Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 143 Damn it
"Let's go see Pei Nian."

Yin Wanqing walked into the courtyard first.

Gu Jingnian followed her, but suddenly stopped and looked back.

"What's wrong?" Yin Wanqing stopped and asked.

"fine."

Gu Jingnian shook his head.

But just now, he clearly heard someone calling him in secret.

When he looked back, he saw Han Youxin's somewhat fat figure, waiting with a group of people not far away.

When Yin Wanqing heard him say "it's okay", she was about to continue walking, but Gu Jingnian thought for a moment and suddenly spoke.

"I ran into someone I knew."

"what?"

"Is that Army General Han?" Gu Jingnian pointed deliberately and said, "I've seen him in Jusai City."

"It seems his last name is Han." Yin Wanqing said, "We needed some help temporarily, and he happened to be reporting to my brother, so he volunteered to bring someone here."

"I see." Gu Jingnian said, "I should thank him for helping to find Pei Nian."

As he said this, he walked towards Han Youxin.

Yin Wanqing was a little confused and stood on the steps watching. She saw Gu Jingnian bow and said, "Thank you, General Han, for your help."

"I am just following orders. Mr. Gu should thank Prince Zhao and the princess." Han Youxin had a big smile on his fat face.

Gu Jingnian said, "In any case, thank you for your hard work, Han. Pei Nian and I will have a drink to express our gratitude someday."

"Okay, okay, Mr. Gu, go and see Miss Pei."

Gu Jingnian nodded.

After just two brief conversations, he walked away.

But in fact, when Gu Jingnian walked towards the smiling Han Youxin, Han Youxin questioned him in a very unpleasant tone.

"What are you doing here now? Don't you know how to find a suitable opportunity?"

But Gu Jingnian didn't care. He just looked at Han Youxin with a firm look, letting him know that he had something to say.

Han Youxin quickly reacted and asked, "You have killed Yin Yucheng?"

Gu Jingnian nodded.

The news of Yin Yucheng's death will come soon. Before that, we should inform Kaiping Division so that they know that he was the one who killed the person, so that they will not think that he is taking credit for something.

This was just a small matter, but Gu Jingnian did it on purpose, and he also had a little secret in mind. If his and Pei Nian's identities were exposed, he would not let Han Youxin escape unscathed.

Walking into the courtyard side by side with Yin Wanqing, a young man came out to greet them. He must be Bai Ji.

Bai Ji is tall, but he is wearing very thin clothes in this chilly spring weather, and you can see the bulging muscles on his shoulders.

Despite his strong body, he had a youthful face. Not only was he full of youthfulness, but his large eyes also showed a gentleness that made him look a few years younger than his actual age.

"I've met the princess."

Bai Ji first bowed to Yin Wanqing, then quickly looked at Gu Jingnian, raised his hand and stood in front of him.

"He is General Gu's son, Gu Jingnian." Yin Wanqing saw this and said, "The Miss Pei you saved is Mr. Gu's confidante."

"Thank you, Brother Bai, for your help." Gu Jingnian immediately bowed to express his gratitude.

Bai Ji looked down on him, raised his head, and said with a slightly disdainful tone: "But I think you look like a heartless man."

Saying such impolite words as soon as they met really shows Bai Ji's character.

Yin Wanqing asked: "Why do you say that?"

Bai Ji said: "I have also heard about Miss Pei abandoning her family and country to save him. It should be a good story. But I already know what happened to Miss Pei today. It was because he attached himself to Prince Xin and wanted to marry the princess, and let Prince Xin hunt Miss Pei down."

"How did you find out?"

"I saw Prince Xin kill someone with my own eyes. After saving Miss Pei, I asked her why. She said, 'Prince Xin stole my love for me.'"

Yin Wanqing then looked at Gu Jingnian, waiting to see how he would explain.

Even if Gu Jingnian explained, Bai Ji would not believe it. He simply pretended to be surprised and said, "Believe in the prince? How could he do this? I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding."

Yin Wanjing said, "Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, we'll know for sure when he comes."

Bai Ji snorted coldly and said, "I have been watching you since you came. Miss Pei was seriously injured, but you were not in a hurry at all. Instead, you started chatting with others and trying to gain connections. You are such a heartless person."

Facing Pei Nian's savior, Gu Jingnian still did not retort, and responded: "Brother Bai is right."

"Ah."

Bai cursed to his heart's content, but it was actually useless and it was impossible to really separate them, so he finally moved aside.

He pointed to the guest room on the other side of the courtyard and said, "Miss Pei is injured in the back. I'll ask the maid at home to take care of her."

This man is an upright gentleman who knows how to avoid suspicion.

Gu Jingnian then politely thanked him again and said, "Thank you, Brother Bai."

"Hypocrisy." Bai Ji sneered.

Gu Jingnian still accepted it with a smile and didn't care.

When they arrived at the door, Bai Ji lowered his voice and asked the maid standing outside the door, "Is Miss Pei awake?"

"woke up."

They then pushed the door open and entered.

Pei Nian had actually heard the noise outside. Hearing the usually arrogant Gu Jingnian being ridiculed by Bai Ji but not refutating, she inexplicably felt in a good mood.

Maybe it was because she enjoyed seeing Gu Jingnian suffer a setback, or maybe it was because she knew that Gu Jingnian was grateful to Bai Ji for saving her.

"Are you okay?" Gu Jingnian walked up to her and asked.

Pei Nian said softly, "I'm fine." Then, she took Gu Jingnian's hand and said with some regret and self-pity, "I don't want to implicate you."

