Chapter 60 Chapter 60 is the only genuine version...
"Girl, this is..."
Qingmei was also startled and dumbfounded.
Even though she didn't understand what the talisman meant, she felt a chill just by looking at it, as it was secretly pasted on the wooden box containing the human head.
There is no doubt that this talisman was definitely made with malicious intent.
Gu Zhizhuo remained motionless, supporting her faith until it collapsed like a crumbling city wall.
"Miss Gu, I don't know anything."
Jiang Youzheng raised his eyes in shock and quickly explained, "When it was delivered, there was only the wooden box. I didn't move the coffin casually. I set up a mourning hall for the Duke and enshrined him. I really don't know how it happened..."
"Ryouto is absolutely despicable."
Jiang Youzheng thought it was something that Liang Ren had just returned. He gritted his teeth, wishing he could eat its flesh and blood.
"My lord!"
Old Dan was filled with grief, tears kept streaming down his only remaining eye. He fell to his knees, buried his head in his hands, and screamed miserably.
The Duke fought for Da Qi until his death, why did he treat him like this after his death!
Why!
Gu Zhizhuo did not cry. She held her head in her arms, tore off the talisman expressionlessly, and held it tightly in her palm.
"Captain Jiang," she asked, "who sent my father's remains?"
Her voice was as cold as ice, and Jiang Shoubei replied simply, "It was sent by the Prince of Jin himself."
"Prince Jin..."
Gu Zhizhuo chewed on the name.
The young master said that when the King of Jin negotiated peace with the State of Liang on behalf of the king, after the State of Liang returned his father's remains, the King of Jin sent the remains to a Taoist temple.
During the reign of the previous emperor, the Prince of Jin was only a prince. After his father died in battle, the Prince of Jin was ordered to come to the Western Xinjiang. Afterwards, he was granted the title of prince for his contribution in negotiating peace with the State of Liang and ending the war in the Western Xinjiang.
The Prince of Jin also arrived in Western Xinjiang three years ago and has been stationed there ever since.
Gu Zhizhuo nodded, his voice steady: "Let's go!"
She didn't even take the wooden box. She held the head in her arms and turned to walk out.
After taking a few steps, she stumbled and almost fell. Gu Yiqun hurriedly supported her.
"Big sister, let me do it...give my uncle to me and I'll hold him."
"Miss Gu," Jiang Youzheng hurried over and urged, "Stay overnight at the government office. I'll have someone prepare a coffin right away."
He felt really bad.
Three years ago, he defended the city of Balehai for a whole month, without food or water, and nearly 80% of his soldiers were killed or wounded. He was ready to die in the city. The Duke of Zhenguo led his troops to the city, and like a god descending, he swung his spear three times and killed three people, breaking through the Liang people who surrounded them.
He will always remember that day.
Who could have imagined that after the Duke's death, not only would his body not be preserved intact, but he would also suffer such a curse.
"Miss Gu!"
"Need not."
Gu Zhizhuo walked outside, and the others followed closely behind him.
"Miss Gu, it's getting dark. If you leave now, you won't be able to reach the next city in time." Jiang Youzheng desperately urged, "Why don't you rest for a night first?"
Gu Zhizhuo didn't even turn his head, and said the same two words: "No need."
Alas, why is the Duke’s daughter so stubborn!
Gu Zhizhuo mounted his horse and walked out of the garrison gate.
The afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the sky, which was still bright. Gu Zhizhuo calmly instructed, "Old Dan, go find out where the funeral shop in the city is and buy a coffin."
Old Dan wiped his tears, took the order and left.
Jiang Youzheng sighed softly.
He is not a fool, there is nothing he cannot understand. Gu Zhizhuo does not trust him.
Therefore, he was unwilling to stay in the garrison for a moment, and even preferred to go out and inquire about the coffin shop himself rather than accept his proposal.
Yes, if it were him, he would not trust any stranger in such a situation.
Jiang Youzheng said nothing and followed behind in silence.
