After being reborn in the Mass Grave, she overturned her predecessor's power

October 8th, Cold Dew.

The nights were long and the days were short. Jiang Xue Ning got up early and changed into plain white clothes. She wore no makeup and pinned a white flower on her head.

She cooked two dishes herself. Qinghe Caiyue carried the prepared wine, fruits and various foods, and the group headed towards West City.

As they got closer to Gu's house, memories of the past came flooding back to their minds. Jiang Xuening closed her eyes and leaned against the carriage, suppressing the bitterness in her heart.

"Princess, we have arrived at the Gu Mansion."

Jiang Xue Ning was in a daze for a while before getting off the car. Back then, the Gu family was executed, but Helian Xuan never touched the Gu Mansion and let it go.

She stood in front of the gate of the Gu Mansion, looking at everything familiar, but she didn't dare to take a step.

Qing He said softly, "Princess, I'll go knock on the door."

“Dong dong dong dong dong dong…”

The door opened quickly, revealing an old man with gray hair and a limping leg.

The old man looked at her and asked excitedly, "Yangyang, are you back?"

Yangyang is her nickname, and only people who are very close to her call her that.

Gu Mingyue couldn't help but her eyes turned red instantly, and she said with all her might, "I'm Xue Ning, you must be Uncle Zheng..."

Old Man Zheng's eyes dimmed instantly, and he stared at her face, unwilling to move his eyes away, "So it's my cousin, I'm glad you still remember me."

Of course she remembered him, who had accompanied her grandfather through life and death on the battlefield, dancing with a long sword with great power. Later, he became her father's right-hand man, watching them grow up.

He had no children in his life. After being injured and lame on the battlefield, he retired from the army and returned to his hometown to spend his old age in peace.

Later, when the Gu family encountered trouble, he could not bear to see the Gu Mansion decay and become deserted, so he moved in with a few wounded old soldiers to guard the Gu Mansion.

As Old Zheng led them inside, he said, "I always feel that someone will come back one day. I, the old man, will be here to guard them. No matter when they come back, they will be able to find their home."

Jiang Xue Ning tried hard to hold back her tears, "That day will come, they will definitely come back."

Old Zheng took her outside the ancestral hall and said, "Cousin, please go in and take a look at them. I'll have someone prepare a meal. You can finish the sacrifice and eat before leaving."

Qinghe and Caiyue went to help, and she stepped in alone. The ancestral hall was filled with densely packed tablets.

Father, mother, eldest brother, second brother, eldest sister-in-law, little niece... Hundreds of people in the Gu family died in that disaster.

She held onto the door sill, facing one dark, cold tablet after another. She was almost suffocating, and her soul was falling.

She stumbled to the tablet and knelt on the ground with a thump, "Dad and Mom, I am your unfilial daughter and I am back to see you."

There are so many things I want to say, but I can't say anything. All my words turned into silent sobs.

She set out wine and food, and devoutly burned incense to everyone.

"Xiao Shujin is dead. This is just the beginning. Soon, those people will go to hell one after another. No one can escape."

"Rest in peace. The underworld is too cold. I will use their blood to commemorate you!"

Jiang Xue Ning looked carefully at each tablet. She dared not forget the blood feud. She wanted to overthrow the imperial power and be buried with the Gu family!

"You are indeed here."

A familiar voice came from outside the door. Jiang Xue Ning turned around and saw that it was Xiao Linfeng.

He was dressed in white, holding a glass of wine in his hand, and his expression was calm, not showing much sadness.

"What are you here for?"

"Come to pay tribute to the deceased."

Jiang Xue Ning walked out and blocked his way, saying sarcastically, "You are not qualified."

"After seeing you, they may not be able to rest in peace in their graves."

She didn't know how he had the nerve to come, and what mood he was in. Since he had no regrets about his move, he shouldn't pretend to come to pay tribute.

Xiao Linfeng pushed her away, "I don't want to see blood in front of the funeral hall, you'd better not mess with me."

"What a big tone." She lowered her eyes and said coldly, "If you dare to take a step in, I will make you lie down when you come out!"

Xiao Linfeng stopped and looked at her with a gaze that was so gentle that it was creepy, with a strange smile on his face.

"You look very much like that person now..."

He approached her step by step, "I suddenly felt that what Xiao Shujin said might be true. After all, there are many strange things in this world."

Jiang Xue Ning said calmly, "As expected of the Xiao family, they are all crazy in the same way."

He reached out to touch her face, but she dodged him fiercely, "Don't touch me, it's disgusting."

He wasn't angry, but said with regret, "She looks the brightest in red, and she looks the most charming when she lowers her head and smiles. You could be more like her, what a pity..."

If he were to train her, he could create a perfect Gu Mingyue one-to-one through all the details.

Jiang Xuening got goosebumps all over her body. "Don't be so disgusting. If you had remembered her old feelings, she wouldn't have ended up like that."

"Haha, even if she died, you're still here, right?" Xiao Linfeng said nonchalantly, "You're flaunting yourself as her cousin. You seem to want to be her."

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm just myself and I don't want to be anyone else."

"You're pretty tough."

Jiang Xue Ning always felt that he was looking at others through her, and the malice in his eyes made people feel cold.

Xiao Linfeng opened the wine jug and poured the sake on the ground. He stood outside the door and looked at the tablets in the ancestral hall in silence for a long time.

"The first cup is to toast our glorious past."

"The second cup is for the present moment when we are falling apart."

"The third cup is for us to meet in the future, in the afterlife."

Jiang Xue Ning watched from the side, not moved at all. She just thought he was being hypocritical and had a mental problem.

Xiao Linfeng raised his head and drank in big gulps. The person who had drunk with him until dawn was no longer there.

So, he rarely drinks in recent years.

"You're so humorous. Are you schizophrenic? If you're sick, go get treatment." Jiang Xue Ning couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Instead of coming here to put on a big show and making them restless."

After drinking the wine, he smashed the wine jug on the ground. With a "bang", the fragments flew everywhere and the wine spilled on Jiang Xue Ning's clothes.

He chuckled, his eyes were stained with alcohol, and his low and hoarse voice was a little sick.

"I heard that there is a secret method in the Western Regions that can turn people into puppets. They will not decay or rot, and can be manipulated at will."

Jiang Xue Ning's scalp tingled. She took a half step back to distance herself from him and asked cautiously, "What do you want to do?"

"No matter who your soul is, I like your body very much."

"Oh, I must be extremely unlucky to be liked by you. After all, those you like never have a good ending."

Xiao Linfeng didn't respond and left. After walking a short distance, the late autumn sun looked back at her, his slightly narrowed pupils revealing the light of a beast hunting, and a strange light on his face, as if he was going to devour her in the next second.

He said, "Whether you are Gu Mingyue or Jiang Xuening, we have a long way to go."

This time, don't try to escape from his grasp.

The net has been cast... just waiting to be harvested...