"Don't let your imagination run wild. Just take good care of your health." Gu Jingnian also acted affectionately.

Pei Nian murmured: "Yin Shu likes you very much, I can help her..."

On the side, Bai Ji couldn't stand it anymore and glanced at Gu Jingnian with more contempt.

Gu Jingnian knew that Pei Nian was trying to clear his doubts, so he continued to cooperate with the performance and said, "That's not the case. Prince Xin and I have a sworn brotherhood, so how could I have any entanglement with Yin Shu?"

Pei Nian smiled sadly and said, "Do you know who hurt me?"

"Could it really be Prince Xin?"

Pei Nian nodded, looked directly into Gu Jingnian's eyes, and realized the message he was trying to convey through his eyes.

She knew that Kaipingsi ordered Gu Jingnian to kill Yin Yucheng, and she couldn't help but guess that he might have already killed him.

If this is the case, when faced with Yin Wanqing's next question, he should be vague and try to make the matter less serious.

Just as I was thinking this, someone outside the door reported something.

"Princess, Prince Xin is here."

"I'll go meet Uncle Wang."

Yin Wanqing responded in this manner, her tone calm.

The reactions of the people in the room were also indifferent. Everyone knew that the matter was related to Prince Xin, so it was not surprising for him to come.

Only Gu Jingnian was greatly surprised.

He killed Yin Yucheng with his own hands and knew that Yin Yucheng could not come over. So he guessed that it was Yin Shu who pushed Yin Yucheng's body over.

So, Gu Jingnian followed Yin Wanqing out of the courtyard.

After seeing this scene, Bai Ji felt that Gu Jingnian was cold and indifferent towards Pei Nian, and he felt unfair that Pei Nian had found such an unfaithful and ungrateful person.

After leaving the house, Gu Jingnian could hear someone outside calling "Prince Xin" from time to time.

He walked faster and faster, and when he was about to bump into Yin Wanqing, a figure appeared outside the door.

It was Yin Yucheng.

Yin Yucheng's face was still a little pale, even slightly blue and purple, and his eyes were swollen... but he was indeed moving.

He walked out of the door, stepped over the threshold, looked at Yin Wanqing and Gu Jingnian, and a hearty and gentle smile appeared on his face.

"Zhao'er, why did you call your eighth uncle here in the middle of the night? Oh, your brother-in-law is here too."

Gu Jingnian stopped unconsciously.

For a moment, he felt like he was dreaming, maybe now, or maybe the scene of killing Yin Yucheng in the first half of the night was a dream.

Or maybe someone tampered with his memory.

But everything was so clear. He still remembered the warmth of Yin Yucheng's blood flowing on his hands, and the stinging pain in his heart as if it was bitten by an ant when he heard that Pei Nian was killed...

He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked carefully at Yin Yucheng in front of him, considering the possibility that this was someone else in disguise, and even glanced at Yin Yucheng's shadow on the ground.

When he was a child, he heard Gu Caiwei say that ghosts have no shadows.

The next moment, he and Yin Yucheng looked at each other.

There were so many emotions hidden in that look, and in the end, what Gu Jingnian felt from it was "comfort".

Yin Yucheng hid all his anger, hatred, and doubts, and instead comforted Gu Jingnian with a deep and gentle gaze, as if to say, "It's okay, you see I'm not dead, it's all over."

This did not make Gu Jingnian feel at ease, he just felt it was weird.

Then, Han Youxin asked him a question in secret.

"Are you sure you killed Yin Yucheng?"

Only then did Gu Jingnian notice that a fat figure appeared behind Yin Yucheng.

He nodded that way.

Han Youxin didn't say anything else, took a step back, and his figure disappeared into the crowd.

"May I ask Uncle Wang if you hurt Miss Pei?"

"No, I guess Miss Pei recognized the wrong person."

Yin Yucheng's expression was sincere, but his answer was perfunctory, and he didn't even give a reason.

He walked up to Gu Jingnian and asked with concern, "Brother, how is Miss Pei? Is she seriously injured?"

Gu Jingnian did not answer, but felt Yin Yucheng's hand and made sure that his palm was warm.

Seeing that Gu Jingnian didn't say anything, Bai Ji was very angry and asked, "Isn't it because Prince Xin wanted to marry his daughter to Gu Jingnian that he killed Miss Pei?"

"absurd!"

Facing such accusations, Yin Yucheng refuted without hesitation: "My brother and I have a deep brotherly love. I have repeatedly advised him not to disappoint Miss Pei. How could he have the intention of marrying off his daughter? Killing someone is nothing more than paying with one's life. How dare you humiliate me like this?!"

Bai Ji frowned and was about to confront Yin Yucheng when he suddenly heard some noise behind him. He saw Pei Nian looking over here, trying to get up.

"Miss Pei, you..."

"This is a misunderstanding." Pei Nian said, "It was not Prince Xin who hurt me."

Bai Ji was stunned for a moment, then realized that Yin Yucheng had stated that he would not marry his daughter off, so Pei Nian decided to keep the matter quiet.

The person involved said so, what could he, an outsider, do if he wanted to intervene? He had no choice but to give up.

Yin Wanqing also understood what was going on, but this was not a big case. Seeing that there was a rift between Gu Jingnian and Yin Yucheng, it was enough.

The whole thing seemed to have been resolved.

Only Gu Jingnian knew that the situation was different now, as Yin Yucheng had died once.

He uncovered a corner of the secret of the Yong Kingdom's royal family...

(End of this chapter)