Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 40: Zhulong Commander Seal
In the past five years, she had rarely seen a smile on Gu Jinheng's face.

She always thought that love would develop over time, but gradually she realized that she was wrong.

His heart was too hard for her to break into.

Perhaps the gentleness he showed to her when no one was around was also a disguise, just for the sake of Pei's military power. Later, whenever she thought of this, she would smile self-deprecatingly.

With pain.

Before she could stop smiling, the gate of the military camp opened and Han Ruize walked out with his men.

It has been five years since she was married to Gu Jinheng. In these five years, she has never been to the military camp or seen her old friends.

Han Ruize's facial features have become more profound. He was born handsome, and now he is even more charming than before. For some reason, he always gives people a feeling that youth and maturity are mixed together, but the two opposing feelings are not contradictory at all on him.

His eyes lightly swept across Gu Jinheng, and finally landed steadily on Pei Nai.

Pei Nai smiled at Han Ruize, "How are you after such a long time?"

Han Ruize had a faint smile on his face the whole time. When he heard this, his facial expression slightly changed. The first thing he said was, "You still remember to come back?"

After getting married, it was against the rules for Pei Nai to enter the Pei family army camp, which is why she has never returned.

Pei Nai didn't need to explain because she understood that Han Ruize would never really blame her.

His gaze turned again and met Gu Jinheng's.

The two looked at each other, and Pei Nai felt that the atmosphere was a little weird.
She could sense that Gu Jinheng was somewhat unhappy, but he seemed to be deliberately restraining the oppressive atmosphere around him.

Are you unwilling to show your emotions in front of Han Ruize?

Pei Nai was thinking when Han Ruize lightly looked away again. He smiled frivolously and said, "Why? Are you bringing your son-in-law back with you this time?"

When Gu Jinheng's men heard this, they unsheathed their swords. The scene was indeed a little unpleasant.

Raising his hand and making a gesture, Gu Jinheng stopped his men.

Pei Nai was also helpless. Han Ruize was obviously already in his twenties, but his temperament was still the same as before.

She said hurriedly: "Don't joke about it for now. You know what happened. It's urgent. We need to summon all the generals of the Pei family army and take us in quickly!"

Han Ruize nodded, looked at the weapons that Gu Jinheng's men had unsheathed, turned around and said to Pei Nai, "Except for you, everyone else's weapons must be handed in before entering, and someone will keep them for them."

Pei Nai nodded. There are disciplines in the military camp and it is normal to do this.

Gu Jinheng's men reluctantly handed their weapons to the soldiers beside them, and everyone quickly followed Han Ruize in.

Soldiers came out of their tents and gathered on both sides of the road. Some older soldiers recognized her and exclaimed, "Miss!"

She looked at those familiar faces and could only respond with a slight smile.

The main tent had been vacant since Uncle Guo Min passed away. After they took a short rest here, someone lifted the tent curtain.

They are General Yunhui Lin Hua and General Guide Zhou Weiguo.

The two men were followed by generals of various ranks, and for a moment the entrance to the main tent was somewhat crowded.

Uncle Zhou Weiguo strode in with a muscular build and an untidy beard, which made him look even tougher. He glanced around and when he saw Pei Nai, his eyes glared and he asked, "But Nai'er?"

Pei Nai nodded.

Uncle Zhou then clapped his hands and laughed, then walked over and patted her on the shoulder.

"What a great little girl! She used to run after us, but now she's grown so big! Great! Great! Hahaha."

That's well said.

She was raised as a boy since she was young. When she was young, her father punished her by making her do horse stance when she was practicing martial arts. General Zhou felt sorry for her and would often sneak her out to hunt and make a fire to roast meat for her. So although she hadn't seen this elder for a long time, she could always find some fatherly feelings in him.

I was easily infected by him and started to smile.

Another uncle, Lin Hua, spent the longest time fighting with my father in the war, and now his hair is turning white.

He was hit by an arrow in the arm during the Battle of Chishan. The wound has not yet healed and he is wrapped in white cloth.

Uncle Guo Min and several generals died in the battle of Chishan, and they were the only two senior generals left alive in the Pei family army. They were all very capable, but they could not lead the Pei family army. The reason was that they could not bear the seal of command.

The commander-in-chief of the Pei family army must be carried out with the Pei family spear. The two generals have outstanding martial arts, but they did not practice the Pei family spear.

In the tent, Ju Yan directly explained the purpose of the visit on behalf of Gu Jinheng.

According to the plan, the Pei family army arrived in Peizhou first, moved the people in Guancheng out of the city, and then stationed there together with the Guancheng defenders. They put up a tenacious resistance for a short period of time, and two days later pretended to be defeated and withdrew their troops and abandoned the city.

Tuoba Huo is a reckless person. With Pei Nai leading the troops, Tuoba Huo will certainly pursue the victory without any suspicion because of his contempt for women and his ambition to personally eliminate the last descendant of Zhubei Spear.

Pei's army led them to Lishan, southeast of Guancheng, a hundred miles away.

At that time, Gu Jinheng's army, which had already been lying in ambush, surrounded Tuoba Huo from behind and caught him off guard.

With the Pei family army and Gu Jinheng joining forces, it would be no problem to deal with Tuoba Huo.

Afterwards, the two armies marched northeast together, facing the Second Prince Xiao Bin who was originally heading here to meet Tuoba Huo.

Unexpectedly, the two uncles of Lin Zhou, who were always at odds with each other, came to a consensus at this time and both expressed their approval, which surprised Pei Nai.

The plan to send troops was finalized in this way.

Gu Jinheng should have left earlier that night, after all, there were still many things waiting for him to resolve in Chaoyang, but he insisted on staying, saying that he would not leave until Pei Nai took over the command the next day.

Pei Nai was touched that he could stay with her for one more night.

Even after a long time, she kept thinking, since Gu Jinheng didn't love her, why did he stay with her for one more night. But later she figured it out, it was because Gu Jinheng already knew that this would be the last night they could spend together.

The next day.

At dawn, the sky was still hazy.

All the soldiers of the Pei family army have lined up, waiting for the seal-taking ceremony to begin.

The soldiers were extremely excited, looking forward to the seal-taking ceremony and the birth of the first female general in history.

Although some soldiers were so excited that they could not sleep last night, under the strict military discipline, every soldier still stood firm like a pine or cypress. On the surface, no one could see their emotions.

Pei Nai was wearing silver armor, holding the Zhubei Spear tightly in her right hand, and climbed onto the platform.

The view from the high place was wide, she could overlook the entire army, and she could also see her beloved person standing in the audience, looking up at her along with everyone else.

My wildly beating heart slowly calmed down as I got closer and closer to the center of the platform.

Standing there strangely, she was no longer timid.

Was it the blood in her bones that gave her courage? She seemed to feel that her father and Uncle Guo had never left.

Afterwards, General Lin Hua and his deputy general also went up to the platform. With solemn expressions, they walked towards Pei Nai.

The deputy general was holding a long black carved wooden box in his hand, which was particularly eye-catching.

Because what is contained inside is the seal of the commander of the Pei family army that has been passed down from generation to generation - the Zhulong Seal!

(End of this chapter)