Chapter 180 Jiayou

“But they failed in the end.”

Han Yun continued, "Because seven days later, the man nailed to the wall used the sword that was stabbed into his body to kill all the participants in the palace coup."

"This includes the head of Emperor You of Zhou, Yan Cong, who was personally carried to the Emperor Zhaowu's spirit tablet and chopped off."

"That palace coup was later called the Jiayou Coup."

Jiayou, a non-existent calendar, is used to record the true history that has been erased from history books, like a self-consoling confession.

"Except for the leader of the Shenwu Guard, Yu Gaoyang, who committed suicide, Ran He, the commander of the Imperial City Division, Tu Chang, the first-rank cavalry general, and Lan Siming, the general who defended the country, were all beheaded on the spot. Their descendants miraculously survived the changes of dynasties one after another, but always suffered a catastrophe at the peak of their prosperity and fell to the bottom."

"We all know that this is a curse from our ancestors who betrayed their oaths, so we can only change our surnames again and again and marry outsiders in an attempt to dilute our bloodline and make the curse disappear."

"But we soon found out that it was useless. No matter how we intermarried with other races, we could not change the fate of our family..."

“…”

In the quiet ward, Han Zhong felt heartbroken as he listened to Han Yun's history, which was completely different from what was in the history books, and Jiang Wu, who was completely different from what he had imagined.

He had imagined countless times what Jiang Wu, the former imperial teacher, would look like. Would he be similar to now, even having his hair combed by others, never having to worry about money, and not caring about what the outside world would look like? He would just stare at the destiny star above his head nonchalantly, waiting for the moment when it would light up again.

He once thought that at least Yan Zhong left supreme power and the kingdom for Jiang Wu, at least Jiang Wu did not yet understand what longing and love were, at least he did not realize what Yan Zhong's death meant to him, at least he was still the high and mighty national master who was ignorant of the world.

He never thought that Jiang Wu would be nailed to a high wall and bleed to death, watching those who once swore allegiance to him fighting for his blood just for the illusory immortality, watching everything Yan left behind before his rebirth become chains and abyss that bound him.

He wanted to know if Yan Chong would regret it. If he knew that his selfish desires would cause Jiang Wu to suffer betrayal and harm, would he regret everything he had done?

He couldn't think of it, but at this moment he wanted to kill those people, even though he knew they had already turned to dust, and even one of them was his ancestor.

"What about me?" he asked, "Why do I exist?"

Han Yun opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment, "When I heard Zhou Yannan's fortune-telling, I didn't take it seriously, until..."

It was not until the fire ten years ago that nearly killed his beloved that he finally realized that this child was the curse given to him by the Han family in this life.

He couldn't deny that when Li Mu was in the emergency room with his life or death unknown, he had thought about giving up on Han Zhong. He even wanted to tell Han Zhong to let his wife go, and that all retribution would come upon him, and he was willing to bear it all.

But when he saw Han Zhong's frightened and horrified eyes, and suddenly remembered that Li Mu was calling Han Zhong's name before he was sent to the operating room, he realized that he was so unbearable and cowardly that he blamed all the misfortunes on a child who was also suffering from the same misfortune.

He knew his child was very smart. He saw his blame and anger, and saw that his father was blaming him for bringing misfortune to the family, so he chose to stay away.

He realized once again that this was the real curse, cowardice, suspicion, anger, escape, greed... and all the consequences it brought. The reason why the curse could last for thousands of years was because people's hearts had never changed.

He opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly heard Han Zhong ask, "Did you participate in the Clear Water Bay incident?"

Han Yun's expression froze and he looked back in disbelief.

Han Zhong seemed to be unaware of his shocked look. He just lowered his eyes and looked at the person on the bed, his eyes almost silent. "The best way to break the curse is to kill the person who cast the curse. Yan Zhong's power comes from Jiang Wu, so Qin Jiawang set up the Qingshui Bay trap to break the curse. What about you?"

"Has it never occurred to you to break the curse?"

“…”

Han Yun stared at him blankly, not knowing how to react for a moment, anger, sadness, or regret, but in the end he just stood there blankly, looking at this child who was already half a head taller than him. It was not until the moment he opened his mouth that he realized that his whole body was shaking.

"…You are my son!" he shouted almost out of control.

"Feel sorry."

Han Zhong's eyes were calm, as if he didn't care about his loss of control, or the truth of his words, or the real meaning of his words. He just wanted to put an end to this topic and not have any more meaningless discussions because it was no longer important.

Han Yun has never realized so clearly as he does now how many important moments of Han Zhong he has missed over the years, to the point that Han Zhong would suspect whether he is also one of the murderers behind the scenes.

"If one day I need to exchange my life for yours, I will never hesitate."

His throat moved quickly several times, his eyes cast towards Jiang Wu on the bed, his voice a little hurried, "But I hope you can stay away from him. If he knew you were a descendant of the Yu family, he would definitely kill you--"

"Then let him be killed."

Han Zhong looked at Jiang Wu on the bed and said calmly, "He can have anything he wants from me, including my life."

When he came out covered in blood that night holding Jiang Wu, Han Yun had no doubt about the truth of his words, but he still couldn't accept it when he heard him say it now.

"How long have you known each other? And you—"

"He was supposed to go to Xinzhang to film a movie." Han Zhong interrupted him calmly, "He came back to save me. The bullet should have hit me, and I should have been the one lying here."

Han Yun paused. He didn't know the connection between the two, and naturally didn't know that Jiang Wu was there to save Han Zhong.

There was a knock on the door. Han Yun took a deep breath and said, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, Yao Ping walked in and greeted Han Yun, then looked at Han Zhong, "Boss Han, the IPs behind the negative comments about you and Mr. Jiang on the Internet are all from several well-known water army companies. The reporter named Zhao who Mr. Jiang offended before was also involved, but the people behind them are very secretive and cannot be found yet."

He paused, his expression becoming more serious. "Four days ago, the video of Mr. Jiang summoning fire in public was posted online and immediately became a hot topic. Someone also filmed him rushing to the Clearwater Bay villa."

"Last night, the Qin family released the news of Qin Jiawang's death and announced to the media that the suspect was Mr. Jiang."

The room was silent. Han Zhong had not even noticed the time since he woke up, and only then did he realize that he had been in a coma for four days, while Qin Yuyan had only given him three days that night.

The Qingshui Bay Villa was almost reduced to ruins, and Qin Jiawang's death could not be kept secret for long. When the Qin family and Fanjin Group asked for responsibility, Qin Yuyan put all the blame on Jiang Wu without hesitation.

The information about the art museum fire ten years ago that was deliberately posted online was not intended to damage his reputation, but to force him to make a decision at this moment.

Is to choose to continue to protect Jiang Wu, or choose to protect the reputation of the Han family.

Clear Water Bay was a trap, a trap that seemed to be aimed at him, but was actually aimed at Jiang Wu.

Qin Jiawang thought that the black mist was there to help him break the curse, but in reality, Qin Jiawang was just being used as a chess piece. What the black mist really wanted was Jiang Wu's life, or perhaps it really coveted his evil body, but it was more jealous of Jiang Wu, so it set up this trap to lure Jiang Wu in, even at the cost of a member of the Siming clan.

And this game is not over yet, the opponent wants Jiang Wu to be completely unable to appear in the sun.