Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 74 The Courage to Go Home

When Wei Xie walked into Zhaowen Pavilion, he met Pei Wugui and Pei Nian coming out.

"Pei Shaoqing."

After greeting him, Wei Yu looked at Pei Nian with a scrutinizing gaze and said, "Pei Jishi is here too?"

"Yes." Pei Wujiu's face was embarrassed for a moment, but he quickly regained his graceful demeanor and said, "I am guilty of bringing my daughter here to study because she is rude and uncultured."

Wei Yu smiled disapprovingly and said, "Isn't Pei Jishi here to investigate the case?"

"Your Highness, it is true."

"Pei Jishi works hard, and you have contributed to the stability of the capital."

Wei Yu praised casually and was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, I admire your subordinate Gu Jingnian very much. I plan to talk to Commander Li and have him promoted."

"Gu Jingnian does a good job." Pei Nian responded.

There was nothing much to talk about between them, so Wei Xie walked into Zhaowen Hall and went straight to the second floor.

At the corner of the stairs, he met Wei Chan and asked with a disdainful tone: "What are you doing here?"

"What did Third Brother say to the father and daughter again?"

"Nothing, just saying hello."

"Say hello again." Wei Chan muttered.

Wei Xie had no idea what she was talking about and just kept walking forward.

The brother and sister returned to the third-floor corridor and opened the hidden door. Wei Chan looked down and asked, "Why did Third Brother change his clothes?"

"what?"

Wei Chan rolled her eyes helplessly and followed behind Wei Chen, watching him flip through the ancient books again and listening to him mutter to himself, "Where are the manuscripts I copied back from Chongjing Academy?"

"Have you been possessed by a demon for the past day?" Wei Chan waved her hand. "We haven't finished talking about what we just said. Take that pharmacist and make some medicine for me."

"How do you know I want to take..."

Wei Yu was halfway through his words when he finally realized something was wrong and asked, "Just now?"

"Yes." Wei Chan said: "What you said just now..."

"You said I changed my clothes?" Wei Xie suddenly asked.

Wei Chan nodded blankly, and looking at her third brother's reaction, she completely understood.

"That guy just now, wasn't that Third Brother? Then who was he?"

Wei Xie's face looked grim, and his eyes were uncertain, but after a while, he touched the bone chain hanging around his neck and said, "It's me."

"what?"

"I have just been here."

Wei Xie actually admitted it.

He had clearly guessed who had pretended to be him to come to Zhaowenguan to read books, but for some reason he did not expose it.

Of course Wei Chan didn't believe it, but no matter how she asked, Wei Xie just wouldn't say anything, which made her lose her temper in the end.

"Brother San, if you don't tell me, do you think I can't find out? How many people can wear your chain and let you protect them? Also, I think the Pei family's father and daughter came to pick him up just now!"

After making these inferences, the figure of a young man suddenly emerged in Wei Chan's mind.

Gu Jingnian.

Without solid evidence, she made her decision based purely on her woman's intuition, believing that only Gu Jingnian could get Pei Nian to come and help.

That pair of dogs got together, and they both let down her best friend Shen Lingshu, and even played a trick on her.

Wei Chan couldn't sleep well that night because she couldn't get this matter out of her mind.

She always felt her feet were cold, and she squeezed them into her knees. She vaguely recalled the feeling of kicking Gu Jingnian on the butt, as if she was stepping into the clouds.

She had been sleeping uneasily to begin with, and in her dream she suddenly thought of something and woke up instantly.

"what!"

"Princess? What's wrong?"

The maids gathered around and saw Wei Chan holding her head with both hands, making her hair a mess. She looked very distressed and was mumbling something like in a dream.

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"I farted...in front of him."

"Pfft."

The next day, when Wei Chan finally mustered up the courage to tell Shen Lingshu about this matter, all she got was an uncontrollable laugh, which made her very annoyed.

"You're still laughing at me!"

"Okay, I won't laugh." Shen Lingshu tried to hold back her laughter, covering her mouth, and said, "Even in front of me, you never let me go."

"Because Third Brother has been particularly sloppy since he was young, I thought it was okay. If it were someone else, I would definitely be more reserved. Who would have thought that Third Brother was actually a fake." Wei Chan was obviously very annoyed.

Shen Lingshu had no choice but to comfort him: "There was an assassin who sneaked into the palace. It's good that he is okay. It's just a fart. It's nothing."

"Do you know who that person is?"

"How would I know? If I knew, I would definitely help you kill him."

"You said that." Wei Chan said, "I doubt... No, I am sure that he is Gu Jingnian."

Shen Lingshu was quite surprised and asked, "Why?"

"Pei Nian has come to pick him up. They just have a private relationship. I advise you not to be fooled by them again."

Speaking of this topic, Shen Lingshu stopped talking and played with his sleeves, not knowing what he was thinking.

Wei Chan said: "Liang Caixing said it, but you didn't believe it and thought he had other intentions. Could it be that I have other intentions? You don't even believe me?"

"It's not that I don't believe it, but the engagement has already been cancelled, what else can I do?" "I see you still have sympathy for him, that's not okay."

Wei Chan thought for a moment and said, "Well, find an opportunity to invite that couple out and confront them face to face. I will expose them."

Shen Lingshu was a little worried about Gu Jingnian. This matter could be a big or small matter. Impersonating a prince would be a serious crime if it was revealed, but only a few people knew about it. As long as Wei Chan didn't say anything, maybe it could be covered up.

