Chapter 015: Nest Fire
Gu Jialuo's wrist turned, and a short whip more than a foot long swam in the air like a spirit snake, and the tip of the whip pointed directly at Qi Jinzhi's neck.
The Gu family is a martial heirloom, in the last years of the previous dynasty, the rebels rose one after another, and the ancestors of the Gu family galloped across the field with a big gun, breaking through the prestige of the 'Gu family gun'.
Gu Jialuo has learned the Gu family's martial arts since she was a child, she is a girl, she is not good at dancing with a big iron spear, and she has been touching the Gu family's martial arts field for a few days, so that she has found an alternative weapon to take advantage of - whip!
The whip is so good, it's all the work of the hand, but it is much lighter than the big iron gun, and it is easy to carry.
Well, that's it!
Gu Jialuo was still living with his grandmother at that time, and he was very close to his grandfather, so he pestered his grandfather to order a small horsewhip for her.
From the age of three to the age of twelve, Gu Jialuo's one-handed whip kung fu was superb. Even in the four years that she traveled to the next generation, she did not stop practicing martial arts.
It's a pity that the crossing girl who once occupied her body was a 'house girl' who liked to be quiet and didn't like to move, and she didn't care about martial arts.
After a four-year delay, the work in his hands was rusty.
Half a year ago, Gu Jialuo returned to Daqi, and after he came out of the Iron Threshold Nunnery, his body was a little weak, and after recuperating his body, Gu Jialuo picked up the whip again.
After a few months of practice, although he did not recover his strength, he still had the level of four or five percent.
A whip flew up and down the small room, its tip snapping through the air from time to time.
"Gu Shi, you are bold!"
Qi Jinzhi has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is a major general who has really been on the battlefield and has blood on his hands, and his reflexes and kung fu are not weak.
Although he was surprised that Gu Jialuo dared to beat his husband, the time he was stunned was only for a moment, and his body reacted instinctively - a slightly hasty dodge, and the first whip missed.
The blow missed, Gu Jialuo was not annoyed, pursed his lips, and continued to wave the whip calmly.
There is not much space in the western room, which makes it more difficult for Qi Jinzhi to dodge.
Qi Jinzhi's face was pale, for more than 20 days, he and his father galloped all the way to Beijing, it was very cold, and it was a long journey, and his body was already tired and tight.
Rao is young, has a good foundation, and can't bear the long hours of hard work.
At this time, he just wanted to take a hot bath and then lay down on the bed and fall asleep.
The crazy woman in front of her, as if she was suffering from hysteria, put on a desperate posture to entangle with him.
Qi Jinzhi was tired and angry, dodging left and right in the narrow space, he wanted to dodge the hateful whip several times, but unfortunately Gu Jialuo's connection these days was not in vain, the short Ugin little leather whip seemed to be alive, and the naughty ones couldn't catch it at all.
"Gu Shi, you, you stop for me!"
Qi Jinzhi dodged for a while, he clearly felt the loss of strength in his body, and gradually, his reaction was a little sluggish.
Suddenly, Qi Jinzhi jumped over the square table and wanted to jump out of the narrow west room, but he was caught off guard, and when his feet landed, he tripped over a square stool, staggered and staggered, and almost fell to the ground.
Gu Jialuo keenly grasped Qi Jinzhi's shaking spirit, and while throwing out the whip, he grabbed a silver-red flowered chair on the chair at the base of the wall with his left hand, flipped his wrist, twisted the chair into one, and then shook it hard, and the chair was like a thick rope, directly hitting Qi Jinzhi's neck.
Qi Jinzhi habitually dodged the whip, and did not guard against Gu Jialuo's left-handed attack at all-a boudoir woman, it is also an exception to dance with the whip twice, can she still shoot the bow left and right?!
Qi Jinzhi made a mistake in judgment, and as a result, his neck was firmly strangled by the chair.
Qi Jinzhi tripped over a chair, he was already a little unstable, and his neck was suddenly covered with a 'rope', and he couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
Although he went to the battlefield, he was only twenty years old after all, and his psychological element was far less tough than those veterans. In a panic, he instinctively wanted to struggle.
Gu Jialuo quickly threw away the leather whip held in her right hand, grabbed the two ends of the chair with both hands, and kicked Qi Jinzhi's knee socket with her right leg when Qi Jinzhi was fighting with the 'rope' around her neck.
