Chapter 68
Seeing Gu Jiao leave just as she appeared, Marquis Gu was burning with anger from the bottom of his heart.
"You halt for me!" He bellowed in a severe tone.
Oh, just who are you to tell me to halt?
Gu Jiao walked away with a confident and relaxed manner. Not the slightest hesitation nor a trace of being intimidated by his ident.i.ty or anger could be seen at all.
Marquis Gu had never seen such an arrogant person in his many years of living!
He had learned the other party’s ident.i.ty from his daughter. She was a little medicine girl of the Rejuvenation Hall, and her master, Physician Li, had made great achievements in treating Yan"er.
Because of this, he decided to let bygones be bygones for her offenses back in town.
But great! She actually left him to die here deep in the mountains!
In particular, what was that look in her eyes just now? Someone of the lowest social status unexpectedly dared to despise a country"s Marquis. She must be tired of living to provoke the power and prestige of the Marquis Ding"an Estate nakedly!
Once he got out of this pitfall, he would punish her for great irreverence!
If she wouldn’t save him, so be it. He could get out by himself!
Awooooo——
Even deeper in the woods came a faintly discernible howl of a wolf.
Generally speaking, adult wolves didn’t howl during daytime, so this must be a wolf cub that couldn’t control its wolf nature well. The shrill howl it just let out should indicate its hunger.
This wasn’t surprising, and the adult wolves in its family should soon come out to look for food.
Gu Jiao sat down under a big tree nearby and began to wait for the wolf.
Marquis Gu, who was in the pitfall, pulled out a dagger. He was tall, and the pit wasn’t really that deep for him. What made things difficult for him was that his foot was caught in a beast trap.
He tried to pry the trap open with the dagger, but it didn"t seem to be an ordinary trap. After trying for a long time, it didn"t budge at all.
"You can"t pry it open." Gu Jiao took out the water bag and took a sip of water in a casual manner.
If the trap she made herself could be easily pried open, that would be a wonder then.
Marquis Gu frowned and said, "You didn"t leave? What? Waiting to see this Marquis become a joke?"
Gu Jiao replied, "You’re not funny, and you’re not good-looking either."
Marquis Gu：“…!!”
Was that what he meant?
Also, what did she mean he wasn’t good-looking?
This wasn’t Marquis Gu"s arrogance, but Marquis Gu"s appearance had concealed his talent since he was a child, so that even after he had established a family of his own and started a career as an official, his face was the most talked about by everyone.
This was the first time that someone said he wasn’t good-looking.
Marquis Gu was essentially a man who regarded the value of appearance as dung, but hearing Gu Jiao said that, he was a little uncomfortable in his heart.
The wolf cub howled a few more times. The adult wolves should be coming soon. He didn"t think that the little girl was capable of dealing with one or maybe even several adult wolves.
He snapped, "What are you doing? Why don"t you find a way to pull this Marquis up from here? After a while, when the wolves come, you won’t be able to save your life just by yourself!"
"Waiting." Gu Jiao answered.
Waiting? For what?
If they waited any longer, the wolves would really come!
Marquis Gu was anxious.
Although he practiced martial arts, there was still no guarantee that he could slay adult wolves, especially when his foot was caught in a beast trap.
Rustling of thick gra.s.s could be heard. It was a wolf just as expected.
Gu Jiao climbed up the tree.
Seeing her climb the tree and refuse to heed his words, Marquis Gu was so furious that his innards ached.
Would she die if she rescued him first before climbing the tree?
Don’t tell him she was actually waiting for the wolves, intending to offer him as a sacrifice, that was why she left him in the pit alone?
Not surprisingly, the wolf found Marquis Gu in the pitfall. Its eyes glowed green, its mouth wide open, and drop after drop of its saliva dripped to the ground.
Marquis Gu gripped the dagger in his hand firmly.
The wolf jumped into the trap with a whoosh, knocked away Marquis Gu"s dagger with one paw, and aimed its fangs at Marquis Gu"s neck!
At this critical juncture, a thin figure fell from above, grabbed the wolf"s head and cut its throat with a sickle...
Blood splashed onto Marquis Gu"s face.
Marquis Gu was completely struck dumb!
