Chapter 115 Scene Fourteen ? Caged Bird Pond Fish? Eight
Chapter 115 Scene 14 Caged Bird Pond Fish Eight
"Mother-in-law, what are you going to do? Are you planning to put me under house arrest?"
Ning Yue struggled to push Granny Cen away, trying to lift the wooden latch, causing the two door panels to rattle wildly. However, when she entered the door, the old woman had already fastened the copper lock on the latch. It was stuck, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't open it anymore.
"Miss Yue'er, do you think the matter isn't big enough?"
Grandma Cen blocked the door again and shouted at the girl with wide eyes.
"Isn't it just that I entered Kun Jie's study? What's the big deal? If he didn't deliberately hide anything, why didn't he allow others to enter without permission? Seeing is believing, mother-in-law, why did you still help that liar even though you saw the evidence? , speak for that hypocrite?"
Seeing that Ning Yue was still angry, the old woman had no intention of defending herself. Instead, she seemed to have something unspeakable. She hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and sighed:
"Miss, you won't understand if you haven't experienced what I have experienced..."
"My mother-in-law hasn't even tried to explain, so how do you know that I won't understand? Kun Jie is so duplicitous. Is it really worth your heartfelt devotion to him?"
"It's worth it! Even if Mr. Kunjie ordered me to sacrifice my life for him now, I wouldn't hesitate at all!" The old lady opposite said firmly.
"Paranoid! Mother-in-law, how can you be so stupid and loyal?"
Faced with the girl's accusation, the old woman finally couldn't help but ask: "Miss Yue'er, does she know what happened in Cangliu City more than 20 years ago?"
"What my mother-in-law is talking about is that my father killed thousands of rebels in one fell swoop..."
The other party's rhetorical question made the red-haired girl's voice suddenly become quieter.
Although she had not witnessed the bloody scene more than 20 years ago, she still roughly knew from various rumors what kind of ruthless character her father was. This matter had long become a mystery that the girl could not solve in her life. The knot in his mind has also become the biggest reason for people in Cangliu City who disagree with the chief priest to criticize him.
Ning Yue would often feel ashamed and angry because her surname was Feng and because she had the executioner's blood on her body. Even her relationship with her father had deteriorated in recent years, until she ran away from home, which had a lot to do with it. relation.
"What the young lady learned is what happened after that. What I want to ask is what happened before that."
"Before that? Could it be that my mother-in-law was talking about the time before my father became a high priest?"
Ning Yue suddenly trembled. In her impression, the exact process of how Feng Weishu became the chief priest of Cangliu City could never be found accurately, whether in the family documents or the rumors in the streets. For this reason, the girl even risked being punished and sneaked into the court secretly. She read through the biographies of the great priests of the past, but found that only a few pages about her father were missing.
Seeing that the girl suddenly stopped talking, the old woman seemed to feel that she should not start this conversation. She sighed, and her tone returned to her usual gentle tone:
"Miss Yue'er, maybe I'm too talkative. Whether you know this or not, it won't change the current situation in Cangliu City at all. It may actually make things worse. As far as you are concerned, this matter doesn't matter at all. There’s no need to care, it’s not important—”
"How can it be insignificant? If my mother-in-law knows something, please tell me the truth! Could it be that my father's ability to sit on the position of high priest is related to his Kunjie?!"
Ning Yue Bingxue is smart. Now that she has said this, even if the old lady still wants to hide it, she can already roughly guess the reason. Why is she willing to let it go?
The old woman stared at the girl's blue eyes for a long time, and then nodded:
"Since the young lady has guessed something, let me tell you straight away - if Lord Kunjie had not been expelled from the Dharma Hall because of a momentary mistake, I am afraid that the position of the high priest now would not be in his turn. Come and sit down..."
"Kun Jie was once one of my grandfather's apprentices?"
The red-haired girl had already thought about countless possibilities in her mind. However, when she finally learned the truth, she still found it unbelievable and she couldn't help but exclaimed softly.
