Chapter 797 Jiaojiao and Dark Soul (Second Update)
Zhao Dengfeng's restaurant is called Xianhelou, which is quite famous in Qiushan Town, and it was easy to find the way.
Gu Jiao, dressed in battle armor and riding the majestic Black Wind King, exuded an unparalleled aura of a general, though the birthmark on her left cheek was somewhat of an eyesore.
Upon seeing the distinguished guests, the waiter came out to greet them with great enthusiasm: "Please come in, gentlemen!"
Master Hu spoke up, "Is Zhao Dengfeng here? My master is looking for him."
The two men were dressed in official attire, and the waiter, not daring to offend them, said with an awkward smile, "My boss... is not available to receive guests at the moment..."
"Mr. Zhao... would you like to have another drink with me?"
"You're not allowed to drink hers; if you're going to drink, drink mine."
From a private room on the second floor came the affected, manipulative voices of women urging others to drink; it sounded like there was more than one.
The waiter gave an awkward smile.
Master Hu's face flushed red with embarrassment and anger. "In broad daylight, under the clear sky, to do such a disgraceful thing is simply outrageous!"
Whoosh! The window frame was flung open.
A beautiful woman, half-undressed and drunk, stumbled out of the room, her body almost falling over.
Her shoulders were partially exposed, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes slightly glazed: "Which stinky man said that... um? Was it you... or..."
Her slender, pale fingers pointed from Master Hu to Gu Jiao, then she smiled drunkenly: "Oh, a handsome young general! General, come here, let me have a drink with you~"
Master Hu couldn't bear to watch anymore.
I'm fine with looking at things when I'm alone, but it's very awkward when I'm with my boss.
He quickly covered his eyes and turned his face away.
Gu Jiao calmly raised her eyes and looked towards the second floor, but she wasn't looking at the woman.
The woman gave a coquettish snort: "Am I not beautiful? Who are you looking at?"
"Who says our Third Sister isn't beautiful?"
Accompanied by a teasing and drunken voice, a burly man, slightly intoxicated, came up behind the beauty, one arm propped on the windowsill, the other hand resting on the beauty's soft, slender waist.
He looked at the boy downstairs with a dazed expression.
Naturally, they also saw the Black Wind King beneath the boy.
His eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a faint smile, "Oh, which young master of the Han family is this? I've never seen him before."
Master Hu raised his eyes and shouted sternly, "How dare you! This is Commander Xiao, the newly appointed commander of the Black Wind Camp! The adopted son of the Duke of Anguo!"
"Oh." He seemed slightly surprised. "The Black Wind Riders have changed hands again. The Han family really has no ability."
"Zhao Dengfeng," Gu Jiao said calmly, looking at him, "are you willing to return to the Black Wind Camp?"
Zhao Dengfeng chuckled and said, "I'm eating and drinking well here, having a great time. Why would I go back to the Black Wind Camp? It's tough and tiring, and we might have to fight at any time, risking our lives."
Gu Jiao was neither angry nor disappointed; she simply stared at him intently.
Her eyes were pure and clear, yet filled with unwavering determination.
Zhao Dengfeng's eyes stung, his smile vanished, and he said coldly, "If you've come here for a meal, this one's on me! But if you're up to something else, I advise you to leave! I, Zhao Dengfeng, never want to have anything to do with the Black Wind Camp again in my life!"
After saying that, he slammed the window shut!
"Ouch, you almost pinched me!"
The woman's complaints came from the second floor.
A crowd of onlookers gathered around, and even the guests upstairs and downstairs cast strange glances at Gu Jiao.
Master Hu coughed lightly and said, "Sir, let's go back first."
"Okay." Gu Jiao nodded. "Boss, let's go."
Black Wind King turned around and galloped towards the north gate.
Master Hu rode up and caught up: "Sir, your mission has had an unsuccessful start today."
Being rejected three times in one day is just too awful.
"It's alright," Gu Jiao said.
Master Hu was taken aback.
The boy's expression was calm, without frustration, disappointment, or feigned bravado.
Hu Shiye suddenly realized that the young man beside him was truly as still as water.
Despite her young age, she possesses an incredibly strong spirit.
Master Hu had seen countless people, and there were very few who could reach the level of a young man, let alone someone so young.
Master Hu asked, "Sir, did you anticipate that the three of them would refuse?"
"No," Gu Jiao said.
Your personality is exceptionally patient.
Before Master Hu could say anything more, Gu Jiao suddenly tightened the reins and stopped the horse.
Master Hu had no choice but to stop as well. He asked in confusion, "Sir, what happened?"
