Li An was unhard; the one who fell to the ground was Hua Ling.
"You fooled once, but trying to fool a second ti? No way," the Fifth Young Master's voice was full of triumph.
Li An walked up to Hua Ling.
"Dr. Li, how wonderful it would have been if I hadn't been born into the Hua family." After saying her final words, Hua Ling breathed her last.
Li An reached out and closed Hua Ling's eyes.
"This woman was trying to kill you." The Fifth Young Master felt that Li An was simply too kind.
"A corpse is completely innocent," Li An said as he stood up. "Has Zhu Fuying been caught?"
"He has. A spy... I will definitely have him suffer death by a thousand cuts." The Fifth Young Master clenched his fists.
In the central square of Hua Town, the residents had gathered.
In the middle of the square was Zhu Fuying, looking nothing like the high-spirited man he was during the Flower King selection.
Now, Zhu Fuying was securely bound, exuding an aura of utter defeat. Kneeling beside him were his wife, children, and nephew; as the family of a spy, they were also to be executed.
The newly arrived mayor read out Zhu Fuying's cris.
A spy of the Yan State, human trafficking, cultivating the strictly forbidden Ying Beauty plant, and producing Ying Dreams to control court officials... these myriad cris were unforgivable, and he was sentenced to death by three thousand cuts.
Zhu Fuying's family mbers, having indirectly participated, were all to be beheaded and their heads displayed to the public.
The first to be executed was Zhu Fuying.
The executioner, whom the Fifth Young Master had summoned overnight, carefully wiped the blade in his hands.
To make three thousand cuts and have the prisoner breathe his last only on the final strike required an incredible amount of skill.
Gripping his knife, the executioner walked over to Zhu Fuying.
Swish, with one slice, a piece of flesh fell.
Two cuts, three cuts...
Many people could not bear to watch.
Li An, however, watched with great interest and even comnted, "This executioner's craftsmanship is the best I've ever seen." Li An's words made the Fifth Young Master look at him sideways. "Who else have you seen do this, An'an?"
"My mother."
"Huh!" The Fifth Young Master's pupils dilated in shock. "Countess Suyan? Her?"
"I an my biological mother," Li An explained.
"You rember your biological mother, An'an?" The Fifth Young Master knew Li An was adopted, but his birth parents had always been a mystery.
"I've had mories since birth. I know who my biological parents are. My adopted mother was originally my wet nurse.
"When we first t, my impression of my mother was that she had a very gentle personality and liked to mutter to when no one else was around.
"Because I was a tiny baby, I couldn't tell anyone else. So, whenever she saw things she shouldn't have seen or heard things she shouldn't have heard, she would tell ."
Li An recalled his childhood interactions with Ye Yunniang. At that ti, his greatest interest was watching others make fools of themselves; he found it amusing.
"Then your... your biological mother?"
"She was abandoned by my biological father, trusted the wrong people, and lived a miserable life. She wanted to kill that despicable pair and then take with her to die.
"She had already bought the poison, but as coincidence would have it, she ran into my mother.
"My mother's care for awakened her maternal instincts. Suddenly, she couldn't bear to let die.
"I rember that day, she brought back a bowl of wontons and said my mother had bought them for .
"My biological mother apologized to . She told to forget her and to treat my mother as my real mother from then on.
"She told to live a good life with my mother. She said I should take the surna Li and not Jiang. Jiang was not a good surna."
Li An spoke as he recalled the things Jin Huifang had rambled about while holding him.
"After my biological mother finished saying this, she carried back to the main room. She picked up a knife and, cut by cut, dismbered that despicable pair." Li An shook his head at this point. "She was weak and couldn't hack very well, so she made a total ss of it."
"An, An'an," the Fifth Young Master grasped Li An's hand, his heart aching.
The Fifth Young Master wanted to tell Li An to stop talking.
But Li An continued.
"She changed her clothes, but the stench of blood on her was still strong. She carried to Sunset Alley, placed on the steps in front of Courtyard Number 4, knocked on the door three tis, and left."
Li An recalled the shock and slight disgust on Ye Yunniang's face when she saw him.
"My mother is a bit of a neat freak. At the ti, I was just a filthy, skinny, dark little kid with greasy, matted hair." Li An also sounded disgusted with himself as he said this.
"In the end, my mother kindly carried into the house. She fed rice porridge, gave a bath, and dressed in my older brother's little clothes.
"After she found out what happened to my biological mother, she suggested to my grandmother that they adopt . She even fought with Niu Dajiao for my sake."
Li An thought back on everything Ye Yunniang had done for him.
"Where is your biological father?" After hearing this, the Fifth Young Master felt a deep ache for Li An. He wanted to drag Li An's biological father back and let Li An deal with him.
"My biological father is in a mine in Jinzhou." Li An had already taken action.
"My An'an, you have suffered." The Fifth Young Master reached out to hug Li An.
Li An blocked him. "Fifth Young Master, my biological mother chose to let live. My mother hopes I live a happy and joyful life. In this life, I will absolutely never do anything that would upset her."
"An'an, I am strong and healthy, and I can take care of you. I can accompany you wherever you go. I am far more useful than those won. If you are with , Countess Suyan will surely be happy."
"My mother would rather I get married and have children."
After saying this, Li An stopped looking at the Fifth Young Master and continued to watch the executioner in the center of the square.
Soone nearby was keeping count; they were already at the three hundredth cut.
The flesh on one of Zhu Fuying's arms had just been completely sliced off, revealing clean bone.
"What perfect bones," Li An praised.
"Once the executioner strips them clean, I'll have soone prepare them and send them to you, An'an." Li An's preferences seed quite bizarre to the Fifth Young Master.
Ordinary people couldn't stomach it, let alone pampered young ladies.
But he was different.
"An'an, you don't need to test . No matter what kind of person you are, I like you. Whatever you want to study, I can accompany you."
"What if I want to study you?"
"How do you want to study , An'an?" The Fifth Young Master's voice was filled with excitent.
Li An pulled out a new drug he had been researching, one that, upon touching the skin, would make a person feel as if millions of ants were crawling over them.
As soon as the Fifth Young Master saw the familiar bottle, he took a step back.
"An'an, there's no need to be so ruthless right off the bat, is there?"
"Scared?"
"How is that possible? How could I be scared?" The Fifth Young Master puffed out his chest and retorted.
"Stand still." Li An uncorked the bottle and tossed the powder toward the Fifth Young Master.
Li An: If you make a promise, you must keep it.
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