Chapter 63: Much Ado About Nothing
Yang Qianhui's face was like a peach blossom, and she said shyly: "What are you talking nonsense, the flower thief who came into the house to bully us has been driven away by this big brother, and he saved us." ”
Fang Ju was half incredulous, and saluted Gu Shengchao: "Thank you big brother for saving me, the little girl is polite." ”
"Don't dare to do it." Gu Shengchao waved his hand and agreed, he looked at this little girl differently, far more mature and stable than Yang Qianhui. He arched his hand and said, "It's not early, you should rest quickly." ”
"Wait." Yang Qianhui was afraid that he would leave, so she grabbed Gu Shengchao's sleeve.
Gu Shengchao didn't understand: "What's wrong?" ”
Yang Qianhui said hopefully: "It is a long way from here to Yunqi Palace, and it is inevitable that there will be villains along the way, can you go with us, just be our bodyguard." Don't be afraid, I have the silver, and I'll pay you. ”
Fang Ju pulled Yang Qianhui's clothes and said in a low voice: "This person is unknown, isn't it the accomplice of the flower thief just now, who deliberately came to deceive us?" ”
Yang Qianhui has infinite trust in Gu Shengchao: "It won't be wrong, he saved the two of us and his martial arts are high, with his protection, we will definitely be able to reach Yunqi Palace smoothly." ”
The two whispered, Gu Shengchao heard clearly, he liked Fang Ju's caution more and more, and there was no hostility towards her suspicions.
Fang Ju couldn't resist Yang Qianhui so she had to obey her orders, Fang Ju stepped forward and said, "My young lady said that it's okay to pay you, but we are not rich, so we can't give much." ”
Gu Shengchao was amused in his heart, the young lady had already explained that she was the daughter of a prince, but the maid said that they were not rich, obviously because she was afraid that he would open his mouth, and he was a competent maid. Gu Shengchao has been displaced since he was a child, and he has a natural resistance to the children of the official eunuchs, and he didn't plan to help them, but when he heard that they were going to study in Yunqi Palace, he moved his mind.
Jiang Wan was deceived by their shareholding in the Chamber of Commerce, and the mastermind behind them was a sect leader of Yunqi Palace, Gu Shengchao wanted to take this opportunity to understand the internal situation of Yunqi Palace, in order to better help Jiang Wan and them in the future.
"Then fifty taels of silver, I promise to send you to Yunqi Palace safely, but you have to pay for all the expenses on the way." Gu Shengchao wanted a hundred taels of silver, but after thinking about it, they spent a lot on the road, so he took the initiative to reduce it by half.
"No problem." Yang Qianhui readily agreed.
"It's too much." Fang Ju also wanted to bargain.
The two replied in unison, and Gu Shengchao smiled: "Should I listen to Miss, or should I listen to this girl?" ”
"Listen to me, I have silver." Yang Qianhui looks like the daughter of a big family, and she will not live frugally.
Gu Shengchao nodded and said: "I still have one condition, the silver will be paid tomorrow morning at the latest, I have some things to wait for the money." ”
"I'll give it to you now." Yang Qianhui is used to being lavish on weekdays and doesn't have much concept of silver.
"Miss, we really don't have much." Fang Ju is still saving for Miss.
Yang Qianhui said without hesitation: "Listen to me, you have to give it sooner or later, why care about this moment." ”
Fang Ju pursed her lips and reluctantly took out the silver, she held it in her palm and hesitated: "Big brother, you have to swear that you will not deceive us." ”
"I, Gu Shengchao, guarantee to escort the two girls to Yunqi Palace smoothly, if I deceive you, there will be five thunderstorms in the sky." Gu Shengchao was sincere in protecting them, so he didn't hide his promise.
Only then did Fang Ju give the letter to Gu Shengchao.
Early the next morning, Gu Shengchao came to the wooden house where Jiang Wan and the others lived, and gave them all fifty taels of silver. Jiang Wan and Ran Dengjia began to insist on not wanting to, and let Gu Shengchao keep it for entanglement, Gu Shengchao had to put the silver on the table and said, "I have enough silver on me, so you can keep the flowers." After he finished speaking, he left, and when Ran Dengjia wanted to excuse himself, Gu Shengchao had already disappeared without a trace.
Fang Ju drove a carriage, originally she was the one who came to drive the horses, with Gu Shengchao, the two girls were sitting in the car, and only Gu Shengchao was left outside to drive the horses forward. They gradually elevated the terrain to the west, and the peaks along the way stood beautifully, and the road twisted and twisted upwards gradually left the mountains behind, and finally there was a flat river in front of them.
They have been walking unhurriedly for nearly twenty days these days, asking passers-by that the fast horses will be able to reach Yunshang City, the capital of the Sirlang Kingdom, in three days. They traveled all the way to the sleepy horses, passing through a small city to find an inn to live and rest, Fang Ju was busy choosing guest rooms as usual to live in the hotel, Gu Shengchao washed the horses and brushed their hair, checked whether the horseshoe was defective, and did not need to be reinforced to overhaul the vehicle, especially the wheels, the long road hub was very easy to break, resulting in car crashes and deaths.
Among the three, only Yang Qianhui had nothing to do, so she was bored and leaned on the railing under the corridor on the second floor, munching on local specialty melon seeds, and throwing melon seed skins down at will.
"Hey, who's up there, don't have eyes." Someone downstairs shouted.
