Chapter 736 The Valiant Little Jingkong (First Update)
Back when she was still in the underground martial arts arena of Zhao Kingdom, Gu Jiao had already wanted to use the name Long Aotian.
Unfortunately, Zhao Guo was very strict and did not allow ordinary people to use the character "dragon," so she could only regretfully choose the name Xiong Batian.
It seems that there are no such taboos in the Yan Kingdom, so Gu Jiao generously bestowed the name Long Aotian upon Gu Changqing.
Gu Changqing was very satisfied with the name given to him by his younger sister.
The prince was speechless because of this ridiculous name.
However, now that Prince Han is injured, the Crown Prince is in dire need of a skilled fighter by his side.
Long Aotian arrived just in time.
Pang Hai asked Gu Changqing in a low voice, "Why did you change your name?"
Gu Changqing said without changing his expression, "Oh, I'm tired of the old name."
The underground martial arts arena uses aliases, but he directly said Gu Changqing, which made Pang Hai think that was an alias.
Pang Hai didn't care about replacing him.
Whether he was a master or not, the Crown Prince didn't believe Pang Hai's words. The Crown Prince summoned the Imperial Guards from his residence to exchange a few blows with Gu Changqing.
Ten Imperial Guards were taken down by Gu Changqing in just a few moves.
A hint of amazement flashed in the Crown Prince's eyes. He asked his trusted guard beside him, "How does his skill compare to Han Ye's?"
The trusted guard looked at Gu Changqing, who had sheathed his sword, with a complicated expression, and whispered, "I think his martial arts skills might be superior to those of Prince Han."
The Crown Prince smiled and said, "Is that so? In that case, I've struck gold."
The trusted guard hesitated for a moment, then said, "I wonder if this person is reliable? Is he truly loyal to Your Highness?"
The Crown Prince said confidently, "I am the Crown Prince, the future ruler of Great Yan. A wise bird chooses a good tree to perch on. As long as he's not stupid, he will follow me wholeheartedly. But you're not wrong either. The underground martial arts arena is a mixed bag, and I really can't trust anyone easily. Go and get the things."
"yes."
The trusted guards have gone.
The prince walked over and stopped them: "Alright, the competition is over."
The Imperial Guards breathed a sigh of relief.
A trusted guard brought over a small porcelain bottle.
The Crown Prince smiled and said to Gu Changqing, "Drink this, and from now on, you will be my confidant."
Pang Hai glanced at the porcelain bottle and guiltily touched his nose.
He didn't tell Gu Changqing about this before he came.
Entering the Crown Prince's residence is not easy; there's a price to pay.
Without asking what it was, Gu Changqing tilted his head back and drank the contents of the porcelain bottle in one gulp.
The group was a little dumbfounded.
The Crown Prince laughed heartily: "Good! Straightforward! I greatly admire your character! What you drank was poison. You need to take the antidote once a month, otherwise you will die from the poison. But don't worry, as long as you are loyal to me, I will let you live longer than anyone else."
The Crown Prince was very satisfied with Long Aotian. Originally, such a master was not qualified to have his own independent courtyard.
But the Crown Prince decided to make an exception for Long Aotian.
He had his servants prepare a refined and elegant courtyard and also arranged several servants for Long Aotian.
Even when the other party expressed their dislike of having their freedom restricted, the Crown Prince readily agreed.
...
After leaving the Crown Prince's residence, Pang Hai asked Gu Changqing, "Why are you following me?"
Gu Changqing said, "I need to go to the outer city. Can you give me a ride?"
"No, I'm not going outside..." Pang Hai felt the overwhelming pressure from Gu Changqing. "Just because you changed your name doesn't mean you're so great, right? Why do you seem so smug?"
Is this name more powerful than Yama, the King of Hell?
Pang Hai waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I'll take you there, I'll take you there!"
Gu Changqing boarded Pang Hai's carriage.
The first light of dawn.
After Old Master Mu finished his conversation with Su Yuan, the general direction remained the same: recruiting Xiao Liulang and acquiring the Black Wind Riders.
The former was left to Mu Qingchen to handle, while the latter was something Old Master Mu had his own plans for.
Grandpa Mu said, "Su Yuan, you and Mu Tao come to my study."
I had something to say to them privately.
Mu Qingchen said, "Grandpa, Mu Chuan and I are going back to the academy first."
"Go ahead," Grandpa Mu nodded kindly.
Su Hao said to Su Yuan, "Father, I'll wait for you in the carriage."
Su Yuan nodded.
On the other side, Mu Qingchen and Mu Chuan had already turned around and left. Mu Chuan was chatting and laughing with Mu Qingchen, as close as brothers.
Then Su Hao followed behind the two with a dejected expression.
Su Yuan couldn't help but feel sorry for Su Hao.
After leaving the flower hall.
Su Hao called out to Mu Qingchen, "Fourth brother, did I say something wrong just now? You seem a little unhappy?"
Mu Qingchen frowned slightly.
