"Who are you people to be so bold!"
"I am Changqing of Da Yu, and I will never change my name or surname." Changqing glanced at the Pei family guards. In his eyes, these people were like shrimps, not even worthy of being called opponents.
"Yes...they are people from Da Yu."
Upon hearing that they were from Da Yu, everyone immediately panicked. Before long, all the people from the Pei family mansion were brought before Chang Qing with their hands tied behind their backs.
Chang Qing glanced around quietly, "I'm afraid your patriarch won't be coming back."
"What?"
Several elders looked up in shock upon hearing this, "You're talking nonsense, our patriarch clearly..."
He stopped himself halfway through his sentence, worried that Chang Qing would find Pei Jian's whereabouts.
"It seems Pei Jian went to the Sun family for help behind your backs." Chang Qing said with a sly look. "Tsk, it seems Pei Jian is quite concerned about his reputation and knows that it wouldn't look good if he made a scene about asking for help."
"Nonsense! Even if I die, I will not allow you to slander the head of the family."
A guard struggled to rush towards Chang Qing, but Chang Qing quickly walked to the guard's side and knocked him unconscious with a single chop.
"My orders are only not to kill the people of Longyou. As for you people from the Pei family, Miss Pei did not plead for you."
"Young Master!"
"Young Master, my foot! You all had your patriarch sent assassins to kill you. It's only because Miss Pei hasn't made me cut you all into a thousand pieces that I'm being merciful." Chang Qing used the roughest words to deliver the most hurtful blows. "But don't worry, with Miss Pei around, the Pei family will at least not die out."
"You band of robbers, you killed our Pei family, let's see how you explain this to the world."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chang Qing burst out laughing.
"Do you think your Pei family is still the same Pei family that used to practice medicine and save lives?"
Little did they know, the Pei family's reputation was now almost completely ruined.
On the other side.
Seeing that Pei Jian's carriage was going faster and faster, Ling Ku once again risked his life to intervene, and this time, Pei Jian's carriage came to a stop.
"Who's been following me suspiciously all this way, using such underhanded tactics? Are they some kind of rat in the gutter who can't stand the light of day?"
Pei Jian deliberately raised his voice, appearing calm and collected on the surface, but his palms were already starting to sweat.
He couldn't determine how many people were hiding in the shadows, or whose people they were.
"General Ling, he dared to insult you! I'll go and teach him a lesson right now!"
Upon hearing this, the Qin family's secret guards couldn't stay still. Just as they were about to leave, Ling Ku pressed them down, saying, "Are you stupid? We just need to hold out until reinforcements arrive. If you go out and confront Pei Jian now, be careful he doesn't poison you."
"So we're just going to let him insult you like that?" The Qin family guard standing beside Ling Ku was so angry that his eyes flashed with murderous intent. "How can we allow others to easily rebuke and insult our Qin family's son-in-law?"
"The Qin family's son-in-law?"
Ling Ku's heart skipped a beat, and the guard realized the inappropriateness of his words, falling silent as if a punctured balloon had been popped.
"This concerns your young lady's reputation, so don't talk nonsense."
I'm not lying!
The guards thought to themselves, "If he wasn't the young lady's chosen son-in-law, why would the madam send them all to protect General Ling's safety?"
Thinking of this, a dangerous glint flashed in the guard's eyes, and he looked at Pei Jian as if he were looking at a dead man.
Seeing that no one came out after a long time, Pei Jian's panic intensified. "Quick, drive the car!"
But the next second, the wheel broke down again.
Along the way, Pei Jian had already worn out five wheels.
"Who exactly is playing tricks on me, the patriarch!"
......
Half an hour later, a bright light flashed across the sky. Ling Ku breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the light. "People from Da Yu have arrived."
Then Ling Ku looked in Pei Jian's direction and stepped out from the shadows.
"Patriarch Pei, it's been a long time."
Ling Ku's face was still covered by a disguise. Pei Jian was stunned when he saw Ling Ku. "You...you're not..."
“I’ve disappointed Patriarch Pei.” Ling Ku slowly peeled off his mask, revealing his true appearance. “Patriarch Pei seems quite surprised that I didn’t become an empty shell at your beck and call.”
Who exactly are you?
"The Great Yu is barren and desolate."
Upon hearing these four words, Pei Jian's legs went weak. He had been to Dayu more than once and had naturally heard of Ling Ku's name. The mere fact that he had the surname Ling meant that he was no ordinary person.
"You...you actually sneaked into Longyou, what exactly do you want to do?"
Without a sound, the subordinate driving Pei Jian's carriage had already fallen to the ground and died. Countless Dayu soldiers slowly approached from behind Ling Ku. Upon seeing this, Pei Jian was already having some difficulty breathing.
"Of course... we need to find the mother Gu."
Ling Ku's words made Pei Jian's eyes widen instantly, almost immediately becoming bloodshot. The deepest secret was revealed by Ling Ku in this moment, and Pei Jian's ears rang.
"I don't understand what you're saying."
"Oh, I forgot to tell Patriarch Pei." Ling Ku seemed to want to vent all the experiences of the past month and vent his anger, so he also became interested in tormenting Pei Jian. "Our Empress Dowager gave birth safely, and the little prince is healthy. He was named Prince Chen at birth."
"How is this possible?" The words "safe delivery" were too shocking for Pei Jian, and he actually spat out a mouthful of blood.
Impossible... No one in Da Yu would know how to cure the Gu poison.
Could it be that...
An unbelievable thought surfaced in Pei Jian's mind, and his vision began to blur.
"This is all thanks to Miss Pei. It was Miss Pei who stayed by the Empress Dowager's side and helped her hold on until the mother Gu was brought back." Ling Ku had a cruel smile on his face. "It was also Miss Pei who personally used acupuncture to draw out the offspring Gu."
"Traitor! You wicked creature!"
Pei Jian tumbled off the carriage and fell heavily to the ground.
"You are the traitor, Patriarch Pei."
"The ancestors of the Pei family once decreed that no one should raise Gu poison, but you, Pei Jian, as the head of the family, have been raising Gu poison on your own and even using Miss Pei to cast Gu poison on the Empress Dowager. You really have no humanity at all. She is your own daughter, and you actually used her like this."
Hearing Ling Ku's words, Pei Jian actually chuckled to himself.
"She is good, but not ruthless enough. A person like that cannot be the head of the Pei family."
"It's a pity that the Pei family will cease to exist from now on." Ling Ku clapped his hands, and someone immediately stepped forward and grabbed Pei Jian. "You don't need to worry about Longyou either; we'll take care of cleaning up your mess."
"You, you actually dare!"
"Shh, if you keep talking too much, you might get yourself killed." Ling Ku said impatiently, "This general has suffered a lot of humiliation in Longyou these days, don't go looking for your own death."
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