blogombal Chapter 1999 As Long as You Live
Chapter 1999 As Long as You Live
Fan Wuyou's eyes reddened again when they questioned her.
But this time she held back her tears.
She sniffed, her tone turning slightly colder, "But I haven't caused anyone's death because of this. Although I did lure a few people there, they all survived for various reasons."
“I remember it very clearly. I led five people there in succession. One of them got to the foot of the mountain and met a villager. He was called out to and then turned and ran away. I didn’t pull him back.”
"There were two others. They were scared away by the two wild ghosts' yin energy after they arrived at the mass grave. I didn't tell that ghost cultivator about this. Otherwise, how could those two wild ghosts still have souls?"
Lu Zhaoling and Zhou Shiyue understood what was going on when they heard this.
The two wandering ghosts she mentioned must be Master Shang and happy Hong, right?
So, it seems that Master Shang and happy Hong did a good deed by saving someone's life.
Lu Zhaoling smiled.
"How about we meet?"
Fan Wuyou didn't understand what she was saying and just said "Ah".
Lu Zhaoling then told Qingbao to go out and call for help, not to call for ghosts.
Today she brought Master Shang and happy Hong along, mainly because she wanted to ask them about any potential conflicts. After all, they had been staying at the mass grave for a while.
When Master Shang and happy Hong entered, Fan Wuyou saw them and immediately exclaimed "Ah!"
"How did you get here?" she asked, quite shocked.
Master Shang and happy Hong were quite apprehensive when they arrived at Prince Jin's residence today.
Neither of them expected that they would be able to roam freely within the Prince of Jin's residence.
However, they had been very well-behaved before and didn't dare to wander around. They stayed under a tree on one side of the front hall, waiting to be summoned.
Unlike Madam Sheng, who could wander around even the Subei military camp and go watch the soldiers rub their chest muscles with snow...
Well, I've gone off on a tangent.
When Master Shang and happy Hong saw Fan Wuyou standing in the hall, they both took a step back.
The two ghosts recognized her too.
"Your Highness, she, she is that..." Xi Hong spoke to Lu Zhaoling somewhat fearfully, wanting to tell her that this was the female ghost who had helped the Great Ghost Cultivator there. Lu Zhaoling nodded slightly to her, indicating that she understood.
"I heard you two scared away two people who went to a mass grave to commit suicide?" she asked the two ghosts.
happy Hong kept her lips tightly closed and looked at Master Shang, signaling him to answer.
Master Shang glanced at Fan Wuyou, hesitated for a moment, then drifted closer to Qingyin and Qingbao before speaking.
He felt that the princess's personal maid must also be able to protect him.
"Does she know we scared her away?"
This "she" refers to Fan Wuyou.
Master Shang and happy Hong thought no one had discovered it, but little did they know that the other party already knew it was them.
"There was nothing we could do. The two people who went there were a brother and sister. The sister looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, and the brother looked to be only eight or nine. They said their parents went to their uncle's house to borrow money, but they had an accident on their way back and died."
Master Shang looked at Fan Wuyou again, "These two siblings feel like the sky has fallen, they can't go on living, and they want to commit suicide and follow their parents. How can this be allowed? happy Hong and I certainly can't stand by and watch."
happy Hong was a little afraid of Fan Wuyou, but since Master Shang had already brought it up, she wasn't afraid anymore and said directly, "Why would those two siblings go to the mass grave to seek death for no reason? It's obvious that some ghost lured them there. Aren't they afraid of being struck by lightning?"
“You…” Fan Wuyou’s expression changed slightly.
"I took them to the mass grave because I saw that the two siblings wanted to die, but didn't know where to die. They said they were afraid to jump into the lake, afraid to hang themselves, and couldn't buy any poison. They were crying very miserably by the roadside!"
She looked at Zhou Shiyue, as if defending herself, "They really wanted to die back then because their uncle was no good. Although he borrowed some money, after the couple died, he still came to collect the debt. These two sisters didn't have any other relatives to help them, so how could they survive?"
"The older sister is almost fourteen years old. Her uncle wants to marry her off to a lame rich man as his second wife. If she doesn't die, she will lose her chastity and live a miserable life. A woman's chastity is so important. I understand why she would rather die than serve a lame man who is twenty years older than her."
Zhou Shiyue's expression was cold.
He originally didn't want to pay attention to Fan Wuyou, but upon hearing this, he surprisingly spoke up.
"You're wrong. Living is more important. If you're not afraid of death, why not fight again? Even if you get married, you might still have a chance to escape that cage in the future. As long as you're alive, there are other possibilities."
Fan Wuyou stared at him, stunned.
"It seems like someone once said the same thing as you... Who could it be?" she murmured.
Qian Dingxing was also stunned.
He glanced at Zhou Shiyue, then at Fan Wuyou.
He also felt as if he had heard someone say something similar before, and he seemed to have been listening and watching from the sidelines at the time.
This scene is especially familiar.
happy Hong also looked at Zhou Shiyue, her expression blank.
Yes, that's what she actually thought back then too.
She followed Master Shu out of necessity at first. She was originally just a maid, but she was smart and eager to learn and unwilling to accept her situation. So even though she was a maid, she studied hard in the Shu family, including learning from the behavior and speech of the guests who came to the Shu family.
Master Shu took a liking to her and forced himself on her on a snowy night.
She had clearly made a plan, saving money diligently so that she could redeem herself and marry a shopkeeper or steward. If the couple worked hard, they would surely be able to make a prosperous life together.
She also wanted to be a mother, like any other woman, with a husband and children, and live a peaceful life.
After being forced by Master Shu, she was heartbroken and even contemplated suicide. But she quickly came to terms with it; she had to live, and perhaps, she could still have a good life in the future?
However, while she was with Master Shu, she heard a lot of gossip and was even scorned by the young ladies in the mansion. She also heard them whispering behind her back, saying things like, "How can you still have the face to live?"
Because Master Shu didn't give her any official title at all; she wasn't even considered a concubine or a maidservant.
She felt that all she wanted to do was live, what was wrong with that?
After hearing what the Prince of Jin said, happy Hong felt like crying.
why?
Why would someone like Prince Jin, who is second only to the Emperor, be able to say such a thing?
If only she were a maid in the Prince of Jin's mansion.
happy's eyes were red and she looked like she was about to cry.
Zhou Shiyue frowned. He had just casually shared his thoughts, but why did everyone seem so strange?
Lu Zhaoling gripped his hand tightly.
She looked at Fan Wuyou.
"So you still don't realize you did something wrong?"
Fan Wuyou bit her lower lip.