Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 66 Entanglement
Since he was not sent by Xiao Mingyi, then who was the person who went to Li Mansion to pick her up yesterday?

He dared to openly use royal ceremonial guards in Chaoyang City and forge the emperor's oral order.

If before she appeared, that force was just hiding in the shadows and acting secretly, now it can be said to be acting openly and brazenly.

They even claimed that they were taking her into the palace at the order of His Majesty.

How can I dare to think that I can take her away with this reason without making her suspicious?

More and more problems are facing us.

Are the assassin who appeared in Tang Mansion this morning, the murderer who killed Minister of War Li Zhi, and the person who pretended to be a palace maid to pick her up the same group of people?

Why did these people insist on taking her away despite the risk of being exposed? What is the connection between her rebirth and the serial murders of officials?
Pei Nai felt as if he was in a fog, becoming more and more confused.

She didn't know the specific cause of death of other officials, only that Li Zhi
Death by spear!

Pei Nai was shocked and said, "Those people know my true identity!"

Xiao Mingyi has put down his pen. "It's very likely, but I can't be sure. The only thing I can be sure of is that since you showed up, their actions have become more frequent."

Pei Nai was still thinking.

Xiao Mingyi added: "I wonder if Gu Jinheng told you that the man who broke into the Tang Mansion at dawn this morning was chased by Du Ling, but he did not catch him."

"Du Ling? But is that the Du Ling from Taijiang Prajna Step?" Pei Nai was a little stunned.

That was the Taijiang Prajna Step, one of the Six Rivers, which had caused a sensation in the entire martial arts world decades ago.

He can travel a thousand miles a day, and walk so fast that it is difficult to find his trace, as he has no trace at all.

Rumor has it that in the middle of a conversation, matters across the city were done in a flash.

The Taijiang Prajna Step at that time referred to Du Ling's father, Du Qinning. But Pei Nai had heard about it ten years ago, and Du Ling's speed was no less than his father's.

Xiao Mingyi nodded, confirming her guess.

He seemed to know what Pei Nai was going to ask next, "Gu Jinheng did him a favor a few years ago, and since then, Du Ling has started working for Gu Jinheng."

"You mean, Du Ling was sent by Gu Jinheng to be my secret guard?" Pei Nai still couldn't believe it.

Xiao Mingyi did not deny it.

She knew that Xiao Mingyi had arranged people to protect her secretly, so she didn't say much, thinking that if something big happened, there would be more people to pass on the message.

But those people have been operating outside the Tang Mansion and have never gone beyond it.

So when she heard other noises outside her door early this morning, she felt something was wrong.

She didn't expect that there were two groups of people belonging to Gu Jinheng and Xiao Mingyi who were always protecting her.

What she didn't expect was that among them there was even a master like Taijiang Prajnabu who was at the level of Six Rivers.

As she was thinking, she suddenly realized what Xiao Mingyi really wanted to express in his previous sentence.
Du Ling was unable to catch up with him. There are only two possibilities. One is that this person's speed is much faster than Du Ling's, but this situation is almost impossible.

There is another possibility: this person took advantage of the terrain to completely hide himself and escape Du Ling's detection.

Very few people in the world know that the practice of Taijiang Prajna Step has gone beyond the scope of martial arts and can break the speed limit of all living things in the world.

This originated from a substance hidden inside a strange stone that Du Qinning came into contact with in the State of Lu, south of the Wu tribe and west of Qi and Lu.

Rumor has it that after splitting the stone, the substance instantly flowed into his body along the stone.

From then on, he was able to sense another subtle substance similar to true qi flowing through the human meridians.

This ability was also passed on to his son Du Ling.

It is said that this subtle substance is particularly abundant in ordinary people's bodies, and gradually weakens as the level of martial arts practice improves.

Du Ling couldn't sense the man's breath this morning, which meant
This person's martial arts has reached perfection!
Pei Nai had lunch in the palace and left the palace in the afternoon because he did not want to disturb Xiao Mingyi from handling government affairs.

She went to the Ju Mansion first, preparing to visit Mrs. Ju and pick up Beiju and Qingzhu to return to the Tang Mansion.

