Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Jiaojiao, take medicine.
Song Yaojie has been feeling uneasy today.
Recently, I heard that the woman had another attack of the poison and caused quite a stir. No matter how determined Gu Zhi was to cut ties with her, he still went back to take a look.
I wonder how much this look will shake him.
She had originally planned to go to Dingxin Waterfall to see him during his morning training this morning, and she went to Dingxin Waterfall specifically when his morning training was not yet finished.
Unexpectedly, when we arrived at the foot of the waterfall, we didn't see a single person. We caught the disciples who usually did morning training in the dense forest near the waterfall and asked them, and they said that the young master had finished training early today and had already returned to the courtyard.
She knows best who is in the hospital.
Song Yaojie slowly tightened her hand around the teacup.
To this day, she still couldn't understand why Gu Zhi became so distraught and infatuated after only spending a few days with that woman.
She had known him for over ten years and knew best that although he appeared gentle on the outside, he was actually very distant on the inside and no one could get close to him.
She had admired him for ten years.
Over the past ten years, she had tried countless ways to get closer to him, but he had always been courteous and polite to her, and their interactions had never exceeded the boundaries between seniors and juniors.
She thought that he was just that kind of person, treating everyone equally well and in the same way, and that was all.
But after seeing with his own eyes the look in the woman's eyes when she heard about the poison that day, he realized one thing very clearly.
He is not the bright moon that is unmoved by worldly desires.
He just wasn't doing it for her.
With a snap, the teacup shattered.
Song Yaojie stared blankly at the teacup breaking into pieces, and the scalding hot tea rushed out like a beast without a fence.
Still steaming.
Chu Jiaojiao, why does she do that?
She has no martial arts skills, no family background, no talent, and no diligence. She is weak every day and lives on tears. She is nothing without being a man and does not show any sign of strength.
What good is there in something that can be killed with a slap?
She deserves it.
"Oh, Senior Sister!" Qi Zhu hurried forward and carefully wiped her reddened fingers with a silk handkerchief. "How could you crush the teacup for no reason?"
She said silently, "I'm sorry."
Suddenly realizing that Qi Zhu was the only one there today, he asked, "Where's Song Mei?"
Qi Zhu: "Miss Songmei went to Muxueyuan to deliver something. It was the tonic that Senior Sister ordered for the Young Master that day."
She said, "That's it."
Just as he had carefully wiped his five fingers and soaked his red hands in the silver basin brought by Qi Zhu, he suddenly saw Asong, Gu Zhi's constant attendant, lift the curtain and come in.
Her heart skipped a beat and she stood up hastily.
The uneasiness I felt this morning because I couldn't see Gu Zhi became even more intense.
Asong bowed slightly and said respectfully, "Big Sister, the Young Master wants you to go to Muxueyuan for questioning."
"Question?" When did she, the senior sister, use the word "question"?
Asong didn't answer, but just moved aside, made way for the door, and waited for her to get up.
The voice was almost inhuman: "Please, Senior Sister."
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When Song Yaojie arrived at Muxueyuan, she opened the door and saw the person she least wanted to see and the scene she least wanted to see.
Chu Jiaojiao had a pale face. She lay on the couch where Gu Zhi rested every night without any hesitation. She lay in the quilt that smelled of him without any hesitation. She rubbed her skin on the quilt that touched Gu Zhi's skin every night without any hesitation.
Gu Zhi, on the other hand, didn't mind at all. He sat beside her bed, holding a bowl of medicine and stirring the medicine with a spoon in his hand.
Surprisingly, he scooped out a spoonful and put it on the side of the woman's lips.
He coaxed her gently, "Jiaojiao, take your medicine."
Bright and clear.
These two words made her feel a surge of anger from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
She wanted to pull him up and slap this forgetful junior brother in the face without saying a word.
But she didn't.
She acted like a senior sister and said, "What are you doing? I've never seen anyone in the mountains so unconcerned."
Turning back to Qi Zhu, he said, "Tell Master about this matter and ask Master to decide whether it is the Young Master's fault. What punishment should be given and how should it be given? Just treat him as an ordinary disciple and punish him accordingly."
Gu Zhi showed no intention of backing down. He lowered his eyes and put down the medicine bowl. "It was my fault. Of course, I will punish you accordingly. But Senior Sister, today, I have something to ask you."
Song Yaojie ordered, "Step out first and draw the curtain. What is she wearing? How can you let her lie on your couch dressed like that?"
Gu Zhi just lowered his eyes and signaled to Aliang with his eyes.
Aliang took a bloodstained arrow out of the tent with both hands.
Only then did Song Yaojie realize that there seemed to be a strong smell of blood in the house. She was so angry when she entered the house that she didn't even notice it.
She asked, "What is this?"
Gu Zhi: "How do you explain, Senior Sister?"
Song Yaojie: "What's there to explain? What can I explain? She left the hospital without permission and got trapped. Why am I asking me?"
Gu Zhi sighed and said, "Senior Sister, Jiaojiao was discharged from the hospital because you disliked her, and she wanted to apologize to you."
Song Yaojie was speechless for a moment.
"Then why couldn't she find someone to accompany her? She's being stubborn and asking for trouble. She got hurt and blamed me. This is a good show, just for you, to trick you into being soft-hearted, and you actually believed it!"
"Senior Sister!" Gu Zhi interrupted her coldly, "Let Miss Chu speak first."
Nan Qiong Shuang seemed very frightened and glanced at Gu Zhi hesitantly.
