Chapter 723 The Eldest Brother Takes Action (First Update)
With Gu Chengfeng's lightness skill, it wouldn't be a problem for him to shake off Han Ye's two experts. By now, Gu Chengfeng and Xiao Heng should have already met up with the people from the Imperial Preceptor's Hall with their small medicine box.
Gu Changqing continued to carry Gu Jiao forward.
"My carriage is just ahead. We'll arrive once we pass through this forest. I'm accompanied by a few people from the martial arts school."
He explained the situation to Gu Jiao beforehand, so that they wouldn't find out there were strangers when they arrived.
If Gu Jiao didn't want to see the people from the martial arts arena, he told her to wait nearby while he brought the carriage over.
“Okay.” Gu Jiao didn’t mind.
Thinking of something, Gu Changqing asked, "By the way, who was that two people just now? One was Qi Xuan, and the other was who?"
Gu Jiao said, "Han Ye, the heir of the Han family."
Gu Changqing pondered for a moment and asked, "The Crown Prince's maternal clan?"
Gu Jiao hummed in response, hugged his neck, and looked at him curiously: "You know about this?"
Gu Changqing tilted his head slightly towards her, his tone more intimate, and his voice softer: "I inquired about some news from Shengdu at the martial arts arena."
He paused, then asked, "Why did he want to kill you?"
Gu Jiao said, "The former crown princess is injured, and the king wants me to go to rescue her, but he doesn't want me to go. Also, I have some other grudges with the Han family."
Gu Changqing frowned: "Other grudges?"
"It's a long story." Gu Jiao was the type who would rather take action than talk, so she spoke very concisely, hitting the nail on the head with every sentence.
Gu Changqing fell silent after hearing this.
He never expected that Gu Chengfeng would come, and in that same way.
Even when he was fighting on the border, he had already noticed his second brother's growth, but he never imagined it would be this great.
He didn't actually need Gu Chengfeng to be very resilient. Not only him, but his grandfather also never put too much pressure on Gu Chengfeng. As the second son, it was enough for him to be a carefree and happy young master of a noble family for the rest of his life.
Without any external pressure, he took on the burden himself.
They are all constantly growing, in order to protect the people they care about.
There are too many shocking things to tell, including Gu Chengfeng's experience as a slave in the Han family, the grudges between Gu Jiao and Han Che and Han Shizi, and Xiao Heng's entanglement with the Great Yan royal family.
It seems this trip to the Great Yan is destined to be anything but peaceful.
While the brother and sister were talking, the carriage was already close at hand.
There were three carriages in total. The last one was the most ordinary and was used to transport luggage. The middle one was the most spacious and belonged to Gu Changqing. The first carriage, which was quite conventional, belonged to Pang Hai, the manager of an underground martial arts arena.
He was the one who introduced Gu Changqing to Shengdu.
The fact that Gu Changqing was able to bring Gu Jiao to see him proves that this person is trustworthy.
Pang Hai is a man in his thirties, but he looks older than his age, appearing to be around forty.
He saw from afar that Gu Changqing was carrying someone on his back and had another person with him, walking steadily toward him.
Pang Hai wondered if he was seeing things.
This King Yama went into the forest and brought back two people?! And he even carried one of them on his back?!
Anyone who dares to get within three feet of the King of Hell will be beaten to a pulp, okay?
Otherwise, where did the title "King Yama" come from?
And because the coachman had to hold a lotus leaf umbrella for Gu Jiao, he would bump into Gu Changqing from time to time, but Gu Changqing showed no anger in his eyes.
Pang Hai's eyes nearly popped out of his head from the glare.
Pang Hai got off the carriage and walked over to Gu Changqing, asking, "Changqing, what's going on?"
Gu Changqing calmly explained, "Someone in the woods was robbed. Upon inquiry, we learned that she was a fellow villager from Zhao State and was injured."
Driver: Uh, he's not the younger brother anymore?
The coachman was a nobody, so naturally he wouldn't concern himself with the private affairs of these important people.
When working in Shengdu, you have to mind your own business.
Gu Changqing decided to temporarily conceal his relationship with Gu Jiao and the others only after carefully weighing the information he obtained from Gu Jiao.
Pang Hai: I don't believe you for a second! Your aura is completely different now!
Gu Changqing didn't care whether Pang Hai believed it or not; anyway, Pang Hai had no evidence.
He came to Shengdu with Pang Hai, who was his guarantor. If he made a mistake, Pang Hai would also be held responsible.
