Reborn in the Three Kingdoms: Da Qiao Doesn't Want to Be a Widow Anymore

Chapter 310: The Relics of the Grand Historian (5)

Sun Quan showed a sarcastic smile, as if he had heard some great joke, "Zhou Yi, who do you want to kill me for? For the Taishi family?"

Sun Quan's words were like pouring a bucket of cold water on Zhou Yi.

"Anyone in this world has the right to say this, but you, Zhou Yi, are the only one who doesn't have the right.

If you hadn't insisted on assassinating me, I wouldn't have found a reason to kill the Taishi clan. If you really want to talk about it, the Taishi clan died because of you, and those innocent soldiers died because of you."

These words were like a sharp sword, piercing deeply into Zhou Yi's heart.

He originally thought that he would be happy after Taishi Ci's death, but when he really heard that Taishi Ci's entire family had died for him, he did not feel the slightest bit of joy. Instead, he felt heartbroken once again.

When the Shanyue led by Zhou Yuan was suppressed, Wu Jing searched all over the mountains for the remaining troops of Zhou Yuan. Under the cover of Zhou Yuan and his old subordinates, Zhou Yi waited for Taishi Ci to pick him up. In order to save Zhou Yi, Taishi Ci took the initiative to sell out Zhou Yuan and some of Zhou's old subordinates.

He watched Wu Jing chop off his father's head with a single blow, and those old subordinates also suffered the same fate.

At that time, he was held down by four strong men, and Taishi Xiang covered his mouth tightly, not letting him make a sound even though he was bitten and bleeding.

In the following years, he continued to learn martial arts with Taishi Xiang and Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci arranged a new identity for him, Taishi Yi, the second son of the Taishi family. It's funny to say that he was a few years older than Taishi Xiang, but in order to conceal his identity, he had to call Taishi Xiang "brother".

Hatred and gratitude were mixed together in his heart, and he couldn't tell whether he felt more hatred or gratitude towards Taishi Ci and Taishi Xiang. Every late night, he would dream of his father appearing in his dreams. Sometimes he would ask him to kill Taishi Ci, the treacherous villain, and sometimes he would ask him to live well with Taishi Ci and not to miss the old friends.

Later, when Taishi Ci was on his way to guard Haihun, he finally couldn't endure such repeated torture any longer. Looking at the new armor specially sent to him by Taishi Xiang, he got angry from nowhere and threw the armor to the ground and knocked Taishi Xiang unconscious with one punch.

Taishi Ci surrendered to Sun Ce, and Wu Jing was Sun Ce's uncle. Taishi Ci could forget Zhou Yuan, but as a son he could not.

Then, he took advantage of Taishi Ci's inattention, left Taishi's house, returned to Danyang, returned to his father's old stronghold, and re-established the Zhou family flag.

But he didn't expect that after finally getting rid of Wu Jing, he would end up waiting for Sun Kuang to open a metallurgical mine in Danyang Mountain.

The tragedy of several years ago was still vivid in his mind, and he was immediately alerted that he must strike first. Moreover, although Sun Ce was dead, Wu Jing was still Sun Quan's uncle. As long as they were members of the Wu family, they were his, Zhou Yi's, enemies.

However, he did not expect that Sun Quan's wife was so capable that she actually recruited Mo Zan, who had rejected him. In just less than half a year, she destroyed his years of business, forcing him to surrender to Pan Yue and join forces with Pan Yue to hunt down Mo Zan.

But everything he did was in vain. Just when several counties were jointly searching for him and his whereabouts were about to be exposed, Taishi Ci got wind of the news from somewhere and took him away personally. He once again had to change from Zhou Yi to Taishi Yi.

When he learned that Sun Quan came to Haihun for patrol, he knew that his chance had come again. However, Taishi Ci seemed to have seen through his thoughts long ago and sent people to guard him, not allowing him to leave Taishi Xiang's tent.

But he finally found an opportunity to appear in front of Sun Quan.

Sun Quan had indeed told him about his strength, but he was about to succeed, so how could he give up and accept the result of failure?

So he didn't care much about Sun Quan's words, and perhaps he secretly wanted to drag Taishi's family into the water to put an end to the past. But when he really heard that Taishi's family was exterminated, all he could think of in the sea was Taishi Ci's earnest teachings to him, Taishi Xiang's patient company every day, taking punishment for him, and learning martial arts together.

Even if he hardened his heart and regarded them as enemies, convincing himself that these were just what Taishi Ci owed him, or even thought that they were just hypocritical acts of flattery, he could not completely blind his eyes and ignore a sincere heart.

Tai Shi Xiang roared to the sky and slammed his head against the ground. His forehead was injured by the sharp stone and blood was gushing out.

He cried so hard that he almost fainted.

In his waking dream, he could actually hear Taishi Ci and Taishi Xiang talking to him. After trying his best to open his eyes, he could vaguely see Taishi Ci and Taishi Xiang guarding his bedside.

"Father, my younger brother is awake."

Taishi Ci immediately touched Zhou Yi's forehead and found that he no longer had a fever. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Good boy, the fever is gone."

Zhou Yi could no longer tell whether the scene at this moment was a dream or reality. He just held his father and brother's hands tightly with tears in his eyes, not willing to let go for a moment, even if it might just be a brief illusion.

It was just that he was so angry that his mood went through great ups and downs. He didn't eat well due to the fever. After waking up for a few breaths, he fell asleep again.

Not long after, Sun Quan also got the news and came to visit, "I heard that Zhonglang just woke up."

Taishi Ci answered truthfully, "I woke up and fell asleep again."

"Now that he's awake, he should be fine."

Taishi Ci knelt down and said, "Thank you for your leniency. Your Excellency is generous and I am sincerely convinced."

Sun Quan waved his hand and sat down in the main seat. Lu Xun followed his wishes and placed the imperial edict and seal of the Governor of Yangzhou back in front of Taishi Ci.

"My Lord, this..."

Taishi Ci was confused and held his hands in the air in panic, not knowing for a moment whether he should take it or not.

He had offered the seal in exchange for Zhou Yi's life. If he took it now, he was afraid that the prince would think that his previous offering of the seal was just a perfunctory act, and that the surrender and loyalty of the Taishi family were not voluntary.

To be honest, if you don't accept it, then who can really treat power and honor as dirt when they have clearly obtained it?

"Ziyi, do you think that I came here to inspect the army and deliberately set up a trap to catch Taishi's family just for the seal of the governor of Yangzhou?"

Taishi Ci even said he didn't dare, but of course it was impossible for him to completely eliminate the doubt in his mind.

"I have known for a long time that you have secretly kept Zhou Yi. I came here for the Shanyue strategy, firstly, I want to listen to Ziyi's advice, and secondly, I really want to confirm Zhou Yi's story."