kvmb Chapter 825: Memories of Escape
Chapter 825: Memories of Escape
The emperor and empress in front of Shen Zheng were almost using a small stick to prop up their eyelids.
She really couldn't bear to continue wasting the time of the two middle-aged men.
But her resignation was rejected by the emperor, "No, do you know how the Queen and I have been these past few days? Just last night, we stayed up all night because we were worried about you. If you don't explain clearly, how can the Queen and I sleep well today?"
Shen Zheng heard it.
Yoho——
I didn't sleep the whole night yesterday, and it's early morning now. These two people in front of me have been up all night.
It made her little heart feel warm and guilty.
"Then let me be brief." Shen Zheng sat up straight.
The emperor and empress nodded in unison.
The lights in Jingren Palace were on, and all the palace maids had been sent away by the Emperor and the Empress. The sound of burning candles was mixed with Shen Zheng's narration, which was a somewhat hypnotic sound, but the Emperor and the Empress became more energetic the more they listened.
When he heard this, the emperor slammed the table and said, "You mean, Yu Jiusi jumped into the river to save you, but he was actually a landlubber and drowned himself?!"
Shen Zheng nodded silently.
Although saying this would damage Yu Jiusi's handsome image, she had to tell the truth in order to connect with what happened next.
Seeing her nod, the emperor looked as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly, and asked again: "In the end, it was you who saw him underwater and swam over to save him?"
Shen Zheng nodded again.
The emperor rolled his eyes, his face full of speechlessness.
"Who will save whom?"
Shen Zheng was silent for a while, "General Xiao Yu was also in a hurry, I didn't expect that I would be so good at it."
The emperor rolled his eyes again, "Then he knows whether he can swim or not, doesn't he know it in his heart?"
Shen Zheng laughed dryly.
Not to mention the emperor, even she didn't understand where Yu Jiusi got the courage to go into the water.
And when he went into the water, he didn't dive into the water at all, he smashed into the water.
The consequences of these two actions are very different.
When diving into the water, the contact area between the human body and the water surface is small, the tension of the water surface against the human body is small, and the impact force brought to people is small.
The impact of falling straight into the water is actually not much better than falling to the ground.
That's why Yu Jiusi was knocked unconscious.
Speaking of her ability to swim, the Queen was quite curious: "Sir Shen, you grew up in Shangjing, how did you become able to swim?"
Women are not like men who can dive into the river just by taking off their outer clothes. Besides, Shen Zheng's adoptive father is an old scholar, and he doesn't sound like he can swim.
Shen Zheng had already thought of an answer to this question.
"I don't really know why I can swim." She raised her head and said sincerely, "I also fell into the water once when I was young. Since then, I have found that I don't seem to be afraid of water."
After hearing this, the first thing that came to the emperor's mind was that Shen Zheng's biological parents might be good at water sports.
But this... doesn't seem to make sense? How old was Shen Zheng when she was picked up by the scholar?
Is it true that a dragon gives birth to a dragon and a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix?
Then, they heard Shen Zheng say, "And when I fell into the water, I heard a gentle man's voice. He said that as long as I didn't stretch my arms out of the water, I would be able to float after falling into the water."
The emperor and empress looked at each other, and the emperor pondered for a moment: "Maybe he is your biological father."
This is exactly the effect Shen Zheng wanted.
She pretended to be doubtful and pursed her lips, "Perhaps, but they are not in my memory."
As they were talking, the topic seemed to become sad, so the emperor changed the subject: "To be honest, you are a good swimmer. If you were not, not only would you not be able to save Yu Jiusi, you would also have to die there!"
Shen Zheng grinned: "And luck, good luck too."
Next, she slowly told the emperor and empress what happened after she came ashore.
She deliberately chose to go ashore at the abandoned pier to guard against the other side. Sure enough, the moment they went ashore, the abandoned pier was lit up with fire.
"I don't know if they saw me fall into the water." Shen Zheng said, "Based on their reaction, they seemed unaware at first, but then they began to search on the other side intentionally. They must have received the news. Then I took General Yu and hid."
During the time when Shen Zheng first came ashore and took Yu Jiusi to hide, she wanted to die.
She initially dragged Yu Jiusi away.
Yu Jiusi was of rather large build and naturally quite heavy, and he was also wearing armor and was unconscious, so she felt like she was dragging a pig to be slaughtered.
It's really heavy.
After dragging every two steps, Shen Zheng would erase the traces and then cover them with fallen leaves and weeds.
Even so, if one looks closely, one can actually find traces of dragging. So Shen Zheng realized that this method didn't work, so she changed to carrying Yu Jiusi on her back.
Although he was said to be carrying her on his back, in fact Yu Jiusi's toes were dragging on the ground, and Shen Zheng's entire body was directly pressed by him like a 70-year-old woman with a weak waist.
After walking for less than half a minute, her legs began to tremble.
In the end, Shen Zheng became so angry that she tied Yu Jiusi to her back with vines.
Then, with her legs trembling, she carried Yu Jiusi on her back and went into the forest.
During that period, she and Yu Jiusi fell countless times, and every time Yu Jiusi acted as a cushion behind them, but she still stayed with Yu Jiusi. Later, she even began to doubt... Was Yu Jiusi unconscious because he was repeatedly knocked unconscious?
Maybe the enemy hasn't reached the other side yet, maybe Yu Shizhang and others are interfering, or maybe she's just really lucky.
Until dawn, she stood on a high place and looked around, but did not see any trace of the enemy.
It was clearly an extremely sad and tragic experience, but she deliberately told it in a relaxed tone.
Seeing her nonchalant look, the emperor felt upset.
He couldn't help but wonder, why didn't Shen Zheng cry and complain?
The emperor showed so much concern when an official of the imperial court was assassinated. Why didn't Shen Zheng howl a little, then say with snot and tears:
"Your Majesty - I feel wronged! I have devoted my heart to the country and the people, and I hope Your Majesty will make the decision for me -!"
But why does she act so calm?
It was clear that not long ago, her mother had taught her that the crying child gets the milk.
Thinking of this, the emperor looked at Shen Zheng with more and more guilt.
He suppressed his discomfort and said in a deep voice, "Shen Xingjian said that someone on the boat deliberately provoked the others' emotions that day, causing chaos. So, except for you and the Yu family, everyone else on the boat that day must be tried."
Shen Zheng understood what he meant.
He was equally suspicious of everyone.
But there are countless ways to "judge" people, whether it is civil or military, light or heavy, she must know this.
Shen Zheng thought for a while and asked, "Your Majesty, Lord Liang, Lord Shen, and the people I brought from Tongan County..."
"I understand what you mean." The emperor's eyes were solemn, "but I also hope you can understand me. To me, no one can be trusted except you and the Yu family. Everyone on the boat that day must be checked by the three officials. As for those you trust, let them stay in the Shen Mansion. The three officials... will come to question you."