Chapter 165: 114 Rural Examination (Two Updates Combined)_2

Wuyang’s eyes widened. “How could this happen? Leprosy is highly contagious; if you’ve been in contact with it, you too would be sent to Mafeng Mountain! Could it be…”

Prince An absent-mindedly smirked, “Correct, to avoid being sent to Mafeng Mountain, they must shelter and cure the Empress Dowager. To avoid suspicion, they pretended she was the aunt-in-law of Miss Gu’s husband and came to join them.”

Wuyang had an epiphany, “Yes, Miss Gu’s husband is a foreigner, so naturally his aunt would be too. No one would suspect them!”

Prince An casually played with a vibrant begonia flower in front of him, “What intrigues me is, how did Miss Gu cure the Empress Dowager’s leprosy?”

Lord Gu said she was just a little medicine girl. It seems he still didn’t understand his own biological daughter.

Wuyang suddenly turned his gaze to Prince An, “My Lord, if she can cure leprosy, then is it possible…”

Prince An raised his finger, stopping him from finishing his sentence, “I still don’t trust her.”

Wuyang sighed, his expression complicated, “I see. Then… what is your plan regarding the Empress Dowager?”

Prince An pondered, “The Empress Dowager has lost her memory, she will not leave with me even if I go and identify myself. Moreover, it may expose her identity, which would be unwise. Gather some men and steal the Empress Dowager away at midnight!”

Wuyang, “Steal…steal a person?”

Why did that sound a bit off?

Wuyang moved quickly. At night, he led seven skilled fighters to Qingquan Village to steal…um no, to kidnap someone.

When he arrived at Miss Gu’s house, he discovered two covert guards lurking nearby.

They were probably the covert guards sent by Marquis Ding’an’s Residence to protect the twin dragons. Wuyang figured it would be best to lure them away. Otherwise, it could get troublesome if the Empress Dowager was awakened by the noise.

But covert guards were not ordinary guards, it was unlikely they would both leave their charge simultaneously. Just as Wuyang was figuring out how to implement his plan, the two covert guards strode out of the room and disappeared into the forest on their own, their purpose unknown.

Wuyang, “…”

That works?

Forget it, time is vital, let’s act!

Wuyang gestured an attack signal, and the seven men in black leapt into the air, swooping into the backyard.

Wuyang also intended to swoop into the courtyard, but as he struck a pose, before he could even jump, he heard a loud thud. One of the black-clad men had been kicked out like a sandbag.

Wuyang was a bit stunned.

Did they enter in the wrong way?

Wuyang jumped onto the wall.

A second black-clad man passed before his eyes, tracing a beautiful parabola in mid-air before crashing heavily onto the open ground outside the house.

Wuyang was now thoroughly dumbfounded.

Hadn’t the covert guards left? Had they returned so soon?

He looked into the backyard, but there were no covert guards in sight. Clearly, it was none other than Miss Gu who had once slapped Gu Jinyu and Zhuang Caidie repeatedly!

That day, he thought Miss Gu was too excessive, bullying even weak women who were powerless. Now it seemed she was just holding back!

Otherwise, with a punch strong enough to knock a skilled fighter off his feet, if she had really gone all out, wouldn’t she have shattered the heads of Gu Jinyu and Zhuang Caidie?

Although the men Wuyang brought were not top-tier fighters, they were much stronger than the average fighter. Yet even they were beaten by Miss Gu without a chance to fight back.

Wuyang felt like crying.

He finally understood why the two covert guards from Marquis Ding’an’s Residence had suddenly disappeared into the forest. They were worried, afraid that if they had stayed, they might have disrupted Miss Gu’s mood.

Wuyang estimated in his mind that he probably was not a match for Miss Gu either.

“Beg your pardon, Miss Gu.”

Wuyang took out a crossbow from behind him, put on a short arrow, aimed at Gu Jiao’s shoulder and pulled the trigger.

But in the blink of an eye, the door of the granny’s room suddenly opened. The old lady, yawning, walked out, “What’s all the noise?”

Startled, Wuyang’s hand shook. The arrow missed!

And it was heading straight towards the old woman. Wuyang’s heart pounded in his chest!

The speed of the crossbow was several times faster than that of an ordinary arrow. He didn’t have time to catch his own arrow back!

Just in the nick of time, Gu Jiao took a leap, landing in front of the old lady, pulling her aside. The arrow scraped past her hand and embedded in the wall behind the two women.

Gu Jiao’s hand was grazed, and it started bleeding profusely.

With her other hand, she pulled out the arrow and threw it fiercely in Wuyang’s direction in the darkness!