An East Palace guard, covered in blood, climbed over the wall.
Following behind was a killer dressed as a porter, holding a bloody big knife in his hand, and stabbed it into the chest of the East Palace guard.
The guards of the East Palace are all dead.
"ah!"
Xiao Cui screamed in fear and was completely out of control.
Qingmei and Qingzhu were also trembling.
Wang Yi stood in front of Gu Jiu, as if facing a formidable enemy.
The porter jumped down from the wall, his eyes showing the cold and bloody look of someone who had killed someone. He glanced at Gu Jiu, frightening the maids so much that they dared not breathe.
The porter ignored Gu Jiu and his five servants and walked straight towards Fang Shaojian.
"Master Fang, please follow me and leave this place."
There was a smile on Fang Shaojian's lips from beginning to end.
He asked, "Who is the master behind you?"
The porter frowned and subconsciously looked at Gu Jiu and his servants with murderous intent in his eyes.
Fang Shaojian also followed the porter's gaze and said, "Don't touch them."
The porter was dissatisfied, "Master Fang, you can't even protect yourself now."
Fang Shaojian sneered, "You can kill our family and see if the master behind you will kill you."
The porter was furious and stared at Gu Jiu and the others fiercely.
Gu Jiu stepped out from the crowd, "Master Fang..."
There was some noise coming from the shop ahead, and the sound of Er Zhuang arguing.
"Oh no! That Xie Mao fellow is coming in!" the porter yelled. "Young Master Fang, please follow me."
"It's too late."
There was only a door between the shop and the backyard. Before Fang Shaojian finished speaking, Xie Mao had already led his men into the backyard.
"Hahaha... Young Supervisor Fang, we meet again."
Xie Mao looked very complacent, as if nothing could escape his hands.
Fang Shaojian said politely, "Thank you, sir. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Master Fang, let's stop talking nonsense and come with me."
Fang Shaojian looked at Xie Mao with a half-smile.
The porter lowered his head, holding a big knife in his hand, his whole body tense, and he might suddenly attack and kill someone at any time.
Xie Mao snorted coldly, turned his head, and then noticed Gu Jiu and his servants.
Before, he thought Gu Jiu and the others were just a group of dispensable female relatives.
Only after taking a closer look did he recognize Gu Jiu.
"You, you are not the one from the Gu family..."
Gu Jiu stepped forward and smiled, "Greetings, Mr. Xie."
"You are Gu Jiu, Gongzi Zhao's fiancée. You and Fang Shaojian met here, you..."
Xie Mao looked between the two of them suspiciously.
Gu Jiu smiled without saying anything, and Fang Shaojian also did not give any explanation.
Xie Mao burst into laughter. "You...hahaha...I've made quite a haul today. Take them all away. No, take Young Supervisor Fang away. The rest, kill them all on the spot."
At one command, all the guards of the East Palace went out.
“Wait!”
Gu Jiu scolded harshly.
Xie Mao looked at Gu Jiu with a half-smile, "Do you have any last words?"
Gu Jiu asked, "Master Xie, do you really want to kill me?"
Xie Mao sneered, "How could it be false? Killing you is also avenging my nephew Xie Xian."
Gu Jiu lowered his head and sneered, "I didn't know that Lord Xie cared so much about his nephew Xie Xian. Or does Lord Xie want to kill him to silence him?"
Xie Mao sneered, "So what if I kill you to silence you?"
He was so arrogant that he said, "I'm going to kill you to silence you, do you dare to resist?" He was extremely arrogant.
Qingmei's maids were extremely panicked. Wang Yi was also somewhat at a loss as it was her first time facing such a situation. However, she had a firm belief in her heart: she would protect the girl and get her out safely no matter what.
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Master Xie, you don't want to know what Young Supervisor Fang said to me."
"No matter what he said, I can get it out of Fang Shaojian's mouth."
"Master Xie, are you sure you can get the answer from Young Supervisor Fang?"
Gu Jiu looked at Xie Mao with a smile.
