Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 48: A Hero's Cutoff (I)

"Damn sissy."

You Gui secretly cursed the pretentious Mei Chengzong in his heart.

He wanted to find Pei Nian to report, but he saw Pei Nian standing side by side with more than a dozen detectives in the front row. Even his back showed his displeasure. It was obviously not the time to speak.

After Mei Chengzong finally finished his nonsense, everyone felt resentful, even Wang Qinghe, who was always the most cultured. He opened the folding fan in his hand, covered his mouth with it, and pretended to talk in a low voice to Pei Nian, but his voice did not lower at all.

"Since the Southern Court has become like this, I can only resign..."

You Gui thought to himself that it would not be so easy to resign from the position of Kaipingsi. Seeing that Wang Qinghe wanted to complain to Pei Nian for a while, he decided to go back and interrogate Chao Heng first.

He hurried back to the secret prison and pushed open the door, but found that the prison was empty and Chao Heng, who was handcuffed to the rack, was gone.

On the other side, the prison door was pushed open with a "crash". Mei Chengzong covered his nose with a handkerchief and walked in reluctantly. He looked at Chao Heng who was tied there and made a disgusted "tsk" sound.

"I really don't want to see you, ugly thing."

"Mei Jishi..."

Mei Chengzong stretched out a finger and shook it, stopping Chao Heng from speaking, and said, "Call me Tisi, I have been promoted."

"Metis, now that the case has been closed, how dare the Southern Court still keep an eye on my father? They are too lawless."

"Slap him in the face."

Mei Chengzong had his men slap Chao Heng in the face, and then he said, "First of all, I am now the Southern Court Supervisor. You accuse me of being lawless? I think you are ignorant and fearless. Besides, the case is closed, but the Viper Heart has not been found yet."

"My father didn't take it!" Chao Heng said, "The person least likely to succeed is my father."

"Who would know that Wanchun Palace was built by you?" Mei Chengzong said, turning sideways and waving his hand to his trusted subordinates, saying, "Take a look."

"Yes!"

Chao Heng's pants were taken off again.

"Tiss, it's so soft, it can't be any softer!"

"really."

Mei Chengzong didn't expect to find Kui Xin so easily, he just frowned.

Chao Heng didn't know what to feel in his heart, bitter and relieved at the same time, he said: "It's really not us who took the Viper Heart. We were not in Wanchun Palace at that time. Metis, let me go."

"Am I the one who won't let you go? The fact that you were caught means your father wants to cut off the gecko's tail. I don't want the case to escalate any further, so you have to bear the consequences."

Mei Chengzong didn't want to stay in prison any longer, so after he finished speaking, he was already outside the prison gate.

He covered his mouth and nose, but his slightly raised lips were mocking Chao Heng's stupidity. He asked the maid to spread the message in Xinglin Pavilion, asking him to protect the Chao family. Little did he know that Chao Juzhi's way to escape was to let his son take the blame.

"Has Chao Juzhi submitted a petition?"

After returning to the government office, Mei Chengzong asked.

He guessed that Chao Juzhi had been deceived by his son when he submitted a memorial to the meeting saying that he had failed to educate his son well.

However, his subordinates replied: "No, 'Chao Heng' is still in Chao's mansion."

"Ha." Mei Chengzong seemed to find it interesting and muttered to himself, "Gu Jingnian is such a good dog that won't let go once it bites."

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Having not slept well last night, Gu Jingnian inevitably slept a little more deeply tonight.

In a daze, he had a dream in which Pei Nian cut off his fingers, sneering as he did so.

"Does she suck you well?"

"none of your business."

He responded with disdain, grew new fingers, and walked away.

Later, he inexplicably had some beautiful dreams again. He couldn’t tell where they happened or who they were about. In short, he was still young and full of energy.

While he was sleeping, he suddenly felt someone taking off his pants. He reached out and grabbed the opponent's wrist, while being careful not to use too much force.

"Sir, I'm glad to see you." Qiao'er said happily.

She wanted to touch it again, but Gu Jingnian stopped her and said weakly, "You can't touch it. Doctor Liu said I need to rest for a while."

"Yes, I won't touch you."

"Stay away from me. I don't touch women."

Qiao'er obediently got off the bed and stood by, but no one knew what she was thinking.

Gu Jingnian was not sure whether she had realized that he was fake, so he sat up, ready to strike at any moment, and said slowly, "I should be well soon."

"Really?" Qiao'er was surprised. "That's great."

“But I’m scared.”

"What are you afraid of, sir?"

"Actually, it wasn't Liu Ren who cured me, but... I got the things that came out of Wanchun Palace."

Qiao Er was surprised and said, "I have been watching over you every day, but I have never seen you take medicine."

She had indeed heard of Wanchun Palace and knew that Wanchun Palace was refining medicine.

Gu Jingnian said in a disapproving tone: "Oh, guarding you every day? Don't I have times when I see my father alone?"

As soon as he asked this question, he was ready to fight to the death at any time.

If he didn't guess correctly, he would kill the maid.

"So the master gave the medicine to you at that time." Qiao'er was pleasantly surprised. "If you can get better, then everything will be worth it."

"Yes, feed some lowly people and raise something that can cure me. The old man is quite capable." "When the young master gets better, you won't forget me, right? I don't dare to hope that the young master will really abolish Liu and promote me, but I just want a name and to carry on the young master's family line. I am satisfied with this."

"Don't worry, I've seen how people are fickle these days."

