The cold wind at night was biting, as if it was scraping the flesh and blood off the body.
"Close the door quickly, we're going to freeze to death!"
A jailer shouted to his companion.
"If you don't want to move, go and lock him up..." The other jailer just covered himself with a thick quilt, "My hand hurts from the beating just now..."
"If you dip a whip in salt water and whip it, it will only take some effort. It's not you who's in pain, so you're just here to complain."
"You don't know how tough that bitch is. If Bantou Zhu hadn't threatened her sister, she would have been beaten to death without even confessing."
"Oh, what a pity. If Captain Zhu hadn't said that these two girls shouldn't touch each other, our brothers would have had a taste of it."
While he was talking, another gust of biting cold wind blew by.
One of the jailers couldn't stand it anymore, so he wrapped himself in a quilt and went to close the door.
The next moment, a stone suddenly streaked across the night sky, and the jailer's head was instantly penetrated.
Immediately afterwards, four black figures rushed in.
The other two jailers were about to stand up, but before they had time to speak, stones penetrated their heads.
"Dispose of the body quickly and change into jailer clothes." The last person walked in with Zhu Zuobao in his arms and said in a low voice.
Then he patted Zhu Zuobao's face and said, "You are very good, but you dare to lock up the mistress. You will suffer the consequences when the time comes."
Zhu Zuobao was so frightened that he peed his pants. Who are these five well-trained black-clothed people!?
Killing someone is so easy, it's like massacre, and the person is already dead without even pulling out the knife.
Has he ever seen such a battle?
"Great... hero, I... I am under the order of the county... magistrate, and the little one... also..."
Zhu Zuobao was trembling and begging for mercy.
"Crack!"
A crisp slap in the face.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Take me to the mistress quickly."
The spy soon saw Liu Zhiyin curled up on the haystack. Liu Linglong was holding Liu Zhiyin covered in blood and crying.
His expression suddenly changed, and he drew the knife directly and smashed Zhu Zuobao's kneecap with the handle.
Then he quickly took out a jade bottle from his arms and said, "Mistress, mistress... drink the contents of this quickly!"
Liu Linglong cried so hard that her voice became hoarse. When she heard the shouting outside, she hurriedly got up.
With a sob, she took the jade bottle and poured a drop of the wood marrow liquid from the jade bottle into the mouth of Liu Zhiyin, who was almost unconscious.
This was specially left by Li Changan before he left.
Gu Weidao asked the spy department to protect Liu Zhiyin and Liu Linglong, and he would definitely carry two drops with him in case of emergency.
The leader of the spy kicked Zhu Zuobao's chin to pieces, and shouted to the other people, "Guard them all here for me. Anyone who dares to get even half a step closer to the mistress will be killed without mercy!"
…
early morning,
Gu Weidao welcomed two uninvited guests.
The door opened quietly, and the biting cold wind poured directly into the house.
Gu Weidao frowned slightly, looked at the door, stood up immediately, and bowed to the two people at the door, "Gu Weidao has met Duke Wuxu and Duke Zhao Xian!"
Duke Wuxu looked at the gray-haired Gu Weidao and sighed softly, "I still remember ten years ago, when you were in high spirits, established your destiny with the fourth grade, and led the White Deer Academy to fight one against four without falling behind."
"In the final analysis, we owe you a gift."
With that said, Duke Wuxu and Duke Zhao Xian bowed to Gu Weidao.
Gu Weidao's body trembled slightly, but he did not move away in the end.
He deserves this gift.
"Let's go and have something to eat with us two old guys." Zhao Xiangong waved his hand and did not enter the room. "You are familiar with this place. What are its characteristics?"
Gu Weidao led the two of them to a Wangfu Ji.
Let Zhang Fugui find a private room.
Copper hot pot, Erguotou, and various side dishes were served quickly,
When there were only three people left in the private room, Duke Wuxu placed a layer of civility in the private room.
"I wonder if these two wise men are here to give you any advice?" Gu Weidao said.
"Let's see who that brat Li Changan learned from." Duke Wuxu took a chopstick of beef and said, "Three generations of your ancestors and grandsons are really from the same origin."
"Wang Tiangang dares to go to the capital to cause trouble and bargain with Duke Zhao Xian."
"You dared to command the wise man to charge into battle for you back then."
"Your disciple, Li Changan, faced me at the edge of the battlefield in front of tens of millions of soldiers, and he turned a deaf ear to my words."
Duke Wuxu sighed while eating, "What is this called? It's quite delicious."
"Hot pot, my apprentice made it." Gu Weidao poured a cup of Erguotou for each of them.
Zhao Xianggong was fond of wine. He knew it was a good wine as soon as he smelled it. "What kind of wine is this?"
"Erguotou, brewed by my apprentice."
"Your apprentice is amazing."
