She shivered from the cold, thinking how lucky she had been. In the past, when he was unhappy, his sword would leave nothing but devastation and rivers of blood. It was a miracle that she had managed to emerge from the room unscathed this time.
"Never mind, I'll go back and think about tomorrow first. Brother Wei, you should go and rest too."
Wei Yao glanced around the room and said to Zheng Quchi, "Aqing, I'm entrusting the general's matter to you tomorrow."
Seeing him so earnestly entrusting his orphan, Zheng Quchi suddenly sensed the hardships and dangers that awaited him the next day.
This was her first time participating in such a spy mission. They assumed that since she had been a spy for the Mo family for many years, she must be very familiar with this kind of thing.
That's right, if she really is "Sang Xuanqing", but in reality, this Zheng Quchi has no experience at all. Since transmigrating, whether it's assassination, passing on intelligence, or communicating secretly, she has been passively accepting everything.
Therefore, she was somewhat nervous about tomorrow: "All I can say is that I will do my best within my capabilities."
Wei Yao noticed her worry and fear, but this matter could not be left to her alone. He patted her shoulder apologetically: "Aqing, trust the general. As long as you trust him, your operation will definitely succeed."
Science students have always valued logic, but trust and success don't seem to be synonymous.
She couldn't help but ask, "Why are you and Wang Zebang so devoted to General Yuwen? He...he..."
There were some things she couldn't say out loud.
He made her trust the general, which meant that in her mind, Yuwen Sheng was a trustworthy and reliable person.
But have they never considered that someone as ruthless and cold-blooded as Yuwen Sheng, who uses killing to stop killing, might one day become increasingly extreme and sinister, and in order to achieve his goals or when faced with choices, he might not hesitate to abandon and sacrifice them?
As if sensing something in her eyes, Wei Yao smiled, then glanced at the sky and said, "Madam, it's not dark yet. Shall we take a walk around?"
"ah?"
"Don't you want to hear about my relationship with the general? I'll tell you the story slowly."
The two strolled through the bamboo forest, leaves drifting down onto their shoulders. The sunset adorned the mountain peaks shrouded in twilight, and a gentle breeze blew in their faces, bringing just the right amount of coolness.
Wei Yao's expression gradually softened into a smile as he said, "I met the General first; I was twelve then, and the General was only seven..."
As a child, Yuwen Sheng was exceptionally handsome, so handsome that he didn't look like a normal, healthy child. Instead, he resembled a fragile glass statue that needed to be held in both hands and looked up at.
His skin was translucent white in the sunlight, his hair was dark blue, his pupils were light, his lips were also light, and his long, thick eyelashes were amber. When he sat under the white cherry tree, with cherry blossoms falling all around, he was like a cherry blossom fairy who did not belong to this world in that beautiful, snowy landscape.
That was the first time Wei Yao met him.
His father was Yuwen Hao's subordinate. He came with his father and, while mischievously climbing over the courtyard wall, he accidentally fell and saw him when he got up.
The two of them got to know each other secretly, without the adults knowing.
Yuwen Sheng is seven years old, but he has never stepped out of Mengwan Garden.
He was imprisoned in this courtyard by his father for seven years, during which time he was not allowed to contact anyone.
So even though he was seven years old, he couldn't speak a complete sentence.
He spent almost every day and night in darkness throughout the year, except on his mother's birthday when Yuwen Hao would let him out to see the sunlight.
He sat quietly and indifferently under the tree, motionless. Wei Yao really thought he wasn't alive at that moment.
His skin was frighteningly pale, almost like white cherry blossom petals, lifeless and cold.
Upon hearing this, Zheng Quchi could hardly believe how cruel it must have been to treat one's own child this way.
"Why did his father imprison an infant in such a small space for seven years, keeping him from seeing the sun and moon and from experiencing normal life?" Zheng Quchi asked, his voice trembling slightly.
Wei Yao's jaw tightened, and after a long while, he calmed down before saying, "This matter must be discussed with the lady by the general himself. Wei Yao dares not overstep his bounds."
Zheng Quchi was indeed shocked, but despite her sympathy, she didn't understand: "Brother Wei, is this all you wanted to tell me?"
Wei Yao gave a bitter smile: "No, you ask me why I followed the general and was so devoted to him? It's actually very simple. At first, my father followed his father, and later, I naturally followed him."
"As for my unwavering loyalty, it's only because although the general is emotionless, indifferent to life, and ruthless towards anything unimportant, he has never abandoned us. Over the years, we have risked our lives for the general, and he has turned back to save us countless times..."
He looked at her, his gaze deep, and after a moment of choking, he let out a long sigh and said, "Madam, the general did indeed hurt you, but he... also saved you."
Zheng Quchi was stunned.
She suddenly remembered that day when she was chased by a group of tall and fierce barbarian soldiers. She ran all the way down the slope in pain. After being caught, they surrounded her, played with her, mocked her, whipped her, and tortured her like a dead dog.
She was never one to bravely face death, and looking back on her feelings at the time, she still feels terrified, sorrowful, and desperate; she longed to be redeemed.
Then, at the very moment she thought she was going to die, a person appeared like a god, miraculously rescuing her from that tragic situation.
That person was Yuwen Sheng.
Furthermore, in Fenggusha City of Julu Kingdom, when she was nearly trampled and injured by fleeing people, it was he who appeared in time to save her from danger.
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