"What is the connection between your mother and me? You can find out for yourself when you arrive in Xiling."
Qu Li raised his eyebrows with a half-smile.
The high priest is worthy of being the high priest, he is so scheming.
Knowing that she was curious, he threw a bait to her, giving her a reason to follow him to Xiling.
"As for the second question, you were such a jerk before, I didn't have the energy to waste on a loser!"
These words were indeed harsh to hear, but Qu Li believed that the high priest had not lied to her.
"As for Qu Wenzhao...he's a boy."
Qu Li frowned.
She had previously thought that the high priest and Li Ran definitely knew each other, and she thought the high priest was her biological father.
However, DNA testing showed that they were not related at all.
So, the first thing that came to her mind was that the high priest's pursuit was fruitless and his love turned into hate.
"Are you satisfied with this answer?" The high priest looked at her gently.
Qu Li raised her red lips: "Just barely enough!"
"Magu!"
Magu lowered her lip lines because of jealousy, and when Qu Li looked over, she glared at her fiercely.
"What are the High Priest's instructions?"
"Send the child back safely and find Qu Wenzhao!"
"What about her?" Magu glanced at Bai Fengyao, who was unconscious and covered in blood.
"A useless pawn, there's not much point in keeping it."
Magu nodded.
Qu Li walked towards Bai Fengyao, took out a pill from his sleeve, pinched her chin, and stuffed the pill into her mouth.
Even though Bai Fengyao was unconscious, she subconsciously resisted swallowing.
Qu Li patted her chest ungracefully, and only let go when she heard the "gulp" sound of swallowing.
"What did you give me...ahem...to eat?"
Looking at Qu Li at such a close distance, the fear in Bai Fengyao's heart, who had just woken up, was magnified to the extreme.
"You are really making me feel uncomfortable with my face!"
"What on earth have you done to me?"
Bai Fengyao tried to raise her hand, scratch her throat and spit out the poison.
However, her arm was bitten off by Goudan, and it was hanging limply and she couldn't lift it up at all.
Bai Fengyao looked at the high priest standing behind her and begged, "High Priest, please!"
The high priest was looking at Qu Li leisurely. When he heard Bai Fengyao's pleading, he felt a surge of restlessness in his heart, and disgust and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
"Bai Fengyao, you really don't deserve such a face!"
"ah!"
As he exerted his internal force, Bai Fengyao's face was covered in blood.
Qu Li turned his head, his eyes filled with shock and astonishment.
He had just mixed a disfiguring poison into his internal energy. There was her poison inside, and the high priest's disfiguring poison outside. I'm afraid that before Bai Fengyao died, she would deeply regret having lived for so long.
The high priest raised his lips and praised Qu Li sincerely: "You are more decisive and ruthless than your mother."
Qu Li just smiled and said nothing.
Magu's efficiency was extremely high. Qu Wenzhao was found and Qu Li gave him a thorough examination. After confirming that there was no problem, he left with the high priest.
Qu Li didn't say a word along the way.
The high priest poured her a cup of tea and said, "There's green plum in the tea. Your mother likes it very much."
Qu Li stared at him critically for a full minute before picking up the teacup and taking a sip.
The addition of green plums does not destroy the aroma of the tea, but instead adds a sweet and sour aftertaste.
Qu Li was curious about the original owner's talented mother.
"What kind of person is my mother?"
She suddenly spoke, which made the high priest stunned.
His gaze became distant, and admiration could not be hidden in his eyes.
Qu Li's eyes were fixed on his face, observing his expression.
"She was a very intelligent and kind woman."
"Unfortunately, she doesn't love you."
These words were ruthless, like a sharp knife, forcibly pulling the high priest out of his memories.
"Are you right?" She smiled, her eyes full of ridicule.
As she finished speaking, she keenly noticed that the temperature in the carriage had dropped a lot.
She didn't want to anger him too much, so after confirming her guess, she just looked at the scenery outside the window quietly and stopped angering him.
The high priest drank the tea in the cup and glared coldly at Qu Li opposite him.
This face looks very similar to Li Ran, and also to that person.
He clenched his fists and said solemnly, "Your mother really doesn't love me!"
No matter what he did or how hard he tried, she would never look him in the eye.
He thinks he is no worse than that person. Why?
Qu Li didn't expect that she would provoke him like this, and he would actually take the initiative to tell her these things.
He looked at Qu Li deeply and continued, emphasizing each word: "If your mother had chosen me back then, I would never have let her die at such a young age!"
"You just said it, my mother doesn't love you! Staying with someone you don't love every day is like taking a chronic poison, right? The only difference is that one is physical, the other is psychological."
"You are more eloquent than your mother."
Qu Li curled his lips, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "If I find out that you were also involved in my mother's death, I will never let you go!"
"Even though I think you're cute when you say harsh words, I still have to be honest. It's stupid!"
"No wonder my mother doesn't like you!"
"Yes, I'm not like that guy who has honey on his lips!"
The conversation between the two came to an abrupt end, and the atmosphere in the carriage became somewhat depressing.
Qu Li couldn't help but become more curious about her biological father, whom she had never met.
She had read the box of letters left by Li Ran. She was not a superficial woman who liked to listen to men's sweet words.
Since she chose him in the first place, it proved that there was definitely something about her biological father that could impress her.
But why didn't the two of them get married?
And why did her biological father watch helplessly as Li Ran found Qu Yuxing as a scapegoat while she was pregnant?
After that, she actually gave birth to Qu Wenzhao?
My mind was in a mess, with countless questions popping up.
She couldn't figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it.
However, she would be able to figure it out once she got to Xiling.
…
Xiao Xian brought countless disaster victims and arrived outside Pingyang Town in a mighty procession.
The Pingyang County Magistrate had received the news long ago, the city gates were closed, and all the Pingyang guards were on martial law.
"I, the king, am ordered to carry disaster relief grain to the north. When passing through Pingyang, open the city gates immediately!"
After all, he was a man who had fought on the battlefield, and there was a murderous aura around him. The soldiers were a little nervous and hurried to report to him.
Xiao Xian didn't urge him either.
If the Pingyang County Magistrate was a smart man, he should have opened the city gate quickly. Otherwise, once he led his men to break down the city gate, he could be charged with obstructing disaster relief.
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