After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

The hunt at Fengdu Gardens ultimately ended with the complete withdrawal of the Wang family from the capital.

The price is——

Forty-seven stewards, a whole troop of a thousand archers, seven powerful families related to the Wang family, all of the Wang family's businesses and spies in the capital...

Overnight, the Wang family's voice was no longer heard in the court of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Furthermore, because of the Gu guards and those infected with Gu that were exposed in Dawei Prefecture on the day Wang Qingyan was seriously injured, the imperial court also gained a comprehensive understanding of the scope and characteristics of Gu poison.

Even though their numbers were truly astonishing, without Wang Qingyan's manipulation, the fate of the Gu Guards after they turned into crazed beasts was unknown to them.

Not to mention the Gu tree that suddenly turned on him on the day of the hunt, the rebellious primordial energy flowing through his meridians, and the Heavenly Dao lurking in the shadows...

All of this worried him. If he really went all out to kill Lu Jian and his supporters, he would only be doing the work for the "Heavenly Way".

Lu Jian's idea was much the same.

Although Wang Qingyan suffered heavy losses this time.

However, if they were to disregard everything to kill him, the astonishing number of Gu Guards would inevitably plunge the entire Great Wei into a bloody terror.

Secondly, even if those Gu trees are just plants, they are clearly intelligent.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have realized that he was the master after getting her hands on Wang Qingyan's blood.

The doctors' methods might not be able to fool them, or rather, they might fool Wang Qingyan a second time.

Secondly, why did Baili Ming and the twenty Imperial Guards end up like that back then?

What is the identity of the man in black?

The issues of how to consolidate the connections and resources left behind by the seven aristocratic families are not problems that can be solved in the short term.

the most important is--

We don't even know what kind of constitution Wang Qingyan has!

Or is it that these are truly evil spirits from hell, so incredibly they don't die!

Therefore, after Wang Qingyan retreated to Lincheng and Lu Jian stopped his ruthless killing spree, both sides tacitly fell silent.

......

Three years later.

After kowtowing to his still beautiful aunt and bidding farewell at the graves of his parents, Baili Ce embarked on his journey back to the Great Wei.

Tan Lang, who escorted her all the way to Muli City, endured the pain the whole way, but finally gave her a big hug when they parted.

"Even though you say you're not Nana, I want to tell you that no matter what, you're still my sister."

"If you can't do it, just come back. Don't force yourself."

"..." Bai Li Ce nodded obediently, not daring to say a word.

Because she was afraid that if she spoke up, she would never have the courage to go back.

"Alright, I have something to do, so I'll be going now~" Tan Lang turned around, waved, and left gracefully.

He didn't look back until he left the city, afraid that his reluctance would affect her mood and make her sad.

Even if Baili Ce wasn't his sister, even if she wasn't the real Mulina.

But the family bond she formed over the years was genuine; her devoted care for the elderly couple before their passing was real; and her efforts to resolve the misunderstanding between him and Ya Ya and bring them together were also genuine...

In his mother's words, it's all fate, so why bother about what's real and what's fake?

......

Predicting that Tan Lang would probably cry secretly on the way, Bai Li Ce quickly wiped away his tears and left Mu Li City in another direction.

If you hesitate any longer, your resolve will only diminish.

In the past three years, thanks to Tan Lang's own hard work and her strategic planning, their family has become the core of power in the entire western Xianbei region.

Half a year ago, Qiu Jiang completely replaced Youlian Zangtu and became the leader of the eastern Xianbei.

Lai Fu and Fu Gui, who followed her all the way to Xianbei, each started their own families and had many puppies.

These are all her precious assets.

During these three years, she also learned a lot of survival skills.

For example, their escape speed and physical fitness have both made a qualitative leap...

So when he entered the territory of the Great Wei, Baili Ce was both excited and apprehensive.

I was so excited to finally get to eat the delicious food I'd been dreaming of from Wei.

Before long, Wang Qingyan would receive the news.

Of course, she wasn't afraid.

It is about respecting powerful opponents!

Unfortunately, the war between the Northern Hu and the Great Wei has dragged on for three years.

Unfortunately, the northern Hu...

But she didn't expect—

"why you?!"

The person who came to pick her up in Tianfang Town was actually Lu Jian!!

"This is not the place to talk."

Ignoring his surprise, Lu Jian, disguised, pushed Baili Ce into the carriage and drove off.

It's so fast it feels like riding a roller coaster.

After getting off the bus, Baili Ce felt pain in both his stomach and buttocks.

