Chapter 486 Shura Jiaojiao (Second Update)

This courtyard is very secluded, and usually no one comes here. As long as there is not much noise in the wine cellar, it will not attract the patrolling guards.

But then someone did come along.

Judging from the sound of footsteps and the friction of armor, they were two adult soldiers.

The prefectural governor's mansion was generally controlled by the remnants of the previous dynasty, and the Chen army was mainly stationed outside the mansion. Therefore, Gu Chengfeng deduced that the two people who came were henchmen of the remnants of the previous dynasty.

Gu Chengfeng silently approached the door. He couldn't see what was happening outside, so he could only try his best to pay attention to the movements and sounds of the person who came in.

At this moment, Gu Jiao had already begun stitching up the wound on her abdominal wall.

Gu Chengfeng understood that the surgery was almost over, but the closer it got to the end, the less room there was for any mishaps.

Gu Chengfeng's heart skipped a beat.

Two soldiers entered the courtyard and headed towards the wine cellar. One of them grabbed his companion and said, "Alright, there's no one else here. Take it out!"

"Keep your voice down! Don't let anyone hear!" his companion said in a low voice.

"Okay, okay, I won't raise my voice!" The soldier's voice was a little softer, but his tone became more urgent. "Don't just keep trying to talk to me in a low voice. Where's the thing I asked you to bring? Take it out!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Chengfeng roughly understood that the two men had not come to check on his grandfather, and his heart calmed down a little.

However, he dared not be careless and still held two hidden weapons tightly in his hands.

His companion took out a small porcelain bottle and handed it to the soldier, saying, "Here you go!"

The soldier pulled out the cork, held the bottle to the opening, and sniffed it, his tone somewhat disgusted: "What's that smell?"

"It tastes just like this!"

"It works really well!"

"Why don't you try it and see if it works?"

"Have you tried it yourself? Is it really possible to do it seven times in one night?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Chengfeng frowned. What a load of rubbish! He really wanted to shut these two up!

He turned to look at Gu Jiao, who was treating the old Marquis. Gu Jiao was almost finished stitching up.

This girl is treating the injury so diligently, did she not hear those filthy words?

"Just tell me if you want it or not."

"Yes! Can I not take it? How much is it?"

“It sells for one or two taels of silver outside, but the shopkeeper is my friend, so he gave me a discount to two hundred coins. If I sold it to someone else, I would have to add fifty coins. You are my brother, and because of our friendship, I won’t charge you extra.”

Gu Chengfeng scoffed inwardly.

This kind of low-class stuff is expensive even at ten coins, and you call it brotherhood?

The soldier ultimately became a sucker, spending two hundred coins to buy the bottle of the "Ten-Ingredient Tonic Pill".

"Let's go," the soldier said to his comrade.

"etc."

"What's wrong?"

"there."

"What's going on over there?" the soldier looked around and said. "Oh, the wine cellar."

Gu Chengfeng's heart tightened!

"I heard that the wine in the Lingguan City Prefect's Mansion is a Daughter's Red wine that has been treasured for more than ten years." As his companion spoke, he walked towards the wine cellar.

The soldier grabbed him: "Hey, who was it that said we shouldn't be discovered? Carrying a wine jar in the middle of the night, are you trying to get caught already? I have plenty of wine in my room! I'll give you a jug when we get back!"

"Sigh... okay."

His companion was persuaded by the soldier and left the courtyard with him.

Gu Chengfeng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

His entire back was soaked in cold sweat, and his forehead was sticky. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat and asked Gu Jiao, "Are you done?"

Gu Jiao cut off the last thread and covered the wound with gauze: "It's not good yet, the fracture needs to be immobilized."

The old marquis had fractures in all four limbs and needed to be immobilized first, otherwise it would be very dangerous to move him.

Half of the dismantled table was thrown into the fire, and Gu Jiao used the remaining half to carve a few pieces of wood.

Gu Chengfeng went over to help her.

However, at that moment, something unexpected happened.

The two people who had already left suddenly turned back in a hurry!

"Oh no! It's Chief Guard Liu! If he finds out we weren't patrolling properly and ran here on our own, he'll definitely punish us!"

It was that soldier's voice.

"Quickly, hide!"

His companion said.

"Where are you hiding?" the soldier asked tremblingly.

"wine cellar!"

Gu Chengfeng's brow twitched!

His hand, which was helping to secure the board, paused. He glanced at Gu Jiao subconsciously, but Gu Jiao seemed not to have heard anything and calmly and swiftly continued what she was doing.

Gu Chengfeng's eyes flickered, and he looked coldly toward the door.

"Why can't I open the door? Is it locked from the inside?"

"No way, let me do it!"

The soldier's comrade pushed open the door, and a flash of fire suddenly came into his view. He was slightly taken aback, but before he could react to why there was a fire inside, Gu Chengfeng shot out two hidden weapons.

His body stiffened, and he fell forward.

