The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1019

Chapter 1019: 486 Asura Jiaojiao (Part 2)

This courtyard was very secluded, and people usually didn’t come by; as long as there was no major commotion in the wine cellar, it wouldn’t attract the patrolling guards.

Yet, someone did come.

From the sound of footsteps and the friction of armor, it was two adult soldiers.

The Governor’s Mansion was largely controlled by remnants of the former dynasty, with the main forces of Chen Kingdom stationed outside it, so Gu Chengfeng deduced that the two people were lackeys of the former dynasty’s remnants.

Gu Chengfeng silently positioned himself behind the door; he couldn’t see the situation outside and had to focus all his attention on the movement and the voices of the newcomers.

At this time, Gu Jiao had already begun suturing the wound in the abdominal wall.

Seeing this, Gu Chengfeng almost understood that the surgery was almost finished, but the more crucial the final moment, the more nothing could go wrong.

Gu Chengfeng’s heart tensed slightly.

The two soldiers entered the courtyard and walked in the direction of the wine cellar, when one of them pulled his companion aside and said, "Alright, there’s no one around here, take it out!"

"Keep your voice down! Don’t let anyone hear!" his companion whispered back.

"Yes, yes, yes, I’ll be quiet!" the soldier’s voice softened a bit, but his tone became more urgent, "You better not only fuss about speaking softly, where’s the thing you brought? Bring it out!"

Gu Chengfeng almost understood from here that the two men were not there to check on his grandfather, and his heart settled back into his stomach a bit.

But he dared not take it lightly, still tightly clenching two hidden weapons in his hand.

His companion then took out a small porcelain bottle and handed it to the soldier, saying, "Here!"

The soldier removed the stopper and took a sniff at the bottle’s mouth, his tone somewhat disdainful: "What kind of smell is this?"

"They all smell like this!"

"Really effective, huh?"

"How about you try it, and then you’ll know if it’s effective or not?"

"Have you tried it yourself? Can it really be seven times in one night?"

Gu Chengfeng frowned when he heard this, what seven times in one night, these indecent words were too much, he really wanted to stuff those two men’s mouths!

He turned to look at Gu Jiao, who was treating Lord Hou, to see if she had finished suturing.

This girl was treating the injury so earnestly, she hadn’t heard those dirty words, had she?

"Just say if you want it or not?"

"Want it! How could I not want it! How much?"

"Outside, it sells for one tael of silver; the boss is my friend and gave me a discount. Two hundred wen for me, and I would have to charge someone else an extra fifty wen. But you’re my brother, I won’t overcharge you for our relationship."

Gu Chengfeng snorted inwardly.

Such lowly stuff wasn’t even worth ten wen, and still, they were talking about brotherhood?

That soldier ended up being the sucker, spending two hundred wen to buy that bottle of so-called rejuvenating pills. _{freёwebnovel.com}

"Let’s go," the soldier said to his companion.

"Wait."

"What is it?"

"Over there."

"What about over there?" The soldier looked around and said, "Oh, the wine cellar."

Gu Chengfeng’s heart clenched tight!

"I heard that the wines in the Governor’s Mansion of Lingguan City had been treasured for more than ten years as daughter’s red," his companion said as he started walking towards the wine cellar.

The soldier stopped him: "Hey, who was the one who just said we shouldn’t be discovered? In the middle of the night, if you walk out with a jar of wine, aren’t you asking to be caught sooner? There’s plenty of wine back at my place! I’ll give you a jug when we go back!"

"Ah... okay then."

The companion allowed himself to be persuaded by the soldier, and they left the courtyard together.

Gu Chengfeng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

His entire back was soaked in cold sweat, his forehead sticky. He wiped his brow with his hand and asked Gu Jiao, "Is it done?"

Gu Jiao snipped off the last thread and stuck a piece of gauze over the wound: "Not yet, the fractured places need to be immobilized."

Lord Hou had fractures in all his limbs, which must be immobilized first, or moving him would be very dangerous.

Half of the dismantled table was thrown into the fire, with half remaining. Gu Jiao first made do by whittling down a few planks.

Gu Chengfeng went over to help her.

However, at that moment, something unexpected happened.

The two men who had already left hurried back!

"No good! It’s Guard Captain Liu! If he discovers that we haven’t been patrolling properly and snuck over here instead, he will definitely punish us!"

It was the voice of one of the soldiers.

"Quick, hide!"

His companion said.

"Where to hide?" the soldier asked, trembling with fear.

"The wine cellar!"

Gu Chengfeng’s brow twitched!