The Word of Heaven

Chapter 270: Betrayal and separation
In Shendu, there is a two-story building in the Sky Patrol Department.

Qing Xiaoyue sat by the fire, silently feeling the warmth, with her eyes slightly drooped.

There were footsteps sounds, it was Qiuzhi walking over with a bowl of black medicine.

"This stuff is very bitter, please be careful, or I'll get you a piece of candy."

"Is there anything more painful than life and death?"

Qing Xiaoyue gestured to refuse, reached out to take the bowl of medicine, and drank it.

The next moment, his brows trembled violently, frowning and relaxing several times until they turned into a hard sigh from his lips.

Qiuzhi didn't say anything, but silently handed over a piece of candy.

Qing Xiaoyue took it expressionlessly and swallowed it, relieving the severe pain in her throat. Suddenly she asked, "What do you think?"

Qiuzhi was stunned for a moment, seemingly confused as to what this meant, and asked, "What should I think about?"

Qing Xiaoyue looked at him and said, "Daoist Master."

"This issue……"

Qiuzhi said seriously: "First of all, we have to call him the Demon Lord."

Qing Xiaoyue didn't say anything.

Qiuzhi was a little flustered and helpless when he was looked at, and asked: "Shouldn't you hope that the Taoist master will die? Why are you still talking to me about this? Do you think I have the courage to help the Taoist master in secret?"

"Well, even if I really have the guts, what can a nobody like me do?"

He sighed and said, "I don't even have the qualifications to be drawn into the whirlpool."

Qing Xiaoyue said calmly: "So you hope that Gu Zhuo can live?"

Qiuzhi was silent for a long time, then said, "I..."

As soon as he said this, his eyes subconsciously fell around the room, making sure that the doors and windows were tightly closed, and the formation that blocked the detection of spiritual consciousness was operating normally, without any mistakes.

"I really hope that Gu Zhuo can live."

Qiuzhi looked at Qing Xiaoyue and said helplessly: "After all, he has done me a great favor, but now the Emperor wants him dead. What can an ant like me do?"

Qing Xiaoyue said: "You can be smarter."

Qiuzhi was slightly startled and asked uncertainly: "What do you mean?"

Qing Xiaoyue said calmly: "It is indeed His Majesty's intention to kill Gu Zhuo, but this matter is to be implemented by the Chief."

Seeking knowledge or not understanding.

Qing Xiaoyue said: "Gu Zhuo has never said that he is the Dao Lord, but the fact that he is the Dao Lord will not be changed. In this case, Your Majesty has every reason to take action."

"But the fact is that Your Majesty did nothing. It was someone else who did it, and it was the hand of the already fallen Sizhu."

He looked at Qiuzhi quietly and said, "This proves that Gu Zhuo makes His Majesty feel wary, even though his current realm is not even the same as the Unity."

Qiu Zhi asked seriously, "What do you want to do?"

"rest assured."

Qing Xiaoyue smiled, without any sinister meaning in her smile, and said gently: "I never thought of saving Gu Zhuo, but this incident can relieve you from feeling too guilty."

Seeking knowledge, I understand.

Qing Xiaoyue said: "If you fail, I will use my broken body to save you. Your Majesty will give me some face, but you will have to go back to the old days."

Qiuzhi looked at him with complicated eyes and asked seriously: "What exactly do you want to do?"

Qing Xiaoyue said calmly: "Kill one person."

Seeking knowledge, he asked persistently, "Who?"

Qing Xiaoyue looked at him with interest, laughed for no apparent reason, and said, "Your enemy."

As soon as the words fell, Qiuzhi understood everything.

Without thinking for too long, the young killer from Wuyou Mountain gave his answer calmly and firmly.

"it is good."

……

……

After leaving the capital, Pei Jinge headed south.

The reason for heading south is simple. In recent years, she has always stayed in the south because of the Tianming Sect.

Yu Sheng had no objection to this.

From beginning to end, neither of them ever suggested looking for Gu Zhuo, as if this name had never appeared in their lives.

Until this moment.

"Do you know how I met him?"

Pei Jinge said without warning, "At the beginning, I went to Wangjing because of Lin Wanyi. I saw him winning 13 consecutive victories from afar while standing on the city wall. I felt that he was like an old friend, so I wanted to meet him."

Yu Sheng said softly: "Old friends are not dead people, the style of old friends is old friends."

