Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 114 The truth ten years ago
"In the case of the serial murders of officials, you have no respect for the government and your behavior is too arrogant. You cannot be pardoned." Gu Jinheng said indifferently.

Pei Nai quickly added, "But I will plead with Xiao Mingyi to only remove you from your position, not to execute you, and to find you a house in the suburbs as a place of guardianship, so that you can spend your old age in peace."

Gu Jinheng also nodded silently, agreeing with Pei Nai's decision.

This is indeed the best outcome, but Guo Min closed his eyes, "I would rather die on the battlefield. How can a man die in a mansion? I only need to find the last traitor, and my revenge will be complete. You must find the traitor, and then I will die without regrets."

Afterwards, Ju Yan called some people in and arranged to deal with Guo Min's matter.

Guo Min has been working as Shen Ningchuan for many years. He holds a high position and the situation is complicated. There are still many things that need to be dealt with. He does not resist and cooperates with those people in the investigation.

People are busy coming and going.

Pei Nai and Han Ruize leaned on the wooden chairs beside them to rest, without saying a word.

After a while, Gu Jinheng came over. He stood a few steps away and stared into Pei Nai's eyes. His gaze was so soft that it seemed to be flowing with water. "When you first came back, you forgot about the battle in Yagu Valley and didn't even come to see me?"

Pei Nai was stunned.

No wonder Gu Jinheng looked so sad and powerless when he mentioned her temporary memory loss just now.

But she didn't go to find him and Xiao Mingyi at that time because she was not clear about the conspiracy behind her resurrection and was afraid of implicating them.

Later, when he regained his memory and learned the cause of his own death, there was no possibility of renewing their relationship.

Before she could say anything, Han Ruize continued, "How did you treat her? Don't you have any sense of propriety? Even I heard at the time that Marquis Duan Ding was forced to marry his wife by imperial decree because of his wife's background. The descendants of the Pei family were wishful thinking, and Marquis Duan Ding had no feelings for her."

Although Pei Nai was in the back house at that time, he had more or less heard some cold rumors.

What those people said was right. Gu Jinheng was indeed self-disciplined at that time. He was always indifferent to her in public and never showed any warmth.

In the end, she also thought so, but she was just pretending to be vulnerable and deceiving herself so that Gu Jinheng would not notice.

"I'm sorry, I didn't realize how badly I did before." Gu Jinheng said in a low voice.

Pei Nai didn't know how to respond, so he just said, "It's all in the past. When you marry a wife in the future, treat her better."

Gu Jinheng couldn't hide the sadness in his eyes. He hesitated to speak until his subordinates came to him for something. Before leaving, he said, "Except you, there will be no one else."

Looking at his leaving back, Han Ruize sneered and said, "What were you doing so far?"

Pei Nai said nothing and continued to watch Guo Min being questioned.

"Do you want to go back to the celebration party?" Han Ruize turned his head slightly and asked her.

Pei Nai shook his head. "Let's stay here. When these people have dispersed, we can talk to Uncle Guo. He will be taken back to Chaoyang in a few days. We don't know when we will see each other again."

Han Ruize stayed here quietly, waiting with Pei Nai for Guo Min to be free.

After handing over the last important official business, the sun was already setting.

Guo Min looked at the people who had received the order to leave the meeting room, sighed, and then gave a few self-deprecating smiles.

"From now on, I will be Guo Min again, without a position or power, without a home or a family. I don't know where I came from or where I will go." He said in a deep voice.

Pei Nai felt a little sad when she heard this, but Guo Min walked towards her at this moment.

He said to her with apology: "Nell, I don't have any children. Although I hate the rules of the Pei family and resent the omnipotence of the royal family, I have never transferred these to you."

"To me, you are no different from my own daughter. Please forgive me, uncle, for causing you to sacrifice your life in my place and for almost not being able to revive."

Pei Nai shook his head, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.

Gu Jinheng was right. Even though he knew that Guo Min had killed so many people, and even though he knew that he had caused him to be reborn ten years later, he was still happier than sadder.

After all, she originally thought that she had no more blood relatives in the world, but now she knows that Uncle Guo is still alive and he has been resurrected, and she is not the only one left in the Pei family.

"I don't blame you. I understand you. If those things were what I experienced, I would not be able to put down the blood blade in my hand." Pei Nai said firmly, "The rules of the Hun Shu Pian should have been broken long ago. I will put an end to all this."

Guo Min had a kind smile on his face and tears in his eyes. "You are much better than many of the ancestors of the Pei family. For hundreds of years, the female heirs of the Pei family were either secretly executed by the imperial palace or were unable to have children."

“Your mother was in poor health, and after giving birth to you, they no longer wanted children. You may not know that when you were a child, you could not even walk properly, but you held on to the Zhubei Spear many times and refused to let go. Your father passed the Pei family spear to you under great pressure.” This was the first time Pei Nai heard that she had held on to the Zhubei Spear when she was young, and he felt sad for the female ancestor in the past.

