Free Web NovelChapter 215: Buried Truths and Bloodline Secrets
Before she died from weakness after childbirth, she named the child and left behind the instruction that he should bear the surname Tushan.
When the child was born, extraordinary phenomena appeared in the heavens, marking him as anything but ordinary.
Because of this, people gradually began to believe the girl’s story and considered the child to possess immortal blood.
They began to worship and support him.
The young boy did not disappoint.
From a young age, he displayed exceptional abilities.
He could remember anything after a single glance, possessed immense strength, and could travel great distances with ease.
His abilities were nothing short of extraordinary.
Before even reaching adulthood, he was recruited into the army by a passing general who had heard the rumors.
He achieved great military merit and eventually rose to the rank of Duke Zhenguo.
There was no higher title to grant, so the emperor simply married the eldest princess to him.
However, while the Duke was outstanding as a general, he was terrible in other aspects, especially regarding women.
He had no restraint at all.
Combined with his handsome appearance and ageless looks after reaching adulthood, he attracted many women.
Despite being the princess’s husband, he kept a whole garden of concubines.
After the princess died from weakness after childbirth, he remarried.
That wife also died after childbirth.
The same happened again and again.
Later, people learned from servants of the Duke’s residence that not only the princess and successive wives, but even his concubines all died after giving birth.
From then on, rumors spread that the Duke brought misfortune to his wives.
Others claimed that his blood carried that of immortals and ordinary women were unworthy to bear such blood, so they died under heavenly punishment.
However, the children born from them all inherited immortal blood. freēwēbnovel.com
They were all exceptionally handsome, gifted with great strength and unique talents.
Both sons and daughters had strong fertility and did not suffer the same short lifespans as their mothers.
In short, the rumors were full of strange and unbelievable details.
Even more astonishing was that the Duke himself did not age and lived an extremely long life.
His children grew old and died, yet he still looked as if he were in his twenties.
However, none of this explained why General Tushan was searching for Xiao Shou.
That matter was related to the original owner’s identity.
After hearing everything, Xiao Shou felt overwhelmed.
He had not expected the original body to carry such a troublesome past.
No one outside knew the true cause of the incident.
The soldier only knew some rumors.
It was said that when the young general Tushan Gaoque was still in the capital last year, he began investigating the massacre of Xiao Family Village from more than ten years ago for unknown reasons.
That tragedy was widely known.
The entire Xiao Family Village and more than a dozen nearby villages were slaughtered, and the flowing blood gathered into a river of blood.
The identity of the culprit remained unknown to this day, becoming an unsolved case.
However, as soon as Tushan Gaoque began investigating it, he was suddenly hunted down by a group of mysterious people with strange abilities.
After repelling them, the young general reported the matter, but the authorities could not find any clues.
Not long after, Tushan Gaoque was attacked again, this time even more dangerously.
Even with his strength, he was injured, though he managed to leave behind several of the assassins’ corpses.
But when ordinary officials touched those corpses, they immediately fainted for no apparent reason.
For some unknown reason, the case was later handed over to the Imperial Preceptor for investigation.
After further inquiry, it was shockingly discovered that these mysterious attackers were actually sent by the current wife of the Duke Zhenguo.
Their mission was to assassinate Tushan Gaoque, the ninth-generation eldest grandson of the main branch.
The reason for the assassination was rather bizarre.
It turned out that Tushan Gaoque had uncovered that before she became the official wife, she had harmed the former Duchess Zhenguo, who was the younger sister of the current emperor of the Great Liang Kingdom.
She had also secretly taken away the former duchess’s child and handed him over to a trusted servant couple to raise.
As for herself, she had somehow obtained a newborn baby from an unknown source and used it as a substitute.
The Xiao Shou from Xiao Family Village whom Tushan Gaoque had been searching for was precisely the child that had been stolen from the Duke’s residence.
In short, under Xiao Shou’s soul searching technique, the soldier recounted many different versions of the story about the young general of the Duke’s main branch bravely confronting the wicked duchess.
After the truth was revealed, Duchess Zhenguo was beheaded by the Duke himself.
The impostor child of the Duke’s residence escaped, while the young general refused to give up.
He continued searching for his long-lost relative that was separated by nine generations. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
After Xiao Shou listened to all this, he was left speechless.
He thought to himself that the story was full of contradictions.
Was it not said that every wife the Duke married would die? Then why would the emperor still marry his own sister into that family? And this was the first time he had heard that a duchess could even be promoted from a secondary wife. How could such a woman command so many assassins? And why would she replace a child for no reason?
There were simply too many inconsistencies in the story.
It was impossible to even begin criticizing them all.
Still, Xiao Shou could not shake the feeling that a major trouble was about to fall upon him.
He let out a long sigh and a bad premonition began to in his heart.
At that moment, the sound of galloping hooves came from afar.
Xiao Shou quickly released the soul searching technique.
The soldier blinked his eyes in confusion, looking around as if disoriented.
