Chapter 582 Long Yi Arrives (Second Update)
Qin Fengyan's original intention was to leave herself a way out. Once Qin Chuyu's life and death were tied to hers, she didn't believe they would be so cruel as to kill her.
It was a flawless plan, but unfortunately... she ran into Gu Jiao, who didn't play by the rules.
If she had sincerely repented and pleaded earnestly, Gu Jiao might have considered letting her live a couple more days. But she actually used a child's life to threaten Gu Jiao.
...
When Gu Jiao emerged from the secret room, she was covered in blood, not a single drop of which was her own.
Eunuch Wei had been a eunuch for many years and had punished countless palace women with private torture, but he had never seen anyone do such a thing.
“Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu…”
Eunuch Wei was practically stuttering.
Before he could finish, Gu Jiao took off her isolation gown and gloves and left expressionlessly.
After leaving the palace, Gu Jiao returned to Biyue Hutong.
She planned to change her clothes before going out, but as soon as she entered the courtyard, she found that Nanxiang's wife and Master Lu were also there.
The three little boys in the family went to school, and Yao sat in the main room chatting with the two boys.
"Jiaojiao is back?" Madam Yao saw Gu Jiao enter the room at a glance.
Gu Jiao greeted the three of them.
"Jiaojiao, what's wrong? Are you in such a hurry to go out?" Madam Yao noticed Gu Jiao's hurried footsteps.
Gu Jiao said, "I have something to take care of and need to go out for a bit."
"Madam, Xiao Bao is hungry!" Yu Ya'er brought Gu Xiao Bao over.
Madam Yao said to Nanxiang's wife and Master Lu, "Excuse me for a moment."
Nan Xiang smiled and nodded: "Go ahead."
Yao took Gu Xiaobao back to the house and breastfed her.
Master Lu continued to sit in the main room drinking tea, while Nanxiang's wife hesitated for a moment before knocking on Gu Jiao's door.
“Jiaojiao, it’s me,” she said.
"Please come in, Nanxiang's wife." Gu Jiao had just changed into a set of light men's clothing and picked up the red-tasseled spear hanging on the wall, tying the loose strips of cloth back on.
Nan Xiang knew from Gu Jiao's demeanor that she was no ordinary person. Now that they were all on their side, Nan Xiang's teacher's wife naturally wouldn't turn a blind eye: "Why are you like this in broad daylight? Is something important happened?"
Gu Jiao asked, "The Seventh Prince has been poisoned by a very strange poison. I'll go get him the antidote."
"poison?"
The Tang Clan is most skilled in hidden weapons and poisons. Nan Xiang asked, "What symptoms? Can you tell me about them?"
Gu Jiao described the symptoms of Qin Chuyu and Qin Fengyan. Qin Chuyu's symptoms were more serious, and he had already fallen into a coma.
“This is not a poison from our Tang Clan…” Nan Xiang murmured, frowning.
"What?" Gu Jiao looked at her.
Nan Xiang gave an awkward smile: "It's nothing. I mean, I've never seen this kind of poison in person, but I've heard people mention it. It's a kind of voodoo. The Seventh Prince is still young, isn't he?"
Gu Jiao said, "I'm eight years old this year."
Nan Xiang nodded and said, "That's it. This poison is very potent and generally cannot be used on children, as they are likely to succumb to it. This poison is divided into mother and child poison. If the person poisoned by the mother witch dies, the person poisoned by the child witch will also die suddenly. However, if the person poisoned by the child witch dies, the person poisoned by the mother witch will be fine. The Seventh Prince should have been poisoned by the child witch."
"This kind of voodoo can only be found in the Upper Kingdom. Has the Upper Kingdom attacked the Zhao Kingdom's royal family?"
Gu Jiao said, "It's a long story."
Nan Xiang had no interest in the royal infighting and did not press the matter further. Instead, she said, "The person who poisoned the Seventh Prince probably did not realize that an eight-year-old child could not withstand its toxicity."
This kind of poison is usually used to control people, but if they die after being given it, then it loses its purpose of control.
"Does Madam Nanxiang know what the antidote looks like?" Gu Jiao asked.
“I haven’t seen that kind of antidote before, so I can only bring them all back to try.” Nan Xiang asked, “By the way, how long has the Seventh Prince been poisoned?”
Gu Jiao said, "I was poisoned at noon."
Nan Xiang's expression turned serious: "He won't last more than half a day."