So you could say that he and Pang Hai were in the same boat.
Pang Hai smiled and said to Gu Jiao, "My surname is Pang, and my given name is Hai. I see that you are not very old, so you can call me Brother Hai, or Dahai is also fine."
Gu Jiao thought for a moment: "Sterculia lychnophora?"
How could anyone have such a strange name?
Pang Hai: "..."
"Could you please lend me some wound medicine?" Gu Changqing said to Pang Hai. After a pause, he added, "I need to take my fellow villager back. Could you please take this coachman back as well? I'll meet you at the inn later."
"Do you know which inn it is?" Pang Hai asked.
“Floating Cloud Tower,” Gu Changqing said.
Seeing that he remembered correctly, Pang Hai turned around and went to his carriage to get the wound medicine.
He took the bottle with the best efficacy.
When he came over to deliver the medicine to Gu Changqing, Gu Changqing had already carried Gu Jiao onto the carriage.
Gu Jiao's left ankle was terribly swollen, and the instep of her foot was also swollen high, almost bursting her shoes.
Gu Changqing sat down next to Gu Jiao, took her foot and gently placed it on his lap: "Let me see, just bear with it."
When Pang Hai came to deliver medicine to Gu Changqing, he caught a glimpse through the car window of Gu Changqing taking off the other person's shoes and cradling the other person's fair and tender little feet in his broad palms.
Pang Hai was completely dumbfounded!
Is this really that explosive?
You...you...you wouldn't happen to have a crush on her, would you?
No wonder you're not interested in women, turns out you're actually attracted to men!
It's still good to have someone so much younger than me!
Have you no shame?!
It's no wonder Pang Hai misunderstood; Gu Changqing is just too difficult to get along with. Once, the most famous courtesan in the area took the initiative to throw herself into his arms, and he actually knocked her down as if she were an assassin!
The courtesan broke three ribs and is still in bed.
The world is going to the dogs! The world is going to the dogs!
Pang Hai handed the wound medicine through the car window, placed it on the table, and left without looking back!
...
The Imperial Palace, Zhaoyang Hall.
Shangguan Yan's breath gradually weakened, and even the life-extending pills given to her by the Imperial Preceptor had little effect.
The king did not attend the morning court session.
He paced around the house, glancing at the doorway every now and then.
His eyes were cold and violent. He was a tyrant and a madman. No one knew what terrible things he might do in a fit of rage.
All the palace servants remained silent, trembling with fear.
He shouted impatiently, "Aren't you coming? Are the disciples of the Imperial Preceptor's Hall dead?!"
The Imperial Preceptor Hall held a prominent position, and it was extremely rare for the ruler of the Great Yan Kingdom to use such strong words to denounce it.
Zhang Dequan hurriedly ran out and said to the eunuch at the door, "Go and see if the disciples of the Imperial Preceptor Hall have returned yet?"
The king looked at the Grand Preceptor and said irritably, "I already told you to have Wang Xu bring him here by force! You insisted on having the disciples of the Grand Preceptor's Hall invite him here!"
The Grand Preceptor said, "I'm afraid Wang Xu won't be able to kidnap that kid."
"Hmph!" The king coldly flicked his sleeve.
"They're here! They're here!" Zhang Dequan suddenly rushed into the room, excitedly saying, "The disciples of the Imperial Preceptor's Hall have brought them!"
The king frowned and said, "Hurry up and let them in!"
"Yes!" Zhang Dequan shouted outside, "Hurry up, all of you hurry up!"
They were already moving very fast; the disciples of the Imperial Preceptor's Hall and Xiao Heng were practically running at full speed into Zhaoyang Hall.
Although Gu Jiao had entered the palace, she had never been granted an audience with the king, so the king did not recognize "Xiao Liulang".
His gaze fell on the ordinary-looking young man: "You are Xiao Liulang?"
Xiao Heng glanced at the screen blocking the bed and said, "I am Xiao Liulang's medicine boy. We were chased on the way, and she was stopped by assassins. This is her medicine box."
As he spoke, he took the small basket off his back and handed it to Zhang Dequan, who was standing next to him.
They knew to hand it to the head eunuch, which was a rule that ordinary medicine apprentices wouldn't understand.
However, at this critical juncture, no one will pay attention to this small detail.
The king wanted to summon a doctor for the former crown princess, but the doctor was assassinated on the way. If you say it was a coincidence, I doubt anyone would believe it!
The king was furious: "Summon Wang Xu!"