On the street in front of the garrison, some people were looking out. A woman walked a few steps over and was about to speak when Liu Nuoqia came out and shouted angrily, "Stop! Who told you to leave like that?"
Liu Nuo waited in the main hall for a long time but they didn't come. When he asked, he found out that they had actually left.
He didn't even say hello, he was so arrogant.
Gu Zhizhuo turned her head to look at him. She was holding a head in her arms, and her dark eyes were staring at him. Liu Nuo suddenly felt a chill all around him and his hair stood on end.
It was still broad daylight, even if there were a ghost, it wouldn't dare come out. Liu Nuo consoled himself with a few words, thinking inwardly, "What kind of family is the Zhenguogong Mansion? To raise a daughter like this is a shame."
"Miss Gu," Liu Nuo said in a trembling voice, "How dare you treat your father like this? You are so unfilial!"
What normal girl would walk around with a human head in her arms? Such behavior should be thrown into a pig cage.
No wonder he is so sharp-tongued and loves to show off his words. He really lacks manners.
"Miss Gu, right?" Liu Nuo raised his chin and said condescendingly, "I advise you that as a woman, you should be virtuous and kind, so that you can be a good wife. You will never get married if you are like this."
After saying that, Liu Nuo looked around and asked, "Where's the wooden box?"
He continued, "Captain Jiang, Miss Gu is ignorant. How can you let her do what she wants? Someone, go get the wooden box."
Gu Zhizhuo asked calmly, "I heard that Lord Liu is a disciple of Prince Jin?"
Liu Nuo said arrogantly: "That's right."
He joined the Prince of Jin three years ago. With the Prince of Jin's guarantee, he was sent here as a fifth-rank military supervisor. As long as he stays for three years, he will be transferred back to the capital and at least be promoted to the fourth rank.
I don’t know where his classmates are hiding in the countryside.
The wooden box was delivered personally by the Prince of Jin. The Prince had secretly instructed the Duke of Zhenguo to take the wooden box away with him.
The head was placed in the wooden box. If it wasn't attached to the wooden box, would you still be able to pick it up with your hands? Therefore, when Gu Zhizhuo and the others went to the back, Liu Nuo didn't care. Who wants to, who wants to, really pick it up with your hands!
"Does Lord Liu recognize this?"
Gu Zhizhuo spread out her hands, and in her palm was the blood-stained talisman paper. The black and red blood and cinnabar mixed together, which was creepy.
When the Prince of Jin brought the wooden box, Guardian Jiang was on a city patrol, accompanied by Liu Nuo. When the cloth bag was opened, the wooden box was covered with dozens of talismans, which were later removed.
I didn’t expect there was another one?!
This thing looked eerie. Liu Nuo looked away and brushed the corner of his official robe: "Of course I know."
He deliberately didn't look kind to Gu Zhizhuo: "Duke Zhenguo Gu Taotao has killed too many people. The talisman is to remove his evil spirit, so as to avoid punishment from heaven and difficulty in entering reincarnation."
The long black whip moved like a snake, snapping! The tip of the whip wrapped around Liu Nuo's arm. He raised his eyes in anger. The whip was pitch black, and the handle was inlaid with rubies, reflecting the sunlight and stinging his eyes.
The first thought was: How much silver does this whip cost?
He swallowed and said, "Extravagant!"
He tried to shake off the whip wrapped around his hand, saying, "That's what military commanders are like. They love fighting and killing for their own wealth and fame."
Gu Zhizhuo originally wanted to find a coffin first and settle his father down before doing anything else.
She is holding the head in her arms now, which will make her father uneasy in his death.
However, this person really made her unbearable.
"Lord Liu, what did you say?" There was a piercing coldness in the depths of Gu Zhizhuo's eyes.
Liu Nuo couldn't pull the whip away, and said angrily: "I am not wrong."
He was born in the second class and was a disciple of the emperor. He looked down upon these rough men who wield swords and guns the most.
"Everyone knows that the poor are good at literature and the rich are good at martial arts. This war alone can make a fortune from empty salaries. Even the whip used by a little girl like you can be inlaid with such a big circle of gems."
