Chapter 12, the story behind

In the bedroom, there is a long silence, the air seems to be frozen, and the stagnant atmosphere can't be diluted at all.

However, Zu Zhao seemed to have made up his mind, and did not mean to leave or continue to ask, but waited patiently for Xin Qiubai to answer. For him, whether he can break Xin Qiubai's alert heart is completely in this move.

After a long time, Xin Qiubai suddenly lowered the wooden bowl in her hand. She did not turn her head to look at Zu Zhao and said in a faint tone, "Yesterday, you obviously had many opportunities to kill me, but you didn't do that. I killed so many people in your ancestral village, and I almost killed you several times. Even your own said that there is no morality in the battle of life and death. I'd like to ask you why you didn't kill me.

Her voice is very clean, not as murderous and angry as before, just like a simple country girl.

The other party's rhetorical question made Zu Zhao not know how to answer. If he told Xin Qiubai the truth that he just wanted to get clues from him, it might only increase the negative impact. With a little hesitation, he said, "Because you didn't kill me when you were in the Taishou Mansion. Maybe you will say that one life is worth one life, and we should not owe each other in the woods, but it was the moment when the Taishou Mansion made me feel that you are not hopeless, or so bad.

Xin Qiubai looked at Zu Zhao with some surprise and immediately lowered his head again. She said in a calm voice, "If you have such a mind, sooner or later you will kill you."

Zuzuo suddenly smiled and said, "At least, I didn't die in your hands."

Hearing this seemingly playful sentence, Xin Qiubai was stunned for a moment, and soon the corners of his mouth smiled. The smile is like a simple orchid. You can't see how charming it is or how bright it is, but it is extremely true.

For a moment, Zu Zhao felt that Xin Qiubai was indeed a beautiful embryo, the kind of mature and alienated beauty. Even if there was a shocking scar on his cheek, it was difficult to hide this innate charm.

After a while, Xin Qiubai sighed again. She wiped the oil stains and rice grains on the corners of her mouth with her arm. Her eyes gradually looked lost and dull, and said sadly, "You know, in fact, you don't know me at all. The reason why I didn't kill you in Taishou Mansion that day is not for anything else, just because you look like my brother. Otherwise, no matter how young you are, I will still kill you."

Zu Zhao had long expected that there must be a story behind Xin Qiubai. It is never natural for a weak woman to be able to get along with Hu Ma and thieves and kill her compatriots at will. He was not disappointed by this sentence and said, "Anyway, since you still care about your family in your heart, it can also prove that you are not a cold-blooded person."

Xin Qiubai sneered and was contemptuous and sad. She said, "You won't understand my past at all, because you were born in such a prosperous family and have no worries about food and clothing since childhood. But my parents, as well as my younger brothers and sisters, are worried about filling their stomachs every day. Whether this year's harvest is good or bad, our family has never been full. Those masters would rather watch us starve to death one after another than give out the food rotten in the warehouse. It is precisely because there are big landlords and rich gentry like you that so many people will starve to death in the world.

Speaking of this, her laughter gradually turned into choking, her head hanging down and her hair scattered. The tears in her eyes were like full buds, but the tears overflowing were like withered petals.

Zu Zhao finally understood Xin Qiubai's heartache and witnessed his relatives starving to death, so he had a hatred for the privileged class. Everything was so logical. To be honest, he does not have such obvious hatred for people like Xin Qiubai. Even if he has killed many children of his own race, he is always worthy of sympathy compared with Hu Thief, Niu Hai and Liu An. After all, Niu Hai and Liu An are not only to meet the most basic living conditions, but also to satisfy their selfish desires with some speculation after mastering certain life and death privileges.

He was slightly depressed and said in a gentle voice, "There is no such thing as fairness and justice in this world. I sympathize with what happened to you, but since some of them can't be changed, I can only face them calmly. At the very least, the past can be passed. If there is a chance, or if you are willing to work hard, you must be able to change your future destiny.

Xin Qiubai sneered, with a burst of ridicule on her face, and then turned glancholy. She said in a sad voice, "It's really funny. Naturally, I have no room to look back to this point. What's more, I never regret my choice. I just hope that I can kill more villains while I am alive.

Z Zhao said righteously, "Villain? Do you really think that the rich people in the world are evil people?

Xin Qiubai did not give in at all and said in a strong tone, "Isn't it? Don't think I will be grateful to you if you saved me today. If you ask yourself, have you ever squeezed and exploited those poor people in your family? It is impossible for you people to get rid of the system. It is because of the malicious exploitation of you that so many poor people today are forced to rise up.

Zuo Zhao knows that Xin Qiubai's mind is deeply rooted now, and it is really difficult to convince her by words alone. He sighed again and said, "If you really think that the people who rise up now are just to survive, why are you reduced to not even a bowl of rice?" Yes, I admit that the current turmoil in the county is related to many displaced and suffering people, but do you really think they will have food to eat if they rebel? Why don't you think they are being used? Or how many people will not be full after filling their stomachs?

In fact, he can roughly guess that Xin Qiubai wandering alone must have conflicts with his accomplices or be abandoned by his accomplices. Since I can't convince Xin Qiubai from a positive point of view, I can only weaken the other party's stubborn thoughts by knocking on the side, at least not completely impossible to talk.

Xin Qiubai was stunned, and her originally gloomy look showed a layer of loss. She lowered her head, was dull, and had no other actions at all, so she let the Buddha fall into a fixed spell.

It seems that there is no mistake in guessing! Zu Zhao looked in his eyes and sighed secretly in his heart.

After a while, Xin Qiubai slowly said, "I can only say that I saw the wrong person."

Zuzuo sighed, "But nothing can be seen on the surface."

Xin Qiubai suddenly looked a little stunned and said almost infatuatedly, "I will also kill him."

Zu Zhao was stunned and asked strangely, "Who?"

Xin Qiubai seemed to be out of her memory. She raised her eyes and Zu Zhao. Her eyes were full of complexity, but she didn't say anything.

Zhu Zhao knew that there must still be grudges in the other party's heart. He would not rush to ask Xin Qiubai about the intelligence clues he needed. When he could trust each other further, he believed that Xin Qiubai would not have other psychological burdens at that time. After a pause, he turned his tone and said, "Ok, you can rest here in peace these days. However, I advise you to stop thinking nonsense. No matter what kind of enmity I have, I just hope that it can calm down for a while now. Can you agree?"

Xin Qiubai pondered for a while. Although he did not speak, he nodded slightly.

Zu Zhao then said, "If you need anything, you can order the servants outside the door. All right, you have a good rest first, and I'll leave." After saying that, turn around and leave.

Xin Qiubai looked at Zu Zhao's back and looked difficult to distinguish.

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[There is one more chapter later, about 11:30!]