Chapter 30 Chapter 30 [VIP]
After Zhou Zhi knelt down, Gu Xuanyou also stood up and knelt down.
The princess raised two fingers and gently lifted the veil, her eyes trying to penetrate the screen to see the kneeling boy.
But the screen was too thick and I couldn't see the boy's expression clearly.
Gu Xuanyou's lips and teeth were trembling.
Going to the capital was the starting point of his nightmare.
A place he swore he would never return to.
Because of this, he even parted ways with his master. It was likely they would never meet again in this life.
But the princess's light words determined his fate for the rest of his life - to go to the capital and enter the Du'e Division.
The sufferings he had endured before were revealed without question, forcing him to go back and face everything again.
"Go down, I need to rest." The princess said in a cold voice.
Gu Xuanyou was still kneeling there in a daze. It was only with Zhou Zhi's help that he stood up. He followed Zhou Zhi as if he had lost his soul and floated down the sedan chair.
Only after they had walked away did Zhou Zhi turn around and look at Gu Xuanyou, who was in a trance. A sudden feeling of emotion arose in his heart.
Du'e Si knew everything about the capital, including the fact that eleven years ago a beautiful woman brought a child to the Sheng family to claim their relatives, and eight years ago the child was poisoned and thrown off a cliff by someone sent by the master of the Sheng family.
Although I don't know how Sheng Li survived, but looking at his eyes and observing his behavior, it seems that he doesn't have the slightest intention of going back for revenge.
For such a pure-hearted person, staying away from the source of suffering and power struggles may be the best destination.
But the princess ordered to take him back...
Zhou Zhi continued in a businesslike tone, "Go find Xie Qingnian and ask him to get you some clothes. Leave at noon and return to Shangjing City."
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Gu Xuanyou closed his eyes. At this moment, he had no choice but to surrender.
But what Zhou didn't know was that the reason why he looked like a lost soul was not just because he was going to the capital.
But when Her Royal Highness the Princess said, 'Recruit him into the Du'e Division and return to Shangjing City with me,' he actually felt a slight joy in his heart.
Yes, that was a secret joy.
Even if it is hidden in pain and sadness.
He was secretly delighted that he could continue to stay by his master's side - even if he could not accompany his master all the time like he had done in the past three years, at least by staying in Du'e Division, he could share some of the risks and worries with his master.
However, returning to the capital city means that he will have to face his father and relatives whom he had mistaken for eight years.
And they were the culprits who took their lives at that time.
It's a tangled mess that can't be sorted out.
Gu Xuanyou is as conflicted as he is now every moment.
Until someone patted his shoulder. It was Xie Qingnian, who had released the Jade Demon Yunniang and, following Zhou Zhi's orders, had come to find Gu Xuanyou. "Um... Mr. Sheng, let me take you back to the carriage. Now that you're a member of the Du'e Division, it's no longer appropriate for you to wear your own clothes. I have some clothes here that you can try on first."
Gu Xuanyou followed Xie Qingnian into the carriage. Xie Qingnian measured the width of his shoulders and said, "I've been training my back and chest muscles recently. Is this shirt a bit too big for you? Actually, you look about the same size as the boss, so his clothes would suit you. But he's the boss after all, so his clothes are higher-end than those of ordinary monster hunters like us. You can only wear mine."
Xie Qingnian was in a dilemma: "But my clothes are a little wide for you... Let me think about it. Oh, here, hey, I just remember you wearing this one."
As he spoke, he rummaged through the secret compartment on the side of the carriage, like a husky scratching in the sand. Finally, after rifling through the carriage, he found the right clothes. "This is Ah Ye's clothes from three years ago. I think they'll be perfect for you. Ah Ye is from Mobei, and the men there are all tall and strong. Even though these are his clothes when he was sixteen, they'll fit you perfectly."
Xie Qingnian gave the bottom to Gu Xuanyou.
For a long while, Gu Xuanyou didn't answer.
Just now he was thinking that the matter of going to the Sheng family in the capital would make him confused, and now the clothes of his deceased fiancé 'Ling Suye' appeared.
Gu Xuanyou clenched his hands into fists at his sides, suddenly took a deep breath, then lifted the curtain of the carriage and ran out.
Xie Qingnian was stunned: "Hey brother, don't be embarrassed, the guys from Mobei are just taller, we can't compare to them..."
Gu Xuanyou ran all the way to Ling Ping's grave, knelt heavily on the ground, touched his forehead to the ground, and tears poured out like a dam breaking.
"Uncle Ling... I, I, Gu Xuanyou, have actually become a traitor one day..."
He said this with tears in his eyes, his hands gripping the ground tightly, and the weeds were gradually crushed between his pair of slender jade-like fingers.
"Uncle Ling, Aunt Bai, Gu Xuanyou comes to apologize. I swore that as long as I live, I will continue to investigate the Ling family's affairs until everything is clear, or I die. But, but before I could investigate the Ling family's affairs, I fell in love with someone."
"That person doesn't know about this. It has nothing to do with him. It's all because of my change of heart. Gu Xuanyou will come to atone for his sins in a few days."
"I have now broken my oath again and am returning to the capital. However, I will continue investigating the Ling family's affairs. When the truth is revealed, I will come here to apologize once again."