Xie Mao snorted coldly and looked towards Fang Shaojian.
Fang Shaojian smiled and said, "I won't say anything. If Master Xie can't do it, feel free to use whatever means you have."
Xie Mao sneered, "You still dare to be stubborn when you are about to die."
Gu Jiu suddenly said, "I can tell you everything that Fang Shaojian told me."
Xie Mao stared at Gu Jiu suspiciously.
Gu Jiu continued, "But Master Xie must promise to let us, master and servant, go."
Xie Mao sneered. No matter how capable Gu Jiu was, she was still just a little girl. A little girl would tell him everything if she was scared.
Xie Mao looked at Gu Jiu with contempt, "Go ahead. I also want to hear what Young Supervisor Fang said to you."
Gu Jiu glanced around and asked, "Master Xie, are you sure you want to talk here? Is it okay for others to hear?"
Xie Mao frowned and took the initiative to walk into the wing room.
Gu Jiu followed.
"Girl?" Qingmei was very worried.
Gu Jiu smiled at Qingmei and told her not to worry. Everything would be resolved soon.
Her eyes met with Fang Shaojian's in the air, and they exchanged glances and made a decision in their hearts.
Gu Jiu walked into the room with his head lowered, and his expression could not be seen clearly.
Xie Mao was a little impatient, "What did Fang Shaojian say to you?"
"Master Fang said..."
Gu Jiu's voice was very small.
Xie Mao frowned, "What are you talking about?"
He subconsciously moved closer to Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu's voice was still very low, "Master Fang said..."
puff!
A dagger inlaid with gems pierced Xie Mao's abdomen.
Xie Mao lowered his head and saw Gu Jiu's hand on the handle of the dagger.
Then he raised his head again and stared at Gu Jiu in disbelief.
"You, you actually dared to murder me."
Gu Jiu sneered contemptuously and whispered, "No one has ever been able to humiliate or kill me. Not Xie Xian, and not you either."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Jiu decisively pulled out the dagger and stabbed it into Xie Mao's body again.
The knife was very steady and pierced directly into Xie Mao's spleen.
Xie Mao stumbled forward, but did not fall down.
He opened his eyes wide and stared at Gu Jiu, "You, how dare you?"
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Whoever kills me, I will kill him. Thank you, sir, don't look down on women in your next life."
“You, you…”
Following Xie Mao's voice, Gu Jiu drew out the dagger again.
Xie Mao fell to the ground with a bang.
Gu Jiu stared at Xie Mao, who was lying on the ground, twitching and spitting blood. His expression was calm, but his whole body was cold. His hands, hidden in his sleeves, were shaking.
She killed someone, really killed someone.
She used the dagger Liu Zhao gave her.
She carries this dagger with her because she likes it so much.
I didn't expect this dagger would become a murder weapon.
There wasn't a drop of blood on the dagger, it was incredibly clean. This was indeed a sword that could cut through iron like mud.
The blood on the ground was almost spreading to Gu Jiu's feet.
Gu Ji subconsciously took a step back, trying hard to suppress the discomfort after killing someone and the panic in his heart.
She walked out of the room step by step with a stern face.
When the door of the wing room opened and Gu Jiu's feet in embroidered shoes were exposed, the porter who was protecting Fang Shaojian suddenly moved.
Holding a big knife, he rushed into the East Palace guards with lightning speed.
For a moment, blood splattered in the backyard, corpses were scattered all over the ground, and the maids screamed in fear.
Wang Yi protected Gu Jiu immediately.
"Don't be afraid, young lady. I will protect you."
Gu Jiu smiled, his face pale.
Wang Yi didn't know yet that Gu Jiu had just killed Xie Mao.
Fang Shaojian dragged his injured body, picked up a weapon from the ground, and walked into the wing room.
When he and Gu Jiu passed each other, their eyes made contact.
No one spoke. Gu Jiu stood silently by the side, while Fang Shaojian walked into the wing room silently.
Soon, the sound of a knife cutting into flesh could be heard in the room.
