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Chapter 17 The Traitorous Brother
As soon as Qi Yuan opened her eyes, a cold light flashed, and a dagger was thrust straight at her. Qi Yuan reacted quickly, dodging to the side, and then picked up the sword beside her and thrust it straight at her.
The assailant stared at Qi Yuan in disbelief, “Brother! How dare you…” Before he could finish speaking, he spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.
Upon hearing the address 'elder brother,' Qi Yuan frowned, looking around at the furnishings, which seemed to be from ancient times. He kicked aside the person blocking his way, found a clean spot to sit down, and began to absorb the memories.
The original owner was the eldest son of the Marquis of Zhongyong in the Zhou Kingdom. His father and mother were married in a marriage alliance and had no feelings for each other before marriage. They only met for the first time on their wedding day.
The couple's relationship was not deep, especially after the Lady Hou gave birth to the original owner. It was as if they had completed some kind of mission, and they never shared a room again. Even on the first and fifteenth of the lunar month, they would only sleep fully clothed, sharing the same bed but dreaming different dreams.
Lady Hou was open-minded and allowed Marquis Zhongyong to take several concubines without any jealousy or rivalry. She simply stayed with the original owner of the house.
The original owner was well-educated and went to the battlefield before he even came of age. On the day he came of age, he returned to the capital in battle armor, riding a tall steed. As soon as he entered the house, his mother summoned him and told him that she had arranged a marriage for him with Princess Zhou Jinyao, his childhood sweetheart. The original owner was overjoyed and went to visit her with the jade bracelet he had brought back for Zhou Jinyao.
Zhou Jinyao is the current emperor's niece. Her father was the emperor's elder brother, who died protecting the emperor. After his death, Zhou Jinyao's mother was overwhelmed with grief and passed away less than two years later, leaving Zhou Jinyao alone.
The Emperor couldn't bear to leave Zhou Jinyao alone in the mansion, so he brought her into the palace to be raised. However, Zhou Jinyao couldn't stand the flattery and scheming of the concubines in the palace, so she eventually begged the Emperor to build a mansion outside the palace.
The Emperor simply waved his hand and built a princess's residence, and Zhou Jinyao went from being a county princess to a princess of the Zhou Kingdom.
The princess's residence was connected to the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence, and the two little ones played together, their feelings for each other growing stronger until they fell in love with each other.
The original owner returned victorious from the battle, intending to use his military achievements to marry Zhou Jinyao. However, upon entering the palace to meet the emperor, the emperor looked at him with the eyes of a father-in-law looking at his son-in-law, offering no reward and simply dismissing him from the palace.
The original owner was still feeling a bit regretful, but then she heard such great news.
"Jin Yao, look what I brought you!" The original owner never needed to announce himself when entering the princess's residence; he simply ran straight in. This battle had lasted for several months, and he had been longing to see the person he had been thinking about day and night as soon as possible.
After months apart, the unmarried couple poured out their hearts to each other, expressing their longing for one another. Their sweet moments lasted only a few days before an emergency was reported at the border. The original owner of this body had no choice but to don armor and ride to the border.
Consort Liu, the beloved concubine of Marquis Zhongyong, longed for her son to succeed. After pleading with the Marquis for several days, she finally managed to send her own son, one of the Marquis's only two sons, to the battlefield. Consort Liu believed that her son could earn military merit as long as he went to the battlefield, completely unaware that her son was a coward who was greedy for life, harmed his elder brother, framed loyal officials, and betrayed the country.
The person who just assassinated Qiyuan was none other than the original owner's half-brother, Qipan.
In his previous life, Qi Pan was also a lowly soldier, but because he was timid and afraid of death, he dared not go to the battlefield. He begged the original owner of the body to let him go.
The original owner did not know that Qi Pan was such a coward who loved life and was afraid of death. He only told him that he could either go to the battlefield or become a deserter and never be a descendant of the Marquis of Zhongyong again, but would live in anonymity.
Despite his reluctance to relinquish his status as a concubine's son of the Marquis of Zhongyong, he ultimately went to the battlefield, only to be captured by the enemy. To survive, he became their lackey.
First, he took advantage of the original owner's unpreparedness and stabbed him to death. Then, he falsely conveyed the original owner's military orders and led 10,000 soldiers into the enemy's encirclement, where he witnessed the Zhou soldiers being massacred by the enemy.
Afterwards, he staged a great battle with the enemy, single-handedly defeating tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, and became a famous general of the Zhou state.
After returning to the capital, Qi Pan first accused his elder brother, Qi Yuan, of treason and collusion with the enemy, and then married Zhou Jinyao. From then on, the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion was completely in Qi Pan's hands. Since the original owner's death, the Marquis's wife had lived in the Buddhist hall for a long time and never went out.