At that moment, he really thought he was going to die. At the moment when the blood gushed out, his first thought was it was his own. It was not until the wolf was thrown to the ground by Gu Jiao that he realized it was actually the wolf"s blood.
Gu Jiao dirtied her hands off, stooped down with the sickle in hand, and opened the trap with it.
Marquis Gu looked at the calm Gu Jiao. For a moment, he suspected that he was dazzled.
Did this girl really just kill a wolf? Looking at her appearance, it was as if she just cut a sack of cabbage!
Gu Jiao had gone out on several missions in her past life, and she encountered more terrible things than wolves during those times. If she couldn"t even kill wolves, she would have died thousands of times in her missions.
Gu Jiao carried the wolf in one hand and grabbed the rope tied to the tree in the other, and then got out of the pitfall in two or three steps.
"Want to come up?" Gu Jiao threw down the rope to Marquis Gu.
Marquis Gu wouldn’t admit that this girl gave him a great shock. He grabbed the rope blankly and let Gu Jiao pull him up.
Gu Jiao"s beast trap wasn’t really sharp and only had a tight bite. However, Marquis Gu’s other foot was sprained and swollen.
He sat on the ground for a long time before he recovered his senses, "Did you just... use me as bait?"
Gu Jiao didn"t speak.
Marquis Gu gritted his teeth and said, "Speak! Did you use this Marquis as bait?"
Gu Jiao met his eyes openly and responded, "If without you acting as bait, how can I catch it? And it’s also more convenient for me to kill it in the pitfall. If it had been on flat ground, you would have been bitten by it twice. "
Marquis Gu"s teeth rattled with anger, "So you really used this Marquis as bait! You vicious wild girl!"
Gu Jiao said, "I"m not a wild girl. I have parents."
Marquis Gu sneered, "Really? Where is your father then?"
Gu Jiao thought for a moment and said seriously, "He can"t come, but you can go to him."
Marquis Gu smoothed out his sleeves and asked, "Very well, where is he?"
A child was better unborn than untaught. He would like to see what kind of impudent person had given birth to such a vicious girl!
Gu Jiao glanced at his feet and replied, "He is under the ground."
Marquis Gu：“…”
Gu Jiao then packed up and prepared to go down the mountain.
Marquis Gu said coldly, "You’re just going to leave this Marquis here?"
Gu Jiao gave him an odd look that seemed to say, Who are you to me? Why should I care about you?
The pit of Marquis Gu"s stomach hurt again. He sort of figured it out now. This girl had never seen the world, so she didn’t know how much power a Marquis had. As the saying went, newborn calves were not afraid of tigers.
Marquis Gu said firmly, "Fortunately, this Marquis isn’t a bloodthirsty person." Otherwise, you"ve been dead already!
Gu Jiao cast him a deep look and nodded, "It"s a fortunate thing indeed."
Whoever wanted to kill her, she would definitely kill them back and also do it very cleanly.
Marquis Gu: Why do I suddenly feel a chill on my nape...
"Do you know how to get to the temple near here?" Marquis Gu asked.
"Yes." Gu Jiao answered.
"Lead the way then." Marquis Gu commanded.
Gu Jiao looked at the wolf’s carca.s.s on the ground with a look of hesitation on her face.
Marquis Gu knew she didn’t want to just leave the dead wolf here. After all, she should be able to exchange this wolf for a lot of money in the market, which could be considered a lot of wealth for poor peasant families.
He said impatiently, "This Marquis will buy it!"
Gu Jiao didn’t refuse, "Twenty taels."
Marquis Gu casually handed her a banknote worth twenty taels of silver, and then asked, "Now, can you lead the way?"
Gu Jiao collected the silver banknote and looked at the wolf’s carca.s.s on the ground again. She asked, "What are you going to do with this?"
Marquis Gu said without thinking, "Throw it away!"
"Are you sure you want to throw it away?" Gu Jiao looked at him doubtfully.
Marquis Gu said disdainfully, "It"s just a dead wolf. You think this Marquis can’t afford to throw it away? Why don’t you just hurry up and lead the way?"
"Oh." Gu Jiao bent down, then grabbed the wolf with ease and carried it on her shoulder. She said, "You have thrown it away, and I picked it up. Don"t ask me to return it."
Marquis Gu：“…!!”