He didn't fall heavily to the ground; Gu Chengfeng swiftly appeared in front of him and caught him.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, and before the soldier could react, Gu Chengfeng's other hidden weapon slit his throat.

Gu Chengfeng caught the two of them one by one, subtly dragged them into the house, and quickly but steadily closed the door without making a sound.

Gu Chengfeng placed the two bodies on the ground, then slumped to the side, leaning against the door behind him, trembling and panting.

He was a thief, not an assassin.

No matter how many times you kill someone, you can never truly get used to it.

But he couldn't help but kill.

The head guard Liu, whom the two mentioned, led a patrol of soldiers past the courtyard. Gu Chengfeng held his breath, trying to minimize his presence.

Gu Jiao had finished carving all the wooden boards; all that was left was to secure them in place, and they wouldn't make too much noise.

Unfortunately, the old marquis showed signs of waking up, and in his dazed state, he coughed unexpectedly.

What was that sound?

"Reporting to Lord Liu, it seems to have come from the wine cellar. There is a hostage being held in the wine cellar."

Chief Guard Liu: "Is it the old Marquis of the Gu family army?"

Subordinate: "It was him. He was interrogated this afternoon and was slightly injured."

Chief Guard Liu: "How could he be locked in the wine cellar?"

"This..." The subordinate gave an awkward smile.

The reason they were locked in the wine cellar instead of the dungeon was because someone had disobeyed the higher-ups and subjected the old Marquis to private torture. Fearing that they would be discovered if they were put in the dungeon, they were locked in the wine cellar first.

Chief Guard Liu wasn't stupid; he quickly figured out the key point. He was just a lowly chief guard and couldn't afford to offend the person who had used torture against the old Marquis. But tonight was his shift, and if anything happened to the hostages, he would be held responsible.

"Go and check on how he is," he instructed.

The two henchmen walked toward the wine cellar together.

At this point, Gu Jiao finished securing the old Marquis's left arm and began securing his right arm.

Gu Chengfeng took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

It's bound to happen...

Gu Chengfeng didn't give the two men a chance to open the door. He rushed out and shot down the two soldiers in front of him with two hidden weapons.

"Assassins!" Chief Guard Liu drew his sword and led the rest of his men toward Gu Chengfeng.

This group of people, including Chief Guard Liu, were just ordinary soldiers with no particularly strong skills. Gu Chengfeng didn't have much trouble dealing with them. However, Chief Guard Liu seemed to have noticed that Gu Chengfeng was quite skilled, and he blew the wooden whistle hanging at his waist without hesitation.

A tall and imposing figure flew through the air and kicked Gu Chengfeng in the chest. Gu Chengfeng fell heavily to the entrance of the wine cellar and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Gu Chengfeng clutched his chest, recognizing the man in black as one of the experts he and Gu Jiao had been tracking all along.

He also had companions who descended from the sky, one on the left and one on the right, blocking the entrance to the courtyard.

No wonder he didn't notice when they drugged him; their skill is almost on par with His Majesty's Dragon Shadow Guards.

Gu Chengfeng clutched his aching chest with one hand and used his sword to support himself with the other, standing up with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Archers, prepare!" Captain Liu shouted sternly.

A line of archers filed in, knelt on one knee, and simultaneously drew their bows, aiming at Gu Chengfeng.

The old marquis, whose right leg was being immobilized, seemed to sense that something was about to happen to his grandson. He opened his eyes slightly and turned his head to look outside the door.

Having been unconscious for too long, his vision was somewhat blurred. He could only vaguely make out a familiar figure, stubbornly picking up a long sword and fiercely guarding the people inside the house.

Suddenly, tears welled up in the old marquis's eyes.

Gu Chengfeng was kicked down by the black-clad expert for what felt like the hundredth time. Each time he fell, he coughed up blood, but each time he would get back up.

The expert in black seemed to have had enough. After knocking Gu Chengfeng down in the snow one last time, he stepped on Gu Chengfeng's chest with his boots.

He made a gesture to another expert in black.

His companion understood and strode towards the wine cellar.

Gu Chengfeng grasped a hidden weapon in his palm, but before he could shoot it, the black-clad man on his body stepped on his hand bone.

It's all time to end this.

The expert in black raised his cold boots and stomped them down hard on Gu Chengfeng's head!

Suddenly, heavy snow began to fall from the sky, with snowflakes fluttering down.

"ah--"

A scream rang out as the man in black outside the wine cellar was pulled inside by a powerful force.

Almost at the same moment, a red-tasseled spear suddenly shot out from the wine cellar, with a chilling sound of it cutting through the air. It pierced through the flying snow and pierced the heart of the black-clad expert, sending him flying and pinning him to the hard wall!

Everyone was stunned. The next second, they all looked towards the wine cellar and saw a slender figure that had appeared at the door at some point.

Amidst the swirling snow, the young man, with his long, ink-black hair, icy eyes, and menacing aura, resembled a demon emerging from purgatory.

Just ask me, isn't Jiao Jiao handsome?

(End of this chapter)