Zhang Dequan quickly replied, "Yes!"
The Imperial Advisor gave Xiao Heng a deep look.
Xiao Heng glanced at the Imperial Preceptor out of the corner of his eye.
This person closely resembled the description of the Imperial Advisor given by Gu Jiao, and appeared beside the King without any sign of flattery or fear.
That must be the Imperial Advisor.
The Imperial Advisor knew that Gu Jiao did not have a medicine boy by her side; otherwise, he would have brought one when he went to perform surgery on Gu Yan last time.
Of course, he could also say that he is new here.
I wonder if the Imperial Advisor will believe it.
"Give me the medicine box," the Grand Preceptor said to Zhang Dequan.
Zhang Dequan took out the small medicine box and handed it to the Imperial Advisor.
The Imperial Advisor picked up his small medicine box and walked behind the screen.
Xiao Heng's gaze remained fixed on the screen; though only a few steps away, he couldn't bring himself to cross it.
"You apprentice medicine boy, come and help."
The Grand Preceptor spoke calmly.
Xiao Heng's eyes flickered, and without waiting for the king's approval, he strode over.
The Imperial Preceptor placed the small medicine box on the stool beside the bed and said to Xiao Heng, "Open it."
You asked me to open it without even trying it yourself. Are you too lazy to do it yourself, or do you know that only I can open this room?
A question flashed through Xiao Heng's mind.
But to be honest, he wasn't sure if he could actually open it.
If it can't be opened, are we really going to kick it in front of the Grand Preceptor?
Fortunately, it bounced away automatically when Xiao Heng touched it lightly.
It's... pretty easy to drive.
The Grand Preceptor's expression remained unchanged. He took out hemostatic medicine and several other medicines that Xiao Heng had never seen before from his medicine box.
He then began to treat Shangguan Yan's injuries.
Shangguan Yan was covered in wounds. The minor injuries had already been treated by the Imperial Preceptor, and the next thing to be treated was the serious injury to her waist.
Shangguan Yan's condition is not good; even with emergency medication, it can only be stabilized temporarily.
The Imperial Advisor said, "She needs surgery."
The king said from behind the screen, "Then perform the surgery on her!"
The Grand Preceptor said, "I cannot perform this surgery; only Xiao Liulang can. Moreover, she doesn't have much time left. If the surgery cannot be performed within half an hour, she will lose her last chance for treatment."
Half an hour...
Xiao Heng clenched his fingers.
The king sent Wang Xu and disciples from the Imperial Preceptor's Hall to fetch Xiao Liulang. If they did not bring him back, they would offer their heads in return.
Xiao Liulang was being hunted down, and no one could guarantee that he was still alive.
Even if they were lucky enough to survive, it would take more than half an hour to get from the palace to the scene of the accident. Even if the Han family's Black Wind Riders were used, it would be impossible to bring them back in time.
A suffocating atmosphere filled the entire Zhaoyang Palace.
Shangguan Yan's life is slipping away.
Xiao Heng felt a dull ache in his chest, and he suddenly felt a little short of breath.
Are you worried about Jiaojiao?
still--
The Imperial Advisor gripped Shangguan Yan's wrist: "Oh no, she's lost her pulse!"
Xiao Heng's eyes flickered.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! They're here! They're here!"
Zhang Dequan's excited voice rang out from outside the door.
It was Wang Xu who led the person into the palace.
He had just arrived at the palace gate when he ran into Gu Jiao, who was getting off her carriage.
"Everyone out." Gu Jiao strode into the room.
The King: "I..."
Gu Jiao: "You go out too."
monarch:"……"
—The king was driven out.
Apart from Xiao Heng and the Imperial Advisor, everyone else in the room was shooed out by Gu Jiaoqing.
Xiao Heng waited outside the screen.
The scene was somewhat bloody, and Gu Jiao didn't want him to see it.
Gu Jiao opened the first-aid kit and disinfected her hands with disinfectant.
The Imperial Advisor described Shangguan Yan's situation.
Gu Jiao quickly concluded: "Two fractures at the L2 and L4 vertebrae, accompanied by multiple soft tissue contusions and more potential injuries... Surgery is not possible here. Have a stretcher prepared."
The imperial advisor glanced at her and reminded her, "She has no pulse."
Gu Jiao held up her gloved hands to the bedside, looked at the bloodless Shangguan Yan, and said calmly and quickly, "I know, first, save her. One milligram of adrenaline, prepare to inject."
(End of this chapter)
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