Chapter 704 The Soul of Xuanyuan! (Second Update)
The Imperial Advisor asked, "Haven't you ever wondered why the Imperial Advisor's Hall has an operating room in a different dimension?"
Gu Jiao gave him a strange look: "It's your Imperial Preceptor's Hall, why should I think about it? I've found you to be quite lazy!"
The Imperial Advisor once again: "..."
The Imperial Advisor took a deep breath, walked to the door, and pulled back the curtain: "Goodbye."
...
Gu Jiao, Gu Yan, and Mr. Meng boarded the carriage to return home.
Although Gu Yan underwent major surgery, the surgery was very successful and his prognosis was very good. There was no reason why he couldn't ride in a carriage.
Of course, there was another very important factor – the official roads in Shengdu were really smooth.
Gu Jiao recalled a saying she often heard in her previous life: "To get rich, build roads first." This shows that transportation routes are crucial to the development of a city or even a country.
I wonder how well the roads in Zhao Kingdom are being repaired.
The alley they now live in is called Yangliu Alley, located east of Tianqiong Academy. It is larger than Bishui Hutong in Zhaoguo. There are twenty households living in the alley, three of which have tenants. One household is Gu Jiao and her group, who rented the entire house, while the other two households each rented only one room.
Because Mr. Meng often walked his horse, he became a familiar face in the alley, and everyone he met on the street greeted him.
Gu Yan rarely went out, and almost no one in the alley had ever seen him. Gu Jiao left early and returned late, so she saw him only a limited number of times.
"You're quite famous, huh?" Gu Jiao said to Mr. Meng after he had greeted the seventh person.
Mr. Meng didn't understand: "Did I blush?"
"No, it means you're popular," Gu Jiao said.
“Oh, the language of your Zhao Kingdom is really strange,” Old Master Meng said to Gu Jiao. “That child just now, I taught him chess twice.”
While strolling around, I encountered the scholar who was stuck in a chess game, and kindly offered him some pointers.
That scholar probably never knew that the person who guided him was actually the chess master of six kingdoms.
The carriage stopped in front of the house.
"sister!"
Gu Xiaoshun darted out quickly.
Gu Jiao jumped off the carriage: "Xiao Shun."
"Sister, you're finally back!" Gu Xiaoshun was overjoyed. Seeing Gu Jiao about to help Gu Yan, he quickly said, "Let me help you!"
"You don't need to come, I can do it myself," Gu Yan said with great pride. Then, he performed a dismounting maneuver for Gu Xiaoshun on the spot.
It's like a one-year-old baby showing off to their friends that they can walk.
"Great job, Gu Yan!" Gu Xiaoshun gave a thumbs up. "You can walk by yourself now!"
One of them is really daring to show off, and the other is really daring to flatter.
Mrs. Nan and Master Lu both put down their work and came out to greet them. Seeing that the two children were safe and sound, they finally felt relieved.
In fact, the day after the surgery, Mr. Meng sent his disciples from the Imperial Preceptor Hall to let them know that everything was alright, but he still felt uneasy if he didn't see them with his own eyes.
Nan Shi Niang held Gu Yan's arm, looked him up and down, and said with satisfaction, "Not bad, your complexion is much better, and your forehead is no longer dark."
Gu Yan: Master's wife, are you sure that the darkening of the forehead isn't due to poisoning?
"Does it hurt?" Nan Shi Niang asked, looking at Gu Yan's chest.
"It doesn't hurt," Gu Yan said.
It hurt, but not as much as he had imagined; it was within a tolerable range. He was so immersed in the joy of becoming a normal person that this little bit of pain was nothing to him.
"Also, the wound isn't here." Gu Yan showed off Gu Jiao's medical skills to Madam Nan. The incision was on the right side, less than an inch long, and would heal to the point of being almost invisible.
Nan Shi Niang marveled at Gu Jiao's superb medical skills.
"Jiaojiao must be exhausted too?" she said, looking at Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao lost too much blood, but she has recovered well after taking good care of herself at the Imperial Preceptor's Palace these past few days.
"I'm not tired," Gu Jiao said.
Mrs. Nan looked at Mr. Meng again and gave him a deep bow: "Thank you very much, sir."
Everything is understood without words.
Mr. Meng didn't speak, but stroked his beard.
Master Lu quickly said, "Alright, alright, it's so hot today, look how sunburnt the children are. Come inside and let's talk."
Mrs. Nan smiled and said, "Perfect timing, I've made some mung bean soup!"
Gu Yan was so hungry he could hardly contain himself; his eyes were practically glowing with lust.
Gu Jiao: "You can't drink it."
Gu Yan: "..."
To reduce the burden on the heart after heart surgery, it is necessary to strictly control water intake and try to keep the body in a dehydrated state for the first few days. You are already receiving a lot of IV drips every day, so don't even think about drinking mung bean soup.
Gu Yan looked aggrieved.
Nan Shi Niang: "..."
Has she tempted the child again?
Gu Yan entered the courtyard and began searching for the Black Wind King.
