Chapter 711 — Punished in Another's Stead
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
On the paper boat, Shen Mu looked back at Lord Tu, who seemed so cold and dark — yet there lived countless dead, in a clamor beyond measure, and there too were his kin. Perhaps his father was there as well, piloting a boat through the darkness, searching for traces of his mother.
And yet, though he plainly had the chance to go and see them, he could not meet them.
"I will come back. When the turmoil in Jingping is put down, I will come back and see you."
A gentle smile touched Shen Mu's lips, and he said silently in his heart, "I do not remember what I did in the first months after my birth; it must have been my brother's doing, and what he did is what I did. But it made Mother take the punishment for me, and I cannot bear it. Mother, I will come back for you. I will not let you suffer in Youdu in my place..."