Zhou Jinyao did not believe that the original owner had betrayed the country. Pregnant with the original owner's posthumous child, she married Qi Pan and endured humiliation for several years. Finally, she found evidence that Qi Pan had framed the original owner and colluded with the enemy to betray the country, thus clearing the original owner's name.
She never married after that, spending her life guarding the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion, living a lonely life.
The prayers they have come for are to save the original owner's life. There are too many people praying for this, including the Lady Hou, Zhou Jinyao and the original owner's son, as well as those who have loved Zhou Jinyao all their lives. All they ask for is for the original owner to live, because they cannot bear to see Zhou Jinyao suffer all her life.
Having received all the memories, Qi Yuan kicked Qi Pan on the ground several more times. Seeing that she was still alive, she picked up the dagger on the ground and severed Qi Pan's tendons in her hands and feet, making it impossible for them to be reattached. Only then did she call someone in to carry Qi Pan out.
After that, Qiyuan stopped caring about what happened and relinquished control of the body. Due to the principle that one must stay in the original body for forty-nine days after each transmigration, Qiyuan and the original owner could only share one body for the time being, otherwise it would cause great damage to the original owner.
When the original owner woke up, she was first shocked, then saw the blood on the ground and was momentarily confused. Wasn't Qi Pan trying to assassinate her? Where is she?
After touching his chest and finding no injuries, the original owner was even more bewildered.
Help people to the end and send Buddha to the West.
The prayer passed on all the events of the previous life to the original owner. The memories were so vast that it took an hour for the original owner to wake up with bloodshot eyes.
Instead of immediately seeking trouble for Qi Pan, the original owner first summoned his subordinates, whispered a few words to them, and the subordinates withdrew, obeying the order. The original owner then went to the torture chamber where Qi Pan was being held.
"General!" The soldier guarding Qi Pan immediately stood at attention when he saw the original owner arrive.
"Take off his clothes."
"Huh? General?" The soldier was taken aback when he heard the general say this. He glanced at the general and then at Qipan, who looked like a dead dog on the ground, and was puzzled.
Doesn't the general already have a childhood sweetheart and fiancée? How could he possibly be in love with his half-brother? What kind of forced love is this?
No matter how biased his thoughts were, once the general spoke, even if the soldier was confused, he still tore open Qiwang's shirt.
"General, should I go out first...?"
"Ah!" The soldier was about to go out to guard the gate for the general when he saw the general carving words on Qi Pan's body with a dagger. Qi Pan cried out in pain.
With screams and pleas for mercy, the soldier watched as the words "Traitor Qi Pan" were etched into Qi Pan's chest.
"Flip it over," the original owner commanded after admiring his masterpiece for a moment.
"Yes...yes." After the soldier realized what was happening, he grabbed one of Qi Pan's arms and his pocket, and flipped him over with force. Qi Pan was like a salted fish flipping over, with his back facing up.
"Brother, no, I was wrong, I shouldn't have... Please let me go..." Qi Pan pleaded intermittently, his voice noticeably softer.
The original owner would never believe Qi Pan's pleas for mercy. Qi Pan had said these words more than three or four times since she came to the border, and each time she was genuinely repentant. If the original owner believed Qi Pan again, she would be a complete fool.
Ignoring Qi Pan's pleas for mercy, the dagger in his hand flew across Qi Pan's back. In no time, the four characters "treason and collusion with the enemy" appeared on her back. The handwriting was no longer as neat and orderly as before. Perhaps he had become more skilled and even had some strokes.
"Hang him on the city wall before dawn tomorrow." After saying this, the original owner threw away the dagger and turned to leave.
"Brother! I was wrong, I..." Upon hearing her brother's words, Qi Pan tried to grab the original owner's feet, but her tendons in her hands and feet had been severed, so she could only struggle aimlessly.
That night, the original owner led an army of 10,000 to the enemy's encirclement. With the hints from the dream, they easily captured the enemy's 20,000 troops.
The next morning, Qi Pan was hung on the city wall. The enemy army, which had lost 20,000 troops the night before, was already furious. Now, seeing Qi Pan's bare upper body with large characters carved on it, how could they not know that Qi Pan had been exposed? In order to vent their anger, the enemy general drew his bowstring taut and shot an arrow through Qi Pan's chest.
Due to heavy losses, the enemy retreated, and apart from Qiwang, none of the Zhou soldiers were killed or wounded in this battle.
He returned, clad in armor and mounted on a fine horse. This time, Zhou Jinyao finally saw the young general she had been longing for.
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