Yang Qianhui looked down, more than a dozen strong men just looked up, she was respected in the palace, and no matter how burly the ironclad warriors saw her, they were respectful, and they didn't dare to slack off, these people Yang Qianhui wouldn't take it seriously at all. Of course, she was angry when she heard that someone was unkind to her, and deliberately threw more melon seeds down, and said indifferently: "What are you yelling about, aunt and grandmother swallow a few melon seeds, as for making such a fuss?" ”
A young and sturdy man wearing a leopard skin jacket walked slowly into the courtyard, he crossed his arms and squinted at Yang Qianhui, and said in a strange manner: "Who should I be, it turned out to be a little girl, so let's go down and sleep with the uncle for one night, and spare your life." ”
"Shh The leopard-skinned man's entourage booed, booed, and even more excessively, some of them whistled.
"Presumptuous." Yang Qianhui was pampered, how could she have been insulted like this, she angrily threw all the remaining melon seeds in her hand at those people, and was angry to go down to teach them a lesson. Halfway down the stairs, she suddenly realized that this was not the palace where she had grown up, and that the people were staring at her like beasts of prey on lambs, and their eyes flashed with greed. Yang Qianhui was frightened, turned her head and ran up.
Where are those people willing to let her go, a few people jumped up and blocked Yang Qianhui in the aisle under the corridor on the second floor, one of them reached out and touched Yang Qianhui's face, leaned into his nostrils and smelled the fragrance, squinted his eyes and admired like enjoyment: "It's so fragrant." ”
"Look for death." Yang Qianhui raised her hand and was about to slap the other party, but the other party easily grabbed her wrist and couldn't use it anymore, so anxious that her tears were about to fall, and the onlookers were even more smiling.
"Where is the little lady from, if you haven't promised to marry someone, you will be from us, and I will let you be the bride tonight." The person who grabbed Yang Qianhui's wrist became more and more arrogant, he was about to reach out and touch it again, someone kicked the Achilles tendon in his foot hard, and the person was weak and knelt in front of Yang Qianhui on the spot.
Yang Qianhui was already angry, raised his palm and used all his strength to slap the man, the man wanted to stand up and resist, the temples on both sides of his head were concentrated by his fists at the same time, and he immediately fainted and fell.
"Fang Ju came just in time, give me a beating of them." Yang Qianhui gritted her teeth with hatred.
A few people let Yang Qianhui rush towards Fang Ju, Fang Ju was not in a hurry and dodged the palm grabbed by one person, grabbed the opponent's arm and kicked sideways, and the person fell into the mud and knocked out two front teeth.
The other person stepped forward to hug Fang Ju's waist, the other party's body was strong, with the help of the momentum of the pounce, Fang Ju couldn't resist it at all, she had to run a few steps from the direction of the force to unload part of her strength, clasped the opponent's neck with both hands and shook it violently, and the person flew out under his head and feet.
Fang Ju took the opportunity to kick the man in the chest, kicking him into the air, jumping over the railing and falling underneath.
"Good!" Someone applauded and cheered below.
Fang Ju looked at Gu Shengchao, she didn't have a good impression of Gu Shengchao, at this time, she saw that he didn't come to help but watched the excitement, she was even more angry, she couldn't let her think too much, and another person kicked at her. Fang Ju didn't dare to touch it hard, so she had to dodge, and the rest of the person slashed at her shoulder with a palm.
Hearing that the other party's palm was fierce, Fang Ju dodged again, and the two of them sandwiched her in the middle from left to right, and they couldn't take care of it. Fang Ju and ordinary people still have some means to fight alone, and they are slightly embarrassed with one enemy and two enemies, and they are clumsy and dangerous.
The person on the left worked his legs, and the man on the right flew with his palms, forcing Fang Ju to lean against the railing under the porch and couldn't move, her hands were entangled by the other party's palms, and the other person fiercely kicked sideways and went straight to her thin waist, seeing that Fang Ju had no choice but to resist, Gu Shengchao jumped up and grabbed the opponent's ankle in time with one hand stretched out from outside the railing.
The man did not hesitate to twist his body in mid-air, according to the usual situation, the other party would definitely not be able to hold it, and he could fly up with a kick to turn defeat into victory. But Gu Shengchao's internal strength was amazing, one hand grabbed the man's ankle without moving, and with a "click", the ankle was actually twisted off by himself, and the man fell from the air with a scream, lying on the ground and wailing.
Gu Shengchao turned over and jumped from outside the railing to the bottom of the porch, Fang Ju had a helper, and the rest of the other party was not her opponent. The two fought for a few rounds, Fang Ju slapped each other's chest, and the man retreated and smashed the railing and fell down from the building.
"Good, beautiful." Gu Shengchao applauded, Fang Ju panted and stood aside with a flushed face, it could be seen that she had used all her strength and had no strength to fight again.
The leopard-skinned man in the courtyard was annoyed, and waved his hand and ordered: "Go up and cut him, and the two little ladies will reward you." ”
Several of them hesitated, weighing whether they were up to the task, and three of them showed their blades, all brandishing their swords and leaping into the air at the same time, standing in front of the three and staring at them.
Fang Ju was afraid, she still guarded in front of Miss Yang Qianhui, Gu Shengchao secretly praised Fang Ju's loyalty, and comforted softly: "Don't be afraid, you two retreat to the back first, this person can't help me." Fang Ju helped Yang Qianhui to step aside, looking at them nervously.
The leader danced a sword flower with two swords, stared at Yang Qianhui and Fang Ju first, and then smiled and said: "Brother, you are to blame for your death, you have a debtor and a master, and when you go to the underworld, you complain that you have no good fortune, and you can't afford such blessings!" ”
The man said that, and took the lead in rushing towards the ancient saint.