After the strange thing slid down Gu Tong'an's throat into his stomach, the two hands that were grabbing Gu Tong'an's neck and covering his mouth released their hands. Yan Liqiang, dressed in black, walked out from the shadow behind Gu Tong'an's bed like a ghost, sat directly opposite him, and looked at Gu Tong'an calmly.
Seeing that there were tea and tea sets in front of Gu Tong'an, Yan Liqiang slowly poured himself a cup of tea, picked up the tea, took a sip, and then looked at Gu Tong'an with a smile.
In just a blink of an eye, Gu Tong'an's face had turned red and his eyes almost bulged out. His hands were tightly grasping his neck and his body was stiffly lying on the soft couch, unable to move. At this time, Gu Tong'an's first feeling was that he was completely unable to breathe. He opened his mouth wide, trying to breathe some fresh air, but he felt like someone was holding his head down in water. Not only could he not breathe, but he couldn't even speak or make a sound.
In addition, Gu Tong'an also felt a horrifying icy breath suddenly erupting inside his body, freezing his muscles, bones, tendons, even blood and every cell in his body, making his body as stiff as a stone. He could only lie on the couch, unable to move even a finger. To be honest, Gu Tong'an's strength was not weak either, he was a martial arts master of the first level, but at this time, he had no ability to resist, and had completely lost control of his body.
After Yan Liqiang finished a cup of tea, Gu Tong'an's face had almost turned purple due to suffocation. The blue veins on his forehead and neck bulged like earthworms exposed to the sun, and were beating in pain. His eyes were completely bloodshot, revealing the color of a dead fish. Because he could not move or speak, he could only look at Yan Liqiang, who was sitting in front of him and drinking tea slowly, with a pleading look.
Just then, footsteps were heard outside the study door. Hearing the footsteps, although Gu Tong'an could not speak or move, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.
"Sir, Madam An sent someone to ask you which courtyard you will rest in tonight?" The voice of the commander of the guards in the governor's mansion came from outside the study door.
"Guan Tong, I will be reading in the study tonight. There is a distinguished guest coming to visit. If I am tired, I will go back to Furong Garden to rest, so Madam An doesn't have to wait for me!" Yan Liqiang opened his mouth, but the voice that came out of his mouth was Gu Tongan's voice. Not only did the voice sound similar, but the tone was exactly the same. He also accurately called out the name of the commander of the guards of the governor's mansion outside the study, "The distinguished guest has a strange temper. Don't let anyone disturb me. The guards of the mansion only need to guard outside this yard!"
"Yes, sir!" The voice of the commander of the guards in the governor's mansion responded outside the study, and then the footsteps faded away.
Gu Tong'an looked at Yan Liqiang, who was sitting calmly in front of him, with eyes as if he had seen a ghost. Endless fear and despair rose in his heart.
"Sir Governor, it's really not easy to see you..." Yan Liqiang sighed, "Can we talk properly now? If so, just nod your head and let's have a good chat here. Don't let outsiders disturb us. If a third person rushes in, your head, heart and internal organs will explode in the blink of an eye, and you will die. Do you understand what I say?"
Strangely enough, Gu Tongan, who was originally stiff, suddenly found that his body seemed to be able to move after Yan Liqiang finished speaking. He nodded hurriedly and nodded his head vigorously more than ten times...
"Okay, then I'll let you catch your breath first. After all, if you want to talk, you have to be alive and breathing, right?"
As soon as Yan Liqiang spoke, Gu Tong'an suddenly found that his throat, which seemed to be blocked, could breathe. He immediately began to breathe deeply, and then his whole body went limp and he rolled off the couch onto the cold ground.
Never before had Gu Tong'an felt that the air he could breathe at any time was so precious, and the feeling of being able to breathe was so blissful. Although it was only a short moment, Gu Tong'an was already sweating all over, as if he had just been fished out of the water. The two light silk robes he was wearing were soaked with his sweat and stuck to his body.
"You... who are you?" Gu Tongan asked weakly.
At this time, Gu Tong'an had already figured it out. Not to mention anything else, the fact that the man in front of him could enter the room silently and come behind him without being discovered already showed that this man was very skilled and was an absolute crush on him. Even if he was in his prime, he was no match for this man. What's more, this man had just fed him a strange thing. Thinking of the strange thing fed into his stomach, Gu Tong'an secretly tried to force it out with his internal breath, but as soon as he mobilized his internal breath, he immediately felt a pain in his heart, his face turned pale in an instant, and his body began to tremble.
