The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1315 - 1315 642 Beating Up (Third Update)

Chapter 1315: 642 Beating Up (Third Update) Chapter 1315: 642 Beating Up (Third Update) “`

After Lord Jing returned to the Duke Residence from Gu Jiao’s place, the first thing he did was to have the Second Lady prepare some ancestral paper money, as he intended to burn some.

The Second Lady was utterly confused, “Who are you burning paper money for all of a sudden?”

Lord Jing said, “For my eldest brother-in-law!”

The Second Lady choked, “Who are you cursing!” She paused, then remembering something, she said, “That’s not right, you only have a younger brother-in-law, when did you get an eldest brother-in-law!”

She was the eldest daughter in her family, having no brothers, only a younger brother.

Lord Jing straightened his back and said, “My elder brother’s eldest brother-in-law is also my eldest brother-in-law!”

The Second Lady: “…”

Indeed, the Second Lady remembered that when Lord Jing was younger, he was quite the troublemaker, repeatedly chased and beaten up countless times by the legitimate eldest son of the Xuanyuan Family. Later, when he learned that Xuanyuan Hao was his elder brother’s brother-in-law, in order to suffer fewer beatings, he also started calling him “eldest brother-in-law.”

In fact, there were so many legitimate sons in the Xuanyuan Family. Despite Xuanyuan Hao beating Lord Jing the most, he also protected him the most, so Lord Jing regarded Xuanyuan Hao with both fear and respect.

“Why all of a sudden did you think of burning paper money for him?” the Second Lady asked.

Lord Jing furrowed his brows and asked, “Do you… not think that the lad from Zhan Country… has eyes very similar to my eldest brother-in-law?”

The Second Lady said weirdly, “Talking about Mu Qingchen’s schoolmate? That quack doctor who deceives and swindles?”

Lord Jing nodded vigorously, wasn’t that swindling? He had been swindled out of 500 taels today.

“I didn’t notice,” the Second Lady shook her head, “How could someone from a lesser country look like a legitimate son of the Xuanyuan Family?”

“Not the looks, but the eyes, those tiny eyes full of murderous intent!” Lord Jing tried to explain, but the Second Lady still had a look of incomprehension, clearly not grasping the similar tiny eyes he was referring to.

Lord Jing waved his hand dismissively, “Forget it, you’ve never been beaten by my eldest brother-in-law, you wouldn’t understand.”

Of course, the Second Lady wouldn’t understand; being a woman of the household, she had barely met Xuanyuan Hao a few times. How could she pay attention to Xuanyuan Hao’s eyes?

The Second Lady glared at her husband, “I think you’re bewitched, aren’t you? Did that lad use some sorcery on you? Or did you let that lad cast a spell on you?”

To actually say that the lad’s eyes resembled Xuanyuan Hao’s?

How could that be possible?

Xuanyuan Hao was the most outstanding son of Xuanyuan Li, who was brought along by Xuanyuan Li from the age of seven, frequented military camps, deeply studied military strategy, and went to war with his father at the age of twelve, never defeated!

However, this didn’t seem quite right; his final battle was a loss, where he died with a heart pierced by a myriad of arrows.

The Second Lady’s thoughts unwittingly drifted afar.

It was she who had mentioned being bewitched just a moment ago, yet now she was thinking of Xuanyuan Li’s death.

Lord Jing pondered over the Second Lady’s words and felt that this possibility was slim. He had been at the entrance while that lad was in the backyard, so far away, how could that lad have bewitched him?

“Nevermind that, just go and get some paper money for now.”

The Second Lady glared slantingly at him, “Fine fine fine, I’ll go and prepare it in a bit, but how are you going to explain to Divine Doctor Miao without bringing the person back?”

Thinking of Miao Ruoxin, Lord Jing felt a headache coming on.

On the other hand, Gu Jiao and Old Master Meng were sitting at the stone table in the front courtyard, having just finished a game of Go.

Old Master Meng began to analyze the game, “Look here, if you hadn’t made that move, perhaps you could have won.”

Gu Jiao seriously listened to the old man’s review of the game, as he had a good memory, and truly, his skill at Go was excellent.

Back in Zhan Country, she had concealed her skill.

Old Master Meng held a black piece and played it, “If you go here, go here, or even here, none can survive, so the move you made was correct.”

Gu Jiao said, “Don’t talk about the correct ones, go directly to the mistakes.”

Old Master Meng looked at Gu Jiao with approval, “Good mentality.”

Thinking that he had exchanged this game of Go for a Token of the Go Sage of the Six States, Old Master Meng explained it with extra care… although it seemed like something was off.

“You remembered all that I said just now? Good, then let’s play another round and see if you’ve really integrated the lesson!”

“No need,” Gu Jiao responded, “I said we would only play one round.”

Old Master Meng: “…!!”

I, the Chess Sage of the Six States, instructing you to play Go and you’re still picky!

I’m not even this patient with my own disciples!

Don’t you know to cherish this!

After I’m gone, you’ll realize what you’ve missed!

Gu Jiao thought of something and asked him, “When will you leave?”

Old Master Meng felt a stab, as if choking on old blood. He took a deep breath and exploded, “Your little brother Xiaoshun blew me up like this, and you can’t even let me heal from my injuries before kicking me out?!”

