The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 529 - 264 Exposure (Third Watch)

Chapter 529: 264 Exposure (Third Watch)

Chapter 529: 264 Exposure (Third Watch)

Gu Yan kicked off the covers during the night and had a bit of a cough in the morning. The Yao Family was worried about him, so they didn’t allow him to go to school, so naturally, he didn’t go to Master Lu’s picking up arts with Nanxiang.

Gu Xiaoshun still went, escorted by Liao Quan.

In the past few months, Master Lu hadn’t taught much in terms of skill, just letting Gu Xiaoshun endlessly shave wood. Gu Xiaoshun didn’t show any impatience and never questioned when there would be an end to shaving wood.

Master Lu found this child to be very patient.

Gu Xiaoshun: The main reason is that studying is too dull. Compared to that, shaving wood is simple and relaxing, and it doesn’t require any thinking.

After shaving wood, Gu Xiaoshun habitually ate at his master and mistress’s home.

The food was usually prepared by Nanxiang, although her culinary skills were not very good and she even despised her own cooking, Gu Xiaoshun didn’t seem to mind at all. Whatever Nanxiang cooked, he ate, not wasting a single drop of soup.

As a result, Nanxiang thought highly of Gu Xiaoshun.

Gu Xiaoshun: The main reason is that my brother-in-law’s cooking is too awful. After tasting his cooking, the mistress’s skills are already chef-level.

After finishing his training for the day, Gu Xiaoshun bid farewell to his master and mistress, and got into the carriage to go home.

It was already late in the day, unlike the previous few days with evening glows, today’s sky was gray, as if a giant dark curtain had been drawn across it.

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“It’s going to rain soon!” said Liao Quan.

Gu Xiaoshun didn’t like sitting inside the carriage, he preferred sitting outside. Hearing Liao Quan’s words, he opened the curtains and sat outside, replying, “Master said if it rains, we shouldn’t go because the mountain road is difficult to travel and it could be dangerous.”

Liao Quan, picking up on his regret, comforted him with a smile: “It will just last a day or two, no big deal, you can come back here very soon.”

“Hmm.” Gu Xiaoshun nodded.

The two of them chatted for a while, the air was sultry, and it seemed like a heavy rain was coming.

Gu Xiaoshun was calculating how many days it would take to cross this road when suddenly he heard Liao Quan cry out in surprise. Immediately following, Liao Quan pulled on the reins, bringing the carriage to a stop.

“What’s wrong?” Gu Xiaoshun asked as he looked forward and saw a man lying on the mountain road ahead. He was clutching his knee, looking very much in pain.

The man wailed, “Ah, my leg … you broke it … broke it …”

“This…” Liao Quan was about to go and take a look, but Gu Xiaoshun held him back.

This was a scam. During his days as a tyrant in the countryside, Gu Xiaoshun had seen plenty of this kind of trick. He could be fooled by others, but not by him.

Seeing that Gu Xiaoshun and Liao Quan didn’t react, the man’s eyes flickered, and he continued wailing, “Ah, my leg …”

Liao Quan whispered, “We can’t just leave him lying there.”

Gu Xiaoshun exclaimed loudly, “Drive over him!”

The man jolted and looked at Gu Xiaoshun, only to see him take the whip from Liao Quan’s hand, whip the horse, and the horse, hurt, whinnied and sprinted forward.

The man seeing things going wrong, quickly forgot about his scam, swiftly got up from the ground and ran off.

Liao Quan was dumbfounded, so that’s how it could be handled?

The situation was far from over. When that man saw his scam wasn’t working, his eyes turned cold, and he swiftly moved toward the carriage.

He leapt over the carriage top, and directly pulled Gu Xiaoshun down from it.

“Xiaoshun!” Liao Quan was shocked and quickly reached for the reins. But it seemed that the man had expected him to do so, before jumping from the carriage, he slapped the horse. The power imbued in the slap hurt the horse, it didn’t stop no matter how Liao Quan pulled the reins.

Being held hostage by that man, Gu Xiaoshun was not pleased and tried to pry off the man’s hand holding his clothes, “What the hell are you doing? Is it decent for two grown men to tug and pull at each other? Are you not ashamed of yourself?”

A twitch appeared at the corner of the man’s mouth, “You’re calling yourself a grown man? Is your body hair fully grown yet?”

Gu Xiaoshun retorted, “Do you want to check?”

The man:”…”

The man said, “Be more obedient, it will save you some pain.”

Gu Xiaoshun retorted once more, “Why don’t you be more obedient, then I can spare you some pain?”

The man:”…”

Did he understand that correctly? This kid was so young, why was his mouth so indecent?

Also, how did he know that he was the bottom?

Cough! Never mind, this was an important hostage, he had to ensure his safety before the Empress Dowager returned to the Zhuang family.

