Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 192 Forgetting and Imprinting

The next morning.

Pei Nai, Luo Yuanying, Lin Shengtao and the silver-armored guards of Duke Duan Ding's mansion rushed to the Ju Mansion to pick up Ju Liancheng.

Yixi heard that they were going to leave today and came to see them off.

Pei Nai hugged Yi Xi, asked about her recent situation, and the two chatted briefly for a while.

Yixi looked at her reluctantly, pulled up her arm to check the injury, and finally held her hand and said, "Mingzhi, thank you for the engagement between the emperor and me."

"Why thank me? I just told him your idea, and the rest was decided by him." Pei Nai said honestly.

Yixi smiled and said, "I originally just wanted to be with him and enter the palace. I would have been satisfied if I could be above the fourth concubine, but I didn't expect that he would grant me the title of queen."

"To be honest, I didn't expect it either." Pei Nai said to her, "Xiao Mingyi has always been a man with his own opinions. No one can force him to do anything. So when you went to the Marquis Duan Ding's mansion and fell in love with him, how could you know that he was not moved?"

Yixi was stunned. This was a possibility she had never imagined.

Ju Liancheng came over from the next yard and called Yixi over, as if he had something to communicate with her in private.

Pei Nai waited there for a while.

When the two of them came back, Yixi's eyes were already dazed.

Ju Liancheng walked over to Pei Nai and said, "Let's go."

"What did you say to Yixi?" Pei Nai asked him. Why was Yixi so upset?

Ju Liancheng's expression did not change, "I told her my feelings."

"But she is getting married soon, and will be crowned queen." Pei Nai was puzzled as to why he said this at this very moment.

Ju Liancheng chuckled, "I wanted to express my feelings to her several times, but I never did because of unexpected events. I guess we were destined to be apart."

Pei Nai then remembered that they had gone to the banquet at Li's Mansion together. Ju Liancheng was waiting for Yixi in the back garden, but he met an assassin from the Wu clan. Then Li Zhi died tragically. During the autopsy, Gu Jinheng recognized Pei Nai.

Ju Liancheng looked back at Yixi. Yixi looked at him but was speechless.

The two of them grew up together almost as childhood sweethearts, but Yixi only understood his feelings at this moment.

Ju Liancheng added: "But I don't need her to respond to me. It's just that my father's death made me realize that if you don't say many things, you will never have the chance to say them again."

From then on, she became the mistress of her harem and he became a minister of his court, and when they met again, everything was just a joke.

Pei Nai and Yi Xi waved goodbye.

She looked around and saw that the white cloth in the Ju Mansion had been removed. She asked curiously, "Is it for your mother to stop suffering every day?"

"Yes." Ju Liancheng replied.

Just as they were walking out the door, Mrs. Ju came to see them off.

She smiled and greeted Pei Nai and Ju Lian Cheng, but asked the maid beside her: "Master, have you prepared lunch for today? Remember to send it over later."

The maid from the Ju mansion suppressed her sadness and nodded in approval.

After walking out of the gate of Ju Mansion, Ju Liancheng said to Pei Nai calmly: "I will always remember my father's voice, smile, his teachings to me, his words, every move and every moment of his life. I will not forget even the moment when he was killed. But my mother will no longer remember my father's appearance, my father's voice, his words, and one day, she will no longer remember that he existed."

He and his mother's memories of Ju Yan were destined to go to two extremes.

"He is one of the most important people in my life. I will do whatever he asks me to do. Assist you and the master." Ju Liancheng climbed onto the horse and said, "Succeed him and become him."

Pei Nai and his group headed southwest.

As the situation in the secret territory of Lu State was critical, they did not dare to slack off and kept changing fast horses. On the afternoon of the seventh day, they arrived at the jurisdiction of Weiming City, 300 miles northeast of Huayun Village.

After the Battle of Yunxuan, the newest base of the Southwestern Frontier Army was also moved to this area.

Cavalry passed by the fork in the official road, heading west without stopping, as if something big had happened.

Luo Yuanying went over to stop the man and ask him questions, then came back to report to Pei Nai.

