The Whispered Woes of Carter Chapter 7

The cracks on the stone wall spread from one point to all directions. After a few muffled sounds, the stone suddenly collapsed, and a narrow corridor was revealed behind the rubble on the ground. There was a cold light flashing between Sawyer Su's fingers, and it disappeared into his sleeve in a blink of an eye, but it was enough for Carter Chu to see it clearly. He took the candle from the wall and turned around to greet Carter Chu to get up.

Carter Chu stood up while trying to move his shoulders, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart at Sawyer Su's excellent dressing skills. His eyes stopped on Sawyer Su's sleeves and suddenly said: "With Master Su's internal strength, it was impossible not to notice the patrolman hiding behind the corner, right?"

Sawyer Su smiled and said frankly, "Yes."

"Then why did you delay in exposing it? What are your intentions?"

Sawyer Su shook his head and smiled faintly: "Whatever idea you had is just empty talk now, there's no point in talking about it anymore."

He really didn't make many moves, Carter Chu couldn't tell how skilled he was in martial arts, and he was very good at dealing with people in his conversation, so it was hard to get anything out of him. He was really hard to deal with. Carter Chu thought for a moment and said, "I'm bored on the way, how about you chat with me, Lord Su?"

Sawyer Su looked at the corridor by the light and ignored his boredom on the way.

Carter Chu covered his shoulder and leaned against the stone wall, "Ah... the wound hurts so much."

Sawyer Su turned his head and looked him over from head to toe slowly before saying, "Master Chu, are you... hinting that I should come over and hug you?"

"That's not necessary," Carter Chu said, "just talk with me." Sawyer Su added before he could speak: "It distracts me somewhat, so I probably won't feel too much pain."

Sawyer Su looked at him, "Master Chu, what do you think we can talk about?"

Carter Chu bent his eyes and smiled, and said: "How about this, you and I take turns asking each other questions."

"......" Sawyer Su sighed, "What's the point if the other party doesn't tell the truth?"

"So it's just to kill time," Carter Chu walked to his side and said slowly: "Whether you can tell the truth from the false depends on yourself. Besides, if the other party is lying, doesn't it just mean that he is avoiding the question?" His eyes were up and down, staring at Sawyer Su with a smile that seemed real and fake.

Sawyer Su sighed helplessly again and walked into the corridor, "Ask whatever you want to ask."

Carter Chu followed him and said, "Lord Su looks gentle, but I didn't expect that he is so hidden. Since you carry a hidden blade with you, why haven't I heard anyone say that you know martial arts?"

The light was so small that it only illuminated a stone path under his feet. Only a low voice could be heard in the narrow space. They were so close that Sawyer Su could almost feel the warm breath of the person behind him. He turned his head uncomfortably and said, "It's not as complicated as you think. It's just a habit I've developed over the years."

"When I was fifteen, I went to war with my father." Sawyer Su said.

Carter Chu looked at his side face in surprise. Sawyer Su seemed to have a look of nostalgia on his face, which was more complicated than words. The light in the corridor was too dark, and his expression was fleeting, and there was no time to see it clearly.

Sawyer Su continued lightly: "After that, he strictly prohibited me from fighting with others, and wanted me to be a civil servant. At that time, Chang'an City was not as good as it is now, and there was chaos from time to time. I was young and energetic at the time, so fighting was always inevitable. For this reason, my father ordered me to wear white clothes to control him. Whenever I was found, I would go to the ancestral hall and be punished by kneeling. The more I knelt, I learned to hide my traces with my hidden sword so that he would not notice, and I escaped a lot of punishment. "

"It's really surprising." Carter Chu glanced at Sawyer Su's face illuminated by the firelight, "You were much cuter when you were a child than you are now."

Sawyer Su smiled without commenting on this assessment.

"Why did your father forbid you to do it?" he asked.

Sawyer Su looked back at him and said with a smile, "This is the second question."

Carter Chu raised his hand nonchalantly to make a gesture of invitation. Sawyer Su calmly withdrew his gaze and said, "I have always been wondering, with Mr. Chu's current wealth and status, why don't you bring your family to live with you?"

Carter Chu's face suddenly changed, and his eyes cut through Sawyer Su's face like a blade. Seeing that he was still calm, he restrained his expression and said lightly: "I am an orphan picked up by my master, where do I get my family from?"

