The Word of Heaven

Chapter 294 A New Story
Offering sacrifices to heaven is undoubtedly a major national event.

Throughout history, countless monarchs have done the same thing, and there is no shortage of related records in history books.

However, this is exactly not what the White Emperor should do.

Neither Pei Jinge nor Gu Zhuo could possibly forget the words, or those four words, they heard in front of Weiyang Palace.

——The world belongs to me.

This is the declaration given to the world by the White Emperor himself.

The whole world knows his will clearly.

Now that the world belongs to you, why should you bow your knees to the heaven?
Pei Jinge's repeated hesitation before saying the words "sacrifice to heaven" and Gu Zhuo's silence ultimately stemmed from this astonishment, confusion and hesitation.

“Maybe it’s not a sacrifice to the heaven.”

Pei Jinge's voice sounded particularly serious because of its slowness: "Sacrificing to Heaven is just my first judgment based on the specifications of the ceremonial guard. It may not be accurate, but in any case, the importance of this matter is equivalent to offering sacrifice to Heaven."

Gu Zhuo didn't say anything.

Pei Jinge frowned, looked at him and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Gu Zhuo thought about the specialness of Baidi Mountain to the Bai family and what had happened here. He shook his head and said, "I wonder what's going on, but I can't figure it out."

Without waiting for Pei Jinge to speak, he continued, "The only thing that is certain is that this mountain will never be peaceful again."

No matter whether the White Emperor was going to offer sacrifices to heaven or do anything else, the tranquility of Baidi Mountain was bound to be broken.

The grand ceremony will make this quiet place extremely lively.

"Otherwise I wouldn't have nodded and then shook my head."

Pei Jinge felt annoyed at the thought and asked, "What are you going to do next?"

Gu Zhuo looked towards the plain and said, "The White Emperor is not among them?"

Pei Jinge said: "That should be the advance team, preparing for the next sacrifice. It makes no sense for Your Majesty to be in it."

Gu Zhuo turned his head, looked into Pei Jinge's eyes seriously, and said, "I have a more realistic idea."

Seeing how serious he was, Pei Jinge's expression became serious and he said, "Please speak."

Gu Zhuo asked seriously, "Will our food be greatly improved in the future?"

Pei Jinge looked at him in silence.

Gu Zhuo seemed to be unaware and continued, "Although I have basically no pursuit of food, my diet these days is indeed a bit light. It is a good thing to improve the taste occasionally."

Pei Jinge suddenly smiled, looked at him and said, "And then?"

Gu Zhuo looked at her smile and said, "Calm down first."

Pei Jinge's smile became more and more beautiful, and he said, "If I can still remain calm after guessing that you want me to steal vegetables to improve my diet, there is only one possibility."

Gu Zhuo sighed in his heart, feeling very regretful, and said, "Maybe you don't need to tell me this."

Pei Jinge would never listen to him and said to himself, "That could be, I have already decided to send you off so that you can have a good meal before you die."

Gu Zhuo suddenly asked: "Will you cook then?"

Pei Jinge's smile suddenly disappeared, and he said expressionlessly: "What do you mean by this?"

"Um……"

After hesitating for a moment, Gu Zhuo said, "If that day really comes, why don't you let me cook for myself."

Pei Jinge took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and not take this remark to heart.

Then she said in a cold voice: "Are you not worried about the sacrifice at all?"

Gu Zhuo said honestly: "It is impossible for me to kill the White Emperor now. Worrying is just the purest worry. There is no extra meaning. It is better to think about the real reality."

……

……

That night, the team that set out from Shendu arrived at the foot of Baidi Mountain.

Just like what Pei Jin said in his song, this team of hundreds of people maintained the highest standards of the imperial court, and no matter how you looked at it, it looked like they were going to perform a ceremony to offer sacrifices to the heavens.

The best evidence that the White Emperor attached great importance to this matter was that the eunuch leader was undoubtedly also in the team, taking on the responsibility of supervision.

This reminded Gu Zhuo of Yu Sheng's past.

When Bai Nanming decided to suppress the remaining souls of the Bai family's ancestors by himself, the relevant preparations were personally handled by the eunuch leader.

From this perspective, this person should be quite familiar with Baidi Mountain.

Thinking of this, Gu Zhuo looked up at the night sky.

The starlight is as bright as water, and the world is filled with clear sunshine.

The reason why he thought of Baidi Mountain after leaving Changle Temple was not because it was the best place to hide.