Half a day has already passed, and even if Gu Jiao flew, there's no way she could retrieve the antidote in time.
Nanxiang's wife thought for a moment and said to Gu Jiao, "Find someone to take me to the palace. I have a way to temporarily stabilize his poison, but... it won't last long. You must bring back the antidote before dawn."
Gu Jiao nodded: "Thank you, Madam Nanxiang."
My great-aunt, Xiao Heng, and Jingkong are all gone, as is my great-uncle. Only Huangfu Xian is allowed to enter the palace now.
Gu Jiao came to the west room and woke up Huangfu Xian, who was catching up on sleep.
Master Lu pulled Nan Xiang into the front yard, glanced back, and whispered, "Are you really going to enter the palace? Don't you remember how Empress Xiao treated you back then..."
Nan Xiang smiled and said, "That's all in the past. The Seventh Prince is Jingkong's friend, have you forgotten?"
Master Lu said, "Of course I haven't forgotten. Master Jingkong always mentions him, as well as that Xu Zhouzhou."
Nan Xiang said, "If something happens to the Seventh Prince, Jing Kong will be very sad."
Master Lu sighed, "That's what I say, but I don't want you to go back to that place."
Nan Xiang touched her disfigured face through the veil: "I'm like this now, who would recognize me? And even if they did, no one would care, right?"
Master Lu: "I'll go with you."
Nan Xiang: "Don't go. Just stay here and wait for me."
Master Lu: "But..."
Nan Xiang: "Be good."
Master Lu had no choice but to surrender.
Gu Jiao pushed Huangfu Xian forward.
“Jiaojiao…” Nan Xiang turned around and saw Huangfu Xian sitting in a wheelchair. Huangfu Xian had just woken up from his sleep and was leaning impatiently against the wheelchair, with a sickly morning grumpiness, red eyes, and a strange look in his eyes.
Nan Xiang's eyes widened in surprise!
What a lovely child!
I want to take him back to be Xiao Shun's younger brother!
Master Lu opened his mouth: "I think I'd still stick with you..."
Nan Xiang swung her arm around him and said, "Get away from me."
Master Lu, suddenly feeling disliked: "..."
Huangfu Xian took Nan Xiang into the palace, while Gu Jiao mounted her horse, took Xiao Jiu with her, and headed out of the city to the stronghold of the Yan people.
Xiao Jiu's way of conveying information is like this: first, it tracks the bird, and if it loses track of it, it will cover its head with its wings when it gets home, looking extremely dejected.
If it doesn't lose its way, it will bring back a dry branch from near its destination and proudly show it off to everyone!
It showed off several times that day, probably because it knew it had pulled off something big.
Gu Jiao took out the withered branch that it had brought back that day.
Little Nine excitedly flapped its wings and soared into the sky!
Gu Jiao followed Xiao Jiu out of the west gate and headed southwest.
As night fell, Gu Jiao arrived at a village nestled against the mountains and beside the water.
After circling in the sky for a while, Xiao Jiu landed back on Gu Jiao's shoulder.
"Is this the place?" Gu Jiao asked.
Little Nine flapped its wings: "Cluck cluck!"
Gu Jiao: "That's a hen."
Xiao Jiu: "Gurgle!"
Gu Jiao: "Those are pigeons."
Xiao Jiu: "Chirp!"
Gu Jiao: "..."
How many languages do you actually speak?
Gu Jiao secretly estimated that it took a full hour to walk from Bishui Hutong to here. This was during the day when it was easier to travel. If she were to return at night, it might take more than an hour.
To be on the safe side, she should try to get the antidote before 3 AM.
"Chirp!"
Xiao Jiu's feathers suddenly bristled.
Gu Jiao felt an extremely powerful aura. She gripped the red-tasseled spear on her back with her hand. The next second, a tall black shadow swept through the air, stepped over the horse's back, and snatched her away in a flash!
Gu Jiao: "..."
Gu Jiao was trapped in a nearby grove of trees.
A horse-drawn carriage was parked there.
Gu Jiao's face was dark, and her cheeks were puffed up by the cold wind blowing in her face, making her look just like a sad frog with its mouth open.
When Long Yi flew with people, he was very rough, but when he put people into the carriage, he was extremely gentle.
He even thoughtfully used his inner strength to smooth out Gu Jiao's messy hair, especially that stubborn little tuft of hair.
Princess Xinyang glanced at Gu Jiao and said casually, "Who told you to come along?"
