Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 109: The Valley Country is Destroyed
The music in the distance was still echoing in the air, so much so that for a moment Pei Nai thought he was hallucinating.

She stood there in a daze, the familiar and addictive smell filled her surroundings, and she didn't have time to push Gu Jinheng away in time.

It was Han Ruize who moved faster. He stepped forward to pull Gu Jinheng away and stretched out his hands to protect Pei Nai behind him.

Han Ruize asked sternly, "What qualifications do you have to touch her?"

Gu Jinheng looked at Pei Nai as if his whole body was about to fall apart.

"Neil." His voice was full of begging, "I will give you whatever you want, just don't accept him, okay?"

Pei Nai was confused. "What are you talking about? From your expression, I thought something big happened in Chaoyang City. What happened?"

"Has he expressed his feelings to you?" Gu Jinheng glanced at Han Ruize and asked.

Pei Nai felt puzzled and asked, "What does it have to do with you?"

When Da Xian took her out, Gu Jinheng did not react like this. It seems that he is really wary of Han Ruize's existence.

"Yes! If I had seen my heart clearly earlier, you would never have been chosen by Pei Nai. Since you don't cherish me, I will not let you go this time." Han Ruize replied to Gu Jinheng directly.

Gu Jinheng looked at him coldly, with an extremely dangerous abyss of cold current in his eyes, "She is my wife, I owe her, but it doesn't mean there is even a slight possibility that I will give her to you!"

Han Ruize seemed to have heard something unreasonable. "What a joke! She has been reborn and her current identity is Tang Mingzhi. Does the Ministry of Revenue have the Engagement Letter for both of you? If you think it will affect your chances of marrying a second wife, then we can give you a divorce letter in Pei Nai's identity. It will be a clean break!"

Pressure suddenly arose from all directions, carrying a hint of murderous intent.

"Okay, stop talking. Can you please focus on the business first? What on earth are you gathering everyone for?" Pei Nai also stood out from behind Han Ruize. At this moment, he had no intention of listening to the stalemate between the two of them.

Gu Jinheng forced himself to suppress all his emotions, nodded in the direction of the meeting room, and signaled Pei Nai and the others to follow.

"The destination of the Wu tribe's northeastern garrison was the Valley Country. Yesterday, the Valley Country was destroyed, nearly 30% of the people were killed or injured, and Zhang Licheng was sacrificed."

Zhang Licheng, the ruler of the Mountain Valley Kingdom, is a mechanical wizard of Lingyue, one of the Five Mountains, and a close friend of Pei Hao, Pei Nai's father.

His son Zhang Sheng once fought with Pei Nai at the Dengyun Heroes Conference, but Zhang Licheng was a gentle and humble person. He once made a mechanism box as a birthday gift for Pei Nai.

"Uncle Zhang?" Pei Nai's heart stagnated. She respected this elder very much. At this moment, she could only murmur, "How could this happen?"

Han Ruize estimated the number of casualties at 30%. "About one million people have been killed?"

The Kingdom of the Valley is a small country with a total population of four million. Based on the casualties of nearly 30%, this is the number.

Seeing Gu Jinheng nod, Pei Nai was a little shocked and asked, "Within one day? Why were so many people killed? The Wu tribe's Northeast garrison only has more than 300,000 people."

"Lei Laiweng has been staying at the meteorite site in the Wu tribe's territory for the past few years. He helped the Wu tribe's god prepare a poison. If it is dispersed in the wind and inhaled, or sprinkled in the groundwater and drunk, it can turn people into the monster we saw on the battlefield that day." Gu Jinheng explained calmly.

Pei Nai clenched his fists. "They are using the entire country as a poison. Do these beasts still have any humanity?"

"What about the other people? Are they taking refuge in the underground city of the Valley Kingdom?" Han Ruize inferred.

Gu Jinheng nodded, "Their underground city is densely packed with traps, and is almost a replica of the specifications of the old main city hundreds of years ago. The roads are as complicated as the underground palace that Naier and I experienced in Chaoyang City, and it is difficult for the Wu army to enter. But it is still unknown whether the people underground in the Valley Country have been infected."

In just a few words, Pei Nai understood how serious the situation was. Although the territory of the Valley Country was small, it controlled 60% to 70% of the weapons and armaments in the entire Upper North Continent and was the weapons supplier for more than 40 countries including Tianyao.

Nearly half of the weapons of the Tianyao Army were commissioned by the Valley Kingdom to be forged.

Now that the source has been cut off, big countries like Tianyao that can still independently produce ironware can still hold on, but for many small countries with insufficient military reserves, it may be a disaster.

They didn't ask any more questions about other things, because they would be explained in detail during the meeting in the hall later, so there was no need to waste Gu Jinheng's words.

Besides, if it wasn't Pei Nai who asked the question at this moment, he would hardly answer it if it was someone else.

Pei Nai and Han Ruize arrived late in the first place, and were delayed for a while because of Gu Jinheng's previous incident. The officials in the hall had already gathered.

The meeting room was not far away, and they could enter the door in a few steps. However, Gu Jinheng suddenly called Pei Nai, "Nai'er."

Pei Na looked at him in confusion.

Gu Jinheng raised his hand and smoothed the hair around her ears that had been blown away by the wind.

Pei Nai wondered if her hair was tied so loosely, why did he have to pull her hair apart?

His movements were too fast, and Han Ruize didn't have time to stop him. He could only angrily ask, "Are you done yet?"

Gu Jinheng ignored him and stared at Pei Nai, then said, "I will give you a gift later. It will be what you want. I just don't know whether you will like it or be sad. But I think the former will be more likely."

He said this, and considering the people he was about to face, Pei Na guessed it immediately.

Does he mean that the traitor of Pei’s army has been found?

Afterwards, Gu Jinheng did not delay any longer. Three of them walked through the hall door, one in front and two behind. Everyone stood in their respective seats and looked at them.

The relationship between the three of them is a bit special, so the gossip, exploration and curiosity in the eyes of these officials are different.

The officials from Tianyao were still restrained because they were afraid of Gu Jinheng.

The former soldiers of the Pei family army already had smiles and jokes on their faces. If it weren't for the restrictions of the meeting environment, they might have whistled.

When they reached the main seat, the door of the council hall was closed and Tianyao officials saluted Gu Jinheng.

There was limited space here, so everyone stood still and the hall was silent.

Gu Jinheng spoke slowly, looking around, "This time we are meeting to pass on the latest war news and the deployment orders of various troops. Half a month ago, the Wu tribe's southeastern and northeastern garrisons set out at the same time. The southeastern garrison engaged us yesterday, and the outcome is already determined."

"The Northeastern garrison troops temporarily changed their route on the way to the Hewei and Dongchang kingdoms and attacked the Shangu kingdom. They have now breached its main wall defense line. The king, Li Cheng, has passed away, and three million people are besieged by the Wu army."

Everyone was in an uproar.

"The Valley Country is full of traps and mechanisms, and there are hidden dangers everywhere. How can the Wu tribe break through the defense line so quickly?" someone asked.

Luo Yuanying, Gu Jinheng's right-hand man, answered for him: "According to the information gathered by the scouts, the six gates of the high wall defense line outside the Valley Kingdom have not been damaged. Therefore, it can only be someone from the Valley Kingdom who is familiar with the defense mechanism and led the Wu tribe army in."

(End of this chapter)