Zhao Shu chuckled, then led them to the Yan River. "Jump down from here. There's a boat down there. After you get down, lie down on the boat and don't move. I'll take you out of the city, and then you can go to the temple to find Xiao Hang. My mission will be accomplished."
Lan Yu and the others jumped into the boat and lay down on the bottom of the boat. The whole boat moved along the stone wall beside the water, moving slowly but steadily. In less than two quarters of an hour, Zhao Shu said, "Get up, we are far away from the city gate." Everyone got out of the boat and looked back. Silver Moon City stood there in the distance, and it was no longer clear.
Lan Yu and the others thanked Zhao Shu and headed towards the temple where they had agreed to meet Xiao Hang.
When Lan Yu and the others arrived, Xiao Hang and Lan Minxing had already arrived. The two seemed to be arguing about something. Only when they got closer did they hear clearly that Lan Minxing was knocked unconscious by Xiao Hang and brought out.
"Father, this was my idea. Now that we're out, we should set off now. We can't delay here any longer." Lan Yu gestured to Xiao Hang to carry Lan Minxing on his back.
"We can't leave. Yu'er, if you leave alone, it will be smooth sailing, but you can't leave with me. I will be a burden to you. Listen to your father and leave quickly." Lan Minxing was so anxious that he almost died, but Lan Yu would not leave unless he left. The father and daughter were both more stubborn than each other.
Xiao Hang was also very anxious when he saw the two of them. He quietly walked behind Lan Minxing and gave him an injection. Lan Minxing fainted again. "It's much easier this way."
"Thank you, senior sister." Lan Yu asked Xiao Hang to carry Lan Minxing on his back, and the group headed towards Dayin. Everything was peaceful along the way. They were about to leave Yenan in three days. Suddenly, many Yenan royal guards appeared in front of them.
"Yu'er, where are you taking your father?" It was Bai Han's voice. "Your sixteenth birthday is coming soon. Aren't you staying in Yenan to celebrate it?"
Lan Minhang and Lan Yu were in the car. While Lan Minhang was unconscious, Lan Yu took his pulse and found out that he was poisoned, a chronic poison with no antidote. Looking at Lan Minhang's pulse, it had been more than 20 years.
Lan Yu heard Bai Han's voice outside and jumped out of the car. "High Priest, did you poison my father? Why did you do this?"
"Hehe, only kids of your age would ask why. People of our age have been tortured to the point of forgetting to ask why. Yes, why? It seems like I don't remember it myself." Bai Han stood there, looking into the distance, as if immersed in some memory.
"Uncle Bai, I just want to take my father away now. Yenan is your world now anyway. My father is of no use to you. I will take my father away from the secluded world. Please let us go." Lan Yu said this almost pleadingly.
Bai Han listened quietly, a faint smile on his face. After hearing Lan Yu's words, Bai Han said nothing. Instead, he turned and walked to a carriage and said gently, "Xi'er, listen, they are leaving to live in seclusion. What do you think? Have you given up now? Can you stay by my side peacefully?"
No sound came out of the carriage, but Lan Minhang suddenly jumped out of it. "You brought Lan Xi here? Are you finally willing to let her out?"
"Father, who is the Lan Xi you are talking about? Who is sitting in that carriage?" Lan Yu choked up unconsciously when she heard the name Lan Xi. For some reason, Lan Yu felt that the Lan Xi was the one she was thinking of, but she didn't dare to believe it.
"Yu'er, Lan Xi in the carriage... is your mother. She is not dead. She was imprisoned by this man for fifteen years in order to buy you an antidote." Lan Minxing didn't know how much courage he mustered to say these few short lines to Lan Yu.
After saying these words, Lan Minxing seemed to have lost all his strength. He could not protect the ones he loved, not even his wife and daughter.
After hearing what Lan Minxing said, Lan Yu was stunned. "My mother? My mother? Is my mother in that?" Lan Minxing's words were like a thunderbolt, splitting Lan Yu into pieces. Her mother was imprisoned for fifteen years because of her, and as a daughter, she always thought she was dead?
Lan Yu slowly turned his head to look at the carriage, "High Priest, can I see her? Let me see her and I will go back with you."
Bai Han squinted his eyes and looked at Lan Yu, as if trying to determine whether what Lan Yu said was true or not. After a moment, Bai Han reached out and gently lifted the curtain of the carriage, revealing the person inside.
It was a face exactly like Lan Yu's. It looked as if Lan Yu was sitting inside, except that her brows were furrowed, as if she was very unhappy. At this moment, her face was in tears, but she did not move, and the tears just kept flowing down.
"Yu'er, your mother is not right. Someone must have sealed her acupoints and she can't move." Jingxin was afraid that Lan Yu would be too emotional, so she reminded Lan Yu. Lan Yu himself also found out that the wound on his hand that he had pinched that day was torn by himself again today. The piercing pain made him slowly calm down.
Since her mother is still alive, she can't let their family be separated anymore. Fifteen years ago, she was only one year old and could do nothing. Now she has grown up and can protect them. But soon, Bai Han's words made her fall to the freezing point.
"Yu'er, didn't you say that if I let you see your mother, you would come back with me?"
"But... your father doesn't have to go back. What you said before was indeed right. He is really of no use to me. So help me kill him, and you can live with your mother from now on. Uncle Bai will take good care of you." This was the greatest humiliation to Lan Minxing, and also the greatest heartbreak.
How much does Bai Han hate Lan Minhang for letting his daughter kill her father? "I won't kill my father. Just go with you. I'll let my friend take my father away. He won't return to Yenan, and my mother and I won't leave Yenan anymore. Is that okay?"
Suddenly, Lan Minxing came to Lan Yu and said, "Don't go back. If you go back, all the fifteen years of forbearance your mother and I have endured will be in vain. We would rather die than let you sit on that throne. Yu'er, your mother and I will bless you in heaven. Go away!" Then he pushed Lan Yu into Xiao Hang's arms, with the black iron dagger on Lan Yu in his hand.
Then he smiled at Bai Han and said, "Bai Han, you never know the extent to which parents can do for their children. Do you think you can use Lan Xi and me to tie Yu Er to that position? You are dreaming. For Yu Er, Lan Xi and I will never let you control us again."
Before anyone could react, Lan Minxing raised the dagger and stabbed himself.
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