Gu Jiao turned her head and looked at the black figure in a teahouse behind her. She said to Master Hu, "You go back first. I'm not going back to the military camp today."
"...Yes." Although Master Hu was puzzled, it was only his first day meeting the new commander, and he had no personal relationship with him. He dared not disobey the other party's orders.
Master Hu rode back to the inner city.
Gu Jiao rode Black Wind King to the teahouse.
She left Black Wind King outside the teahouse, found a table to sit down, and said to the owner, "A bowl of cold tea and two steamed buns, please."
"Alright, sir!" The tea stall owner served Gu Jiao two steaming hot buns and a bowl of cold tea in a large bowl.
This place is close to the post station and government office, and government officials often come and go. The teahouse owner has never been to the inner city and has never seen the world. He doesn't recognize the Black Wind Riders and only thinks of Gu Jiao as a government official.
Gu Jiao picked up her teacup and silently took a sip.
She appeared to be drinking tea, but in reality, she was observing a man opposite her wearing a cloak with a hood.
From her angle, she could only see the man's cloak hood from the side.
However, when she entered the teahouse, she saw the man's face under the brim of his hat—he wore a half-face gold mask, revealing a white, beardless chin.
The man exuded an unusual aura, and Gu Jiao almost immediately concluded that he was an assassin.
Gu Jiao also noticed that the other person was wearing a black jade thumb ring on their left thumb.
The other party drank a bowl of tea, left five knife coins, grabbed the longsword on the table, and left the teahouse.
Not long after he left, Gu Jiao paid for the tea and steamed buns, then rode away on Black Wind King.
Black Wind King has a keen sense of smell and has received special training, making him no less adept at tracking human scent than Horse King.
However, the other party was a master, so Gu Jiao didn't pursue too closely to avoid being discovered.
But shortly after entering the north inner city gate, the other party's aura suddenly disappeared.
Black Wind King sniffed hard, but still couldn't figure out which way the other party was going.
"What's going on? Did it just vanish into thin air? Or—"
Gu Jiao muttered to herself, then suddenly realized something and drew the red-tasseled spear from her back.
A tall figure descended from the sky and kicked her red-tasseled spear.
She tumbled off the horse, gun and all, the tip of the gun suddenly touching the ground. Using the momentum, she flipped over to steady herself, thus avoiding a humiliating fall to the ground.
Holding a red-tasseled spear, she coldly gazed at the black-robed man who had landed across the street.
This fork in the road was very remote, and apart from the two men and the horse, there was no other person in sight.
The other person's robes billowed, and the summer heat suddenly carried a chilling coolness.
"Black Wind King?" The man in black robes glanced at the horse beside Gu Jiao, his thin lips beneath the mask parting slightly. "You're that Xiao Liulang."
“I am.” Gu Jiao looked at him without fear. “If I had known you would recognize me, I should have greeted you at the teahouse, Lord Dark Soul.”
That's right, this person is none other than Consort Han's top expert – Dark Soul.
"You actually know me? It seems that the guy from the Imperial Preceptor's Hall has revealed a lot of information about me to you." The man in black robes slowly walked towards Gu Jiao. His steps were slow, but each step carried a terrifying killing intent. "I didn't leave the city today for you, but since you've delivered yourself to my doorstep, I have no choice but to take your life."
Gu Jiao said, "That's not up to you."
The man in black robes smiled faintly: "Not very old, but quite arrogant."
Gu Jiao said indifferently, "You're not exactly ugly either, but you have such high aspirations."
"Sharp-tongued." The man in black robes smiled and suddenly attacked Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao felt a tremendous internal force pressing down on her body. Before she could break free from this force, the other person flashed in front of her in the blink of an eye and struck her chest with a palm!
Gu Jiao used her red-tasseled spear to block, but was still sent flying by the opponent's palm strike.
Black Wind King rushed over to pick her up, but little did he know that the man in black robes would not give Gu Jiao a chance to land safely.
He pounced on her, slapping Gu Jiao into the air with one hand, then leaped up and stomped hard on her abdomen!
If that kick landed squarely, it could rupture Gu Jiao's internal organs and kill her on the spot!
At the critical moment, a gray-white figure appeared out of thin air, flashed past his feet, and knelt down on one knee, holding Gu Jiao, on the side of the street.
Without lingering in battle, he carried Gu Jiao onto Black Wind King's horse and rode it swiftly through the alley, heading towards the most crowded area.
Gu Jiao was vomiting blood, which soaked half of Chen's sleeve.
Liao Chen put one arm around her and pulled the reins tight with the other, and they rode for three whole streets before Black Wind King finally stopped.
(End of this chapter)
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