In fact, this was not within his consideration at all. At that time, he simply thought of Yu Sheng and the good times he had spent on this mountain, that was all.

This was a private matter that did not need to be known to others, so he decided not to answer when Pei Jinge asked.

Now that this peace is about to become a thing of the past, it is inevitable to feel sad.

Footsteps were heard in the night wind.

Pei Jinge came to Gu Zhuo's side.

Midsummer has not yet arrived and the cicadas have disappeared.

At this moment, the two of them were sitting in front of the stone house, side by side on the bench, with only the starry sky and the vast night before their eyes.

Pei Jinge shook the thing in his hand and asked, "Would you like to drink?"

Gu Zhuo looked over, and immediately became surprised, and subconsciously asked: "Did you really steal it?!"

Pei Jinge remained calm and corrected him, saying, "It's taking, not stealing."

Gu Zhuo laughed and said, "Are you still going to say that the White Emperor didn't issue an order to dismiss you from your post? What's wrong with taking a pot of wine with your status?"

Pei Jinge rolled his eyes and said, "If you don't want to drink, you can shut up."

After saying this, she opened the wine jug in her hand and began to drink after a long absence.

She was very special when she was drinking. She looked cautious and the wine went down her throat without spilling a drop.

Although she was drinking like this, she gave people a feeling of being free and easy, without any intention of being stingy.

The starlight like water fell on her curvy and charming body, making her already bright face even more charming and even alluring.

After a moment, Gu Zhuo took the wine jug from her and took a sip.

"Thank you for your hard work these days."

"No need."

Pei Jinge said: "These are all my own choices."

Gu Zhuo did not ask her what choice she would make next. After thinking for a while, he said, "Actually, I wanted to avoid you at the beginning."

Pei Jinge understood that this sentence referred to the time when the two first met, and asked casually: "Why?"

Gu Zhuo said: "You were very dangerous to me at that time."

Pei Jinge thought that this reason was too ordinary and really boring.

Gu Zhuo continued, "After I was forced to meet you, I roughly understood what kind of person you were, and I wanted to stay away from you even more."

Pei Jinge was somewhat interested and asked, "Who am I?"

Gu Zhuo said: "Just like you did when you were drinking just now, do whatever you want within the rules."

Hearing this, Pei Jinge couldn't help but laugh and said self-deprecatingly: "But am I not sitting with you now?"

Gu Zhuo said calmly: "It is precisely because you are such a person that you sit with me."

"If you only care about rules, you would never have agreed to conspire with me about the Tianming Sect in Chaozhou City."

He said, "Without that day, there would be no tonight." Pei Jinge was silent for a moment, snatched the wine jug from his hand, and drank again.

After an unknown amount of time, she put down the empty wine bottle and asked, "Why are you talking to me about this?"

Gu Zhuo said: "We will probably part ways after tonight, so we have to speak our truths."

Pei Jinge stopped talking.

The night wind blew, lifting her sleeves and black hair.

The injuries left by Si Zhu in the battle of Cangzhou had long since healed. Her hands were no longer scarred and were as white as frost and snow.

She gazed at the moon, which was particularly bright tonight, and suddenly asked, "I am indeed going to say goodbye to you, so before we say goodbye, can I do something for you?"

Gu Zhuo asked, "What's the matter?"

Pei Jinge ignored him and asked directly: "Yes or no?"

Gu Zhuo thought to himself, if you say so, how can I possibly agree to it?
Just as this thought came into his mind, something happened.

Pei Jinge stretched out his right hand, placed his thumb and index finger on Gu Zhuo's face, and pinched it.

"It feels good."

She spoke to herself, continuing with her hand movements, not only pinching, but also poking.

Just before Gu Zhuo woke up from his confusion and shock, Pei Jinge's index finger fell on the tip of his nose and rubbed it gently.

"What are you doing?"

"nothing."

Gu Zhuo asked without any emotion.

Pei Jinge answered as a matter of course.

"As early as when I saw you on the top of the Wangjing City Tower that year, I felt that you were too pretentious and wanted to make it impossible for you to be calm and composed."

She said bluntly: "It's just that you were of low status at that time, and your strength was even weaker. There was a huge difference between us. If I treated you like this, I would always feel that I was the one who suffered."

Gu Zhuo thought this was ridiculous and he could no longer remain calm, but he didn't know what to say.

He was already thinking about her like this when they first met... If this sentence hadn't come from Pei Jinge himself, he would have never believed it.

