CHAPTER 193: CHAPTER 193: ORIGINS

But everything started to change from that day.

Gu Nian still couldn’t understand why, after so many years since the original mother’s incident, and both the original person and Gu Bei being so grown-up, those villagers still clung to past grievances?

Is it just to shift the blame onto them and protect the daughter of the village chief’s reputation?

Is a human life so worthless in their eyes?

"At the Phoenix Fairy Town post station, Gu Bei returned under the name of Prince Zhenbei’s son, while those from Fenglai Village were executed under the crime of conspiring to murder the wife and daughter of Prince Zhenbei." So, Gu Bei’s return this time was righteous revenge. Even after killing so many, no one could do anything about it.

Phoenix Fairy Town is the nearest town to Fenglai Village, so Gu Nian did not doubt it.

After hearing all this, Gu Nian turned around and left.

"Cuihua, let’s go." Gu Nian took Cuihua by the hand without a moment’s hesitation.

When Nan Jin Yu rolled his wheelchair to the doorway, Gu Nian’s figure had already disappeared at the gate.

Wuxin looked at Nan Jin Yu with concern, "Master, Miss Gu is still young, and the Lin Family harbors grudges against Gu Bei for the killings. They probably won’t take her back to Phoenix Fairy Town!"

Nan Jin Yu sighed helplessly, "Go prepare the carriage."

Nan Jin Yu’s carriage had been kept next door, and all this time, it never had the chance to appear.

Gu Nian returned home and promptly asked Cuihua to hitch the ox to the cart, with only Erhu being home. Upon hearing the noise, he came out to find Gu Nian with a serious expression and hastily asked, "Little sister, what’s happened? It’s already mid-afternoon, where are you and Cuihua taking the ox cart at this hour?"

"Second brother, I’m taking Cuihua out for a trip. It’ll take about two days before we return, tell our parents when they come back."

As soon as Gu Nian finished speaking, Cuihua had already prepared the cart.

The new house’s gates were widened during construction, so Gu Nian directly jumped onto the ox cart, and Cuihua skillfully set off driving the cart.

Erhu wanted to ask for more details, but Gu Nian didn’t give him the chance.

"Ah Nian, which way should we go?" Cuihua had never been to Phoenix Fairy Town and didn’t know the way once they left the village.

"That way." Last time, Gu Nian went back with Lin Sanshui, so she knew the direction.

At the same time, she couldn’t help but worry.

She knew the direction, but she had forgotten most of the specifics of the journey. Without navigation in ancient times, how should she proceed?

While Gu Nian was troubled, Wuxin drove up with a horse-drawn carriage, "Miss Gu..."

"Brother Wuxin, you’re here to..." Gu Nian already had a premonition in her heart.

Sure enough, as soon as she asked, Wuxin said, "My master feared you wouldn’t know the way, so he specially sent me to escort you."

Gu Nian took a deep breath, aware of the urgency, and said, "Then thank you very much, Brother Wuxin."

Saying this, Gu Nian got off the ox cart, and Wuxin, being perceptive, directly grabbed her by the waist and lifted her up.

"Cuihua, you head back first. Listen to our parents well for the next couple of days. I’ll return in a few days," said Gu Nian.

Wuxin pressed his lips together, though he had another thought in his heart.

When the master asked him to prepare the carriage, he had thought that if Miss Gu really met her brother, she might never come back again.

Who would have thought that in this small mountain nest, the two children who were once freely insulted turned out to be the son and daughter left behind by Gu Nianbei, Prince Zhenbei!