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"Hmph! Killing him is naturally an easy task for me. But I don't want him to die so easily; I want Guan Ao to personally experience the feeling of being forsaken by all, the pain of a heart that dies greater than a body. He probably never expected to die at the hands of his own son and daughter."
Zi Qing said coldly, "He caused the deaths of Tianfan and Tianshe's mother, and then imprisoned them for life in this manor's cage.
In fact, it's not just his biological children; even the others in the manor would eagerly kill him if they could."
"But don't you think that's too cruel for Guan Tianfan and Guan Tianshe?" Mings pressed on.
Zi Qing's expression darkened slightly as he nodded, "That is something I hadn't considered beforehand. I overlooked your presence at that time. You wisely unraveled the assassination plot against Tianfan and Tianshe. Their hearts have been tormented day and night, and being forced into a dead end, choosing to leave may have been their only option. For them, it might also be a form of liberation."
"Death is liberation? Fine, even if the deaths of the Guan siblings were their own choice, what about the lives of over a hundred servants in Guan Family Manor? Were their deaths also a choice for liberation?" Mings recalled the innocent lives lost and felt a surge of indignation.
"Do you really think they were just ordinary servants?"
Zi Qing suddenly countered, "Ming Captain, you can check in your office; most of those I killed were rogues who had no place in the Jianghu anymore. They were hunted by Jianghu Zhengdao and hid in this secluded Bu Dong Mountain Manor to conceal their identities. As for their other purpose, it goes without saying—it was for the rumored secret manual.
In fact, for two hundred years now, few innocent people have dared to enter Bu Dong Mountain Manor. This manor has become a nightmare for the living; who would dare take the risk to enter? Thus, the previous master of the manor opened its doors wide to shelter these Jianghu rogues and protect them."
"Is that really true?" Mings felt a wave of darkness wash over him.
"Moreover, I never intended to kill them. And by killing them, I had other purposes," Zi Qing stated.
"Other purposes? What purposes?" Mings asked.
"You should ask Tian Ming," Zi Qing said, her gaze shifting to Guan Tianming.
"She wants to find the hidden secrets of Bu Dong Mountain Manor," Guan Tianming suddenly interjected.
Mings still looked confused.
"I was threatening him," Zi Qing said coldly. "I was using over a hundred lives to coerce Tian Ming, but to my surprise, I was not successful."
"Threatening Tian Ming? Does Guan Tianming know where the secrets are?" Mings looked at Guan Tianming.
Guan Tianming opened his eyes and gazed out the window. It was already late at night, but the burning flames painted the sky a vivid red. "Before long, Bu Dong Mountain Manor will be nothing but ashes," Zi Qing said, looking at him. "Ming Er, at this moment, are you still unwilling to reveal the location of the secrets?"
"How can you be so sure that Guan Tianming knows where the five-hundred-year-old secrets are?" Mings hesitated.
"There is no mistake; this matter was personally stated by Tian Ming," Zi Qing paused. "He told my Azure Bird about the discovery of the secrets, but Ming Er did not realize that Azure Bird had already been subjected to a heart-binding curse. I can know everything it hears and sees."
Guan Tianming smiled faintly. "I was careless, but I have too many secrets hidden in my heart. I'm really tired."
"Are the lives of over a hundred people in that secret chamber merely the price to force Guan Tianming to reveal the secrets?" Mings felt a surge of indignation. Zi Qing replied indifferently, "Not just their lives, but mine as well."
Mings suddenly recalled Zi Qing, locked in chains and bleeding profusely in the secret chamber. "So your injuries were all just to coerce Guan Tianming!"
"Indeed. I thought that the lives of those strangers held no weight; I had no choice but to threaten him with the blood of Ming Er's mother! But I still miscalculated. Ming Er, you truly surprised me. If it were the kind-hearted and filial Ming Er from before, seeing me bleed out and nearing death would surely have made you reveal the location of the secrets. Yet here you are, remaining silent until now—it really caught me off guard."
"Mother," Guan Tianming suddenly spoke, addressing Zi Qing as such. Zi Qing's expression trembled for a moment; she smiled and nodded, "Ming Er, it's been three whole years since I returned to Bu Dong Mountain Manor, and this is the first time you've called me 'Mother.' I'm truly happy."
Guan Tianming stood up, his gaze meeting Zi Qing's in the air, a connection of blood and kinship. He said earnestly, "Mother, let it go!"
Zi Qing's smiling face suddenly tightened as she shook her head vigorously. "No way, this is absolutely impossible. Ming Er, you know that it caused me to lose everything—my home, my happiness, even you! If it weren't for this, would your father have been so cruel as to poison you to force me to hand over the secret manual?
The Heavenly Worm Venom—if I hadn't practiced with poisons and toxic wines since childhood, storing vast amounts of toxins in my body over the decades, I wouldn't have been able to push all my poison into you at the moment of your poisoning, using poison to counteract poison and saving your life. If not for that, you would have left me long ago. But even so, you have forever lost the freedom to bask in the sunlight. I hate it; I can't let go!"
"I understand," Guan Tianming said, his violet eyes shimmering with light. "That's why I want you to let go. Only by letting go can you truly be free. Otherwise, you'll become just like Father."
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