Female Master's Warm Jade

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Pei Jingyao held the hemp rope on the saddle. Wu Jin had great inertia, and he leaned tightly in Yun Si's arms. The cold wind blew into his coat and poured into his clothes. The biting cold wind on the mountain made it difficult for him to open his eyes, so he had to turn his head to look to the side.

There were many bamboo forest barriers, and he felt that the horse under him seemed to have consciousness. It did not need Yun Si's guidance. It turned a few corners in a few seconds and found its way out in the thick bamboo forest.

Pei Jingyao raised his head and looked around the forest with curious eyes. It was Yun Si who carried him up the mountain. This was the first time he looked at the mountain so seriously.

The withered yellow leaves were scattered all over the ground, and the whole mountain forest was covered with golden autumn, except for the lush bamboo forest in front of the courtyard, which was messy and seemed to be planted like this on purpose.

Seeing Pei Jingyao's curiosity, Yun Si explained, "It's a formation used to trap animals. I like quietness and don't like outsiders to disturb me."

Pei Jingyao nodded gently and retracted his gaze from the forest. He actually didn't know what Yun Si did until now. Yun Si didn't tell him, and he was very self-aware and never asked. Pei Jingyao never thought that the villa on the mountain was Yun Si's home. It was most likely just a place to relax.

Wu Jin trotted all the way up the mountain path. Yun Si was worried that Pei Jingyao couldn't stand the bumps, so he deliberately held the reins and slowed down a lot when going down the mountain. At this moment, the man's body leaned against her chest. There were not many pedestrians on the path in the early morning, so Yun Si sped up.

While Wu Jin sped up, she put one hand around Pei Jingyao's waist and controlled the force to press his waist in front of her. As slender as she imagined, she could even feel the bones at his waist through the clothes.

Too thin, Yun Si lowered her eyes and thought, he should be fatter, at least it won't hurt to hug him.

The place Pei Jingyao was going to was outside the capital, still some distance away from where Yun Si lived. After half an hour, Yun Si pulled the reins. She took a long step, hugged Pei Jingyao's waist and directly lifted him off the horse.

This place was deserted. Pei Jingyao hadn't said a word since getting off the horse. The two walked in silence on the weedy road. Occasionally, a few crows were startled by the noise and flew away with rough and hoarse calls.

Yun Si raised her eyes and looked in the direction where the crows flew away, frowning slightly. If she remembered correctly, there was a mass grave next to this barren mountain. People died in the capital every day, and most of the bodies that had no relatives to collect them would be thrown into the mass grave.

Once the straw mat was rolled up, it would be eaten up by the birds and beasts in the mountains within a week, and only a skeleton would be left.

At that time, all 19 people from the main branch of Master Pei were executed. Pei Jingyao and Pei Xiaoying were originally counted among them. Their lives were saved by the two youngest sons from the outer branches. Pei Jingyao hid for a long time with his younger brother. After coming out, he carefully asked around for the whereabouts of the bodies of the Pei family.

He thought he could at least collect the bodies for his parents, but when he walked to the mass grave with Pei Xiaoying, he saw the overlapping bones in the pit, and several rotten corpses that had not been eaten clean. There were so many that it was impossible to tell who they were before they were born.

Pei Xiaoying was scared and cried immediately. It was not that Pei Jingyao was not afraid, but if he was afraid, who would collect the bodies and set up a monument for the Pei family?