"Huh?"

Maki stayed for a long time, looking blankly at Satomi Kujing beside him.

The young samurai was also looking at him with a sincere expression.

After a brief silence, Maki pondered and said, "Cousin, I'm just a country girl, and I'm not too smart, and I'm not always fashionable. Therefore, my mother told me since I was a child that if I don't understand, I should ask and talk directly. Even if you offend someone, it's better than pretending to be very powerful and making people look down on you.

I actually have a lot of questions I want to ask, but it's rude...... You wouldn't mind, would you?"

Jiu Jing was silent for a moment, and then bowed his head: "Please speak." ”

Maki thought for a long time and asked bluntly, "So, cousin, do you hope that I will betray Miss Amber and fall to your side?"

"It doesn't matter if you're not with me, if anything, I just want to keep you out of this quagmire. Jiujing replied, "Maki, you don't belong here. It's not that I despise you, but you're not out of the art to get involved in these dirty things. ”

"Cousin, do you know my situation?"

"I've investigated a little bit and heard a little bit. Jiu Jing took out a string of prayer beads from his sleeve and handed it over: "So, I brought this for you." ”

The coral rosary has a faint fluorescence and a faint fluctuation of essentia.

The treasures from the Tiantai sect are also treasures used by monks to get close to Buddha nature and awaken the soul. After hundreds of years of blessings, it is no less than any relic. In any temple, it is a treasure that can be treasured.

The usage is simple, and there are no restrictions, as long as you take it to meditate, hold the Buddha's precepts, and keep your mouth shut. Within three years, 100,000 times of chanting can condense the soul with drops of water.

As long as there is enough concentration and hard work, there is no concentration for three years, and this perseverance is enough for anyone to become a sublimator.

Unfortunately, not everyone can do it.

Not everyone can have such determination and perseverance. Even among the devout and dedicated monks, there are still very few people who can actually complete this long ascetic practice.

However, there is still a solution.

Maki looked at it for a long time and didn't take it, "Cousin, are you trying to buy me?"

"It's not a price, it's just a help from my brother. ”

Maki thought for a moment and asked, "The meaning of help is something I can refuse, right?"

"Accept or refuse, it's up to you, this is not a recruitment price, you can actually accept it with confidence. ”

“...... I really want to, but forget it. ”

Maki shook her head, "I'm sorry. ”

Jiu Jing bowed, "I know it's abrupt to come here and say these things suddenly, so it's okay." ”

"No, it's not that I have any opinion about you, it's my own problem. ”

Maki smiled a little embarrassedly, and looked at the relatives who were looking at this side not far away: "Cousin Jingjiang, a country girl came here, and it was already difficult to be able to stand up and speak in the face of people in the city. After lowering my head once, I was afraid that I would not have the courage to raise my head again. ”

“......”

After being stunned for a long time, he bowed his head and apologized: "It was me who was rude." ”

"It's okay, my cousin is also well-intentioned. ”

Maki said solemnly, "So, I have to be honest and reply to you - thank you for your help, but I'm sorry, I won't give up." ”

"That's straightforward, Maki."

Jiu Jing sighed in a low voice: "People don't even have the opportunity to make clever words, should they be said to be stupid or tricky? ”

He shook his head self-deprecatingly: "Failure is expected, but the next words, although it may be regarded as a villain's discord, I still have to tell you." ”

After a brief pause, Satomi told her, "Please be careful with Amber. ”

"Cousin, are you saying that Cousin Amber is using me?" asked Maki suspiciously, "I still know this." ”

"If it's just a use, why didn't I just use you?"

Jiu Jing shook his head, "I just wanted to tell you, that woman...... He doesn't have the warmth and compassion you think, and he's not someone you can trust.

Maki, before you, among all the candidates for the head of the house, the only competitor I cared about was only her. To be exact, I was terrified of the woman's presence.

It's true that the Satomi family has declined now, but if that woman becomes the next leader, I'm afraid there will be no Satomi family in the future.

I've known since eight years ago that she's a cold-blooded monster with no feelings. ”

"So...... It's a bit too much. ”

Maki frowned, "Is Cousin Amber such a terrible person?"

"Do you know who was the head of the Satomi family before my adoptive father?" asked Jiujing rhetorically, "It's Amber's biological father." ”

The girl was stunned.

"That's right, Amber is the rightful princess of the Satomi family, and she is also the heir to the throne who truly has the right to inherit.

