Chapter 604 Surprise (First Update)
Men can be childish at any age; he deliberately threw it out at the last second before the fuse burned out, and Gu Jiao couldn't stop him in time. With the final, resounding bang of the firecrackers, Xiao Heng was blown to bits, looking like a ruffled little black chicken.
Xiao Heng sported an afro and was puffing out black smoke, as if he had been struck by lightning.
Gu Jiao covered her eyes: "..."
In the courtyard of the clinic, Hua Xiyao paced back and forth, making Mo Qianxue dizzy.
"Hua Xiyao, what are you doing!" Mo Qianxue said impatiently.
Hua Xiyao shook her fan, looked out at the courtyard, and said, "I'm waiting for news from Doctor Gu. I've given her so many suggestions, but I don't know how things are between them now."
Mo Qianxue said irritably, "What a busybody!"
Hua Xiyao smiled and said, "How is this meddling? The young master is dead, Xianleju has been shut down, I am all alone, and the government is waiting for me to go to jail. Doctor Gu is my only support, I have to stick with him."
Mo Qianxue scoffed, "Heh, I wonder who swore to be loyal to the young master before, and even called me heartless and ungrateful?"
Hua Xiyao wasn't angry. She smiled and said, "I'm not like you. I've never betrayed the young master. It's just that he's gone now. I can't be made to die with him! We have to keep moving forward while we're alive!"
Mo Qianxue snorted coldly: "Easier said than done."
Hua Xiyao rolled her eyes: "I'm not arguing with you, I'm going to wait for Doctor Gu! However, Doctor Gu has prepared so many surprises for Lord Xiao, he must be enjoying a romantic time with Lord Xiao and has forgotten all about home."
Mo Qianxue wished she could sew Hua Xiyao's mouth shut!
"Hey! She's back! She's back!" Hua Xiyao spotted a familiar figure flashing past the back door of the lobby from afar. She lifted her skirt, grabbed a fan, and ran towards it.
Mo Qianxue couldn't help but crane her neck to look outside.
Hua Xiyao entered the main hall, grabbed a young apprentice, and asked, "Where is Doctor Gu? I just saw her."
The apprentice, his face flushed red from Hua Xiyao's gripping of his arm, said, "Doctor Gu is in the clinic on the east side."
Hua Xiyao ignored him and entered Gu Jiao's clinic while fanning herself with a round fan.
"Gu—"
She pushed open the door, but choked on her words after only uttering one.
Who is this little coal boy sitting in a wheelchair?
"Husband, just bear with it, it'll be over soon." Gu Jiao knelt down and finished bandaging Xiao Heng's injuries, which were mainly concentrated on his left arm and left foot.
Her left arm was injured by firecrackers, and Gu Jiao had wrapped it up like a mummy's arm from her hand to her shoulder.
As for his left foot, it was injured when he was knocked down by a wooden pole. Gu Jiao helped him up and sat him on a stone bench. He wasn't walking at the time, so he didn't notice it immediately.
It was only when they got back to the carriage after the bombing that they realized they had also sprained their ankle.
Then there were some scratches and scrapes, which Gu Jiao also bandaged and braced.
—It's practically a mummy's leg now.
Hua Xiyao's body trembled.
Dr. Gu, when people apologize, they need to be sincere. Your apology is deadly.
Gu Jiao pushed Xiao Heng back to Bishui Hutong in a wheelchair.
In the stillness of the night, the noisy alley was filled only with the sounds of footsteps and the creaking of wheelchairs.
With everyone at home asleep and her wicked brother-in-law not around, Xiao Jingkong decisively grabbed her little pillow and climbed into Huangfu Xian's bed.
Because of Huangfu Xian's arrival, the threshold of their house was modified, making it very easy to push a wheelchair across.
Gu Jiao pushed the person to the door of the west room.
Thinking about what happened tonight, she felt really apologetic. She had promised to coax him, but how did things turn out like this?
She thought for a moment, then bent down and whispered in his ear, "Actually, I have another surprise in mind..."
Before he could finish saying the word "joy," Xiao Heng resolutely pushed his wheelchair into the house with his right hand. He turned the wheelchair around, closed the door, and bolted it shut in one smooth motion!
Then he turned around, leaned back in his wheelchair, clutched his chest, and let out a long sigh: "Phew!"
Don't be scared anymore, or you'll die.
Gu Jiao scratched her head.
Did they manage to appease him or not?
"Well... goodnight, my husband."
She said goodnight to the door of the west room and turned back to the east room.
Gu Jiao fell asleep quickly.
Since the dream about the Gu family, Gu Jiao hadn't had a dream for almost half a year, but tonight her dream came again.
She thought she would dream about someone close to her again, but it turned out to be unrelated people, none of whom she knew.
Or to be more precise, she didn't even get a clear look at those people.
It was a terrible rainstorm that lasted for a whole day and night, causing landslides and mudslides. There happened to be a village at the foot of the mountain, and the entire village was submerged.
Perhaps because it was a natural disaster, there was no possibility of it being delayed or brought forward by human intervention; it will happen at midnight the day after tomorrow.
