Chapter 668 A brutal beating (First update)
Han Che brought a total of six guards from the Han family. Although they were not as powerful as the assassins, they were still top-notch fighters. However, from the time Gu Jiao made her move until now, not one of them had reacted.
It's hard to say whether Gu Jiao acted too quickly or had too strong an aura.
Han Che let out a painful whimper.
The group snapped back to reality, exchanged glances, gritted their teeth, and charged towards Gu Jiao.
If it were just six Dragon Shadow Guards, Gu Jiao might hesitate, but it's impossible for these guards to gain any advantage over her.
Gu Jiao used one person in each hand as a hammer, smashing them until they vomited blood within a few moves.
Han Che watched helplessly as the guards he had brought collapsed to the ground so easily, and his pupils constricted sharply!
But upon closer reflection, this result doesn't seem too surprising.
He had practiced martial arts since childhood, and while he might not be among the top young masters of aristocratic families, he was certainly not bad. However, when Xiao Liulang attacked him, he was completely powerless to resist.
What exactly happened?
Why would a scholar from another country possess such superb martial arts skills?
To be fair, Gu Jiao is indeed a skilled fighter, but the real problem lies with Han Che and his guards, who lack experience in combat.
Han Che was, after all, just a young master from a noble family, and he wouldn't go to dangerous places. The guards his father gave him were naturally not vicious.
If it were Prince Han and his men here, Gu Jiao wouldn't be able to deal with them so easily.
Gu Jiao kicked Han Che again, and Han Che was in so much pain that he almost fainted.
He just couldn't understand how this young man could be so ruthless.
"No—ah—"
What do you not want?
Gu Jiao hates it when others are noisy.
Han Che was so badly beaten that he questioned his existence.
He now truly understood that Gu Jiao was not lying; she genuinely did not take the Han family seriously. He simply couldn't understand where a person from a lower country got the audacity to oppose a powerful family from a higher country.
Others are scrambling to lick his boots!
...
Inside the Mingxin Hall of Tianqiong Academy, Mu Qingchen had been waiting in her seat for a while.
He always arrives late, always the last one in the class, a student who arrives just in time.
Gu Jiao was the complete opposite. Apart from not studying hard, she always gave her teacher face. She was never late, never missed class without a reason, and never missed her homework.
She always arrives earlier than Mu Qingchen, but she is nowhere to be seen today.
Gu Xiaoshun had taken her schoolbag, which was now sitting alone on her desk.
Mu Qingchen frowned and looked towards the back door.
At this moment, Master Jiang came over carrying the Analects.
"Today we're going to..."
Before Master Jiang could finish speaking, a dainty little figure slipped in through the back door and sat down next to Mu Qingchen.
She casually picked up the book that Mu Qingchen had opened.
Master Jiang looked up and saw that Mu Qingchen's desk was empty. Master Jiang frowned and asked, "Mu Qingchen, where are your books?"
Mu Qingchen's lips twitched.
Gu Jiao pretended to return the book to him, saying, "Here, I'll lend it to you. Luckily, I brought two with me."
Having said that, he calmly pulled a copy of the Analects from his bag.
Mu Qingchen: "..."
Jiang Fuzi gave Mu Qingchen a warning look and began the lesson.
Although Mu Qingchen had already experienced his deskmate's shamelessness before, he had not expected him to be this shameless. For a moment, he was at a loss for words.
The classroom was filled with the sound of everyone reading aloud; Master Jiang would read a sentence, and then everyone would read a sentence.
After reading it aloud, Master Jiang began to explain it one by one.
Mu Qingchen suppressed the turmoil in her heart and asked Gu Jiao in a low voice, "Where did you go?"
Gu Jiao opened her book and said softly, "I ran into an acquaintance and exchanged friendly greetings."
Mu Qingchen frowned. Greetings are fine, but why be so friendly? Why does it sound so strange coming from Xiao Liulang's mouth?
"You didn't cause any trouble, did you?"
"without."
It was something that angered her.
...
Meanwhile, Han Che, who had been "greeted" by Gu Jiao, returned to the Han family mansion under the escort of servants.
Han Che was covered in bruises and his face was swollen and bruised. When he entered the mansion, he was almost unrecognizable.
The servants immediately went to fetch a doctor and at the same time went to the main courtyard to report to Master Han.
The patriarch of the Han family was receiving guests in the flower hall with his eldest son. Since the guests were present, he couldn't leave, so he asked his eldest son to come over first.
Han Che lay on his bed. The servant had just changed him into clean clothes, but this simple thing caused him so much pain that he almost died again.
