Chapter 280 Complete Crusade (Two Updates)
Gu Jiao looked at him with great interest, her gaze lingering on him as if she were weighing his weight.
Who knew that my hand had touched my brother?
Is this the one?
Gu Jiao looked at his right hand.
Don't worry, she just had her arm stitched up, she won't remove the stitches!
Gu Jiao glanced at his left hand again.
Tang Ming's heart skipped a beat!
To help him sleep peacefully, incense was burned and the oil lamps were turned off, but the moonlight, like water, streamed in through the window and spread across his bed.
The other person was backlit, yet a strange light flickered in their dark pupils.
Tang Ming felt like he was seeing a ghost.
After all, the Marshal's Mansion was heavily guarded, and it was impossible for an assassin to break in silently. Even if one did break in, there were still the guards left by his uncle standing outside the door.
They can't be eliminated too.
Is this really a ghost?
Or maybe I'm just dreaming?
Isn't it said that people can't feel pain while they're asleep?
He was in excruciating pain!
The place where Gu Changqing had slashed him with his sword hurt, but the place where his arm had been reattached hurt even more. It was like salt had been sprinkled on it or spicy food had been rubbed on it. The excruciating pain made him break out in a cold sweat.
At this moment, Tang Ming was unaware that everything was just beginning.
Gu Jiao took out her gloves from her bosom and flicked them lightly. Tang Ming's body trembled instinctively, and a chill inexplicably crept over him.
The mask only covered most of Gu Jiao's face, but Tang Ming could see her delicate jawline and slightly upturned lips.
Tang Ming didn't know if this guy was male or female, but his laughter sent chills down his spine.
what are you up to!
Gu Jiao curled her lips into a wicked smile, put on her gloves, and gently tapped his left hand.
The icy temperature of her fingertips traveled through the gloves to Tang Ming's skin, causing him to shiver.
The next second, Tang Ming felt the seemingly gentle fingers suddenly increase their force, and then he heard a cracking sound as his wrist broke!
With the added effect of the drug, Tang Ming felt as if he had been slashed hard. He opened his mouth to scream, but could only shout in his own mind.
Gu Jiao's fingertips traced upwards along his broken wrist bone.
Her movements were very gentle, and her eyes showed enjoyment, if you ignored the cracking sound of her fingers breaking.
Tang Ming was in so much pain that he almost fainted!
What kind of monster is this?! He actually broke his arm inch by inch!
The pain was intense enough to knock a top-tier imperial guard unconscious, but Gu Jiao gave him a very expensive drug that kept him conscious and able to feel the pain clearly.
Tang Ming's face was contorted in pain as he glared at Gu Jiao with resentment.
I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!
"oh."
Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow and took her hand off his shattered left arm.
Tang Ming thought his imposing manner had intimidated the other party, but unexpectedly, the other party suddenly pressed his hand on his left leg!
Tang Ming panicked immediately!
What is this little pervert going to do?!
Let him go!
Don't touch his legs!
Gu Jiao slightly curled the corners of her lips, and gently tapped his knee with her knuckles. With a snap, his knee shattered!
ah--
Tang Ming was in so much pain that tears streamed down his face!
This state of being unable to do anything and only able to lie on the bed at the mercy of others is far more miserable than Gu Yan's situation back then.
At least Gu Yan could still speak, but he couldn't even shout.
Tang Ming finally realized he was afraid.
He was a martial artist, and his courage was much stronger than that of ordinary people, which is why he was able to fight Gu Changqing on the stage despite his fear.
Gu Changqing's martial arts skills made him wary, but he felt more anger and jealousy. He was jealous that Gu Changqing, who was two years younger than him, possessed a stronger talent in martial arts.
The masked man in front of him gave him a completely different feeling. All his anger, jealousy, resentment and rage were replaced by fear from the bottom of his bones.
He finally surrendered!
His tears fell in large drops as he looked at her pleadingly, forgetting to even ask who she was or why she had treated him this way.