But seeing that Lu Jian's expression wasn't very good either, she immediately felt much more at ease.

Then, the two of them just sat down and looked at each other.

We drank pot after pot of tea.

After a long while, Lu Jian finally dared to confirm that the dashing, resolute man in front of him, whose skin was much darker than a shade darker, was Baili Ce.

"I almost didn't recognize you after all these years."

After looking Lu Jian up and down for a while, Baili Ce didn't stand on ceremony.

"You are as dashing and handsome as ever, full of vigor, like the rising sun, full of endless possibilities."

So you're saying he's not only naive, but also overthinks things?

But considering that the three years of war had filled the national treasury and made the border residents prosperous, Lu Jian decided to let her off this time.

After all, she's going to get a really bad beating coming on.

"As you probably know, things aren't going smoothly with Wang Qingyan."

As the ruler of the Great Wei, he was pleased to see the Northern Hu exhausted and unable to extricate themselves from the quagmire of war.

But Wang Qingyan had indeed reached the point where he was easily provoked and no one dared to provoke him.

Bai Li Ce sighed silently, "As expected."

"Aren't you going to ask him how abnormal he is?"

From a psychological perspective, not asking questions can reduce harm by 50% if you don't know the details.

"I..."

Bai Li Ce quickly turned his head to one side!

He held out his hand to stop her, saying, "Please don't say anything."

"..." Lu Jian held it in for a long time before he finally managed to suppress it.

After a long while, he let out a long breath.

Finally, he calmed down, his gossipy nature subsiding. "But your sister..."

Lu Jian certainly had no ill intentions towards Baili Ming!

But he really wanted to see Baili Ce jump up and down.

As expected, Baili Ce flew into a rage upon hearing this!

He was so angry that he paced back and forth in the room and then guzzled down another whole pot of tea!

"Bastard! Wang Qingyan is a bastard!"

Everyone split up and acted separately. Why would he leave that dog of an emperor, Lu Jian, to kill Baili Ming?!

"They went and then returned?!"

"You'll naturally sense it after draining the blood?!"

"He's insane!"

"Yes, yes, I think so too," Lu Jian nodded repeatedly, clearly pleased with himself.

When it comes to swearing, you still need Baili Ce (a famous strategist)~

......

After half an hour of condemnation and abuse, Baili Ce sat down again, puzzled. "Wait a minute, is he really that hard to kill?"

Lu Jian was absolutely right about that. "I managed to stab him three times back then."

Then he clicked his tongue in exasperation, "Who knew this person just wouldn't die?"

To be honest, Lu Jian was not confident at that time.

“In that case…” Seeing that Lu Jian hadn’t lied to her, Baili Ce fell into deep thought.

If they've schemed to this extent and still can't kill him, then that means—

"Ordinary methods probably won't be able to kill him."

"I think so too, and it is very likely related to his ability to manipulate Gu poison."

“Hmm…” Baili Ce nodded repeatedly.

Then he asked, "Given Wang Qingyan's personality, it's impossible for him to allow others to manipulate the Gu Tree. So how did Your Majesty manage to do it?"

Lu Jian couldn't help but sigh when the matter was mentioned.

"It wasn't me, but the physicians at the clinic who used the poison that Anluo had hidden in the iron ball to create a similar powder, which they then scattered on the trees in Fengdu Garden."

"The original intention was to use this to confuse Wang Qingyan, so that he could not manipulate the afflicted individuals to attack us at will, and also to prevent the afflicted individuals from being controlled by him."

"Perhaps because too much was scattered, your sister got quite a bit on the tree when she bumped into it, which made the Gu tree mistake her for its owner."

"That's how the so-called 'I manipulated the Gu Tree to counterattack him' came about."

If they can't develop an antidote for Gu poison, can't they at least develop a poison with the same effect?

Since Wang Qingyan relies on Gu poison to manipulate people.

So regardless of whether it's the first or second generation of Gu poison, or the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth generation, does it also have a certain degree of control?

Following this line of thought, Physician Lu and his team developed a poison similar to Gu poison, but with an antidote.

"So this powder really achieved the expected effect?!" Baili Ce was extremely excited.

If it works, she'll definitely flip the table!

Screw the honey trap!

She went straight up and fired a burst of bullets at him!

Lu Jian shook his head. "It's a pity."

"Although Wang Qingyan was seriously injured because of this, the medicine did not have any obvious effect on his control of the Gu practitioners."

"......" Sigh, fine.

She took back what she had just said.

"So, what should I do now?"

"No rush, I'll take you somewhere first."

......