Gu Jiao said seriously, "I didn't follow you."
Princess Xinyang snorted coldly, "Still being stubborn."
Gu Jiao: "...Okay, I followed them."
Princess Xinyang took a sip of tea: "Ha, how could you possibly track me?"
Gu Jiao: "..."
Princess Xinyang poured Gu Jiao a cup of tea: "You're here to kill someone too? Don't waste your time, you can't kill anyone."
"What's wrong?" Gu Jiao asked, taking the hot tea.
Princess Xinyang said, "I've been observing here all day. Give up on the idea of a hundred Dragon Shadow Guards."
Even if Long Yi is powerful, he can only fight one person at a time. This is almost like a small army. Even a war of attrition would exhaust his strength.
Gu Jiao grunted, "So many Dragon Shadow Guards?"
Princess Xinyang said, "Dragon Shadow Guards is what the Zhao Kingdom calls them. They are called Death Warriors, but their strength is just as great."
Princess Xinyang brought her people here today to eliminate this force of the Yan Kingdom, so that they wouldn't have any designs on Xiao Heng. Who would have thought they would have so many of them?
Princess Xinyang said, "Don't act rashly. I'll go back and send troops to wipe them out."
A strategy of attrition warfare is always a viable tactic. One hundred Dragon Shadow Guards are incredibly powerful, but they still have no chance against an army of ten thousand.
Gu Jiao said, "By the time they go and come back, it will be dawn. The Seventh Prince can't wait that long."
Princess Xinyang frowned: "What do you mean? What happened to Xiao Qi?"
Gu Jiao told them about Qin Chuyu's poisoning.
Princess Xinyang slammed her fist on the table in anger: "That damned Qin Fengyan! And His Majesty too! I was only gone for a day! And he caused me this mess! That pillow was hardly enough!"
Gu Jiao: "I transferred the poison from Qin Fengyan's body into His Majesty's body."
Princess Xinyang: "Well done!"
Gu Jiao: Well, he's your own brother.
Gu Jiao said, "I'll go find the antidote first, and avoid a direct confrontation with them."
Thinking of something, Princess Xinyang asked, "Why didn't you bring Gu family boy with you? Isn't that boy a professional at this? With him around, stealing things will be even faster."
Gu Jiao said calmly, "No need, I can do it myself. His martial arts skills are too weak."
Gu Jiao only brings Gu Chengfeng along when she's confident about something; she'll only do things herself if the risk is too high.
“You,” Princess Xinyang said, “you’re not allowed to go alone. Take Long Yi with you.”
Gu Jiao refused: "They have ways to deal with the Dragon Shadow Guards, so it's better not to bring Long Yi along."
What methods are there to deal with or not deal with the Dragon Shadow Guards? Princess Xinyang surely understands Gu Jiao's intentions.
Gu Jiao was worried that if something happened inside, she would also be in danger, so she wanted to leave the most capable person to her.
Others can decide what Gu Jiao doesn't care about, but no one can change what Gu Jiao decides to do.
Gu Jiao dismounted, put on a mask, and selected a guard from the princess's residence to quietly approach the manor.
The bodyguard was following behind Gu Jiao when, in a flash, he was kidnapped!
The guard was forcibly pressed to the ground by a tall figure, and his clothes were ripped off in a flash!
The next second, Long Yi also quickly stripped off his clothes!
Then--
The guard looked at Long Yi in horror, crossed his arms, and cried out, "I'd rather die than submit!"
Long Yi knocked him unconscious with one punch, changed into his clothes, pulled up his pants with a satisfied look on his face, and swaggered out.
The remaining four Dragon Shadow Guards emerged from behind the tree, looked at their leader, then at the Dark Guard lying on the ground, and suddenly understood something.
They rushed over in unison, each grabbing a guard from the princess's residence, and brutally pinned the other person to the ground, tearing off their clothes despite their tears and struggles!
Afterwards, the four of them changed, pulled up their pants together, and proudly followed in their leader's footsteps!
Gu Jiao sneaked into the courtyard of the manor.
He blew a secret signal after rushing over the wall.
It's safe, you can come over now.
Then Gu Jiao saw—
A bodyguard came over.
Two "covert guards" arrived.
Three "secret guards" arrived.
The five Dragon Shadow Guards, led by Long Yi, were lined up neatly like a string of candied hawthorns.
Gu Jiao: "..."
Long Yi: Hehehe, let's team up and rob the monthly tickets!
(End of this chapter)
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