Joy temporarily diluted Qiao'er's doubts, and her eyes no longer flickered, but instead showed some fanaticism.

Gu Jingnian just deliberately mentioned Wanchun Palace and observed Qiaoer's reaction. She should only know that it happened but not the details. There is no point in testing her further.

"I want to see Dad. You don't have to tell him I'm fine. Just say there's something important to discuss."

"Yes."

Qiao'er went to make arrangements immediately. Gu Jingnian sat there and looked around the room again.

Lying there like a useless person day after day, he was almost going crazy, and he wanted to pick up a knife and have a hearty stab fight with someone.

After waiting for another two hours and having a bland lunch, finally, at sunset, a servant came and pushed Gu Jingnian to see Chao Juzhi.

The house is heavily guarded, and the study is located within a high wall.

Chao Juzhi had just returned from the Ministry of Works. He was still wearing his official robe and had a solemn look on his face. When he saw Chao Heng coming, his expression became even uglier.

"Evil beast."

Following this curse, Chao Juzhi waved his hand and pushed Qiao'er, who was in a wheelchair, back away, leaving only the "father and son" in the study.

"When you went to Xinglin Pavilion, did Hook give you any trouble?"

"Yes, but I didn't reveal any flaws."

"The useless guy has become capable now." Chao Juzhi said contemptuously.

Gu Jingnian keenly felt that Chao Juzhi seemed very unhappy that Chao Heng was not caught by the Kaiping Division.

He wondered why this was happening and vaguely grasped the answer.

Such a big incident happened in Wanchun Palace, the Minister of Works who was in charge of the construction must be responsible, but the guilt also varies, whether it was intentional rebellion or being deceived, the motives are different, and the impression in the eyes of the emperor is completely different. Under the close watch of Kaiping Division, Chao Heng went to Xinglin Pavilion to see a doctor, which might not be a chess piece thrown out by Chao Juzhi to save the king.

"What?" Gu Jingnian pretended to be shocked and angry, and said, "Are you expecting me to be arrested? If you commit a serious crime, can I take the blame for you?"

Chao Juzhi was stunned. He had never expected his son, who had always been a coward, to be so sharp and so presumptuous today. But this sentence just hit his sore spot. He was furious and immediately scolded, "What are you afraid of? What did we do wrong?"

Gu Jingnian doesn’t quite understand these people who refuse to admit their mistakes after such a big thing has happened.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue trying.

"How can I not be afraid? There are hooks everywhere that are meant to kill us. At this time, the first thing you do is to throw me out?"

"Don't you have a share? Who is the one who has the closest contact with them?!"

As expected, Chao's father and son both had dealings with the evil doctor.

Gu Jingnian didn't dare to let Chao Juzhi calm down, and said fiercely: "If it weren't for you, would I be able to make friends with them?!"

"Did I ask you to clear the accounts or change the birds?!"

Chao Juzhi was furious and threw the paperweight on the table to the ground.

"Boom."

Gu Jingnian looked at the shattered paperweight and was silent for a while.

He had guessed something from recent clues, but he had never dared to confirm it. It turned out that Chao Heng really did that... These people made him more and more confused.

"You brought this upon yourself, don't blame me." Chao Juzhi suddenly slowed down his tone and said, "In the past, you had many wives and concubines, and lived a life of debauchery. I never treated you unfairly. Now that things have come to this, since you have become a useless person and cannot carry on the family line, then you should step forward and take on as much responsibility as you can, so that I can still turn things around. This is your way of repaying my kindness in raising you."

Hearing this, Gu Jingnian couldn't help but think of Gu Beiming, and the hatred in his heart suddenly subsided a little.

It turns out that it’s not just Gu Beiming who is bad, it’s human nature.

He probed and asked, "Didn't you let Gu Beiming take care of it before?"

"Who made Gu Beiming's son more capable than you? He sold out everyone else first."

"I don't believe that the changes in Wanchun Palace were driven by Gu Jingnian alone."

Chao Juzhi was surprised and said, "It's rare that you have some brains and are willing to think about this matter carefully."

He nodded and sighed slightly, "Yes, even Gu Beiming doesn't know Wanchun Palace. His son can't possibly cause the Viper Tide. Either we have missed a key figure, or the Great Pharmacist has fooled everyone."

Gu Jingnian finally found out who that person was. The "Liu Heng" he thought of, the "old guy" Feng Niang mentioned, and the "great pharmacist" called by Chao Ju, was indeed not dead.

He suppressed his emotions and said, "It seems that the Viper Heart is in the hands of the Great Pharmacist?"

"What? You want it just because of this? Forget about it." Chao Juzhi pondered and said, "If we can find the heart of the snake and let the case be closed openly, maybe we can get through this hurdle."

"In that case, why not just catch him and put him on trial?"

"Oh, catch him? How do we do that?"

"He's difficult to deal with? Just because he has a few alien slaves?"

"I don't know how high the sky is."

Chao Juzhi sneered, frowned, paced back and forth, thinking about something, and said slowly: "Things are not that simple. You have become smarter recently, which is a good thing, but do you know who the Great Pharmacist is?"

When he said "This is a good thing", Chao Juzhi had already walked to Gu Jingnian and patted him on the shoulder, and then asked a question that attracted his attention.

Gu Jingnian finally got the answer he had been looking for, and asked, "Who is he?"

"He, go down and ask him."

"puff."

Chao Juzhi suddenly had a small dagger in his hand, and he cut Gu Jingnian's neck with it.

(End of this chapter)