He only begged her to let him go.
Gu Jiao looked at him tenderly, "Then, will you let my Ayan go?"
Tang Ming's tears streamed down his face, and his whole body trembled like a leaf.
Please... let me go... let me go...
Gu Jiao curved her lips into a smile, and gently tapped his other knee with her fingertips. With a snap, it shattered too!
Even if the medicine was effective, Tang Ming still fainted from the pain.
Gu Jiao wasn't in a hurry.
She sat patiently by the bedside and waited.
It didn't take long to use.
After all, the medicines produced by the research institute are all good medicines.
Tang Ming slowly woke up, his face completely pale, his whole body drenched in cold sweat. He saw that the demon was still there, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably once again.
He was no longer the mighty lion of the grasslands; all his courage and boldness had been destroyed by the person before him.
He looked at the other person timidly, tears welling up in his eyes, filled with fear and despair.
Gu Jiao ignored his despair.
She is not a good person, never has been. She is willing to go to hell after death and be torn to pieces, but she will avenge the grudges of this life in this lifetime!
Gu Jiao smiled gently: "You can speak now."
Tang Ming moved his lips and let out a soft "ah," finally managing to make a sound, though it was very weak.
Gu Jiao took out a syringe from her pocket.
In the darkness, Tang Ming couldn't make out what it was, only vaguely sensing a flash of cold light.
"What...what are you going to do?" he asked fearfully.
Gu Jiao's gaze fell on his waistband: "Chemical castration."
Tang Ming didn't understand what "melting snow" meant, but he understood the last two words.
His expression changed drastically: "No..."
don't want?
Hmm, okay.
Gu Jiao silently put the syringe back into her pocket.
The next second, she took out a scalpel and said mischievously, "Then let's do physical castration!"
Tang Ming: "...!!"
After returning to the courtyard, Tang Yueshan rested. He had been under a lot of stress all day and was exhausted. He fell asleep soon after.
In the middle of the night, he was suddenly awakened by a nightmare and sat up abruptly.
The window frame had probably been left open, and now it was being blown open by the night wind, creaking and swaying.
Tang Yueshan couldn't remember what he dreamed about, but his heart was pounding. He frowned and wanted to check on Tang Ming's condition. Just as he lifted the blanket, he heard a shrill scream.
The sound wasn't loud, as if it came through layers of quilts. It was only because Tang Yueshan had excellent hearing that he couldn't hear it at all!
"Ming'er!"
His expression changed, and without even bothering to put on his shoes, he ran out barefoot.
He rushed to Tang Ming's courtyard and saw two guards lying on the ground. His heart sank. Then he saw a small figure dart out from Tang Ming's backyard.
"Guards! There's an assassin!"
He shouted.
The guards patrolling nearby were alerted and rushed over, chasing after Gu Jiao in the direction she had gone.
Tang Yueshan rushed into the house as fast as he could. When he saw Tang Ming lying in a pool of blood, barely alive, he let out a furious and heartbroken roar: "Ming'er—"
Gu Jiao doesn't know any light-body skills, so she can't outrun these experts.
Tang Yueshan woke up at just the right time; any later and she would have succeeded completely!
However, one is not bad either.
The moment Gu Jiao leaped onto the wall, the experts from the Marshal's Mansion drew their bows and arrows, and a whole volley of arrows shot towards Gu Jiao!
Just as Gu Jiao was about to be riddled with arrows, a dark figure rose from outside the wall, grabbed Gu Jiao's waist, deflected the arrows with a dart, and gracefully landed on the horse's back.
"drive!"
He tightened the reins, and the horse galloped away!
The horses galloped vigorously for dozens of miles in the darkness before stopping, and they came to the shore of a lake.
This is a lake for people to enjoy and play in. With green mountains and clear waters, the scenery is pleasant. During the day, people can take a painted boat or go boating on the lake. The blue waves are sparkling and the lake scenery is beautiful.
