Ning Cheng grabbed Gu Beiyue's hand.
Ning Cheng didn't say anything. Gu Beiyue seemed to know what he meant and didn't say anything. He just looked at him quietly with a slight smile.
Seeing him smile, Ning Cheng also smiled. "Haha, Gu Beiyue!"
He had known about the Shadow Clan since he could remember. He had seen this guy a few years ago when the Di Clan and the Nether Clan had cooperated.
How could he have known that the hostage the Nether Clan had given him was the descendant of the Shadow Clan that he had been searching for for so many years?
Now, he knew that it was Gu Beiyue who had saved him from the explosion. If it wasn't for Gu Beiyue's shadow technique, no one in this world would have been able to save him!
"Gu Beiyue … Gu Beiyue … So it was you! Haha! "
Even though his laughter affected his wounds, Ning Cheng still laughed loudly.
Gu Beiyue smiled bitterly. If he had known that the Di Clan was so loyal, how could there have been so many misunderstandings?
Ning Cheng smiled and was about to get off the bed when Gu Beiyue hurriedly stopped him. "Patriarch Ning, you're injured. You shouldn't get off the bed for the next few days."
Ning Cheng became serious and insisted on getting off the bed. Gu Beiyue thought that Ning Cheng wanted to see the princess, so he couldn't stop him. He could only help him.
"No!" Ning Cheng didn't let him help him. He stubbornly sat up on his own. He didn't help him, but stood up straight as soon as his legs touched the ground. He was clearly a merchant, but he looked like a soldier.
He cupped his fists and bowed to Gu Beiyue.
Gu Beiyue was very surprised and hurriedly came over to help him. "Patriarch Ning, what are you doing?"
"Back then on the West Chu battlefield, I had eyes but failed to recognize you. Ning Cheng represents the entire Di Clan to apologize to Patriarch Gu!" Ning Cheng was serious and magnanimous.
Gu Beiyue smiled helplessly. "Since we don't know each other, why are you being so courteous? It's all a misunderstanding. I've also misunderstood Patriarch Ning! "
Gu Beiyue released him and took a step back. He also clasped his hands and bowed seriously.
The two of them looked at each other and smiled faintly.
A gentleman's smile can erase all enmity. They were all upright gentlemen, and they never had any enmity to speak of. What misunderstandings could not be wiped away with a smile?
"School leader Ning, I'm all alone. I have no family or clan. You can just call me Northmoon," Gu Beiyue said indifferently.
Ning Cheng froze at the words, "I have no family or clan." Just as he was about to ask, Gu Beiyue raised a hand to stop him. "If the princess is here, then the Shadow Clan is here."
With Gu Beiyue saying that, what else was there to ask?
This was also why Ning Cheng had been searching for the Shadow Clan all these years, why he had always trusted the Shadow Clan so much.
"Northmoon, if you don't mind, my Di clan is your Shadow clan! You can just call me Ning Cheng, "Ning Cheng said seriously.
"You're too polite, school leader Ning. We're all family." Gu Beiyue still did not change his way of addressing him. He smiled. Apart from being gentle, he seemed like a sly fox.
His words were full of hidden meanings. Ning Cheng had no time to think about it right now, but once the world was at peace in the future, Ning Cheng should be able to think about it.
"Are the princess and the others well?" Ning Cheng remembered this very soon.
"They're all well. Don't worry, school leader Ning." Gu Beiyue immediately told Ning Cheng about Jun Yi Xie's death and the current situation on the battlefield in Northern Li. Of course, he also told him about how Jun Yi Xie had poisoned Ning Cheng to raise Poison People.
Ning Cheng ground his teeth in resentment. It was just a pity that he could not kill Jun Yi Xie with his own hands.
"His highness and the princess are waiting for you to wake up. I'd better get someone to tell them," Gu Beiyue said.
Only when he saw Ning Cheng nod did Gu Beiyue order the Shadow Guard to report to him.
It had been almost a year since they parted in Blacktower. He still remembered the last time he saw her. She was already one-eyed. Ning Cheng sat on the bed with his eyes lowered, waiting silently.
Gu Beiyue saw this and said nothing either. He sat beside him.
Soon, Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi arrived. The moment Han Yunxi walked in, Gu Beiyue stood up. Ning Cheng also stood up at almost the same time. However, Gu Beiyue only nodded, while Ning Cheng cupped his fists and bowed. "Subordinate Ning Cheng greets the princess!"
Han Yunxi stood by the door and looked at this scene. Her heart was filled with emotions. Who would have thought that after going around in circles, she and Ning Cheng would still return to this point?
She raised her eyebrows and looked at him. Coldly, she said, "Raise your head."
Ning Cheng did as he was told. He looked straight ahead, his expression calm.
Han Yunxi looked at his eyes seriously. One of them was empty, while the other was dark, deep, sharp, and bright. That gaze seemed to be able to see through everything, see through the bustling world and the clamor of people's hearts.
"I didn't do it on purpose!" Han Yunxi said seriously.
"This subordinate knows!" Ning Cheng suddenly knelt down and said respectfully, "Fortunately, I still have one eye to receive punishment. This subordinate has been disrespectful to the princess. Please punish me, princess!"
He had said long ago that he would remember the crime of being disrespectful back then. There would be a day when he would receive punishment.
Han Yunxi also remembered this incident and waited for Ning Cheng to receive punishment. However, she did not expect that he would receive punishment with his other eye.
If both eyes were blind, wouldn't he be crippled?
She admitted that back then, she hated Ning Cheng's rudeness to the core and wished that she could blind his eyes with poison. However, she was still angry in her heart today. However, as the princess of Western Qin and as Ning Cheng's master, she could not bear to so cruelly punish a subordinate who had sacrificed everything for Western Qin. If she wanted to cripple him, why would she have risked her life to save him?
