning to him.
Since it is not worth mentioning, there is no need to mention it further.
Anyway, using these scars to play the victim for the rest of his life is enough to make His Highness love and favor him. There is no need for anything more.
Chang Suining didn't know whether he believed his words or not. At this moment, he took out the ring, handed it back to him, and said, "Take it well and never leave it with you in the future."
"Yes I have to bring it with me. I haven't carried it with me these days, and I fell and hit the ground yesterday." Wu Jue put the ring away, feeling a little emotional.
When his master gave him this item, he probably predicted that he would end up like this.
This item can ward off disasters, but because he set up this forbidden formation, he is destined to be plagued by disasters throughout his life.
"If your Highness has any questions, please ask me. Xiao Sui'an is guarding outside now, so there is no need to rush out. I don't know when we will have the next chance to talk alone." Wu Jue said with a smile.
Chang Suining naturally had more questions to ask.
For example, the remaining question.
But she instinctively wanted to escape. If the answer to the question was not what she wanted to hear, she was afraid she would not know how to face it.
This evasion made her evade the main point and ask some other questions casually: "Can this resurrection technique be used by everyone after death?"
Wu Jue shook his head: "Of course not, otherwise wouldn't the world be in chaos?"
"Then why can I?"
"It is difficult to explain the word 'chance'." Wu Jue said, "Although this formation is a forbidden method, since it exists between heaven and earth, it cannot escape the cause and effect of chance. Perhaps it is because of your previous practice of transformation that you have gained this ray of hope... Only one person with such good fortune can appear in a hundred years."
Chang Suining understood: "According to this statement, I have accumulated a lot of merits in the past?"
Wu Jue smiled and said, “Perhaps you can understand it this way.”
"I have always thought that I have committed many sins and that I will never be blessed by God." Chang Suining sighed, "Now I know that God has been kind to me."
Then he looked at Wu Jue and said, "But compared to God's will, I should thank you more."
Wu Jue pressed the corners of his eyes, which were no longer wet, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "A gentleman will die for his friend... As long as Your Highness understands my feelings, that's enough."
Chang Suining patted his shoulder sympathetically: "I understand. I understand very well."
She then said, "I have something I want you to do."
"Just give your orders, Your Highness."
"I have always wanted to arrange a funeral for Ah Li privately, but I don't know how to do it properly." Chang Suining said, "I have avenged her. If she is willing, she can be reborn with me in the next life, and I will protect her well. If she is not willing, she can be reborn in a wealthy and happy family with both parents, and live a peaceful life."
Wu Jue sighed lightly and nodded: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will leave this matter to you..."
After explaining this matter, Chang Suining asked again: "Besides you and Cui Jing, who else knows that I have returned?"
Wu Jue said: "There is no third person for the time being."
"Then the Queen is indeed just suspecting and testing, and does not know the truth yet, right?" Chang Suining looked at him.
After tomorrow?
Wu Jue was startled when he heard this title, but he quickly nodded: "Yes, the Saint ordered Your Highness to enter the tower to pray for blessings this time just to test you... I didn't know what Your Highness was thinking, so I didn't dare to tell the Saint."
Now it seems that his choice was right.
"Since she knows about the existence of this formation, then..." Chang Suining hesitated for a moment, and decided to ask the second question -
Escaping will not solve the problem.
"Then is she related to this formation?" She asked, "I mean, was this resurrection formation her idea? What did she do for it?"
Wu Jue shook his head and explained the whole story to her: "…Old Meng originally found this secret technique in the Western Regions and brought it back to me. However, the Saint accidentally learned about it, and it was impossible to hide it anymore, so this Heavenly Maiden Tower was built."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the girl in front of him heaved a sigh of relief.
"I was scared to death," she said.
Wu Jue: “?”
Chang Suining exhaled: "I feel like I owe her one more time."
She also thought that this life was given to her by the other party.
This will become a fate that cannot be severed or shaken off.
Wu Jue seemed to understand, but he followed her words and said, "This secret technique was discovered by Old Meng, and the formation was set up by my subordinates..."
Speaking of setting up his own formation, Wu Jue looked at his arm again. Alas, a gentleman will die for his friend.
Chang Suining patted his shoulder again in response of approval.
Wu Jue then continued, "As for the money used to build Dayun Temple and Tiannu Pagoda, most of it came from Dengtai Tower, so it can be considered as your own money... In the final analysis, this is all the effort of our Xuan Ce Mansion, and the credit has not gone to outsiders. Your Highness, just rest assured and accept this life."