āā¦ā¦ Hmm~" Qi Jinzhi's knees weakened and he fell directly to the ground.
Gu Jialuo took advantage of the situation to pursue, using his entire body as a weapon, all kinds of pressure on Qi Jinzhi's body, and his hands were still holding the 'chair and sign rope'.
"Gu, Gu, what do you, what do you want to do?"
Qi Jinzhi was full of frustration, he, his dignified young general of the Qi family, was actually restrained by a woman!
What a humiliation, what a humiliation!
Qi Jinzhi's hand holding the 'rope' let go, he didn't struggle anymore, but turned his head, stared at Gu Jialuo, and asked word by word!
Gu Jialuo didn't seem to see Qi Jinzhi's murderous gaze, and his hands tightened, tightened, tightened, until he saw Qi Jinzhi's handsome face flushed a little.
Qi Jinzhi was horrified in his heart, what's the matter, the Gu family really wanted to kill himself!
Qi Jinzhi struggled with all the strength of his body, trying to throw out Gu Jialuo, who was pressing on him.
Gu Jialuo suddenly let go of his hands, his body was like a light butterfly, he turned over beautifully and stood up again.
āā¦ā¦ Qi Jinzhi let out a long sigh of relief, the shackles around his neck were removed, his breathing was smooth, and he lay on the ground with his hands and feet spread.
Gu Jialuo stood in front of him, and was satisfied to see a purple-red coarse strangulation mark on Qi Jinzhi's neck, and said softly: "Uncle, how does it feel to be strangled by someone?" ā
Qi Jinzhi's eyes flashed, "You know? That day, he sneaked into Gu's house in the middle of the night, thinking of scaring her so that she could retreat.
But as soon as he saw that sleeping face, Qi Jinzhi couldn't help but think of the scene in the 'dream' in his mind, and then thought that his tragedy in the dream was all caused by Gu Jialuo, and he couldn't help but have a strong hatred in his chest, and his hands couldn't help but caress Gu Jialuo's slender and white neck......
Afterwards, Qi Jinzhi thought more than once, if Gu Jialuo hadn't woken up that night, would he really strangle her to death?
The answer is: Qi Jinzhi himself is not sure. But what he could be sure of was that for a moment, he did want Gu Jialuo's life!
The matter passed, and Qi Jinzhi secretly hid it in his heart, and no one said anything. And he was confident that Gu Jialuo didn't find him that night. However, whether Gu Jialuo could guess that it was him afterwards, it was difficult for Qi Jinzhi to say.
With a warm smile on Gu Jialuo, Qi Jinzhi understood that Gu Jialuo had already determined that it was his hand that day.
Gu Jialuo hooked the corners of his lips and said softly, "What do you know?" Knowing that you are a dignified uncle and a young man praised by the world, but once sneaked into the Yue family like a small man, trying to strangle his sleeping wife to death? ā
Gu Jialuo's tone was very flat, but full of sarcasm. almost pointed at Qi Jinzhi's nose and scolded him, despicable and shameless, he would only play black hands behind his back, but he didn't dare to compete with others in a bright way.
Qi Jinzhi frowned, "I didn't want to kill you, it's, it'sā"
Halfway through speaking, in Gu Jialuo's meaningful smile, he directly swallowed the rest of the words. Because he found that the more he explained, the more embarrassed he became, and the matter had already been done, it was better to admit it frankly, and he didn't have to let a woman laugh at it.
"Yes, it was me that day."
Qi Jinzhi broke the jar and said coldly: "If you have the courage to do such a shameless thing, you shouldn't be afraid of my revenge!" ā
Gu Jialuo snorted lightly, "Who is afraid that you will retaliate?" If you want to take revenge, you can fight with real knives and guns like we did, so why do you have to do such a thing as hiding your head and showing your tail? Also, I don't believe it, you will really believe the rumors released by Dongfu! ā
Gu Jialuo never forgot to whitewash herself, she didn't have red apricots out of the wall, no!
Qi Jinzhi was silent, of course he knew that Gu Jialuo had not really betrayed him. But, but she ruined the reputation of the Qi family!
Gu Jialuo took revenge, he was in a good mood, he didn't want to talk nonsense with Qi Jinzhi, clapped his hands, and said in a happy tone: "Okay, now let's settle it!" ā
Qi Jinzhi heard the meaning of Gu Jialuo's words, and his heart became more and more angry-he, he was actually suppressed by a woman!