When Gu Jiu heard the voice, she felt nauseous and uncomfortable all over, but she kept holding it in and refused to show any weakness.
A moment later, the battle in the backyard had come to an end.
The porter killed the East Palace guard by surprise and won a complete victory.
Fang Shaojian walked out of the wing room dragging a bloody sword and leaned against the corridor pillar with a tired look on his face.
He instructed the porters, "Clean up the bodies and throw them to the cloth shop next door. I don't need to teach you how to arrange them."
The porter said nothing, carried the body over the wall and went to the next room.
After several trips back and forth, all the bodies in the yard were moved.
Finally, the porters walked into the wing room and carried Xie Mao's body.
Gu Jiu looked at Xie Mao's body calmly and suddenly felt like vomiting.
Xie Mao's face was slashed and his features were unrecognizable. His body was covered in wounds, and his casual clothes were dripping with blood.
Xie Mao died with his eyes open. He probably never dreamed that he would end up dying at the hands of Gu Jiu, a little girl whom he always looked down upon.
Fang Shaojian said to Qingmei and the others, who were shaking with fear, "If you don't want to be pursued by the authorities, quickly fetch some water and clean up the blood on the ground."
Qingmei and the others were still in a daze.
Gu Jiu said sternly, "Go quickly."
Qingmei and the others finally came to their senses and hurried to get water to clean up the blood.
There is another clean room.
Fang Shaojian dragged his heavy feet towards the clean room.
When he reached the door, he turned around and looked at Gu Jiu, "Miss Gu, don't you want to talk to our family?"
Gu Jiu nodded and walked over silently.
The two sat down facing each other in the side room.
Fang Shaojian leaned back in his chair, trying not to touch the wound.
"This must be Miss Gu's first murder."
Gu Jiu frowned and remained silent.
"Even for her first time killing someone, she was able to remain so calm and composed. Miss Gu is truly remarkable."
Gu Jiu stared at the other person and said, "Let's talk business."
Supervisor Fang smiled and said, "It's normal to feel uncomfortable after killing someone for the first time. Miss Gu, go back and lie down for a few days. Eat and drink as you need. You'll recover soon."
Gu Jiu raised his eyebrows. "Is this based on your experience?"
Fang Shaojian nodded, "I guess so."
Then he laughed again, "I never thought that you and I would have such a fate."
Gu Jiu sneered, "I've always wondered if Supervisor Fang opened the cloth shop next to Jumeizhai on purpose."
The cloth shop opened a month later than Jumeizhai.
Everything that happened today seemed like a coincidence. It just so happened that Fang Shaojian was hiding in the cloth shop next door, and it just so happened that she was out today, and it just so happened that Xie Mao came here to search.
But there are not so many coincidences in the world.
If one thing is a coincidence, it is impossible for two or three things to all be coincidences.
Gu Jiu didn't believe that there were such coincidences in the world.
She suspected Fang Shaojian, wondering if this was the man who planned everything.
Fang Shaojian laughed. "Whether it was intentional or not, does it matter? We didn't expect Miss Gu to come today, nor did we expect Xie Mao to come so soon. It seems that someone in our family is not keeping a tight lid."
Gu Jiu sneered, "No matter how bold Xie Mao is, he wouldn't dare to come and arrest you with the East Palace guards without permission. It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has decided to give up on you."
Fang Shaojian did not deny it, "Miss Gu is indeed intelligent. When I first met her in Weiyang Palace, I knew you were extraordinary. Last year, when Gongzi Zhao went to the northwest, you must have met him, right?
You must have met at that time and developed feelings for each other. No wonder Gongzi Zhao chose you as his wife. I never thought Gongzi Zhao was such a romantic.
Gu Jiu responded to Fang Shaojian's nonsense with ridicule.
She said, "It's useless to ask me whether Gongzi Zhao has ever been to the northwest. Fang Shaojian is trying to get information from me, but you're miscalculating."
"Haha... Miss Gu misunderstood. We didn't mean to trick you into saying anything. We were just chatting, just casually chatting."
