Chapter 190 The End (Second Update)
The cut was deep and wide, and the dagger itself was not clean. Gu Jiao had to clean the wound thoroughly, even turning the skin and flesh inside out.
That scene was truly unforgettable!
Because the wound was so close to his heart, Gu Chengfeng felt as if he could see his brother's throbbing organ, whether it was his imagination or not.
Gu Chengfeng's hands and feet turned cold!
Then Gu Jiao began to sew it up stitch by stitch.
Gu Chengfeng lay helplessly on the rattan chair, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. He wanted to close his eyes, but felt that it would be cowardly!
He saw his skin being torn apart by needle and thread, and he heard a sticky, chewy sound. He felt terrible!
Looking at Gu Jiao's calm and composed expression, anyone who didn't know better would think she was sewing clothes!
By the time Gu Jiao finished stitching up the last stitch, Gu Chengfeng had completely fainted.
For a long time to come, he will probably have to eat vegetarian food.
Gu Jiao walked out of the house.
As dawn broke, Xiao Liulang went to make breakfast for the family, while Gu Changqing paced back and forth in the main room. Upon seeing Gu Jiao, his expression tightened: "How is she?"
"Here you go." Gu Jiao wrapped the dagger she had taken from Gu Chenglin in a cloth and handed it to Gu Changqing.
Gu Changqing didn't want the dagger, but since it was the weapon that Aunt Ling used to harm Gu Chenglin, he accepted it anyway.
Gu Jiao said, "He has been given a temporary reprieve, but he is not out of danger yet. He will be truly alright if he can remain free of any infection symptoms or adverse reactions for the next three days and wake up."
Therefore, the next three days are the most crucial period. Gu Changqing understood and said to Gu Jiao, "Then he..."
Since it was so dangerous, they naturally couldn't send her back to the manor. The manor doctor's skills weren't good enough, and the imperial doctor's skills weren't sufficient either. The main problem was that Gu Changqing had never seen the strange things Gu Jiao was using before.
I'm afraid even the imperial physicians wouldn't be able to figure it out.
Gu Jiao thought for a moment and said, "Let's take it to the clinic. I'll be there during the day, and I'll have Doctor Song on duty at night."
Doctor Song was an apprentice of the old doctor at Huichuntang in the county town. He was a trustworthy person. Gu Jiao taught him some medical skills, and he knew how to use her medicines.
Gu Changqing: "Okay, whatever you say."
Gu Jiao went to the old ancestral temple next door to borrow a carriage.
Gu Changqing carefully lifted Gu Chenglin onto the carriage.
Gu Chengfeng woke up and, somewhat weakly, got into the carriage.
Gu Jiao still had to tidy up the house and deal with medical supplies, so she said to Gu Changqing, "You go ahead first, I'll be there in a bit."
Gu Changqing nodded: "Okay."
The clinic on Xuanwu Street was not far from Bishui Hutong, but Liu Quan made the carriage travel smoothly and slowly so that the patients on the carriage would not be too jolted.
Inside the car, Gu Chenglin remained unconscious due to the effects of the medication.
The effects of Gu Chengfeng's sedative were almost gone, but whenever he thought of the scene of Gu Jiao performing surgery on Gu Chenglin, he felt his arms and legs go weak and his scalp tingle.
He had seen doctors treat injuries before, but that girl was different from other doctors.
Gu Chengfeng couldn't quite put his finger on what was different.
Gu Chengfeng's gaze fell on Gu Chenglin's face: "Big brother, how is third brother?"
Gu Changqing said, "We haven't passed the danger period yet."
Gu Chengfeng scoffed, "I knew it! How could she possibly take my third brother's treatment seriously? He's in critical condition for three days; anything could happen!"
Gu Changqing's gaze turned cold: "This is already the result of our best efforts to save her. If she hadn't given it her all, what you would be seeing now is a corpse!"
Gu Chengfeng was rendered speechless by the rebuttal.
Gu Changqing said sternly, "I don't want to hear such words again."
Gu Chengfeng reluctantly turned his face away.
The carriage traveled for a while longer, and the atmosphere inside was extremely heavy.