Gu Jiao: “Oh.”

Old Master Meng let out a sigh of relief internally; he was glad he had vast experiences and had managed to stabilize himself in time. How would he find this miss to play Go with if he really left?

Gu Jiao said, “Daily horse-walking included, with food and accommodation provided.”

“`

Old Master Meng again: “…!!”

…

Gu Jiao, holding the token Old Master Meng had earned through chess, returned to the residence, the old man had said it could be used as a command token, yet the one Xiao Hen gave her was entirely different in appearance.

“A special command token?”

Gu Jiao murmured.

If the token the old man gave her could indeed be used as an inner city command token, that would be far safer than using one issued in “Gu Jiao’s” name.

Gu Jiao decided that after school the next day, she would go test it at the inner city gate.

Early the next day, before dawn had even broken, Gu Jiao got up and first practiced with the red-tasseled spear in the backyard. It wasn’t until she had finished that Gu Xiaoshun woke up.

After breakfast, the siblings set out for Tianqiong Academy together.

Their school attire was ready; Gu Xiaoshun had collected it from the Academy the day before, and today, both of them changed into Tianqiong Academy’s uniforms.

“Sis, you look really good in our Academy’s uniform!” Ahead of her, Gu Xiaoshun walked backward as he looked at Gu Jiao and spoke.

Gu Jiao agreed wholeheartedly, “I think I look good, too!”

No sooner had she spoken when her gaze became stern, “Xiaoshun!”

It was too late; Gu Xiaoshun had already collided into them.

He was walking backward, and usually, this road was sparsely populated—who would have expected a corner turn into the alley to be suddenly blocked by more than a dozen people.

“Brother Qin! It’s this kid!” A young man with a swollen-face and bruised nose pointed at Gu Jiao and said.

Gu Jiao recognized him; he was the Wuyue Academy student she had previously twisted into a shrimp. She had heard from Zhou Tong afterward that this person was named Wu Feng, from Shengdu, a figure of neither high nor low standing in Wuyue Academy with a group of brothers under him.

This “Brother Qin” Gu Jiao had not heard Zhou Tong mention before.

But by the look of him, he was no good sort.

Brother Qin grabbed Gu Xiaoshun by the collar, his lips curling coldly as he turned to Gu Jiao, “So it’s you who bullied my brother?”

Gu Jiao eyed him coolly with not the slightest trace of fear in her eyes, “If you want to keep your hands, let him go.”

Brother Qin sneered mockingly and swung a punch directly into Gu Xiaoshun’s stomach!

Being a trained martial artist and using nearly seventy percent of his strength, this punch was enough to cause splenic rupture in Gu Xiaoshun!

This was merely a street fight; even when Gu Jiao had disciplined Wu Feng and others before, she had not resorted to such a brutal tactic.

A chill entered Gu Jiao’s eyes, her fingertips moved, and a silver needle shot out, quickly piercing his wrist.

His arm went numb, and Gu Xiaoshun broke free.

“Catch him for me!”

Brother Qin hissed through clenched teeth.

The dozen or so people in the alley surged forward. Gu Jiao moved swiftly to pull Gu Xiaoshun behind her, kicking out at the person leading the charge. The impact sent him flying, toppling four or five others in a domino effect.

Gu Jiao stepped directly onto them, the ribs of everyone beneath her feeling as if they were breaking. Using the crowd as a leverage point, she then leapt into the air with another kick, hitting Brother Qin square in the face and sending him crashing against the wall before he landed heavily on the ground!

Gu Jiao walked over, her foot pressing down on his chest, keeping him from rising back to his feet!

Brother Qin hadn’t expected the youngster to be so fierce. He had brought more than a dozen men, yet before the fight had even truly begun, it seemed to be over.

The remaining seven or eight students from Wuyue Academy didn’t dare to step forward any longer.

They were not freshmen, having studied in the Academy for many years, accustomed to bullying others and had never been taken down by any new student like this before!

And certainly not by a new student from Tianqiong Academy!

Tianqiong Academy was the Wenju Academy, filled with a bunch of bookworms!

Looking down imperiously, Gu Jiao asked, “Do you want to keep your hands or your life?”

Brother Qin, his face reddening from the pressure, glared venomously at Gu Jiao, “Do you know who I am? My father is from the Nangong Family… Ah—”

Crack!

Gu Jiao broke one of his ribs!

“Say it again, your father is who?”

“My father is from the Nangong Family—ah—”

Gu Jiao broke another of his ribs!

Suddenly, a fierce killing intent burst from Gu Jiao’s eyes as she wickedly curled her lips, “Say it one more time, who is your father?”

Brother Qin fell silent, thoroughly intimidated by Gu Jiao.

How could such a fearsome look be present in the eyes of a boy not even seventeen?

Gu Jiao glanced at the crowd, now silent as cicadas in winter, and said coldly, “In the future, I don’t want to see any of you from Wuyue Academy near Tianqiong Academy again. I don’t like it, and when I’m unhappy, I’ll beat people up, just like this.”

With those words, she stomped again, breaking two more of Brother Qin’s ribs with a loud crack, causing him to faint from the pain on the spot!

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