Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 112 Loneliness and Immortality

This is indeed a key doubt.

Guo Min said that he hoped Pei Nai would join, but it was clear that Pei Nai was resurrected ten years later by the senior monk Zhong Lao from Zhongchuan using the Hun tree fragments in Pei Nai's body.

Guo Min's eyes suddenly showed some apology, and he said something unexpected: "I thought that since I used the Hunshu slices first, Naier would have no chance to come back."

"What did you say?!" Han Ruize tightened the whip.

This was the first time that murderous intent appeared in Gu Jinheng since the meeting began, and the pressure caused bloodshot eyes in Guo Min's eyes.

Guo Min has something to say, but the resurrection of Hun Shupian and Pei Nai must not be known to outsiders.

Without Guo Min's reminder, Gu Jinheng directly ordered: "Pei Nai, Han Ruize, Guo Min, and Ju Yan stay, and the others leave on their own."

Although everyone had doubts, they knew not to ask too many questions as every secret was related to their lives and property.

When they were ordered to leave, Gu Jinheng's words were heard again, which made the hairs on their backs stand up.

"If anyone leaks what happened today, they will be killed without mercy!"

Everyone knew their limits and some said "Yes, sir!" or nodded.

The guards also left the hall one by one and closed the door for them.

Suddenly, there were only five of them left in the room.

Pei Nai patted Han Ruize on the shoulder, and Han Ruize put down the Hunxi whip.

As there was no blood, Han Ruize cut the palm of his left hand with the whip before he could retrieve the Wan Yue Blood Whip.

"What do you mean, after you used the Hunshu slices, Naier has no chance to come back?" Gu Jinheng was very concerned about this.

Guo Min smiled bitterly, "Do you know why the Pei family and the emperor's lineage are both single-line?"

This is indeed true. Pei Nai, like countless others, has been curious about why Tianyao only has a king with a different surname like Yixi's father.

The aristocratic families in Chaoyang City have several other branches and distant relatives from all over the place, and the family tree is complicated, but the Pei family only has Pei Nai as the only descendant.

"Because the Hunshu slices can determine the owner's identity based on blood, they have their own unique requirements. They will ensure that the user's blood is unique and will not be repeated."

"Once there are descendants or similar bloodlines left in the world, they will not be recognized by the Hunshu Pian. I was only successfully resurrected after Pei Nai passed away."

As Guo Min said this, Han Ruize almost raised the whip again.

Because of the profound meaning of this sentence, if you think about it more carefully, you will only feel that human hearts are terrifying.

"Why are you related to me?!" Pei Nai was surprised.

Uncle Guo was the deputy general of her father Pei Hao. The two were as close as brothers and became sworn brothers. Therefore, she called him uncle since she was a child and treated him as her adoptive father.

Guo Min smiled and said, "Nai'er, I am actually your second uncle, but I am a concubine's son and I took my mother's surname."

Considering that the Pei family has only one descendant, Pei Nai has guessed the origin of the matter.

He is the younger brother of his father Pei Hao. Because he is not allowed, he cannot have the surname Pei. Because he is not allowed, he can only serve as a deputy general and follow his father Pei Hao. No wonder his name is "Min", which is so similar to his father's name "Hao".

"The Xiao family and the Pei family require a single-line inheritance. What if someone gives birth to multiple children? How do they control the single-line inheritance of the bloodline?" Pei Nai was full of doubts.

Guo Min didn't know what he was thinking about, his eyes were somewhat sad, "Only the eldest son can be allowed to give birth, and other heirs will either be executed or forbidden to have offspring for life. The Tianyao royal family even has a hidden secret agency to supervise and enforce this."

Pei Nai looked at Gu Jinheng with confusion.

Gu Jinheng nodded, "There is an independent secret agency, established by the founding emperor of Tianyao. It is not under the jurisdiction of any of the ministries. It is responsible for maintaining the purity of the royal bloodline. Xiao Mingyi's certificate was also issued by them."

