Chapter 681 The backlash came too fast
The lucidity was only short-lived, and the two brothers could never meet again.
Gu Yanchen knew that he would have to tell the story of his family sooner or later, so he took a deep breath and told him about the changes that had happened to his brothers over the years, as well as how the Emperor Mingde was suspicious of him and the whole family had their property confiscated and exiled half a year ago.
After hearing this, Gu Yanxing's face turned pale.
"How could it be... Our family is loyal to our country and our people... How could you possibly collude with the foreign demons..."
"And the matter of my second, third, and fifth brothers... How did it turn out like this..."
Seeing that Gu Yanxing could not bear it anymore, Gu Yanchen quickly said what he had not finished.
"Fourth brother, you can rest assured now. Fortunately, my wife Qingxuan is here. Our family is safe and sound now, and even our life in exile is well arranged."
"And more importantly..." At this point, Gu Yanchen couldn't help choking up, and spoke quickly after calming down.
"And Dad... Dad is still alive. We rescued Dad before we came to Blue Rain. As long as Fourth Brother comes home, our family will be reunited!"
"Dad... Dad is still alive?" Gu Yanxing thought he was dreaming and looked at Gu Yanjing in disbelief.
It was not until he saw his third brother nod that Gu Yanxing was sure that it was all true.
"How did you find out that Dad was still alive?"
Gu Yanchen felt warm in his heart and brought Ran Qingxuan behind him to his side.
"All this is thanks to Qingxuan."
When saying this, Gu Yanchen was full of pride, and his eyes were full of love when he looked at Ran Qingxuan.
It was at this time that Gu Yanxing noticed the woman who had been standing quietly beside him.
Although she was dressed in simple palace maid's attire, she could not conceal her lively temperament. Her eyebrows were picturesque, and her clear eyes were filled with fortitude that was no less than that of men.
"Is it my sixth brother's wife?" Gu Yanxing looked at his brother puzzledly.
Gu Yanchen showed a proud look on his face, and he took Ran Qingxuan's hand and introduced her, "Yes, this is my brother's wife, Ran Qingxuan. It is my wife Qingxuan's credit that our family was able to reach the northwest alive and find my brother and father."
Ran Qingxuan blushed slightly at Gu Yanchen's generous praise, and when he looked at Gu Yanxing, he slowly walked forward and saluted him.
"I have met my fourth brother. I have often heard my husband mention him. Today I finally get to meet him."
Gu Yanxing looked at the woman in front of him, whose beauty was as good as any other woman and whose temperament was graceful and unrestrained, and he felt both moved and relieved.
"Sixth brother's wife...I know the word 'thank you' is too pale, but I don't have anything to thank you with right now!"
Seeing that he was about to kneel down to salute, Ran Qingxuan hurried forward and supported his arm.
"Fourth brother, you don't have to be so polite. We are a family!"
Feeling the sincerity in Ran Qingxuan's tone, Gu Yanxing knew in his heart that she really accepted his thanks.
"Fourth brother, I know a little bit about medicine, so I will simply treat your injuries first."
Originally, Gu Yanxing felt a little embarrassed. After all, the other party was a woman, and also his sister-in-law.
But after seeing the look in Ran Qingxuan's eyes, he realized that he was overthinking.
With the help of Gu Yanchen and Gu Yanjing, Ran Qingxuan treated all his external injuries.
Perhaps because Balanch wanted him to be aware of everything happening in the outside world, the puppet Gu in Gu Yanxing's body did not break out.
"It seems that the poisonous insects I brought out before did not contain the mother poison that controlled Fourth Brother, so..."
Gu Yanxing raised his head suddenly and responded, "I was poisoned by a Gu before, but after Balanch made me into a medicine man, he kept taking my blood, saying that there was a Gu in my body that affected my blood or something, so he removed the Gu and used other means to control me."
At this point, he became a little emotional and said, "By the way, you came to save me, did Balanch hurt you?"
The three of them looked at each other, and Gu Yanchen showed satisfaction as he told him the news that Balanch was dead!
When he learned that Balanch had turned into a mummy, Gu Yanxing was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly laughed, with sobs in his laughter.
The anger that had been suppressed for a long time was finally released. He raised his head and tried to hold back his tears: "That vicious woman finally...finally..."
Before he could finish his words, tears were already streaming down his face.
Gu Yanjing patted his back and consoled him: "It's all over, fourth brother. When you feel better, we will take you home. Dad, Mom, and your sister-in-law are all waiting for you to come home!"
"Go home..." Gu Yanxing murmured these two words, thinking of his parents and his wife, his eyes flashing with longing and expectation.
A few people were talking about their plans to go home when suddenly a muffled sound came from next door, followed by He Fanxiong's suppressed cry of pain.
"What's going on?" Gu Yanchen stood up vigilantly.
When Ran Qingxuan wanted to go out to check, he was immediately stopped by Gu Yanchen.
"I'll go first."
When they rushed to the next room, the scene before them was horrifying.
The golden Gu King that recognized He Fanxiong as its master was clinging to his hand for some unknown reason and was nibbling on his fingers one bite at a time!
Blood dripped from the poisonous jaws of the Gu King, and He Fanxiong's face turned pale, with beads of sweat the size of beans oozing from his forehead, but he forced himself not to make any more sounds.
"Mr. He?" Ran Qingxuan, who saw this scene right after him, exclaimed and stepped forward to drive away the Gu King.
"Don't come over..." He Fanxiong gritted his teeth to stop him.
"It will attack anyone who comes close."
Gu Yanchen quickly looked around and didn't see any other palace servants. He looked at Ran Qingxuan and said, "Bring Kang Jun and Wu Kui out. They should know what to do..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Kang Jun and Wu Kui, who were resting in the space, were taken out by Ran Qingxuan, along with Miao Lang, who was tied up and thrown into the space.
This Gu Master, who once seemed to have surrendered but actually turned against them, now had a complicated expression on his face.
I guess the other two people had some conversation with him, so he acted like this.
“I ask you, what is going on in this situation?”
Ran Qingxuan stepped aside and pointed at the imperial couch. The three of them looked over there and took a step back at the same time, their faces instantly filled with fear.
"What's going on?"
Ran Qingxuan asked in a deep voice. Wu Kui swallowed nervously and was about to answer when he heard Miao Lang beside him.
"After being awakened, the Gu King needs a continuous supply of fresh blood and flesh..."
His voice was eerily calm.
"If the owner who wakes it up doesn't actively feed it, it will... slowly eat the owner."
There was dead silence in the room. He Fanxiong smiled bitterly: "So if I don't kill people for him to eat, he will kill me?"
Miao Lang nodded: "It is both a blessing and a disaster that the Gu King has recognized his master."
Ran Qingxuan looked at He Fanxiong's painful expression and suddenly remembered the golden eyes at the entrance of the dungeon. It turned out that the Gu King had already begun to backfire at that time.
"Is there any way to break this connection?" she asked anxiously.
Miao Lang was silent for a moment and shook his head: "If you don't feed it, the Gu King will not leave unless its master dies."
Gu Yanxing struggled to hold on and was helped in by Gu Yanjing.
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