Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Living towards death.
Qin Chen's eyes widened: "You, you, you..."
"Don't worry about such a small matter." Gu Zhizhuo patted his shoulder with a smile and explained, "It's your bad luck that has cut off your lifeline. Let me ask you, do you want to live in fear every day, or take a gamble? If you lose, just treat it as a disaster and put it to rest. If you win, you can make money for decades more."
"Of course I will fight!"
"That's right!"
When Gu Zhizhuo took Qin Chen's Taisu pulse, he found that Qin Chen's lifeblood had been severed, and his death would occur between noon and 3 p.m. today.
If his lifeline was not broken, he could have avoided this disaster by simply avoiding this time. But once his lifeline was broken, it meant that the fatal disasters would come one after another until he was killed.
If you want to live, there is only one way - to face the disaster.
Live towards death.
If a disaster strikes, as long as you are lucky enough not to die, your lifeline will be restored.
Qin Chen was delighted when he heard this, and quickly said attentively, "Miss Gu, since you didn't buy the Beauty Pastry, I'll go buy you the latest storybook later. It's guaranteed to be better than the one you have."
"I've had good judgment since I was little, so you can be right if you listen to me."
Gu Zhizhuo suddenly felt her toes itchy. In order to avoid kicking the "injured person" out of control, she turned around and asked the guys from Baijitang to carry the person back. Just after she said a few words, Zhou Liulang's cry of pain suddenly came from behind her.
Zhou Liulang's hand was bitten by Qin Luo fiercely, and he cursed: "You are a dog!"
Qin Luo took the opportunity to break free from him, rushed towards Gu Zhizhuo, and shouted angrily: "Gu!"
His face was full of ferocity: "You dare to meddle in my business? Tomorrow I will sell you to the lowest-class brothel and let all the men in the capital..."
Gu Zhizhuo raised his eyes and touched the scimitar on his waist.
Zhou Liulang was so frightened that he pouncing on his prey like a hungry tiger. He unceremoniously grabbed his neck with his elbow, turned around with a pale face and shouted, "What are you guys standing there for? Come and help me."
"This is Miss Gu! Brother Can's sister."
After shouting, he didn't forget to smile flatteringly and said, "Sister, don't be angry, I'll take him away right away."
Qin Luo kicked the ground with both feet and struggled desperately. Zhou Liulang's face turned red and he could hardly hold back.
Brother Chan! ?
The other young masters were shocked. They looked at each other and suddenly rushed over screaming "Ahhhh". One of them hugged Qin Luo's feet, one pulled his arms, and another simply hit Qin Luo on the back of the head with a club.
Qin Luo closed his eyes dizzily and fell to the ground.
After being hit by the club, Liu San threw the club away and said with relief: "Wouldn't it have been better if we had done this earlier?"
Qin Wu, what a fool! Zhou Liulang looked at the bleeding tooth marks on his palm and gritted his teeth, "Liu San, don't call me when he's around."
No, no. We won’t play with him anymore!!
Gu Zhizhuo watched this scene in amazement.
Liu San quickly stood up, straightening his clothes, and called out in a sweet voice, "Sister."
Gu Zhizhuo:?
What a mess! Liu San looks to be at least seventeen or eighteen years old, no matter how you look at it, she shouldn't call me sister!
The others smiled more attentively than the other, their voices sweeter than the other, and they kept calling her "sister".
Liu San flatteredly said, "Brother Can is our real brother, and you are our real sister."
Got it!
My brother had lived between the capital and the northern border since he was a child. One year, when he returned from the northern border, he had some trouble with some of the playboys in the capital. It seemed they were trying to force him to buy some wild pheasant or something he had hunted for her. My brother beat them up one by one, and if one was not enough, he would beat them twice. If anyone tried to hide, he would go to their house and beat them. He beat them for half a month straight until they all surrendered.
Everyone called him "big brother" obediently.
He even boasted about this to her.