As for them, they studied the books of sages and philosophers diligently for decades, and could only barely make ends meet.
He has been greedy for so much, but when he came to his territory, he didn't even know to show some respect to me. He doesn't know any rules at all.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became: "If peace were the most important thing in all things, why would there be constant wars and countless casualties among the common people? Isn't this caused by these idiots who, in a moment of valor, ignored the people and slaughtered them indiscriminately in order to amass wealth?"
Even Jiang Youzheng was too embarrassed to listen to these words.
It was because the emperor was too spoiled and his life was too easy that he said something like "Why not eat meat porridge?"
Qi Fu's face was filled with resentment. He couldn't help but look at Gu Zhizhuo. She was being scolded, and Miss Gu wouldn't even dare to talk back?!
"As the ancients said, 'To be kind to the benevolent and to the neighbors is the treasure of a nation.'" Liu Nuo raised his chin high and spoke with awe. "The Duke of Zhenguo has dispatched troops to all corners of the country, conquering wars everywhere. He claims to be serving the country and its people, which is fine. But in my opinion, he did it for nothing more than a title, wealth and glory. For this, he has shed blood on the country, a deed that cannot be redeemed even by a thousand deaths."
He shook his sleeves and said as if it was a matter of course: "If these sins are not forgiven, you will surely fall into hell forever...Ahhh!"
Before he could finish the last sentence, Liu Nuo was suddenly pulled by the whip wrapped around his hand and stumbled towards Gu Zhizhuo.
Gu Zhizhuo kicked him in the lower abdomen.
Liu Nuo had no time to dodge and fell out like a fly. His tailbone hit the ground and it was numb with pain.
Qi Fu:! He took back what he just said.
Gu Zhizhuo stepped forward and stepped on Liu Nuo's chest, unsheathed the scimitar at his waist and pressed it against his neck.
Gu Zhizhuo said in a voice that was muffled: "My Gu family has used the flesh and blood of generations of descendants to protect the Daqi Empire. It turns out that it is for glory and wealth. Very good, very good."
"grown ups!"
Liu Nuo's guards drew their swords and rushed forward. Before they got close, there was a burst of crackling sounds. Their wrists were covered in blood and the swords in their hands were all knocked to the ground.
Chongjiu, dressed in black, shook his sword and stood beside her with an expressionless face.
Gu Yiqun held a longbow with several arrows already on the string, protecting Gu Zhizhuo on the other side. His eyes were filled with piercing hatred.
Gu Zhizhuo didn't even raise her eyelids. She pressed the knife down an inch, and some blood lines appeared on Liu Nuo's neck. The blood flowed down along the blood groove of the knife, soaking his neck.
"Someone come! Someone come, someone's killing someone!"
Liu Nuo was so scared that his face turned pale, his crotch was wet, and a strong fishy smell filled the air.
Jiang Youzheng touched his nose and thought to himself: It feels so good! As expected of the Duke's daughter, she is so decisive and ruthless.
Gu Zhizhuo's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and the blood on Liu Nuo's neck was flowing more and more. Jiang Youzheng had to hurry forward. He had just taken half a step when the sword in Chongjiu's hand was across in front of him. The sword reflected Chongjiu's eyes without any ripples.
Jiang Youzheng didn't dare to offend again and could only shout, "Miss Gu, please show some mercy. Killing an official appointed by the imperial court at the border is a crime worthy of treason!"
The Duke has been kind to him and has made great contributions to the Great Qi Dynasty. He cannot bear to see Miss Gu commit a serious crime in a moment of anger.
"Miss, the Duke is still waiting for you to bring him home!"
Gu Zhizhuo finally retracted his sword.
Jiang Youzheng breathed a sigh of relief, as long as no one was killed.
Liu Nuo touched his neck with shaking hands, and his palms were wet with blood.
Blood!
It was all his blood. He was dying, dying!
"Come, come, call the doctor!"
He wanted to shout, but the louder he shouted, the more pain he felt in his neck. He was so scared that he thought his neck was stabbed through, so he quickly covered it with both hands, his face as pale as paper.
