Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 237 Similar People
Yan Ciwan was not interested in the affairs of the Xie family, she only wanted to know the origin of the Five Gods Sect.

"What exactly did the Five Gods Cult want to achieve after planning for so many years?"

Si Buping said slowly: "What they are planning must be huge."

This answer was the same as saying nothing. Yan Ciwan saw that he didn't want to answer, so he said, "The Five Gods Cult has captured my grandma. I'm going to Chang'an to rescue her. I will definitely have to deal with the Five Gods Cult in the future. Even if you don't tell me now, I can find out for myself in the future."

Si Buping frowned, thought for a moment and then spoke.

"The Five Gods Sect was actually formed by the remnants of the Heng Dynasty. They were lurking in Daye in order to overthrow the Daye Dynasty and restore the imperial power of the Heng Dynasty."

Yan Ci Wan and Xiao Wang looked at each other. This truth was beyond their expectations.

More than sixty years ago, the ancestor of the Li family led his troops in an uprising. After years of fighting in the south and the north, he finally overthrew the corrupt Heng Dynasty and established the current Daye Dynasty.

The change of royal power was not uncommon in history. After more than sixty years of being forgotten, Yan Ciwan thought that the Heng Dynasty had been submerged in the torrent of history. Unexpectedly, the Heng Dynasty was still alive and well, and it left behind a force.

No wonder the saint cared so much about the Five Gods Sect and sent people to wipe it out many times. It turned out that this involved a struggle for imperial power.

Yan Ci Wan wondered secretly, the reason why the Five Gods Sect targeted her was because they wanted to use her identity as the future Crown Princess to cause trouble?

Si Buping looked at her meaningfully and said, "The Five Gods Sect must have some agenda in luring you to Chang'an. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to accomplish anything alone."

Yan Ciwan understood what he meant. He was hinting that she should ask him for help.

Xiao Wang suddenly said, "Aci is not alone. She has friends like me, Chaolu, Li Chengge, and Du Lingzhou."

Si Buping said calmly, "It's fine for you young people to get together and have some fun, but the Five Gods Sect has been dormant for many years and is no longer what it used to be. You few people can handle them."

"How would you know if you don't try?" Xiao Wang asked calmly.

Si Buping looked into Yan Ciwan's eyes and asked, "What do you think?"

Yan Ciwan said politely: "Thank you for your kindness, but I still want to solve my own problems as much as possible by myself. If I really can't solve them, I still have friends to help me. I won't bother you for the time being."

Si Buping curled his lips slightly, as if smiling: "It seems that you won't turn back until you hit the wall. Well, just treat it as me meddling in your business. I'll leave first."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Yan Ciwan called out to stop him.

"Grand Master, please stay. I still have something I don't understand. I would like to ask you to enlighten me."

Si Buping signaled her to ask with his eyes.

"The Grand Master has seen all kinds of people, why does he look at me differently?"

When Yan Ci Wan asked this question, he looked directly at the other person, without any fear or hesitation.

Her question was too direct, surprising both Si Buping and Xiao Wang.

Si Buping did not answer but asked: "Why do you think I look at you differently?"

"Back in Luzhou's Mengdie Villa, you asked me if I was willing to go with you? Not long ago in the women's prison, you asked me again. After I rejected you outright, you just extended an olive branch again, hoping that I would ask you for help. According to your status and temperament as a Grand Master, you would have labeled me as ungrateful when I rejected you for the first time, and you would never look at me kindly again. But you have given me chances again and again. Isn't this considered treating me differently?"

Si Buping was silent for a moment, and then said: "Since I have already made it so obvious, why are you still unwilling to accept my kindness?"

Yan Ciwan told the truth: "I don't even know what your real purpose is, how can I be sure that what you give me is definitely good intentions?"

Si Buping was speechless. Yan Ciwan continued, "No one would be nice to another person for no reason, especially for someone like you who is in a high position. You look at me differently, there must be a reason. I am telling you this openly and honestly, hoping that you can also be honest. Only sincerity can win trust, otherwise I will never be able to accept your kindness."

Si Buping's gaze stayed on her face, and his eyes gradually became distant.

For a moment, Yan Ciwan felt as if her gaze penetrated through him and saw another person.

Suddenly, she was moved and blurted out, "Do you see the shadow of another person in me?"

Si looked at her calmly without denying it.

Yan Ciwan finally understood why she always felt that Si Buping looked at her strangely. It turned out that it was because when Si Buping saw her, he always thought of another person.

It was a look full of nostalgia and pity.

She raised her right hand and touched her cheek, then asked thoughtfully, "Who is that person? Does she look like me?"

Si Buping stared at her face for a long time before speaking slowly.

"It's not that she looks like you, it's that you look like her."

Yan Ciwan understood in an instant that there was only one woman in the world who looked like her, and that was her mother Ning Qingyang!

She couldn't hide her surprise: "How do you know my mother?"

Si Buping sighed softly: "That was many years ago. At that time, I was falsely accused and convicted, and suffered castration. I almost died. It was she who secretly sent me medicine and saved my life."

At that time, he was a criminal, and Ning Qingyang was a lady-in-waiting in the palace. Her secretly helping him was against palace rules, and if it got out, it would definitely bring trouble to her. Therefore, over the years, Si Buping kept the matter secret and never mentioned a word to anyone.

He looked at Yan Ciwan and said, "You are her daughter, so it's okay for me to tell you this, but don't tell anyone else, so as not to ruin her reputation."

Yan Ciwan first nodded in agreement, then asked.

"So, you recognized who I was when you first saw me?"

"You look a lot like her, especially the charm between your eyebrows and eyes. You and your daughter are almost identical. And you said your last name is Ning, so I guessed your identity right away."

Yan Ciwan suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Si Buping always liked to stare at her face. It turned out that he was not attracted by her beauty, but was missing her mother.

But these were just his one-sided words, and she couldn't believe them all.

She said, "My mother never told me anything about you. What evidence do you have to prove that what you said is true?"

Si Buping gave a straightforward answer.

"No."

"Then how can I be sure you're not lying?"

Si Buping smiled coldly: "Anyway, I have said everything I should say. It's up to you whether you believe it or not."

After saying this, he was about to leave in anger.

Yan Ciwan quickly called him again: "There is one more thing!"

(End of this chapter)