"This is natural." Gu Weidao raised his eyebrows.
"Have you ever thought about opening such good hotpot and Erguotou to the capital?" Zhao Xiangong asked.
Gu Weidao paused with his chopsticks, then shook his head, "I don't have that idea for the time being."
Zhao Xiangong turned his eyes to Gu Weidao, "Don't you think about those two Miss Liu?"
"You can't teach them anything now."
"Miss Daliu's literary skills are average, but she is extremely talented in calligraphy and painting. She must have received guidance from Li Chang'an."
"Miss Xiaoliu has quite good talent in martial arts. If she is given proper guidance, she will not be a problem in the fifth rank in the future."
Gu Weidao put down his wine glass and his voice gradually became colder, "Two virtuous gentlemen, a wise man doesn't talk secretly. If you have something to say, just say it directly."
Mr. Wuxu was minding his own business eating beef louvers, making a crunching sound in his mouth, "I knew you had to think too much."
"We have only one purpose for this trip. We hope to take the two Miss Liu to the main hospital."
Gu Weidao suddenly slammed the table, stood up, and pointed at the door with a livid face, "Either take away my life today!"
"Either you leave now!"
Just when the hot pot on the table was about to fall over, Zhao Xiangong stretched out his hand and said, "One inch of time."
As soon as he finished speaking, everything seemed to have returned to where Gu Weidao was patting the table. Duke Wuxu reached out and pressed Gu Weidao's shoulder.
"Gu Weidao, calm down."
"I'm calm!?" Gu Weidao growled at Duke Wuxu and Duke Zhao Xian, "Are you trying to summon the soul of Li Chang'an?"
"Gu Weidao, Li Changan is so special!" Zhao Xiangong said sincerely,
"His literary talent is unmatched in a century, and he is also an innate literary talent!"
"Only beings of third-grade Confucianism or above can summon souls."
"But we believe Li Changan has a chance to succeed."
Duke Wuxu also put down his chopsticks, "Don't worry, we are definitely not taking advantage of anyone."
"As long as the soul summoning is successful, I guarantee with my life that Li Changan will be able to live a second life!"
"Instead of binding the remaining soul to the artifact like others, life and death are not under your control."
"We have already found his physical body!"
Gu Weidao glanced at their faces and hesitated for a moment, "Which family's new-born child is this?"
"None of them!" Duke Wuxu shook his head and said, "It's Su Yuanqing!"
"We will not let any family affect Li Changan."
Boom!
These words were like thunder, striking Gu Weidao's heart.
Gu Weidao's body swayed slightly.
Of course he knew Su Yuanqing.
That's his senior brother!
Duke Xian of Zhao said,
"Su Yuanqing has been lying in bed for fifteen years, and his consciousness has long since disappeared, but his literary documents and his memory of literary ethics are still there. Isn't it just for this day that we have spent all our efforts to keep his body?"
"If Li Changan can integrate Su Yuanqing's literary memory and inherit Su Yuanqing's literary legacy, he will surely take off in a short time!"
Duke Wuxu also said at the side, "These two Liu girls are Li Changan's last concern."
"There are two ancestral halls for Li Changan, one in the academy and one in Linxian. There is also a tablet in the Pillar Hall of the imperial court."
"Ask the two Miss Liu to go to the main hospital to summon the soul of Li Changan."
"No matter whether it succeeds or not, I promise with my life that I will never harm them in the slightest."
"If it succeeds, Li Changan will be reincarnated into a second life, and White Deer Academy will have a literary figure who can carry the world."
"Even if you fail, you won't lose anything, right?"
Gu Weidao said no more, but there was a complicated look in his eyes.
After a long time, he finally said, "Who is in charge of the soul calling?"
"Mr. Wenxu."
"The three of you swear an oath together in writing, otherwise there will be no need to discuss this matter." Gu Weidao said firmly.
Duke Wuxu smiled and said, "Gu Weidao, you are really capable."
"The guarantees given by the three of us third-grade scholars are useless, and we are actually asked to swear an oath with a literary instrument?"
The atmosphere in the private room instantly became stagnant.
But Gu Weidao refused to give in.
After a while, Zhao Xiangong raised his head and drank the Erguotou from the cup.
"Okay, the summoning will take seven days to prepare. Then we will make an oath together."
Gu Weidao raised his wine glass and said,
"After taking the oath, I will go to the capital with them."
At this moment, rapid footsteps came from far and near from outside, and stopped at the door.
Gu Weidao hugged his fists towards Duke Wuxu and Duke Zhao Xian, and opened the door of the private room.
It's Song Anmin.
"What's the matter?"
"The mistress is being targeted by the Lin County magistrate, I'm afraid..."
Gu Weidao's pupils suddenly shrank, as if an earthquake had erupted!