"My stomach was upset that day, I did not dare to drink lots of wine and water, I could barely have enough strength to climb out of the sea of fire and regain my life. The knife... The knife was pulled from my big brother's chest. If I ever see that woman again, I will cut her to a million pieces!"

Gu Yun whispered: "She brought along a young child to kill and burn the mountain together."

"She put the cub in the basket," said Huo Long. "Carrying it on her back, the cub always looked half-dead and boneless. Lying in the bamboo basket, it only stared - staring at dead bodies everywhere and did not even cry out. After so many years, if it did not die in that wretch's hands, it must definitely be a monster itself."

Gu Yun turned away without a word.

Shen Yi rushed out after him: "Marshal, Marshal!"

"This man cannot live," Gu Yun said quickly in a low voice. "Old Cai is still here, while he still has not noticed, silence this eyesore forever, remember to handle it cleanly."

As he said this, Gu Yun suddenly seemed to remember something, his footsteps halted, his expression filled with haze: "No, I forgot there is still Jia Lai Ying Huo. That year at Yanhui Town, he and Xiu Niang had been in contact. That barbarian must know something."

Shen Yi was frightened: "Marshal..."

"He had never told me," Gu Yun's shoulders suddenly collapsed, but the steel plate on his body prevented his back from bending, his stance was indescribably stiff.

"He had never told me, not even mentioning a single word... I knew that barbarian woman's head was full of thoughts about vengeance for her country, she must not have been very kind to him, but there was still a blood connection..."

Shen Yi hurriedly said, "You don't know what that insane woman Hu Ge Er did. Twenty years ago, you were still a child with a snotty nose. It's alright Zi Xi, this matter had nothing to do with you!"

"That time when we picked him up in the snow, it was not because he was a young foolish child sneaking out to play," Gu Yun whispered. "He clearly could not endure the torture anymore, that is why..."

And they had been so 'kind' as to bring him back.

Shen Yi was not able to answer.

After a long time, Shen Yi whispered, "If... I am asking a hypothetical question, what if, the child left alive is not the son of the Royal Consort..."

Shen Yi could not help recalling that scene many years ago, the young boy Chang Geng stood in front of him, calmly said that he was no prince, that the disability on his feet was caused by Xiu Niang.

Gu Yun raised his eyes: "What do you want to say?"