Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 193 His Scar
Han Ruize took her handkerchief, held it in his hand and looked at it.

Then he used it to wipe the water droplets off his face, tilted his head back and pressed it lightly on his neck to make himself feel better.

"Well, the Wu tribe has withdrawn its troops, Shao Liran and Zhong Lin are stationed at the camp, I can accompany you to the secret territory of Lu country. Lin Shangshui is there, even if you have a map, I still feel uneasy."

Pei Nai nodded, "That's fine, we can go on adventures together again."

Han Ruize chuckled twice and seemed somewhat pleased.

Then he put Pei Nai's handkerchief into his lapel pocket.

Pei Nai was surprised.

She had already stretched out her hand, ready to take the handkerchief, but she didn't expect to be teased by Han Ruize.

She opened her eyes wide, as if she was looking at a pervert, "You won't return the handkerchief to me?"

"I won't return it." Han Ruize said confidently.

Pei Nai was so angry that his facial features twisted, "In public, in front of everyone, you, the great Wanyue Blood Whip Han Ruize, even want to blame my handkerchief?"

"What are you afraid of? Everyone here knows that I'm pursuing you?" Han Ruize said confidently.

Pei Nai clenched his fists, endured it again and again, and finally endured it.

She said, "Okay, take it. We need to save time and continue on our way. Do you want to change into drier clothes?"

Han Ruize pointed to the bag hanging on the side of his saddle, only to see that the cloth bag had also been soaked by water. "There's nothing left to change. Let's go first. I'll roast it over a fire when we set up camp tonight."

"Ah? You've been wearing wet clothes for so long and are exposed to the wind. Aren't you afraid of catching a cold?" Pei Nai reminded him.

Han Ruize patted her on the back of the head, then took his reins, climbed onto the horse and said, "Have I ever had a cold since I was a child?"

Pei Nai choked and thought about it.

That's true, he has been very strong since he was a child.

Han Ruize spoke a few words to the people from the Censorate and gave them a brief explanation.

Pei Nai also quickly mounted his horse and made a gesture to Luo Yuanying and the others.

Everyone rushed towards Huayun Village again.

They were still about 150 miles away from Huayun Village. As the sky grew darker and the night deepened, they were all exhausted, so they set up camp in the mountains.

Everyone built a fire in the middle of the camp.

Han Ruize took off his wet clothes, left his upper body bare, and was drying his clothes with tree branches.

Pei Nai practiced with the spear for a while, then returned to the tent to pack up everything, ready to talk to him before going to bed.

When Han Ruize saw her coming, he kept his hands moving, fixed his eyes on her face, and said nothing.

Pei Nai sat next to him and felt a little strange being looked at by him, "What's wrong?"

Under the light of the fire, Han Ruize's eyes were extremely gentle, "It's just that I haven't seen you for a while, and I miss you."

Pei Nai was choked by his love words again.

She lowered her eyes and looked at Han Ruize's chest and abdominal muscles.

The descendant of the Han family has a good physique, and he has been practicing martial arts for many years. He has broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and his body shape can be described as a perfect inverted triangle.

He was much stronger than she remembered fifteen years ago.

His waist and abdomen were very thin, and the water stains had not been wiped clean yet. There was a thin layer of water droplets on it, which looked and felt very good.

Han Ruize raised his eyebrows, as if asking her what she meant.

Pei Nai noticed a strange scar on his waist and asked, "Where did this scar come from?"

"You remember it very clearly. This happened one year when bandits attacked Huayun Village. The terrain was narrow during the battle, so they couldn't use their whips, and the nearby enemies took advantage of the opportunity."

Han Ruize gently stroked his scar with his left hand.

He also recalled: "I missed you very much at that time. If you were there, you would not let the close combat enemies touch me."

"You should know your weakness. This is a bloody lesson. Without me, you must not neglect the enemies in close combat." Pei Nai taught him.

Han Ruize was irritated by her and turned his head back.

Then he thought of something and laughed at himself: "I was often irritated by your words back then, which is why I thought you were annoying. I didn't realize my feelings for you in time, and I gave you to Gu Jinheng for nothing."