She then said a few kind words to comfort him and asked, "You don't really want to silence me, do you?"

"Humph."

Wei Chan thought of that unscrupulous fart and finally clenched her fists.

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Gu Jingnian picked up his pen and sketched out the map he saw in Zhaowenguan on paper bit by bit, and then wrote down the record of the migration of the Wo people in ancient times.

But that happened tens of thousands of years ago, in a place tens of thousands of miles away, so his words are ultimately insufficient.

"Is that all?" Feng Niang, who had been watching him closely, asked.

"Yes, I didn't find those annotations and notes."

"It's fine."

Unexpectedly, Feng Niang's tone was considerate, and she added: "We still have to walk the tens of thousands of miles back to Woye by ourselves. Whether there are more or fewer records in Zhongzhou, it doesn't make much difference."

Gu Jingnian said: "You said before that the map was incomplete."

"How complete can it be?" Feng Niang asked, "What I lack is not a map that I can never find completely, but the courage to go home."

She took the drawing from Gu Jingnian's hand, referred to it, and added some content to her map.

As she lowered her head to write, she thought for a moment and said softly, "Actually, after you entered Zhaowen Pavilion, I was thinking that this trip, whether you can find clues or not, has given me courage."

"Oh."

Facing Feng Niang's heartfelt words, Gu Jingnian's reaction was very calm. He said, "Gu Jizu will leave Beijing in five days. You should prepare yourself."

"Okay, let's run away." Feng Niang deliberately smiled and said, "When Shen Lingshu and Pei Nian find out that you and I eloped, I don't know how jealous they will be."

Gu Jingnian just followed her teasing.

Finally preparing to leave Jing, he was worried and had other complicated emotions mixed in. In fact, it was Feng Niang who gave him the courage to leave.

"gone."

"Inspector Gu, goodbye. Oh, I still need to settle the bill I owed you last night..."

After leaving Taipei City, Gu Jingnian went directly to Wei Chen’s private residence.

The doorman seemed to have expected his arrival and led him straight into the hall.

Wei Xie just sat there, looking at him with a half-smile in his eyes, showing no sign of being angry.

"Third Prince." Gu Jingnian said straight to the point, "Your Highness must have known that I pretended to be you and entered Zhaowen Hall."

"You are so brave!"

Wei Xie's anger came out suddenly. He did not expect Gu Jingnian to confess without being attacked, so he countered his move.

"Yes, I know I am guilty of the death penalty, but I did this to make sure what Gu Jizu is going to do."

"what for?"

Wei Yu was not willing to show that he would forgive Gu Jingnian, but he was still curious.

Ever since Gu Jingnian met Wei Chan, he realized that he might be exposed, so he has been thinking of a way to break the spell and decided to sell out Gu Jizu.

"Chu Danqing believes that Gu Jizu has the Viper Heart and wants him to hand it over. But I'm very curious, if Gu Jizu has the Viper Heart, why does he want Chu Danqing to help him go to Jusai City to refine medicine? The two of them may have traded on the way to Jusai City. Before that, I want to find out the reason."

Wei Xie was a little confused and asked, "Does this mean that Kui Xin can't cure Gu Jizu's leg? They both want to get what they need?"

"Yes."

“When will the transaction take place?”

"I don't know yet, but it must be after leaving Jing."

Wei Xie's eyes showed thoughtfulness, and the anger of being impersonated was temporarily suppressed by greed.

Now that he had received the news in advance, if he had made preparations early, he might have been able to capture the heart of the assassin and Chu Danqing as soon as Gu Jizu and Chu Danqing left Shujing.

Gu Jingnian saw through Wei Yu's thoughts and said slowly: "My position is very simple. I don't want to be implicated by Gu Jizu, and I am tired of being coerced by Chu Danqing. I want to get rid of these two people at the same time, but I am alone and I am afraid I can't do it..."

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An hour later, Gu Jingnian stood in front of Mei Chengzong and reported, saying something similar.

"Secretary, I found out that the great pharmacist is Chu Danqing. He and Gu Jizu are planning to leave Beijing and make a deal. I think he wants to cure Gu Jizu's leg and let Gu Jizu find some medicinal herbs for him."

"Did these two get together?"

Mei Chengzong held a bronze mirror in his hand, looking at his own appearance, his eyes sometimes showing satisfaction, and sometimes frowning slightly, looking a little distressed.

After a while, he reluctantly put down the bronze mirror and said with an unhappy look: "With my authority, it is a bit difficult to manage these two people. What do you think about this matter?"

Gu Jingnian said directly: "Kill them all, and let Sina report his achievements."

"It's cruel, but he's your elder brother."

"That cripple is occupying the Gu family's property. If I get rid of him and make contributions to the Ministry of Justice, I can move forward."

"Okay." Mei Chengzong said, "But I heard that the Third Prince wants to promote you. Why?"

Gu Jingnian said, "If I had really conspired with the Third Prince, he would not have done this. It was nothing more than that I found out about him, so he used a sour plot to make the Commissioner distrust me, so I had no choice but to turn to him."

"I see." Mei Chengzong smiled, stroked the long hair beside his ears, and said, "It just so happens that we can't deal with Chu Danqing. You try to persuade Wei Xie to take action, and then we can take the credit."

"Yes, Tisi is wise."

The strong eaters were finally attracted here. What Gu Jingnian had to do next was to make sure they could not divide the spoils and could only kill each other...

(End of this chapter)