Pei Jue is not given to many words.
Standing in the cold wind, he remained silent for a long time before speaking again.
"After my mother passed, I lost too much blood and fainted. When I came to, I searched through the nearby grass, but there was no trace of my sister..."
"I don't know if she was taken away by the pursuers or if she left on her own, I searched along the way until I found my mother's remains..."
He paused for a long time when he got to this point.
"After that, it was my father who took me in."
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To escape from the pursuit of the Qi Army, Madam Xie had chosen to flee toward the borders of Bingzhou...
It was Pei Chong's close follower who discovered him.
At the time, the small child was digging a hole to bury his mother; his earth-grey attire was stained with blood, wounds unbandaged, fresh blood seeping into the soil, dripping onto his mother's body. His small frame had not yet grown, but the resilience on his face was like that of an adult...
