Jiuer's lips trembled slightly as she said, "Does it have anything to do with me?"
Ling Duannian smiled, "Xiao Jiuer is indeed the smartest child in the world."
Jiuer pursed her lips tightly, and suddenly, tears flowed silently.
She is not like her brother, who always has a cold face. No matter what happens, she is proud and never cries.
She knew from a young age that crying can sometimes be a powerful weapon.
I have cried a lot, both fake and real, and I cried with a purpose.
Before, they…she had never cried.
But at this moment, when she heard Ling Duannian mention her father and master again, the softest part of her heart was hit, her nose felt sore, and she could no longer hold back.
Because, even if Ling Duannian didn't say it, after she remembered everything and thought back to these days, some answers in her heart were about to emerge.
Jiuer cried and cried but forced herself to laugh. She looked like a pitiful child who was crying and laughing at the same time.
"I won't cry. I don't want them to see me crying!"
Ling Duannian took out a clean handkerchief and handed it to her, "In that case, wipe it yourself. You're crying like a cat."
The girl couldn't stop crying and tried to laugh, looking very embarrassed.
She almost couldn't breathe and sobbed, "Uncle, why don't you wipe it for me?"
Ling Duannian narrowed her beautiful eyes, raised her hand and knocked her on the head, "Because there are differences between men and women."
"But you are my uncle." The girl said in a tearful voice.
Ling Duannian smiled, "It seems that you have completely woken up and know how to tease people."
"Okay, I think you can guess what I want to say now. In that case, I won't say anything. I'll send you by carriage, and you can cry slowly in the carriage."
After saying this, he really got up and left.
Jiuer grabbed his robe and pulled the handkerchief from his hand.
"Uncle, can't you just comfort me? You're still going too far!"
"Do you need me to coax you?" Ling Duannian asked with a smile after sitting down again.
Jiuer wiped away her tears. Although she couldn't help but let out tears, she was always hard on herself and tried her best to hold them back.
She shook her head, with tears in her eyes.
No need, Murong Jiu never needed it!
However, Ling Duannian patted her back gently and said, "If you really want to cry, let me lend you my uncle's shoulder to cry on."
Jiu Er said proudly, "No way! You will laugh at me in the future!"
Ling Duannian raised the corners of his lips slightly, "Your worry is not unreasonable."
Jiuer looked at him and said softly with a hint of tears in her voice, "Uncle, please speak. I want to hear it."
Ling Duannian was silent for a moment before he said, "Nine years ago, I said goodbye to my elder sister and returned to Lan Country. During the first year, I didn't pay attention to any news about you, Dajing."
"The next year, I received a letter from my elder sister that was sent to Lan Country, telling me that I was going to be an uncle again."
"I knew she was doing well, so I didn't pay attention to your news. Until..."
"Until another year passed, which was the third year after I left Dajing, when you were ten years old. My men accidentally discovered something about your father's unusual whereabouts and reported it to me."
Ling Duannian looked at Jiuer, and Jiuer's fingers subconsciously clenched. She said softly, "But let me tell you, my father went to a country he had never been to before... Cangyu."
Ling Duannian did not laugh at her for asking knowingly. "I thought it was strange, so I asked someone to start investigating. After investigating, I found that the matter was a bit complicated. The more I investigated, the more I found that the matter went back further, and it also brought up the former Saint of the Western Region Saint Church."
"It was so long ago that it can be said that half a year after my sister and you were brought back to the Western Region Holy Church by the former Saint, Lord Murong began to have some people from the Western Region Holy Church secretly look for various little boys..."
However, the Western Region Holy Church has always had the habit of picking up children to raise, and Ling Duannian did not connect this matter with Jiuer at first.
Murong Shuo did not just ask people to look for the little boy in the Western Regions, but in all the countries in the world, no matter big or small, near or far, he asked people to look for him according to his standards.
It's not about abducting everyone, but about having people carefully investigate the various circumstances of those children who meet the requirements, with a focus on their physical conditions.
Just like that, half a year later, Murong Shuo went to Cangyu in person for the first time.
Obviously, what he was looking for was found in Cangyu, a country that had not even appeared in the struggle for hegemony among the nations.
Then, this large-scale search stopped.
When Jiuer was a little over three years old, some of Murong Shuo's trusted elders and apostles of the Holy Church with different abilities began to go to Cangyu one after another.
When Jiuer was four and five years old, Murong Shuo went there in person and stayed for a month each time.
Until Jiu'er was six years old, Murong Shuo set himself on fire...
Then, about half a year after Jiuer’s seventh birthday, people of Changsun Wuji also began to appear in Cangyu.
When Jiuer was ten years old, Changsun Wuji appeared in Cangyu in person for the first time.
When Jiuer was eleven years old, Changsun Wuji went there again in person, and that was the time he was caught by General Duan.
Ling Duannian paused for a moment before continuing, "Lord Murong's medical skills are indeed amazing and beyond the reach of ordinary people. Your physical condition deceived all of us. But he knows deep down that even he can't completely restore you to normal. You are only temporarily back to normal on the surface."
"But it is Lord Murong who has thought of a method that ordinary people would never think of. He has really brought medicine to life. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a genius."
There are not many people in this world that Ling Duannian truly admires, and Murong Shuo is definitely one of them.
"I don't know what method he used, but he left your hope of survival in Cangyu, and also left the so-called 'treasure map', so that people can guide you here at the right time to find your way out."
"And your father..."
Ling Duannian looked outside the carriage with mixed emotions, and suddenly felt ridiculous.
My sister was right to choose Zhangsun Wuji. I was so naive to think that I was the best person in the world who could treat my sister the best.
He curled his lips in a self-deprecating manner, and then continued, "Your father should have looked into some things about Lord Murong, including that he had been to Cangyu. But at that time, he probably didn't investigate it in depth. After all, Lord Murong had been to too many places, many of which were strange. Cangyu was really insignificant and didn't count as anything."
"When the story about the 'treasure map' related to you began to spread, he should have realized that something was wrong. On your seventh birthday, not only did the Lingcheng government office have an incident where it was quietly replaced by spies from another country, but you also 'coincidentally' got the first piece of the treasure map."
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