"Sister, we really don't know him well." Liu San pointed at the unconscious Qin Luo and said aggrievedly and pitifully, "We don't usually play with him. He always hangs out with the Third Young Master of the Prince of Jin's Mansion and the others. He took the initiative to come to us today. We will definitely ignore him in the future."
He looked at Gu Zhizhuo eagerly, as if asking: Can we leave now?
Gu Zhizhuo held the knife in his waist hand, and his fingertips carelessly stroked the gem on the scabbard.
When these young men from noble families fight, no one will care unless anyone is killed, and no one has the courage to do so.
The place was in such a commotion that the patrolling yamen runners had actually arrived a long time ago. They were just standing far away at the end of the street, only daring to stick their heads out and look around.
Gu Zhizhuo simply waved his hand: "Let's go."
Liu Sanru was pardoned, and Zhou Liulang even said, "Sister, tomorrow we will buy some freshly baked Hongyan pastry to honor you."
After saying that, he ran away.
Each of them dragged one of Qin Luo's legs, dragged him to the horse with great effort, and then carried him onto the horse, panting with exhaustion.
Gu Zhizhuo turned his head to look at Qin Chen and couldn't help muttering, "Can't they bring the horses here first?" It would save a lot of effort if they brought the horses here and then moved the people up.
Qin Chen was a little dazed.
After a while, he scratched his head, spoke hesitantly, and called out, "Sister?"
What kind of sister are you calling me?! Gu Zhizhuo was about to kick her, but Qin Chen quickly put her hands on her head and begged for mercy: "I was wrong."
Very sensible to the times.
There was chaos all around, and the people were still watching from afar, fearing that they would be caught up in the fight between the playboys.
Gu Zhizhuo asked the servants to carry Qin Chen back to Baijitang.
The long needle remained in place for over half an hour. After Gu Zhizhuo checked her pulse again, she began to remove the needles. Each time she removed a needle, she would check the wound to make sure there was no bleeding before removing the next one.
Removing the needle and applying the acupuncture were equally demanding, and a thin layer of sweat soon appeared on her forehead.
"alright."
It took a whole stick of incense to remove these nine needles.
The old doctor on duty skillfully applied medicine to Qin Chen's wound and bandaged it carefully.
"Take the gold medicine home and apply it twice a day until the scab falls off," Gu Zhizhuo warned. "Don't let the wound come into contact with water until the scab falls off."
Qin Chen wrote it down honestly.
Gu Zhizhuo thought for a moment and said, "Go back to the young master first and tell him everything that happened today. Follow his instructions on what to do. Don't rush back to the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion rashly, or he will vent his anger on you."
Being vented with anger wasn't a big deal, but Qin Chen was afraid that if he went back rashly, he would implicate his aunt.
Miss Gu is right. We need to ask the young master for advice first.
After giving the instructions, Gu Zhizhuo confirmed that the wound would not recur and returned home.
Zhuque Street was bustling again. For ordinary people, they were busy making a living and had no time to care about what the playboys were fighting about.
Go out through the corner gate and go back through the corner gate.
Gu Zhizhuo settled the jade lion in the stable, combed its hair with his own hands, fed it apples and carrots, and repeatedly instructed the servants to take good care of it. Then he took Qiongfang and Qingmei to the ceremonial gate.
A familiar black lacquered carriage was parked in front of the ceremonial gate. Just as Gu Zhizhuo was about to take a closer look, a small figure ran towards her and hugged her from behind.
"oops!"
Gu Zhizhuo pretended to be frightened.
"Let me guess who it is!"
Qiongfang covered her mouth and laughed silently.
Gu Zhizhuo tilted his head in feigned distress, and guessed seriously:
"Is it a cat?"
"Dog?"
"Still...my little Ah Man!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Zhizhuo turned around swiftly, bent down and picked up the little girl.
"I guessed right!"
Ah Man was beaming with excitement.
Gu Zhizhuo picked her up and spun her around. Ah Man's face was filled with joy, and she clapped her hands excitedly, and soon her hands turned red.
"Aman is too heavy, you can't hold him anymore, right?"
