Chapter 181 Seeds of Hatred

Qihe City

"Master, where are you going?"

Chunsheng followed behind Nangong Yu. She changed into a simple woman's outfit and tied her hair with a white scarf. Her beautiful face looked even more sad and beautiful because of her sorrow and worry.

But she did not get much attention. Instead, the man walking in front of her attracted much attention. Along the way, both men and women looked back and stared at her.

Nangong Yu was wearing thin clothes at this time, revealing his slender waist. Others were wearing thick cotton clothes, but he dressed his poverty to look pitiful, like a delicate orchid, with a hint of sadness in his understatement.

"...She said that they are in Qihe City. I must find them..."

Listen to him mumbling like a madman.

"Master, it's fake, it's all fake, don't believe her, everything she said is just a lie."

Chunsheng grabbed his arm, trying to wake him up from his daze and stop him from being led by Xu Shanshan.

But Nangong Yu waved her away coldly and arrogantly, and continued to search with a numb face. At this time, a lot of people gathered in front, whispering to each other, and talking as if they were watching something strange.

"What's going on? Aren't those city soldiers?"

"Yes, I heard that our city commander is going to the capital to report on his work, and this time he specially brought Miss Yuhe with him."

"Miss Yuhe? She is a lucky star sent from heaven. Since the city lord adopted her as his daughter, everything has gone smoothly for her. I heard that she worked day and night for half a year to embroider a picture of a thousand blessings for His Majesty. The Empress Dowager specially invited her to Beijing to be rewarded for her meritorious service in praying for blessings."

"Miss Yuhe is so beautiful. You can tell at first glance that she is kind-hearted and blessed. No wonder she has been so lucky all the way. Now that she has caught the eye of the Grand Empress Dowager, she will surely be extremely valuable in the future."

"I heard from others that people who get close to her will have some good luck, so let's get close to her too."

The faces of the crowd were filled with curiosity and excitement. Some stood on tiptoe and stretched their necks. Some even kept rushing forward, blocking the surrounding area.

The guards who were maintaining order immediately stepped forward, drove the crowd away, and shouted sternly: "Back off. If you don't, we will treat you badly."

"Ahem...Okay, don't scare anyone. They are just some people who are here to have fun."

A man in blue clothes with a veil covering his face called out to stop the guards. His voice was weak and calm, and he must be not feeling well. However, the guards listened to him very much and put away their ferocious expressions.

Nangong Yu originally wanted to walk around and not join in the fun that had nothing to do with him, but he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the man covering his mouth with a silk handkerchief while he was coughing, and his eyes were slightly dazed.

On the street, a carriage made of fine walnut wood stopped. People around cast envious glances at it. The silk curtain was slowly lifted, revealing half of a beautiful face.

She has thin eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes and a perfectly placed black mole at the end of her eyebrow, just like a peach blossom blooming in spring, which makes her look lively and beautiful.

"Don't make trouble and delay your journey to Beijing."

The gentle instructions made the guards and the man in blue stand on high alert and respond respectfully with "yes".

Perhaps it was some kind of mysterious connection, but upon hearing the soft and beautiful female voice, Nangong Yu couldn't help but look over there.

At first glance, he felt that the face looked familiar, but after he looked at it carefully, he was horrified, as if he had seen something incredibly terrifying, and he couldn't help but shiver all over.

His abnormal look frightened Chunsheng.

"Master, Master, what's wrong with you?"

He clenched his teeth tightly, and blood was flowing out from the corners of his mouth without him noticing. His eyes were so depressed and heavy, as if he was enduring some unspeakable pain.

Chunsheng's anxious calls attracted many people's attention. The woman in the carriage also heard the noise. She glanced over here, her eyes like autumn water, dignified and indifferent... But when she saw Nangong Yu and others, she did not show any strange expression. She just treated them as strangers, and then withdrew her hands indifferently and let down the curtain.

She doesn't recognize him?
"Yao Mei——"

He pushed Chunsheng away and rushed towards the carriage desperately. His throat was choked and tight, and he could hardly shout.

“…It’s me, it’s me…”

Seeing someone making trouble, the guard kicked him to the ground. Chunsheng widened his eyes, screamed and rushed over, begging: "Stop hitting him, stop hitting him, he can't take it..."

"stop it now."

It was the man in blue who had coughed before. He walked over quickly and stopped the guards from enforcing the law roughly.

However, when he saw Nangong Yu's face clearly, his expression changed suddenly, and his eyes were full of complexity and tension.

"They ran into the city commander's marching team. Tie them up, gag them, and lock them up for a few days before releasing them."

"Yes."

Nangong Yu's eyes were fixed on the carriage. His eyes were red and he struggled to break free: "Let me go. That's my youngest sister. I want to find her. I want to ask her..."

"Shut up!" The man in green grabbed his collar and whispered in his ear, "If you don't want to die, you'd better disappear from the scene!"

After the man in blue said this, he ordered his men to gag Nangong Yu and Chunsheng and forcibly take them away.

Nangong Yu sat in the cell, thinking about the past, his parents, second brother, eldest brother, youngest sister, and himself... they were once such a happy and warm family.

But, in the end, everything was gone. His family was destroyed, people died, and he went through a lot of hardships, but did all this really have anything to do with his youngest sister?

If everything was God's will, an accident, or a natural disaster, he could still force himself to accept his fate, but, what if it wasn't?
He saw with his own eyes today that his youngest sister, who he believed was dead along with her parents, was still alive.

But she has changed. The black spot on her face is gone, and her eyes have returned to normal. Not only that, she is now the adopted daughter of the city lord and has an extremely noble status.

If it weren't for the mole on her eyebrow, if he hadn't often reminisced about his family over the years, and if it weren't for her face that was 60% to 70% similar to his, he might not have dared to recognize her.

He didn't understand how she escaped from the dead? How did she get rid of the black spot on her face and heal her eyes...

"You've seen everything, right?"

Inside the cell, a sudden voice sounded beside Nangong Yu's ears. He turned around in horror, only to see a paper man standing on his shoulder.

It staggers, as if it cannot stand steadily. It has no mouth, but it can convey words.

Nangong Yu was familiar with the voice of the paper man. He was surprised and said, "Xu, Xu Shanshan?!"

"Since you have seen with your own eyes that your blood relative is still alive in the world, and has changed his appearance, and is completely different from you, don't you still believe what I say?"

Nangong Yu was silent for a moment, and his determination to die was rekindled at this moment. His dull eyes now had a bright blood color.

"...Can you help me? As long as you are willing to help me, so that I can stand in front of her openly and ask her in person the truth about what happened back then, no matter what you want me to do, I will agree to it."

"Of course, come to Shangjing, I'll wait for you here."

The paper figurine spontaneously combusted without fire and turned into a handful of ashes that floated outside the prison. Then the prison door was opened and someone outside shouted, "Nangong Yu, Chunsheng, come out."