"No matter what, he's the heartbreaker who wronged me. I almost gave up everything for him, but in the end, he still wanted to marry the princess and drove me away."
"I'll never forget that day, nor the look on his face when he fought me to protect Princess Wenqu. I know you're not them, but you share the same soul. No matter how many times you're reincarnated, you're still the same person."
Tu Chaoyang still couldn't quite accept it.
Her smile was hideous, and her expression was crazy.
Previously, her soul had been sealed in the peach tree. She had been in a daze, without memories or self - awareness.
When the tree was dug out and the seal was broken,
Memories came flooding in like a tide.
She completely remembered who she was and what she had experienced.
In her view, she was an unlucky person who had done nothing wrong but was forced to bear the malice of the whole world.
But in Zhang Zicheng's eyes, it was completely different.
"Although there were many new memories in my head before, most of them were still missing. But just now, I remembered everything. Whether it's the me you knew or the me now, Tu Chaoyang, I've never wronged you."
"At first, he agreed to marry into the princess's family just to protect hundreds of thousands of lives. Later, it was someone else who corresponded with you and developed an affection. For a long time, he didn't even know about it."
"Marrying into the princess's mansion was a necessity of the situation and also to protect you. His father couldn't bear to see the hundreds of thousands of captured troops and wanted to start a war again in the name of rescuing his son.
"He couldn't bear to start a war and watch the people of the world suffer, so he could only solve the problem through a political marriage. As the defeated side, he naturally had no qualification to marry the princess, so he could only marry into the princess's family.
"Princess Wenqu was just a pawn to be used from beginning to end. She had someone she loved, but for the sake of peace, she had to give up her feelings."
When telling these things, Zhang Zicheng's attitude was like that of a stranger retelling someone else's story.
There was no emotional fluctuation at all. He didn't even blink an eye.
For him, these memories that suddenly appeared and were stuffed into his head were stories of strangers.
Memories were not the same as emotions. He couldn't empathize with what the monk was thinking when making each choice.
Nor could he tell whether the monk and the female general had feelings for each other.
He could only retell the story in the most objective way.
"That stupid monk still had some selfishness towards you. In fact, he had already sensed that you had turned into a fierce ghost and were taking revenge on your former enemies. But instead of dealing with you before you grew stronger, he let you take your revenge and then suppressed you.
"He wasn't protecting Princess Wenqu. It just so happened that the princess was on the scene. The princess was the most innocent puppet involved. You had already killed your enemies. If you involved the innocent, he naturally couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
"For some unknown reason, he saved your soul and voluntarily dedicated all his merits. It was like having his bones scraped, but he didn't even make a sound.
"After his death, his body was cremated. One of his souls turned into a Buddhist relic and was buried with your ashes, cleansing your soul. The two souls and seven spirits were reincarnated, and a curse of being haunted by evil spirits, being lonely, disabled, and miserable accompanied each of his lives.
"Even I, since I was born, have been targeted by all kinds of ghosts. My family members either died or scattered. I've been poor and wandering, never having a good day.
"Compared to you, I think as a victim who has been wandering for half my life, I should hate that stupid monk even more, right?"
Zhang Zicheng wore a half - smiling expression, and his eyes showed a hint of mockery.
It was said that good and evil would be rewarded.
But he had done nothing wrong, yet he had to bear the troubles caused by his previous lives since he was born.
Since he had memories, he had been constantly ill, going to the hospital every now and then.
His family had emptied their savings because of his health. They were originally from a poor rural family, and with his continuous illnesses, it was a miracle that they could even afford to eat.
As he grew up, ghosts would come to him.
Most of them were seductive ghosts.
At that time, he was just an innocent child. Since the seductive ghosts couldn't bewitch him, they bewitched his family members.
None of his relatives were spared.
One was crazily infatuated and would dream of the illusions created by the ghost at night. In the end, divorce was already a good outcome.
His own father, bewitched by the seductive ghost, killed his mother with his own hands.
An old kind - hearted monk adopted him and took him wandering around.
The old monk was very kind. He smiled every day, as if nothing could defeat him.
But this kind of companionship didn't last for many years.
By then, he was a bit more sensible. During his puberty, he was bewitched by the seductive ghost.
He was crazily infatuated with a woman in his fantasy and couldn't extricate himself. He even had the idea of dying with that woman.
The old monk had no choice but to restrict his actions.
But under the bewitchment of the seductive ghost, he thought the old monk was an obstacle to his love and almost accidentally killed him.
In the end, the old monk still didn't survive.
To protect him, the old monk fought with the seductive ghost regardless of his injuries and called back his sanity.
After the seductive ghost was dealt with, the old monk didn't have long to live.
He became alone again until he met his master.
These experiences could be briefly described, but they were filled with all his pain and burdens.
Since he had these inexplicable memories, he had also felt lost, helpless, and hateful.
Why should he pay the price for his previous life?
Was he just born unlucky?
Niannian felt an indescribable sense of familiarity and strangeness from the second senior brother in front of her.
The little girl subconsciously felt flustered and uneasy.
She looked around, trying to find the figure of the third senior brother, but there was no sign of Shen Weixun.
Where had the third senior brother gone?
"Second brother, the third senior brother is missing."
Niannian didn't care how tense the atmosphere was between the two of them or what kind of grudges they had.
Anyway, it was all beyond her understanding, so she just ignored it.
As a little girl, what she cared most about now was that the big caregiver was missing.
"Let us out of your spiritual world. If you keep me and junior sister trapped here, don't blame me for being rude."
Zhang Zicheng stroked Niannian's little head twice to comfort her.
He raised the Zen staff in his hand and pointed it at Tu Chaoyang, saying coldly.
His cold - hearted appearance made Tu Chaoyang jump with anger.
Especially since Zhang Zicheng now looked exactly the same as the monk in her memory.
This made her feel as if she had been betrayed again.
Suddenly, she was filled with rage.
"You're dreaming! I must kill you two dogs today!"