Chapter 20: The Story of the Past
Out of Qiuluo City, Shen Kuang and the two of them only followed the official road and went all the way to the west.
As the saying goes, a cannibal has a short mouth. Shen Guan looked at the wine jug hanging from his waist, drank this jug of wine, and thought that it would be difficult for the master to pit him again next time. This trip to Qiuluo City was delayed for more than ten days, and I didn't see the master for a while, but Shen Jing still missed it a little.
Although there was a carriage on the way back, because of Su Yao's injury, they couldn't hurry too fast, and it would take at least five days to rush back to Meiwu City.
Thinking of Su Yao, Shen realized that Su Yao didn't take the initiative to communicate with him all the way after departure, and no sound could be heard from the carriage.
"Miss Su, tell me if you need my help." Shen Guo turned around and asked tentatively outside the curtain. The intention of the inquiry is naturally to worry about Su Yao's situation, after all, Su Yao's injuries are serious, and she was only rescued from the Ghost Gate Pass last night, and she has to travel a long way today, which is a big test for Su Yao, who is already weak.
Su Yao in the carriage didn't answer immediately, and after a while, Shen Jing heard a weak voice from the car: "Thank you, save me!" ”
The atmosphere between the two of them was a lot closer because of such a word of thanks, and Shen Guan smiled when he heard this: "Haha, you're welcome, Miss Su." Let's walk the rivers and lakes, naturally we can help, so you don't have to take it to heart. ”
"Do you know I'm being wanted by the Imperial Court?"
"Yes!" Shen replied indifferently.
"The group of people in the Heavenly Prison Division are very difficult to entangle, aren't you afraid that you will hurt yourself by saving me?" These words were asked by Su Yao with a lot of determination, and she knew that she should not question the well-intentioned practices of others, but she still asked.
Why save?
When he heard this question, Shen Guo himself was silent. Why save? He thought about it for a long time and didn't give an answer, because there was no answer.
"Shi Yu and I didn't think much about it when we rescued you, and then we learned about your background. In fact... I still don't have any fluctuations in my heart, maybe it's because I'm not familiar with the so-called Heavenly Supervisor and the like, or maybe we have similar encounters in the dark. Miss Su, can you tell me about 20 years ago? ”
This question lingered in Shen Jing's mind for a long time, and those mysteries about his life were like dark clouds in the sky, and only now did they gradually show signs of dissipating.
"You... Was it the only one who survived? Su Yao in the carriage said softly.
Hearing Su Yao's words, Shen Jing's tone paused. "Actually, I don't remember anything from the past, and one of the things I heard my master talk about the most since I was a child was sword practice. If it weren't for the fact that I came to Qiuluo City this time and met Senior Han, I might never have known that something like that had happened to me! ”
There was a little more abruptness in Shen Jing's tone, and Su Yao could hear it.
"Actually, my memory of that incident was also told to me by Uncle Mu later, he was my elder and one of the people who survived that year. Uncle Mu: They knew the reason for the incident, but they didn't want to tell me, because they were afraid that I would be entangled again. Uncle Mu told me that the imperial court, the prison heaven division, and the earth net hidden in the shadows, they were all participants in that incident back then, and they had a deep blood feud with us, and Uncle Mu told me from childhood to never forget what the imperial court used to do to my Su family. There was no excitement in Su Yao's tone, maybe it was because she had known about this matter for a long time, so there was an indescribable coldness in her tone at the moment.
Su Yao's cold and calm situation also understood, but the master had never talked to him about that incident, and he didn't say a word about hatred.
"Since I was a child, the master has never told me about my life experience, I have asked before, but the master doesn't say it, and the master has never said anything about the hatred of the family."
There was no emotion in Shen Jing's tone at this time, so Su Yao in the car didn't know what kind of mood he was in for a while.
"Twenty years later, why are you exposed again?" After a while, Shen Jing asked slowly.
"The people of the imperial court have never stopped looking for us, and Uncle Mu once told me that there are things in our group that the imperial court wants."
"Our bunch?" Shen asked questions.
"Hmmm! In addition to you and me, there are also people from several other families who are still alive, but they don't know where they are hiding now. ”
"What are you talking about, the Jiang family, the Han family, and the Yang family?"
"Hmm!"
"The thing?"
"Our Su family is gone, so I don't know what that thing is? Uncle Mu said that there was a big secret hidden in it. ”
"And how did you get found out this time?"
"There is a traitor in the family, probably because he has been incognito for too long, and he doesn't want to do this anymore. It's just that his desire to work for the court is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, and in the end he ended up dead. Su Yao remembered the scene last night again, and unconsciously clenched her fists.
The afternoon sun was full of warmth, and this conversation with Su Yao gave Shen Guo an outline of what had happened in the past. It's probably just a secret that the imperial court coveted in the hands of several families in the East China Sea, and then became murderous, slaughtered several families, and finally took the secret for themselves. So far, however, the imperial court seems to have been unsuccessful.
"Put those things aside for the time being, you can go back to Meiwu City with me to recuperate with peace of mind, and then think about the next step when the injury is healed. It just so happens that when I go back this time, I can also ask my master about those things back then, and if your injury is dealt with by my master, it will definitely heal faster. At this moment, Shen Jing's tone was a little more indifferent, for himself and for Su Yao.
The fact that the master and Senior Han didn't tell him the whole picture of that incident was not because they wanted him to forget it, but because he didn't have the ability to crack the incident on his own. He doesn't have as much hatred in his current relationship as Su Ya, because he has less contact, but at the same time, he also knows that he will have to take on the responsibility that belongs to him sooner or later. Maybe Su Yao can't let go so calmly and appropriately, but in this situation, it is also good for herself to be able to do something.
Su Yao in the carriage was looking at the roof of the car in a daze, her expression was indifferent, and she couldn't tell whether she was happy or sad.
Her heart had actually been dead since last night, she thought she would be killed like everyone else in the family, but she didn't expect her to be saved by Shen Jing and Shi Yu. In the morning, she still hated why she was the only one who survived. In the past, she still had uncles and brothers by her side, relatives and sisters, but now, she was the only one left, and she suddenly felt that she couldn't avenge the revenge that Uncle Mu had told her, she wanted to grab the sword, and wanted to split those nightmares in her mind, but she couldn't do it at that time.
But when she met Shi Yu and knew about Shen Qian, she slowly turned around. The boy who had the same experience as him was actually carrying more than her, so why couldn't she face it like the boy?
Perhaps, this is the reason why God let her live, she can also bear the hatred of her family alone. It will take a long time, but perhaps one day in the future, her sword will be re-sheathed, and she can return to the East China Sea to pay tribute to her family who did not even own a grave.
The carriage was slowly driving on the official road, facing the sunset in the distance, and was pulling out a long reflection!