"The three main commanders of the Southwestern Border Army were spies planted by the Wu tribe. They were discovered by the people from the Censorate and were fleeing westward with more than 30 rebels." Luo Yuanying explained the situation.

After the incident between Zhou Weiguo and Shanyin Sect, Xiao Mingyi and Gu Jinheng began to order a thorough investigation of the personnel of various military departments and agencies. After the traitors of the Pei family army and several elders of Shanyin Sect were interrogated, they provided a list of undercover agents.

Combined with the past social interactions of those who have surfaced, many hidden members of the Wu clan have been uncovered during this period.

In some cities, secret agents were deployed more than a hundred years ago and have been infiltrated for a long time.

In addition, the war is about to begin, and the Tianyao army cannot afford to encounter any future troubles.

Every military leader must be examined by the Censorate, and a large number of rebels have been arrested recently.

Pei Nai looked ahead at the situation, "Are you on our way? Let's go and take a look."

When they followed the army to a village along the lake, they heard sounds of fighting ahead.

Pei Nai rode through the stationary troops.

When the scene by the lake came into view, Penai was delighted.

A soldier happened to be talking nearby, "The rebels from the Third Division were unlucky. They ran into General Han Ruize head-on, and their road was blocked. They also wanted to hold the villagers hostage, but Hun Xibian snatched their weapons away from them."

Han Ruize obviously only brought a small team of Pei's army.

At this moment, the soldiers did not take any action, but just watched him fight against the crowd alone.

Everyone knew that blocking the path of Wan Yue's Blood Whip at this time would only cause trouble, but at the same time, they also had great trust in his fighting ability and showed no signs of worry at all.

Hun Xi whipped his whip and half of the rebels were knocked off their horses, blood splattered, and they fell to the ground struggling to get up.

The surface of the lake was swept by the whip, creating ripples.

The rebel leader's weapons had been confiscated. Seeing that he was surrounded and knowing that he was outnumbered, he jumped into the lake and escaped in the opposite direction.

How could Han Ruize give him this opportunity? The long whip pierced through the air and smashed straight down.

Pei Nai's eyes twitched, "Wait, I have a bad feeling!"

She pulled the reins to turn the horse around, and took Ju Liancheng, Luo Yuanying and the others to avoid the situation on the other side.

The sharp wind from the Hunxi whip cut through the bodies of the rebels in the lake, and at the same time, it created two huge waves that spread outward. The waves rolled down from the sky and soaked all the people near the lake.

Pei Nai and his friends barely escaped the disaster.

The soldiers of the Southwestern Frontier Army did not clean themselves up immediately, nor did they feel angry. Instead, they beat the ground with their weapons in unison, shouted like thunder and cheered for him.

When the lake gradually calmed down, Pei Nai rode his horse to Han Ruize's vicinity.

Han Ruize himself could not escape the persecution of the lake water and his whole body was soaked by water.

But he did not look at all embarrassed, as if he had just come ashore after playing in the water, and instead had a somewhat unruly and handsome look.

He saw Pei Nai coming from afar, and he kept staring at her with a sharp gaze.

Seeing him like this, Pei Nai was overjoyed on horseback.

Pei Nai hadn't seen him for a month since they parted in the Valley Kingdom. He only heard frequent reports of his victories and achievements on the front battlefield.

During this period, everyone was talking about his deeds.

No matter in the city, county or post station, wherever you go, you will see the name "Han Ruize".

"What a coincidence, Mr. Han." Pei Nai greeted.

Han Ruize took two steps forward and retracted the Hunxi Whip, while his eyes swept across Pei Nai's body from head to toe.

It was as if he was checking to see if she was okay, and it was as if he was observing every outfit she wore to engrave her appearance deeply in his mind.

Han Ruize said calmly: "What's the coincidence? I'm here to pick you up."

This was something Pei Nai had not expected.

"Is the situation on the front line no longer critical?" Pei Nai dismounted from his horse, took out his handkerchief and handed it to Han Ruize.

(End of this chapter)