Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 144 Strangers
Pei Nian's back injury was very serious. Everyone advised her to stay in Bai Ji's villa to recuperate, but she insisted that Gu Jingnian take her home.

It was dawn when I entered the house, the darkest time of the night.

Gu Jingnian personally helped Pei Nian lie on the bed and said, "Take a rest."

"What happened?" Pei Nian asked, "I can see that you are in a bad mood."

"Yin Yucheng and I had a quarrel and became enemies."

They did not use any secret language and did not mind being heard by those who were monitoring them in the mansion.

"Go to sleep. I know you have a lot to ask. Wait until you recover from your injury before you ask me."

"it is good."

The room fell silent.

But Gu Jingnian had already taken Pei Nian's hand and wrote on her palm: "I killed him, and he resurrected."

"Really?"

"real?"

"Healing people?"

"Do not."

Gu Jingnian paused and continued writing: "I finally know why Kaipingsi ordered him to be killed."

"Kaipingsi knows?"

"Very likely."

Gu Jingnian has been thinking about this question. What is it about Yin Yucheng that is worth assassinating? Perhaps what happened after Yin Yucheng's death is the answer.

Presumably, Kaipingsi would come to him soon to ask for details.

After a short nap, he woke up when it was already bright. Gu Jingnian saw Pei Nian lying on the pillow with her head sideways. This posture finally made her thin face look a little fleshy. Her mouth was pouting, but her brows were frowned, obviously in pain from the injury on her back.

When I pushed the door open, Zhang Xiaofang was waiting outside.

"Sir, is Miss Pei okay?"

"She's fine. Go to school and ask for leave for us."

Zhang Xiaofang said, "A soldier brought medicine this morning, and also said that if we are short of medicine, there is a medicine shop on the left when we turn left."

"understood."

Gu Jingnian thought about it and although there were enough medicinal materials, he still went to that pharmacy.

When I went inside, I didn't see anything strange.

He then asked the doctor as if he was buying medicine normally: "I have a large cut on my back. Do you have any painkillers? How can I avoid leaving scars?"

The doctor wrote down the prescription and said, "Since it's for external application, I'll make it and bring it back to you."

"That's it, thank you very much."

"Come with me to the pharmacy."

When they entered the pharmacy, they saw a black tent inside. The doctor did not go in and raised his hand to signal Gu Jingnian to go into the tent.

When I lifted the curtain and walked in, I saw the chubby Han Youxin sitting there cross-legged.

"Camping here?"

"Come in and talk." Han Youxin continued to transmit the message in secret, "Close the curtain."

It wasn't until the tent was completely dark that he finally spoke normally.

"This is gauze, which has a similar effect to black neodymium. I used it to make a hearing-proof shield. All kinds of strange people cannot hear us talking inside the shield."

"nice one."

This was the second time Gu Jingnian had made a contact since he became a spy, and he had to admit that the hooks were more professional.

Han Youxin said: "Tell me, how did you kill Yin Yucheng?"

Gu Jingnian couldn't see his expression, but he could feel from his words that he was not surprised.

"It's very simple. After Pei Nian got into trouble, I pretended to go look for him, but in fact I lured Yin Yucheng to chase me. I led him to a deserted place, and when he was not prepared, I stabbed him in the back with a knife."

"Confirmed dead?"

Gu Jingnian was very sure, but did not answer immediately.

He knew that once he answered all the questions, he would not be able to get another word out of Han Youxin.

So he said, "You also saw that Yin Yucheng is still alive."

Han Youxin said: "I am asking you, are you sure you killed him at that time?"

This sentence confirmed Gu Jingnian's guess, so he asked, "Do you know that Yin Yucheng will be resurrected?"

"Are you sure he was resurrected from the dead?"

"You asked me to assassinate him just to confirm this?"

"It's so tiring to talk to you." Han Youxin was unhappy. "We are spies. It's not easy to meet each other. We have to pass on information quickly."

Gu Jingnian said: "I need to know what's going on. I have become an enemy of him."

"Yes, we suppose he will be resurrected. Now answer me, are you sure he is dead?"

"Yes, there was no breath or heartbeat, and the body was gradually getting colder."

"When did you kill him?"

"Soon after sunset."

"By the time he showed up, it must have been about three to four hours?"

"almost."

Han Youxin was silent for a moment.

Gu Jingnian asked, "What's wrong with him?"

"I don't know the details, but I got the news that Emperor Yong has developed the ability to revive after death, and the person leading the effort is none other than Yin Yucheng."

"Where did you get the news?"

"You ask me?" Han Youxin snorted and said, "The news was given to the Kaiping Division by Prime Minister Zheng Kuangfu, and it came from the correspondence between Chu Danqing and Yong State. Unfortunately, Zheng Kuangfu and Chu Danqing were killed."

Nothing could be seen clearly in the darkness, but the resentment in his tone was obvious.

Gu Jingnian asked: "The supernatural power that was refined?"

"I guess so." Han Youxin sighed and continued, "You and I are both aliens. I guess you hate alchemy as much as I do. Then I will tell you that the so-called 'coexistence of the secular and the alien' in Yong State is to attract more aliens. Yong State has never written the prohibition of alchemy into the law. The alchemy here is more sophisticated and more secretive."

Gu Jingnian asked, "Who is the one who refined the supernatural power for Yin Yucheng?"

"We don't know either. That's what you need to find out next."

"Shall I check?" "You and Pei Nian check."

Gu Jingnian said: "We and Yin Yucheng have become enemies."