When Gu Xuanyou reached this point, there was a long silence.
His eyes were already red from crying, but he couldn't stop crying. His tears dripped into the soil bit by bit, mixing with the rich aroma of wine, giving Gu Xuanyou a very familiar feeling.
One day, no, the last time he came here to sweep the tombs of the Ling family's ancestors, he discovered a sneaky man in the tunnel. He slashed with his sword, and the wine bag the man was carrying broke into two pieces.
Afterwards, the owner bought some of Mobei's famous kumis and let the driver have a taste of it.
——The same taste.
Three scenes, the same kumis, flashed through Gu Xuanyou's memory.
He was so stunned that he even forgot to cry.
But these images only appeared in his mind. If he really wanted to connect them together, Gu Xuanyou couldn't figure it out.
He could only continue to kowtow and convey the words that Master Wen had instructed Uncle Ling to say truthfully.
In the blink of an eye, it was noon and the princess's procession set off.
Gu Xuanyou had no choice but to change into the clothes that Ling Suye had worn when he was sixteen. Xie Qingnian said beside him, "See, I was right. You look very well in Aye's clothes. Although we have a high status in Shangjing City, these clothes can't be made overnight. It will probably take three to five days for them to be made after you return. You will wear Aye's clothes for the next few days. The boss asked us to ride in the same carriage, probably because he wants you to be with me - hey, Mr. Sheng, let me be frank. Among all these new monster catchers, my strength is quite good. Although you can't catch monsters, you have high martial arts skills. We will definitely have no problem working together."
Gu Xuanyou nodded, and after a while, he said, "Which carriage is Lord Zhou in? I have something I want to talk to him about."
Xie Qingnian said with a smile: "Come, I'll take you there. No one is more familiar with his carriage than me."
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As soon as Yunniang was released, she sent a simple message to Ling Suye: "I'm fine, but there's something else going on."
Surrounded by demon catchers, she didn't dare mention Gu Xuanyou's name.
Because her previous glance had already caused Gu Xuanyou to be arrested, she was afraid of causing Gu Xuanyou further harm.
After passing on the message, Yunniang ran all the way towards Loulan in order to avoid arousing suspicion from the demon hunters of Du'e Division.
However, while on the road, she was always connected to Ling Suye's soul node, which meant that Ling Suye could hear what was happening on her side.
During this period, when Yunniang arrived at the main peak of Luoyun Mountains, she whispered something, and Ling Suye immediately understood and met Yunniang on the back mountain of the main peak.
As soon as Ling Suye arrived, Yunniang grabbed his wrist. She said anxiously, "Can I speak now?"
Ling Suye placed a drop of blood from his fingertip between Yunniang's eyebrows. As his hand seal formed, after about three breaths, Ling Suye spoke, "The people from the Du'e Division didn't cast the demon-chasing talisman on you. You can tell me."
"Gu Xuanyou, Gu Xuanyou was captured by them!"
Yunniang's words were like a bolt of lightning, hitting Ling Suye's heart.
"What's going on?" Ling Suye's tone remained calm, but his expression was cold.
"I, I harmed him. I sensed your presence yesterday, but I knew you were on your way to the capital, so I wasn't surprised. I just quietly passed on the news. But early this morning, they wanted to take me to clear the princess's mind. The moment I boarded the princess' carriage, I suddenly sensed the spirit of Master Wen..."
Yunniang tried hard to suppress her sobs and said, "But you also know that a monster like Master Wen can only exist under the protection of the ancient city of Loulan. If he leaves, he will surely die. So I subconsciously glanced in the direction I sensed and shrank back... At that time, Gu Xuanyou was exactly ten miles away from me."
Ling Suye listened carefully to Yunniang's words and quickly realized, "Master Wen passed on his craftsmanship at the cost of his own life. So the Master Wen you sensed was actually Gu Xuanyou? Was he captured?"
Yunniang nodded continuously: "Yes, I, but Gu Xuanyou and I have not done anything wrong. Since they let me go, why don't they let Gu Xuanyou go? I, I am very scared. I hurt him, but I can't save him. I can only tell you this quickly."
Ling Suye nodded, and the gilded jade mirror pendant chain swung back and forth beside his ear, making the young man look even more noble and aloof.
He said, "When I came here to chase you, I saw the people from the Du'e Division were breaking camp. It's still an hour before noon, so they might set out then."
Yunniang looked at Ling Suye with concern.
Ling Suye gave her a comforting look, but because he lacked real pupils, the pupils disguised by the purple cloud clothes still looked a little empty.
He said, "It's okay. Princess, I'm afraid you're going back to Shangjing City. I have a way to rescue Gu Xuanyou."
Before Yunniang could say anything else, Ling Suye threw a porcelain vase at her.
"This is a demon pill that replenishes your vitality. You've been frightened quite a bit recently, so get some rest when you get home. I have to hurry back to the inn now and leave before the princess breaks camp. We'll say goodbye now. See you later."
There were two more bodies in the room next to his in the inn.
Ling Suye also had no intention of dealing with the two corpses, but left them to the black-robed iron guards to investigate.
But what he had to do now was to go to the inn and erase his check-in record.
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