The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

Seeing him nod, Qu Xiaoyou was so angry that she raised her voice excitedly: "Why did you do that? If there really is a soul, then my mother and my brother have been tortured terribly over the years, right?"

"I... I have my reasons." Qu Zhengyan lowered his head and explained to her like a child who had done something wrong.

"What reasons do you have? What reasons can make you do such vicious things to your wife and your own son? They are all dead, and you want them to die in peace!"

Qu Xiaoyou collapsed, her heart beating violently, her pretty face flushed red with excitement and anger, her beautiful eyes widened with grief and indignation.

Qu Zhengyan sighed deeply and slowly explained the whole story to her.

According to what he said, on the night of the fire he took all the servants in the mansion to the martial arts hall to work, so there was insufficient rescue when the fire broke out, which indirectly led to the death of Liu Zhenzhen and her son in the fire.

Therefore, he didn't know whether it was because of the guilt in his heart or because there really were souls in the world, but he couldn't sleep or eat after Liu Zhenzhen and her son were buried.

As soon as he closed his eyes at night, he saw Liu Zhenzhen standing in front of the bed with the baby in her arms, staring at him with a pair of resentful eyes, as if she wanted to cut him into pieces.

Even during the day it was not much better; he could feel Liu Zhenzhen's presence everywhere.

He broke his hands and feet while walking on a flat road; he almost choked to death when the water he drank went into his lungs; while riding a horse, the horse got frightened for no reason and rushed around carrying him until he fell off the horse due to his injuries.

After experiencing a series of events, he guessed that Liu Zhenzhen might have turned into a ghost and refused to give in because she resented him for indirectly killing her.

After saying all this, Qu Zhengyan burst into tears and choked up as he said to Qu Xiaoyou, "It was indeed because I took the servants away that your mother had no one to rescue her. I can understand why she blames and hates me.

"I even thought, why not just let her take me away and let me atone for my sins with her down there."

At this point, Qu Zhengyan stretched out his wrinkled hand and gently stroked Qu Xiaoyou's tear-soaked cheek, his voice filled with unforgettable back pain, "But... every time I want to commit suicide, I think of you.

"You lost your mother at a young age, and I am your only relative in this world. If I die, how will my little daughter survive?

"So for your sake, I had to go to the temple and ask a master to help suppress the ghosts of your mother and your brother, so that they would not come to harass me again and let me raise you well."

"It...is actually like this." After listening to his story, Qu Xiaoyou couldn't describe the feeling in her heart.

Her father's words made her understand the whole story, but she could not accept how her mother and brother had been treated over the years.

If there really were souls in this world, how much pain would they have suffered if they were suppressed and banned?

Guessing what Qu Xiaoyou was thinking, Qu Zhengyan begged for her forgiveness with tears in his eyes: "Daughter, I know I was too cruel, but the dead are gone. I really have no choice. I have to live and take care of you."

"Daughter, can you understand Dad?"

Qu Xiaoyou frowned in confusion. She understood, but couldn't let it go.

After pondering for a long time, she finally said, "Dad, there are no ghosts or gods in the world. You are hallucinating because of your longing for Mom and your guilt."

After a pause, she added in a cold voice: "Tomorrow I will go and destroy all the things you made. Don't worry, if mother really comes back to find you, I will accompany you to deal with it."

"This..." Qu Zhengyan's face changed when he heard this, and a hint of panic flashed quickly in his eyes.

After moving his lips several times, he still couldn't say no. He lowered his head and agreed sullenly: "Okay, my daughter has grown up, and Dad has nothing to fear."

Qu Xiaoyou asked again: "Is the thing wrapped in the yellow talisman in the well the ashes of my mother and brother?"

Qu Zhengyan's pupils shrank, and after two seconds of silence, he nodded honestly.

Qu Xiaoyou suddenly clenched her fists, pursed her red lips into a line, and said nothing more.

"Daughter, Dad..." Qu Zhengyan wanted to say something.

Qu Xiaoyou didn't want to listen anymore, so she turned around and said coldly, "Dad, it's late, you should go to bed."

Qu Zhengyan nodded like a child who had been wronged, and turned to leave.

"Alliance leader!" Xia Younan suddenly called him, pointing at his clothes and asking curiously, "What were you busy with today? Why is there blood on your sleeve? And the corner of your clothes is torn too."

Yes, Xia Younan noticed his abnormality as soon as he entered the door.

There was a small patch of bright red on the cuff of his right hand. Although it was not very conspicuous against the brown fabric, it could still be seen if one looked closely.

There was a piece of cloth missing from the right corner of his robe, and judging from the mark of the tear, it looked like it had been torn off by someone.

It seems that Qu Zhengyan had a conflict with someone today.

Qu Zhengyan looked down at his clothes and explained, "Princess, you have good eyesight. I met a thief on the street today. I had a conflict with him and injured him. This blood is his. I think the corner of my clothes was torn by him."

"Oh~ So that's how it is." Xia Younan nodded thoughtfully and didn't ask any more questions.

After Qu Zhengyan left, Qu Xiaoyou sat on a stool and muttered depressedly: "You heard it, my father felt guilty about my mother and thought that my mother turned into a ghost to haunt him, so..."

Xia Younan raised his eyebrows, drank a cup of tea on the table, and did not respond.

Qu Zhengyan's reaction today was beyond her expectations. She didn't expect him to admit it so readily. He also gave a very normal and irrefutable reason to explain it all.

But...she didn't quite believe it.

"Even if those weird things in your mother's tomb are explained clearly, the doubts we just speculated still don't make sense." Zenmu reminded.

"This..." Qu Xiaoyou was speechless. She thought that after she finished taking care of her mother's affairs, she would need to investigate the arson case of that year.

After things were sorted out, they agreed to go to Liu Zhenzhen's grave tomorrow to clear away all those things, and then they all went back to their rooms to rest.

After Xia Younan sent them away and closed the door, she looked at Lu Xiuyuan with wide eyes and sighed, "Husband, if it is really as we guessed, it would be too horrible."

Lu Xiuyuan held her in his arms and sighed, "He will refresh the bottom line of mankind."

The next day, Qu Xiaoyou left the room as soon as it was light and called Xia Younan and others to prepare to set off.

"Daughter..." Qu Zhengyan suddenly called them from behind, looked at Qu Xiaoyou timidly, and asked aggrievedly, "Can you forgive Dad? Dad did it all for you."

Seeing that his eyes were dark and his face looked haggard, Qu Xiaoyou knew that he must not have slept well the whole night. She couldn't help but feel sorry for him and sighed in a slower tone.

"Okay, Dad, I forgive you. You're not the culprit who killed my mother. The one I should hate is that maid."