Gu Chengfeng spoke again: "Brother, didn't you suspect her identity? How could a country bumpkin have such abilities? Don't you find her very suspicious?"
Gu Changqing stared intently at Gu Chengfeng: "She saved my third brother, and she also saved me."
Gu Chengfeng was stunned.
After Gu Changqing escorted Gu Chenglin to a side room in the clinic, he asked Gu Chengfeng to take care of him, while he himself returned to the Marquis's residence.
Lord Gu was extremely anxious.
He was trapped inside the mansion by Gu Changqing's secret guards and couldn't take a single step out.
It was already dawn, and he still didn't know what had happened to Gu Chenglin.
Just as Lord Gu was about to faint from anger, Gu Changqing returned.
Lord Gu stepped forward, pointed at his nose, and berated him: "You unfilial son! Where did you put your brother?"
Gu Changqing said, "He's at the clinic; his life has been temporarily saved."
"They...they saved him?" Lord Gu couldn't believe it. The imperial physician had come in the middle of the night, and after listening to the family physician describe the location of the wound, he basically concluded that Gu Chenglin had no chance of survival. Not to mention finding a doctor in the capital, even if the most skilled doctor in Chen Kingdom were summoned, it would be too late to save him.
"You're not...you're not lying to me, are you?" Lord Gu stammered excitedly, "Which clinic does your brother work at?"
“Miraculous Hands Hall,” Gu Changqing said.
Miaoshoutang? That name sounds familiar...
Never mind!
Lord Gu flicked his sleeve: "Huang Zhong! Prepare the horses! Let's go to Miaoshou Hall!"
Gu Changqing called out to him, "Father, is Consort Ling still in the manor?"
"Why are you still bothered with that woman?" Lord Gu got angry just thinking about her!
Having committed so many heinous acts, he deserves to die a hundred times over!
After all, she was a member of the Ling family. He originally planned to inform the Ling family first before dealing with her, but unexpectedly, she managed to injure Gu Chenglin in such a short time.
She knew she had no way out, so she wanted to take someone down with her even in death.
Over the years, she had been trying to suppress her resentment and dissatisfaction so well that no one noticed until the very last moment when it finally erupted.
This kind of person is absolutely terrifying!
Lord Gu said, "Once your grandmother wakes up, someone will report to her what happened last night, so you don't need to worry about it!"
The old lady could disregard whether Aunt Ling had bullied Yao and her son, and she could also overlook her instigation of the conflict between Yao and her stepson. However, Gu Chenglin was the old lady's lifeblood, and Aunt Ling's stabbing of him almost sealed his fate.
The old lady will not let her off the hook.
Gu Changqing went to Aunt Ling's courtyard.
Aunt Ling had been laughing hysterically for half the night, but she finally calmed down. She sat on the bed, hugging a pillow as if it were a child, patting it gently while humming a lullaby.
Her room was a complete mess.
There were still traces of Gu Chenglin's blood on the ground.
Gu Changqing stepped across the threshold with an icy expression.
He was backlit, and his tall figure cast a long shadow on the ground, stretching all the way to Aunt Ling.
Aunt Ling looked up in a daze. Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were messy, and her eyes were blank, but she quickly smiled with joy: "Ah, it's my brother!"
Gu Changqing walked coldly into the room and stopped three steps away from her.
Aunt Ling smiled and said to the "baby" in her arms, "Big brother is here, quickly call him big brother!"
Gu Changqing said, "Stop pretending, I have something to ask you."
Aunt Ling's maniacal smile froze.
Her lips slowly curled into a smile, and a hint of ruthlessness gradually crept into her dull eyes. She ruthlessly threw the "baby" in her arms to the ground and looked at Gu Changqing: "Oh, what does Your Highness want to ask me?"
Gu Changqing's expression remained completely unchanged: "Did you kill my mother?"
Aunt Ling was stunned for a moment, then covered her face and burst into wild laughter.
She laughed so hard her whole body was shaking, and tears streamed down her face.
"Hahahaha..."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"Hahaha……"
Her maniacal laughter echoed throughout the courtyard, sending chills down one's spine even in broad daylight.
The maids in the courtyard were so frightened that they huddled together.
Gu Changqing looked at her expressionlessly, but did not interrupt her.
