C140 (1/2)
After Xie Jingxi finished listening to Gu Yun's story, she was unable to calm her emotions for a long time. It was truly unexpected for there to be so many strange things in the world, and the matter of Marquis Mansion was as novel as the story in the book. Now, she finally knew that Gu Yun had hidden his memorial tablet from the beginning, and her heart was filled with an indescribable feeling.
”You must have seen my study?” Gu Yun held her hand and took a deep breath, ”I'm not intentionally hiding this from you, I just don't know how to speak.”
Xie Jingxi understood in her heart that not everyone had the courage to show others the sealed wound they had suffered a long time ago. Whether it was to continue hiding it or to open their hearts to you one day, it was his freedom and choice. Although it was her who had accidentally touched his secret, it was already difficult for Gu Yun to explain things like this to her.
”Speaking of which, I'm really ashamed. I only managed to open the fourth column. Actually, I'm somewhat regretful. I shouldn't have opened the fourth column out of curiosity.”
Actually, it wasn't really a big deal when I thought about it later on, I was just holding onto the 100 tablets and my mother wasn't here either, it was just that at that time, I couldn't really accept it.
”Was Gu Qing really that weird since he was young?” Xie Jingxi was puzzled in her heart the entire time, ”Even though theoretically speaking, there might be some children who were born different from others, but if I hadn't personally witnessed them, I still wouldn't be able to believe it. To a certain extent, it is indeed a little unfair to treat a child, and even ordinary children, will inevitably complain and hold grudges in their hearts, not to mention those who are so intelligent.
In any case, Xie Jingxi was still unable to forgive his actions, ”Although the danger that you guys are in wasn't caused by Gu Qing, but I have a feeling that it was caused by the power backing him. I probably haven't had the time to tell you, I suspect that there is an unknown force in the northern border that Gu Qing has disappeared all these years, or maybe it's related to this, or else I can't think of any place that the Marquis can't even think of.”
Gu Yun roughly knew from Bai Cao and Fang Dai that Xie Jingxi had been investigating something. Although he could not figure out why she did it, he could vaguely guess that he was investigating in the same direction as him.
”I heard Sheng Luan mention it before. When he was in the northwest, he encountered a group of merchants, so it's possible that Gu Qing was among them many years ago.
”A caravan?” Xie Jingxi frowned, could it be that she was selling herbs? If it was true, then it meant that she had guessed the right direction, ”Do you know why I found out about the forces of the Northern Territories?”
Gu Yun's brows twitched, ”Before you tell me, I'll tell you another story first, or I'll give you some sort of inspiration.”
Xie Jingxi faintly sensed that he was talking about another extremely important secret. Seeing that she was suddenly a little solemn, the corner of Gu Yun's mouth hooked up, ”You don't have to be so nervous.
Curiosity was something that was natural. Gu Yun had been poisoned since young, and the strange attitude of the Marquis, as well as the conflict between Gu Yun and the Marquis, must have something to do with the Lady Ji. It took Xie Jingxi a long time to understand that the conflict between Gu Yun and the Marquis Mansion was probably only directed towards the Marquis, which made her even more curious about the Lady Ji.
”I don't have a deep impression of my mother. She had disappeared before I was three years old, but I vaguely remember that she was an extremely gentle woman. It's just that after she gave birth to me, she was in a bad condition, so everyone thought that she died due to illness.” Gu Yun said as his voice paused, ”I always thought it was because of me that her body wasn't healthy, so I always blamed myself. It was only when I grew up that I gradually understood that Mother and I were poisoned.”
According to the age difference between Gu Yun and Gu Heng, Lady Zeng should have entered the door not long after Lady Ji died. Although there was nothing wrong with it, Xie Jingxi felt that Marquis should have feelings for him, because every time Marquis looked at him, her eyes would have some sort of undetectable sadness and reminiscence. This sadness should be directed to Lady Ji.
If Lady Ji died from poison, then she must have died from some kind of conspiracy, or from a clan, or to fight for favors and personal grudges, or for some other reason that no one else knew about. At first, Xie Jingxi suspected that it was because of the Lady Zeng, but now it seemed that the Lady Zeng had entered the manor later on, it was just that the time it took to enter the manor was rather coincidental.
However, the Lady Ji was an heir of the Zhang Clan, even if she was not well versed in the art of poison, she should at least be slightly familiar with it. Regardless of which side the poison was administered by, normal poison would probably not be able to escape her eyes.
”Mother, did she go very peacefully?”
”You guessed right.” Gu Yun confirmed her guess, ”My mother and I were both poisoned by the same poison, but the poison wasn't too deep, and after being sent to Grandfather for emergency treatment, we were fortunate to have survived. My mother went there very quickly, and also very peacefully, I had always thought that she had just been sleeping, and only found out later on that she wasn't, but I have always wondered, my mother and Grandfather were both proficient in medicine, and what kind of poison could there be that even my mother couldn't discover, and even Grandfather couldn't remove, so I searched it for a long time, but just didn't find anything.”
”It's Wuhen.” Xie Jingxi could not help but be impressed, so both Gu Yun and the Lady Ji were poisoned by the same poison as her previous life, but she did not know whether it was a coincidence or a plan, and she replied, ”The poison in the Eldest Miss is also the same.”