He has a mother, the mother who always smiles and cooks sweet-scented osmanthus dumplings for him, the mother who always makes her elder and second brothers give in to him and protects him.
Xu Tianze hated Xu Li, and in the end he also hated Xu Jixue and Xu Shiping, but the only person he never hated was Fan, the mistress of the Xu family, because he had felt the deep maternal love from Fan.
He thought that perhaps Fan didn't know that he was not her biological son, so she treated the three of them equally, and even more often, she asked the other two to be more accommodating to him.
But in the end, Fan also left this world completely because of the Xu family's final decision, and he never felt the genuine maternal love again.
I won't even have the chance to say the word "mother" anymore.
After a long time, Cuizhu pulled the little beggar out and knelt directly in front of Xu Tianze and King Xian.
"I thank His Royal Highness the King and Lord Xu." Cuizhu's voice was sincere and her whole attitude was very humble.
Xu Tianze thought that perhaps the current green bamboo was the real green bamboo. The viciousness at the beginning and the indifference three days ago were just disguises.
"I know you are the most loyal, but your master died because of me. You are desperate and instead of asking the Duke of Zhenguo to find Song Yu, you come to me. What's your meaning?" Xu Tianze lowered his head and looked down at the kneeling Cuizhu, with no intention of asking her to get up.
Cuizhu didn't feel there was anything wrong when she heard what Xu Tianze said. From the moment she was about to come, she knew that she was finally rescued by the Duke of Zhenguo, and she could not hide it from Xu Tianze.
But Cuizhu did not reply immediately, because she still had some things in her hand that could be used to trade with Xu Tianze. If Xu Tianze didn't want to pay attention to her, she would take out the things.
But now that her daughter was by her side, she had completely calmed down and no longer had the initial impulse. It was difficult for her to make up her mind to take out the things and give them to Xu Tianze.
After all, this thing was suspected of being a provocation. She was not deaf or dumb. What Xu Tianze and his men had done recently had spread all over the country, and she was a little confused.
"I have a letter left by the young lady, it's for you, sir." Cuizhu's eyes were a little evasive, but she still took out the letter from her arms, lowered her head and presented it with both hands.
Xu Tianze curled his lips in disdain. After Cuizhu was given hallucinogenic drugs and fell into a coma, Xue Wei gave him the letter. In the end, he found that the contents of the letter were all words of apology, so he asked Xue Wei to put it back.
Now that the letter was about to be handed to him again, he felt a little bored.
But he noticed Cuizhu's hesitation, which meant that the letter was just a lucky charm. Cuizhu must know some other secrets, but they were in her mind, not on paper.
"That's all?" Seeing that Cuizhu didn't listen, Xu Tianze hinted impatiently.
Cuizhu hesitated for a moment, but nodded, indicating that she had nothing more to say.
"Now that you've calmed down completely, you should understand that I only gave you hallucinogenic drugs, not thrown you into a beggar's den."
Seeing that Cuizhu still hadn't reacted, Xu Tianze curled up the corner of his mouth into a faint smile, which made the virtuous king move a small step to the side cautiously, because he knew Xu Tianze was about to start.
"But that illusion was incredibly real. Do you know why?" Xu Tianze saw Cuizhu looking up blankly, and the smile on his face gradually widened. "Because I made that medicine, and that illusion was exactly what I experienced, on the night the Xu family was massacred, in the dilapidated temple you guys threw me into."
Cuizhu had a bad feeling when she saw the strange smile on Xu Tianze's face. When Xu Tianze mentioned words like "personal experience", "the Xu family was massacred", and "the ruined temple", Cuizhu's pupils dilated in fear.
The mere illusion of such a situation where one could neither cry out to heaven nor to earth, and could only allow others to do as they pleased in humiliation, was enough to make her breathless, let alone experiencing it in person.
"I deserve to die, I deserve to die. Lord Xu, please let my daughter go. I am willing to die as an atonement." Cuizhu kowtowed quickly. She kowtowed so hard that her forehead bled, but she did not stop.
When Xu Tianze revealed this secret, Cuizhu knew that she would definitely die, but her daughter was innocent. If she had known this earlier, she would rather go to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion for help than appear in front of Xu Tianze again.
"Death? That's just the easiest way. I just want your daughter to experience the same thing as me, so that I can feel better." The smile on Xu Tianze's face became completely crazy, and his tone was filled with murderous intent.
Although the virtuous king knew that Xu Tianze was only trying to scare Cuizhu, the way he always revealed his own scars first really made the virtuous king feel distressed and helpless.
He remembered that when he first discovered that Xu Tianze liked to use this method, he called him a madman, a pitiful person who was trying to attract attention, and a fool who hurt the enemy by 800 and himself by 1,000.
But even so, Xu Tianze still likes to use this method. Even if he is disgusted or even ignores Xu Tianze for a long time, Xu Tianze still does not change.
In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore and asked Xu Tianze why he did this. Xu Tianze's answer at that time made him still afraid to face it.
"Are you disgusted by the me who talks about the past, or the dirty me? Telling about your misfortunes over and over again, everyone will sympathize with you at first, but in the end, everyone will get tired of you."
Xu Tianze raised his head and sighed, then looked back at the virtuous king, his eyes deep and empty. "But I can't get over it. Since then, all my nights have been filled with nightmares, and all of them are just a repetition of that night."
"At first, I would wake up in shock and sit there until dawn. Later, even waking up in the middle of the night would just turn over and go back to sleep, continuing the nightmare. Do you think I've forgotten? No, I've just become numb."
"So I thought, if I talk too much, I'll eventually become numb, just like speaking again, but I can't do it~"
After hearing what Xu Tianze said, the wise king wanted to give Xu Tianze a hug, but Xu Tianze dodged him directly. He turned around and left, but there was an indelible darkness on his back.
Since then, the virtuous king never expressed his views on this matter in front of Xu Tianze, and Xu Tianze also always avoided showing it in front of the virtuous king, and would not tell him about the relevant matters.
But when Cuizhu appeared, Xu Tianze finally couldn't hold it back, because the person in front of him was his accomplice.
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