Gu Lingyun was shocked, tensed up and turned around to look for the sound.
The door was pushed open with a creak, and a figure stepped in from the darkness. The candlelight illuminated a stooped figure. He raised his head, revealing an old face.
"Ah you you..."
Time and poisonous pain completely transformed this face into another face, but Gu Lingyun still recognized it immediately. His expression was terrifying, as if he had seen a ghost.
"Are you disappointed that I'm not dead?" Liu Gong said slowly, reaching for the chair and sitting down.
"I really didn't expect it was you..." He looked at Gu Lingyun, with no emotion on his old face.
Gu Lingyun's expression changed, and his chest heaved violently.
The room fell into an eerie silence for a moment, with the only sound of candles popping.
Gu Lingyun slowly calmed down. He looked at the old man in front of him. His face was wrinkled, his eyes were cloudy, and his whole body exuded the aura of decay and death.
"Even if you are not dead now, you are not far away from death..." He said with a cold smile, his expression regained his composure, and he slowly leaned back on the chair.
Mr. Liu just smiled and said nothing. He tapped his withered hands lightly on the table.
"Who are you, Xia Yan?" he asked suddenly.
When the name slipped past his lips, his plain voice was trembling, and the pain that had been suppressed deep in his heart surged up.
He casually rescued the young man who was left to die on the roadside due to illness. However, because of his parental heart as a doctor, he did not expect that the young man turned out to be a prodigy in medicine. He had no children in his life and regarded the young man as his own. He was treated as his own son, raised, educated and cared for only to pass on the mantle. Unexpectedly, five years of kindness would be rewarded with a stab in the back.
Being betrayed by the person you trust the most hurts so much that it hurts to the bone.
Gu Lingyun laughed and looked at Liu Gong with ridicule.
"If you hadn't killed him, he would have called me father-in-law." He said meaningfully, "Old guy, a young man is passionate. One glance at a beautiful woman is worth five years of your upbringing. If you want to blame me, I blame you for not having a child. Good daughter."
"That's it." Mr. Liu closed his eyes slightly and murmured.
Gu Lingyun snorted coldly,
"Who asked you to delay giving Liu Gong the book on the seventeen methods concocted by Liu Gong? If you gave it to him, you wouldn't have made him anxious. You are so sick and you still refuse to give him the book," he He said emotionally, clenching the armrests of the chair, "Otherwise he wouldn't have gone looking for it on his own, and an old fool like you would have discovered it... You old fool is so ruthless, you could kill him if you start. "
Liu Gong laughed, his smile was particularly sad.
The grace of five years of upbringing is nothing compared to a beautiful glance...
They met by chance and made a promise, but that little girl was willing to sacrifice her name and life just to prevent her enemy from getting away...
"I, Liu Bu, was blinded once, but fortunately I was not blinded a second time..." He stopped smiling and looked at Gu Lingyun, his cloudy eyes suddenly brightened, "My good disciple was able to explain it to me." I will take revenge and let me die in peace."
Gu Lingyun smiled coldly, but before he spoke, his expression suddenly changed.
"Why, did you notice it?" Liu Gong looked at him with a faint smile on his face.
"You" Gu Lingyun stood up suddenly, and the chair was pushed down with a violent sound, which was particularly harsh in this silent night, but no one outside came to inquire, and it was as quiet as death.
"Candle" Gu Lingyun couldn't hide the fear in his eyes, and pointed at the cheerfully jumping candle. When he said these words, it was as if a pair of invisible hands were strangling his throat. His face turned pale instantly, and he could only make a whooshing sound.
Liu Gong was still sitting on the chair, looking at him indifferently.
"Do you think you are the only one in the world who can poison people?" He said lightly, with a teasing smile suddenly appearing on his lips, "Don't you always want to overpower me? This time you are able to do so. Congratulations, Gu Lingyun, You died one step before me, and you walked ahead of me on the road to hell..."
He laughed loudly as he spoke, and with this laughter, Gu Lingyun fell on the table with a bang, the candle was swept to the ground, jumped a few times and went out, and the room fell into darkness.
"What? Gu Lingyun is dead?" Gu Shiba sat up from the bed, her pale face full of disbelief.
Wang Yiyi nodded, "He died in the inn. Everyone in the inn was drugged and fell asleep that day, so I don't know who did it."
Gu Shiba Niang covered her chest and panted violently.
"Miss, are you feeling unwell again?" The maid on the side looked panicked and held up a piece of Sujin with trembling hands.
"Master..." Gu Shiba's mother suddenly burst into tears. She didn't even bother to put on her shoes and rushed out, "Master, master is not dead yet..."
Wang Yiyi and the maids were astonished. They hurriedly grabbed their clothes, cloaks and shoes and chased them out shouting.
At this time, on the edge of a mountain cliff, Liu Gong, a rickety figure, stood facing the wind. He turned his head.
"Good disciple, Master cannot protect you for a long time. Only by getting rid of this person for you, Master will at least leave with a sense of peace of mind..." He looked at the thick mountain mist in front of him, with a bit of relief and a bit of hope on his face. With a bit of reluctance, he said, "Little girl, you are very good. Master is very satisfied. Thank you..."
With these words, he looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, then jumped down the cliff.
The late autumn wind blew up, and Gu Shiba Niang, wrapped in a thick cloak, couldn't help but shiver.
"Miss..." Lingbao's face was full of worry, "You are not well yet, let's go back. Mr. Wang, the shopkeeper, has sent people to look for him. As soon as there is news about Mr. Liu, he will send it..."
