In the winter of the fourth year of Qingli, Linjiang City ushered in the first snow, and it fell from midnight to early morning, and the whole city was hidden in the snow.

In a small courtyard deep in Qingping Alley, a cold wind blew open the window, waking up Gu Chu in a daze.

He looked at the unfamiliar face of the bronze mirror, and the extra memories in his mind, and he finally accepted the fact that he had crossed over.

It's a strange ancient world,

It does not belong to any ancient dynasty in memory, this is a country called Xia, a world with martial arts, and martial arts is still the mainstream of this world.

Even because the current Great Xia Dynasty has reached an era on the verge of extinction, the strong martial arts can already ignore the law, and even some strong people trample on the law.

And Gu Chu's predecessor was a victim of an era.

The predecessor originally lived a fairly good life, beyond many poor people in this era.

His father is a small flag officer in the brocade guard, and he is also a small status, not rich and noble, but he is also decent.

However, because of the turbulent times,

The prestige of the imperial court is getting worse and worse, gangs are rampant, and there are some martial arts masters who do not pay attention to the law, and rely on their personal will.

During a street patrol to maintain law and order, Gu Shu's father had a conflict with a drunken master of the rivers and lakes, and then was killed by the master with a sword, and then in full view of everyone, the master walked away, and so far he has not been arrested.

And because Jinyiwei has a hereditary system,

Gu Qi went to fill his father's vacancy and became a brocade guard Xiaoqi.

However, because Gu Chu has no talent for martial arts, although he has practiced some fist and foot kung fu, he is also an ordinary person with good physical fitness.

A few days ago, because he was confronted in public by a few brocade guards, he was helpless in anger, so he ran to the tavern to borrow wine to kill his sorrows, but he didn't want to, and he had a conflict with a few ruffians in the tavern and was seriously injured.

Fortunately, Jinyiwei passed by to save him, otherwise he would have been killed on the spot.

However, although he was not killed,

But he also suffered a lot of injuries and has been recuperating at home.

Last night, he drank medicine as usual and lay down to rest, but he didn't lie down for long before he suddenly had angina, and before he could call for help, he died directly.

Then

There is Gu Chop who has crossed over now.

……

Thinking back to the death of the predecessor,

Gu Chu felt that there was a lot of strangeness, although the predecessor had not practiced martial arts, but his body had always been healthy and free of diseases, and the injuries he had been beaten before had been slowly recovering, no matter how he looked at it, there was no possibility of sudden death.

He carefully recalled the memories in his mind, and finally set his sights on the bowl of medicine he had drunk before going to bed last night.

He struggled to recall the memories in his mind,

found that there was something wrong with the maid who gave him medicine last night, on weekdays, that maid is a slow character, and she is not arrogant or impatient in doing anything, but when she drank the medicine last night, the maid urged her to drink the medicine.

It's just that the predecessor trusted the maid very much, so he didn't care too much about it at the time.

Now that Gu Shu thinks about it, he can basically conclude that that maid has a ghost!

"Squeak......

Just then, the door to the room was pushed open,

A coquettish-looking woman walked in, and the moment she saw Gu Qi, her whole body suddenly trembled, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes, she was obviously stunned, and hurriedly said, "Less...... Master, you're up! ”

Looking at this woman, Gu Chu narrowed his eyes slightly.

Combined with the woman's reaction just now and his own speculation, he can basically conclude that the death of the predecessor was committed by this woman.

It's just that Gu Chu didn't understand it,

Why did this woman harm her predecessor?

The woman's name was Peony, and she was originally a beggar who was begging on the street, and was targeted by several hooligans to be caught and sold into the Qinglou.

happened to be seen by Gu Shu, who was passing by, and immediately stopped it.

After that, Gu Shu saw that the peony was pitiful, so he took it back to his home as a maid and named it Peony.

Because Gu Chu's mother died early and Gu's father was busy with official business, Gu Chu has always been lonely, so after this peony came to Gu's family, she was named Mai, and she was actually Gu Chu's playmate.

The Gu family didn't really treat Peony as a maid, and later, as Peony grew up, Gu's father even thought of letting Gu Chop Peony as a concubine, so he has always treated Peony like a future daughter-in-law.

And Gu Shu's predecessor, because he grew up with Peony since childhood, also completely regarded Peony as his family.

Therefore, Gu Shu really couldn't figure it out,

What reason does this peony have to harm the predecessor!

……

Peony looked at Gu Qi's cold eyes, and because she was already weak, she began to be scared, and said with a smile: "Young Master, you ...... Why are you looking at me like that? ”

Gu Shu got up slowly, moved his body slightly,

I don't know if it's through welfare, the original injuries of the predecessor are all healed, and the whole body is normal.

He ignored the peony, but took the hanging horizontal knife from the wall, directly drew the knife out of the sheath, and put the knife on the peony's neck, and said coldly: "Why do you harm me?" ”

Peony was shocked, and a panic flashed in her eyes, but she still quibbled: "Less...... Young master, what are you talking about, how can I harm you, you ......"

"Smack"

Gu Shu gently waved the horizontal knife, and the blade slapped on Peony's beautiful face, and directly slapped Peony to the ground.

In the shock of Peony's face, Gu Shu once again put the knife on her shoulder, and said coldly: "Ask you one last time, why did you hurt me, if you don't say it, I will cut you directly, you are just a maid, if I kill you, it will be a big deal to go to the yamen to pay a few taels of silver!" ”

Peony showed a look of horror on her face, but after a while, she seemed to be relieved, and sneered: "Why did you hurt you, haha, Gu Shu, do you think I should be grateful to you, serve you as a cow and a horse for a lifetime, and be a maid for you for a lifetime, don't you look at your worthiness?" ”

Gu Shu was a little surprised.

Peony continued: "Why, why do I have to be a maid for you, don't you think you think too much of yourself? If you go out to inquire, this Qingping Lane, who sees me and shouts a peony girl respectfully, who doesn't think I'm a big lady, who I go to to not be a young grandmother,

But what about you, what do you think of me, maid, why should I be a maid for you for the rest of your life? Do you deserve it? What qualifications do you have for me to serve you? You saved me, but are you sincere? Aren't you just trying to blackmail your favor? Hypocrisy, disgusting! ”

"Just for this? You're going to poison me? Gu Chu was very surprised and said, "Have you ever wondered why people outside are respectful to you?" ”

"Of course, it's because I have the demeanor of everyone, because I'm beautiful!" Peony said coldly.

"No," Gu Chu squinted his eyes and said, "Just because you are my maid!" ”

Peony was slightly stunned, and was about to retort: "You ......"

"There's nothing to count!"

Gu Chop directly cut the throat of Peony with a knife,

In an instant, blood sprayed,

Peony's eyes widened and she fell to the ground, her body twitching, blood running down the floor and spreading in all directions.

However, at that moment,

Gu Shu was stunned,

Because, the moment Peony died,

A mechanical synthesized voice suddenly sounded in his head:

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