The rain gradually subsided and the sky became much brighter than before.
The two stood face to face, each able to clearly see the wounds and bloodstains on the other's body, as well as the rain washing down their cheeks.
Behind Pei Yu was a mountain wall. He touched the rocks behind him and found them extremely cold and hard.
He chuckled softly and slowly took a small step back so that he could lean against the mountain wall for support.
Zhou Jing'an looked at him without blinking, and it was obvious that he would never let him run away this time.
"Zhou Jing'an." Pei Yu pressed hard on the knife wound on his abdomen to clear his gradually numb mind.
He looked up at him, his eyes as calm as water, without any sarcasm or teasing, no sinisterness or cunning, and no leisurely laziness, he just looked at him quietly.
"You really haven't gone astray at all." He then laughed to himself, "That's right, a child of destiny like you, how could you go astray?"
Zhou Jingan caught the flash of self-mockery on his face and said, "You don't have to be like this, as long as you want."
Pei Yu shook his head. "No, I can't do it."
People who have been living in darkness for years will not feel warm even if they are exposed to the sun, but will burn themselves instead.
He had long been accustomed to darkness and never longed for light.
"Even now, I have never regretted it."
Pei Yu squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky. There was only a thin line of light, not very bright. He looked at it twice and then looked away.
"For what I want, no matter how much I have to sacrifice, it's all right."
Zhou Jing'an frowned, his voice becoming colder. "Even if it means sacrificing the country and the people, is it okay?"
Pei Yu shrugged indifferently and gave a sarcastic smile.
"Those people look down on me and secretly belittle and mock me. I have to put a sword on their necks to shut them up."
He lowered his eyes and smiled, "Just like when I was later crowned King Zhao, they dared not speak out in anger, and when they saw me, they could only tremble in fear and address me as Your Highness."
Pei Yu looked up at Zhou Jing'an, "Isn't this good? Just shut those people up, and no one will disobey you anymore."
Zhou Jing'an frowned. "When faced with doubts and ridicule, we should use our true abilities to shut them up, so that no one else can say anything, instead of fighting violence with violence. This will only..."
Pei Yu raised his hand to stop him from speaking, unwilling to listen to his preaching.
"This method is too stupid. I always use the most direct and labor-saving methods." He raised his eyebrows and smiled. "Besides, I don't need to please them. In my eyes, there are only useful people and useless people. I use the useful ones and get rid of the useless ones."
Zhou Jing'an looked at the indifference and sarcasm in his eyes, pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Is this the reason for your treason?"
Pei Yu let out a long sigh and shook his head. "There are too many people in the court who dislike me, and that foolish emperor is a cowardly fool. Why don't I take his place?"
A horse may stumble, and he was stabbed in the back by Ji Cang because he was not paying attention for a moment.
"The Third Prince of Nanzhao was very ambitious and wanted to stand out among the dozen or so princes, so he approached me. I had the same ambition as him, and we used each other to our advantage."
At this point, Pei Yu's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he sneered, "But he actually wants to swallow up Dashun as well. He really overestimates his own abilities."
He had long been wary that Ji Cang would turn against him in the middle of the battle and play the role of a cat to eat the tiger, but there was a traitor around him, so he had to passively wait for him to kill him, and finally "died" under the iron hoof, and then several cities were captured by Nanzhao with great force.
Zhou Jing'an asked the question he had wanted to ask for a long time: "Then how did you survive?"
Pei Yu chuckled. It was still possible to joke at this time.
"I am lucky, the King of Hell won't take me."
Seeing Zhou Jing'an frown, he smiled and said, "Alright, alright, if he can incite my men to rebel, why can't I?"
"Ah, you know that guy too."
Zhou Jingan pondered for a moment, "Is it Qian Sidu?"
Pei Yu nodded. "He's from Nanzhao and fell in love with a woman from Dashun. I was able to help him, so he helped me. He disguised himself every day to do business, and they even had a son."
When he said this, Zhou Jing'an was stunned and a bold idea popped up in his head.
"That woman...is she the Sixth Princess of the previous dynasty?"
Pei Yu raised his eyebrows, a smile in his eyes.
"Bu Yan is indeed smart."
At that time, there were only two orphans left in the royal family, one was Wanran, also known as the fifth prince Pei Xuan, and the other was the sixth princess Pei Jun.
When mentioning Qian Sidu, Zhou Jing'an remembered that the Emperor of Dashun wanted Pei Jun to marry into Nanzhao as a peace agreement, and he even arranged a flower banquet when the Nanzhao envoys and their princes came to the court, with the intention of matchmaking.
Qian Sidu is a close associate of the Third Prince Ji Cang, and naturally serves as his personal bodyguard. He must have met Pei Jun.
Zhou Jing'an looked at Pei Yu with a complicated expression, "Are you going to sacrifice your sister for your plan?"
"She and I are not related by blood, and it's not like she doesn't want to."
Pei Yu smiled and said, "She helped me a lot. Qian Sidu's help gave me the opportunity to kill Ji Cang with my own hands, skin him, pull out his tendons, and cut him into pieces."
What could Pei Jun do if she didn't want to? If she wanted to survive, she had no choice but to listen to him.
However, after he forced Pei Jun to be her husband, Pei Yu abandoned and killed him because he was incompetent.
Zhou Jing'an's expression turned cold, and his voice was slightly chilled, "You are really so selfish and cruel."
Pei Yu felt his body getting heavier and he could hardly stand. The wound on his abdomen was very deep and he was bleeding profusely.
Hearing his words, Pei Yu smiled brightly, "I am like this all along, but you just don't want to believe it."
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