"Aji, what's wrong? What happened?"
Aunt Liu was startled by Xie Ji's appearance.
She hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to support him.
When her hand touched Xie Ji's body, Aunt Liu was shocked to find that her son was trembling.
A fine layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Dead! They're all dead!"
Xie Ji seemed to still be in a daze from being frightened, unconsciously shouting.
"Dead? Who died?"
Aunt Liu was both surprised and frightened. She grabbed Xie Ji's hand and asked anxiously, "Ji, what happened?"
"Did you hear something? Or saw something?"
Is this a shady business?
Specializing in murder and robbery?
And his own son was frightened because he saw or heard something by accident?
Thinking this, Aunt Liu was terrified.
Black market shops, murders—these are stories only found in folk tales. How did I end up running into one myself?
Waaah, I hope they won't die here, mother and son.
The more Aunt Liu thought about it, the more frightened she became, and her body couldn't help but tremble.
"Xie Ze! Xie Ze is dead! And his entire family, old and young, are all dead!"
Aunt Liu gripped Xie Ji's hand very tightly, and Xie Ji felt pain from the grip.
The pain jolted him awake. He looked up at Aunt Liu and said in a trembling voice, "I... I just went to the stables in the backyard and happened to run into two people who had escaped from Lingnan."
"They, they are from the Cui family. They happened to run into the troops that Xie Ze sent to escort us. The two sides seemed to recognize each other's family insignia and started chatting."
"They mentioned Xie Ze—"
When Xie Ji said the name "Xie Ze", his pupils contracted again.
His mouth was dry, and he swallowed hard before continuing, "They said that Xie Ze was cooperating with the Cui family to attack the Yue Prince's Mansion."
"Attack the Prince's Palace? They're insane!!"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Liu instinctively cursed.
Even she, a woman, knew that the King of Yue was powerful and was a prince appointed by the imperial court.
As for Xie Ze, he is now just a minor official of the seventh rank, and Cui Boyong or Cui Zhongyong is a corrupt official and traitor recognized by the court.
Xie Ze, however, got involved with the remnants of the Cui family and even went to provoke the Yue Prince's Mansion.
Xie Ze, is he tired of living?
"Mother, the most important thing right now is not to discuss whether Xie Ze has gone mad!"
Xie Ji became somewhat impatient when he saw that his own mother had not grasped the key point.
He growled, then said with fear in his voice, "Yuezhou is terrifying! Officials are always rushing to attack the Prince's residence."
"And the Prince's Mansion didn't hold back either, they simply wiped out the entire family of the dignified county magistrate!"
Killing people is as casual as killing chickens.
Where do they place the law?
Lingnan was already remote and wild, and now it is also described as "lawless".
Xie Ji, who had still harbored some illusions, was so frightened that he lost his mind!
"Go back! Let's go back right now!"
Xie Ji grabbed Aunt Liu's wrist, his eyes bloodshot, his voice a mixture of fear and madness: "We're not going to Lingnan! We're not going to find Xie Yuan!"
That guy is a real menace.
They can kill someone whenever they want, and wipe out an entire family whenever they wish.
That's terrifying!
Xie Ji is now so terrified that he trembles all over at the mere thought of Xie Yuan that he would not even consider going to seek refuge with him.
"Not going to Lingnan? How can that be?"
Aunt Liu didn't react for a moment, only annoyed by her son's lack of ambition.
They've already covered half the distance of thousands of miles, and now they want to give up?
This won't do.
"Why not?"
After Xie Ji said he wouldn't go to Lingnan, he seemed to have gained some courage.
He was able to think clearly, and then he reminded Aunt Liu, "Mother, Xie Ze is dead! Can his promises still stand?"
The main reason Xie Ji went to Lingnan to "join" Xie Yuan was because of Xie Ji's promise—to be included in the Xie family genealogy!
But now that Xie Ze and his entire family are all dead, the head of the Xie family will definitely have to be replaced.
No one was willing to keep the promises made by the former clan chief.
"..."
Aunt Liu was taken aback for a moment, but then she realized what was happening.
yes!
Xie Ze is dead.
The clan chief who could "take charge" for them, mother and son, is gone!
However, Aunt Liu was ultimately unwilling to give up.
She tried to think it through, and then said somewhat wishfully, "Even if Xie Ze is dead, you are still Xie Yuan's brother."
“You share the same father as her, so if we’re talking about blood relations, you’re actually her older brother.”
The eldest brother is like a father.
All the adult males in their branch had died, leaving only Xie Ji.
Aunt Liu projected her own experience onto others, thinking that if she were Xie Yuan, she would definitely want someone from her family who could help her.
Xie Ji was mediocre, neither good at literature nor at martial arts.
But he's an adult, after all. A grown man standing there always gives her some confidence!
In Aunt Liu's mind, a woman without the help of her own family would definitely be bullied in her husband's family.
Yes, Xie Yuan also has a younger brother who shares the same parents.
But Xie Zhen, that little brat, is only five years old this year and can't help her at all.
On the contrary, they need her care.
A woman, getting married while still having her younger brother, a burden she can't bear.
In other words, the King of Yue went to his fiefdom and did not stay in the capital.
Otherwise, both Empress Ashina and Consort Xiao, his mothers-in-law, would disapprove and find fault with Xie Yuan.
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