"You can walk now, you're going to the backyard," said Madam Nan with a smile.
Before leaving, Gu Jiao left behind enough medicine. Nan Shi Niang and Gu Xiaoshun changed the Black Wind King's dressings every day, and the Black Wind King's condition improved greatly. He was moved from the front yard to the back yard.
Gu Yan likes Black Wind King.
First, Black Wind King is too beautiful; second, Black Wind King is very quiet, unlike Horse King who is so noisy.
Black Wind King possesses an air of noble nobility, yet he is also domineering and sharp, which perfectly matches Gu Yan's aesthetic.
Gu Yan took a brush and brushed its mane.
Black Wind King didn't kick Gu Yan away, but obediently let it brush him.
Gu Xiaoshun and Nan Shiniang would occasionally brush its fur, but the only person in the family who couldn't brush its fur was Master Lu.
Gu Jiao, Gu Yan, and Gu Xiaoshun are considered cubs by the Black Wind King, and he is most tolerant of them. Nan Shi Niang is a woman, and the Black Wind King is also quite tolerant of her. Old Master Meng is an old man, and the Black Wind King doesn't bully the old man.
Only Master Lu stayed away from the cubs, women, and old people; every time he got close to Black Wind King, Black Wind King would kick him and beat him up.
"Our house was burgled," Nan Shi's wife told Gu Jiao as she washed vegetables.
"Oh?" Gu Jiao asked, "And then?"
Nan Shi's wife said, "That day, we all happened to be out, and Xiao Shiyi went out to catch the carriage. There was only that black horse at home. Three petty thieves came, and they all seemed to know a little kung fu. They came in and ransacked the place, and they even found the silver notes. But guess what? They were all trampled unconscious by the horse's hooves, and none of them managed to escape."
"It did this?" Gu Jiao looked at the Black Wind King, who was obediently letting Gu Yan brush its fur. "Hmm, is it that powerful?"
Gu Yan said breathlessly, "You're too tall, it's so tiring for me to stand and brush."
Gu Xiaoshun: You didn't even swipe twice, did you?
Black Wind King slowly lay down on the ground, and Gu Yan moved a stool over and continued to brush its mane.
On the other side, the Han family.
Han Shizi has been missing Black Wind King for six whole days. He wants to find Black Wind King every moment, but there is still no news of Black Wind King.
"Could they have already been murdered?"
It's no wonder that Prince Han made such a conjecture; the Black Wind King's record was simply too terrifying. No one in the entire capital didn't want to get his hands on him, and no one didn't fear him. Who knows, some mortal enemy might have secretly tried to assassinate him.
"Your Highness! We've found the whereabouts of the Black Wind King!"
A guard rushed over to report.
Prince Han hurriedly let him in and asked, "Where is the Black Wind King?"
The guard bowed and said, "In the outer city, in an alley near the Sky Dome Academy, I think it's called... Willow Alley! Someone saw a horse that looks a lot like the Black Wind King!"
After lunch, everyone in the family went for a nap.
Gu Jiao couldn't sleep.
These past few days, she has been focused on taking care of Gu Yan at the Imperial Preceptor's Hall and hasn't trained much. Now that she's back home, she naturally wants to catch up on all the training she's done in the past few days.
The backyard was quite spacious. Horse King was already lying on the ground, fast asleep, while Black Wind King stood there warily.
It occasionally takes a short nap, but it always stands.
Gu Jiao started with something simple and practiced with a whip for a while.
Then she took out her red-tasseled spear and began practicing the spear techniques that the beautiful monk had taught her.
Black Wind King didn't react much when Gu Jiao practiced with the whip, but it stopped its nap when Gu Jiao started practicing with the red-tasseled spear.
It just kept watching Gu Jiao, even after Gu Jiao finished practicing.
Gu Jiaoxiang, drenched in sweat, walked over with the red-tasseled spear and patted its head.
Black Wind King leaned closer and sniffed the red-tasseled spear.
Gu Jiao asked curiously, "You like this red-tasseled spear?"
Black Wind King stuck out his tongue and licked it, then continued to sniff, as if confirming something he had seen before.
This was the first time Gu Jiao had seen Black Wind King show interest in something in his house, so Gu Jiao didn't take the red-tasseled spear away and just stuck it in the open ground.
Black Wind King continued to sniff the red-tasseled spear, a hint of confusion seemingly flashing in his eyes.
When Gu Jiao came out after taking a shower and changing into dry clothes, Black Wind King was already asleep next to the red-tasseled spear.
Horses usually rest standing up, and will only lie down to sleep when they feel extremely comfortable and safe.
A gentle breeze blew through the room, and the little red braid on the tip of the gun fluttered in the summer wind.
With a single shot, he guards the territory, suppresses evil spirits from all sides, and drives away enemies from all directions.
As long as the gun remains, the spirit of Xuanyuan will never perish, and the land of Great Yan will never be broken!
My obsessive-compulsive disorder about rounding up is acting up again; I'm just a few votes away from breaking 2000.
(End of this chapter)
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