After I got there, I learned that all the heroes who came to the Dengyun Heroes Conference had spontaneously organized a banquet tonight at Guangjuxuan, the largest restaurant in Chaoyang City, to celebrate Shao Liran's victory in the conference.

Qingzhu told Pei Nai that while she was away, several groups of people came to invite her to attend the evening banquet.

Those people also said that the two people who were indispensable tonight were Shao Liran and her.

When Pei Nai heard Qing Zhu's retelling, he was shocked at first.

Then she thought, since she had nothing to do at night, she might as well go and take a look. So she stayed at Ju's house until dusk and asked Ju Liancheng to go with her.

The Guangjuxuan restaurant is semi-circular in shape and has three floors in total.

The first and second floors were the hall and the private room respectively. The third floor had no walls and was surrounded by beaded curtains, which added a hazy and faint beauty. The green railings were low against the windows, and the green curtains were high above the windows.

It was already dark when they arrived.

The lights are on, and there is singing and dancing.

Tonight, Guangjuxuan is more bustling than ever.

The banquet was held on the third floor, and everyone was very happy to see her arrival.

Pei Nai had met most of the people before at the conference, so they were not unfamiliar with each other.

People did not sit together, but walked around the tables and chatted with each other over the wine.

The Guangjuxuan restaurant faces the Yuzhong Lake in Chaoyang City. Not far away there are a large number of pleasure boats and docks, with lights and decorations hanging on all sides, creating a scene of prosperity and dancing.

When everyone was having fun, an uninvited guest arrived.

As the air flow stagnated, the pressure around the body increased, and the originally noisy banquet suddenly became quiet.

People looked at Duke Duan Ding who came in and were so surprised that they were speechless.

He actually came to a place like this?

What's more, everyone present knew that it was he who put Hun Xibian in danger.

How dare he come here?
Everyone was angry but did not dare to show it.

Looking at the expressions of the people around him, Pei Nai couldn't help but feel that no matter whether it was ten years ago or ten years later, Gu Jinheng was equally unpopular.

His eyes swept across the crowd and landed on Pei Nai.

Unexpectedly, the first person to speak was Shao Liran.

He took the initiative to greet him, straightened his body and bowed, "The Duke is finally here. I have been wondering if you will come to the banquet tonight."

Everyone looked at him blankly, not knowing what he meant.

Was Gu Jinheng coming here at his invitation?
After Shao Liran finished his greeting, he turned around and said to everyone: "My dear friends, you may not know that the reason why Shao was able to win the finals so smoothly is because..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Gu Jinheng, "No need to introduce myself, I'm not here to attend the banquet."

Shao Liran was stunned. "So you are here?"

"Looking for someone." Gu Jinheng said lightly.

At this time, everyone turned their heads to look at Pei Nai. Pei Nai also pointed at himself in confusion, but saw Gu Jinheng nodded.

She was helpless, and in front of everyone, she could only fulfill Gu Jinheng's wish.

When going downstairs, Pei Nai walked in front, and Gu Jinheng kept a distance and walked behind her.

We walked through the restaurant's garden and reached the shore.

When there was no one else around, Gu Jinheng finally spoke, "Come back to the mansion with me."

Pei Nai couldn't believe that he could say this so naturally.

It was as if there had never been separation of life and death between them, and she was just a little wife who was sulking with her husband and temporarily living in her parents' home.

Pei Nai just pretended that he didn't hear those words.

"The reason why Shao Liran was able to crack the Fu Yin Claw so smoothly was because of your guidance?"

Gu Jinheng nodded slightly, "I said, I have never thought of humiliating Wanyue Blood Whip."

After seeing Shao Liran's reaction just now, Pei Nai understood everything.

He set the Wanyue Blood Whip as the reward for the Dengyun Heroes Conference in order to warn Han Ruize.

But if Hun Xibian returns so easily, considering what happened to the Han family, it will inevitably cause people to lament, which will be detrimental to the morale of Tianyao.

But when the "Wanyue Blood Whip" falls into crisis and it concerns the honor and disgrace of the nation, it will instead lead the people to unite in glory.

The passion in everyone's heart to share the country's glory and loss will be ignited.

Sending it directly back to the Pei Family Army, or having the former members of the Pei Family Army take it back personally, has completely different meanings.

In this way, he was willing to be the bad guy.

(End of this chapter)