"That's right. In fact, Kunjie and your father were once the two most talented disciples of the former high priest Suiya. The difference is that your father came from a poor family and started as the lowest-ranking acolyte. , I have worked hard all the way to get this opportunity. And Mr. Kunjie is extremely talented and has already become well-known!"
"Could it be that father used some despicable method——"
Ning Yue lowered her eyes and spoke in a voice so low that only she could hear it. She knew her father's methods well, and she also understood that the man would work hard to achieve his goals and use all possible means to force the other party to have to Give up the competition. Thinking of this, the hostility in her heart towards Kun Jie immediately disappeared by half.
"The truth is not what the young lady thought. In fact, it was Master Kunjie who left the Dharma Hall on his own initiative back then. And it was not your father who forced him to make such a choice, but the chief priest at the time, your grandfather Sui tooth."
Grandma Cen shook her head and said, "Miss, do you know what is most important to the previous chief priests?"
"The code says that as the head of the Cangyu clan, the chief priest must use his own spiritual power to activate the dragon's breath and protect the safety of the whole clan. He also hopes that one day, he can break the waves and lead the clan back to the homeland of their ancestors."
"But do you know what a heavy price it will cost to return to land?"
The expression on Granny Cen's face gradually became serious, "My clan has been under the sea for thousands of years. Now most people have long been accustomed to life in the water. Instead, they have a strange fear of the land where their ancestors thrived. At the same time, If you want to return to land, you will inevitably have conflicts with people on land who are dozens or hundreds of times your size, or even start a full-scale holy war. And all of this requires someone to shed blood and sacrifice!"
After a little nudge from the old lady, Ning Yue suddenly realized: "So, if the tribesmen know that even if the mysterious gems are exhausted, they will not have to fight with the people on land, then the chief priest and the law hall will no longer be suitable for them. So important, but it will be reduced to a dispensable existence..."
"Because of this, although the theory of exhaustion of the Mysterious Gems is true, the theory of returning to the ancestral homeland is just a lie fabricated by the great priests of the past. They used fear and anger to drive the tribesmen to hate the people on the land, and aroused Their desire for this so-called holy war. In this way, the position of the chief of the Dharma Hall can be secure, and it can always be high and respected by everyone."
Grandma Cen nodded, indicating that what the girl said was true, "When Lord Kunjie learned the truth of the matter, he immediately went to Sui Ya to argue, but was told by the other party that he must not leak this secret, otherwise his tongue would be cut out. His eyes were gouged out and he was imprisoned in Ganyuan. It was precisely for this reason that the master resolutely chose to leave the Dharma Hall and run around the city shouting. For this reason, he was accused of betraying the party and was hunted down. And the grudge between him and the chief priest was also It was forged from then on.”
After learning the truth, Ning Yue sat slumped beside the table. She had never thought that her father and Kun Jie had such a complicated past. She stretched out her hand to grab the teapot on the table and moisten it. His throat was shaking, but he didn't know whether it was because of fear or anger. His hands were shaking so much that he couldn't use any strength at all.
"Mother-in-law - what should I do..." the girl asked with a cry.
"Now, Miss Yue'er should be able to understand why I am so protective of you? Now, don't think too much about it. Now that Miss Yue has followed me to Jingshu, you have made the right choice. All you have to do is If we find the Holy City as soon as possible, we can find the long-awaited paradise for our people. The deaths of thousands of innocent souls back then will not be in vain. And when that time comes, whether it is Cangliu City or the people on land, Then everyone can live their lives in peace and no one will have to die."
As Grandma Cen spoke, she filled a cup of tea for the girl with her own hands, then put her hand in hers and rubbed it, "I recall that when I first saw the young lady at home, you threw yourself into my arms affectionately. Come here, I am not afraid of life at all. From then on, I swore in my heart that I will treat you as my own daughter in this life. Although I have concealed many things from you over the years, please believe me, I will never It will harm you."