It was late at night, and apart from a few empty pleasure boats that had already fallen asleep, there was nothing else.
Under the majestic sky, it seemed as if only two people and a horse remained.
"Have you shaken him off?" Gu Jiao asked, sitting in front of him.
“Yes, I’ve shaken them off,” he replied.
I had already shaken them off, but just to be on the safe side, I still went a little further.
Gu Jiao swung her long legs and slid off the saddle.
She closed her eyes, enjoying the moist lake breeze, and asked him, "Why did you come?"
Gu Chengfeng dismounted and led his horse to the grassy bank. As he watched the horse graze, he replied, "Yes, why would I come here? I was just wandering around and bumped into you, is that not allowed?"
"Oh." Gu Jiao said "oh," walked across the lawn, sat down on a stone step on the shore, picked up a piece of broken tile, and threw it into the lake.
The tile flew across the water seven or eight times before finally landing in the water.
Gu Jiao was not satisfied and sighed, "It's a step backward."
Gu Chengfeng's lips twitched. With your skinny arms, being able to fly seven or eight times is already incredibly amazing, okay?
Seeing the horse happily grazing, Gu Chengfeng ignored it and walked over to Gu Jiao. He found a small tile and planned to show her his strength as a man.
result--
Smack! Smack! Smack!
He fell into the water three times.
Gu Chengfeng was in an awkward situation.
"Haha!" Gu Jiao burst out laughing.
Her sense of humor is strange.
She might not find it funny when everyone else is laughing, but sometimes a very small thing can make her laugh like a child.
This was the first time Gu Chengfeng had seen her smile like that.
"childish!"
Gu Chengfeng rolled his eyes and sat down on the steps next to her.
Gu Jiao picked up another tile and skipped it across the water.
Gu Chengfeng hesitated for a moment before asking, "Why didn't you come to find me?"
Gu Jiao asked curiously, "Why would I want to see you?"
Gu Chengfeng snorted, "Don't you just love to exploit me? Why don't you exploit me when it's something so dangerous?"
Gu Chengfeng had only muttered a few words casually, but after he finished, he suddenly fell silent.
Was it because it was too dangerous that she didn't call him? Does this girl actually have any conscience at all?
Gu Jiao sighed, "Sigh, you're so bad at this, I'm afraid you'll drag us down."
Gu Chengfeng: "...!!"
So why was he almost moved? She's clearly just a carefree little girl!
And what do you mean he's bad? If it weren't for him, she would have been riddled with bullets!
Gu Jiao continued skipping stones. Gu Chengfeng could tell she was in a good mood, so she must have succeeded. He wondered what she had done to that guy.
As Gu Chengfeng was pondering, Gu Jiao suddenly threw a brocade pouch into the river. She threw it too fast for Gu Chengfeng to see clearly, but from the sound of it falling, it seemed that there was something inside the pouch.
"What is that?" Gu Chengfeng asked.
“You don’t want to know,” Gu Jiao said.
Gu Chengfeng: "..."
Gu Chengfeng silently lit a candle for Tang Ming in his heart.
Tang Ming deserved it; of all people to mess with, he had to provoke her brother. Even if you provoked her, she wouldn't be this angry.
Mentioning Tang Ming reminded Gu Chengfeng of something: "Tonight, someone paid a lot of money to have me kidnap Gu Yan, and the person behind it seems to be Tang Ming."
“It wasn’t him,” Gu Jiao said without hesitation.
"How can you be so sure?" Gu Chengfeng asked.
Gu Jiao said, "Tang Ming's injuries are serious, and he has been undergoing emergency treatment. He has no way of instructing anyone to do anything."
Gu Chengfeng frowned: "If it's not Tang Ming, why are you acting as if it's Tang Ming, the backer? Are you trying to mislead people? Or... are you using me to spread the word that Tang Ming is after Gu Yan?"
Gu Jiao didn't say anything.
