Rising Phoenix Chapter 296

Chapter 296: Chapter 296

“dora! What happened!” Helian Zheng cried out, leaping from his horse to gather her into his arms, “How…”

His voice stilled as his eyes fell upon the tail of dora’s dress and the ripped undergarnts underneath her tattered leather robes, with the stink of blood and rot staining her clothes.

Helian Zheng’s face fell.

“A-Ja!”

dora quivered and trembled, and as Helian Zheng froze, she finally managed to scream.

“A-Ja…” She cried out in a hoarse, broken voice, the pitch full of misery, “If you want to kill , then kill , why do you hurt , why…”

She struggled in weak fury, throwing herself at Helian Zheng, her nails scraping at his arms as she banged her head into his chest again and again, screaming all the while: “Just kill just kill kill kill …”

Helian Zheng never moved as he silently let her cut and hit him, blood soon covering his arms and dripping down into the grass, his fierce gaze warning his guards away.

“Aunt dora… what happened?” Helian Zheng asked gently, a comforting hand on dora’s back as he turned away from the green and purple bruises covering dora’s exposed skin.

“You ask ? Why don’t you ask yourself?” dora cried out, lifting her bloodshot eyes. “You searched far and wide and found an old pervert for ! Your bridal team raped on the way! That old pervert hated for not being a virgin, and he hit , abused , locked in a dark basent, withholding food, and using a stick to… to f*** ! Jadran! JADRAN! Why didn’t you just kill ? Why did I save you all those years ago?”

She scread with sad, impotent fury, and bit down on Helian Zheng’s arm.

Blood gushed forward, but Helian Zheng only moved to wave back the guards.

Finally, dora grew limp and leaned powerlessly against him, her teeth still in his arm.

Helian Zheng held her, holding her up as he stared up at the heavens, his face hidden from everyone. Finally, he called out: “Find the maid, bring her over.”

Since Feng Zhiwei and Hua Qiong were both won, excuses had been arranged to bring a few maids to accompany the train, and guards ran off to fetch one of them.

Helian Zheng had carried dora and placed her in one of the carriages before sitting and letting a guard tend to his wounds. As the maid approached, he called out coldly: “Look over Aunt dora’s body and tell what you find. Rember, you will take the things you see to your grave.”

The terrified maid trembled as she nodded, shaking as she entered the carriage. When she finally exited, her face was filled with sympathy and horror as she whispered into Helian Zheng’s ear.

The young king said nothing as he dismissed the maid. He sat for a long ti just staring up at the bright sky, but finally he stood and entered the carriage.

dora lay in clean clothes, the madness on her face cald, and she even managed a smile at the sight of Helian Zheng.

She opened her arms to the young king as she spoke quietly: “A-Ja… A-Ja… I thought I was going to die… when I saw you, I lost myself… I didn’t hurt you did I? Show … let see…”

Helian Zheng’s eyes grew red as he looked down at her haggard face, tears pooling in his gaze. He gently extended his bandaged arm and forced a smile: “It’s nothing, just a flesh wound.”

dora touched the white cloth, tears falling from her face once more.

After a mont, she spoke once again: “A-Ja… it wasn’t you, was it? I watched you grow up, your heart is not more vicious than a jackal’s!”

Helian Zheng had no response, and when he spoke it was with great difficulty: “Aunt dora… perhaps there was a misunderstanding…”

“Misunderstanding!” dora cried out with agitation, struggling to sit up and peel aside her clothes, “What kind of misunderstanding leads to…”

“Stop!” Helian Zheng hurriedly exclaid, using his hand to still hers, “Stop! Aunt dora, don’t move… let’s just talk about it…”

dora shut her eyes, her chest flying up and down with her heavy breaths. Her voice was cold when she spoke again: “The great Shunyi King does not believe . Send back to that farm with so of your n! Your people can look for themselves who is lying!”

“Aunt dora… don’t say that, I believe you.” Helian Zheng replied gently, “But I also know that Zhiwei is not that kind of person. Sothing must have gone wrong. Look, I still have matters I must handle; I will send an escort to take you to King’s Court, and we can talk about all of this when I return, okay?”

“You’re going to toss back to King’s Court by myself?” dora demanded, opening her eyes once more, “You’re going to leave to face that vicious, conniving Queen alone? You want to throw into the fire pit once more?”

Helian Zheng opened his mouth helplessly, but he could not explain that Feng Zhiwei was not even there. He could only say: “Then no King’s Court. I can trust you with Patriarch Blue Bird, and he will take care of you…”

“Forget it, King!” dora smiled coldly, “Your people are already that Queen’s dogs! Just watch, if you send away today, tomorrow I’ll be sent back to De Zhou!”

“Then what do you want?” Helian Zheng asked, frowning.

“I want to be with you!” dora answered imdiately, “Wherever you go, I go, A-Ja… look at , who can I trust now? If you won’t take , I’ll just jump down and die underneath your carriage’s wheels!”

As she spoke, she climb to her feet, struggling to throw aside her blanket as she struggled with the carriage door.

Helian Zheng pulled her into his arms, his voice steady as he replied: “Aunt dora, no matter what happened, no matter the wrongs, please wait until I return. I cannot bring you with , this trip… is very important.”

With those words Helian Zheng turned away, exiting the carriage with dora in his arms and calling out: “Bring a squad of twenty, escort dora to Blue Bird Tribe!”

With the orders given, Helian Zheng remounted his horse and rode off, refusing to look back.

But he had only rode forth a few steps when cries filled the air behind him.

He had to turn to investigate, and he saw dora shaking off her guards and running for the rolling carriages. Her shoes were still inside the carriage and her feet left a trail of blood on the sand and stone beneath her, but she charged forward as if unable to feel pain, leaping with startling strength and grabbing onto the low hanging carriage shaft in the last vehicle in the train, hanging on with a death grip even as the wheels trundled forward, dragging her behind it.