Ning Yue took the cup and didn't answer any more. For some reason, she always felt something bad in her heart. It seemed that Granny Cen's explanation was not consistent with her feelings. However, she couldn't tell what the problem was. Where did it come from.
In desperation, the girl just slowly sipped the tea in the cup, and once again thought of the corpses of the tribesmen with missing heads in the farmhouse outside the city, and the countless communications between Kun Jie and the cripple that she had never seen. , I couldn’t help but feel a chill running down my spine.
After all, no matter how high-sounding the reason is, it can never be used as a reason to kill. Otherwise, what is the difference between Kun Jie and his father who is far away in Cangliu City?
She wanted to continue asking, but she swallowed the words. The girl knew that Granny Cen's only daughter also passed away when her father bloodbathed Cangliu City twenty years ago. Even though the other party did not mention this at all today. She also knew that no matter what she said, the old lady opposite would never be shaken at all.
At the same time, the door of the house was suddenly knocked, and then Kun Jie's voice came into the ears of the two of them:
"Grandma Cen, why are you locking the door in broad daylight? Open it quickly. I have something important to discuss with you!"
The old woman immediately gestured to Ning Yue and stood up to open the door. The red-haired girl understood that the other party was reminding her not to talk too much, because they had no idea when Kun Jie came back or whether he was there. I heard the argument between the two just now.
Before the door was fully opened, Kun Jie had already stepped in. He walked up to the two of them. Although he was still smiling, there was a sharp look in his eyes. He looked up and down at Ning Yuelai, who was covered in mud and looked a little embarrassed. .
Grandma Cen immediately smoothed things over for the girl:
"Sir, Miss Yue'er accidentally soiled her dress. I was preparing to clean and change her clothes, so I locked the door."
Although the old lady was strict before, she tried hard to conceal Ning Yue's visit to the study, which made the girl feel touched.
"Oh? Mother-in-law actually has clothes here that little girls can wear, and Miss Yue'er doesn't even want to choose!"
It sounded like Kun Jie was just asking casually, but Ning Yue's scalp went numb when she heard it.
"How could you not be picky? She has loved to clean herself since she was a child. She is so dirty, and all she wants to do is get it clean and decent quickly. She can't make others laugh."
"Girls should take care of their face. But where did all this dirt get stained?" Kun Jie's expression clearly didn't quite believe his grandmother's explanation.
"I accidentally fell down in the courtyard."
"Oh? It hasn't rained in the past few days. It's really not easy to have so much mud stuck to the corners of the skirt."
The tall and lanky man still spoke in an understatement, but intentionally or unintentionally exposed the other party's make-up lie.
When he said these words, he did not look at his old grandma, but stared at Ning Yue in front of him, as if he could clearly see all the secrets hidden in her heart:
"But since Miss Yue'er is here, I just want to ask you if you saw anyone entering my study today? When I came back, I found that the things in the room seemed to have been moved, and the desk was also a lot tidy."
Hearing this, the girl's shoulders trembled slightly. She couldn't help but worry that the fact that she got the waist pendant from the cripple might have already reached Kun Jie's ears. And the letter written by the cripple to the other party was also extremely disturbing. It's possible that he intentionally left it as a bait to test himself.
Ning Yue suddenly felt that she was like a butterfly being manipulated in the palm of someone's hand. She had no idea what unexpected things would happen next. She was afraid that if she continued to go deeper, she would be seen through by the other party, so she had to bend her knees. He bowed and pretended to be embarrassed:
"Oh, Mr. Kunjie, please stop making fun of me. I'm not used to the two legs of land people. I fell down while drinking tea and admiring flowers in the flower garden, so I hurriedly asked my mother-in-law Help me change my clothes. How would we know what's going on in your study? But if you come to my mother-in-law, you must have something important to discuss, so I won't delay you."
After saying that, she hurriedly left and ran back to her room in one breath, but she knew clearly in her heart that from that day on, there was no one around her who could completely trust her and help her continue her investigation.
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