"But if you confessed your feelings at that time, I might not have agreed. You also said that I couldn't find a husband. How could I bear that?" Pei Nai refuted him. Han Ruize thought about the past and shook his head with a sneer.

He felt helpless and changed the subject, asking Pei Nai, "When we get to the secret land of Lu, you wait outside and I'll send the map in. Is that okay?"

Pei Nai knew that he was worried about an accident, but still shook his head, "That's too much torture. First, we don't know whether Gu Jinheng is alive or dead. If you go in and there is no news, I will be worried to death outside. I would rather go through it with you, even if we die together, than live alone."

"Don't be such a pessimist." Han Ruize scolded her.

Pei Nai didn't dare to continue, and only said: "Fortunately, it is dangerous for me to enter the secret realm of Lu Kingdom, and the same is true for Yue Cang, so he will not appear in the secret realm."

"Yeah." Han Ruize touched the wet clothes on the branch in his hand, "You go to sleep first, I'll wait for this to dry, and then I'll be ready to rest."

Pei Nai nodded, pinched his abdominal muscles when he stood up, and then quickly jumped away.

Han Ruize looked up at her, his eyes filled with confusion, "You didn't sleep and came to chat with me, just to pinch my muscles?"

Pei Nai was discovered and commented with a smile: "It feels really good. It's not as delicate as it was fifteen years ago, but the muscles are firmer and have good elasticity."

Han Ruize narrowed his eyes slightly, and the danger was evident.

Pei Nai quickly ran back to his tent.

After Pei Nai went in, Gu Jinheng's abdominal muscles appeared in his mind again. He felt that the touch was different, but each had its own merits.

She quickly patted her face to wake herself up, and said to herself: "What does Han Ruize's figure have to do with you?"

Then he crawled into the makeshift bed, blocking out all the messy thoughts.

The next day they arrived at Huayun Village and stayed there for a while.

Huyan Weizhao also greeted the army and waited for them in Huayun Village early, ready to go with them.

Han Ruize went to change his luggage.

Pei Nai, Luo Yuanying and others confirmed again with the people stationed there, and there was still no latest news about Gu Jinheng.

Instead of spending the night in Huayun Village, everyone set off immediately and continued to move towards the southwest towards Lu State.

Four days later, they finally entered the territory of the former Lu State.

There was no one along the way and the journey was smooth.

Just walking on the official road, you can occasionally see mummies skewered with spears and sticks, including women, children, the elderly and the young.

This was a common tactic used by the Wu tribe to intimidate and intimidate the people of the Lu state when they invaded.

From time to time, there are large numbers of mass graves between the mountains, with bones exposed in the wild. Even after so many years, one can still see the tragic deaths of the people of Lu State.

When they passed the capital of Lu, Pei Nai and his men saw that the city gate was wide open, so they rode in to check the situation.

But there were corpses everywhere in the city, debris piled up like mountains, the houses were in ruins, and broken walls were all visible.

Every inch of land is filled with silent destruction.

Many years later, facing the deathly silence, Pei Nai seemed to still hear the desperate cries and lifeless wails of the people of Lu.

Wherever the Wu tribe went, there was devastation on the lives of the people.

They even saw from afar that half of the tall building of the imperial palace in the center of the city had collapsed, and the entire capital was in ruins.

Obviously, this place has long become a deserted city.

Pei Nai sighed, the sight before her made her feel weak.

If she loses the final battle, if she fails to defeat Yue Cang, when the Western Alliance is unstoppable, the war will spread rapidly from the border cities, states and main cities.

Until the capital of Tianyao, Chaoyang, and the capital of Qilu, Mixiang, all fell and became what she saw before her eyes.

Women would become prisoners, or become military prostitutes, or be kidnapped by corporals and subjected to humiliation and abuse.

Men either died or became slaves, watched their wives and daughters being captured, and then lived a life worse than death, experiencing hell on earth.

No country in the East will be spared.

This kind of ending is so painful that I dare not think about it too much.

Han Ruize called Pei Nai and said, "Let's go. The roads here are all blocked by corpses and rubble. Let's go out of the city and take a detour."

(End of this chapter)