章節 234: Calamity and Death

She exhaled heavily and carefully set the second bamboo tube down before opening the third.

The contents of the bamboo tube were simpler, but they were not all that simple either.

There were a few letters. The first letter was addressed to her. An Jiuyue finally understood why An Tu had died from his injuries after amassing so much wealth.

The letter explained that he had been in the army for many years and had many internal injuries. Even the imperial physicians asserted that he did not have many years to live.

He had come here so he would not have any regrets in his later years.

He wrote in the letter that saving the three of them and watching Zheng'er and Rong'er grow bit by bit made him feel that he had not lived in vain all these years.

He was past his limit when the white tiger attacked him—it was time for him to pass on. It was not that he did not want to be treated, but he could not.