After she had laughed enough, she wiped away her tears, looked at the tears on her fingertips, and said, "If I wanted to kill my sister, would she have had a chance to live that long?"
Gu Changqing said calmly, "If it's not you, then who is it?"
Aunt Ling smiled and said, "Why don't you ask me if your mother died of illness?"
"Is she?" Gu Changqing asked.
Aunt Ling smiled gently and looked into Gu Changqing's eyes: "No, she wasn't. She was murdered. As for who it was, you can guess for yourself."
Gu Changqing stared at her intently, as if trying to discern the truth or falsehood in her words.
"You suspect I'm lying?" Aunt Ling sneered. "A dying man's words are kind. I've confessed to all my other crimes, why would I deny this one?"
Gu Changqing said solemnly, "The night before my mother's condition worsened, I only saw you and my maternal grandmother. Are you implying that my maternal grandmother is the murderer?"
"Hahaha..." Aunt Ling laughed so hard she trembled. "If that's how you think... then that's fine too..."
Gu Changqing frowned.
What does Aunt Ling mean?
Is she saying that the murderer is neither her nor her grandmother?
But why did his mother's condition worsen after his maternal grandmother and she visited?
"La la la..." Aunt Ling picked up the pillow she had thrown on the ground and hugged it back to her arms. "Want to know who killed your mother? Come here, I'll tell you."
Gu Changqing looked at her coldly.
"What? Are you afraid of me?" Aunt Ling looked aggrieved. "You're not that fool Gu Chenglin, how could I possibly hurt you? Come closer, and I'll tell you."
Gu Changqing remained unmoved.
"Sigh, fine. Considering you came to see me off one last time, I'll tell you who killed your mother. That person was—" Aunt Ling said with a cold smile.
Gu Changqing's body trembled: "You're talking nonsense!"
"Hahahaha...hahahaha..." Aunt Ling burst into maniacal laughter once again.
Gu Changqing knew he couldn't get any more information out of her, or perhaps the woman had truly gone mad and had no idea what she was saying.
He turned and left the house.
As he stepped across the threshold, he glanced at Aunt Ling one last time: "Was it true that you wanted me to call you 'Aunt' before you married into the Marquis's mansion?"
Aunt Ling froze.
"I want to eat that."
"Red berries on the tree?"
"Yes!" Xiao Changqing nodded.
"Call me 'Auntie' and I'll pick it for you!"
Little Changqing thought for a moment, then said in a childish voice, "Auntie."
"Haha!" The girl tied the hem of her skirt around her waist.
"Oh dear! Miss! What are you doing! A young lady shouldn't do this!" The maids and servants were terrified; it was utterly improper!
"Make way!" The girl climbed up the big tree and picked a few red crabapple blossoms for three-year-old Xiao Changqing.
The girl had pure eyes and a bright smile.
That was the best time of her life, when she was at her most beautiful.
Gu Changqing is gone.
Aunt Ling sat on the bed in a daze, hugging the pillow in her arms tightly.
Suddenly, she buried her face in the pillow and burst into tears—
...
When Xiao Jingkong woke up, he found himself lying on Jiao Jiao's bed. He scratched his head in confusion.
strangeness.
Wasn't he sleeping in his little west room with his wicked brother-in-law?
How did I end up at Jiaojiao's house?
Could it be that Jiaojiao missed him so much that she brought him over in the middle of the night?
Xiao Jingkong nodded solemnly.
Yes, that must be it!
Xiao Jingkong, in a great mood, threw off the covers and started a day full of energy!
He found his little clothes neatly placed on the chair next to the bed. He tilted his head, picked up the clothes, and said proudly, "Jiaojiao is so thoughtful!"
After saying that, he frowned and said with disdain, "My bad brother-in-law isn't this considerate!"
As soon as Xiao Liulang entered and pushed open the door, he heard the little guy complaining about him. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "What did I do now?"
I took the clothes from you, okay?
"Hmph!" Little Jingkong turned his face away, and after a while, he continued to put on his little clothes, not forgetting to shake his head and show off, "I slept with Jiaojiao last night!"
Xiao Liulang: Hehehe, you're overthinking it. Jiaojiao didn't sleep.
(End of this chapter)
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