Qiu Huanzhen followed her words seriously and asked, "How dangerous is it?"
Zheng Quchi choked immediately.
There was a traitor hiding inside, who betrayed them, so it was indeed... quite dangerous.
"Where were you then?" He carefully searched for the emotions in her eyes.
Zheng Quchi snapped out of his daze and quickly explained helplessly, "After I assassinated Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao, Shan Bian and the others planned to blow up the city wall. You know that Master Qu doesn't trust me, so he didn't ask me to join them. Who would have thought that when I found out I couldn't contact them, I found out that Master Qu and Shan Bian had failed their mission and had all been captured by Yuwen Sheng."
At this point, she wiped her face and sighed sadly, "Who is Yuwen Sheng? He's a living Yama! I suppose they're probably doomed."
Qiu looked at her affected expression for a long time before saying, "They are not good to you, you don't need to pretend to be worried."
Zheng Quchi's expression, as if possessed by the spirit of opera, froze on his face.
...What a blunt truth he's telling!
Seeing that she couldn't fool them anymore, she shrugged in despair and said, "Yeah, they got arrested. I'm not worried at all. I'm only worried that they might expose me."
Qiu's eyes flickered for a moment, then she said, "You don't need to worry."
"Why?" Zheng Quchi asked in surprise. She was quite confused after hearing this. Could Master Qu and Shan Bian really withstand such severe torture?
Qiu said, "Because they will definitely report you."
Zheng Quchi: "..."
Splat!
Something fell to the ground.
Oh, so it was her past naiveté.
I really want to thank their whole family!
"How...how did you know?" Zheng Quchi's arms were covered in goosebumps, and he was in a panic.
Why are you saying this so definitively? Can't there be any unexpected events?
Qiu Mo lowered his eyes and said, "Because if something unexpected happens during the mission, Master Qu has already decided to abandon you to save the rest of the Mo family's hidden disciples."
After hearing this, Zheng Quchi couldn't quite describe her feelings. She was resentful, but not really, because she hadn't been particularly loyal to these people or this organization to begin with.
It's impossible to say she was completely indifferent, because if she hadn't struck first, she would probably have been used as a scapegoat by Master Qu and his men to divert attention and cover their retreat.
But Qu Shi and the others probably never dreamed that she, a seemingly easy-to-manipulate low-level person, could also pack them up and send them into Yuwen Sheng's clutches.
What's this called? This is called "even a rabbit will bite when cornered".
After being intimidated by Yuwen Sheng that morning, Zheng Quchi's heart was somewhat numb and could no longer stir up much of a tsunami.
“Now that they’ve been caught, what’s the point of exposing me? Besides, if Yuwen Sheng finds out… how could he possibly remain completely silent?” Zheng Quchi consoled himself.
Qiu shook her head, her eyes filled with an expression she couldn't understand: "I don't know what happened, but Chizi, you can't stay here any longer. If Master Qu can't hold out against Yuwen Sheng, he will definitely not allow you to live. Your identity will be exposed sooner or later."
Zheng Quchi found it absurd. Did she have some deep-seated hatred for this Master Qu?
Why did he have to kill her?
"Why? Qiu, do you know something?" Zheng Quchi grabbed his hand and forced him to look into his eyes: "Tell me, if you still consider me your companion and cherish our friendship, then tell me. Don't let me be used like a fool without even realizing it."
Qiu's eyes widened in shock. He opened his mouth, but found it difficult to refuse Zheng Quchi, who was pleading with him so earnestly.
“Your Zheng family are traitors to the Mohist school.”
Zheng Quchi was taken aback.
“Traitor? If that’s the case, then why…” she seemed unable to understand.
“I don’t know if you remember anything from before you were three years old, but that period was the beginning of your Zheng family’s defection and the start of the Mohist’s hunt for you.”
“I don’t remember.” Zheng Quchi shook her head. She then asked him, “So, my parents and the Zheng clan were all killed by the Mo family?”
Qiu thought she was asking a question she already knew the answer to, because in Qiu's mind, Zheng Quchi's various irrational behaviors were all due to her lingering resentment towards the Mohists.
She despised the Mohists, yet she had no choice but to obey them.
From the very beginning, he did not believe that she was loyal to the Mo family, but he was unwilling to think of her that way, or how he would face her if she really became an enemy of the Mo family.
“Yes, Ruler, the Mohist school is far darker and more terrifying than you know. Don’t try to shake it, and don’t even think about revenge.” He grabbed her shoulders: “Run away.”
Zheng Quchi still didn't quite understand: "Since the Mo family doesn't intend to let the Zheng family go, why haven't they killed me and my elder brother all these years?"
"I can't say about this, but in short, Master Qu has abandoned you, so you are no longer safe."
Zheng Quchi brushed his hand away, her face cold, her clear eyes seemingly frozen in ice: "Is it because I have something very important on me?"
That thing could both persuade the Mohists to spare the children of these traitors and also make Mo Ye risk offending the Mohists to make a deal with "Sang Xuanqing"...
She finally found out.
The Zheng family must possess something of great importance, and Sang Xuanqing has already obtained it.
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