Chapter 306 Become friends before you become enemies!
The reason why she felt frightened was that Qiao Zhixu successfully helped Qi Jing inherit the throne at that time, but every major decision Qi Jing made afterwards was related to him.
Including the final scene where he personally went into battle, the book says that it was all done by Qiao Zhixu.
And the most outrageous and terrifying thing is that the throne of Qi Jing’s son was seized by Qiao Zhixu and his men!
The book does not provide a detailed introduction to Qiao Zhixu himself. Most of the information is about what Qi Jing did to him after he inherited the throne.
The reason why Ran Qingxuan was sure that the extremely miserable person in front of him was Qiao Zhixu was because it was written in the book that the messenger who refused to bring medicine for his mother was tortured by him, and his head was even used as a sacrifice in front of his mother's grave...
It can be said that the source of all his changes came from the death of his mother.
Qiao Zhixu is smart, but the long-term bullying and humiliation from his classmates and the death of his mother due to a serious illness and failure to receive timely treatment became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Hatred can change a person, and her arrival also changed some things.
Originally, Gu Yanchen would be ambushed and killed after being exiled for half a month, and no one in the Gu family would be spared, but with her arrival, the original fate of the Gu family changed.
And now not only Gu Yanchen is alive and well, even his elder brother Gu Yanzong has been found, which shows that she has influenced more than just Gu Yanchen.
What’s more important is that Gu Yanchen is still alive, so neither Emperor Mingde, Qi Jing, nor Qi Ren will let him have an easy time.
If Qiao Zhixu really followed the description in the book and joined Qi Jing's camp after becoming the top scholar to help him regain the position of crown prince, according to his ambition for power, he would definitely help Qi Jing get rid of Gu Yanchen in order to please him.
In some unknown way, Ran Qingxuan had dug a hole for herself, but the good thing was that she met Qiao Zhixu before he changed.
If he is destined to become Gu Yanchen's enemy in the end, then she, Ran Qingxuan, must make the two of them become friends before anything possible happens!
Also, she especially wanted to see how Qi Jing would regain the position of crown prince without Qiao Zhixu's help!
"Qiao Zhixu, since we're classmates, as long as you kneel down and kowtow to me three times like you always do, I'll have my father send someone to deliver medicine to your mother. How about that?"
His thoughts were racing. Before Ran Qingxuan was about to take action, the young men on the upper floor beside him came downstairs laughing and their words were full of insults to Qiao Zhixu.
And from what the man said, it seemed that he was forced to kneel down and kowtow more than once.
Qiao Zhixu was in a very miserable state at the moment. The corners of his eyes and mouth were all bruised from being beaten when he questioned the messenger officer. His cotton jacket, which had been washed whitish, was stained with egg liquid, which dried on the clothes and gave off a fishy smell.
He raised his hand and patted the footprints on his chest, and actually walked towards the three people dressed as scholars.
The leading scholar was waving a folding fan in the middle of winter, with his head raised, looking down on the people who were walking towards him step by step.
Seeing that Qiao Zhixu was really about to lift up his robe and kneel down to the scum, Ran Qingxuan immediately whispered to Gu Yanchen: "Husband, you must save this person."
Gu Yanchen was shocked. He knew that Ran Qingxuan would not easily lend a helping hand to strangers. Thinking of her specialness, he raised his foot and quickly ran towards the people outside the team.
Before Qiao Zhixu could kneel down, Gu Yanchen grabbed his arm and pulled him up, then stood in front of him.
The leader saw that the man standing in front of him was tall but wearing an old cotton-padded jacket full of patches, and he immediately closed his folding fan in displeasure.
"You stinky beggar, do you think you can be a hero? Get out of here right now!"
Gu Yanchen stood in front of Qiao Zhixu like a mountain, looking at the person who was shouting coldly.
"This is so humiliating. How come you were born by a mother but not raised by her?"
"You're looking for death." Before the leading man could move, the two dogs standing behind him started barking, and then picked up the whetstones sold by roadside vendors and threw them at Gu Yanchen.
"Young Master, be careful!"
Qiao Zhixu was half a head shorter than Gu Yanchen. Seeing that the whetstone was about to hit him, he tried to pull Gu Yanchen away and meet it himself.
How could a man who had slashed countless swords on the battlefield be afraid of a whetstone that had no lethality? He gathered his strength and threw a punch, and the flying whetstone instantly broke into pieces.
No one expected Gu Yanchen to have such means. The leader took a half step back in fear, and then ordered the two people standing behind him to continue.
But before they got close, Ran Qingxuan, who had been waiting for the opportunity to show his face, took a run-up and kicked one of them away.
Another person was hit and fell to a roadside pork stall in a panic, knocking over a basin of pig blood and getting covered in it.
The people watching the excitement around burst into laughter instantly. The young man in the lead felt embarrassed, but did not want to show weakness, so he simply pointed at Ran Qingxuan who suddenly appeared and cursed him.
"Where did you come from, you bitch, how dare you meddle in other people's business? Are you guys in the same group?"
"No..." Ran Qingxuan clapped his palms, walked to Gu Yanchen and said lightly.
"I recognized him at first sight, yet you're still asking? You must be blind..." some curious people around shouted, and the laughter got even louder.
"Don't laugh, don't laugh. Do you know who my father is? How dare you laugh at me?"
The scholar was furious and shouted at the top of his lungs with his face flushed red.
Ran Qingxuan sneered: "Why, what does your blindness have to do with your father? So what if you know who he is? Did it delay your blindness?"
The onlookers were stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter. The scholar was trembling all over after being rebuked by Ran Qingxuan's few words, and he pointed at Ran Qingxuan without saying a complete sentence.
"Girl, his father is a soldier guarding Sitong City. What if..."
Qiao Zhixu was afraid that the two would be retaliated against, so he quickly explained to them.
"Are you afraid?" Ran Qingxuan turned around and asked for no reason.
Qiao Zhixu was stunned and shook his head with a firm look.
"I'm not afraid, but if you offend him, I'm afraid you won't be able to stay here."
Originally, they were just passing by, so it didn't matter whether they stayed or not. However, Qiao Zhixu should still stay in the academy in Sitong City until the autumn examination next year, and he would probably see these people every day.
If the men were not subdued today, Qiao Zhixu would probably be tortured even more miserably after they left.
Thinking of this, Ran Qingxuan's eyes rolled and he spoke loudly to everyone present.
"No matter who your father is, as a scholar, you insulted your classmate in public and even cursed his mother. Have you learned so much and nothing more?"
"You!" The leading scholar wanted to refute, but unexpectedly an old man walked out from the side.
The scholar who was about to get angry immediately withdrew his hand when he saw this man. The scholar who was covered in pig's blood and the scholar who was covering his chest were frightened like quails when they saw this.
Qiao Zhixu also saw this person and immediately walked out and bowed respectfully.
"Master!"
The old man lowered his eyes and sighed slightly, then walked up to the three scholars and snorted coldly.
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