I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

The female Taoist nun named Gui Mingzi turned her head towards Ge Peining, as if she was sizing her up. After a moment of silence, she said:

"You guys come with me."

Ge Peining turned her head to look at the Princess of Yan, and saw that her gaze was also on her. The two exchanged glances and quickly caught up with Gui Mingzi.

Li Mu, who had almost died, felt a little strange when he heard Gui Mingzi's oriole-like voice.

"Could it be another Nangong grandmother?"

At the beginning, when Ge Peining and the others were in Xun Meng's small world, they saw each other as exactly themselves, with an appearance of eighteen or nineteen years old and the same voice of course.

Although Li Mu was also slightly affected, it was only the voice, and their appearance remained the same.

Therefore, Li Mu was the only one who had actually seen Grandma Nangong, who spoke in a sweet voice but had a wrinkled face.

Logically speaking, Gui Mingzi should be of the same generation as Mr. Ge, and he should be at least eighty or ninety years old now.

But Li Mu heard it clearly, even though the other party deliberately concealed his voice.

With Li Mu's current hearing ability, he can be sure that the owner of that voice is no more than 40 years old, or even younger.

This made Li Mu connect Gui Mingzi and Grandma Nangong in the illusion.

What made Li Mu even more puzzled was that although Gui Mingzi acted aloof, he never stopped talking along the way.

Intentionally or unintentionally, he introduced the things in the valley to Ge Peining and the others.

For example, the disciples in the valley are wholeheartedly pursuing the great truth and lead a simple and frugal life.

All of the disciples were orphans from all over the Xing Dynasty who had suffered disasters or persecutions. Their life stories were so miserable.

Ge Peining and Princess Yan's mind were obviously not here at the moment. They just responded with a few words and stopped talking.

The more Li Mu listened, the more puzzled he felt. He always felt that this was somewhat different from the Tianzong that Ge Peining had described before.

As he spoke, Gui Mingzi led the three people to a large hall where clay sculptures were enshrined.

The few disciples who were originally in the hall simply bowed to Gui Mingzi, called him the Taoist leader, and then were driven out.

At this time, Gui Mingzi's figure swayed slightly, and a half-meter square wooden box appeared out of thin air in his hand.

Judging from the dust on it, it has not been used for a long time.

"No one comes to visit you for no reason. Please take a look..."

Ge Peining and Princess Yan looked at each other and saw the doubts in each other's hearts.

It was the Princess of Yan who reacted first. She saw Gui Mingzi intentionally or unintentionally extending the wooden box in his hand towards the two of them.

He quickly handed Li Mu on his back to Ge Peining, then fumbled around his waist, took out two large, golden and heavy ingots, and respectfully put them into the wooden box.

With two thumps, the two clearly saw Gui Mingzi's body tremble.

"My two benefactors, I see that your husbands have weak pulses and praying for blessings will not have much effect. It is better for you to stay in the valley first, and we can discuss the matter of the mage slowly."

Gui Mingzi turned his head to Ge Peining and gave earnest advice.

Ge Peining was stunned for a moment, then she knelt down in front of Gui Mingzi holding Li Mu and said hurriedly:

"Senior, please consider our past friendship and help me."

Gui Mingzi was obviously a little uncomfortable when he saw this scene. He took two steps back without making a sound and slightly turned sideways:

"I see that you have great cultivation and are a disciple of a medical family. How could you not see that this person's sea of ​​energy has dried up and there is no way to save him."

"Not to mention, the Tianzong has been closed off from the world for a hundred years and rarely comes into contact with the secular world, so there is no relationship between them and your family of doctors."

Hearing this, Ge Peining's brows slowly frowned.

In her impression, Ge Lao and Gui Mingzi of Tianzong should have a close relationship.

At first, she even suspected that there might still be some feelings between the two.

Now that Gui Mingzi said this, could it be that love has turned into hate?

Ge Peining was thinking, why not sell out Ge Lao first, promise the other party some benefits, and stabilize the other party.

At this time, the Princess of Yan beside him said:

"Then we will stay here first. I'll have to trouble you with the prayer."

Seeing that Gui Mingzi was about to speak, Princess Yan quickly added:

"The silver issue can be discussed. Senior, please make a list of all the goods. We want the best."

Gui Mingzi pondered for a moment, pointed to the distance and said:

"There are a lot of empty rooms over there, you can clean them up yourself."

After saying that, he disappeared from the spot, holding the wooden box.

Ge Peining glanced at Princess Yan and was about to speak when she saw Princess Yan tug at her sleeve and whispered:

"Go stay first, and I'll explain to you later."

Hearing this, Ge Peining looked down at Li Mu in her arms and nodded.

Go to the direction pointed by Gui Mingzi.

It was a group of thatched huts, and it looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.

The two of them just cleaned up a little and took some daily necessities from the carriage, and it was already dark.

At the low table in the room, Ge Peining looked at Princess Yan in surprise and couldn't help but exclaimed:

"How is it possible? How could a master like you covet money?"

Princess Yan chuckled and pointed to the door:

"Masters are also human beings. At this hour, there are still disciples throwing wild vegetables in the snow. The life of Tianzong is not just as simple as being tight on money."

Ge Peining looked in the direction that Princess Yan's finger pointed, and sure enough, she saw a few thinly dressed Tianzong disciples digging something in the snow with their bare hands.

They don’t look very old, probably around fifteen or sixteen years old.

The cold wind outside almost caused him to fall down.

However, there was a faint smile on the sallow little face, and they seemed to be talking about something with each other.

Obviously he has become accustomed to this kind of life.

"So the princess thinks that Senior wants to..."

Ge Peining turned around and looked at Princess Yan and asked uncertainly.

"Isn't it obvious? Tomorrow, we will do this..."

The Princess of Yan drew a square shape with a pen on her hand, obviously referring to the wooden box that Gui Mingzi was holding before.

Then he possessed himself and whispered close to Ge Peining's ear.

Li Mu, who was lying on the bed, was stunned when he heard this.

The Princess of Yan actually planned to use a year's food rations for the Tianzong disciples to bribe Gui Mingzi.

Moreover, this is just a test, the bottom line can even be extended to three years.

Although Li Mu didn't know how much silver it would cost, he knew clearly that the Prince of Yan's Mansion was not as glorious as it seemed.

After all, supporting an army of 200,000 is not a small number.

As expected, Ge Peining seemed to have thought of this as well, and asked uncertainly:

"Can the princess really make the decision on this matter?"

Princess Yan smiled, obviously guessing Ge Peining's worries, and looked back at Li Mu lying on the bed, with a somewhat boastful tone:

"Don't worry. Things are different now. Mu'er has given me the entire Lin family. This little money is nothing."

"I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!"

Li Mu guessed that the Prince of Yan probably handed over all of the Lin family's previous assets to the Princess of Yan to manage.

But what she said sounded a little strange to Li Mu.

Ge Peining glanced at Princess Yan warily, rolled her eyes and said:

"In that case, then let's do as the princess said. You've had a hard time on the journey, so please go back and rest."

Princess Yan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "Go back? Go back where?"

Hearing this, Ge Peining was also stunned.

Only then did he remember that the two of them had only cleaned up this room before. Could it be that Princess Yan had planned this in advance?

Ge Peining stared at the Princess of Yan, and saw her slowly stand up and walk towards the couch where Li Mu was lying.