Gu Zhizhuo held Ah Man in his arms, bowed to the woman approaching with a smile, and called out, "Aunt."
Gu Zhizhuo has only this one aunt, whose maiden name is Liaoliao.
She has a beautiful face, bright eyes, and her every move is quite heroic.
Gu Zhizhuo's great-grandfather was a little beggar before he joined Taizu in the uprising. The Gu family has only been established for the fourth generation.
There is no family tree, nor are there rules for naming and following generations.
My grandfather's naming style was the same as my great-grandfather's, simple and rough. He had three sons, Gu Taotao, Gu Weiwei and Gu Baibai, and his only daughter was Gu Liaoliao.
Gu Zhizhuo also heard that when she was born, her grandfather generously named them Gu Cancan and Gu Yaoyao. Her father refused to agree, saying, "His name is Taotao, and his daughter's name is Yaoyao. Just by hearing the names, others will definitely think she is his sister."
My grandfather was not happy and kept saying that this was a good name he came up with after reading the Book of Songs day and night for three whole days.
The father and son had a fight on the training ground, and neither could convince the other by force.
In the end, it was her mother who made the final decision and named her "Zhizhuo".
"The peach tree is young and lush, its flowers are bright and beautiful."
Grandfather was satisfied.
Daddy was happy too.
When it came to my cousins, my two uncles were afraid that my grandfather would give them random names, so they decided to use the character "Zhi" as the generation number, and from then on my grandfather was only allowed to use one character.
Gu Liaoliao married her childhood sweetheart, Qin Su, the son of the Marquis of Jing'an. After eight years of marriage, they only had one daughter, A'man, who just turned three and a half this year.
Last year, Ah Man fell seriously ill with a high fever that wouldn't go away. After he recovered, he couldn't speak anymore.
No sound at all.
Ah Man leaned her little face against her affectionately. Her little face was red, and a pair of dimples that were very similar to Gu Zhizhuo's appeared on her round cheeks.
Gu Zhizhuo was overjoyed: "Our Ah Man is not heavy, cousin can hold her!"
Ah Man also nodded, she is not heavy!
Gu Liaoliao let the two cousins kiss and be affectionate for a while, then asked bluntly, "Yaoyao, Qin Luo said, you hit him?"
"yes."
Gu Liaoliao signaled the wet nurse to take Ah Man over and waved to her: "Come here and let your aunt take a look. Are you hurt?"
Gu Zhizhuo covered his mouth and smiled, then shook his head: "No, I'm fine."
Gu Liao Liao's frown relaxed slightly, but he still reminded her worriedly, "Next time you go out, bring a few more guards with you. Just tell them who you want to hit. Hurting others is a small matter, but don't hurt yourself."
Ah Man leaned in the wet nurse's arms and nodded seriously.
Gu Zhizhuo tapped the tip of her nose and chuckled, "Did you understand? Why are you nodding?"
Gu Liaoliao looked at her two cousins with a smile on her face, and her eyes darkened.
Qin Luo was carried back by a group of playboys from the capital. They just dumped him at the gatehouse and ran away.
The families of those boys are all well-known in the capital, and the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion has been on the decline since the old uncle's later years. Now only Qin Su still has a decent job, and he has not moved for several years.
At first, Lady Jing'an thought that Qin Luo had offended these boys and was beaten up. She was so distressed that she cried so hard that her makeup was smudged, but she dared not say anything.
Yes, how can an empty-shell baronial mansion compare to these prosperous upstarts?
As a result, when Qin Luo woke up, she cried and shouted that it was her daughter Yaoyao who beat her.
This time, Lady Jing'an refused to "swallow her anger silently" and immediately changed her face. She smashed pots and bowls and started to make a fuss, shouting that she wanted to settle the score. She also cried and made a fuss and insisted that she bring Yaoyao over to kowtow and apologize.
It's ridiculous.
She didn't dare say a word about the Zhou family and the Liu family.
When facing the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, they acted like the ancestor.
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