Since she couldn't hide it any longer, she decided to be completely honest: "Yes."
Xing'an didn't beat around the bush on this matter and told her directly what she wanted to know: "Xiao San and Xiao Qi are not bandits. Oh, or perhaps I should say, they are not the former queen's bodyguards. They are Gu people."
So it seems that Xiao San and Xiao Qi are indeed not on their side. But what is a Gu person?
Zheng Quchi was stunned.
It wasn't that she understood what "Gu person" meant, but rather that she felt that "Gu person" sounded extraordinary and must have some earth-shattering origin.
But once you've agreed to one question, that's one question. If she asks again, he probably won't be kind enough to answer her anymore.
Seeing her face fall immediately, looking frustrated as if she wanted to ask but couldn't, he coaxed her gently, "If you come again tomorrow, I'll answer another question for you, how about that?"
"..."
Damn it, he's completely keeping me on my toes.
"I have no questions for you."
After Zheng Quchi finished speaking defiantly, she called Wei Yao, and the two returned the way they came. On the way, she asked Wei Yao, "Brother Wei, have you ever heard of Gu people?"
"A Gu person?" Wei Yao looked surprised.
"You knew?" she asked in surprise.
“No.” Wei Yao shook his head, then pondered, “I feel like I’ve heard it somewhere before, but I can’t quite remember where.”
Isn't this just a piece of nonsense literature?
Zheng Quchi used his imagination to speculate: "Could a Gu person be someone who has been poisoned by Gu? I do know some people who raise Gu. They put poisonous live creatures together and let them bite each other. The one that survives at the end is the Gu."
"So this is Gu! Madam, you truly have a wealth of knowledge," Wei Yao praised.
Zheng Quchi humbly replied, "Not at all, not at all."
If Xiao San and Xiao Qi are Gu people, isn't it a bit too risky for her to release them so rashly? Perhaps she should wait until she understands what Gu people really are before making any decisions.
Or, should we just ask them both?
But she worried they wouldn't tell her easily.
The matter of the Gu people might be some huge secret. Her relationship with them is no longer what it used to be. So, I'll have to come again tomorrow.
Bring it on, who's afraid of who?
The next day, Zheng Quchi arrived at the dungeon early. This time, she didn't call Wei Yao, since Wei Yao was even busier than her, and she didn't want to bother him with everything.
She summoned her four "extermination squads," and the five of them went to the dungeon together.
"You've arrived?"
Although Xing'an's knowing look was somewhat unpleasant, Zheng Quchi never cared much about saving face; he was more concerned with saving face than with suffering.
She is more focused on having a clear purpose when doing things.
She blurted out, "What is a Gu person?"
"Before talking about Gu people, do you know what Gu is? It's not something that can be made casually by putting poisonous things together and having them bite each other."
"...Eavesdropping on other people's conversations, and you still think you're right?"
Is this dilapidated dungeon really that badly soundproof?
"The first step in making Gu is to catch twelve kinds of Gu worms. The timing of catching the Gu is also important. If they are not caught on the Dragon Boat Festival, they cannot be raised into Gu."
Zheng Quchi initially thought he wasn't interested in such gruesome things, but as he listened to the story, he became completely engrossed.
"Once you catch the Gu worms, put them all in a jar and cover it. Usually, Gu worms are poisonous snakes, eels, centipedes, toads, scorpions, red threadworms, silver sickle mantises... in short, all kinds of poisonous Gu worms. Throughout the year, those Gu worms will devour each other in the jar until one powerful poisonous worm eats the other eleven, forming something called Gu."
"Has the Gu been completed by now?"
"Of course not. The Gu has been raised, but it is not yet ready to be released. At this time, the person who raises the Gu will dig out the jar and hide it in a secret room that is not exposed to air or light. The Gu likes to eat things like fried eggs with lard and rice. After raising it for another three or four years, the young Gu will grow up and become ready to be released."
After listening to him, Zheng Quchi realized that raising Gu gu had such a long cycle and was so troublesome.
After hearing the correct method for raising Gu, she still returned to her original question: "What about Gu people? Is it the same way as raising Gu worms?"
However, Xing'an, as if fishing, asked, "Are you coming again tomorrow?"
What does that mean? Is he doing this on purpose, abruptly ending the climax and then saying "to be continued"?
She hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'm usually very busy."
“Then go ask someone else, if they know,” Xing’an said calmly.
Good heavens, he's truly a daughter of the emperor, never having to worry about marriage.
Zheng Quchi forced a smile: "I'll come again tomorrow."
The third day.
"What is a Gu person?" she asked Xing'an directly as soon as she saw him.
Xing'an leaned against the wall, knowing she was anxious, and didn't beat around the bush: "It's actually similar to raising Gu. Gu people are a group of people who have been poisoned since childhood and are all kept together. They are fed poison from a very young age, and those who grow up successfully without being poisoned are locked in a dark and damp place without food or water. After a year, the door is opened and the Gu people who have devoured other poison people are released. However, in the past, there was only one Gu person, but this time, there were two, namely the brothers Xiao San and Xiao Qi."
No wonder they don't have names, only numbers, three and seven.
They weren't given food or water... How did they survive for a year?
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