Even if Gu Xiuyi told the truth, Qi Yixuan would not believe it completely given his personality.
They just made up something a little outrageous, it was just some polite talk, and they both knew the truth.
Sure enough, even after hearing such obvious evasive words, Qi Yixuan's expression remained unchanged, and he even said with satisfaction: "This is the blessing of the General's Mansion."
The marriage proposal process lasted a whole day, and only Gu Yangjia was happy, while everyone else was worried.
"The person you are looking for is not there." Qi Yixuan said and threw a light green sachet on the table.
"There's no reaction to the things in here."
"Gu Xiuyi doesn't look sick at all. There is nothing wrong with his body."
There was no candlelight in the room, and the gloomy moonlight was half scattered on the ground.
Apart from Qi Yixuan, there was no sign of anyone else in the room.
Seeing that his words received no response, Qi Yixuan just flicked his sleeves and walked out.
The moment the door closed, a bluish-white hand emerged from the darkness, picked up something on the table, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Gu Lingze and his three companions finally set off amid Aunt Tao's endless instructions.
The journey took more than half a month, and they were traveling by horse-drawn carriage.
No wonder some students would rush to the capital after the provincial examination, as the transportation conditions were really worrying.
After arriving at the place, the first thing Gu Lingze wanted to do was to find a place to have a big meal.
The conditions were inconvenient when traveling, and he basically ate dry food, which he had long been tired of.
After placing the luggage in the inn, Gu Lingze took the other two out.
I wanted to ask about the most famous restaurant in Beijing, but when I looked up as I was walking, the sign of Jinyulou came into my sight.
Gu Lingze raised his eyebrows. Is this what they call enemies meeting on a narrow road?
When the three of them walked in, they found something wrong.
Many customers’ tables are filled with snacks that are exactly the same as those at Yunlai Restaurant, including cloud silk rolls, purple sweet potato cakes, coconut shredded glutinous rice cakes, sesame peach cakes, and so on.
The three of them exchanged glances, sat down as if nothing had happened, and called the waiter over.
"I heard that the snacks here are good. Give me one of each."
“Sir, we have more than a dozen kinds of dim sum in our restaurant. I’m afraid you three may…” The waiter hesitated.
"It's okay, just do as I say." Gu Lingze said calmly.
"Okay, please wait a moment."
After waiting for about an incense stick of time, the waiter brought all the snacks.
Gu Lingze first picked up a piece of cloud silk roll and broke it into two halves. He looked at it from inside to outside, then put it to the tip of his nose to smell it, and then took a small bite.
Then he picked three or five more dim sum and tasted them in the same order.
Zhao Chengmo and Xu Mingyan kept watching him eat, and Gu Lingze didn't show any special expression on his face until he took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands.
"How is it?" Xu Mingyan asked.
Gu Lingze didn't say much and just called the waiter to come and settle the bill.
After the three of them walked out of Jinyu Tower, Gu Lingze turned around and looked at the restaurant's sign.
"I have learned the appearance of the product about 80% or 90% of the time, but the taste is still far from good."
"It seems that since they didn't buy the recipe from us, they 'found a way' to make it themselves."
Xu Mingyan said angrily: "These people are really shameless. First they robbed openly, then they plotted secretly. They are really despicable."
Gu Lingze smiled and said, "It's actually very easy to learn the appearance. There are so many chefs in the restaurant. Just buy our dim sum and work on it a little bit, and you can make the same ones."
"But the fillings and the taste are far inferior. When our dim sum is sold in the capital, I wonder who will still eat the dim sum from Jinyulou."
The three were talking when someone suddenly called Zhao Chengmo's name from behind. When he turned around, he found that it was Xu Ge.
"Finally I found you, follow me."
Several people hurriedly got on the carriage and galloped all the way to the gate of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
After getting off the car, he followed Xu Ge inside and walked to a corridor where Gu Xiuyi was standing.
"Major General, we found the person."
Gu Lingze had never seen Gu Xiuyi with this expression before. His face was full of anxiety and he looked like he was going crazy.
As soon as the other party saw him, he pulled him into a bedroom at almost flying speed.
When Gu Lingze entered, he saw a person lying on the bed with a white cloth wrapped around his neck. His face was purple and there was something stuffed in his mouth.
His whole body was tied tightly with ropes, and the exposed skin was covered with scars.
The others quickly followed in, and when Zhao Chengmo saw the person lying on the bed, his pupils shrank.
It was actually Gu Feirui.
Gu Lingze motioned to Gu Xiuyi to step back, and he stood beside the bed. He reached out and took out the cloth that was stuffed in Gu Feirui's mouth.
“No—”
Before Gu Xiuyi could stop him, the person lying on the bed suddenly opened his eyes, opened his mouth and bit Gu Lingze's wrist.
The bright red blood immediately soaked his sleeves. At this time, Gu Feirui opened his mouth and roared, with black smoke constantly coming out of his mouth. After struggling twice on the bed, he became unresponsive.
"Lingze!" Zhao Chengmo raised his wrist anxiously to check the injury.
The teeth marks were so deep that the sunken flesh had turned black. Against the backdrop of Gu Lingze's delicate white skin, the wound looked extremely serious.
Gu Lingze looked at Zhao Chengmo's face. He was the one who was injured, but Zhao Chengmo looked as if his heart was being pierced. Gu Lingze couldn't help but laugh.
"You're still laughing." Zhao Chengmo said this with a hint of anger in his voice.
What happened just now happened in a flash, and he had no time to stop it.
Now this man's wound is so serious, but he doesn't take it seriously.
Gu Lingze pinched his arm with his other hand and said soothingly: "This injury is not as serious as you see. It's just that the Yin Qi is attached to it, which makes it look scary."
Gu Xiuyi took a step forward and looked at him with guilt, "Lingze, I'm sorry, I didn't remind you."
Gu Lingze shook his head. "Don't blame you. I did it on purpose. Otherwise, he would have died in a moment."
Gu Lingze took out a bottle and a talisman from his sleeve and handed them to the other party.
"Give him one pill from the bottle, and after he swallows it, stick this talisman on his heart."
After Gu Xiuyi did as he said, Gu Lingze took out a cinnabar brush from his sleeve and drew a soul-locking formation on the ground.
While painting, the blood on Gu Lingze's hand kept dripping onto the ground. Everyone who saw it felt sorry for him, and Zhao Chengmo even wished he could die in his place.
Gu Lingze exhaled, "Okay, let's talk somewhere else. Find someone to watch over here and don't let anyone in."
Gu Xiuyi quickly asked Xu Ge to arrange these things, and he took Gu Lingze and the others to the main hall.
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