Gu Yun laughed aloud, "Is that so, sounds quite reasonable. I have seen people carry objects from their lovers. But this is the first time I have seen someone who misses their nemesis this way. What kind of hatred could be so lingering and melancholy? Come and give me some insight."

"That woman put down more than a hundred brothers of my camp with poison, stabbed them one by one, and finally set off a fire, burning the hilltop clean. The entire mountain, even the birds were burnt to ash. I was the only one who could escape, leaving me with all these scars.

"I did not fucking know where she came from, nor did I know that she was a barbarian. I only carried this knife to remind myself of my past humiliation!" Huo Long furiously roared: "Dog officer, you can slander me for anything, but if you dare to pour this bucket of shit on me, even if I became a demon, I will still bite you to death!"

Shen Yi let out an unamused laugh and said: "Your teeth are still so sharp, continuing with your made-up tales: a barbarian woman barging into a bandit's nest for no reason, burning the bandits on the mountain all on her own? How fresh - Marshal, do the theatre troupes invited to your manor ever put on such an interesting play?"

Gu Yun sighed: "I cannot even afford any meat, all day slurping porridge, what theatre troupe ..."

Huo Long stared at them: "Marshal... Which Marshal?”

Gu Yun spun the blade in his hand at a dizzying speed, giving him a malicious smile.

Huo Long instantly came to a realization, he shuddered: "You...You are... Gu...Gu"

"Don't just claim people to be your relatives. Who is your aunt*?" Shen Yi interrupted him, "Tell us how you have colluded with the barbarians and harassed the people."

*The word aunt [姑 -Gū] and Gù [Gù Yún] sounded similar.

Huo Long's face reddened: "I said it was my enemy! Goddamnit, if there was any word that was untrue, let me be struck by lightning!

"That woman went with a small caravan at the beginning, she seemed to have been separated from her family, paying someone to give her a ride. We stopped and robbed the caravan on the way. Seeing that she was quite beautiful, we also captured her and brought her to the mountain. She was carrying a baby still in diapers, it didn’t look to be a full month old, and she herself was also pregnant..."

Inside, Shen Yi was terrified, but on the outside, he asked as calmly as possible: "When did it happen?"

Huo Long said: "Nineteen... twenty years ago."

Under the dim light, Gu Yun and Shen Yi exchanged a look. It sounded similar to the story of when the barbarian goddess fled that year, then the baby should be Chang Geng. But what was the one in Xiu Niang's belly?

Shen Yi: "What happened afterwards?"