Mu Chuan also stopped and scoffed at Su Hao: "Now you realize you misspoke? Just now you kept saying that my fourth brother and Xiao Liulang were good friends. I thought you'd been kicked in the head by a donkey!"
Su Hao said with a puzzled look, "But aren't Qingchen and Xiao Liulang good friends? Third Sister always says that..."
Is this a matter of friendship? You fucking pushed my fourth brother into a fire pit!
Mu Chuan took a deep breath: "Su Hao, this matter is over. I don't want to hold it against you. You should stop now!"
Su Hao looked at Mu Qingchen and explained, "I didn't mean any harm. I was just anxious to help my father. If I really said anything wrong, I'll go and explain to him right now."
Mu Chuan couldn't stand this pretentious act from a grown man. He was holding back his anger, and Su Hao ignited it all, causing him to explode.
He raised his fist and punched Su Hao in the face, knocking Su Hao to the ground!
"Hao'er!"
It was Su Yuan's voice.
The reason why Grandpa Mu called Su Yuan and Mu Tao to the study earlier was not to continue their grand discussion, but simply to explain a detail that the children could not hear.
The three of them came out very quickly.
I never expected to see this scene.
It is true that the Mu family is above the Su family, and it is true that Su Hao is also an illegitimate son, but these are not reasons for Mu Chuan to bully Su Hao at will.
When Su Yuan called out "Hao'er," Mu Chuan had already thrown his second punch and couldn't retract it in time.
With immense internal energy, Su Yuan struck Mu Chuan with a palm strike from a distance.
Mu Qingchen flashed forward, blocking Mu Chuan and catching Su Yuan's palm strike.
Su Yuan's expression was icy.
Mu Qingchen did not move aside.
The father and son faced off, and the atmosphere became extremely strange.
"Mu Chuan!" Mu Tao also came out. He looked at Mu Chuan, who was hiding behind Mu Qingchen, and then at Su Hao, who was lying on the ground with blood streaming from his nose. What else did he not understand?
Mu Tao was furious and went over to pull his ear.
Mu Chuan turned and ran, shouting, "Grandpa, save me!"
Mu Chuan rushed over and hid behind Old Master Mu.
Mu Tao stomped his feet in anger: "Don't hide behind your grandpa! Get out here! You've got some nerve, haven't you? Who gave you permission to hurt someone!"
Mu Chuan was chased around by his own father.
Mu Tao took off his shoes and hit him with the soles, but anyone could see that although he hit him hard, he didn't actually hit him very hard.
Grandpa Mu said, "Chuan'er, apologize to Young Master Su."
Mu Chuan pursed his lips, glanced at Su Hao, and said reluctantly, "Sorry, my hand slipped and I hit you. Honestly, we have the same father, but my fourth brother is so good at martial arts, how come yours is so bad? One punch would have knocked you out!"
Su Yuan helped Su Hao up.
Su Hao lowered his head in shame: "Your son has disgraced his father..."
Mu Chuan clutched his chest.
vomit--
...
Su Yuan, Su Hao, and Mu Qingchen left the mansion.
He told Su Hao to get on the carriage first.
Now that only the father and son remained, Su Yuan questioned, "Why didn't you stop Mu Chuan just now?"
Mu Qingchen countered, "Why should I stop you?"
"You—" Su Yuan gritted his teeth, "He's your own brother!"
"I never admitted it."
After saying this, Mu Qingchen turned around and got into her carriage.
Mu Chuan was also in the carriage. When he saw Mu Qingchen get on, he moved to the side and said, "Fourth Brother, sit down!"
He pushed open the carriage window and saw Su Hao peeking over from the Su family's carriage across the street. He stuck out his tongue in disgust and said, "Oh, nothing!"
"Let's go," Mu Qingchen instructed the coachman.
The coachman cracked his whip, making the horse run.
Mu Chuan asked, "Fourth Brother, are you really going to try and recruit Sixth Brother? Knowing his personality, I'm afraid he's not interested in aristocratic families, right? It's all Su Hao's fault for being so talkative!"
Mu Qingchen said, "Anyway, someone has to go find him."
If it wasn't him, it would have been someone else.
“That’s true.” Mu Chuan nodded. “But then again, being a staff member for the Mu family isn’t bad. The Mu family really values talent. As long as someone isn’t just a mediocre guest, the Mu family treats them all with courtesy and regards them as honored guests. Grandpa was right about that. If possible, Fourth Brother should talk to Sixth Brother properly. You two have such a good relationship, I believe he will listen to Fourth Brother.”
Good relationship?
The two of them... had long since drifted apart.
...
The Hall of the Imperial Preceptor.
Shangguan Yan woke up, her body wrapped in bandages, making it temporarily inconvenient for her to move.
Gu Jiao put an IV drip on her.
Gu Jiao inserted an indwelling needle into her wrist yesterday, and she didn't feel any pain when receiving the IV drip.
Shangguan Yan looked curiously at the IV drip hanging from the ceiling and asked, "Is this water? Are you injecting water into me? When I was in the county town, I saw them inject water into pigs like this and then sell the pigs."
Gu Jiao: "..."
