Nine years ago, when I was five years old, I witnessed my father being tortured to death by the King of Lingnan’s men.

My father Liu Can was the General of Chariots and Cavalry of the Wu Dynasty. Ten years ago, he was ordered to station troops in Lingnan. His main responsibility was to monitor Wu Jun's every move. My mother and I went with him. We lived in the city, and my father went back and forth between the city and the military camp every day. The first six months after arriving in Lingmian, life was ordinary. My father went out at sunrise and returned at sunset. Our family lived a very happy life.

It was the first winter day after arriving in Lingnan. The weather was gloomy and the wind was howling in the north. His mother advised him to take a day off, but his father was worried about his brothers in the camp. He went there despite his mother's objection, and sure enough, it started snowing after noon.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the mother stood at the door worriedly, hoping that the father would return safely soon.

I remember that Brother Xu and his junior sister were staying at my house, and Sister Xin'er and I were making snowmen and playing snowball fights in the backyard. We had a lot of fun. Brother Xu was called away by the housekeeper, and he hid in the bedroom in the backyard, mumbling something.

As the sky darkened, I saw Brother Xu lead a horse out of the stable in the backyard and slip out through the back door. I was young at the time and just thought it would be fun to ride a horse in the snow.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and snowflakes were falling to the ground in large flakes. By then the snow was already above the ankles.

I found Sister Xin'er and lied to her that I saw Brother Xu riding a horse out to see the snow scenery.

Sister Xin'er is simple-minded. We avoided our mother's sight, secretly took a horse and took me to follow the horse's hoof prints.

Sitting on the horse's back holding Sister Xin'er, the north wind blew on my face and the snowflakes fell on my neck. Although it was very cold, I was very happy to have the company of the snowflakes and Sister Xin'er.

Because of the heavy snow, the horses were moving very slowly. When we left the city and came to the woods about ten miles outside the city, we heard the sound of fighting. Sister Xin'er jumped off the horse in a hurry, led the horse to the woods and tied it up. She carried me down and told me not to go out. She hurriedly ran to the place where the fight was happening.

Although it was completely dark at that time, the white snow still made everything in front of me clear. I was young and didn't know fear, let alone the danger.

As soon as Sister Xin'er left, I followed her.

The fighting field was right at the edge of the jungle. When I followed them, I saw a group of masked men in black fighting with my father and Brother Xu. Several black-clad men who had been killed were lying on the snow. The two lieutenants who followed my father every day were lying on the ground covered in blood and had died. My father's body was covered in blood and his clothes were torn in several places.

I didn't see Sister Xin'er in the crowd, and when I looked around for her, five men in black surrounded my father and suddenly attacked him, pressing him step by step. My father retreated step by step, as if he had no strength to resist.

Brother Xu, who was not far from him, was also surrounded by six or seven men in black. He was too busy to go and save his father.

I was getting anxious and was about to shout when someone covered my mouth from behind.

Sister Xin'er whispered in my ear and warned me not to make a sound. My father had to fight the enemy while taking care of my safety, so he was defeated even faster.

But I saw him being slashed by the man in black again and again. He must have been in so much pain that tears started falling from my eyes.

When Wu Han got to this point, he slammed the table so hard that he started coughing violently again.

Fuzi stepped forward worriedly and patted his back, "Don't worry, talk slowly."

He took a sip of water, smoothed his breath, and then began to talk about how Xu Da escaped from trouble.

Brother Xu fought his way out and helped my father kill two men in black, urging my father to leave quickly.

They had a chance to escape, but I, it was all my fault, I couldn't help myself and ran out from the dry grass and called out for my father.

It was this call of "father" that distracted him, and a man in black took advantage of his distraction and slashed him on the head. This blow completely eliminated his ability to resist.

Sister Xin'er dragged me to the deeper dry grass. I was sobbing and gasping for breath. She covered my mouth and repeatedly told me not to make a sound. She hid me in the dry grass and covered me with snow. She ran out and led the people chasing us to another place.

What Sister Xin'er didn't know was that even though I was lying in a pile of dry grass with tears streaming down my face, I could still see the scene on the opposite road clearly.

Several men in black surrounded Brother Xu, and he was unable to rescue them. At this time, a man in white came from under a tree on the roadside. He covered his face with a black scarf, and it was too far away to see his face clearly.

He came to my father and instructed the two men in black to cut off my father's limbs one by one. My father's blood dyed the surrounding snow red. I heard my father's screams one after another. I hated them, but I was powerless, and I hated my own powerlessness even more.

After they chopped off my father's limbs, they started to attack his body. This time it was the man in white who did the job.

He took out a short dagger and cut my father's body with it. He said something after each cut. At first, my father cursed them, but later, the more wounds he made, the lower his curses became. In the end, I don't know if I could hear his curses anymore, or if he had no strength left and couldn't curse anymore.

I only saw the man in white cut two lines on his face, said something about not being able to do what you want, then stood up, said a few words to the person next to him, and left.

When he left, the veil on his face loosened, and I could clearly see his watery peach eyes. I will never forget them.

Jiang Muxia and Tang Zhongbai were shocked. They understood that the man in white he was talking about was Tian Yi who was lying lifeless on the ground.

"Fuzi, do you also know Tian Yi?" Jiang Muxia asked.

Fuzi shook her head, tears in her eyes, and her voice choked with sobs, "I am the same age as you. I was five years old that year, and I lived with my mother in the mansion. That night my mother also did not sleep all night, and when I woke up, I saw my father's body."

"What?" Jiang Muxia and Tang Zhongbai were shocked. It turned out that he had the same situation as the young man in front of them. Could it be that his father was the deputy general of General Liu Can?

"Your father is..." Jiang Muxia asked cautiously. If it was true, it would be hard for a child like him to have such a tragic experience since childhood.

"My father is the deputy general of General Liu Can, and my mother is still with my wife in that devil's den where people are eaten without leaving any bones." Fuzi's eyes seemed to be burning with raging fire, and his expression was ferocious with hatred.

Jiang Muxia had never seen him with such an expression. She always thought he was an orphan, and he always said he was an orphan. She never thought his life experience was so miserable. She couldn't help but feel more sympathy and distress for him.

Wu Han paused for a while and then spoke again.

Just when Brother Xu could no longer hold on, Wu Jun and his men arrived, killed all the men in black on the spot, and rescued him.

But at this time, my father's body was torn into pieces and he was already dead.

When I saw them rescue Brother Xu, I wanted to crawl out of the dry grass to look for my father. Unexpectedly, I was held down by someone. It was Sister Xiner who ran back. She told me not to act rashly and to wait until the people left before coming out.

I didn't understand what she meant at the time, and it took me a long time to figure it out. Although she was simple, she should have seen through the nature of the King of Lingnan at that time.

Three months after my father's death, my mother entered the palace and became the concubine of the King of Lingnan.

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