Can Gu Jiu and Fang Shaojian sit down and chat calmly?
Of course not.
The two people have opposing positions, but due to fate, they temporarily unite to deal with Xie Mao, but it does not mean that they will be able to get along well with each other in the future.
The butt determines the head, so it is destined that the two of them cannot have a casual chat.
Whether it was Gu Jiu or Fang Shaojian, every word they spoke was carefully considered. They would never reveal their true feelings to each other.
"This time, we want to thank Miss Gu for saving our lives. Life is unpredictable. Who could have thought that one day we would need Miss Gu's help."
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Master Fang dragged me into danger, and this danger will always be with me. Tell me, how are you going to repay this favor?"
"Miss Gu is really rude."
The two men, without any prior agreement, looked at the killer dressed as a porter outside.
Gu Jiu said with certainty: "He wanted to kill me, but he didn't do it because of you."
Fang Shaojian nodded, "Yes, he wants to kill you. But don't worry, Miss Gu. As long as I'm alive, I guarantee he won't dare come and kill you."
Gu Jiu sneered, "Your promise is worthless, and I can't trust my safety to you. Tell me, who does he belong to?"
Fang Shaojian's eyebrows twitched slightly. "Miss Gu, you are more perceptive and intelligent than I imagined. In consideration of your life-saving grace, I will tell you the truth: he is the Crown Princess's man."
Gu Jiu frowned.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to kill you, but the Crown Princess saved you?"
Fang Shaojian nodded. "Are you surprised? When the Empress was around, the Crown Princess never expressed any ambition.
But we know that she is a very shrewd person and is good at being patient.
Of course, everyone in the palace was good at enduring, but to be as patient as the Crown Princess was, for over twenty years, was truly remarkable.
She sent someone to follow Xie Mao and rescued our family at the critical moment. Miss Gu, guess what the Crown Princess wants to do with our family?"
Gu Jiu stared at Fang Shaojian suspiciously.
Fang Shaojian smiled and said, "It's just a casual chat. Miss Gu, don't worry."
Gu Jiu laughed, "She wants you to kill someone."
Fang Shaojian's eyes flashed with praise, "You guessed right, she wants us to kill someone. Miss Gu, why don't you guess again, who does she want us to kill?"
Gu Jiu frowned slightly, various thoughts flashing through his mind.
A bold idea suddenly popped up, and Gu Jiu was scared half to death.
She quickly shook the thought off, then frowned and said, "I don't know who the Crown Princess wants you to kill."
"Miss Gu really can't guess?"
Fang Shaojian stared at Gu Jiu with a half-smile.
Gu Jiu nodded, "Young Master Fang, why don't you give me a hint? Maybe I can guess it."
"Haha...never mind. Since you don't want to talk about it, we won't make it difficult for you. We will remember your life-saving grace. When there is a chance, we will definitely repay you."
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "My patience is limited. If Young Supervisor Fang is sincere in repaying you, it would be better to do so as soon as possible."
Fang Shaojian said confidently: "As long as our family survives, I will reward Miss Gu handsomely when she marries into Prince Ning's mansion."
After saying that, Fang Shaojian dragged his heavy feet and walked out of the wing room.
Gu Jiu suddenly called out to the other person, "Do you need medicine? I have some excellent medicine here that can heal your wound in a short time."
Fang Shaojian turned around and looked at Gu Jiu, "Miss Gu is so kind?"
Gu Jiu raised her eyebrows and smiled. Of course, she was not so kind.
She took out a porcelain bottle from her bosom and said, "This is medicine for wounds. If you want it, bring money to buy it."
With such a good opportunity, how could he not blackmail Fang Shaojian?
Gu Jiu doesn’t think money is too hot to handle now.
Fang Shaojian was obviously surprised that Gu Jiu actually had a greedy side.
He laughed. "I want the medicine. How much is it?"
Gu Jiu looked at him with a half-smile, "How much do you think your life is worth? If you leave here, no matter where you go, with your injuries, you won't be able to hold out for half an hour. It's either life or death, what do you choose?"
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