Sawyer Su nodded and just said sorry.

He still remembered the first time he met Carter Chu. The reputation of the unknown young man who fought against the Xiongnu in Daxia had long spread throughout the capital. He was invincible and invincible. The three states were all returned to the sea, and the barbarians retreated hundreds of miles. The young general walked casually into the main hall, allowing hundreds of courtiers to look at him in amazement. He had a careless smile on his face, but always showed a sinister indifference between his brows when everyone was unaware.

At that time, Sawyer Su's father was still alive. General Su Jue looked at him for a long time and said to Sawyer Su: "This man is definitely not an ordinary person."

Sawyer Su was convinced, and after going to court, he sent people to investigate his whereabouts. It took him several years to find out:

The Chu family in Liangzhou is extremely wealthy, has many friends in the world, and is also a famous family. When the Xiongnu raided the south, they massacred countless cities. Naturally, the Chu family was not spared, but I don’t know how he survived. Only some people said that they had seen a young man covered in blood kneeling in front of the door of the reclusive Sword Master on a dripping winter night. His features and eyes looked very much like the arrogant and unruly Captain Chu.

It seemed that he really didn't like this question.

"It's my turn. It's the same question as before. Why doesn't your father allow you to do it?" Carter Chu said.

Sawyer Su came to his senses and raised the lamp slightly so that they could see each other's faces clearly. Then he smiled slightly and said, "Maybe... he doesn't like my murderous style."

Carter Chu was slightly stunned. Before he could fully appreciate the meaning of his words, he heard Sawyer Su say, "We're here."

They stopped and Sawyer Su looked back at Carter Chu, handed the lamp over, pressed the stone door with both hands and slowly opened it. The dull sound of stones grinding was heard, and bright light filtered through a ray of light, then flowed in through the increasingly larger gaps. They couldn't help but close their eyes to adapt.

When he opened his eyes, his vision was clear. The simple room, the paulownia desk, the yellow scrolls and the green lamp, turned out to be a study. Carter Chu and Sawyer Su walked out and looked back to find that the back of the stone door was disguised as a row of bookshelves. Once it was closed, there was no trace of it.

Carter Chu looked around slowly, then turned back and smiled at Sawyer Su, "Let's go and have a good chat with Song Heng."

Coming out of the study and down the long corridor, you will reach the courtyard. The moon is at its zenith, and the music has stopped. They have been tossing and turning in the dungeon for so long, and the banquet upstairs has ended. The maids are busy packing up the dishes and cups, and they are hurrying back and forth.

Sawyer Su stopped one and asked with a smile: "Girl, where is your master now?"

The maid was still young. She glanced at him tremblingly, then lowered her head and shook her head: "I don't know."

"When did the feast end?"

The maid trembled even more. "Just before a cup of tea," she said almost pleadingly, "I am just a handyman. Please don't ask any more questions, sir."

Sawyer Su narrowed his eyes slightly, let her go, and turned to look at Carter Chu. Carter Chu tilted his head to the right, "I just heard a sound here."

On the right side is a small forest with sparse flowers and trees, shadows of trees, and gardenia flowers and snow in the moonlight. Sure enough, someone is there.

"This one? Or this one?" Tan Jing turned around and asked, pointing at the gardenia. The woman in the silk dress behind him looked at him with a smile but didn't answer. He nodded as if he heard something, "Then I'll listen to you." He picked a flawless white gardenia and handed it to the woman.

Minister of Industry Tan Jing brushed off the dust on his clothes, looked up and saw two people walking towards him, and was startled. He quickly greeted them, "Master Chu, Master Su."

Before Carter Chu and Sawyer Su approached, the woman quickly shrank behind Tan Jing, revealing only a small part of her pretty face, and looked at them timidly. Tan Jing turned back and held her hand, saying softly: "A Xiu, don't be afraid." Ah Xiu held Tan Jing's hand tightly, lowered her head and dared not look at the person coming.

Tan Jing apologized to them: "My wife is afraid of others, so please don't take offense."

"It doesn't matter." Sawyer Su smiled.

"Where is Song Heng?" Carter Chu said straight to the point.

