"Such kindness and leniency are not like your usual style."
A light laugh echoed through the wind and snow.
Xie Xuanyi did not respond.
However, Cui Zhen showed no signs of stopping, rambling on as he asked, "I heard that back in the day, you broke someone's leg and took them back to the Great Chu Imperial City. Later, after a lot of twists and turns, you brought them to the Sword Palace. Are these things true?"
Back when traveling through Great Chu.
Cui Zhen heard many stories about Xie Xuanyi.
It wasn't that he liked gossip.
But this man with the surname Xie was simply too famous; wherever he went, people would gossip about him, with rumors constantly circulating in every street and alley.
"...Hmm."
Xie Xuanyi, feeling quite harassed, responded.
"Tsk tsk."
Cui Zhen laughed and asked, "So, what is your relationship now...enemies, friends, or...?"
That last "or" was deliberately drawn out.
"Why are you talking so much..."