Guo Min raised his eyes to the sky, as if speaking to those who had passed by.

"As a woman, you have brought Zhubei Spear back to its peak. If the ancestors are still alive, they would be very proud of you. You are a woman of the Pei family. No, you are a woman of the world who slaps the secular world hard, knocks away their grievances, and vents their anger."

"You are also our generation's fierce counterattack against the rules of immortality, proving that your father and our persistence was not in vain."

After a pause, Pei Nai thought of a question.

She asked Guo Min again: "Uncle Guo, if you wanted to kill those who had harmed the Pei family army, did you also kill Gu Jinheng? But why have I never heard of it? Was it because his martial arts were too strong, his guards were too strict, or because he gave me face and showed mercy?"

This was also a question Han Ruize was curious about, and he watched the two of them communicate from the side.

Guo Min laughed when he heard Pei Nai's words, "It seems you still don't know anything."

Pei Nai was puzzled, and followed Guo Min to look at Ju Yan who was not far away, "What do you mean I don't know? Did something happen in the Battle of Yagu ten years ago that I didn't know about?"

Ju Yan put down the document in his hand and sighed, "I have been wondering why the master didn't tell you. I think even if it was not his original intention, he still felt guilty towards you and never made an excuse."

"What do you mean?" Han Ruize asked with his eyebrows furrowed.

Ju Yan was not impatient, "Madam, do you still remember Ji Wei and Jiang Wentao?"

Pei Nai nodded, "Of course I remember. At that time, Gu Jinheng valued them as much as he valued you."

Ju Yan’s subsequent words caused Pei Nai’s back to tremble.

"Ji Wei is a spy of the Wu clan, who bewitched the extremely loyal Jiang Wentao. Ji Wei added a special poison to my dinner, tricking Jiang Wentao into thinking it was a drug. The two of them forged my military order, ostensibly to send an expedition to Yuncheng, but in fact Ji Wei had colluded with Xiao Bin, intending to send the entire army into danger." Ju Yan said slowly.

Pei Nai was speechless.

Han Ruize asked, "Extremely loyal? Why do you say that?"

Ju Yan said: "Jiang Wentao is for my great cause. At that time, some of my subordinates and advisers hoped that I could overthrow the Tianyao regime and change the dynasty. The plan made by our two armies at that time had only one loophole, and that was Xiao Bin's rear raid."

"If Xiao Bin happens to arrive with his troops when we go to war with the Wu clan, it won't be the Wu clan that will be attacked from both sides, but us and the Pei army. Once this loophole occurs, everything will be destroyed."

Han Ruize sneered, thinking that these people were too distrustful of the Pei family army.

Even if they fight at the same time, Pei's army is confident that they can win.

Ju Yangeng continued to recall what happened ten years ago. "So for this group of people, the most perfect plan is to abandon the agreement with the Pei family army, go north to Yuncheng, deal with Xiao Bin, and leave the entire Wu clan to the Pei family army."

"Even if it was their master's wife who was sacrificed, they felt it was worth it. After all, at that time, many people thought that the master had no feelings for you."

This is the truth, and even if they have feelings, what if they have feelings? In the face of great ambitions, everything is fragile.

People will always do whatever it takes to gain power, and those who want to seize the world must proceed cautiously at every step.

In the eyes of some people, how can a beautiful woman, who is a disaster, compare to the peace and prosperity of the country?

"They lied that the master was ill and took his military token. I and some other people noticed something was wrong, but Ji Wei controlled and imprisoned us under the master's order."

"When the outsiders helped us escape and caught up with the main army, the main force was less than fifty miles away from the trap set by Xiao Bin. We exposed Ji Wei, took back the military power, and killed Xiao Bin in the suburbs of Yuncheng."

Ju Yan downplayed it, but Pei Nai could imagine how dangerous that battle was.

"What about Gu Jinheng? Did he detoxify himself from the poison?" Pei Nai asked.

Ju Yan nodded, "That was a poison no less potent than bone-dissolving water. Ji Wei had no intention of leaving me alive, but Jiang Wentao was beside him and he couldn't kill him with his sword. I never thought that my Huo Jiang Yin Gong could save him from certain death."

"On the third day after the army's great victory, I woke up."

After speaking, Ju Yan looked at Pei Nai's expression, calmed down his emotions, and then said: "After he woke up, he learned the result of the battle of Yagu and heard about your death. His eyes were bloodshot, his whole body was shaking, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and fell into a coma again."

"When I woke up again, I was so angry that my blood vessels were cleared and my voice was restored. I will never forget the first words I said in my life with a hoarse throat. They were your name. He asked, "Where's Nai'er?"

　Han Ruize after one stick of incense: I should have sealed Ju Yan's mouth just now
　　
　
(End of this chapter)