Chapter 124 (The Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Chapter) - Chapter 124 (Cannot Be Spoken)...
Chapter 124 Cannot Be Told
Sikong Zhaixing looked at Lu Xiaofeng with suspicion, "Lu Xiaofeng, are you out of your mind? I'm just your friend, not your wife. Of course I'm keeping things from you. Do you expect me to tell you everything?"
“You’re wrong.” Lu Xiaofeng waved his hand. “First of all, even husband and wife can’t be completely open with each other; secondly, I, Lu Xiaofeng, am a wanderer and will never have a wife. I can’t be a burden to others; finally, even if I were to marry, I would absolutely not want someone like you.”
Sikong Zhaixing rolled his eyes. "Does want to marry me just because you want to? What are you thinking? I don't want someone who's always flirting and never home... um, no, that's what I meant?" He felt like he should be locked up in jail; his brain had gone mad.
"Sikong Zhaixing, you know perfectly well what I'm going to ask." Lu Xiaofeng didn't want to beat around the bush with Sikong Zhaixing anymore. "Who exactly is the mastermind behind your kidnapping of Zhu Xi?"
“Those are the people I wrote about.” Sikong Zhaixing continued to look at Lu Xiaofeng with a questioning gaze. “Have you really lost your mind? This only happened a short time ago, hasn’t it?”
Lu Xiaofeng didn't speak, she just stared at him.
Sikong Zhaixing looked at Lu Xiaofeng for a long time before scratching the back of his head in annoyance. "Lu Xiaofeng, can you not react so quickly? Can you not know me so well? Can you not ask me questions?" He had already called him by his full name; he really couldn't hide it anymore.
Sikong Zhaixing is often proud to have Lu Xiaofeng as a friend, but sometimes he is also very troubled, just like now.
“If it were anything else, I wouldn’t ask at all. Everyone has their own secrets, and I don’t pry into every single one of them. But this matter is different; it’s of great importance.” Lu Xiaofeng’s expression was more serious than ever before.
"I can't say," Sikong Zhaixing said, also distressed. "If I say it, I'll lose my life. It's better to be alive than not."
Lu Xiaofeng thought to himself, "Just as I suspected." He had previously felt that Sikong Zhaixing had confessed too quickly, which was unlike him at all, considering he was such a cunning person. But Zhu Xi had only threatened him a few times, and he had already revealed everything?
This isn't right. Although Zhu Xi's words were indeed frightening, and she really would do it, Sikong Zhaixing knew that with him around, he wouldn't allow such a thing to happen. So even if he had to confess, Sikong Zhaixing would do it when he saw no hope left under the car.
But he so easily revealed everything, which was really strange. The imperial court was currently in turmoil, with the Zhu and Hua families locked in fierce battles with the merchants, and everyone seemed to sense something was amiss. Lu Xiaofeng's entry into the Divine Marquis's prison wasn't because he had any influence that would allow the Divine Marquis to show leniency, but because Marquis Zhuge wanted to know the truth behind it all.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get in here at all. Now, Sikong Zhaixing's words proved that his guess was correct; this cunning fellow was indeed hiding something.
Lu Xiaofeng said, "You're under the protection of the Divine Marquis's Mansion now, why would you worry about anything happening? You're much safer now than you were outside, you won't..."
"I still need to eat, right?" Sikong Zhaixing smiled bitterly. "Unless I can go without food and water, I will definitely die."
Lu Xiaofeng raised an eyebrow. "You mean that person was able to poison the food that the Divine Marquis's Mansion provides specifically for prisoners?"
“No.” Sikong Zhaixing shook her head. “What I mean is that no matter who it is or where they are, as long as they need to drink water and eat, they will be poisoned. The poison won’t kill them in a short time, but they will be controlled by others and become neither human nor ghost, losing their own thoughts and becoming just a tool in someone else’s hands.”
People like Sikong Zhaixing would rather be dead than become tools controlled by others, because that feeling is worse than death.
Lu Xiaofeng shook his head, refusing to believe it. "If it were true, wouldn't everything be resolved if that person just poisoned the Emperor? Why would they come to you? If they need your help, it means there's something they can't do. If they could really poison anyone they wanted, it would be too easy. Besides, controlling anyone in the world is more profitable than controlling the Emperor, isn't it?"
Sikong Zhaixing was speechless for a long time before finally speaking, "But she clearly did this before..."
"Him? Which 'him'?" Lu Xiaofeng pressed.
Sikong Zhaixing's face was full of impatience, and then he said in despair, "Forget it, forget it, I'll just tell you." He glanced outside the cell, wondering if it was Zhuge Shenhou or Wuqing and the others who were there.
After entering, his martial arts were temporarily sealed. In the past, he would definitely have been able to hear whether there was anyone standing outside, and who that person was. Sigh.
"Who exactly is it?" Lu Xiaofeng asked hurriedly when Sikong Zhaixing finally spoke.
