"This was impossible." Lu Qingming still couldn't believe everything he had heard. "How could this be possible? The Lu Clan was wiped out, its people slaughtered. We saw your grandfather fall at Song Gudú's hands with our own eyes. This was impossible."
"Did you ever see what Grandfather looked like after he died?"
"At the time, I knew the situation couldn't be salvaged. All I wanted was to take you and escape their encirclement and pursuit. I truly never saw him."
"Then how did you decide that he had definitely died in battle?" Discussing his grandfather's life and death with his own father felt bizarre. But this was a question neither father nor son could avoid. Li Mu Yang could refrain from telling Luo Qi and Li Yan about these things. He could refrain from telling Gongsun Yu and Lu Tianyu. But Lu Qingming absolutely had to know. At this very moment, the Feng City branch relied mainly on Lu Qingming to support and protect it. If he refused to cooperate, Li Mu Yang truly had no way to take Gongsun Yu, Lu Tianyu, and the others away.
"Mu Yang." Lu Qingming gazed gently at Li Mu Yang and asked, "What exactly did you experience in Tiandu City? You have to tell me everything you know. Otherwise... otherwise, I can't abandon Feng City just because of a few words from you. Feng City is crucial to the Lu Clan at this moment, and crucial to both you and me. We can't afford to lose it."
"Grandfather isn't dead. I saw him." Li Mu Yang spoke in a deep voice. "I saw him in the palace city. He and Prince Hui manipulated everything. And the Former Emperor..."
After that, Li Mu Yang told Lu Qingming everything that had happened after he