Yan Liqiang shook his head and said with a smile, "Haha, don't bother with that. Unless you can tear your entire body into pieces in the blink of an eye, otherwise, the thing you just swallowed will never come out of your body again. When have you ever heard of a brain-crushing pill that someone has swallowed being forced out by someone's internal force..."
Brain-crushing pill, just these three words made Gu Tong'an completely despair, his whole body turned cold again. As the governor of a state, his knowledge was not comparable to that of ordinary people. Naturally, he had heard of such a thing as the Brain-crushing Pill. To be precise, the Brain-crushing Pill was not an elixir, but a kind of talisman made by the Array Talisman Master. It's just that this talisman was very different from other talismans. Other talismans were used by holding in the hands, while the Brain-crushing Pill was made by the Array Talisman Master for people to eat. Those who could eat the Brain-crushing Pill were all enemies of the Array Talisman Master, because this thing was used to torture people. It could be said that all the tortures in the world combined were not as horrible as making people eat a Brain-crushing Pill. If a person eats the Brain-crushing Pill, his life and death would no longer be under his control. The Array Talisman Master could make the person who took the Brain-crushing Pill have severe reactions in his body with a single thought, making life worse than death. The pain of the Brain-crushing Pill, legend has it that the pain is so extreme that it can make a person's head shatter into pieces. Therefore, this horrible talisman specially used to torture people is called the Brain-crushing Pill.
"Sir, who are you exactly... I, Gu Tongan, do not believe I have ever offended someone like you..." Gu Tongan panted and asked weakly again.
"You are so forgetful, Lord Governor..." Yan Liqiang shook his head, "Didn't you just say that you wanted to get rid of me once and for all and wanted to find someone to kill me? How come I am standing in front of you, Lord Governor, but you don't recognize me?"
“You… you are Yan Liqiang, His Royal Highness the King of Pingxi…” Gu Tongan was stunned. He looked at the face in front of him. His complexion suddenly lost all color and his body began to tremble again.
"I dare not, I dare not. You, the governor, just continue to call me the little boy. The King of Pingxi was created by the small court in Jinzhou. How could the governor admit it? Right? Besides, I am blocking your way. You must get rid of me as soon as possible. How can I dare to be your highness... "The smile on Yan Liqiang's face became more amiable. "I have always convinced others with my virtue. I came to see you today, the governor, just to have a good chat with you. I want to see if I accidentally dug up your ancestral grave, or robbed your woman, killed your son, or poisoned millions of people in Lanzhou. Why does the governor have to make things difficult for a young boy like me, and do some double-faced things. On the surface, he gave me gifts and congratulated me, but behind my back, he not only wanted to attack the people around me, but even wanted to hire someone to kill me. I am so depressed. I don't know where I offended you. Can you please tell me about it? If I have done anything wrong, I will definitely change it!"
"I... I... I was wrong... Please... Please forgive me, Your Highness..." Gu Tong'an said with trembling lips. Until this moment, he did not have the courage to climb onto the soft couch, but just lay on the ground and talked to Yan Liqiang who was sitting on the stool.
Yan Liqiang's expression suddenly became serious and solemn. "Look, I'm changing the subject again. I'm asking you for advice so sincerely and humbly, but you're so stubborn that you don't even give me any respect. Well, it seems that you're determined not to tell me the truth, so don't blame me for resorting to trickery..."
Gu Tongan was about to speak when he suddenly felt the suffocation coming back. He could no longer breathe or speak, and his body could no longer move. Not only that, this time, an unprecedented burning sensation rose from inside his body, an indescribable pain, just like being cut into pieces by a thousand knives. In an instant, it was like a raging fire enveloping every cell in his body, and began to tear his body and nerves inch by inch...
The immense pain caused Lanzhou Governor Gu Tongan's body to twist and tremble like a twitching leech under Yan Liqiang's feet. He instantly lost control of his bladder, and tears, feces, urine, and saliva flowed out at once...
Yan Liqiang had a smile on his face, but his eyes were cold as he watched the ugly and painful appearance of this Han Empire's frontier official lying at his feet.
The pain that Gu Tongan's body can experience at this time is probably only two or three times more painful than a woman's childbirth. People will faint in great pain, which is the brain activating the body's self-protection mechanism. However, under the effect of the brain-crushing pill, Gu Tongan's brain will not faint, and the nerves throughout his body will become more sensitive than usual.
(End of this chapter)