"Actually, the people who wanted Zhu Xi dead were those related to the Youqiao Group. I'm not lying about that," Sikong Zhaixing said. "Because they had leverage over me, I had no choice but to listen to them. They wanted the Zhu family and the Hua family to get into a conflict and trouble, and then transfer money and such. They just wanted me to kill Zhu Xi and frame Hua Manlou, and they didn't say anything else. But I'm just a thief, I certainly wouldn't kill anyone, so I had it all planned out from the start: I would let it go. But later, I was caught by someone else."
When she spoke of that person, fear appeared on Sikong Zhaixing's face. "She demanded that I destroy Zhu Xi, that I disfigure her and then kill her, throwing her into Hua Manlou's room. She also wanted me to incite hatred between the Zhu and Hua families, to make them mortal enemies, the kind that never end. No, I should say that what she wanted most was to see the entire Zhu family wither and fall, with everyone living in pain and despair. Besides Zhu Xi, she had other tricks up her sleeve."
What he didn't say was that the person had asked him to do something extremely unreasonable to Zhu Xi. Sikong Zhaixing didn't consider himself a good person, but after hearing what she said, he felt a chill run down his spine and all he wanted to do was run away.
Unfortunately, his martial arts skills were not as good as his opponent's, so he couldn't escape and was worried about being cornered. He could only pretend to obey but actually let his opponent win. As a result, he ended up getting himself into this situation.
Lu Xiaofeng suddenly felt a chill and shivered. "Who is it? This idea is too vicious." Although the Zhu family has rivals, surely it hasn't reached the point where the entire Zhu family must be wiped out? "Who exactly is it?"
Sikong Zhaixing said, "He is the one who can rule the desert."
"Zhamuha is already dead...Shi Guanyin!" Lu Xiaofeng suddenly stood up. "How could it be her? What grudge does she have against the Zhu family?" Why would she be so ruthless?
"How would I know? Would I dare ask?" Sikong Zhaixing rolled his eyes again. He admitted that Lu Xiaofeng was indeed very smart, but sometimes he was also foolish, like asking this question now. Was he kidding? Did he have the nerve to ask Shi Guanyin why she was targeting the Zhu family?
He might lose his life the moment he uttered the question. He wasn't some hero; he was terrifying. Of course, Sikong Zhaixing didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Everyone is afraid of death, just to varying degrees. "That's all I know, nothing more. You... um..."
Sikong Zhaixing suddenly felt something was wrong. He scratched his body with both hands. "I...I feel a little uncomfortable. Lu Xiaofeng, am I poisoned? I want to eat...what do I want to eat? I don't know." His face was contorted, as if he was in great pain.
"Sikong Zhaixing?" Lu Xiaofeng was surprised and uncertain. What was wrong with him? Could he really be poisoned?
He stepped forward and restrained Sikong Zhaixing, reaching out to take his pulse. His pulse was erratic, but it didn't seem like he was poisoned? What was going on? Could he really be poisoned?
"Lu Xiaofeng." Tie Shou walked in from outside. "Give him some acupuncture first, I'll go find someone to come over."
“Okay.” Lu Xiaofeng nodded. His attention was entirely on Sikong Zhaixing, looking at his seemingly painful and desperate expression, not understanding what was going on. He was perfectly fine just a moment ago, how could he suddenly become like this?
"Huh?" Ling Hao found a special flower in the flower bed in the small garden. At first, she thought it was that thing, but upon closer inspection, she saw fine hairs on the flower stem and was immediately relieved. "It's a poppy."
Seeing her so focused, Gongzi Yu smiled and asked, "Does Ahao like poppies?" If she likes them, then he will have poppies planted all over the garden.
Linghao shook her head. "I like poppies, but I also like jasmine, gardenias, and peonies. Every flower has its own beauty, and I like them all."
Gongzi Yu said, "That's a real pity."
"What's a pity?" Ling Hao turned to look at him.
"Unfortunately, I can't use that to please you," Gongzi Yu replied with a smile.
Linghao chuckled. "Trying to win my favor? Are you being so direct?"
"Yes." Gongzi Yu bent down, approached Linghao, his eyes full of smiles, "Because I wanted Ahao to know, I just said it directly."
"Great, I like it. Keep it up!" Ling Hao chuckled and patted Gongzi Yu on the shoulder before turning to leave. "Oh dear, lunch should be ready by now. I'm hungry."
Whether it's directly trying to please someone or mysteriously surprising them, she likes it all. Or rather, she likes anything given by someone she likes.
Gongzi Yu followed and walked beside Ling Hao. "Aren't you going to wait for me?"
“I don’t wait for anyone.” Ling Hao glanced at Gongzi Yu with a smile. “I will keep moving forward. If you want to be with me, you have to keep up, instead of making me stop and wait.”
Gongzi Yu nodded, "I will follow. No matter where Ahao is, I will follow." He would never lose her, absolutely not.
"Young master, young lady, Lu Xiaofeng requests an audience." Poetry appeared silently at the end of the road. Ah, she really didn't want to appear at this time; she felt like she was in the way. Yes, the way the young master looked at her proved that she was indeed in the way.
"Lu Xiaofeng? At this time?" Ling Hao was very surprised.
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Author's note: Work is really awful. Sigh, why can't people have money without working?
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