Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 69 Getting along
Gu Jinheng didn't answer her. After he got in and sat down, the car slowly drove out.

The terrifying pressure was weakened to the extreme under his control.

He opened the food box on the small table next to him, and Pei Na saw the dried fruits and snacks inside.

"I remember you liked chestnuts."

As he said this, Pei Nai also noticed the chestnut flesh that had been peeled and placed in the center.

Pei Nai did not disappoint his kindness, nodded, took one and put it in his mouth, the chestnut was still hot, sweet and sticky, and tasted great, but...
She looked at the fruit flesh in the porcelain box and asked, "Has the chef in the mansion changed? Why is it peeled so piecemeal?"

Gu Jinheng glanced at her, turned away and didn't respond.

They had not yet left the city, and in order to prevent their voices from being overheard by others, Pei Nai stopped talking.

She leaned on the soft couch that was specially added to the car, closed her eyes and took a rest.

After a long time, when she opened her eyes again, she saw Gu Jinheng looking at her intently.

His gaze made Pei Nai's heart stagnate. Pei Nai turned his eyes away, slightly pulled open a corner of the curtain, and looked at the scenery outside.

I think we have left the suburbs and it will be time to change to another carriage suitable for long journeys.

From Chaoyang City to Nansi, you can reach the destination in one day by riding a horse at full speed.

But in order to avoid implicating the monks in the temple, they had to hide their tracks as much as possible and change to a horse carriage, which took two days for a one-way trip.

She never thought that she and Gu Jinheng, who had originally wished to become strangers and have nothing to do with each other, now have to live together for such a long time.

She thought of the substitute who was sent to the Tang Mansion last night. "What are the plans for the girl who replaced me next? I have never stayed at home for a long time before. If I don't have other plans, I am worried that it will arouse suspicion."

"She will go to the Ju Mansion today and stay in the palace for the next two days."

Hearing Gu Jinheng say this, Pei Nai knew that he had made all the arrangements, and he felt relieved.

Gu Jinheng looked at her and asked, "Is your neck sore?"

"It's okay." Pei Na rubbed the back of his neck.

Gu Jinheng suddenly raised his right hand and reached for Pei Nai's neck.

Pei Nai jumped away and sat further away. "What are you doing?"

"Huo Jiang Yin Gong can unblock blood vessels and dissipate stagnation on another level." He explained to her in a rare moment.

Pei Nai hesitated for a moment and did not stop him.

Gu Jinheng just put his hand on her, and a steady stream of heat flowed along her neck into her body.

Isn't it Yin Gong? Where does the warmth come from?

His vital energy was flowing in her blood, stretching her meridians bit by bit, slowly spreading throughout her body, making her bones soft and tendons weak.

As Pei Nai thought about it, he gradually fell asleep.

The dawn light could hardly penetrate the dark clouds, leaving a little bit of morning light shining through the clouds, and the stinging white only made the clouds look even darker.

The wind blew up the yellowed paper money. The round outside and square inside looked very much like the dry and white earth at this moment. It rolled and fell down again.

When General Guo Min, the Great Zhenxi General, returned with his body wrapped in a veil, the Pei family army followed him in ten columns, and no one saw the whole process of the team.

The people came spontaneously to wait and pay tribute to this national hero who fought against foreign invasions for decades and died in the Battle of Chishan.

Crowds of people gathered on both sides of the main road outside Chaoyang City. The sorrow and silence seemed to take shape, and even the wind was howling along with them.

Dark clouds were rolling in the distance, and suddenly the only sound left in the world was the orderly marching sound.

It is so vast and powerful that it swallows up the rainbow.

The soldier's widow, dressed in white mourning clothes, was supported by her maids. She was limp all over and her cheeks were wet.

Pei Nai only felt sad in her heart. She looked at the scene in front of her but was unable to move her body.

While she was struggling, she was awakened by Gu Jinheng.

She opened her eyes and looked at Gu Jinheng blankly. Everything she had just experienced was too real, as if she had returned to ten years ago. Pei Nai didn't know why she suddenly dreamed of this scene.

"Are you having a nightmare?" Gu Jinheng asked.

Pei Nai suddenly found that he was lying in Gu Jinheng's arms, and he was not even in the original carriage.

She sat up hurriedly, moved a little further away from him, and asked unnaturally: "Why didn't you wake me up after changing the carriage?"

"I wanted you to sleep a little longer, but I didn't expect you to have a nightmare."

Gu Jinheng finally moved and poured tea for her.

Pei Nai shook his head. "I slept soundly, but I suddenly had a dream a moment ago. I dreamed of what happened on the day when Uncle Guo's remains were sent back to Chaoyang."

Gu Jinheng seemed to remember something. He paused with his right hand and looked up at her indifferently.

Pei Nai thought of his own state back then, and added: "It is really painful to see your loved ones die on the battlefield. Han Ruize is kind and did not let you feel this pain."

Gu Jinheng put down the kettle, looked away and said nothing.

He suppressed his aura, but Pei Nai could feel that he seemed angry because of this sentence.

If it were in the past, Pei Nai would have taken the initiative to approach and apologize, but now she didn't have the energy or the need to do so.

"I just want to say that you don't have to waste your energy looking for my body. I was born in a military camp, and dying on the battlefield is a worthy death."

After saying this, she stopped talking.

The two of them were in a bad mood and sat quietly until the stars moved in the night sky and it was completely dark. Then they arrived at the transit inn.

Everyone in the inn, from the innkeeper to the waiter, is Gu Jinheng's side.

This inn was originally used for gathering intelligence and as a base for operations. Spending the night here is safer than staying in an inn where officials stay.

The shopkeeper left the entire third floor vacant for them so that they could better arrange night guards.

As soon as they entered, Gu Jinheng looked up at the ceiling, "Who lives in the innermost room on the south side of the second floor?"

There were no outsiders in the hall at this time. When the shopkeeper heard Gu Jinheng's question, his legs trembled and he knelt on the ground, "Sir, it's Abbot Shi Ming of the South Temple. He is going to Chaoyang City to pray for the souls of the deceased Buddhist disciples."

Pei Nai and Gu Jinheng looked at each other. Abbot Shi Ming was the master of the monk Jingjue.

Too much coincidence
"Is it you?" Pei Nai asked.

Gu Jinheng nodded, "Let's go up."

He was so sure, he must have sensed something.

Pei Nai followed him, and the two of them walked up the stairs to the second floor and knocked on the door of the southernmost wing.

A deep and hoarse voice came from inside the house.

"Please come in."

Gu Jinheng pushed open the door and saw a senior monk sitting cross-legged on a cushion on the other side of the room, meditating and practicing.

After they came in and closed the door, Abbot Shi Ming spoke slowly, "Amitabha, are the two donors coming from Chaoyang?"

"Yes." Gu Jinheng said.

"You came to see me, but is it related to Jingjue?"

This time it was Pei Nai who nodded, "He was murdered by someone, and before he died he asked me to come to the South Temple to look for you."

"Did he say anything else?"

"He also mentioned Lu Guo and Lin's injury to the water."

After Pei Nai finished saying this, Abbot Shi Ming slowly stood up.

(End of this chapter)