Chapter 613: He really did take care of it in the past (2/2)

Han Yunxi grew doubtful at his words. Did he just say that I wouldn’t know who it was? Is it even more complicated than that? Fine, she’d just ask Tang Li herself.

Currently, Tang Li was asleep in his rooms. Who knew if he was having bad dreams from this conclusion right this moment?

When the two of them returned to the room, Gu Beiyue’s pain had faded enough for him to sit up and inspect his injuries. Like Han Yunxi, he was quite mystified, but he wouldn’t ask Long Feiye for answers. The man would just ignore his questions anyway.

“Many thanks to Your Highness Duke of Qin,” he clasped his hands in sincere gratitude towards Long Feiye.

“Mm,” Long Feiye accepted magnanimously.

Han Yunxi was less worried with the Dragontendon Powder in Gu Beiyue’s system now. All they had to wait was for Third Elder Shen to arrive, then updates from Gu Qishao and Mu Linger. She sat down and asked, “Doctor Gu, this injury on your leg, can it…ever fully recover? Will it affect your everyday mobility?”

“I…” Gu Beiyue trailed off. Han Yunxi didn’t press the issue, yet her heart throbbed with fear for the worst.

Finally, Gu Beiyue smiled and said, “It’s not something I myself can cure.”

“Then what about someone else? Like Third Elder Shen? He’s already on his way,” Han Yunxi quiered anxiously.

“Possibly,” Gu Beiyue said simply. Actually, his reply was just so Han Yunxi wouldn’t lose hope. He wasn’t exactly lying, but he’d said less than the whole truth. Because he couldn’t cure it, no one else in the world could either, even if it was the head of the medical academy himself.

Meanwhile, Han Yunxi was sure there was still hope if he thought so too. Even if Shen Jueming couldn’t do it, there were surely plenty of doctors more skilled than him in the academy. Even if Gu Qishao and Mu Linger couldn’t find the right remedy, there was still the Pill King! I could ask him for help.

“Third Elder Shen will arrive within 10 days at the very latest. Gu Qishao and Mu Linger will help you look for medicine too. If you need any medicine, just tell us. As long as it exists, we’ll definitely find it,” Han Yunxi replied sincerely.

Gu Beiyue nodded with a smile. “Thank you, esteemed wangfei.”

Ignoring his manners, she asked, “How did you fall into the Chu Clan’s hands? Just what happened? How could they be so ruthless to you!?”

Now Gu Beiyue was even more certain that this foolish woman didn’t suspect a thing at the Thousand Buddha Cave. It wasn’t all that surprising since she’d been focusing on the Thousand-Year Gingko Tree then and ignoring all his staring. How was he supposed to reply?

Long Feiye stood to the side with hooded eyes, also waiting for his answer.

Gu Beiyue didn’t dawdle before he remarked, “I was originally planning to visit an old friend in Medical City, but I was ambushed on the road. I thought they were only robbers and wanted to buy my way out, but they shot me before I even left the carriage. Then I lost consciousness until I woke up and saw the Chu Clan members. They gave me some medicine and then handed me over to Ning Cheng.” As he spoke, he asked, “Just what is all this about? The Chu Clan betrayed Western Zhou? And how could Great General Ning…”

A cold smile crept across Long Feiye’s features. Gu Beiyue looked soft and harmless, but his ways of thinking were subtle and his lies, in turn, were completely natural. He even used his own questions to divert any suspicions from Han Yunxi. Meanwhile, she told him everything until he sighed. “Now this is something this one doesn’t understand. The Chu Clan could have just traded me directly for Chu Tianyi. Why did they hand me over to Ning Cheng?”

Gu Beiyue really hadn’t figured that part out. He hadn’t seen Ning Cheng again until yesterday during the exchange of hostages. Han Yunxi’s questions were thrown off track by his query. “Maybe the Chu and Ning Clans hadn’t yet fallen out when Chu Yunyi gave you to Ning Cheng.” She laughed coldly and added, “I can only say that Chu Yunyi overestimated himself. Ning Cheng is the official head of Cloud Realm Trade Consortium, he must have been looking to swallow up the Chu Clan troops all this time.”

Han Yunxi didn’t bring up the Nether and Di Clans with Gu Beiyue since he didn’t need to know all those details as a mere doctor. But she had no idea that the words ‘Cloud Realm Trade Consortium’ had stirred up waves in Gu Beiyue’s heart! He had been searching for the whereabouts of the Seven Noble Families too, keeping an eye on potential movements of the clans. The Di Clan was a special case that merited extra attention, and he’d always suspected the Consortium of being connected. However, their surnames made him hesitate, while their top-level secrets were extremely hard to crack. All he had were suspicions.

“Esteemed wangfei, isn’t the Cloud Realm Trade Consortium under the ownership of the Ouyang Clan?” he asked.

“The Ouyang name is only a pretense. Both Ouyang Ning Nuo and Ouyang Ning Jing are surnamed Ning. There’s Ning Cheng and Ning Nuo, Ning An and Ning Jing, which all together make…”

Gu Beiyue understood before she even finished. “Chengnuo, a promise, and Anjing, tranquility…”

His heart shook at the revelation. What a Chu Yunyi. So he knew of the Di Clan’s whereabouts long ago, but he never bothered to tell me. The Di Clan’s Ning Family had concealed their identities while amassing a large store of wealth. Just what did they want to do?