A sigh filled with emotion sounded on the boat.

"But who knew that the world would be so bizarre?"

Pei Jinge said melancholy, stretched out his hand, and felt the river water passing through his fingertips.

Yu Sheng remained silent.

Pei Jinge changed the subject for no reason and said, "From today on, Your Majesty will be truly alone, but you can still be the Princess as before, as long as you don't continue to stand against Your Majesty."

Yu Sheng looked at her without saying a word.

Pei Jinge was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm not mocking or ridiculing you."

"I know."

Yu Sheng said calmly: "You think he is funny."

Pei Jinge asked seriously: "Isn't this funny?"

"Counting from the year we first saw him, it has been three years in Wangjing, and another three years since then. During these six years, everyone he has made close friends with and those who can help him now all have reasons to stand on the side of Daqin."

"You are the Princess Royal Highness, and have been like a brother to His Majesty for a hundred years. I am the future Director of the Sky Patrol Department, and my interests are all tied to the Great Qin. There is no reason for me to stand on his side completely, unless you want to split the Great Qin. Or I can give up what I have gained in the past hundred years, but...how can I do that?"

"As for Qing Xiaoyue, who was considered to have received his favor, she wanted him dead a hundred years ago, so it's even more impossible for her to help him now."

"Then who else... Chen Chi, who is not even an ant, is his friend? I'm afraid he can't even protect himself, so how can he help him?"

As he said these words, the corners of Pei Jinge's lips curled up, but no laughter could be heard.

She finally said sarcastically: "I don't know how he could live like this, with no relatives and enemies all over the world."

Yu Sheng was silent for a moment and said, "Maybe he never thought about becoming his old self."

Pei Jinge burst out laughing when he heard this, and said self-deprecatingly: "Perhaps only an idiot like Lin Wanyi would stand by him now."

Yu Sheng looked at her quietly.

It is sarcasm and self-mockery, but these are just superficial.

"Are you wondering why I'm so angry about him?"

Pei Jinge's tone suddenly became quiet.

Yu Sheng hummed.

Pei Jinge raised his head slightly, looking at the dark sky covered by snow clouds. After a long silence, he said, "Maybe it's because he and I were once allies and had a secret relationship that cannot be revealed, so it's hard for me to accept that my accomplice is such a stupid and idiotic person who created such a situation for himself where everyone is shunning him."

……

……

It's late at night and the dew is heavy, making it the most difficult to get a good rest.

Lin Wanyi didn't sleep well, so she was in a bad mood when she woke up. She buried her head between her knees, breathing the cold winter air carefully and slowly, until her lungs seemed to be soaked in extremely cold ice water, and the remaining sleepiness disappeared without a trace.

Then she raised her head, as if she had just woken up, and a faint warm smile appeared on her face without any makeup fading.

"What time is it now?" Lin Wanyi asked.

Gu Zhuo told her.

Lin Wanyi listened to the whistling sound of wind and snow outside the window, thinking that it was the darkest time before dawn, and that the hustle and bustle of Yunlai Town had all dissipated, so it should be quiet at this time.

She looked at Gu Zhuo and asked gently, "Do you want to take a break?"

As she spoke, the girl casually looked around the carriage and saw that the lights had become extremely dim, leaving only a few tiny wisps of light.

It was even difficult to see each other's faces clearly.

"That's good."

Gu Zhuo looked at Lin Wanyi who was still hugging her knees, thought for a moment, handed the wine jug over, and said, "Warm up?"

Lin Wanyi was somewhat tempted, but in the end she did not reach out to take the wine jug. Instead, she used her true energy to drive away the chill that enveloped her body and said, "No need."

Gu Zhuo looked at her and suddenly asked, "Do you want to stretch?"

"Ah."

Lin Wanyi lifted a corner of the carriage curtain, feeling the sudden cold night wind, pointed to the top of the carriage, shook her head and said, "But it's inconvenient."

Gu Zhuo thought for a moment and said, "How about going out for a walk?"

Lin Wanyi opened her eyes wide and asked in a low voice, "Is this okay?"

"Nothing is wrong."

Gu Zhuo said: "After all, it's late at night now."

Lin Wanyi looked at him, her delicate eyebrows slowly frowned, and she said nothing.

Gu Zhuo was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Wanyi subconsciously wanted to deny it, but after hesitating for a moment, she felt that there was no need to hide it.

