Tong Tiehu paused for a moment and, seeing that Yang Wenxiao remained silent, continued, "Your Majesty the Retired Emperor, with today's events, I, Gu Sheng, swear on my life that we brothers truly harbor no thoughts of rebellion."
"Our mother left us brothers only a secret tunnel whose construction method we know not, and a treasure."
"Now the secret tunnel remains, but the whereabouts of the treasure are unknown, and all of this truly lies beyond the control of us brothers."
"All our lives, we brothers have followed the path laid out by our mother and father. Father wanted us brothers to earn our spurs, but he never did tell us specifically what to fight for."
"My mother wanted us to follow our father's last wishes, but she told us brothers nothing of how the secret tunnel was built, how the treasure was transported here, or what exactly happened back then. We brothers are completely in the dark."