Gu Jialuo didn't care whether Qi Jinzhi was angry or not, humiliated or not, came to the window, and shouted: "Come on, prepare hot water for the uncle, the uncle needs to wash!" ā
After the order, he seemed to think of something, and shouted: "By the way, send someone to the sewing room and urge the people inside to see if our uncle's new clothes are ready?!" ā
Crape Myrtle and Ziye walked in, followed by a few rough little maids, some of whom were carrying copper kettles, some were holding clean cotton towels, and some were carrying bath beans, fragrance and other toiletries.
"Uncle, go take a hot bath."
As if the vicious fight just now did not happen, the 'vengeful girl' turned into a 'good wife and good mother' in a second, Gu Jialuo greeted Qi Jinzhi who was lying on the ground with a smile.
Seeing her like this, Qi Jinzhi had another layer of depression in his chest!
At this moment, the voice of the little maid sounded outside: "Uncle, grandma, Mother Qu is here!" ā
Mother Qu is the confidant of the county lord of Qinghe, and she is also the nurse of Qi Jinzhi.
Hearing this, the smile lines on Gu Jialuo's lips deepened, and he bent down to Qi Jinzhi's ear, who was still lying on the ground, and whispered, "Uncle, are you sure you want Mother Qu to see your appearance?" ā
was knocked to the ground by his wife, even the most sloppy man didn't want to say it in public, let alone a proud young general like Qi Jinzhi!
Qi Jinzhi's forehead was bruised, and he looked at Gu Jialuo coldly, "Gu, you are ruthless!" ā
Gu Jialuo smiled brightly, "Each other, each other!" ā
Standing up slowly, Gu Jialuo raised his voice and said, "Mother Qu is here?" Please, please, please! ā
After that, she also greeted her outside in person, politely with a little respect, bowed gently to Qu's mother, and saluted: "Mom is here, but what does my mother command?" ā
Mother Qu looked around without a trace, and said without sincerity: "The old slave has seen the eldest grandmother. I haven't seen the uncle for a long time, and the old slave misses it very much, so I came to see the uncle. In addition, the county lord said that because he didn't know that the uncle would be able to come back a year ago, he originally thought that he would send this year's winter clothes to the southwest. The uncle came back early, and the winter clothes were still with the county lord, so the county lord ordered the old slave to send the clothes. ā
Gu Jialuo folded his palms and recited the Buddha, with a little gratitude in his tone, "Oh, it's really good, I heard that the uncle was coming back that day, I was worried about the uncle's winter clothes, and it happened that I got a few new pieces of good leather, so I quietly sent them to the sewing room...... Just now I also ordered someone to go to the needlework room to urge it, and my mother came, now it's okay, after the uncle takes a bath, he can directly wear new clothes! ā
While speaking, Gu Jialuo ordered someone to take a few big burdens brought by Qu's mother into the western room.
Mother Qu's eyebrows did not move, but a different color flashed in her eyes.
Gu Jialuo privately ordered someone to send materials to the sewing room, and the county lord knew about it.
At that time, the county lord also said that Gu had a heart, whether she was sincere for Qi Jinzhi or just to make a face, but what she did was indeed like a qualified wife.
However, Qu's mother has always been prejudiced against Gu Jialuo, because she will never forget the picture of Gu Jialuo and Qi Mian's private meeting in the teahouse that day!
Qu's mother has raised Qi Jinzhi's milk since she was a child, and if she is not afraid to overstep the rules, in her mind, Qi Jinzhi is her son. Qu's mother is closer to Qi Jinzhi than to her own son.
Because Qu's mother spends much more time with Qi Jinzhi than with several biological children combined.
Feelings are all placed, Qu's mother even cares more about Qi Jinzhi than the county lord of Qinghe - the county lord of Qinghe is the mother, but she is also the mother of the Qi family's Xifu, she loves her son, but she also values the glory and interests of the family more.
Mother Qu is different, she is an ordinary woman, as a 'mother', she just wants to see that the child she brought up (that is, Qi Jinzhi) can be safe and healthy, and happy. As for the 'big picture', it is not in the scope of Qu's mother's consideration.
Gu Jialuo cuckolded Qi Jinzhi, and Mother Qu hated her from the bottom of her heart!