As the princess, she had too many ways to punish him severely. However, this matter did not only concern her status as the princess, but also the feelings and face of another man, her husband.
Han Yunxi eventually looked at Long Fei Ye, only to see that Long Fei Ye was expressionless and did not say a word.
Han Yunxi understood that this was a place where official business was conducted.
Coldly, she said, "Ning Cheng, listen up. I'll abolish your Di Clan noble title. Do you accept it? "
When she said this, Gu Beiyue and Long Fei Ye were a little surprised. However, Ning Cheng nodded without hesitation. "This subordinate accepts it wholeheartedly!"
Han Yunxi continued, "If your Ning Family Army performs a great service during the northern expedition, this princess will grant you the title of king and general!"
Abolishing the noble title but promising to grant him the title of king and general? Han Yunxi's move was truly brilliant!
Perhaps in her eyes, Ning Cheng being blinded in one eye was already punishment enough. She was simply seizing the chance to abolish the Di Clan's noble title while still winning them over to her side.
This was a secret signal to the Di, Bai, and Nether Clans, as well as the rest of the world. In the future, there would be no more Eastern and Western Qin, nor the Seven Noble Families. Cloud Realm Continent would only have one imperial clan and one empire!
Long Fei Ye's lips quirked up into a smile. The woman he'd taken a fancy to wasn't simple at all. This was Western Qin's imperial clan's business, so it had nothing to do with him. As for his personal grudges with Ning Cheng, he'd settle them with Ning Cheng later.
Ning Cheng was a smart man. Since the princess had made such a promise, then his Di Clan would definitely have a place in the empire in the future.
Ning Cheng kowtowed and kowtowed. "Thank you for the princess's favor!"
"Get up. Hurry and recover from your injuries. Without you, the Ning Clan's Head Clan would've been thrown into chaos," Han Yunxi said Coldly.
Her face was cold, but her heart wasn't cold at all.
As soon as Ning Cheng lay back on the bed, she went over to take his pulse and check for traces of poison in his body. Then she asked Gu Beiyue how Ning Cheng's injuries were.
"You were clearly poisoned, so why didn't you say anything? Did you want to die? "Han Yunxi asked.
"This subordinate thought that Ning Jing had told him?" Ning Cheng replied respectfully. His attitude was a carbon copy of Gu Beiyue's. Han Yunxi wasn't used to it, but she wasn't as courteous to Ning Cheng as she was to Gu Beiyue.
If Ning Cheng wanted to be so respectful, she would let him be.
Han Yunxi would never know that Ning Cheng didn't say that he was poisoned because he was determined to perish together with Jun Yi Xie. He didn't want her to take the risk to save him.
Seeing that Ning Cheng was basically fine, Han Yunxi sat aside. From the beginning to the end, Long Fei Ye just stayed by her side and didn't say anything.
"What's Jin Zi's background?" Han Yunxi asked.
Ning Cheng saw Jin Zi subduing White Tiger with his own eyes when he was tied up in Tiger's Prison. Gu Beiyue also told him about it just now. He was as surprised as everyone else.
"A slave trafficker sold a slave from East Wu. At that time, he was very young and didn't have any identification." Ning Cheng thought for a moment and said, "But there's a clue that we can check."
"What?" Han Yunxi was overjoyed.
"At that time, he didn't have anything on him, so he might have been searched. If we can find the traffickers who handled him back then, we might be able to find something, "Ning Cheng said.
It had to be said that this was a very troublesome matter.
Slave trafficking was often not done first, but through several hands. After such a long time, it wasn't easy to find all the people who handled the trafficking. Moreover, slave traffickers usually sold several people at the same time. Who knew how many people they had trafficked in more than ten years? It wasn't easy for them to remember clearly what happened back then.
However, this was the only way to find a clue.
Han Yunxi immediately ordered the servants to return to Myriad Merchant Hall to collect information and investigate. At the same time, she also reported the news that Ning Cheng had regained consciousness.
Ning Cheng was a little hesitant, but he still said, "Princess, Jin Zi … isn't a bad person by nature! I'm afraid he had no choice but to kidnap Ning Jing and the others. Back then, it was this subordinate who promised to sell him into slavery. "
If Ning Cheng hadn't mentioned it, everyone would have forgotten about this matter.
However, now, no matter who was in the wrong first, who was forced into a corner, and no matter who was good or bad, Han Yunxi only had two things to guard against.
The first was what exactly happened between Deacon Jin and Mu Ling 'er. Why did Mu Ling' er want to marry so decisively? Han Yunxi didn't believe that Mu Ling 'er would have a change of heart for Gu.
Mu Ling 'er had said before that even if she had to chase him for a lifetime, she would still chase him until Qi Brother grew old and couldn't run anymore. At that time, she would stay by Qi Brother's side. If nothing had happened, Mu Ling 'er would never go back on her promise to herself.
The other was Deacon Jin's background. If Deacon Jin was really a direct descendant of the Black Clan, then if she let him go, even if he didn't control the Black Clan, Jun Yi Xie's old subordinates who had escaped would still find him.
Han Yunxi wouldn't take the risk when facing someone she didn't understand. She wouldn't bet her sister's life on it.
"Ning Cheng, recuperate well. When the Ning Army arrives, you'll be in charge of the northern expedition army. We still have important matters to attend to! "Han Yunxi said seriously.
Ning Cheng knew that the important matter she was talking about was to save Ning Jing. Ning Cheng then looked at Long Fei Ye and said seriously, "Princess, Your Highness, don't worry. This subordinate won't let you down!"
After everything was settled, Ning Cheng had just woken up and needed to rest. Han Yunxi got up to leave, but Long Fei Ye still sat there without moving …
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