Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 223 Promise Me

"A group of clansmen who stayed on the island? Didn't all the Feng clan members follow High Priest Feng Qiyun and leave Yunzhou Island? So... So there were still a group of clansmen who stayed on the island at that time? So that's how Fenglou came about?"

Shi Xuanling was shocked, but Feng Shuxing nodded calmly and said slowly: "Back then, the Feng family broke with the other three families, and Feng Qiyun led the family members to leave the island in anger. But in fact, not all members of the family are willing to leave their hometown, the place where they grew up and where their ancestors took root. There is a small group of people who are unwilling to leave their hometown, unwilling to give up their stable life, and do not have the ability to travel around. They just want to stay in their hometown and live a stable life."

This small group of tribesmen are mostly women, children, and the elderly. There are also some patients who are born weak and cannot withstand the hard work. They can be described as the complete "old, weak, women and children". They are attached to their hometown and do not want to leave Yunzhou Island. However, due to Feng Qiyun's prestige and status, they dare not disobey the decision of the high priest, let alone go against the majority of the tribesmen, for fear of becoming traitors and sinners of the Feng family.

In such a desperate situation with nowhere to go, this group of old, weak, women and children could only take a gamble and secretly go to find Feng Jiyue, hoping that she could show them a way out.

Feng Jiyue used to be the high priest of the tribe. Even though she has lost that identity and can no longer draw the dazzling Wanyue bow, she still seems to be carrying an invisible mission on her shoulders. She always cares about her people. She cannot bear to see them displaced, afraid and confused, living in fear of their future.

So she not only took in this small group of clansmen, but also told fortunes all night long. Even if it meant overdrawing her spiritual energy, vomiting blood and shortening her life, she wanted to get a glimpse of the secrets and explore the future of the Feng family.

She was so worried and prayed so hard, but the result made her face turn pale and she spat out a mouthful of blood in agitation.

Yes, the result of the divination was very bad, just as she had vaguely expected in her heart, it was not a wise thing for the entire clan to leave Yunzhou Island. Feng Qiyun's impulsive decision would instead bring a devastating disaster to the clan, and might even lead to the complete destruction of the Feng family!
So, Feng Jiyue went to find her brother Feng Qiyun again, and the two had a fierce argument again. However, Feng Qiyun had made up his mind and would not listen to any persuasion from his sister. He would not bow to Kuang Heng no matter what!

At the moment when the sun rose over the sea, Feng Qiyun left resolutely, taking with him most of his loyal followers, leaving only one farewell message to Feng Jiyue:
"From now on, you and I are no longer brothers and sisters, and we will never see each other again in this life!"

The small group of clansmen who stayed behind were naturally regarded by Feng Qiyun and his followers as "traitors" of the Feng family, lackeys and cowards who surrendered to Dong Mu. They were all removed from the family tree, and all traces of them were completely wiped out. Together with Feng Jiuyue, they became a "shame" that the Feng family was reluctant to mention.

Therefore, in the Qingli Mountains of later times, those descendants of the Feng family who have lived in hiding until today would have no idea of ​​Feng Jiuyue's existence, and would not have known that on that distant Yunzhou Island, in their former homeland, there lived a group of clansmen who were connected to them by blood.

This is why Pei Shixi could not find any records about Feng Tower later on. Feng Tower is not only mysterious to them, but also the most special existence for Yunzhou Island in hundreds of years.

All this was due to an order issued by Kuang Heng, the founding monarch of Dongmu, which was also a promise he made to Feng Jiuyue.

After Feng Qiyun led his people away, Feng Jiyue was heartbroken. She desperately went to Kuang Heng and begged him:
"Let my brother go, let my people go, don't do anything to them, Ah Heng, please... give the Feng family a chance to live, okay?"

She calculated that the Feng family who left Yunzhou Island would soon face a catastrophic disaster, and some things could be guessed without divination. Who else in the world except Kuang Heng could order the encirclement and killing of the Feng family?