"Miss Gu...it's my fault."
"You spared me."
Gu Zhizhuo's right foot was still on his chest. He once again held the talisman in front of him and said with a half-smile, "I see that Lord Liu has quite a bit of evil energy. I need to suppress it a bit."
She rolled the talisman into a ball and placed it next to his mouth: "Open your mouth."
Liu Nuo's face was filled with shock: "No, no..."
"If the evil spirit is not suppressed, not only will your life be in danger, but you will also be condemned to eternal damnation in the underworld."
Her eyes were cold, and every word she said sounded like a threat, but also more like a statement of fact - if you don't eat, you will die.
“One, two…”
Liu Nuo opened his mouth tremblingly, and Gu Zhizhuo stuffed the talisman into his mouth.
"swallow."
Liu Nuo burst into tears, and his face no longer had the arrogance and superiority just now. His loose face was full of pleading.
His throat moved and he swallowed the talisman paper forcefully.
Gu Zhizhuo moved his feet away from his chest.
Liu Nuo rolled and crawled to his feet, hunched over and retched, then desperately stuck his fingers into his throat, trying to get the talisman paper out.
"Miss Gu, I won't let him file a complaint." Jiang Youzheng lowered his voice.
He still has the ability to quietly intercept memorials, but he is just too lazy to start an argument.
Jiang Youzheng looked at Liu Nuo, who was spitting sour water, with disgust and advised: "Don't harm yourself and the Duke's Mansion for such rubbish."
Every word of these comes from the heart.
Gu Zhizhuo understood and appreciated it: "Thank you, Guard Jiang."
A warm light flashed in Qi Fu's eyes, and his heart was filled with excitement.
Lao Dan had not returned from inquiring about the coffin shop yet, and Gu Zhizhuo and his men were waiting there.
Liu Nuo was vomiting while crawling towards the mansion. He fell after only two steps. In the end, the guards carried him in tremblingly.
Gu Zhizhuo's face was gloomy, and his dark eyes were bottomless.
"Is the girl from the Duke of Zhenguo's residence?"
An old man carrying a load came over. He had been watching from the end of the street for a long time, and only now did he muster up the courage to come up and ask.
Gu Zhizhuo nodded and said calmly, "The Duke of Zhenguo is my late father. I came here to bring my late father's remains back to the capital."
"It's really the Duke!"
"The Duke's family has arrived."
The old man suddenly threw away his carrying pole and started shouting loudly.
"Come quickly!"
Gu Zhizhuo:?
"My lord!"
They shouted one after another, from one to two, three, and then more and more, all gathered together, as if with some indescribable infectious power, and their voices echoed all at once. In just a short while, many people gathered from all directions.
Gu Zhizhuo couldn't help but be stunned.
"Is she the Duke's daughter?"
"Have the Duke's remains been found?!"
"I have set up a memorial tablet for the Duke and burn incense every day."
"Our whole family, young and old, was saved by the Duke."
"Miss Gu, please come to our house and have a seat."
Some people cry, some people laugh.
Gu Zhizhuo looked at these unfamiliar faces, their skin dark and rough, covered in dust and hard work, but now all of them were covered with tears and gratitude. In a short time, the front of the garrison was filled with people, all talking at once, and then it was unknown who was the first to see the head in Gu Zhizhuo's arms.
The sounds around seemed to be sucked away by an unknown force in an instant, and someone knelt down.
All knelt down.
Low sobs and whimpers echoed throughout the entire city of Aul.
Gu Yiqun's lips were half open, and at this moment, he seemed to understand something.
No wonder, grandfather, uncle, father and others would rather die than defend the northern border... These people who were once protected under their flesh and blood really have not forgotten them.
The resentment and hatred in Gu Zhizhuo's chest gradually faded away with his cries, and the lingering murderous intent in his eyes subsided.
"Please get up!"
Gu Zhizhuo returned the greeting with great respect. An old man looked at the head in Gu Zhizhuo's arms and asked in a trembling voice, "Doesn't the Duke have a coffin?"
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