243 Farewell (1/2)
Chapter 243: Farewell
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Shangguan Ru was very surprised because Slave Huan wanted to see Lady Meng. Her mother was very dissatisfied with this killer, and her heart was filled with killing intent. Slave Huan also knew this. Despite this, she still followed the advice to contact her mother.
There were only two people left. When they were in bed, Gu Shenwei said to Maid Lotus: ”I know it's very abrupt, but I have to run away from the Stone Castle and go far away. It is no longer a place for me to stay.”
Maid Lotus was still as plain as usual. It was as if Slave Huan had only casually said a word, and she continued to support him as always. ”This was never my place to be.”
This was enough. Gu Shenwei knew that Maid Lotus could be trusted, and was the only credible person in Stone Castle. After they escape together, he will tell her the whole truth. He had already made a grand plan in his heart and he needed this reliable assistant.
Maid Lotus did not know the true thoughts of Slave Huan but she only thought that this was their closest moment ever since the two had met.
The world surrounding Shangguan Ru was collapsing. Gu Shenwei's entire plan for hiding was also falling, and at a faster speed. He had been hiding behind the twins, Luo Ningcha, and rarely had direct clashes with the big men in the fort. But when he was at the most vulnerable part of Golden Roc Fort, he had ignored the airtight net that was over his head.
When he started bypassing the protectors to make his claim, this big net immediately tightened around him. Gu Shenwei finally understood that he could not break the Stone Castle on his own. That's right, he saw the huge cracks and used these cracks. Something was done, but it did not damage Golden Roc Fort.
Although several of the Supreme King's sons had died, he would give birth to more, and the foundations of the Stone Castle had not wavered. The killer who only wanted to take revenge had even inadvertently become the sweeper of the Stone Castle and a tool for eliminating the weak.
It was all over. Gu Shenwei decided to make use of the cracks in the Stone Castle for one last time. Then he had to change the method and make a more direct and violent blow from outside the castle. This was his future plan.
When Shangguan Ru returned, Gu Shenwei reluctantly got up and dragged his broken body to meet Lady Meng.
Like her daughter, Lady Meng was very surprised to see Slave Huan. She thought that this two-faced boy should have already been far away. She had temporarily lost her power because of the turmoil a month ago. They would return to her sooner or later, but until then, she could not kill anyone.
In front of the mother and daughter, Gu Shenwei calmly stated the facts that have already been known: Yang Huan was the son of Yang Zheng, a servant of the Gu family in the Central Plains, and that he had infiltrated the Stone Castle for revenge.
He said that he had already exacted his revenge, but Shen Liang refused to let go of him, and used him by 'follow the vine to get to the melon' to get to the Tenth Young Master and then to Lady Meng.
There were very few lies in this passage, and Lady Meng silently listened to him. There were obviously many things that she had already knew about.
Shangguan Ru was astonished that he was originally a slave who she had snatched away from her brother. However, he was like a skillful face changer as he kept removing one mask after another. The pillars in her world had already crumbled, and only the pillar of Slave Huan was still barely standing. She suddenly felt terrified and feared that this was another collapse of the sky.
In order to temporarily ignore Shangguan Ru's feelings, Gu Shenwei had to fight to obtain Lady Meng's support.
”Some people say that you had been using my Ru'er and Fei'er to kill the other children of my Shangguan family.” Lady Meng's views were similar to the views of Shen Liang.
Gu Shenwei had already thought that Lady Meng would have this question. ”I have been around the Tenth Young Master. Have I ever touched even a strand of her hair?”
”And he had saved me several times. If he wanted to kill me for revenge, he wouldn't need to do anything but sit back and watch,” Shangguan Ru said. He did not harm her even once regardless of how many masks he had.
Lady Meng Meng sighed. She did not expect that the daughter who she had raised as a boy since birth would act like such a simpleton. He did not necessarily save her life in good faith, he could have done it with ill intentions. However, her daughter had already fallen for him and a few words wouldn't be enough to pull her out.
”This Shen Liang has some guts.” Although Lady Meng did not believe in Slave Huan's loyalty, she believed what he said because there were many things that she already knew.
”Blademaster Shen Liang must have found a new backer.” Gu Shenwei knew very well that he could only challenge him and would never dare to challenge the Tenth Young Master and Lady Meng.
”A new backer? All of the young masters are in disorder and they are either dead or imprisoned. Even old Eight had abandoned his wife and wouldn't return to the Stone Castle. Can he still find any backers?”
”The Mistress is losing power. Whoever benefits the most is the person who is his new backer.”
Lady Meng looked at Slave Huan, and she suddenly felt a bit embarrassed. If her son had such cleverness, she would not be left alone and have to solve everything by herself.
”The second, third and fifth oldest sons were left in the fort. They were all kept in jail. The second son is one of my people. This time, I was the worst hit. The third oldest child had no roots. That leaves the fifth eldest.”
Gu Shenwei remembered Zhang Ji's evaluation of the Fifth Young Master when he said, ”Reckless and unmotivated.” He almost said that there was also a Shangguan Hong, but closed his mouth at the last moment as there was no need to cause an even bigger mess. What he wanted was just an opportunity to escape.
”What my lady said is correct.”