"I don't know." Tan Jing shook his head, "It's probably an emergency. Just now a servant came to report something to Song Heng. He looked a little flustered, apologized to us and broke up the banquet. My wife doesn't go out often, and seeing the novelty here, I asked him if I could hang out here, and he hurriedly answered and left. "He thought for a while, raised his hand and pointed somewhere, "It seems to be going in that direction. If you two adults have something important to do, I'll go there." Find him and go take a look."

The place that Tan Jing was pointing to was the study room. When Carter Chu and Sawyer Su came out, there was no one there.

Carter Chu raised the corners of his lips and smiled slowly, "No need, I just want to say hello to him, it's not a big deal." He turned around and looked at Sawyer Su, "What a pity, it seems that I won't be able to see him tonight."

Sawyer Su smiled and said nothing.

Since the other party had already run away, they said goodbye to Tan Jing and left. Outside the mansion, the night was dark, the lights were dim, and only a few carriages and horses were left scattered around.

"Carter Chu." Sawyer Su suddenly said from behind.

Carter Chu stopped in response, tilted his head slightly to look over, the light reflected on his eyebrows and eyes, he whispered: "Hmm?"

Sawyer Su hesitated for a rare moment, his eyes fell to the side, and his tone was still steady, "After all, you saved me once... please don't do this again in the future, so that Su won't be unable to take care of himself." "

Carter Chu let out a long "oh", and smiled with no emotion, saying, "It seems that it is really too difficult for a loyal and good man like Lord Su to thank someone like me."

Sawyer Su was silent for a moment, "Su, I'm very grateful. If you need anything other than official business in the future, I will do my best to help you."

His brows hidden in the shadows of the lights were filled with coldness. Carter Chu raised his hand and pressed the injured area on his shoulder. He suddenly turned around and smiled, "The situation is just right. I don't think there's any time to wait for the future."

He nodded his face, smiling broadly, "ki33 me, and we won't owe each other anything from now on."

... Sawyer Su frowned slightly and looked at him without moving.

Carter Chu took a breath, covered her shoulders, lowered her eyebrows and closed her eyes as if she was about to cry, "Hiss------ the wound hurts."

"...Lord Chu."

"It seems that a bone has been injured. Oh, it's really..."

"......Carter Chu." Sawyer Su interrupted him.

Carter Chu raised her eyes and secretly looked at him. After all, she couldn't hold back her expression and laughed out loud. He suppressed the trembling on his shoulders, waved his hands and said, "That's it, let's stop making trouble." He paused and softened his smile and said, "Just give me a smile and I'll pay you back. But what I want is not your fake smile that you wear all day long, just like..." He thought about how to describe it, "Just like you smiled before It's not difficult to give a real smile like Donovan Du did when he was stupid, right? "

"...I have never laughed at his stupidity." Sawyer Su corrected him. He looked at Carter Chu and was surprised to find that the other person's expression was quite serious.

Sawyer Su looked at Carter Chu for a long time from a few steps away. His soft brows seemed to be filled with helplessness and doting. He slowly curved the corners of his lips, and a pool of gentle warmth melted in his eyes.

Carter Chu was distracted for a moment. The light from the palace lamp flowed from behind him, passed through the night and fell into his palm, as if bringing a touch of warmth.

"You seem to be different from what I thought before." Sawyer Su said.

When Carter Chu heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "That doesn't sound like a compliment."

"Will it?" Sawyer Su smiled, and glanced at the carriages and horses waiting on the side. "It's getting late, Su will take his leave first."

Quincy Qin had been waiting beside the carriage for a long time. When he saw Carter Chu approaching, he came up to him and asked, "What's going on?"

Carter Chu basically said it in a few words. Quincy Qin was speechless for a long time. His usually expressionless face tried hard for a long time but failed to show him a complicated expression. He could only ask: "Brother, you hurt your shoulder. Or the head?"

Carter Chu leaned against the cushion and rolled his eyes at him.

"Do you really have that thought about him?" Quincy Qin asked.

"Is it possible?" Carter Chu sneered, adjusted his posture and looked up at him, "Who do you think Sawyer Su is? Saying you agree to something is probably a test. I took an arrow before he let down his guard, but It can't just go to waste."

"So what conclusion did you draw from this request?" Quincy Qin asked.

Carter Chu looked out the window at the dark night, and after a while he said slowly, "I find that he looks really good when he smiles like that."