Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 3 Her Memorial Day
Many, many years ago, she once joked with Gu Jinheng and Xiao Mingyi that if they succeeded in the future, they might as well confer the title of Supreme and Unrivaled Divine and Martial Lady on her. She also sighed casually: This title is really domineering.

But it was really just a joke made when I was bored!

Pei Nai almost vomited blood.

The little maid looked at her ferocious face at the moment and spoke carefully: "You also think that the title of Supreme Unparalleled Divine Martial Lady is too strange, right? The people all think so, so the people generally just call her by her abbreviation and respect her as Lady Yingwu."

Pei Nai was dumbfounded again.

After changing clothes, Pei Nai walked out of the room.

Everyone's eyes were on her, and they couldn't recover for a long time.

They looked at Mingzhi, whose expression and attitude had completely changed, and were filled with surprise. Why would a person be so different before and after he became ill?
There was a majesty between his brows that had never been seen before, which was lightly revealed, but inexplicably convincing.

Pei Nai said a brief goodbye to everyone and then followed Madam Ju out of the mansion.

A carriage stopped at the door and the driver had been waiting for a long time.

Pei Nai grabbed the reins of the sedan chair and was about to get on it, but he glanced around casually and almost froze there.

She is very familiar with this place.

Even though time has passed, things have changed, and the scene has changed more or less, she can still recognize it at a glance. This is Chaoyang, the capital of Tianyao, and the only place she is familiar with except for the military camp.
Pei Nai sighed a little. After losing her memory, she returned here ten years later.

Tianyao's centralized power center, a place filled with open and covert struggles, yet also the most prosperous and magnificent.

So far away from her past, yet so close.

He got into the carriage stupidly, the attendants pulled the reins, and the imperial bells rang in his ears.

Mrs. Ju gave her many instructions before she left. Not only did she prepare snacks and tea for her in the carriage, she also put two warm shawls and sweaters, and repeatedly told her to go home immediately once it got dark.

Pei Nai agreed but didn't think too much about it. She lifted the curtain of the car window and looked outside.

The streets are bustling with people, carriages and horses, and the sounds of hawking and shouting are constant. This is the best kind of prosperity.

Most of the shops along the road have changed their brands, but some traditional old shops are still doing brisk business.

Everything seemed normal, yet something was wrong.

People were dressed too simply. Just looking at their clothes, it seemed as if you were in Fengdu Luoshan or the ghost town in the underworld.

Pei Nai shuddered as she thought about this, and then she realized immediately that today seemed to be her own memorial day.

Pei Nai scratched his head, feeling quite helpless.

The sky was a little dark.

If she continued at this speed, she might not be able to catch up with the old monk even when the moon rose and the stars were shining.

Now I can only look for it along the official road, and as the night is getting darker, the old monk might find another place to stay, which will make it even more difficult to look for it. I can’t wait any longer.

Pei Nai hurriedly called out to the driver: "Stop." While the driver was stunned, she jumped out of the car nimbly.

The coachman stopped the carriage halfway. Pei Nai walked up to the guards following the carriage and examined each of the horses they were riding.

She shook her head. The horses' limbs were not straight enough and their armor was too low. They were not good horses. Pei Nai felt a little disappointed.

"Miss, is there anything I can help you with?" a guard asked.

"Ah, nothing to do, pick a good horse." Pei Nai said as he turned around.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up.

Among the horses pulling the cart in front, there was a chestnut horse with a long neck, big eyes and a full chest.

After walking a few quick steps, she raised her hand and touched the horse, saying, "What a good horse!"

She hurriedly removed the rings connecting the horse and the carriage, leaving only the bridle to restrain the horse.

The driver could only watch quietly from the side, not daring to stop it.

Pei Nai then took the rope and pulled the horse back to the back of the carriage, and shouted to the guard closest to her, "Come on, come on, get off the horse."

The guard obeyed the order and jumped down, stunned. Pei Nai untied his saddle skillfully and then skillfully put it on the back of the chestnut horse.

"Give it to me." Pei Nai glanced at the stunned guard and reached out his hand.

The guard realized that Pei Nai was calling him: "Huh?"

"Horsewhip!" Pei Nai raised his hand again.

The guard quickly handed the whip in his left hand to Pei Nai. Pei Nai took the whip and stepped on the stirrup and got on the horse sideways.

Just then, Pei Nai realized something was wrong. Where were the footsteps coming and going around him?

She shifted her gaze and found that people on both sides of the road had unconsciously stopped and their eyes were focused on her.

I don’t know how long they watched, but the crowd had already gathered in several layers, forming a big circle around them.

Pei Nai curled his lips. Are people so idle nowadays? !
In any case, catching up with the person was more important at the moment. Pei Nai said, "I can do it alone. You go back to the mansion first and tell Madam Ju not to worry. I will be back as soon as possible."

People consciously made way for her, and she let go of her fluttering sleeves and immediately rode away.

Only the curious crowd and the guards of the Ju family who were staring at each other were left.

That day, an anecdote spread quickly throughout the streets and alleys of Chaoyang:
Before sunset, a beautiful woman in white robbed a draft horse in the street, galloped through the main avenue heading north towards the sun, and angrily chased it out of the city with a whip.

I heard that the reason she left so fast was to catch up with her abandoned fiancé and ask for an explanation.

When Pei Nai herself learned about this, she was so shocked by the people's imagination that she couldn't close her mouth for a long time.

But at this moment she had no idea of this and was riding her horse impatiently on the road.

She cleverly avoided all kinds of vehicles on the road and soon reached the north gate, but was stopped by the guards when leaving the city.

Pei Nai was puzzled.

The guard explained, "There have been a lot of murders recently, and all the victims are government officials. We have issued an order to strictly check all people coming in and out. There is a queue over there, see it? Go and queue up, and we will interrogate you one by one."

He pointed to a line of people standing by the road.

Pei Nai was shocked when he saw it. Wow, they were so packed that they were almost stretching to the next street.

If this passes the review, let alone catching up with the person, I'm afraid it will be over before dawn.

"Is there any way to leave the city without queuing?" Pei Nai asked seriously.

The guard was very serious and rolled his eyes at her, "No!"

Pei Nai pursed his lips slightly, tilted his head, and balanced the importance of the old monk Yiliang in his mind, and then said: "Then I have to force my way in, I'm sorry!"

After she finished speaking, she quickly bent down, swung the whip in her hand, and swept it towards the spear in the guard's hand, then reached out to grab it.

The wooden handle of the spear swung violently and hit the guard on the right chest.

This series of actions was too fast, and the guard had no time to react, and was knocked to the ground by the force from the right.

Pei Nai didn't give the other guards time to react and rode his horse to avoid several people.

"I will personally apologize if the chance arises in the future." These words drifted into the air as the horse's dust rose.

Only the guard who was covering his right shoulder and the other guards who rushed over were left, staring in amazement at the spear that Pei Nai had dropped.

Pei Nai asked many travelers along the way and confirmed at every fork in the road before finally determining the path the old monk took.

The night draws a black curtain in the sky, dotted with stars.

Pei Nai still didn't see the old monk and felt a little annoyed. She had been traveling for several hours and was very thirsty.

At this time, several faint lights appeared in front.

Pei Nai moved closer and, in the moonlight, could see that it was a teahouse nestled in the bend of the mountain.

(End of this chapter)