Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 141: Seizing People’s Favors

After the bell rang, everyone else returned to their respective classrooms.

Only Gu Jingnian and Yin Wanqing were still walking among the lush vegetation in the courtyard.

Yin Wanqing started talking about various suspicious clues, and Gu Jingnian argued one by one. In the end, Yin Wanqing couldn't help but poke Gu Jingnian.

"You whisper weird things to Pei Nian every night. Do you really think I don't understand?"

As soon as these words came out, Gu Jingnian's eyes fixed, and the look of surprise disappeared in a flash.

Then, he smiled calmly and told the truth: "That was the language that my sister and I created when we were young. Later, when I was with Pei Nian, I taught her."

"What about your sister?"

"He was harmed by Ruiting."

Yin Wanqing was silent for a while, then said, "Actually, I don't understand. I was just trying to trick you."

"Pei Nian and I were just talking about love before going to bed, and I didn't expect anyone to eavesdrop."

"That's good."

Talking about this, the two people who were originally very straightforward chose to conceal it at the same time.

Yin Wanqing realized that she had spoken too quickly and reminded Gu Jingnian that she could understand a little bit of the secret language.

She had been too sincere.

She was still too young and was deceived by Gu Jingnian's seemingly sincere attitude into telling the truth.

Gu Jingnian felt that he and Pei Nian might be exposed because of their previous carelessness.

The two of them walked for a while in silence, each with their own thoughts.

"Not here yet?" Gu Jingnian finally asked.

"what?"

Yin Wanqing raised her head and looked around, with a hint of confusion in her eyes.

"I've never been here before. I've never been to a lecture hall other than Mingde Hall."

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Before the bell rang, Pei Nian had already left Mingde Hall.

Because someone came to see her.

He was a middle-aged servant with a refined temperament. He was able to enter Yuewei Academy to look for someone, so his identity must be extraordinary.

"Miss Pei, my master would like to invite you over."

Pei Nian did not ask who the other party's owner was. He nodded and followed him. He went out, got on the carriage, and headed east until he entered a courtyard.

After getting off the car, Pei Nian looked at the man who was drinking under the tree and said, "Prince Xin."

Yin Yucheng took a sip from the wine glass and said, "I heard that you are a spy from the Rui Kingdom."

Pei Nian couldn't help but be surprised.

She didn't expect that the first person to reveal her identity was Yin Yucheng. Unsure if he was testing her, she calmed down and asked, "Where did Prince Xin hear about it?"

"You don't have to worry about it." Yin Yucheng said, "I'll give you two choices: leave Yong State immediately or die in my hands."

Pei Nian said: "Prince Xin won't give me a chance to explain?"

"I've given you a chance to live."

After saying this, Yin Yucheng's tone turned cold and there was a murderous look in his eyes.

Pei Nian looked back and saw two figures with knives appearing behind her, ready to attack her at any time.

She didn't believe that her disguise was really seen through by Yin Yucheng, so she asked, "Could it be that Prince Xin wanted to marry his daughter to Gu Jingnian, so he forced me to leave?"

Yin Yucheng sipped his wine without giving an answer. He raised his eyes slightly and gave her a cold look with murderous intent.

This made Pei Nian feel ridiculous.

She had hated this prince of Yong who talked about love all the time from the very beginning. Now, she had so many important things to do, but she was driven out of Yong and even killed by him for such a ridiculous reason.

"it is good!"

Feeling that if the stalemate continued, the other party would immediately take action, Pei Nian decisively said, "I'm leaving."

She agreed so readily that Yin Yucheng was a little surprised.

"I thought you were deeply in love with Gu Jingnian, why are you trying to save your life so quickly?"

Pei Nian closed his eyes.

She couldn't squeeze out tears, but still showed a sad and miserable expression.

"My death is not a pity, but I died in your hands. When Gu Lang finds out, he will avenge me. He has betrayed the Rui Kingdom. If he is not tolerated by the Yong Kingdom, then there is nowhere else in the world for him to go."

Hearing this, Yin Yucheng was deeply touched. He drank the wine in the glass and said, "You are deeply in love. I understand."

"You don't understand, and you don't deserve to understand." Pei Nian sneered, "Don't compare your self-indulgent so-called deep affection with mine."

"That's because you can't feel my affection for Feng Niang. Well, let's stop talking nonsense and leave a letter for Gu Jingnian."

As they were talking, someone brought over a small table with writing brushes and ink on it.

Yin Yucheng said: "Admit that you have been deceiving him all along. In fact, you are a spy from the Rui Kingdom. You saved him just by following orders in order to sneak into the Yong Kingdom. Now that you have revealed your flaws, you don't want to implicate him, so leave on your own."

Pei Nian sneered in his heart after hearing these words, but he still had to put on a sad and helpless look on his face. He picked up the pen and wrote down what Yin Yucheng wanted.

Finally, she put down her pen, and the middle-aged servant said, "Miss Pei, follow me."

Pei Nian followed him through the courtyard and saw the stable in front of him.

"I came here in a flying carriage, but now I have to ride a horse..."

Before Pei Nian finished her words, the middle-aged servant pulled out a dagger from his sleeve and stabbed it straight at her.

"puff."

In that split second, Pei Nian was not unprepared, but had anticipated it. He dodged by moving sideways to grab the opponent's wrist, and stabbed the dagger into the middle-aged servant's neck with his backhand.

"Kill her!"

A figure in the courtyard suddenly pounced towards Pei Nian.

Pei Nian didn't dare to fight, so he rolled on the ground, rushed into the stable, climbed onto a horse, cut the rope, and ran away.

"Hey!"

Amid the neighing of horses, two creatures with human faces and bird bodies pounced over and grabbed her sharply.

"Tiger--"

The dagger swung past and Fu Wei screamed.

