Chapter 308

Starved to death......

Starved to death?

Starved to death?!

Fuzouzi stared intently at Xuanjian, his mind and spirit shaken, for a long time unable to regain composure ——

How could it be death by starvation?

How, why would it be, death by starvation?

He, he originally thought that he would be willing to pay much for the great Dao of all beings, even though his hands were stained with fresh blood, he could still hold to his original heart, regardless of good or evil......

However, how could it possibly be 【starved to death】?

Xuanjian repeatedly said, saying Yuanlong was violent, saying Yuanlong wielded power for personal gain, saying Yuanlong was full of ulterior motives......

He said that Yuanlong, together with the rebels led by Chen Weifang, raised troops in an attempt to seize the throne from Shuyi, but was defeated at Profound Feather Mountain.

Everything sounded extremely serious.

But, everything also sounded extremely distant, without any palpable feeling.

Fuzouzi hearing these words would only feel as if he were standing before a room full of history books, flipping through a heavy volume from bygone years.

Everything in the history books, though brief, carries immense weight—constantly about scheming, intentions, factional struggles, victories and defeats......

It is too far removed from ordinary people.

The two words 'defeat in battle' have existed since ancient times; it's nothing remarkable.

If Xuanjian were to tell him today that this child, after suffering a defeat like a collapsing mountain, was killed by a single thrust from the Imperial Court's executioner, cut down from his horse, or else died amid chaotic troops pierced by an arrow......

Fuzouzi felt nothing real at all.

He would merely note in his mind a record 【some year, some month, some day, who died where】, then turn over that heavy page of the history book and continue with his business of safeguarding the world's masses.

After all, the victor becomes king, the loser becomes bandit; since Yuanlong deliberately raised troops to rebel against the state, he deserved punishment.

However, however.

How could it possibly be 【starved to death】?

This truly is......

It truly is, a first-rate cruel way to die.

Every person on this land, each and every one, if they have experienced the feeling of missing a meal, will mostly understand the pain brought by hunger.

That is an invisible shackle, pressing down on the spines of all common folk who intend to live well.

Once that spine is pressed down, it is as if a foot grinds the head of the starving person hard into the dirt.

So-called dignity, scheming, and heavenly abilities......

In the face of hunger, they are all just empty talk.

The pain when the stomach spasms, acid water flowing upward through the throat, scorching the heart chambers, liver, bit by bit tearing and gnawing......

After prolonged torment, finally, with a 'glug' sound, the last trace of soul slowly fades away.

That kind of pain is truly unforgettable for a lifetime.

Even Fuzouzi is no exception.

He clearly remembers that kind of pain.

He certainly remembers that kind of pain——

Even though he has been estranged for many years, unable to recall anything of his life before entering the Dao......

Even though he later became a Celestial Master, wherever he went people treated him with respect......

But he still remembers that feeling.

To live is to live, to die is to die.

Let's just get it over with.

However, how could it possibly be death by starvation?

Whose imperial eldest son dies of starvation?

The other party doesn't know that Yuanlong's biological father is Chinu, but he does.

The 'house slave' that the other party keeps calling is almost certainly his biological father, Chinu.

He has carefully calculated it, he clearly has carefully calculated it, the two characters Yuanlong should indeed be excellent!

How could this child's ending be clutching his father's hand before death, repeatedly begging for a mouthful of cow's milk?

Fuzouzi cannot even imagine what the scene was like at that time——

Perhaps, that day was a heavy snow day.

Perhaps, on Profound Feather Mountain, wild geese filled the fields in lament.

Or perhaps, that child had already been starved to skin and bone, lying between heaven and earth on his last breath.

The heavens were cold and the earth frozen; his father held him tightly, yet could not even shed a tear.

Or perhaps, he was then so starved that he rarely had a lucid moment; only when he occasionally opened his eyes to see his father would he reach for his father's hand, desperately trying to beg mercy from fate:

"Father, I want to drink a mouthful of cow's milk."

But, surrounded in the mountains, provisions exhausted, not even a scrap to fill the stomach—where could one get cow's milk?

His father beside him, fearing that at that time he might have to feed him blood, feed him meat, but that single mouthful of cow's milk—calling to heaven and earth brings no response, impossible to provide.

In the very end, perhaps, all he could do was watch helplessly as the child died in regret before his eyes......

Unimaginable.