During the day, perhaps some people would have been alert, but since everyone was asleep at night, not a single person in the village managed to escape.
After waking up, Gu Jiao went directly to Xiao Heng's west room.
Xiao Heng had just woken up.
Men often experience a feeling of embarrassment upon waking up in the morning, especially young men full of vigor.
In general, Xiao Heng would calmly wait for it to subside before lifting the covers and getting out of bed.
To everyone's surprise, Gu Jiao suddenly knocked on the door: "Husband, are you up? I have something to tell you."
Xiao Heng glanced at his swaggering figure and felt a surge of panic: "Wait, wait a minute!"
"Husband, something urgent has happened," Gu Jiao said. "I'm coming in."
Xiao Heng was at a loss. In his panic, he grabbed a pillow and covered his legs with it, then looked seriously at the door latch.
Door, door, door bolt!
Should I go open the door for her?
Wouldn't that be—
Xiao Heng glanced at the door latch, then at the pillow covering it. If he got up, he'd be exposed; if he didn't, she couldn't open the door.
Click!
The latch just fell off.
Gu Jiao looked completely innocent: "I didn't mean to!"
Xiao Heng's lips twitched, and he turned his head to mutter under his breath, "I almost forgot what her skills are like. I was actually worried she wouldn't be able to open the door..."
Gu Jiao stepped inside and looked at him by the bedside: "How are your injuries? Is there anything that hurts or feels uncomfortable?"
Xiao Heng subtly pressed down on the pillow on his lap and said seriously, "No, nothing. By the way, what did you say you were in a hurry about?"
Gu Jiao stated frankly, "It's going to rain heavily in Ping Le Prefecture, which could very likely cause landslides and mudslides, putting nearby villages in danger."
“Ping Le Prefecture is over a hundred miles away. How do you know it will rain heavily there?” Xiao Heng knew she knew how to observe celestial phenomena, but she couldn’t observe that far, could she?
Gu Jiao thought for a moment and said, "Would you believe me if I said I dreamt it?"
Xiao Heng: "..."
Gu Jiao took out a map of the Zhao Kingdom and pointed to the place where the natural disaster occurred: "It's here."
Xiao Heng frowned, pondered for a moment, and nodded: "I understand. I will go to the palace to report to His Majesty and ask him to send someone to notify the people in the village to evacuate as soon as possible."
Gu Jiao said, "It will start raining at noon, and we need to get it done before midnight tomorrow night."
That was the time when the landslide caused a mudslide.
Gu Jiao added, "It would be best to use carrier pigeons to deliver messages."
People will encounter torrential rain on their way there.
"Okay," Xiao Heng replied.
Although he didn't know how she observed it, Xiao Heng believed her.
Gu Jiao put the map away and prepared to leave. Before leaving, she suddenly glanced at the pillow that Xiao Heng had placed on his lap and said casually, "It's just a physiological phenomenon, there's nothing to hide."
Xiao Heng's eyes flickered.
Gu Jiao: "Don't crush it."
Xiao Heng: "...!!"
...
During breakfast, the whole family learned about Xiao Heng's injuries.
Xiao Heng said he was injured in an accident, and surprisingly, no one in his family was surprised.
After all, he'd been having bad luck for a while now. They'd been wondering why Xiao Heng hadn't had any bad luck in so long—had his luck turned around?
Everyone looked at him and nodded in unison.
That's right, it's still the familiar Liu Lang.
After breakfast, Xiao Heng boarded Liu Quan's carriage and entered the palace.
Halfway there, they ran into Yu Jin, who was out shopping.
Yu Jin was unaware that Xiao Heng had come to the palace on urgent business. After recognizing Liu Quan, she called out to Xiao Heng's carriage.
"Young Marquis."
Two carriages traveling in opposite directions stopped on the street. Yu Jin lifted the curtain and said to Xiao Heng, "Going to work so early? What happened to your arm? And your leg?"
Xiao Heng's arms and legs were wrapped in thick strips of cloth.
Xiao Heng said nonchalantly, "I'm fine. I just slipped and fell. I have something to report to His Majesty in the palace."
Yu Jin said with heartache, "You're so badly injured, you shouldn't go. I'll go and report to the princess."
The same applies when Princess Xinyang goes to see His Majesty.
Xiao Heng said, "It's too late. A torrential rain is about to hit Ping Le Prefecture, which could very likely cause a landslide. We need to evacuate the villagers at the foot of the mountain as soon as possible."
Yu Jin frowned: "Ping Le Prefecture City? Isn't that the fiefdom of the Prince of Liang?"
Xiao Heng nodded: "That's right."
Yu Jin's expression changed: "Oh no!"
Xiao Heng asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Yu Jin gripped the carriage window tightly: "The Marquis has gone to Ping Le Prefecture!"
Xiao Heng knew that Marquis Xuanping had left, but he didn't know where he had gone: "What is he doing in Ping Le Prefecture?"
“He…” Yu Jin looked around and whispered, “He went to assassinate the old King Liang!”
Xiao Heng's expression also changed. The landslide occurred on the only road leading to the Liang Prince's Mansion!
(End of this chapter)
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