The middle-aged man looked utterly despondent, his face grief-stricken as he said, "Master, I don't know either."
"In theory, she shouldn't have known about these things. But... she escaped so suddenly back then."
"Although later investigation found that a close relative who got along well with her parents purposely let her go because they couldn't bear to see it. But... who knows if she overheard some stray information, and that's why she was frightened into fleeing."
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Cheng Hong's expression grew even gloomier. He asked, "What about the relative who let her escape?"
The middle-aged man swallowed, saying, "Back then... they were all sent down to the Water Prison."
"By now, their bodies are probably all rotten."
Cheng Hong was so angry he almost blacked out.
But he couldn't really blame the middle-aged man for this, so he could only cover his forehead and force himself to hold on.