"Then find a way to kill him again," Han Youxin said, "Also, be careful that he may become even stronger."

"I don't know, I just have such a guess."

Gu Jingnian still had many more questions to ask, but Han Youxin said, "Okay, I can't stay any longer. I'll contact you next time."

"These things are too dangerous for Pei Nian, send her away."

"How can you send her away today? You guys should take care of yourself."

After saying that, Han Youxin said "hush" and started packing up the tent.

Gu Jingnian pulled the curtain aside and said, "Give this to us."

"Ok."

After folding the tent and putting it into a small sack along with the herbs, Gu Jingnian carried the sack back. Thinking about the conversation just now, the image that emerged in his mind was the aging appearance of Emperor Yong, Yin Kuo.

Perhaps, the real purpose of Kaipingsi ordering him to kill Yin Yucheng was to test whether Yin Kuo had the ability to come back to life.

In other words, the Kaiping Division had a plan to assassinate Emperor Yong?
At a time when the Yong army was advancing eastwards and the Rui State was trying hard to resist with the whole country's strength, this might be a solution, but it was definitely not the best solution.

Yin Kuo was already old, Crown Prince Yin Yuhe had a calm personality, and Yin Jinggeng was even more talented. Assassinating Yin Kuo was a risky move, which might even have a counterproductive effect, stirring up the entire Yong State to unite against the enemy and allowing Yin Yuhe to rally his subjects as soon as he ascended the throne.

Thinking of this, Gu Jingnian suddenly had an idea in his mind.

That’s not right… Kaipingsi would not assassinate Yin Kuo. Instead, the person who is more likely to do so is Yin Yuhe.

Yin Yuhe is already the crown prince, why bother?
Unless Yin Kuo really wanted to change Chu, for this reason, Yin Yucheng found a refiner to refine the ability of resurrection from the dead for him.

This time, Gu Jingnian did not hide it from Pei Nian. After returning home, he covered the two of them together with the cover and told them what had happened.

Pei Nian was drowsy, but he understood these intrigues better than Gu Jingnian, and said: "I guess the East Palace and Prince Xin's Mansion will come to you soon."

Gu Jingnian didn't want to sit and wait for death, so he went to pay a visit to Prince Xin's mansion first.

The worst outcome would be to fight with Yin Yucheng again to see how many times he could be resurrected.

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Xinwangfu.

Yin Yucheng had his back bare, and a maid applied medicine on his back and wrapped it with a bandage.

"My Lord, it's done."

"Come here, how is my wound?"

"It's it's...deep."

"Is it bleeding?"

"No... there's no blood in the wound."

"There's no blood." Yin Yucheng sighed, stretched out his hand and pinched her collar, and with a "click", he strangled her to death.

The body fell to the ground, but he sat there in a daze.

Until someone reported outside the door: "Your Majesty, Gu Jingnian is here."

Only then did Yin Yucheng go to the hall to meet Gu Jingnian.

He waved away the others, was silent for a moment, and then said, "Because I killed Pei Nian, you stabbed me."

"Yes."

"You have fallen into the Eastern Palace's plot to sow discord among you." Yin Yucheng said.

"Really?" Gu Jingnian was uncertain.

"Pei Nian is not dead, and neither am I. We are even now. There is no need to mention this matter again, and do not tell anyone else. What do you think? Otherwise, this fight will end until one of us dies."

After uttering the last four words, Yin Yucheng looked towards Gu Jingnian with a threatening look in his eyes.

But Gu Jingnian saw the worry deep in his eyes.

"it is good."

"Go away and don't come again."

Yin Yucheng's reaction was strange, and he had no patience to get entangled with Gu Jingnian.

But when Gu Jingnian got up and left, Yin Yucheng looked at his back with resentment in his eyes.

"Don't rush for revenge. There are more important things right now." Yin Yucheng muttered to himself, "It will be too late if it's too late."

As he spoke, he was stunned for a while before he remembered what the first thing to do was.

"Yes, get married."

Just as he was about to go out, he saw Yin Shu rushing into the hall.

"Dad, where are the others?"

"Go away!"

After being pushed, Yin Shu immediately refused to obey and grabbed Yin Yucheng, saying, "Dad, what's wrong with you? You hit me last night and pushed me again today?"

"Did I hit you?" Yin Yucheng was stunned for a moment, but he didn't refute it. He nodded and said, "Yes, I hit you."

"Dad, can you still help me and Gu..."

"Go away!"

Yin Yucheng waved his hand, and this time, there was no need to stir up the wind in advance. A gust of wind blew over, carrying Yin Shu and carrying her into the hall.

With another wave of his hand, he actually took advantage of the wind to walk in the air and control the wind.

Soon, he reached the courtyard where Feng Niang lived. With his sleeves spread out like wings, he swiftly leaped into the courtyard and headed straight for the house where Feng Niang lived.

Lao Hei was chopping wood in the yard. Seeing this, he tried to stand in front of Yin Yucheng, but was knocked into the door by him.

"Feng Niang!"

Feng Niang was sitting there taking notes. She turned around and immediately got angry. She put down her pen and shouted, "Who told you to break in?!"

"Feng Niang, I'm in trouble, you have to help me." Yin Yucheng pleaded softly.

"What's your trouble?"

Yin Yucheng waved his hand, and the strong man Lao Hei was easily thrown out.

He took two steps to Feng Niang, his eyes burning, and said, "I need you to give birth to a son for me, the sooner the better."

"what?"

"It's too late." Yin Yucheng said anxiously: "I have to give birth to you as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)