"But since the day you revealed your identity, I have never had such worries again. Instead, I can't find such opportunities."

Pei Jinge's voice sounded very casual and a bit lazy: "Fortunately, I finally waited until today."

Gu Zhuo was silent for a while, looked at the wine pot, and said: "This is why you drink."

"Or else?"

Pei Jinge raised his eyebrows and said, "Even if you are not the world's number one devil, you are still the husband of Her Royal Highness the Princess. It takes a lot of courage for me to do something like this, okay?"

Gu Zhuo was speechless, thinking that this matter was a real mess.

"Don't worry, if you are worried about something, then I can tell you clearly that I don't like you, let alone fall in love with you."

Pei Jinge raised his head slightly, stretched towards the night sky, and said, "I am just enjoying the pleasure of bullying and playing with such an amazing person like you. Of course, if possible, I hope you won't tell Her Royal Highness the Princess about this."

A sigh of extreme helplessness came from Gu Zhuo's lips.

After a moment of silence, he said seriously, "Thank you for not liking me."

"You're welcome."

Pei Jinge said calmly: "You should indeed say thank you."

Hearing this, Gu Zhuo naturally thought of some unsightly and indescribable things, so he didn't want to say thank you.

Pei Jinge seemed to suddenly remember something and asked directly, "How are you and Lin Wanyi?"

Gu Zhuo shook his head and said, "She really likes me, and I also have a good impression of her, but this is not enough."

Pei Jinge said sarcastically: "As expected, every man in this world likes young girls."

Gu Zhuo thought to himself, are you scolding your princess?

The next moment, he realized that Yu Sheng was indeed young.

The reason why Gu Zhuo and Yu Sheng were able to reach where they are today a hundred years later is because they were young at the beginning.

Pei Jinge changed the subject.

In this conversation tonight, she naturally took the initiative, and I don’t know if it was because of the topic.

"You haven't solved the problem left by the abbot yet, and the tranquility of Baidi Mountain has been destroyed. And you are still half a useless person. Where are you going to go?"

"do not know."

"Didn't you have a plan in place when you killed Sizhu in Cangzhou?"

"That was God's plan, not mine."

There is a deeper meaning behind these words.

If it were any other time, Pei Jinge would be happy to start a new topic and explore the great way of heaven and earth.

However, she had no interest in this tonight and continued, "The convoy that came to Baidi Mountain this time brought a huge number of various treasures, which can basically be used to build the formation."

Gu Zhuo seemed to be thinking about something.

Last spring, he and Yu Sheng used Bai Nanming's remaining body to destroy the Bai family's ancestral tombs, and the formation in the mountain was naturally broken.

The remaining formation can be repaired, and new buildings can be built on top of it.

Pei Jinge didn't know what he was thinking, and said, "Since the matter requires the construction of a formation, then this sacrifice will not really come in a short time, maybe after the summer sacrifice."

Gu Zhuo came to his senses and said, "Thank you."

Pei Jinge said: "You should make a decision now."

Gu Zhuo said: "I want to stay and take a look."

Pei Jinge looked at him, making sure he was serious, and didn't ask why.

Gu Zhuo gave an explanation.

"The secrets hidden in Baidi Mountain are related to the Way of Heaven, and the first one I want to solve happens to be the Question of Heaven. Regardless of whether this is God's will or coincidence, since it is happening right before my eyes, there is no reason for me to leave."

He said to Pei Jinge: "I am well aware of the risks of this decision."

Pei Jinge said: "Listening to this so-called heavenly question is like asking you to ask the heaven after you die."

His words were full of emotion, but they sounded like mockery to his ears.

Gu Zhuo smiled, not angry, and said, "Should I write a letter home for you to take with you?"

Pei Jinge nodded and said, "You can write it, but just let me take it."

Gu Zhuo was a little puzzled and asked, "Why?"

Pei Jinge ignored him, put down the wine jug, stood up and went back into the stone house, and picked up an old Taoist canon.

By the light of the stars, she began to study the profound text, and then spoke a sentence at will.

"Instead of writing a suicide note claiming to be a family letter, please think about what to eat tomorrow for me."

"...You're not leaving?"

"Don't go."

"why?"

"Because I suddenly remembered what Wei Qingci said, and it seemed to make sense."

"Rather than dying to an insignificant stranger, why not die under your knife and become your credit?"

"Yes, so you can celebrate before you die and I, a smart guy, am willing to stay by your side."

(End of this chapter)