Pei Nian cut off a sharp claw, held the horse's neck with one hand, turned over and hid under the horse's belly, avoiding another attack.

At the same time, she saw Yin Yucheng standing on the tall building, raising his hands towards her.

"Yin Yucheng! I saved your life!"

Pei Nian shouted.

Yin Yucheng's killing intent intensified upon hearing this, and he exerted more force with his hands. The wind started to blow.

Pei Nian quickly stabbed the horse's butt with the dagger. The horse let out a long neigh and ran for its life, rushing towards the river in the distance.

Behind her, more and more strange people and beasts like birds and hunting dogs chased after her, and at a certain moment, they all screamed and scattered to both sides.

A wind blade finally broke through the air.

"call--"

The wind blade passed by, cutting the galloping horse into two pieces, but the horse's hooves were still moving forward.

Pei Nian's body flew up and fell into the river like a fallen leaf in the wind.

Yin Yucheng frowned slightly, and after a moment, he swung out another wind blade, which swept across the flowing river.

Countless water mists rose up, and the river water and everything in the river were cut into fine mists by the wind blades, spreading to dozens of steps away.

A few streaks of red blood mist appeared in the fog.

Those were the fishermen on several small boats, and Pei Nian.

Yin Yucheng put down his hand, looking a little tired.

But when he saw Yin Shu, a smile appeared on his face, as gentle as always.

"Dad, is it done?"

"Is there anything your father can't accomplish?"

Yin Shu was overjoyed, and she pulled Yin Yucheng's arm obediently, saying, "Dad is so nice."

"Let's make it clear first. After I get married to Feng Niang, we can discuss your marriage with Gu Jingnian."

Yin Shu was only obedient for a moment, but soon she became dissatisfied and frowned, saying, "But if there is a national mourning, we must not delay..."

"Shut up!"

Yin Yucheng was unusually stern and said, "Don't mention this matter again. Do you hear me?"

"Oh."

Yin Shu responded unconvincedly, thinking to herself that everyone knew that the emperor's grandfather was already old.

In fact, even Yin Shu thought that some of Yin Yucheng's ideas were absurd. It seemed difficult for the current Emperor Yong, Yin Kuo, to wait for Yin Yucheng to give birth to another son and pass the throne to him.

Just as he was thinking, Yin Yucheng gently patted Yin Shu's shoulder and whispered, "Don't worry, there won't be a national mourning. The reason I dare to tour the east is because I trust my father."

"Well, my daughter knows her mistake. Grandfather will surely live a long and healthy life."

Having said that, Yin Shu still didn't understand.

Yin Yucheng did not say much about this matter, but smiled mysteriously.

The secret between him and his father cannot be told for the time being.

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Zhang Xiaofang listened to the elementary education content in Zhishi Hall with great interest, but Gu Jingnian was very drowsy.

Finally, the get out of class was over. Zhang Xiaofang looked around and waited until everyone had left before leaving the school with Gu Jingnian.

When they arrived under the old locust tree, they were still earlier than Pei Nian.

"Is Mingde Hall much farther away than us?" Zhang Xiaofang said with some longing.

"Yes."

Gu Jingnian looked up and saw a letter hanging on a branch of the locust tree.

He reached out and took it off.

He was looking at it as it was being unpacked. Over there, Yin Wanqing came over and stood in front of them.

"Where's Pei Nian? She's not in school this afternoon."

Gu Jingnian did not answer immediately.

He quickly recognized Pei Nian's handwriting and knew that she would not have taken the initiative to leave such a letter. After all, both of them were spies from the Swiss country.

Pei Nian was forced to write the letter, and the only one who could do this was Yin Yucheng. Gu Jingnian saw the cause and effect at a glance and couldn't help feeling deeply worried.

But he did not show this worry in front of Yin Wanqing. He raised his head with surprise in his eyes.

"She... is actually a spy?"

"what?"

Gu Jingnian then handed the letter to Yin Wanqing.

Yin Wanqing quickly read it and asked, "Are you two trying to trick me?"

"No."

"Then there are only two possibilities." Yin Wanqing raised the letter in her hand, "Or, this is true."

The less truth she knew, the more assumptions she had to make.

Gu Jingnian was waiting for her to guide him. He was very anxious, but he still had to remain patient.

"There is another possibility?"

"Can't you imagine it?" Yin Wanqing finally said, "Or maybe someone forced her to leave."

This is a test of Gu Jingnian's sense of propriety. If he doesn't act well, people will see that he already knew Pei Nian was a spy. If he overacts, it will seem fake.

He thought for a moment, hesitated, and asked, "Yin Shu?"

Yin Wanqing looked at him and asked, "Which possibility do you think is more likely?"

Gu Jingnian did not give a direct answer, but said firmly: "I believe she followed me to Yongguo out of the affection between us."

"it is good."

Yin Wanqing didn't see the flaw in this answer, nodded, and said, "Then let's go find her."

"Do you have any idea?"

Gu Jingnian showed his dependence. This was Yong State, and Yin Wanqing, the daughter of the prince, could naturally mobilize more resources.

He could see the strength of the Eastern Palace and take the opportunity to make contact with it.

Yin Wanqing nodded, took two steps, and immediately realized what Gu Jingnian was thinking. She said, "We split up into two groups. Pei Nian is missing. You should go find Yin Yucheng first. He is your sworn brother and your biggest supporter in Yongjing."

"it is good."

"Do you believe me?" Yin Wanqing said, "Pei Nian and I are classmates and friends. I will find her."

"of course."

"Then you must tell me what you said to Yin Yucheng."

Gu Jingnian nodded, and realized from this sentence that the Eastern Palace had no spies around Yin Yucheng.

Then, he might be able to find an opportunity to kill Yin Yucheng.

(End of this chapter)