The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1274 - 1274 620 Tianqiong Academy (second update)

Chapter 1274: 620 Tianqiong Academy (second update) Chapter 1274: 620 Tianqiong Academy (second update) Gu Jiao returned to her room after going upstairs.

This little incident didn’t affect Gu Jiao much; she waited until the Hai hour to check Gu Yan’s pulse and blood pressure, and the values hadn’t worsened significantly.

Afterward, she went to rest.

But unexpectedly, a bit of an emergency occurred at the post station in the middle of the night—a group of thieves had shown up.

On their journey, they had encountered no shortage of thieves, including horse bandits and mountain robbers—Gu Jiao was no stranger to this. As long as they didn’t bother her, she couldn’t be bothered to take action.

The defense of the post station was not weak; even though the thieves made great efforts to conceal their presence, they were still detected by the guards, and a fierce battle ensued.

Although the thieves had the advantage in numbers, there were not only official government guards in the post station, but also some guests who had brought their own personal guards. Upon discovering the robbery, they quickly intervened to catch the thieves.

As the conflict unfolded, the enraged thieves resorted to starting fires and taking hostages.

They targeted the quiet chambers as their victims, reasoning that guests who hadn’t emerged despite the commotion were either deeply asleep or too scared to come out—terming such individuals as prime candidates for hostages.

A thief, wielding a large saber, charged towards the room of Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun, but before he could reach the door, he was sent flying out by a kick from Gu Jiao, who had suddenly dashed over!

“Ah—”

The thief screamed as he crashed into a pillar behind him, and was knocked out cold on the spot.

Madame Nan, sensing someone was attempting to ambush Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun, opened her door and came out.

Seeing that Gu Jiao had already dealt with the intruder, she was not surprised.

Gu Jiao said to her, “Madame Nan, go back to sleep, I’ll stand guard.”

A group of petty thieves was indeed no match for Gu Jiao’s strength, so Madame Nan returned to her room.

The battle in the courtyard continued unabated, and unexpectedly, the thieves had accomplices lurking outside the post station. Presumably hearing the commotion, dozens of them stormed in with overwhelming momentum.

The post station’s side was now at a disadvantage.

They saw their money being stolen and even began to steal horses!

Gu Jiao couldn’t allow them to succeed; if they did, what would she use to travel to Shengdu the next day?

Gu Jiao braced herself against the railing and leapt down from the second floor, her foot kicking a horse thief into the air!

Instead of joining the battle in the courtyard, she focused on safeguarding the stable—felling single assailants and pairs with ease.

In the end, it was the thieves in the courtyard who were not subdued by the group of defenders; rather, those dispersed to the stable were all beaten down into the shape of squashed shrimps.

While a group of thieves brandishing knives was confronting Gu Jiao, a young lady ran out from her room upstairs.

“Fourth Brother!”

She dashed towards another room.

What she didn’t notice was that a thief was standing right behind her. He had been about to leave without success, but then this luxuriously dressed young lady appeared—it would have been a pity to let her go.

This young lady was no other than the Su Family’s young mistress who had previously fought with Gu Jiao over the carriage in the Grand Hall.

Indeed, she was like a paper tiger—someone was behind her, and yet she was completely unaware.

The thief’s claw reached toward the young lady’s neck.

Gu Jiao swept her foot on the ground, flicked her toes, kicked up a short blade that a thief had dropped, then with a spin, lifted her leg to kick the handle of the dagger, sending the blade whirling towards the second floor!

The short blade pierced the thief’s shoulder with great force, slamming him against the wall; the man was then bounced off by the impact, falling out of the second floor and landing heavily in the Grand Hall of the first floor.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, the Su Family’s young mistress completely unaware, while the thieves confronting Gu Jiao were utterly dumbfounded.

What kind of skill is this!

“Fourth Brother!”

The Su Family’s young mistress reached a room, which Gu Jiao noticed was beside her own.

The room’s door opened, and a hand as elegant as jade reached out, timely catching the young mistress of the Su Family, who had tripped on the threshold and nearly fell.

The night was dark, yet that hand was so fine it seemed a piece of meticulously carved jade.

A man’s hand that was so beautiful was just too much.

“Tsk,” Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow, finding herself unable to look away for a moment.

A thief took the opportunity to swing his knife at her.

Gu Jiao kept her gaze fixed on the hand, and with a blind thrust, plunged her blade into the thief’s chest.

The thief looked incredulously at his own pierced body: “…”

Is this even possible?

In the end, all the thieves in the courtyard were captured.

“Damn! I forgot about the stable!” a guard of the post station said.

The Post Commander quickly led his men towards the stable, only to find a bunch of horse thieves, bruised and battered, tying themselves up, gagging themselves with cloth, and kneeling on the ground, as if begging to be taken away.

Everyone: “…”

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