He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence, clearly realizing he had said something he shouldn't have. Although Zheng Quchi was somewhat regretful for not hearing the whole thing, he feigned ignorance and asked, "What is it?"
Le Tai immediately shut up. His eyes darted around, and he made a demand: "I can't tell you unless you release me now."
It's impossible to release it now.
Firstly, this kid is so ruthless at such a young age. He can kill a person with no grudge just to gain merit. Letting him go back would be like releasing a tiger back into the mountains. Secondly, it seems that the people of their Kezhu tribe know some secrets about Yuwen Sheng and are planning to deal with him. Zheng Quchi is determined to find out the truth about this.
She feigned difficulty: "I said I would let you go, but there are so many people guarding this place right now, I can't let you go. We'll have to wait until later..."
Le Tai looked at her suspiciously and said impatiently, "Those people clearly listen to you, so why can't you let me go?"
Why?
That's a good question; she needs to think about it carefully.
"Actually... those people were sent by others to monitor me. I was married before, but my husband died, and my family forced me to remarry. The man I remarried was the general guarding Wubao, but I didn't want to. I just wanted to spend the rest of my life guarding my deceased husband's memorial tablet. So they beat me and scolded me. They even brought me to this border region specifically to cultivate a relationship with him... They never really listen to me. Instead, they suspect that I have ulterior motives for letting you go." The more she made up the story, the smoother it became, and she could already picture the scene in her mind.
Le Tai clearly hadn't watched many melodramatic dramas. When he heard about her tragic and bumpy experiences—the death of her husband, being forced into marriage by her family, and being beaten and scolded—he was thrilled and full of surprises.
"Your family... is quite ruthless, but you'd better not marry him. He's mentally ill, and he might kill you later." Le Tai, unusually showing kindness, subtly advised her.
...How did the news of Yuwen Sheng's "illness" reach the ears of the Kezhu tribe so quickly?
"What... what do you mean by that?" Zheng Quchi covered his mouth, as if he had been frightened.
Le Tai looked at Zheng Quchi in front of him. He was really silly and naive. He had a pair of clear and clean eyes and a sweet and gentle smile that made people feel good about him. But he was not an ordinary child. He was hard-hearted and refused to tell the truth: "In short, if you marry him, either he will go crazy and kill you, or you will live as a widow sooner or later."
This statement... doesn't sound like a curse, but rather a prediction.
"Going crazy" and "being sick" are usually insults, but Zheng Quchi heard a different meaning in his tone.
At this moment, she really wanted to pry open Letai's mouth and make him reveal what she wanted to know. However, she also knew that these barbarians were savage and fierce by nature, and they would even kill a child. She was afraid that using force would only drive him to desperation and make him take desperate measures.
"Is it because you, Ada, want to kill him?"
Le Tai glared at him: "Even if Waada doesn't kill him, he won't live for more than a few years in his condition, unless..."
Will he not live more than a few years?
Why wouldn't he live more than a few years? Yuwen Sheng is in his prime, so why is he so certain that Yuwen Sheng won't live more than a few years? Does their Kezhu tribe really know something extraordinary, or is it just fear-mongering? And does Yuwen Sheng even know about this?
"Unless what?"
Letai shut his mouth again, like a clam shell, refusing to reveal the truth.
“I don’t know, I can’t say. Just listen to me, don’t marry him. I think you’re pretty. Why don’t you come back to the Kezhu tribe with me? Someone in our tribe will definitely marry you.”
This kid is really tight-lipped; he won't reveal even this. It's clear he hasn't truly gained his trust yet.
"I'm afraid that won't work. My child is still in their hands. If I don't marry, they will kill my child." Zheng Quchi sighed sadly, looking resigned to her fate.
You already have children?
Le Tai was also stunned. She didn't look much older than him, yet she had lost her husband, was forced to remarry, and had her child controlled. Her life experience was truly dramatic.
"Yes, she had two more children, two boys. The younger one looks a bit like you. He's always causing headaches when he's naughty, but he's also so well-behaved that it melts our hearts. Seeing you run off like this all by yourself makes me worry about whether my children at home are alright..."
Le Tai was only eleven or twelve years old and had not yet truly witnessed the wickedness of human nature. Although the cunning people of the Central Plains were not necessarily as fierce as the barbarians, they were skilled at psychological warfare. That kind of thing was like a soft knife; it looked gentle and harmless, but it could hurt you deeply afterward.
Hearing what she said, Letai thought of his mother and father. He thought that they loved him so much. If they found out that he had come to the territory of Ye Kingdom alone and had been captured, they would probably be just as worried as this woman.
Thinking of this, Letai was moved and couldn't help but say, "If you have children... then you should definitely not marry him. He has been infected with Phoenix Tears, and in the end he will either go crazy or die. You can tell your family not to let you marry him."
Zheng Quchi's pupils suddenly constricted.
Phoenix Tears... It's actually Phoenix Tears! What exactly are these "Phoenix Tears"? She had guessed from Yuwen Sheng's attitude that it must be a secret that cannot be made public. He wears a mask all year round and does not allow anyone to peek at it, which shows how secret it is.
She then asked Steward Chang, who clearly knew something, but he told her to ask Yuwen Sheng instead, as he dared not make that decision.
Despite revealing so many secrets, he remained tight-lipped about this particular matter, causing Zheng Quchi to hesitate about whether he should get involved.
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