Chang Suining sat on the ground, his hands resting casually on his sides, and he visibly relaxed. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll keep it then."
Wu Jue had been listening all the way until now, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Between you and the Saint..."
"I have nothing to do with her anymore." Chang Suining said, "I am Chang Suining now and I will be in the future."
The girl's tone was casual, but Wu Jue still felt the silent determination; it didn't sound like a child's temper.
And he just said: "I understand, don't worry."
"Tell me what the queen knows and what she doesn't know, and why she suspects me." Chang Suining said.
Only by understanding clearly can we be prepared, and avoid being like this time when we came to Dayun Temple, where we knew nothing and could only grope our way around and take one step at a time.
Wu Jue told her everything one by one, and emphasized that the reason why the Emperor of the Holy Ce became suspicious was because of the reminder from the Heavenly Mirror.
"…This time it's all his fault. He almost exposed your identity!"
Chang Suining thought for a moment and said, "From this we can see that this person is indeed very capable."
Wu Jue stared at him and said, "But this time I have set up the most amazing formation in the world!"
As he spoke, he raised his arm again, "A gentleman is a friend to his friends..."
"Of course." Chang Suining interrupted him in time: "You are still the best. I feel at ease with you."
Wu Jue was satisfied and relaxed, and continued: "According to Grand Commander Cui, the Saint also sent people to investigate your affairs in Hezhou, but fortunately, that Minister Wei helped you conceal it."
"Wei Shuyi?"
Chang Suining was a little surprised.
Wei Shuyi didn't know her secret, but as an outsider he was able to help her hide the secret from the Holy Ce Emperor. This shows his loyalty and his intelligence.
She had only known the latter before.
Thinking of the word "secret", Chang Suining said, "We still don't know about it even after it's revealed. To prevent it from leaking out and causing complications, the fewer people who know about it, the better. Don't let more people know about it for the time being."
Wu Jue understood and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I'm keeping my mouth shut."
He added: "There is no need to worry about General Cui, since we are all family members on the same boat."
Seeing that he looked so confident, Chang Suining couldn't help but ask, "Did you reach any consensus or agreement with him secretly?"
Wu Jue was at a loss: "I don't have any."
Chang Suining was even more confused than him: "Then why do you trust him so much?"
Wu Jue: "Isn't it because he loves you and has his heart set on you?"
Chang Suining: “…”
Wu Jue: "At that Hibiscus Flower Banquet—"
Chang Suining: "I acted."
Wu Jue widened his eyes in shock: "...No way?"
"You've performed it in front of me?" He said in disbelief, "You've performed it in the dark passage!"
"..." Chang Suining wanted to say that the two were close friends who would stick together through thick and thin, but when the words came to his lips, he blinked and somehow couldn't say it out.
She just confirmed it and asked, "So, he really helped me destroy the center of the formation?"
"That's him." Wu Jue told the story of his secret conversation with Cui Jing here that night.
It was Cui Jing who suggested breaking the formation, and it was also Cui Jing who volunteered to go.
"...That formation was a death formation, very insidious, and I couldn't shut it down either, so I had to give him the formation diagram and let him break it." Wu Jue said thankfully, "But when I thought about it later, I think I made a mistake in drawing one part. After all, it's been more than ten years... Fortunately, everything went according to plan."
Chang Suining: ...
She seemed to know why Cui Jing was injured.
She asked, "Is he seriously injured?"
"General Cui was injured?" Wu Jue was surprised: "Is it serious?"
Hearing this rhetorical question, Chang Suining said: "...Do you want to recall what I asked you just now?"
Wu Jue recalled and said, "Oh," "He never came to see me again after that. I didn't know he was injured... But I think it must be serious. The formation is really hard to break through. Ordinary people can't even get close to it alive, let alone break it."
Thinking of the injured man who was still on his way to the dangerous place, Chang Suining couldn't help but be distracted.
"Did you set the fire that day?"
Wu Jue's voice brought Chang Suining back to her senses. She nodded and said, "I did it."
"Why did you set the fire? To break the formation?"
Chang Suining: "What else?"
"You know a few coins about formations, and you dare to break into such a death formation?" Wu Jue began to question him: "You suspected me before, and it would be fine if you didn't take the ring given to you, but when we were in the tower, I beat the wooden fish for you to hint! You can see that I am not on the side of the saint. If the formation can be broken, I will find a way to break it. Can't you just wait? Why do you have to take the risk yourself?"
"Of course I saw at that time that you were not Ming Hou's person." Chang Suining said, "But what if you were someone else's?"
Wu Jue: “……!”
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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