Having said this, Gu Jinheng frowned suddenly and asked Guo Min, "Six years ago, eight people in this department were found dead in the government office. The murderer is unknown. Was it you who did it?"

"Yes, people from the collateral line are not allowed to have offspring, just because of this small piece of tree under our tongue. Hundreds and thousands of lives made way for this so-called pure bloodline. Why? How can I not hate this rule of immortality?" Guo Min gritted his teeth, his cheeks tense.

Pei Nai thought of his deceased wife and suddenly realized: "So Aunt Guo was pregnant at that time?"

Guo Min recounted the past slowly, "Yes! My elder brother and I were both far away on the battlefield at the time. Your mother went to stop them but was restrained. The people in charge of the secret office tied up your aunt Guo and forced her to drink abortion soup."

"Your aunt Guo was already weak, and she fell ill and died two years later. I have been a widower ever since, and my family has been destroyed."

Pei Nai felt heartbroken when she heard this. When she was little, she liked the gentle and kind Aunt Guo very much, but she didn't know what she had experienced before her death.

"So you hate the Tianyao royal family?" Gu Jinheng asked.

"Yes, I wish I could kill all the people in that secret office and all the descendants of the Xiao family, and make them pay for the lives of my wife and children." The pressure had been withdrawn by Gu Jinheng, but Guo Min's eyes were still red.

Pei Nai was also a little excited after hearing this, "But I know that no one is more loyal than you. You are loyal and devoted, and you have never betrayed Tianyao or the monarch in decades!"

"So he struggles in contradiction and pain, on one hand there is loyalty and on the other hand there is blood feud." Han Ruize continued in silence.

Faced with this tragic experience, no one spoke.

After a while, Pei Nai asked, "If there are people with close blood relations alive, then the Hun Shu slices cannot be used to revive. Uncle Guo, you arranged for someone to remove the Hun Shu slices after your death and revive you. Was it because you expected that I would go to the battlefield and sacrifice myself?"

Guo Min closed his eyes and nodded gently, "Xiao Bin is about to rebel, and Gu Jinheng needs the Pei family army at that time. After I die, only you can inherit the Zhulong seal. But I just left a backup plan. If you die in the battle, I will have someone revive me. If you are lucky and healthy, this matter will be over."

Gu Jinheng's voice became colder and colder. "What is the purpose of the monk Zhongchuan to resurrect Naier?"

"He has a deep connection with the ancestors of the Pei family. Just like Yue Cang, the god of the Wu clan, when his old body gets old, he chooses a new body and relies on the Hun tree slices to be reborn repeatedly. He has lived for hundreds of years." Guo Min told everything he knew.

Han Ruize woke up as if from a dream after hearing this. He wrapped the wound on his palm with a cloth and said, "No wonder the Zhongchuan lineage has always had a single monk. Legend has it that they would adopt an orphan when they are old and pass on the Dingguang Compassion Palm as their last disciple. In fact, the latter statement is just people's speculation. It has always been Senior Zhong alone."

Ju Yan nodded in agreement, "Yue Cang is the same. For hundreds of years, the Wu clan's gods have always adopted the abdication system to succeed to the throne. Before they die, they pass the throne to the successor they have already chosen. It has never been hereditary, and there is no crown prince. This makes sense."

After emperors of successive dynasties took over the country and possessed supreme power, they began to hope for immortality. Yue Cang is the best example.

Pei Nai said: "According to the murals that Gu Jinheng and I saw in the Chaoyang Underground Palace at that time, the pieces of the tree were taken from the flying stones from outer space. Emperor Taizu, my ancestor Pei Hong, and Yue Cang each had one piece."

"But Emperor Taizu and Pei Hong did not choose immortality. They chose to marry, have children, grow old, get sick and die, and left the Hunshu slices to us?"

Han Ruize continued, "This is the life of a normal person, not being able to have any blood relatives in this world, being lonely for life after life, how can this be called longevity? It's more like a curse."

(End of this chapter)