When Han Shizi entered the room, this was the scene he saw: his younger brother was lying on the bed in excruciating pain, and a room full of servants stood by helplessly.
"Your Highness!" A servant saw him and quickly bowed, and the other servants followed suit.
Han Shizi walked to the bedside with a stern expression: "What happened?"
Han Che saw his older brother and a sudden wave of grievance washed over him. He stretched out his hand, which had been trampled into a pig's hoof shape, and grabbed his brother's sleeve: "Big brother—someone bullied me—"
Han Shizi said, "Speak properly."
With snot and tears streaming down his face, Han Che recounted the beating with exaggerated details: "...I just saw that Prince Ming was unhappy, so I thought I'd try to persuade him again and also advise him not to oppose Prince Ming. Who knew he would take his anger out on me...and say, 'Are the Han family so great?' Brother! He doesn't respect the Han family at all! A person from a lower kingdom wouldn't dare to do this; it must have been Mu Qingchen who instigated it!"
The feud between the Han family and the Mu family has been going on for a long time. After thinking it over, Han Che felt that Mu Qingchen was most likely behind this.
Han Shizi gave his younger brother a serious look and said, "Don't pin anything on Mu Qingchen. He doesn't need to go to such lengths to deal with you."
Han Che said angrily, "Is he targeting me? He's targeting the Han family! He's slapping the Han family in the face!"
Han Shizi glanced at him and said, "I see you have quite a bit of strength. You didn't hit me very hard."
"Where isn't it heavy? I'm almost dying! I'm just angry!"
Han Che was extremely aggrieved. He felt like he was about to be beaten to death. It didn't seem like Xiao Liulang didn't want to sell the horse; it seemed more like he had done something else to offend him.
"He's taking it out on me!" Han Che said, choking back tears.
With his hands behind his back, Prince Han looked at Han Che and said, "I told you to stay away from your cronies and avoid causing trouble, but you always ignored me. This time, consider it a lesson to you, and see if you dare to act recklessly again."
Han Che exclaimed in disbelief, "Brother, what do you mean? Aren't you going to avenge me? Are you just going to stand by and watch your only brother be humiliated like this?"
The Han family has quite a few sons, but only two are legitimate sons—the Crown Prince of Han and Han Che.
Both brothers were given high hopes and were rigorously trained from a young age, but Han Shizi was more outstanding in all aspects and had a more calm and cold personality.
Upon hearing his younger brother's words, Han Shizi's eyes turned slightly cold: "You went out to bully a person from a lower country, and when you failed, you were bullied instead. You still have the nerve to ask me to avenge you?"
Han Che choked.
The Crown Prince of Han then said coldly, "If you can't even beat someone from a lower country, I'd want to crawl into a hole in the ground if I were you!"
Han Che was completely speechless.
It's always been like this since he was a child. Other people's older brothers would stand up for their younger brothers, but his older brother always told him to fight back on his own.
If it weren't for the fact that the two of them looked so alike, he would have almost doubted whether he was his own brother!
Han Che lowered his head and clenched his fists.
Han Shizi gave him a cold look, then turned and walked out.
"Your Highness."
After leaving the courtyard, Han Shizi's trusted subordinates walked over.
Prince Han asked, "Has it been investigated?"
The trusted subordinate bowed and said, "I've spoken with the Second Young Master's guards. It was indeed that student from Tianqiong Academy who started it. The reason was that the Second Young Master took a liking to the student's horse during the polo match and wanted to possess it, but worried that with Mu Qingchen protecting him, he wouldn't be able to get it. So he mentioned it to Prince Ming. Prince Ming loves horses; he almost even snatched your Black Wind King. Hearing that there's a spirited horse no less impressive than the Black Wind King, Prince Ming naturally coveted it and went to Tianqiong Academy to claim it. However, the sudden appearance of the Little Princess ruined everything. The Little Princess even seemed to reprimand Prince Ming in public, leaving him feeling utterly humiliated. He then took his anger out on the Second Young Master. The Second Young Master today… I'm afraid he'll have to get the horse…"
"He also went to get revenge." Prince Han finished saying what his trusted servants dared not say aloud, "He went to vent his anger on others, so why did they beat him up?"
His trusted subordinates dared not speak ill of Han Che.
Han Shizi added, "However, that student was far too arrogant. Che'er is the eldest son of the Han family. What does his behavior do to the Han family's reputation? Besides, he went too far."
Thinking of Han Che's injuries, the Crown Prince Han frowned.
(End of this chapter)
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