The man decided to endure it, grabbed Gu Xiaoshun’s shoulder, ready to leave, but to his surprise, Gu Xiaoshun twisted his arm and broke free from his grip.

Gu Xiaoshun started running!

“Escape? It’s not that easy!” The man snorted coldly, leaped lightly, and chased after.

However, just as he exerted his lightness skills and sprung up, a silver needle suddenly flew from behind and whizzed through his thigh!

He grunted and fell from mid-air. He looked in disbelief at his bleeding thigh, then at the silver needle embedded in the ground, his face turned pale: “Begonia Needle?”

Someone from the Tang Sect?

How could there be people from the Tang Sect in Zhan Country? And they’re secretly protecting that kid?

Isn’t that just a dumb kid from the countryside? How did he get involved with the Tang family, beyond the six countries?

The man didn’t dare to chase after Gu Xiaoshun anymore and left with gritted teeth.

A moment later, Master Lu and Nanxiang slowly walked out from behind a big tree.

Master Lu walked over, wrapped his hand with a cloth, and pulled out the Begonia Needle from the ground. He said to Nanxiang, “Madam, do you like that child so much? Even the Begonia Needle is used, it has been ten years since I last saw you using Begonia Needle.”

Nanxiang extended her hand, which was wearing a silver thread glove, took the Begonia Needle and put it away: “Not bad, quite interesting.”

Gu Xiaoshun ran as if his life was at stake and finally caught up with the carriage parked at the foot of the mountain. He looked back and saw that the opponent couldn’t catch up, he couldn’t help but laugh heartily: “Hahaha! I’m the fastest runner! How about you chase me! Chase me!”

With arrogant words in his mouth, but appearing timid, he jumped into the carriage quickly: “Uncle Liao! Let’s go quickly!”

“Eh, all right!” Liao Quan drove the carriage at top speed and quickly returned to Bishui Alley.

The assassin who came to catch Gu Xiaoshun failed to report back to Lord Zhuang as he had died from the seemingly insignificant silver needle. But when it comes to the hidden weapons of the Tang Sect, one shot means one life.

This was a mistake in decision making, he thought he picked the weakest target, but turned out the target has a dangerous ally at his side.

Lord Zhuang had been waiting for a long time for his subordinate’s report and probably guessed that the mission had failed, he frowned heavily: “So this didn’t work, that didn’t work, do we really have to kidnap the Empress Dowager directly?”

While Lord Zhuang was racking his brains to approach the Empress Dowager, someone else managed to see her effortlessly.

Marquis Xuanping came to look for Xiao Liulang again.

He thought it over, scaring him wasn’t the right approach, but he could find a way to stay with him. He wasn’t going to find Xiao Liulang today, he was going to find his daughter-in-law whom he had never meet before.

Yes, he is so smart!

“Chang Jing, knock on the door,” he instructed.

Chang Jing responded and walked up to knock the door, before his hand reached it, the door was slowly opened from inside.

The elders and old lady walked out, they had just reached the door to play cards with their neighbor when the elder paused— he saw Marquis Xuanping.

Marquis Xuanping also saw him.

Seeing him coming out from Xiao Liulang’s courtyard, Marquis Xuanping was not too surprised. After all, he knows that he lives next door, regardless of whether Xiao Liulang is Ahen, the elder is his neighbour.

But the person beside him—

Marquis Xuanping looked at the old lady, his eyes flickered with surprise.

The elder wanted to close the door but it was too late, he hurriedly moved to the side and blocked the elderly lady with his body!

Unfortunately, Marquis Xuanping had already seen her.

Marquis Xuanping narrowed his eyes dangerously, and his aura instantly turned icy.

Old lady: “What are you blocking me for?”

The elder: “Don’t speak!”

Marquis Xuanping’s large hand slowly clenched, making creaking noises.

The elder thought, it’s all over, what you’re afraid of always comes. Lord Zhuang has gone, but here comes Marquis Xuanping, this is too much!

At least Lord Zhuang just wanted to use Zhuang Jinse, but Marquis Xuanping has an irreconcilable hatred with Zhuang Jinse!

“Brother Huo! Sister-in-law Huo! Why haven’t you come yet? We’re waiting for you guys!”

From the house next door, there came the shouts of Aunt Zhang.

With a smirk, Marquis Xuanping swept his gaze over the faces of the elder and the old lady, smiled faintly and said, “Brother Huo, Sister-in-law Huo? It seems I’ve made a mistake. How could the Empress Dowager be here when she is at the palace?”

The elder heaved a sigh of relief, but then became uneasy again.

Is Marquis Xuanping not persistent?

Marquis Xuanping gave a cold smile and said as cold as an icy pond, “Someone is disguised as the Empress Dowager, Chang Jing, kill her!”