Feng Jiyue also knew that, given Kuang Heng's resolute and ruthless nature, no matter what his considerations were, he would never allow Feng Qiyun to "build another home" outside, and allow the uncontrollable power of the Feng family to gradually grow, or even one day really build a "Tonglu Kingdom" to fight against him. So he would definitely take ruthless action and cruelly kill all potential threats from the beginning!
So Feng Jiyue went to Kuang Heng to beg him, wanting to fight for a way out for her brother and the people of the tribe at all costs. However, Kuang Heng just wiped away the tears from her eyes and said coldly:

"It's not that I won't give them a chance to live, but your brother doesn't know what's good for him. It's you, the Feng family, who insist on going against the new Dongmu Dynasty! If I show mercy today, he will be beheaded. Will Feng Qiyun let me go? No, he will only use my life to sacrifice to their shitty Tonglu Kingdom. Do you believe it?"

These words were like cold water poured over Feng Jiyue's head. His face turned as pale as paper and his heart was completely chilled.

At this moment, Kuang Heng took up Feng Jiyue's only remaining left hand, lowered his head and kissed it gently. He changed his cold and ruthless appearance just now, raised his head and looked deeply at her, smiling gently:
"Jiyue, forget about your brother. You two are no longer the same kind of people. From now on, you will only be my wife, Kuang Heng, and the queen of Dongmu Xin Dynasty. I still say that there will only be you in my harem. I will share the infinite kingdom with you, grant you thousands of honors, and never let you down for the rest of my life. OK?"

Killing hands, gentle knife, affectionate eyes, and an... unshakable cold and indifferent emperor's heart.

Feng Jiyue smiled sadly, finally seeing through everything, and pulled back her cold hand bit by bit. She said, "I don't want a phoenix crown and a red robe, I don't want the position of queen, I don't want thousands of honors, I don't want anything. Kuang Heng, I only ask you to promise me one thing, I only ask you to promise me one thing for the sake of our past relationship."

The pair of eyes that were full of affection a moment ago suddenly lost their smile and became gloomy, like a layer of cold broken ice at the bottom of the abyss.

"If you still want to intercede for your brother with those Feng clan rebels, then you don't have to ask for mercy anymore!"

Kuang Heng coldly flicked his sleeves and turned away, but Feng Jiyue took a deep breath behind him and said word by word:

"No, I want to ask for a place to stay for the tribesmen who remain on the island, a promise from the king, a plaque of immunity from death, and eternal peace for the generations to come."

Under that situation back then, even though Feng Jiuyue was heartbroken and disappointed with Kuang Heng, she was still extremely sober and rational. She did not break off relations with the founding monarch of Dongmu because she still needed his help. She had to do her best to protect the remaining members of the clan on the island. If the Feng family who were stranded outside were really doomed to perish, then this lineage on the island would be the last spark of the Feng family!

No matter what, she had to stand in front of them, withstand all the storms with her own strength, and protect them at all costs!

Perhaps it was because the old, weak, women and children on the island posed no threat to Kuang Heng, or perhaps it was because Kuang Heng still remembered a bit of affection from the past, after weighing the pros and cons, he finally agreed to Feng Jiuyue's request. However, he proposed that the people left on the island must completely separate from the Feng family, and must no longer live as members of the Feng family. Their descendants must not trace their ancestry back to their roots, and even Feng Jiuyue himself must not use the surname "Feng" from now on!
Kuang Heng has always been ruthless and decisive in his actions, leaving no room for any leeway. He wants to completely wipe out the Feng family and make the Feng family who betrayed him disappear forever between heaven and earth.

In order to save the lives of his clansmen, Feng Jiuyue was forced to agree to Kuang Heng's conditions. In this way, a mysterious Feng Tower was built in Yuncheng. The inscription on the plaque was written by the first monarch of Dongmu. Therefore, the Feng Tower has a transcendent status. It is solitary on the island, not involved in disputes, and is independent. No one can control it. Even the clan of the island owner Zhongli cannot interfere in the affairs of the Feng Tower.

"Miss Shi, you will never guess why Fenglou specializes in making wedding dresses. After all, this business has nothing to do with the Feng family, right?"