"If it was you in the past, the you who I first met in Wangjing City, when you said the words 'It's late at night and everyone is asleep', I think you would have smiled, a gentle smile."

She paused, found an excuse, and said, "Maybe you are too tired today."

Gu Zhuo was silent for a moment and said, "Yes, I am a little tired."

Lin Wanyi smiled slightly and said, "Then let's go out for a walk."

After saying this, she stood up with her waist bent, lifted her skirt and walked out of the car.

When passing by Gu Zhuo, the girl kicked his knee with her white sock-wrapped toes and urged him in a low voice: "Dawn is coming soon. There is not much time left. We must hurry."

So the two of them lifted the car curtain and stepped into the snowy night.

The horse pulling the carriage had already been properly settled, so it didn't have to endure the bitter cold. The surroundings were quiet, but not completely dark. There were sparse lights coming from the buildings not far away. They should be the caravan members preparing to set sail tomorrow morning.

Standing in the wind and snow, Lin Wanyi stretched very seriously but did not yawn.

The girl's beautiful figure is hidden under the thick cotton skirt, with no trace of curves, giving people a more youthful feeling.

The next moment, she turned her head to look at Gu Zhuo and asked, "Where are you going?"

Gu Zhuo didn't want to listen to the roaring sound of the river, so he said, "I won't go to the river."

Lin Wanyi thought, if not going to the riverside to fish for snow, where else could she go?

She thought for a moment and made sure that she had not heard of the rumor of a curfew in Yunlai Town, and then she had an idea.

The two walked side by side without an umbrella, letting the wind and snow blow on them.

"Feel……"

Lin Wanyi exhaled and said softly, "It's quite strange."

Gu Zhuo asked, "Because I don't see any signs of them making a big fuss to search for me?"

Lin Wanyi nodded slightly and said, "The main thing is that I don't have the feeling of being the enemy of the whole world. I can't just run into the light and shout that the Taoist leader Gu Zhuo is here, right?"

Gu Zhuo didn't know what to say.

"Don't be angry, I don't think we are playing house now."

Lin Wanyi said seriously: "I am worried."

Gu Zhuo said: "Because it seems like a big conspiracy is being woven now?"

Lin Wanyi hummed.

"I'm not quite sure what my mother thinks, but I'm sure she is a cruel and ruthless person, because my father actually died at her hands."

When she said this, the girl's tone was exceptionally calm, even a little self-deprecating: "If she is the one who handles this matter against you, then anything could happen."

Gu Zhuo said: "Then how do you think we can break the impasse?"

Lin Wanyi suddenly asked: "Can you kill her?"

Gu Zhuo glanced at her.

"Kidding……"

Lin Wanyi raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Even if she killed my father, she is still my mother after all, and no one else can kill her."

Gu Zhuo asked: "If you want to kill him, you have to do it yourself?"

Lin Wanyi still smiled, hummed softly, and said frankly: "I think this is also a kind of filial piety."

Gu Zhuo was silent for a while, then said, "I agree with you."

As they were talking, the two of them had already walked onto the street.

The white snow was submerged in the night, and no trace could be found. The faint lights from the brothel in the distance became the real guide.

Yunlai Town has been prosperous for a long time, but the people who come and go are all businessmen, and there is not much scenery to speak of.

Fortunately, taking a walk never requires good scenery.

"How long do you think this peace can last?"

"Maybe at the moment of dawn."

"So that's why you said you wanted to go out for a walk, because it would be too late if you didn't do it now?"

"perhaps."

"I hope there will be quiet moments like this one in the future, but I won't agree to go out for a walk with you then."

"why?"

"I am going to write a book, which will seriously describe my mental journey while walking side by side with you. The main theme is how to be savage in spirit, persuade oneself, and cross the abyss with a calm heart when facing the enemy of the world."

"If it becomes a book, maybe paper will be more expensive in the world."

"Hey, you have so much confidence in me?"

"It's mainly because I'm more confident in my reputation."

"It's a very reasonable statement, but it really doesn't make me feel comfortable listening to it."

“It has always been so.”

"But aren't you and I also living in reality right now?"

Lin Wanyi's rebuttal was powerful, because the calm at this moment should not exist.

It was like an undercurrent silently surging in the surging tide, fighting against the general trend in a place invisible to the sunlight, making everything become so slow.

As long as the girl never speaks out to the world, this strange silence will continue until it is broken.

(End of this chapter)