Chapter 124.1
The next morning, Gu Jiao found Xiao Liulang and asked him where the Magical Cloud Inn was in the capital.
Xiao Liulang asked with doubt, "Where did you hear about the Magical Cloud Inn?"
Gu Jiao replied without changing expressions, "I heard about it when I went to buy things at the market yesterday. Is the food in that inn really delicious?"
Xiao Liulang said firmly, "That"s an inn run by outlaws."
"Eh?" Gu Jiao was stupefied.
Xiao Liulang explained further, "On the surface, it’s a normal inn, but actually it is a gambling house. Many people have been deceived by it. Don"t be fooled."
Xiao Liulang firmly thought that Gu Jiao was fooled by people with ulterior motives and refused to tell her where the Magical Cloud Inn was no matter what. Gu Jiao scratched her head and had to think of other ways.
After breakfast, Xiao Liulang went to find a suitable private school for Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun. On the other hand, Gu Jiao went to the market to buy food, and then directly hired a carriage from there, "Go to the Magical Cloud Inn."
The coachman said, "Magical Cloud Inn is quite far away. Is the girl in a hurry? If you"re not in a hurry, may you wait a moment for another boarder to come? "
"I"m in a hurry." Gu Jiao answered.
"That will cost 200 coppers then." Said the coachman.
Magical Cloud Inn was on the other side of the capital, and the coachman’s horse wasn’t a horse that could cover a thousand li a day. After they arrived there, most of the day would have already pa.s.sed and he might not be able to do business for the second time.
"Okay." Gu Jiao agreed.
The coachman was quite familiar with the topography of the capital and had chosen the nearest route. However, G.o.d knew what day it was today, they actually met two big shots on the road, and they, the common people, had to give way and let them pa.s.s first.
By the time Gu Jiao arrived near the Magical Cloud Inn, the a.s.sa.s.sination had already begun.
Hearing the noise in the alley, Gu Jiao jumped out of the carriage without saying a word, went around the other end of the alley and entered from there.
The battle between the two sides was so fierce that they failed to notice a pet.i.te figure sneaking from their rear.
Gu Jiao found the sack hidden in the corner, took the unconscious child out of it, and found a big stone to put inside in place of the child.
The a.s.sa.s.sins were no match for the man. They exchanged glances with one other. It was about time for them to play dirty tricks.
One of them used his sword to pick up the sack and threw it towards the man violently. Then, an immense sword qi slashed the mouth of the sack open, letting the thing hidden inside fly out.
The next moment, all the a.s.sa.s.sins were dumbfounded.
Shouldn’t it be a child? Why was it a stone?
The man was also very confused. What kind of trick were these people playing? Was this the latest method to baffle people?
Using stones?
The man split the stone in half without the slightest effort.
The a.s.sa.s.sins had already lost their best time to a.s.sa.s.sinate the man. They knew that they no longer had a chance to kill the other party today, so they decided to extricate themselves from the fight. After a few false moves, they fled one after another.
The man didn"t pursue them. He took his sword and was about to jump up to mount his horse when suddenly his ears twitched, then he looked warily at the alley, "Who is it?"
He could still sense her? His five senses were too sharp.
Gu Jiao came out from behind the post with the unconscious child in her arms, saying, "It"s me."
The man recognized Gu Jiao at one glance, "Why is it you?"
Gu Jiao shrugged her shoulders.
The man"s eyes fell on the child in her arms. At first glance, the child looked like the little guy of that day, but upon a closer look, it wasn’t. That little guy had a buzz cut head, but this child"s hair was very long and was tied up.
Moreover, the child"s appearance wasn’t as adorable and good-looking as the little guy of that day.
The man pondered for a moment and suddenly thought of the stone flying out of the sack. He seemed to remember that the a.s.sa.s.sins also showed very shocked expressions at that moment. Could it be——
The man looked at Gu Jiao and said askance, "Did you replace the child with a stone?"
"En." Gu Jiao didn"t deny it. "I happened to pa.s.s by and saw them catch a child, so I followed them. Just as they fought with you, I took the child out."
She spoke lightly, but the man knew very well that that group wasn’t just your ordinary a.s.sa.s.sins. It was very difficult to follow them without being discovered.
The way he looked at Gu Jiao became more and more doubtful. He said, "If I remember correctly, you live near the Imperial Academy. One is in the east of the Imperial Academy while the other is in the west. How come you’re pa.s.sing by here? What exactly are you doing here?"
Gu Jiao paused, looked at the Magical Cloud Inn not far away and said, "Um... gambling?"
The man: "..."
Forget it if she didn’t want to say it.
Of course, the man would never guess that Gu Jiao came here specially to save him.
While the two people were having a verbal combat, the child’s parents arrived at the scene.
"My son— my son—"
The woman burst into tears.
Gu Jiao returned the child to her and said, "He took some knockout medicine. The dose is not high, so it should be fine. He will wake up after dark."
"Thank you girl! Thank you girl!" The woman bowed deeply to Gu Jiao with her child in her embrace while her husband knelt down and kowtowed heavily.
Gu Jiao looked at the two people and said, "Don"t thank me, thank him. He drove the a.s.sa.s.sins away."
The two kowtowed to the man as well.
After they left, the man also intended to leave. He grabbed the reins of his horse with one hand and held onto the saddle with the other. Just as he was about to mount the horse, he was stopped by Gu Jiao.
"Why don"t you take care of your injury?"
The man"s eyes flashed a trace of vigilance, he quickly drew out his sword from its sheath, and placed it against Gu Jiao"s neck, "Who exactly are you? How do you know I’m injured?"
Even the servants in the estate didn’t know about his injury!
The sword was pressed against her neck, but Gu Jiao didn’t lift her eyelids and instead calmly glanced at his waist and belly, saying, "You are bleeding."
The man looked down and saw the clothes on his waist and abdomen were really stained with blood, dying it red.
Gu Jiao said, "Be careful of excessive blood loss."
With this amount of bleeding, ordinary people would have fainted already, not to mention he had also been fighting with people for so long.
Gu Jiao looked around. Seeing that there was no one else in the alley, she simply put down her back basket, took out the medicine chest from the inside, and told him, "Lift your clothes and let me take a look."
The man asked, "What are you going to do?"
Gu Jiao said flatly, "Stop the bleeding for you!"
The man furrowed his brows. Gu Jiao didn"t want to open the small medicine chest in front of him, she gave him a meaningful glance and said, "Turn around and lift up your clothes."
"You’re a physician?" The man questioned.
"Yeah, I am. Now cut the nonsense. You’re so nimble when fighting earlier, but now that you see a physician, you suddenly become fussy like a woman?" Gu Jiao had long discovered that most people here would hide their sickness for fear of treatment. Of course, it might also be because he didn’t trust her enough.
The man was obviously hesitant, but it wasn"t that he didn’t trust Gu Jiao, just... Gu Jiao was a woman.
How could he lift his clothes in front of a woman?
Gu Jiao let out a sigh. Since he refused to do it, then she would.
She walked behind the man, unfastened his armor and lifted his clothes.
The man who simply failed to react: "..."