Chapter 20: Midnight and Three Watches
Early the next morning, Zhao Shi still decided to go back to Lan Yi first and tell Lan Yi that he might not be able to cultivate with her for a while. He secretly decided in his heart that he would always live with Lan Yi after he found out the real culprit who framed his mother and stabbed him with his own hands, and he would not ask about anything else.
Thinking that he would be able to see Lan Yi soon, Zhao Shi felt a lot happier in his heart, and his troubles were also left behind, and his steps were much lighter unconsciously.
"Why is Lan Yi not here? Could it be that he went to take a bath?" Zhao Shi saw the familiar thatched hut but didn't see Lan Yi's figure, and guessed in his heart.
When Zhao Shi walked to the thatched hut and found a letter and a bag, he opened the letter and was stunned when he saw the person.
"She's gone. Zhao Shi's expression was gloomy, and he sat on the edge of the thatched hut and looked at the sky in the distance stupidly. When the sun was about to set, he came back to his senses, and when he saw that it was not early, he looked up at the bloody sky and said: "You said that our fates are different, and this is true now, but after I take revenge, the trajectory of my fate will coincide with yours." Lan Yi, wait for me, I'll catch up. ”
During this day's sitting, Zhao Shi recalled over and over again the bits and pieces of the three months he lived with Lan Yi. From the sadness and reluctance at the beginning to the unswerving desire to see Lan Yi again, Zhao Shi firmly established the goal of cultivating immortals. Because only Xiuxian can let him see Lan Yi, because only Xiuxian's own fate trajectory can coincide with Lan Yi's.
Before leaving, Zhao Shi glanced at the thatched house again, and his eyes were no longer sad and sad, but firm and hopeful.
After returning home, Zhao Shi found that his house was cleaned inside and out, and several house slaves were cleaning in the courtyard. Zhao Shi's face was full of doubts, and at this time, a sweet-looking second-class slave came over gracefully and said, "Second son, we were sent by Mrs. Su, and we will serve you in the future." ”
"I appreciate Mrs. Su's kindness, but I've been used to being alone all these years, and I'm not used to having so many people serve me all of a sudden. Go back, I don't need anyone to serve me. Zhao Shi said to the slave.
"Second son, can you not want us, Mrs. Su has already given us to you, if you don't want us, we will be kicked out of the Zhao family. The slave said anxiously, her eyes revealing pleading.
"Alright then, you'll stay here, but don't take a step into my room without my orders. "The Zhao family does have such a family rule, if the gifted slaves are not wanted by the person who gave them, then these slaves will be driven out of the Zhao family.
"Second Prince Xie took it in. The slave gave Zhao Shi a salute and said gratefully.
"Then you can get busy. Zhao Shi said a word and returned to his room.
Back in the room, he carefully took out the letter that Lan Yi had written to him and a bag. "This is the Qiankun storage bag, why can't the mouth of the bag be opened?" Zhao Shi took the bag and looked at it carefully.
"It doesn't seem like an ordinary bag, and I can't tell what material it's made of. Zhao Shi touched the bag and muttered to himself.
Lan Yi had already told him in the letter about the mantra of using the "Qiankun Storage Bag", but now Zhao Shi couldn't use it because he didn't have a spirit seed yet. Only with the spirit seed can it be regarded as stepping on the threshold of cultivating immortals, and can be called an immortal cultivator, and then can cultivate spells.
Zhao Shi read the letter Lan Yi wrote to him again, and then put it away with the storage bag, and then he began to refine his qi and exhale. For three days, Zhao Shi rarely went out, only moving when the slave and maid brought food in, and spent the rest of the time cultivating.
In the middle of the night on the third day, Zhao Shi quietly walked out of his room and walked towards the "Qinyuan Palace". When he arrived at the "Qinyuan Palace", Zhao Shi jumped over the high wall lightly, flashed left and right a few times and entered his father's room.
"It's my son Zhao Shi. ”
Zhao Shi was startled and hurriedly looked in front of him, and saw a figure sitting on the edge of the bed looking at him by the night light.
Zhao Shi walked over cautiously and slowly, and "Father" shouted when Zhao Shi saw Zhao Kuan's courage clearly.
"Father, why aren't you pretending to be sick?" Zhao Shi asked very suspiciously.
"I implied that you came to me tonight to tell you everything, I thought I would have to stay up for a few more years, but I didn't expect to see you so soon, you must have suffered a lot over the years. Zhao Kuandan, looking at Zhao Shi, hugged him and said lovingly.
Zhao Kuandan has always felt guilty in his heart, Zhao Shi has no mother since he was a child, lacks maternal love, and he can only pretend to be sick for the sake of the whole family and can't take care of him, and can't give him fatherly love. Thinking of this, Zhao Kuandan's eyes were a little moist.
"Father, who killed my mother?" asked Zhao Shi with tears in his eyes.
"Back then, your mother was slandered as a monster possessed, and the Zhao family wanted to burn her to death in a panic, but with me, no one dared to do anything with her, but later, even the famous Wizard Fan actually said that your mother was possessed by monsters, and now not only the Zhao family was sincerely afraid, but everyone within a radius of 100 miles was uneasy. One day I happened to be busy with family affairs, and when I got home after going out for a long time, I heard that your mother had been dragged out and burned alive. Speaking of this, Zhao Kuan choked up.
"When I heard the bad news, I was stunned, and then I was angry, but I couldn't find a place to vent. In the end, I directed all my anger at Wizard Fan, and I took someone to his house to find that he had already gone to the empty building. When I got home, I was depressed and depressed. After a few days, I began to get seriously ill and my body gradually weakened. One night a few months later, Wizard Fan secretly came to me, and he not only cured me of my illness but also told me a shocking secret. Wizard Fan said that he was forced to slander your mother, and because of his uneasy conscience, he took the risk to come back and tell me the truth, it turned out that all this was done by the Su family behind his back. Zhao Kuan's fist crunched, and his eyes were full of anger.
"The Su family wants to destroy our Zhao family, but if we go head-to-head, I am afraid that we will lose both, so I caught the fact that I love your mother deeply, but your mother is a slave. First slander your mother as a monster possessed and then find a way to burn her to death, so that I will have a chance to poison me while I am not prepared. ”
"Then Mrs. Su is the one who poisoned her?" Zhao Shi remembered that Mrs. Su was the daughter of the Su family, and hurriedly asked.
"That's right, it's her. She is also the culprit who framed your mother. However, he can only be regarded as a chess piece planted by the Su family in my Zhao family. Zhao Kuan said coldly, the murderous aura revealed in his eyes seemed to cut her with a thousand knives.
"I'm going to kill this mean woman right now. Zhao Shi's eyebrows rose one by one, and blue tendons erupted on his face.