"Do you know why I called you here?"
Pei Jinan lifted his robe and sat down, speaking while looking at the documents.
Gu Wei nodded, "I know."
"Sit down first."
Pei Jinan raised his hand and motioned Gu Wei to sit down.
After a pause, he continued, "Come with me and look at the paperwork. There's a lot today."
Gu Wei obediently took the pen and helped Pei Jinan to handle the paperwork.
Listening to the chirping of cicadas in early summer outside the window and the cool breeze blowing through the window, for a moment, Gu Wei felt a little dazed and thought he had returned to his childhood.
At that time, Gu Wei also sat opposite his grandfather, watching him write articles and handle Qinghe's political affairs.
From time to time, his grandfather would give him some advice and teach him the Five Classics and Eight Strategies.
But Gu Wei was still young at that time, and could see the moon through the window, the dark blue sky, and the stars stretching above this land.
Now, he is eight feet tall and can no longer see the starry sky through the window.
All you can see is a piece of ground that looks like clear water under the moonlight.
Pei Jin'an was a man of great ambition and strategy, and Qinghe became prosperous and peaceful under his governance.
Even in the most prosperous city of Kyoto, there are people who cannot afford to eat.
And Qinghe can do it.
Even when the people of Beijiang were in the most difficult times, Qinghe was like a paradise.
Gu Wei has admired him since childhood.
But later, for fear of arousing the emperor's suspicion, Gu Wei rarely came to Qinghe after he was in his teens.
Therefore, what remains in Qinghe are all memories of childhood.
"What are you thinking about?"
Pei Jinan knocked on the table.
Gu Wei came back to his senses, "Shi Jin was distracted, ashamed. I was thinking about my childhood. In my eyes, my grandfather at that time was a man who stood tall and proud, even taller than my father."
Pei Jinan raised the corners of his lips, and his eyes softened in an instant.
He gestured.
"You were only this tall back then, and now even your grandfather has to look up to you."
The grandparents and grandchildren chatted and seemed to have forgotten the purpose of this gathering.
Not long after, Pei Jinan frowned slightly and sighed softly.
"Shi Jin, you are so smart."
Gu Wei looked thoughtful but did not reply.
Pei Jinan: "You should have guessed it."
Gu Wei raised his eyes, "Yeah."
Pei Jinan: "Nothing you want to ask?"
Gu Wei smiled brightly, his eyes and brows were sharp, clearing away the clouds and mist.
"What do you need to ask? No matter what the outcome, Grandfather, I am Gu Wei, and only Gu Wei. No one in the world is a shackle to me."
Pei Jinan narrowed his eyes.
His eyes were full of pride.
This is the child I raised.
Frank and unruly.
He pulled a letter out of the drawer.
"Your master Zang Qing wrote me a letter. He said that you defied heaven and changed your fate, and that you would surely face a great disaster. He asked me to take good care of you. What's going on?"
Gu Wei raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Grandfather, you are so perceptive, shouldn't you have guessed it?"
Pei Jinan frowned.
"Do you know what you are doing? Zang Qing's divinations have never been wrong. You are pushing yourself to death!"
Gu Wei looked calm, "I'm not afraid! I have outstanding martial arts skills, unparalleled wisdom, and I have a million soldiers in Beijiang. Who in the world can hurt me?"
"What if it's your closest person!" Pei Jinan raised his voice, "What if it's Xie Ling! For a woman, you are worth it!"
Gu Wei narrowed his eyes, "Why is it not worth it? First of all, no matter who wants to harm me in this world, she can't.
Secondly, even if that is the case, I, Gu Wei, am willing to die for her.
If it weren't for her, grandfather, your grandson, the heir to the Zhou royal family whom you raised with great pains, would still be a cripple today.
Don’t use A Ling as an example in the future, I will get angry.”
Pei Jinan's expression changed in an instant.
He didn't expect that Gu Wei would directly expose the truth with him.
His fingers were pale, and the whole letter trembled like a butterfly's wings.
"You, aren't you curious?"
Gu Wei's eyes were filled with hostility.
"I'm not curious. Grandfather, I don't care what ambitions you and those families have, but I am just concerned about the situation. I will leave if there is nothing else. I don't want to hear anything about the Zhou Dynasty."
Finish speaking.
Gu Wei turned around and wanted to leave.
Pei Jinan was helpless.
Just using Xie Ling as an example actually made this stingy guy angry.
The moment Gu Wei stepped out of the threshold.
Pei Jinan made up his mind, "What if it's your background?"
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