Gu Jiao thought for a moment and corrected, "That's not how you inject water into a pig."
The disciples of the Imperial Preceptor's Hall who were sweeping the room: "..."
Shangguan Yan's surgery was very successful. If it weren't for the other injuries she had, Gu Jiao would have made her put on a brace and get out of bed.
Zhang Dequan came over, mainly to visit Shangguan Yan, and also mentioned the capture of the real culprit and the fact that Consort Wan had been banished to the Cold Palace.
This can be considered as giving Shangguan Yan an explanation.
Xiao Heng went to the Imperial Preceptor's Library.
As the eldest grandson of the emperor, he had free access to the books and documents on the other two floors, except for the third floor.
He walked around for a while and asked the disciples of the Imperial Preceptor Hall on duty at the entrance, "By the way, may I ask where our Yan Kingdom's official documents are?"
The disciple replied, "Your Highness, the imperial letter is on the third floor."
Xiao Heng then asked, "Besides the Imperial Preceptor and His Majesty, who else can go up to the third floor?"
The disciple said, "There are also two senior brothers on duty."
Xiao Heng: "Besides them?"
"That's all." The disciple thought for a moment, then realized that the statement was not precise and corrected himself, "If the Grand Preceptor agrees, one can go up, but one cannot go up on one's own."
Xiao Heng: "What will happen if I go up there without permission?"
Disciple: "There are eight assassins near the library. Anyone who trespasses will be executed on the spot, no matter who they are."
Xiao Heng: "Has anyone tried to break through?"
Disciple: "Yes, quite a few, but not a single one left alive."
They don't seem to be ordinary assassins.
So here's the question: given such tight defenses, how did the Yan State document come to be in Xiao Jingkong's pile of junk?
It couldn't have been given away by the Imperial Advisor.
...
At Canglan Girls' Academy, Gu Chengfeng sent Xiao Jingkong to Lingbo Academy: "Be a good girl and attend classes. I'll pick you up at noon."
Xiao Jingkong asked seriously, "Are you taking me to the Imperial Preceptor's Hall to have dinner with Jiaojiao?"
Xiao Jingkong has asked this question a hundred and eighty times. He started asking it last night when he returned to Linglong Pavilion, he asked it when he needed to pee in the middle of the night, he asked it when he was eating breakfast in the morning, and he asked it when he was walking on the street.
Gu Chengfeng didn't have Xiao Heng's composure; he couldn't hold on any longer.
He broke down and surrendered: "Okay, okay, I'll take you, I'll take you, alright!"
Kids are so hard to take care of!
Little Jingkong proudly puffed out his little chest. Sure enough, he could handle anyone except his bad brother-in-law!
Xiao Jingkong happily carried his book bag into the academy!
He sat down in his seat.
The class posted yesterday's exam results, and the first place was unsurprisingly Jingkong.
The last place has changed – Yan Xue.
While others take exams by answering questions, the little princess draws turtles, and she draws them very seriously.
Xiao Jingkong sat in his seat for a while, but his deskmate didn't come.
He thought for a moment, then ran out of the classroom.
He arrived at the back gate of the academy.
The young princess always had to pass through here, walking through the alley to get off at the front gate.
Actually, Xiao Jingkong thinks this is too troublesome. Why insist on using the front door? Isn't the back door better?
When the emperor needed to attend court, it was impossible for him to escort the young princess every day; she was usually escorted by the Imperial Guards.
Today is no exception.
"Candied hawthorn berries—delicious candied hawthorn berries—"
The little princess heard the vendor's shouts of "Candied hawthorn!" and her mouth watered.
"I want to eat candied hawthorns," she said to the palace maid beside her. Her eyes were wide open and cute, and her tone was not imperious, but rather sweet and endearing.
The palace maid smiled and said, "Princess, please wait a moment."
She stopped the carriage and called out to the vendors ahead, "Selling candied hawthorns!"
The vendor approached with a smile: "Madam, how many skewers would you like? What flavor? I have candied hawthorn, candied yam, candied orange, and candied watermelon!"
The palace maid smiled and said, "I am not the madam, but my young master wants to eat it."
As she spoke, she asked the young princess, "Why don't you choose a skewer yourself?"
The little princess leaned against the car window, sticking her head out and drooling over the pile of candied hawthorns and other treats.
Just then, Xiao Jingkong saw her and waved to her repeatedly.
She didn't see it.
Xiao Jingkong slipped away.
The gatekeeper didn't even realize what was happening.
"I want them all..." The little princess wanted them all.
Just as the young princess was hesitating, the vendor selling candied hawthorns suddenly turned sinister.
He grabbed the young princess by the collar and pulled her out of the car window!
The palace maid turned pale: "Princess! There's an assassin!"
The Imperial Guards drew their swords and charged forward.
The vendor threw the candied hawthorn stick in his hand at the Imperial Guard, then used his light-footed skill to leap into the air while holding the little princess!
"Hey!"
Xiao Jingkong lunged forward and bit his thigh with his tiny steel teeth!
(End of this chapter)
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