It's a pity that Mother Qu is soft-spoken and can't stop Gu Jialuo from returning to the Qi family, but she can secretly look at Gu Jialuo. As long as Gu Jialuo is a little restless, Mother Qu will not spare her!
"Where's the uncle?" Mother Qu's eyes fell on the door of the western room, although she looked like a servant woman on the surface, her words were not very respectful.
Gu Jialuo is not annoyed, she is not blind, she can still see the disgust that flashes in Mother Qu's eyes when she looks at her.
However, she didn't plan to explain anything to Mother Qu, no matter how decent Mother Qu was, she was just a subordinate, as long as the county lord approved of her, Gu Jialuo didn't care at all about what Mother Qu thought of her.
The smile faded, and Gu Jialuo also replied 'politely': "Uncle is washing in the clean room." It's cold, Mother Qu came all the way in a cold wind, and sat down to have a cup of hot tea to warm up. ā
Gu Jialuo slowly walked to the Arhat bed in the middle and sat down, pointed to the drum pier on the side, and greeted: "When the uncle changes his clothes, come and talk to Mother Qu again!" ā
Mother Qu respectfully thanked her seat, and sat on the drum pier with a faint expression, talking to Gu Jialuo with a match.
Between the words, Mother Qu knocked Gu Jialuo quietly, repeatedly reminding her that she must abide by women's morality, serve her husband well, and don't do shameless things again.
Mother Qu said very vaguely, but Gu Jialuo still heard it sensitively, her face suddenly sank, she put the teacup on the kang table with a ding, and said coldly: "Mom is right, the maids are clumsy, and it is inevitable that there will be times when you are not satisfied with your uncle." I'll go in and take a look, Mother Qu and sit down! ā
After that, regardless of Mother Qu's reaction, Gu Jialuo got up and entered the West Room, and directly left Mother Qu outside alone.
Mother Qu was choked and wanted to have a seizure, but she didn't know what to say. Gu Jialuo spoke according to her meaning, Qu's mother just said in front of her, 'The maid is not dedicated to serving, and the grandmother takes care of the uncle more on weekdays', Gu Jialuo said on the back foot that he personally served Qi Jinzhi to take a bath, how obedient he was, Qu's mother knew that Gu Jialuo was throwing her face, and she couldn't find out whether the other party was not coming!
Secretly gritted her teeth, Mother Qu got up: "Grandma is serious about serving the uncle, don't take care of the old slave!" ā
Gu Jialuo snorted from his nose, without looking back, and flashed into the west room.
At this time, Qi Jinzhi walked out wearing a new white homely robe with wet hair, and when he saw Gu Jialuo in the house, his brows couldn't help frowning, "Why did you come in?" What about Mom? ā
Gu Jialuo took a clean cotton towel, approached Qi Jinzhi, reached out to help him wipe his wet hair, and said, "Mom is not worried about uncle, so I will take care of it personally." Uncle, bow your head, and the concubine will help you wipe your hair. ā
Qi Jinzhi unceremoniously patted Gu Jialuo's hand away, and said angrily: "Grandma is a noble person, I don't dare to bother you!" ā
For some reason, as soon as he saw Gu Jialuo now, he wanted to reach out and touch his neck, and there was a feeling of blockage in his throat.
Gu Jialuo was not annoyed, and watched with a smile as Qi Jinzhi snatched the cotton towel, and walked out of the west room with his hair twisted.
"Mom, I haven't seen you these days, how are you doing?"
Seeing the nurse who had not been seen for a long time, Qi Jinzhi was very excited, threw the cotton towel aside, and walked quickly to Mother Qu.
Mother Qu stood up tremblingly, supported Qi Jinzhi with both hands, and her two eyes suddenly turned into searchlights, looking him up and down, left and right, as if she couldn't get enough of it.
"It's dark, and I'm thin!" Mother Qu had tears in her eyes and pursed her lips, "My brother, you have suffered!" ā
Gently touching Qi Jinzhi's emaciated cheeks with both hands, Mother Qu was extremely distressed.
Qi Jinzhi smiled, held Qu's mother's hand with his backhand, helped her sit on the Luohan bed, and said: "Mom, don't worry, I'm fine, I'm just in a hurry to go home, and I'm in a hurry when I'm in a hurry, so I look a little tired, but in fact, my body is very good." ā
Qi Jinzhi and Qu's mother have a good relationship, and the two don't get along too much red tape in private, Qu's mother forgot the rules for a while, followed Qi Jinzhi's hand, came to the seat on the left side of the Luohan bed, and turned around to sit down.
