Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Ling Suye fell silent.
Although he had some guesses about Sheng Li's identity before, there was still a huge gap between the guess and the facts.
When the three words "Gu Xuanyou" came out of Sheng Li's mouth, his identity as the male protagonist of the original novel was confirmed.
Ling Suye carefully recalled the description of Gu Xuanyou he heard in the original novel when he was about to die.
Extraordinary grace, amazing talent, pure and good.
Gu Xuanyou was able to possess such extraordinary strength in his early twenties, truly living up to the words "astonishing talent and extraordinary beauty";
During the three years they had been together, Ling Suye could indeed feel the purest and kindest nature of his character at all times.
As for that 'extraordinary grace', Ling Suye thought, it's a pity that he is blind and cannot see Mr. Sheng, who is as bright as the moon in the capital city, with his own eyes.
It was such a pity that when he was working at the Du'e Division in the capital, he never got to meet Sheng Li.
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After dinner, Ling Suye sat at the table and took out several brocade boxes filled with herbs.
The slender fingers gently brushed across the buckle. There was no need to look. One only needed to use the fingertips to feel the veins of the herb, the sharpness of the serrations, and the faint medicinal fragrance emanating from it to confirm its variety.
Sheng Li...now it's Gu Xuanyou, who is watching silently by the side.
Ling Suye said, "Lie down on the bed."
Gu Xuanyou subconsciously took a step towards the bed, and then he heard Ling Suye's second order: "Take off your shirt."
Gu Xuanyou stumbled and almost fell.
But he quickly calmed down, and then the sound of clothes rustling could be heard from the room.
Ling Suye didn't know where the bed was, but he followed Gu Xuanyou's footsteps steadily and without any mistakes.
He placed the brocade box beside the bed and extended his hand, which rested right above Gu Xuanyou's eyes. He spoke slowly, "Gu Xuanyou."
"exist."
"Close your eyes."
"yes."
Ling Suye's fingertips dipped in the medicine juice fell, starting from Gu Xuanyou's eyelids and extending outwards.
His fingertips were very cold, which might be related to his physical condition, or perhaps it was related to the fact that his cultivation had been abolished.
In short, when his fingertips fell, he could feel Gu Xuanyou twitching slightly.
But Ling Suye's heart was as cold as his hands. He would not try to comfort anyone, but only said, "Don't move."
Gu Xuanyou stopped moving immediately, even his breathing became lighter.
Ling Suye's fingertips moved all the way down from the cheek, gently stroking the neck to the collarbone.
By the time all the medicine was applied, half an hour had passed.
Ling Suye carefully wiped his fingertips with a cloth, stood up, put away the brocade box, and instructed Gu Xuanyou: "Lie down for another half an hour to wait for the medicine to absorb."
"yes."
Ling Suye casually placed the brocade box on the table, feeling his fingertips almost warmed by Gu Xuanyou's body temperature. He thought that Gu Xuanyou had a strong liver fire, so he would prescribe two doses of medicine for him tomorrow.
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The next morning, Ling Suye woke up and was surprised to find that Gu Xuanyou was still asleep. As he fumbled to wash up, Gu Xuanyou suddenly woke up at the sound of running water.
The faint light shone on his face through the square window frame, finally calling back Gu Xuanyou's soul.
He was a little annoyed.
Last night, his master simply called him the name 'Gu Xuanyou', but he was so excited that he couldn't sleep the whole night, and only fell into a light sleep at dawn.
Gu Xuanyou thought that this was understandable.
After all, before this, only his closest mother, aunt and the elders of the Ling family would call him that.
Now there is one more owner.
Gu Xuanyou quickly got out of bed, washed up, and brought a simple breakfast.
He had just looked at the water tank, and it was clear that he had not made any major changes to his face. He just raised the corners of his eyes slightly and lowered the corners of his lips. His entire appearance looked completely different.
In the past, the corners of his eyes were slightly droopy, and he always had a hint of smile when looking at people. Now, with this change, he has a sharp and unapproachable temperament.
Gu Xuanyou found it amazing.
The master did not ask him to deliberately change his usual habits of raising his eyes, closing his eyes, and talking. He just painted on his face for half an hour, as if turning him into a completely different person.
Now even the Sheng family in the capital city couldn't recognize him.
After breakfast, the two continued on their journey.
Gu Xuanyou said as he drove, "Master, when the waiter saw you coming down, he probably wanted to bring up what we said last night and invite you to the Zhou or Tian family. But the shopkeeper next to him shook his head and stopped him."
Ling Suye nodded and asked, "Anything else?"
"Also," Gu Xuanyou was taken aback, his voice a little shy, "your disguise skills are really amazing."
After he finished speaking, a smile appeared in his eyes again. Ever since he was poisoned and pushed off a cliff by the Sheng family three years ago, and his life was saved by his master, he wanted to say goodbye to the identity of "Sheng Li".
But his master saved him because he was 'Sheng Li', which led to him not expressing his inner thoughts.
Now that he could finally get rid of Sheng Li completely, Gu Xuanyou even felt a sense of relief as if he had been reborn.
Seeing that he couldn't get any more answers, Ling Suye leaned back and fell into deep thought.
This time he came to participate in the gambling stone competition, and on the way he heard about the matter of taking half of the last place's wealth as a prize.
Logically speaking, there are three major families in Chuzhou. Even if the Tian and Zhou families can bribe the owner and waiter of the post station, the ZY Ye family cannot sit idly by and wait for death.
At least we have to send some servants to win over Mr. Shi, right?
However, everything was calm last night and nothing happened. Ling Suye felt that either the Ye family was too careless and didn't care about half of the family wealth, or the people they sent were intercepted.
Overall, the second possibility is more likely.
