Wu Yunzhu looked at the face in front of her, and many memories that had long been lost in the long river of time and space rushed in at this moment like the rising tide, and scenes were clearly reproduced in her mind.
She seemed to see Gu Shuyu again, full of passion, raising his arms and preaching on the street with such vigor and enthusiasm, that the gap of time seemed to be filled in an instant.
"Shuyu!" She forgot herself for a moment, stood up and rushed to the table, grabbing his hand. Pei Xiyuan's eyes flashed with surprise, but when his eyes fell on the photo on the table, he turned his wrist and took Wu Yunzhu's hand, his tone was unusually gentle, "Yunzhu, give me some time, I need time to sort this out, okay?"
"Yunzhu?" Wu Yunzhu's eyes lit up, as if washed by morning dew. "It's been so long since I've heard anyone call me like this. For the first few decades, I only heard you call me like this in my dreams every night, and I heard my parents and brothers and sisters call me like this. But I've lived too long, so long that I can no longer hear your calls in my dreams. Do you know the despair of being immortal and having no one around to know your past or who you really are?"
Pei Xiyuan raised an eyebrow, "Eternal life is something many people desire but cannot obtain. Why despair?"
A trace of bitterness trickled down Wu Yunzhu's lips. "When the people around you change one after another, and you alone carry your memories with you forever, then you'll understand what it means to have a heart as withered as ash."
Pei Xiyuan couldn't understand, and he didn't care about this issue at the moment. What he cared about was whether Wu Yunzhu could take back Jian Ning's Baicaojian and whether he could take those firearms that were several times more powerful than guns and cannons for himself.
"Yunzhu." He called her again. "As long as you can help me conquer the Central Plains and recover Madam Jian's firearms, I will give you everything you want. I never joke, and I will keep my word."
During the long journey of more than a thousand years, Wu Yunzhu has witnessed the changes of dynasties. People have fought for a long time, but in the end, dust returns to dust. She has no concept of family and country, and she only lives for her own heart.
Her heart was revived because of Pei Xiyuan. How could she not agree to what he wanted? She raised her chin slightly, met Pei Xiyuan's gaze, and said proudly: "Don't worry, she is my disciple who I have raised since she was a child. I believe she will figure it out and come back to me!"
Pei Xiyuan was not as optimistic as her. He let go of her hand and glanced at the group photo on the table. Wu Yunzhu had been obsessed with the man in the photo for thousands of years, so how could Madam Jian abandon Ding Youtian and join her?
"In my opinion, that's not necessarily the case. Not to mention that she and her husband are very affectionate, she is also the Princess of Yanchao and the beloved daughter of the Prince of Pingnan. Are you sure that your weight alone is greater than that of her husband, her parents, and their children?"
"You don't understand. She and I are both soul-transmigrating, meaning we've reincarnated through a different body. A soul-transmigrating person's appearance rarely changes, but their hearts are always filled with their loved ones from their previous life. Although she never told me this herself, I know she loved her captain in her previous life and always mentioned him. So you don't have to worry about how much she likes her current husband. I'm sure of that."
"Just wait and see. Once the half-month deadline is up, she will return to me. If she doesn't, even if I don't take back her Baicaojian, I have all the weapons she has, and they're just as powerful as hers. I will definitely help you achieve your wish. I just hope you'll remember the promise you made today!"
When Wu Yunzhu and Pei Xiyuan said this, Jian Ning was still in a coma. She was in a coma for three days and three nights before she woke up slowly. She looked much thinner. When she woke up, she frowned and stroked her forehead. Ding Youtian, who had been dozing by the bed without taking off his clothes, was awakened.
"Is it a headache or an extra memory?" Seeing her stroking her forehead, he pulled her hand and asked.
"How do you know?" Jane Ning's mind did have an extra memory. "Tell me what happened quickly. What exactly happened?"
Ding Youtian told her what happened after she was injured by the Black Cloud Pearl, then shook her hand and smiled tiredly, "Do you know how many days you were unconscious? It's past midnight now, and you've been unconscious for three whole days. I'm fine, but Jincheng and Jinyu have been working hard."
No wonder, it's been three days. Seeing bloodshot eyes, Jian Ning hurriedly urged him to go to bed, "I'm fine, lie down and get some sleep, your eyes are red."
"I'm fine. Tell me about that memory first."
Jane Ning still felt some pain in her chest, so she asked Ding Youtian to help her sit up. She sorted out the extra memories in her mind and told Ding Youtian about them in general.
Duan Xinning was tricked out of the palace by Concubine Min's younger brother Wang Min'an. Wang Min'an took Xinning to a Taoist temple in the south of the city, saying that he would pray for the prince and princess first and then take her to the street to watch acrobatics. After that, he lied that he was going to the toilet and asked Xinning to wait for him in a small room. As soon as he left, a Taoist priest came in and said that Wang Min'an had sold her.
Xiao Xinning didn't believe that Wang Min'an would sell her out at all, and she shouted Uncle An and tried to escape. Although she had learned martial arts from Concubine Li, her skills were no match for the Taoist priest. After being knocked unconscious, she woke up again and found herself imprisoned in a room with several children.
Jian Ning saw Feng Qingzi in Duan Xinning's memory. He wanted to use the captured children to make medicine. Duan Xinning's calling out of her father's name failed to intimidate Feng Qingzi. She and several children were thrown into the Bagua formation by Feng Qingzi. Their figures were frozen by his spells for several days and nights until their consciousness faded.
"But the prince broke in?" Ding Youtian interrupted and asked.
"No." Jian Ning thought for a moment and said, "At that time, Duan Xinning's soul seemed to have left her body, and her consciousness was very fuzzy. She had practiced martial arts, so her physical fitness was better than the other children, so she was able to hold on a little longer. I think the person who broke in must be Ah Man's mother. I remember a vague and beautiful figure there. There was a valley. She might have been passing by or had walked in by mistake. In any case, she and Feng Qingzi had a fight, and Duan Xinning's soul must have been sucked into the pendant she was wearing at that time."
"Then how did Xiu Gu end up in Baisha Town?"
Jian Ning shook her head. "There are only a few fragments. She ran out of the valley, ran a long way, walked a long way, and visited several families. I think she was kidnapped and sold several times, suffered a lot, and was chased by vicious dogs. It seems that she fell down the hillside, and a passerby saved her. The rest of her memory is that she was in Dingxian Village."
Combining these memory fragments, Jian Ning guessed that Duan Xinning had taken advantage of the chaos to escape the valley. Although she was tortured to the point of death by Feng Qingzi, she still subconsciously knew to escape. However, she was missing a wisp of her soul and couldn't find the way back. Later, she fell down the hillside. "Oh, right, the person who saved her had that crescent jade stone hanging from his waist."
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