Back when Prince An's exam paper was switched in her dream, she had a vague feeling that there was an unseen force in the capital. In the past, that force had nothing to do with her, so she didn't pay any attention to it.
Now, however, Gu Yan is involved.
Of course, this was just a guess on her part, and she had no evidence to prove that it was the work of that force.
Moreover, the other party may not necessarily be targeting Gu Yan; rather, it seems more like they are using Fei Shuang to ruin Tang Ming's reputation, while Gu Yan is being implicated for no reason.
The consequences, on a small scale, will harm Gu Yan, but this should not be within the scope of what the other party cares about; on a larger scale, it will exacerbate the conflict between the Marshal's Mansion and the Marquis of Ding'an's Mansion.
Gu Chengfeng had also thought of this.
The situation in the capital has always been complex, but recently it seems to have become even more complicated.
However, the other party overlooked one thing: Fei Shuang knew Gu Yan and would never spread the news about Tang Ming and Gu Yan.
"Gu Yan...are you alright?" Gu Chengfeng asked.
Gu Jiao paused for a moment and said, "No, I was just a little frightened."
"Hey, girl." Gu Chengfeng seemed to remember something and spoke again, "Who exactly are you? Where did you come from?"
Anyway, he didn't believe she was that silly little girl who had been living among the common people.
"Me?" Gu Jiao touched the tile in her hand, unusually not avoiding the topic. She pointed to the distant horizon, "I come from there."
"There? Where?" Gu Chengfeng followed the direction she was pointing and saw only a vast sea of stars.
Gu Jiao gazed at the sea of stars: "A place very, very far away, transcending time and space, and perhaps even the universe."
She had never said these words to anyone, and no one would believe them or understand them.
In fact, Gu Chengfeng didn't understand either, but he believed it.
Gu Chengfeng then asked, "So how did you get here?"
Gu Jiao held the tile in her hand, no longer trying to skip stones, but instead put her other hand behind her head and lay down on the green grass: "I also want to know how I came to be."
She had pondered this question more than once: was her arrival theological or scientific? Was it a soul journey, or did that little medicine box from an advanced civilization tear through space-time, bringing her brainwaves here?
Gu Chengfeng looked at her expression and found that she was indeed confused. He thought to himself, "There are still people who don't know how they got here. Could it be that they were knocked unconscious and left here?"
Gu Chengfeng was at a loss for words.
He watched Gu Jiao lying on the grass, staring intently at the stars, and muttered to himself, "Is it really that beautiful?"
"And you?" Gu Jiao asked slowly, gazing at the starry sky.
Gu Chengfeng was slightly taken aback: "What about me?"
Gu Jiao slowly exhaled: "Why would I want to be a petty thief?"
"That's not a petty thief! That's a master thief! The number one thief in the capital!" Gu Chengfeng immediately exploded!
"Little thief, little thief," that sounds awful!
Gu Jiao pouted, "Then...isn't that stealing?"
Gu Chengfeng: "..."
He was unable to refute it.
He grabbed a piece of tile and threw it forcefully into the water. It floated nine times in a row.
He raised an eyebrow in satisfaction, but when he turned his head and saw that Gu Jiao was gazing at the starry sky and had not witnessed his awesomeness, his excitement vanished instantly.
“I’m the second oldest,” he said, looking up at the starry sky. “I have a powerful older brother who has been expected to achieve great things since I was a child. As for me, I can just play around. I’ll never have to worry about food or clothing when I grow up, and I’ll have more family property than I can spend in my lifetime.”
His eyes looked somewhat forlorn as he said this.
“What’s wrong with that?” Gu Jiao said.
Gu Chengfeng smiled bitterly. Yes, what's wrong with that? To be a spoiled brat in the capital, ignorant and carefree, without any burdens—that's what so many people dream of.
But he just couldn't accept it.
He also wanted his grandfather to treat him sternly just once!
