After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen
Chapter 114 - 113 Granny’s Tactics

Chapter 114: Chapter 113 Granny’s Tactics

The guards simultaneously took a step back!

It wasn’t just because of this military decree, but also because of the terrifying aura of the young girl in front of them!

This was already their last stand, because according to the military decree established by Liang Qin back then, upon seeing this decree, they must immediately disarm and follow the orders of the person holding the decree!

They were all loyal and brave members of the Liang Family. Having taken over their fathers’ positions, they naturally also inherited these rules. They knew that if they violated the decree, military law awaited them!

This young girl before them could never possibly know this past!

Except for Liang Chen, Liang Zhi, and those dozen others from back then, no one else could possibly know this secret decree!

So if she wasn’t informed by the Liang Family, if she wasn’t someone deeply trusted by the Liang Family, she absolutely couldn’t have this!

According to reason, they should immediately drop their weapons and kneel to listen to orders, but, but she had brought down Liang Zhi!

An unprecedented difficult choice lay before them.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

The leader of the guards flashed a cold light, the tip of his knife pointing again at Fu Zhen.

This Tiger Tally command might have accidentally leaked, but Liang Zhi was indeed knocked down by her for real.

Because of this, they couldn’t just easily let go!

Fu Zhen put away the silk scroll, jumped off the table, and said, "You are all loyal warriors of the Liang Family. Now with the command in my hand, I want you to put away your weapons and retreat outside the door! I am not here to harm your General, but to reveal something highly confidential to him. Use your brains; if I truly wanted to harm him, how could I do so in broad daylight?

"Moreover, could I have possibly invited him here from the West Lake Building in front of so many generals just to set a trap?

"Just make sure that no matter what happens before dawn, you do not interfere, nor reveal any information to the outside! By dawn, I assure you with my head that he will return to you unscathed."

"That’s impossible—"

"Xiao Si!" Fu Zhen slammed the table loudly, looking coldly at him. "Eight years ago, when your father was injured in the leg in the northwest, it was Liang Ning who walked twenty miles to get a military doctor back for him overnight! When your mother had a difficult childbirth with your younger sister, she sent someone to guard the door day and night!

"I am treating him this way today all because of Liang Ning! Where my Fu Family lives, who we have in the family, you all know well! If before dawn he does not return intact, what does it matter if you slaughter the Fu Family? On account of Liang Ning, do you really refuse to budge an inch?!"

Xiao Si’s knife tip trembled, dropping to the ground, his voice trembling too. "You! You—"

How could you know about this?

And how do you recognize him?

Questions filled Xiao Si’s mind, the same shock felt by the others.

They didn’t know what background this Miss Fu had, but if she wasn’t someone extremely close to the Liang Family, she could never have known so much!

Looking at the evenly breathing Liang Zhi on the ground, they exchanged glances and silently sheathed their weapons.

Indeed, if she truly wanted to kill Liang Zhi, there was no need to do so this way.

Xiao Si said, "We can agree not to interfere, but there is one thing, we must stay within fifty paces."

"As you wish!"

Fu Zhen also knew this was their greatest concession, so she beckoned for someone to help Liang Zhi up. Watching the twilight outside, she said, "Put him in the carriage!"

Xiao Si was surprised again, "Where are you going?!"

Fu Zhen looked steadily at him, "Baihe Temple. You can follow if you want."

Xiao Si didn’t understand what they were going to do at Baihe Temple, but wasn’t this nonsense?

Of course they had to follow!

Fu Zhen rolled her eyes at them and then was the first to board the carriage.

Canglang Pavilion was just a decoy; the real business had to be somewhere significant. Taking this detour was simply to avoid attracting too many people, disturbing her plans.

Dusk gathered.

Fu Zhen led her team out of the city, while on the other side, Pei Zhan was just leaving Grand Preceptor Gu Xiu’s residence.

Pei Zhan knew that Liang Zhi had returned last night because today there was a regular drill at the camp, so he went to the Liang Family early to have breakfast together.

Liang Zhi asked him to attend the noonday gathering because half of the people present were once subordinates of his and Liang Chen. With Liang Chen there, they would already feel constrained, and if the always serious him also attended—it would be unbearable, and Pei Zhan had enough self-awareness not to dampen their spirits.

After returning from the camp in the afternoon, he rode to Grand Tutor Gu Xiu’s house.

He had studied the dagger’s patterns for days, pondering that it was no common object, but after researching the major noble families of Great Zhou and searching among the legacy patterns of the previous dynasty’s royal family, there was no record of this object. If it wasn’t from within the court, then it could only be from foreign lands.

During the heyday of the previous dynasty, many foreign countries presented tribute items, and the National History Institute has a special gallery displaying these totem patterns. Gu Xiu was not only a renowned scholar of the previous dynasty, but he was also the one who led the arrangements in the National History Institute of Great Zhou, and he is currently overseeing a group of scholars at the Hanlin Academy compiling history.

If the National History Institute is where history is kept, then Master Gu is a living history book.

Pei Zhan was lucky; Gu Xiu happened to be at home, and after examining the patterns Pei Zhan had traced, the old man scrutinized them several times before saying, "This is the crescent moon pattern, the totem of a noble family from Dayue Country. If I recall correctly, it belongs to the descendants of the third branch of the founding royal family of Dayue Country.

"However, this third branch of the royal family of Dayue Country was exterminated by their siblings due to a royal family feud long before the establishment of Great Zhou. Their totem shouldn’t still exist in the world. This pattern, Ming Zhi, where did you obtain it?"

Dayue Country was the enemy nation that Pei Zhan and Liang Chen had jointly conquered. Pei Zhan remained calm: "During the invasion of Dayue Country’s capital, I happened to see it engraved on an artifact and traced it at the time." He paused briefly, "With Grand Tutor Gu’s insight, this should have belonged to the enemy nation’s royal family?"

Gu Xiu stroked his beard and paced a few steps, saying, "Not necessarily. This branch of the royal family was destroyed in factional fights for the throne, and they were eliminated seventy or eighty years ago. It should not have circulated anymore. You said it appeared in Dayue’s capital city, which is strange. But if it appeared in our Great Zhou Capital, it wouldn’t be a rare occurrence."

"Why is that?"

Gu Xiu stopped and looked at him: "Because history records that the conflict in Dayue was vast and lasted over a decade. At that time, several of their factions all tried to seek favor from the former dynasty, hoping to use the former dynasty’s military power to win that war. Therefore, they presented countless treasures.

"When Great Zhou was founded, I led people in opening the imperial warehouse and found over twenty boxes of tributes from Dayue, several of which came from this branch of the royal family. So this pattern, I know it well."

Pei Zhan then asked, "Are you aware of what those boxes contained, and where are they now?"

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