novelhk Chapter 291 Confirmation (2)
Chapter 291 Confirmation (2)
Yun Weishan was very conscious of using his fingers to demonstrate sword moves while reciting the formula: "The movement of the spirit is solid, the solid is empty, the desire is dark..."
Elder Xue and Elder Yue looked surprised and were about to say something, but were given a sharp look by Zhang Xueming and had to swallow back the words that were on the tip of their lips.
"Be patient." Zhang Xueming calmly consoled the two elders, and stopped Yun Weishan from reciting the formula, and asked her, "How old were you when Miss Yun entered the training camp?"
Yun Weishan replied, "There is no sun or moon in the stone chamber. My age was told to me by that woman. One day, she said I was ten years old and it was time for me to learn something else. Then a man wearing a black mask came to pick me up and sent me to a training camp... I never saw that woman again."
"Ten years old... You are nineteen this year. That means that when you entered the training camp, the first batch of children kidnapped by Wu Feng was already in the second year of the life-and-death battle?"
"Yes." Yun Weishan kneaded the corner of his white prison uniform awkwardly. "In the first battle, I met Yun Que. She helped me block a sneak attack... In the end, there were only two of us left, and we refused to attack each other. After that, we met in every battle, and we cooperated to eliminate the others. In the end, we were both selected by Jackdaw."
"I understand. You and Yun Que didn't have the opportunity to communicate with other students, so they didn't know how special your situation was. In the late stage of the Wufeng Life and Death Battle, only one person can survive. If it were any other group, you and Yun Que would have been killed by the supervisor the moment you refused to attack each other."
Zhang Xueming was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "When did you get the pair of flying eagle earrings?"
"When I was nine, the woman pierced my ears and said that the earrings were placed in my swaddling clothes when they were found, and that they might be able to help me find my family in the future."
"Okay, you take a break. I have some questions for Jackdaw Si. That 'secondly' is also related to him."
Yun Weishan had to suppress his anxiety and patiently listen to the questions and answers between Zhang Xueming and Han Yasi.
"Jack Crow Si, how old were you when you joined Wu Feng? What's your real name? Do you remember where your original home is?"
Jackdaw Si didn't understand why Zhang Xueming didn't ask about Wufeng, but asked about his real name and background.
Once you enter Wufeng, you have abandoned your past and future. How can a killing tool with the blood of countless people on its hands deserve to have a name?
He didn't want to answer such questions.
However, as his eyes slowly swept across those unfamiliar faces, he actually saw a hint of anxiety and anticipation on the faces of the three old men.
Jackdaw frowned uncomfortably, stared at Zhang Xueming for a few seconds, and glanced at Yun Weishan who was waiting anxiously, then lowered his eyelids and answered in a low voice: "Eleven years old, Li Xingyun, from Lijia Village, Ningyang County, Dafu City. Originally my family was a tenant farmer, my mother was seriously ill, and my father borrowed money at interest and lost both his life and his money. My father had no money to pay back, the house was taken away, the debt collector broke his legs, and he froze to death in the snow... Wufeng's people avenged me, so I joined Wufeng."
"What's your mother's name? Do you remember?"
Having already started, Jackdaw Si no longer hesitated. Those memories were not blurred at all. He had a blank expression on his face as if he was reciting: "In the countryside, married women don't have names. Everyone just calls her Li Fangshi... My name was given by my mother. It is said that her name also has the word 'cloud' in it."
This was the first time Yun Weishan listened to Han Ya Si talking about the past. His surprised look made Han Ya Si feel uncomfortable all over, and he unconsciously began to rub the corner of his prison uniform.
"Do you know Yun Que's background?"
"I know." Jackdaw relaxed. "Skylark is a 'coffin child' who was rescued by a local old beggar and raised as his granddaughter. On New Year's Eve when she was seven years old, she went out to beg for food with the old beggar. The old beggar was beaten to death by some bullies. She bit the bullies and was beaten to death. I rescued her and brought her back to Wufeng."
"Oh? Then how did you meet Yun Que? Did you run into her by chance while on a mission, or was your original mission to bring her back to Wu Feng when she was of the right age?"
Han Yasi's heart was shocked and he looked up at Zhang Xueming. Their eyes met for only a moment, and the feeling of fear as if his soul was pierced swept through his body.
He lowered his head in panic, his body trembling slightly. He didn't dare to look at her again, nor did he dare to look at Yun Weishan beside him.
"If you don't want to tell me, then I'll tell you for you?" Zhang Xueming smiled knowingly, "Some girls were not chosen by you Jackdaws, but the leader Wufeng gave you a list directly, asking you to find a way to sever their ties without leaving any traces, and to appear in front of them as a benefactor, so that they would voluntarily follow you back to Wufeng, right? Denial and lying are useless, Li Xingyun, not every Jackdaw is so tight-lipped."
Yun Weishan was so dizzy by this heavy bomb that she grabbed Jackdaw's arm and said in a hoarse voice, "Is what she said true? It was you who made Yun Que an orphan?!"
Jackdaw didn't move or say a word.
Zhang Xueming smiled and said, "Li Xingyun, when you arranged for the bullies to beat the old beggar to death, did you think of your own experience? What a coincidence, isn't it? When you were homeless and in danger, the people of Wufeng appeared at the right time, became your benefactor, and took you back to Wufeng..."
Jackdaw closed his eyes tightly and still said nothing.
Yun Weishan let him go in disappointment and stared at the patterns on the floor in a daze.
"Was it you who arranged the meeting between Yun Que and Yun Weishan, or was it arranged by Chief Wu Feng? You are an insider, but does Yun Que know about it?"
Jackdaw uttered three words after a long while: "I don't know."
"You're lying." Zhang Xueming exposed coldly, "You are Yun Que's 'benefactor'. She will do whatever you ask her to do. It was just that she approached her intentionally at the beginning, and later, she really regarded Miss Yun as her family, and you...you also regarded the two of them as your family, right?"
Zhang Xueming was not surprised that Jackdaw Si used silence to resist her analysis, as she already knew everything she wanted to know.
"Okay, Miss Yun, now I can tell you the 'secondly' you want to know." Zhang Xueming softened his tone, "Secondly, Yun Weishan, Yun Que, and Li Xingyun, the three of you are from the same clan. One of your paternal or maternal clans is a member of the Feng clan who left the palace and lived in the valley."
Yun Weishan and Han Yasi looked at her in shock, with blank expressions on their faces.
Zhang Xueming emphasized seriously: "Yes, I am not kidding. Look at the blood spots that appeared on your Cunguan acupoints. The bowl of medicine before was used to verify the bloodline. You are connected to the Gong family by blood. More than 40 years ago, you were a family."
Gong Yuanzheng let out a long breath and assisted at the right time: "So the descendants of the Feng family either have the surname Yun or have the word Yun in their names. Women wear bird-related accessories as a symbol. Yun Weishan is the direct descendant and wears flying eagle earrings, while Yun Que is the collateral descendant and wears Yun Que rings. What about men? Hey, Li Xingyun, did your mother leave you anything that you were not allowed to leave?"
Jackdaw looked over in the direction of the voice, stared at him for a while, nodded, and reached out his hand to gently tap below the left collarbone through the clothes: "Meihuaque, this is my mother's earring. I'm afraid it's lost and embedded in the flesh."