But when he and his brother did something wrong at the same time, his grandfather always punished his brother, as if he could get away with anything.
He also tried to get up early to practice with his brother, but he was sometimes late. His grandfather would never be angry. On rainy days, his grandmother would not let him go, saying, "Your mother's darling, why should you suffer like that?"
"Can you understand the feeling of having no expectations of others? I feel like a piece of trash..."
Gu Chengfeng's words made him feel melancholy.
However, when he turned his head, he found that the little girl who should have been lying beside him listening was gone!
His brow twitched, and he looked around. He saw Gu Jiao had gone to the horse and was rummaging through a small cloth bag hanging on the saddle.
"I'm so thirsty." She found a water pouch, uncorked it, and gulped down two mouthfuls. "Oh dear, why is it wine?"
Gu Chengfeng wanted to remind her, but who told her to act so quickly? However, this wasn't strong liquor; it was Qianyin Pavilion's pear blossom wine, which wouldn't make her drunk.
Before her thoughts could even process it, Gu Jiao rolled her eyes and collapsed into a drunken stupor with a thud!
Gu Chengfeng: "..."
The night was dark and the wind was high.
The streets were as quiet as snow. Someone was drunk and refused to ride a horse, so Gu Chengfeng had to carry the person on his back all the way from the lakeside back to Bishui Hutong.
Gu Chengfeng is a person with light-body skills, but he can't carry someone for dozens of miles. Even the strongest light-body skills can't withstand that, right?
Not to mention that someone is particularly restless!
Whoosh!
Someone stretched out both hands and grabbed Gu Chengfeng's ears: "I have a little donkey that I never ride. One day I suddenly felt like riding it to the market. I had a small leather whip in my hand. I was feeling quite pleased with myself. Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up!"
Gu Chengfeng's ears were all twisted out of shape: "Aaaaah! What kind of crazy little snake spirit is this?! Someone, take her away!"
When Xiao Liulang heard the noise, opened the door, and came to the two of them, Gu Chengfeng had already been pulled so hard by Gu Jiao that his ears were like the wind, and his hair had been turned into a bird's nest!
Gu Chengfeng, who always pays attention to his image, and Fei Shuang, who even makes her mask both beautiful and flamboyant, have never been so disheveled!
Gu Chengfeng looked at Xiao Liulang, who had suddenly appeared in front of him, with a deathly pale face. Very well, someone else had seen him like this.
Gu Chengfeng stayed at the clinic for a long time. Xiao Liulang recognized him and knew that he was the second young master of the Marquis's mansion and Gu Jiao's older brother.
Xiao Liulang's expression softened slightly.
"Have you been drinking?" he asked.
Gu Chengfeng hurriedly said, "No, that's not true. She went to get water herself and mistakenly drank my pear blossom wine instead of water. She didn't drink much, just a sip. Who knew she had such a low alcohol tolerance!"
Xiao Liulang glanced at Gu Jiao, who was clinging to Gu Chengfeng's back, and stretched out his arms, saying, "Give it to me."
Gu Chengfeng looked at Xiao Liulang with a skeptical expression: "Are you sure you can do it?"
Xiao Liulang's lips twitched, and he said expressionlessly, "My hand isn't crippled."
Gu Chengfeng looked at him again and saw that he was not using a cane, so he must have come out specifically to carry her back. Moreover, he was dressed neatly and looked clear-headed, not like someone who had been woken up from a dream, but rather someone who had been waiting for this girl all along.
Gu Chengfeng hesitated for a moment, but still gave Gu Jiao to Xiao Liulang.
Xiao Liulang had some difficulty walking without his cane, but he held Gu Jiao tightly in his arms the whole time.
Gu Chengfeng was curious whether he would drop the person, so he kept watching Xiao Liulang enter the house. The moment he stepped over the threshold, Gu Jiao suddenly hugged Xiao Liulang's neck and gave him a kiss on the cheek!
Gu Chengfeng wished he could gouge out his own eyes!