Gu Zhi nodded and carefully wiped her tears with his sleeve.
Seeing him repeating the same mistake, Song Yaojie was furious. Before she could react, she heard Nan Qiongshuang on the bed say, "I... I begged Song Mei to accompany me to apologize to Senior Sister, but... Song Mei actually led me down a small path and tried to kill me with a trap."
"I didn't know it was a trick. It was Miss Songmei who told me that the red leaf was quite interesting, so I went to pick it. But I didn't expect the leaf to be stuck on the branch and I couldn't pull it off."
"I couldn't pull it out, so Songmei came over to help me find a way, but then four arrows were shot out. Miss Songmei happened to be standing where I was at the time, so, so..."
Song Yaojie: "Where's Songmei? Is she seriously injured? Where is she?"
Nan Qiongshuang shrank back into the quilt, covered her mouth with it, not daring to make a sound, and looked at Gu Zhi eagerly.
Gu Zhi understood, "I have sent someone to bring back Song Mei's body."
"Corpse?!" Song Yaojie was shocked. Song Mei was her maid who had been with her for seven or eight years and was her most beloved confidant. "Dead?!"
Nan Qiong Shuang shrank back into the quilt and crawled into the couch.
Gu Zhi stretched out an arm across her body to shield her from Song Yaojie's questioning: "Senior Sister, I'm sorry."
"Sorry?!" Song Yaojie felt all the blood in her body rushing to her head, boiling within a few seconds, burning her ears and causing tinnitus.
"Don't you think there's something fishy going on here? Song Mei was someone familiar with the mechanisms within the mountain, and she died, yet this clueless Chu Jiaojiao is still alive?! Even with the obvious facts, you still think she's innocent?!"
"It's common for the mechanism to get stuck." Gu Zhi said.
"Given Songmei's understanding of the mechanism, even if it was stuck, how could she not know to stand in a safe place?! She must have tricked Songmei into standing inside the mechanism so she could use it to kill her!"
"Are you saying that Miss Chu, who even you admit is clueless about the system, actually used it to plot against Song Mei?"
"I mean," she said, her expression becoming even more displeased when her flaw was suddenly pointed out, "First, she knows the art of traps. Second, she plotted against Song Mei."
Gu Zhi sighed, "Senior Sister, where is the evidence?"
Song Yaojie was speechless for a moment.
There was a moment of silence in the room, and Gu Zhi continued, "Since Senior Sister doesn't have any evidence yet, let's put this aside for now. I do have some questions for you."
"First, Miss Chu has never been to Tianshan Mountain and doesn't know the terrain. Songmei chose the route. Why did Songmei choose a road that is rarely traveled and off the main road?"
"Secondly, Songmei knew at first sight that the red leaf was a trap. If Miss Chu was right, why did she trick her into picking the red leaf? If Senior Sister was right, why didn't she stop her from triggering the trap?"
"Third, Songmei accompanied Miss Chu to Shuyuzhai with a duty of protection, but she attempted to lead Miss Chu off the main road en route, allowing her to trigger the trap. I'd like to ask, whose intention was this?"
The third question made Song Yaojie feel cold all over.
"Are you trying to say that Song Mei received my orders to kill Chu Jiaojiao?"
"Gu doesn't dare."
Song Yaojie sneered, "No."
If Song Mei, with her arrogant personality, did indeed want to kill Chu Jiaojiao, Song Yaojie could take the blame for "failure to protect her," making a big deal out of a small one, and it was just Chu Jiaojiao.
However, if you ask her what she prefers, then she doesn't have it.
Although, she began to feel that Chu Jiaojiao really deserved to be killed.
"How do you know she wasn't just lying? Maybe she accidentally triggered the trap, and Songmei died saving her. She saved her life, and now she's here to falsely accuse us."
"How could Songmei die to save me?"
Nan Qiong Shuang sat up in bed, hugging the quilt, her body pale as a sheet. She shook herself twice, and Gu Zhi quickly extended his arms to protect her. "I know Miss Song Mei has never liked me. That day in Shu Yu Zhai, I fell to the ground, and she didn't even help me up. She kept laughing behind my back. How could she die for me?"
Gu Zhi said coldly: "Is this really true?"
"Not only that, but also..." As she spoke, tears were about to fall, but after hurriedly glancing at Song Yaojie, she carefully stopped talking.
Gu Zhi: "It's okay, I'm just a servant anyway."
Slave?! Song Yaojie felt like her head was about to explode with anger. Her confidant of many years was just a slave, and what about this useless guy who didn't know martial arts? What about this fool who was deceived by the beauty of this useless guy! "She also... asked me to sweep the yard every morning and only gave me a small pot. The medicine that Mr. Qu Shu sent me took me three meals to boil. I asked her to prepare water for me to bathe, but she actually... actually gave me stream water, saying that she didn't have time to boil water for me and asked me to make do with it for a few days."
As he spoke, he went to pull Gu Zhi's sleeve with trembling hands, but met Song Yaojie's incredible eyes. He was startled and hid behind Gu Zhi.
Song Yaojie was shocked and said, "Chu Jiaojiao, these things have never happened before, don't slander me!"
Gu Zhi: "Senior Sister, are there such things?"
Song Yaojie: "Gu Zhi, you and I have known each other for ten years, and you would rather believe her than me?!"
Gu Zhi sighed, "Senior Sister, I naturally believe you. But I also really want to know why Song Mei led Miss Chu off the main road and allowed her to trigger the trap."
Song Yaojie's face turned from blue to red, and from red to white.
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