Gu Shiba Niang looked at the bleak autumn scene in front of her and shook her head slowly.
"No more..." she murmured.
"What?" Lingbao asked without understanding.
Gu Shiba Niang had already turned around and walked towards the carriage.
"Tell Mr. Wang, there's no need to look for him..." She helped Ah Si's arm get into the car and said to Deng Er.
The young lady dragged her weak body around and ran around for two days without rest. She was very determined to find someone and would never give up. No matter how hard Cao tried to persuade her, her eyes became red with tears, but to no avail. Why did she suddenly stop looking for him
Deng Er, Lingbao and others looked at each other with doubts in their eyes, but everyone could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Today's young lady, in Peng Yizhen's words, is like a tight cowhide rope.
"Maybe there will be a bang at some point..." Peng Yizhen spread his hands, and the sounds and shapes were so beautiful that Lingbao and Wang Zhang turned pale in fright.
Of course, I dare not say this to Mr. Cao.
"I have been exhausted mentally and physically for a long time..." Peng Yizhen said, "The doctor from Taiyuan Hospital was right..."
No matter why he suddenly stopped looking, it would be good if he was willing to rest. Deng Er agreed happily, turned around and rode on the donkey to leave first.
"Wait..." Gu Shibaniang lifted the carriage curtain and looked at him solemnly, "Tell Mr. Wang that my master Liu Gong has passed away..."
"What?" Deng Er and others lost their voices in surprise.
Gu Shiba Niang looked at the vast wilderness with a trace of sadness on her face. From now on, she really had to face the entire medicine world alone.
Master, thank you for taking the trouble to remove a dark tumor for this disciple. I will definitely not let you down.
When the lanterns first came on, snow particles scattered down.
"It's snowing." The little maid stretched out her hand, and snowdrops fell on her palm, turning into water vapor instantly. She turned around and watched Gu Shiba Niang slowly walking out. Beside her, Xin Chaoyang, who was wearing a sapphire blue brocade robe, stepped forward. Accompany.
Seeing the maid holding the umbrella and taking it, Gu Shiba Niang smiled.
"It's snowing..." She looked up at the sky. The night sky became much brighter. She turned to Xin Chaoyang and smiled, "It's the first snow this year..."
After the poisoning, Gu Shiba Niang rested for half a month before she regained her energy. However, there was no cure for the poison, and she was like a willow in this life, and was not allowed to touch the ointment technique again.
Because of this period of rest, her face is no longer frighteningly white. In addition, she has just come out of the warm room, and a light pink appears on her cheeks. Under the shadow of the snowflakes, she smiles with her usual coldness. The anger suddenly decreased.
"Since it's such a good time and beautiful scenery, Madam Gu, why not drink by the fire under the house before leaving." Xin Chaoyang said with a smile.
Gu Shiba Niang made a special trip to deliver medicine. Because she had been ill for a while, she delayed a lot of medicine and did not supply it.
Xin Chaoyang had just tried to persuade her to stay. Gu Shiba Niang smiled and her eyes fell outside the door. The carriage was ready and parked there quietly. Under the layers of snow, a figure stood in front of the carriage with hands down.
"Thank you for your kindness, young master." Gu Shibaniang smiled and refused again, bowed slightly, and walked towards the carriage.
Xin Chaoyang stood under the light in front of the door and watched the girl reach out to hold the driver's arm. The lantern hanging at the corner of the car illuminated the smile on her face.
The maid put away her umbrella, but did not follow her into the car. Instead, she stepped away and got into a small car behind her.
Xin Chaoyang frowned slightly, the coachman was not Ah Si or Deng Er.
Under the swaying street lights, this man supported the car, raised his whip to urge the horse, and turned the front of the car, revealing his handsome face.
Xin Chaoyang has always had a photographic memory. Even if he is as humble and inconspicuous as the boy next to Gu Shiba Niang, he can recognize who this person is at the first sight.
"It's him" he said with surprise on his face.
"It turns out I've found it..." He whispered to himself.
Thinking of Gu Shiba Niang's smile when she faced this person just now, it was so relaxed and real that she had never seen it before other people, including herself.
The snow particles rustled down, and soon they were dotted with bright lights on his head and shoulders. A sour taste that he had never felt before spread in his mouth. He looked at it intently, and saw that the carriage was already gone.
The wind and snow were blowing outside the car window, and Gu Shiba Niang opened the car curtain.
"Fengliang, please sit in." Ling Yuan said, turning around.
Gu Shiba Niang expressed her kindness but did not move.
"I'm going out for a while..." Ling Yuan said, turning his head slightly, and stopped there.
Gu Shiba Niang's expression darkened slightly and she didn't ask any more questions.
As always, the car passed through busy restaurants. Although it was snowing, there were many people on the street.
"This new crystal bag..." Lingyuan pointed it out to her.
"Lingbao likes to eat..." Gu Shiba Niang nodded and said with a smile.
"Madam likes plain stuffing..." Lingyuan said, turning his head to look at Gu Shiba Niang who was sitting very close, and then quickly looked away.
"It's all about the essentials, right? Lingbao said he has gained weight recently and has stopped eating meat..." Gu Shiba Niang said with a smile.
Warmth spread in Lingyuan's heart, and the smile on his face became softer.
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Men, it's your turn, come on~~~~~~~~~~~
Tomorrow is Saturday, so I have a day off (*^__^*) Hehe...
Recommended: Mu Shuiyou's new book "Beauty is Ferocious"
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