Unimaginable.

If that day truly comes, how exactly can his father rid himself of this inner demon and continue living?

At least, at least Fuzouzi feels that if it were him, he would surely find it even harder to go on.

Even......

In his heart, he inexplicably felt a pang of grievance for Yuan Long.

Exactly, grievance.

Even though Xuanjian said it was a mountain echo, as long as one thinks that the child was starved to death, his final thought before death was still to drink cow's milk.

Fusuzi found it hard to believe Xuanjian's words were true.

Xuanjian belittled Yuan Long and praised Shuyi.

He extolled Shuyi as if he were unsurpassed under heaven.

He described Yuan Long as if he were some unforgivable dog-thing......

But he had never seen such a great villain in his life; was it really like that before his death?

Even the moment the words "cow's milk" appeared, it instead made Fusuzi feel——

Even if Yuan Long truly harbored malicious intent, played power politics, and killed people like hemp......

Perhaps, maybe he also had some hidden difficulties.

A concubine-born eldest son.

One who, according to Xuanjian's words, seemed to have entered the court early as a concubine-born eldest son.

Over the years, he surely would have achieved some accomplishments.

Thus, it also matched what he had initially divined for Yuan Long, seeing that this person had the sign of accomplishment.

However, having accomplishments does not mean he would ultimately be selected.

His background insufficient, his disposition poor, not knowing what's good for him, he was unwilling to leave the capital and stay away from the center of power......

Or perhaps he simply lost by one move in the brothers' struggle, fearing that after the other side ascended the throne, he would be purged......

These are the reasons for his defeat.

These are the reasons for his raising troops.

These......

Perhaps these are even the cause of his death.

He ultimately chose to rise in rebellion, to pit himself against fate.

He ultimately was trapped and died on Mount XuanYu, dying beside his father and Chen Weifang......

Fusuzi looked up and let out a long, faint sigh.

He is now merely a soul; after exhaling that breath, the layer of heavenly and earthly spiritual qi around him faded somewhat.

The moonlight receded, and this night will grow bright.

Between heaven and earth, spiritual qi and purple qi faded together.

To outsiders, perhaps they do not understand what this signifies.

But Fusuzi knows, the moment has arrived.

He forcibly suppressed the trembling in his heart, held his breath, seized the last opportunity, and asked:

【...... When Yuan Long died, who were the people who besieged the mountain and imprisoned him? Did his mother not issue an order to spare his son's life?】

No wonder Fusuzi asks so much......

He is too curious.

He really is too curious.

Given that Xuanjian praised Shuyi as unsurpassed under heaven and said his temperament was warm, tolerant, and magnanimous, the act of leading troops to trap and kill his elder brother, watching him starve to death......

Surely he could not have done such a thing, right?

But according to Xuanjian's meaning, among the empress's seven sons, aside from Yuan Long, only Shuyi is her biological son.

Besides him, who else could decide major affairs and suppress the rebellion?

Ordinary generals?

If not for the emperor's personal decree, who would dare to go suppress it?

Other nominal sons?

Would a nominal son dare to kill a true son, not fearing future suspicion?!

Most likely, it can only be Shuyi, who holds the title of "Young Lord"!

But if it is indeed Shuyi, how could his ruthless nature be described as "warm, tolerant, and magnanimous"?

Moreover, moreover——

In this whole turmoil, what exactly did the empress do all along? And what exactly is her mindset?

Why, seeing how well she gets along with Chinu now, would she later indulge others to kill their only biological child?

Fusuzi cannot figure it out; he feels his whole head aching terribly.

He is not unaware that something is wrong, but he really cannot think of any explanation.

He even wanted to kneel, weeping, and kowtow to Xuanjian several times, asking him to tell the truth straight, without hiding anything!

Now he only hopes the other party will tell him that everything is false.

Yuan Long is not dead, and the situation afterward would not be so dire.

However, Fusuzi also understands something in his heart......

If the other party lacks evidence, they could hardly fabricate such a precise lie as "trapped and died on Mount XuanYu, finally starved to death, even before death still begging for cow's milk".

It's too true.

It's too true.

So true that it made his five viscera and six bowels begin to feel the pain as if experiencing it themselves.

?? It's time for the interaction segment with the treasure kids——

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? Don't blame the author for being unfair, huh; fate this kind of thing, originally it's also unfair~