Gu Jialuo suddenly walked out of the west room, and Xia Chan and Xia He followed behind with a smoke cage.
Gu Jialuo didn't seem to see Qu's mother's 'overstep', and said with a smile: "Uncle, I know you are anxious to talk to your mother, but you also have to dry your hair first." ā
Walking to the bed of Luohan, Gu Jialuo directly squeezed away Qi Jinzhi and Mother Qu, and instructed the two maids: "Hurry up and bring the smoke cage over, by the way, bring another cotton towel!" ā
After Gu Jialuo finished speaking, he turned to look at Qi Jinzhi again, and affectionately pressed him on the left side of the Luohan bed.
Xia Chan and Xia Zhu hurriedly carried the smoke cage closer.
The two maids didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but when they walked to Luohan's bed, they squeezed Qu's mother aside.
Qi Jinzhi was furious, "Gu, you-"
Gu Jialuo interrupted him with a smile, "Uncle, your body is important, although there is a fire dragon in our house, it is not as good as summer." If you don't dry your wet hair earlier, and you accidentally get dyed with the cold, wouldn't your father and mother feel distressed when they found out? ā
Gu Jialuo deliberately accentuated the pronunciation of the word 'mother'.
Qi Jinzhi suddenly remembered the admonition of the county lord of Qinghe, and forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest.
Gu Jialuo didn't want to let it go, and turned to look at Mother Qu again, "Mom, did you say that I was right?" ā
Mother Qu was almost stumbled by Xia Chan and the two, and she was angry in her heart, when she suddenly heard Gu Jialuo's words, she looked at Gu Jialuo's smiling eyes, and she suddenly realized that this Gu family seemed to have really changed, and it became much more difficult than in the past.
Swallowing her saliva, Mother Qu endured it and said stiffly, "That's what Grandma said." Uncle, you better dry your hair first, and let's talk slowly if you have anything to say. ā
Mother Qu knew very well that Gu Jialuo was deliberately inserted, and the Luohan bed would definitely not be able to sit down, so Mother Qu had to retreat to the side.
But at this moment, Mother Qu suddenly realized that the drum pier she was sitting on just now was gone, and was replaced by an extremely cold small pestle.
This is Gu Jialuo's dismount for her!
But she couldn't find anything wrong, because according to the rules of the Qi family, no matter how decent a subordinate is, in front of the master, he is not qualified to sit on a chair, and he can give a pestle, which is already a grandmother's 'benevolence'!
Enduring the shame and indignation, Qu's mother sat down aggrieved.
Gu Jialuo pushed Qi Jinzhi to sit on the Luohan bed, and she sat on the right side, and when she saw Qu's mother sitting down, she deliberately smiled at Qu's mother.
That smile only made Qu's mother choke on her throat and stomach, and her stomach was full of fire.
Qi Jinzhi was a big man in the end, and he didn't notice the undercurrent between the nurse and his wife, leaning on the smoke cage and letting Xia He twist his hair.
"Mom, how are you doing at home these past few months?" After being busy for a long time, Qi Jinzhi finally remembered what was going on and asked slowly.
Mother Qu glanced at Gu Jialuo, why didn't this person leave, with her here, many words couldn't be said at all.
It was easy to sit on a warm and comfortable bed, and the whole person was a little drowsy. It just so happened that at this time, Xia He finished wiping his hair and was gently massaging his scalp with his fingertips, making Qi Jinzhi feel comfortable, and his eyelids became heavy.
It didn't take long for Qi Jinzhi to gradually close his eyes.
Mother Qu originally wanted to tell Qi Jinzhi about some of the things she had discovered in the past few days (basically related to Gu Jialuo), and the words were all on the tip of her tongue, but she was blocked back by Gu Jialuo's tricks, all kinds of depression, all kinds of nests, only made Qu's mother suffocate her face.
Gu Jialuo stood up, walked up to Mother Qu gently, and whispered: "Mom, the uncle is too tired, if you have anything to say, you better wait for the uncle to rest." ā
Mother Qu: ......
was angry in her heart, but Mother Qu secretly gritted her teeth: Gu's, don't be complacent, you and the Yang family's old wives have seen it, you wait, I, I will make you look good!
PS: The state is not good, the update is not powerful, I am really sorry for you! R1152