Why is he waiting here to watch? Is he looking for trouble?!
Xiao Liulang was also startled by the kiss, but he knew that Gu Chengfeng hadn't gone far. He walked into the courtyard as usual, placed her on the bed in the east room, and looked at her intently: "Do you know who I am?"
Gu Jiao sat cross-legged on the bed, her big, watery eyes wide open, and said obediently, "I know!"
She feigned clarity, much like an innocent little fawn.
Xiao Liulang was overwhelmed; his chest was throbbing. He took a deep breath and asked her in a low voice, "Then who am I?"
Gu Jiao: "Husband."
Xiao Liulang: "Who is my husband?"
Gu Jiao: "Liu Lang, Xiao Liu Lang!"
After saying that, she lay down on the bed like a porcelain doll and fell asleep.
Xiao Liulang looked at her rosy cheeks, long eyelashes, and slightly parted rosy lips, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he quickly turned his face away.
Just as he stood up, intending to leave, Gu Jiao suddenly grabbed his sleeve and pulled him dazedly, causing him to fall towards her.
He used his other hand to support his body in time, and lightly pressed down on her.
Her face was inches away, and the aroma of pear blossom wine lingered around his nose.
Xiao Liulang's eyelashes trembled slightly. Her clothes had somehow become askew, revealing half of her delicate collarbone. His gaze merely swept over her, yet he felt a surge of blood rush to his head.
His breathing became rapid.
Gu Jiao gripped his shirt with two fingers, closed her eyes, and murmured, "I want a kiss."
"Whom to kiss?"
"Jiaojiao".
"Who kissed Jiaojiao?"
"Sixth Brother, Sixth Brother, my dearest Jiaojiao."
Xiao Liulang took another deep breath, raised his hand to cover her eyes that were about to open, leaned down, and just as his lips were about to touch hers, he paused, tilted his head slightly, and a gentle kiss landed on the corner of her lips.
...
The news that Tang Ming's arm had been cut off by Gu Changqing spread like wildfire throughout the capital. However, no concrete details of the torture Tang Ming suffered that night were reported. It was only said that an assassin had come to the mansion, and wanted posters from the government were plastered all over the streets and alleys.
Unfortunately, the wanted poster didn't even show the person's face; it only described their approximate height and build, and that they were male.
That's why it can't be found.
After all, the assassin was a woman!
No one suspected Gu Jiao. Of course, even though Tang Ming was seriously injured, they didn't ask Gu Jiao to go to the Marshal's Mansion to treat him.
This is not surprising, after all, Tang Ming's injury was not in a good place, and there are some things that cannot be known to outsiders.
Tang Yueshan looked as if he had been half-dead; in just one night, several strands of his hair turned white.
The military medic finished treating Tang Ming's injuries the next morning. Tang Yueshan looked at Tang Ming, whose entire body was wrapped in bandages except for his stitched-up right arm, and the bloodshot veins in his eyes seemed about to burst.
"Don't worry, Ming'er, I will definitely find the murderer and avenge you!"
After speaking coldly, Tang Yueshan affectionately stroked Tang Ming's forehead before storming off to the military camp.
Upon entering the military camp, he went straight to the torture chamber.
He believes that Gu Changqing is definitely involved in what happened last night!
He was furious at the moment, and his anger overwhelmed his reason, making him forget that Gu Changqing's figure was actually not much like that of an assassin.
The assassin was shorter than Gu Changqing, but it's possible he misjudged her in his panic.
He kicked open the door to the torture chamber, grabbed Gu Changqing by the collar in a fit of rage, and pulled him off the straw mat: "Was it you? Was it you last night?"
Gu Changqing was not intimidated by Tang Yueshan's anger. He looked at him calmly and asked, "What are you saying, Marshal? Is it me?"
Tang Yueshan gritted his teeth and said, "Don't play dumb with me! Last night you broke into the Marshal's Mansion and ambushed Ming'er! Taking one of his arms wasn't enough... you had to injure him like that... Gu Changqing, you are so vicious!"
