"It's a carrier pigeon!"
The Qin family's guards quickly brought over the carrier pigeon that had been shot with an arrow and skillfully untied the paper strip tied to its leg. "To be able to raise such a carrier pigeon, one must be from a wealthy family."
Ling Ku took the note, and his eyes narrowed sharply when he saw it. "It really was sent by Pei Ju to Pei Jian."
He had just observed that the carrier pigeons were flying in the direction of the Pei family, and were flying towards the direction of the Sun family, which made him extra cautious.
"The fact that Pei Ju can still send letters to Pei Jian means that the boss and the others..."
Ling Ku's expression also turned somewhat ugly upon hearing this; the Qin family had indeed not gained any advantage from the Pei family.
"We must stop Pei Jian; only in this way can we save them." Ling Ku's voice became more sharp. "If Pei Jian successfully returns to Longyou, given his methods, they will truly be doomed."
"General Ling, let's hurry on our way."
And so, the two of them, having just rested, immediately set off again for the Sun family.
Pei Jian, who was currently at the Sun family's residence, did not look too good either.
“Brother Sun, nowadays, the only families that can still fight against Dayu are your two families. If even we cannot join forces, then there is almost no chance of victory.”
Pei Jian's mouth was dry from talking, but the head of the Sun family remained completely unmoved, showing no trace of his previous determination to fight Dayu to the death.
"Brother Pei, it's not that I'm unwilling to cooperate with you, but Da Yu is too strong."
The Sun family patriarch's voice seemed to carry countless feelings of helplessness and regret.
As the head of a powerful family, how could he not have dreamed of expanding the Sun family and unifying the world?
What do you mean by that, Brother Sun?
“Since Brother Pei has come all this way to visit me, I’ll make things clear at once.” The Sun family head took a sip of tea. “The Yun family was the first to be involved in the incident. Brother Yun must have died long ago. Yun Mo stayed in Dayu, and Yun Hui was made the King of Yun.”
“That was the Yun family’s rebellious ancestor.”
“No.” The head of the Sun family shook his head. “It was the Yun family who first harbored inappropriate thoughts about the Empress Dowager of Dayu, wanting to use the amnesiac Empress Dowager to restrict Dayu, and we were all involved.”
"Therefore, with Brother Yun killed, the Yun family had no choice but to submit to Dayu."
"Brother Sun, why have you become so pessimistic?" Pei Jian asked, somewhat accusingly, noticing the tense atmosphere.
"It's not that I'm pessimistic, but if the Yun family isn't convincing enough, what about the Gong family? They want to annex the Yun family, but what will be their fate? Brother Pei, you can see that too."
“The Gong family is doomed because of the traitor Yun Wei.” Pei Jian looked firmly at the head of the Sun family. “Brother Sun, if you are willing, we can join forces and have at least a 60% chance of winning.”
Upon hearing this, the head of the Sun family stood up immediately. "What about the Qin family? Brother Qin has inexplicably been poisoned and is unconscious. Brother Pei, what do you think is the reason?"
You doubt me?
Pei Jian's expression changed; the gaze of the Sun family patriarch made him feel somewhat uneasy.
“If I remember correctly, Brother Pei was also behind the Gong family’s affairs, as well as the Qin family. Some time ago, Young Master Pei suddenly changed course and went to the Qin family.” The Sun family head sighed. “Brother Pei, my two children are now in Dayu. They wrote to me saying that they are doing very well, and I am very satisfied with the current situation.”
"I only hope that the Sun family can find a quiet place in this chaotic world."
After a few minutes of silence, Pei Jian chuckled, "It seems we're destined not to be able to work together."
"Brother Pei, please take care."
Pei Jian said no more and turned to walk outside.
"Brother Pei," the Sun family patriarch's voice rang out again, "it's pouring rain outside right now, Brother Pei, please wait until the rain stops before you leave."
"good."
......
"Master, why are you rejecting the Pei family so directly?" Madam Sun came out from behind the screen and brewed another pot of tea for the head of the Sun family.
"What kind of good person do you think Pei Jian is?"
The head of the Sun family spoke up irritably, "He's the one who poisoned Brother Qin, and the Gong family too. Did you see him help the Gong family afterwards?"
“What the patriarch says is true.”
Madam Sun nodded. "Pei Jian won't do anything without a reason. He must be here to use our Sun family to do things for him."
"My informant has sent word that Pei Jian has ruthlessly killed Pei Zhi."
"How could this be? That's his child!" Madam Sun trembled. Even tigers don't eat their cubs, let alone Pei Jian...
"Therefore, the Sun family must never get involved with Pei Jian."
Madam Sun nodded heavily. "Have Pei Jian leave once the rain stops."
However, it was destined that the Sun family patriarch and Madam Sun would not get their wish. As soon as the rain stopped, Pei Jian once again took his leave.
The fact that the Sun family refused to cooperate this time only increased the importance of the mother Gu.
Pei Jian was also feeling anxious. He needed to return to Longyou as soon as possible to guard the mother Gu.
Just as Pei Jian was riding away from the Sun family, the horse's front hoof suddenly missed its mark, and Pei Jian was thrown off the horse.
"Master!"
The Pei family guards rushed to check on Pei Jian's injuries. "Your leg is injured. I'm afraid you can't ride a horse right now."
"Go and ask the Sun family to prepare a horse-drawn carriage."
Pei Jian's right eyelid suddenly started twitching wildly, and an ominous premonition began to rise in his heart.
"Master, let's apply medicine to your leg bone first."
"I am a doctor myself!" Pei Jian's voice suddenly became firm. "I will handle it in the carriage. We must return to Longyou immediately."
As he spoke, Pei Jian's right leg began to throb with intense pain. The fall he had just taken was quite severe. Pei Jian's eyes darkened. A broken bone takes a hundred days to heal, which was not a good sign.
Meanwhile, the spies in the shadows of Dayu made their mission accomplished and rushed to send a message back to the capital.
"Wait, what's that ahead..." Ling Ku happened to run into Pei Jian, who was heading back. Ling Ku quickly hid and observed the situation in front of him.
Shouldn't Pei Jian be riding a horse?
Ling Ku frowned. "Taking a carriage back is not like Pei Jian's style. Why don't you go to the Sun family first and sound them out?"
"Alright, General Ling, please be careful."
Ling Ku nodded, looked at the carriage where Pei Jian was sitting, glanced around, and a few breaths later, a hard object punctured the carriage wheel.
"What's wrong?"
Pei Jian, the unlucky fellow inside the carriage, felt the carriage suddenly shake and his voice became somewhat impatient.
"Master, the carriage wheel has been punctured by something."
Pei Jian's temples were throbbing; he felt as if someone was deliberately working against him.
Otherwise, how could I be so unlucky?
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