Ling Suye said, "I won't stay overnight for the next few days. I'll hurry as fast as I can and sign up for the competition first."
"Yes, Master."
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Three days later, the master and servant arrived at Chuzhou City. Looking at the tall and majestic stone city gate, Gu Xuanyou subconsciously took out the pass and identity deed from his arms.
All the money was gone.
Only then did he remember that neither he nor his master seemed to have any identity deeds.
In the past three years, he has been traveling with his master to various small towns and has never been to a major city, so he has forgotten about this.
Just as he was about to turn around and report to his master, he saw a bony hand lift the curtain and hang a string of delicate goose yellow silk ribbons on the side of the carriage.
When the wind blows, the bells in the silk ribbons ring crisply.
A man who was a little too fat suddenly appeared, and Gu Xuanyou didn't even notice which direction he came from.
Before Gu Xuanyou drew his sword, the fat man asked with a smile, "Is it the carriage of the nameless genius doctor?"
He then turned to Gu Xuanyou and said, "Hey, little brother, don't be so cautious. Three years ago, the one who was still sick and wrapped tightly in white cloth was you, right?"
Gu Xuanyou kept his hand pressed down without moving.
Ling Suye's voice rang out from the carriage: "Constrain your demonic aura. You're scaring my people."
The man patted his belly and got on the carriage directly. His agility made Gu Xuanyou amazed.
"There's no evil spirit in me. It's wealth. After all, my true form is Jiaozi (Note 1)!"
"Xiao Jin, have you prepared your identity deed and travel permit?" Ling Suye interrupted his boasting.
"Everything is ready, except for your two names. You...three years ago you said your name was Wuming. Of course I know that was just an excuse to fool me and that kid from the Ye family, but do you really intend to write the word 'Wuming' on the identity deed? It's obviously a fake." said the fat monster named Xiao Jin.
Gu Xuanyou was outside the carriage, vaguely remembering some things that happened three years ago.
It's just that he was injured too badly at that time, often unconscious, and his whole body was wrapped up except for his mouth, so he knew very little about what was happening around his master.
However, when it comes to monsters, Jiaozi, and the name "Xiao Jin", he has some impression of it.
"Ling, Ling of Lingyun, Ling is nameless." Ling Suye said.
"Haha, isn't that good enough?" Xiao Jin took out a stack of forged identity deeds from his arms, pulled out a few tufts of hair, and began to write, including name, place of origin, etc. Ling Suye didn't need to tell him the rest, as this monster had already compiled it himself.
He asked, "What's your name, boy outside?"
Gu Xuanyou came in through the curtains, his voice forced to be steady: "Gu Xuanyou."
Xiao Jin wrote another one. After finishing it, he blew on the deed he had just written. The ink dried up quickly and even the paper looked a bit old.
Seeing Gu Xuanyou's surprise, Xiao Jin laughed and said, "I've already said that my true form is Jiaozi. What is Jiaozi? It's your silver note! In fact, not only can I forge deeds, I can even make silver notes look real. But that's too unethical. I don't do that kind of thing."
As he spoke, he invited the two to the Ye Mansion. "Nameless Divine Doctor, the Ye family kid will definitely be very happy that you can come. You sent me a message before saying you were coming, but I kept it to myself and didn't tell the Ye family kid. When he sees you this time, I think he'll cry with joy."
Ling Suye said, "You go back first. We'll register and arrive shortly. Oh, and there's no need to reserve a room for us. We'll stay at the inn."
Xiao Jin's smile froze: "How can this be possible?"
"I have things to do. Staying overnight will bring trouble to the Ye family." Ling Suye said in a light tone.
Xiao Jin was a monster, and even though he didn't understand what trouble was, he still didn't dare to argue with the monster catcher... the former monster catcher, and said, "Alright, alright. Ugh, I think the Ye family kid will be secretly wiping tears in his bed tonight!"
Although he was chubby, his steps were very agile and he disappeared into the city gate in the blink of an eye.
Ling Suye handed the various documents to Gu Xuanyou and, in a good mood, told him the whole story: "At that time, I picked you up from the bottom of the valley. I was worried that the Sheng family would come down to look for you, so I faked some traces of beasts gnawing on you, carried you on my back and floated down the river. I chose a deserted place to go ashore. Then, not long after we set off, I found Ye San, the young master of the Ye family, fighting fiercely with the monster Xiao Jin.
The Ye family owns a jade mine and is considered a wealthy family. Young Master Ye San, hoping to learn business from them, goes to Qiantang with ten Jiaozi notes worth a thousand taels each. However, the Jiaozi notes are full of wealth and attract the attention of the gold-eating beast Xiao Jin. Xiao Jin swallows his Jiaozi, and Ye San, enraged, fights Xiao Jin to the death.
Logically speaking, Ye San couldn't beat Xiao Jin, but the wealth on the Jiaozi was too abundant, so the gold-eating beast couldn't digest it and almost ate itself to death. At the same time, he was surrounded and intercepted by Ye San, and the two fought evenly.
Ling Suye summarized the rest of the story: "I was carrying you on my back at the time. They were fighting and blocking the only road. I had no choice but to stop them and mediate."
The scene described by Ling Suye almost appeared before Gu Xuanyou's eyes—
A blind and thin boy carried him, who was covered in wounds, on his back. In front of him was a deep and dark path, where a man and a demon were confronting each other.
The situation must have been extremely difficult at the time.
An indescribable feeling came over Gu Xuanyou's heart.
Ling Suye didn't know why Gu Xuanyou stopped the car. He knocked on the car and reminded in a cold voice, "Registration for the gambling stone competition."
The author has something to say:
Do business first, then fall in love
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Note 1: Jiaozi, the earliest paper currency in the world.
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