Gu Changqing looked at him coldly and said nothing more.
There wasn't much hatred between Gu Changqing and Tang Yueshan. The Gu family army's plight was caused by their opposing camps, and it had little to do with whether or not Tang Yueshan was in charge. The Gu family army, having fallen into the hands of others, might not have fared any better.
However, Gu Changqing and Tang Ming had an irreconcilable conflict, and Tang Yueshan could not help but protect Tang Ming, so he and Tang Yueshan had completely broken off relations.
In that case, there's no need to be overly polite.
The more nonchalant Gu Changqing appeared, the more furious Tang Yueshan became: "You won't admit it, huh? Fine, then don't blame me for being ruthless! Men! Bring the torture instruments!"
"What is Lord Tang trying to do?"
Marquis Xuanping's unhurried voice slowly echoed outside the torture chamber.
He's someone who doesn't even attend the morning court sessions, yet he got up early for Gu Changqing; he must be exhausted.
Marquis Xuanping yawned lazily, stood at the door, and looked inside with sleepy eyes: "Isn't it a bit inappropriate to do something so cruel so early in the morning?"
Tang Yueshan looked at Marquis Xuanping with piercing eyes: "Xiao Ji, you'd better not get involved in this matter!"
Marquis Xuanping was really sleepy, and he yawned again.
Even a beautiful woman yawning is pleasing to the eye.
He casually raised his eyes, glanced at Tang Yueshan, and said, "Unfortunately, I love to meddle, especially since you've become the Grand Marshal of the Armed Forces, taking away my military power. No matter how I look at it, I'm bound to feel a little uncomfortable. Hmm, I have to intervene."
Tang Yueshan: "..."
Tang Yueshan, suppressing his anger, said, "You think it's any of your business? I am the Grand Marshal of the Armed Forces, personally appointed by the Empress Dowager. In the military, there are only official ranks, not marquises! My rank is above yours, so what right do you have to interfere in my affairs?!"
Marquis Xuanping remained silent, seemingly deep in thought about Tang Yueshan's words.
"Um."
He hummed in agreement, nodded, and beckoned to Chang Jing with his finger.
Chang Jing walked over and asked Marquis Xuanping, "Are you going to fight?"
Marquis Xuanping frowned reproachfully, clicked his tongue at Chang Jing, and said dismissively, "How can you get into fights so easily? Who taught you that? Is that how I usually teach you?"
While scolding him, he reached into the small pouch at Chang Jing's waist, took out two marbles, and turned to Tang Yueshan: "Lord Tang, how about I make a bet with you? If you win, you can do whatever you want with Commander Gu; if you lose, I will not torture Commander Gu."
Tang Yueshan scoffed, "Ha, you're full of tricks, who would want to gamble with you?"
Marquis Xuanping sighed: "Hey, how can you talk like that? We've known each other for so many years, and even if we're not brothers, we're still comrades. Why would I cheat you? I guarantee it'll be fair. Unless you're too scared to gamble."
Tang Yueshan said coldly, "Don't try to provoke me!"
Marquis Xuanping then said, "Add my own status as a marquis."
Tang Yueshan was taken aback.
Marquis Xuanping looked at the marbles in his hand and said with a faint smile, "I lost. I, Xiao Ji, will no longer be this marquis."
That's a huge temptation.
Despite being now the Grand Marshal of the Armed Forces, his reputation in the capital is still not as high as that of Marquis Xuanping.
But if Marquis Xuanping is no longer Marquis Xuanping, would he still be qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with Tang Yueshan?
Marquis Xuanping said earnestly, "Anyway, you won't lose anything if you lose. Would you be stupid not to gamble?"
Tang Yueshan loosened his grip and released Gu Changqing: "Alright, what do you want to bet on?"
At the end of the month, the tickets were cleared out.
(End of this chapter)
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