Eight years ago, when everyone saw her, they had to bow their heads, and even kneel beside her and call her 'お姬様'. No, it seems now, actually earlier...... She's not normal anymore. ”

Satomi lowered her eyes and whispered, "From a very young age, she was different from us. ”

Always demure and peaceful, she doesn't get angry or laugh, just like a doll. In the past, Jiu Jing, like the group of children, followed behind the noble princess, eager to become her friend.

Even if she never cared about them.

Noble and distant.

Like a phantom.

Such a beautiful hallucination lasted until eight years ago.

The Satomi family made a fatal mistake, and the general was furious, and that violent force was exerted on the land of Yingzhou without any restraint, like a black cloud pressing on the top, making everyone panic all day.

The elders of the family quarreled all day long, arguing whose responsibility was for the destruction caused by this contempt, but the Lord did not say a word, and it was difficult to decide.

Under the rebellion of all relatives, everyone can only wait for the end with their eyes open.

"Disembowelment, father. ”

Jiu Jing, who was immersed in the memory, whispered softly, "At that time, she said so. ”

In front of everyone, he said cold words that made them all unbelievable.

At the age of eleven, Amber knelt in front of her closest blood relatives in the world, bowed her head and pleaded from the bottom of her heart.

"Cut your belly, father. She said, "The Satomi family has reached the point of life and death, and as the master, there is no other way to wash away the shame." ”

In that frozen silence, no one spoke, only when the Lord's face grew pale, and he looked at his daughter, who knelt down in front of him and pleaded, speechless.

"Don't be afraid, Father. ”

She lowered her head and whispered, "I'll help you break it." ”

This was the last voice that Jiu Jing heard in the corridor, and in his sluggishness and panic, he didn't even notice that the tea he was holding in his hand had turned to the ground.

As she said, there was no other way.

Only in this way can mistakes be reversed.

It is said that the girl who was not as close as the girl made a mistake for her father. Holding the knife, without any hesitation, he ended his father's pain neatly and neatly and completed the agreement between father and daughter.

Then, he personally held his father's head and met the general.

In the end, the Satomi family was given a chance to survive.

At the cost of an unprecedented disgrace, he became a traitor among the ministers, flattering and bowing to outsiders, despised, and despised.

But that's the end of it.

The head of the Satomi family fell ill and died, and then another head took office again to clean up the mess.

Amber, on the other hand, was forgotten by everyone.

"As the only son of the lord, he should have taken good care of him...... But no one can pretend that that something hasn't happened, right?"

Every time I saw her, everyone would only think of that face stained with the blood of her biological father, and it was difficult to feel at ease. can only be cold, marginalized, and left to fend for herself. In fact, when she asked for exile, everyone was relieved. ”

"It's a pity that everyone underestimated her. ”

Jiu Jing sighed softly, "She went to Dongxia, and she came back...... Pretending that nothing had happened, he returned to everyone.

It seems to be reasonable, but in reality, who knows what she's thinking?"

"Maki, there are no allies to speak of for her, let alone any relatives, if you want her to be kind to you, it may not be too naïve, you need to think carefully for yourself. ”

Maki was still stunned.

Eyes glared incredulously.

It seems that he is still in shock and has not reacted.

"Doesn't that mean that Cousin Amber killed her own father with her own hands?" she murmured sluggishly, "This is too cruel." ”

"Who says it's not?" Jiu Jing shook his head: "It's normal to feel scared." ”

"No, I mean, you have to kill your own father with your own hands. ”

Maki raised her head and said seriously, "I think my cousin must be more sad than anyone else, right? After all, in this world, is there anyone who resents his father?"

There was silence for a long time.

Gazed at by those eyes without any haze, many words could no longer be spoken.

Smiling self-deprecatingly, he looked away: "There are also incompetent fathers in this world, Maki, and there are also people who don't deserve to be loved...... But no matter how much I say, you won't change your mind, right?"

Maki nodded.

"Because it's already an appointment. ”

She replied, "Promises are more important than life, and my mother has always taught me that...... Besides, even if something happens, I don't think Miss Wai Paper will leave me!"

When she looked at the back in the arena, the girl's eyes were full of peace of mind and trust.

It's as if you're not afraid of anything if you're around.

There was silence for a long time, and his expression was complicated.

Should it be naïve or reckless to just hold a boat that occasionally happens to pass by, wishful thinking and go with the flow and challenge the unknown dark ocean?

He didn't know, and he didn't have to say anything.

"So, let's go head-to-head as an opponent, Maki. ”

After saying this goodbye, the young samurai took one last look at his enemy and got up to leave.