The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 529

Chapter 529: 264 Exposure (Third Watch)

Chapter 529: 264 Exposure (Third Watch)

Gu Yan kicked off the covers during the night and had a bit of a cough in the morning. The Yao Family was worried about him, so they didn’t allow him to go to school, so naturally, he didn’t go to Master Lu’s picking up arts with Nanxiang.

Gu Xiaoshun still went, escorted by Liao Quan.

In the past few months, Master Lu hadn’t taught much in terms of skill, just letting Gu Xiaoshun endlessly shave wood. Gu Xiaoshun didn’t show any impatience and never questioned when there would be an end to shaving wood.

Master Lu found this child to be very patient.

Gu Xiaoshun: The main reason is that studying is too dull. Compared to that, shaving wood is simple and relaxing, and it doesn’t require any thinking.

After shaving wood, Gu Xiaoshun habitually ate at his master and mistress’s home.

The food was usually prepared by Nanxiang, although her culinary skills were not very good and she even despised her own cooking, Gu Xiaoshun didn’t seem to mind at all. Whatever Nanxiang cooked, he ate, not wasting a single drop of soup.

As a result, Nanxiang thought highly of Gu Xiaoshun.

Gu Xiaoshun: The main reason is that my brother-in-law’s cooking is too awful. After tasting his cooking, the mistress’s skills are already chef-level.

After finishing his training for the day, Gu Xiaoshun bid farewell to his master and mistress, and got into the carriage to go home.

It was already late in the day, unlike the previous few days with evening glows, today’s sky was gray, as if a giant dark curtain had been drawn across it.

“It’s going to rain soon!” said Liao Quan.

Gu Xiaoshun didn’t like sitting inside the carriage, he preferred sitting outside. Hearing Liao Quan’s words, he opened the curtains and sat outside, replying, “Master said if it rains, we shouldn’t go because the mountain road is difficult to travel and it could be dangerous.”

Liao Quan, picking up on his regret, comforted him with a smile: “It will just last a day or two, no big deal, you can come back here very soon.”

“Hmm.” Gu Xiaoshun nodded.

The two of them chatted for a while, the air was sultry, and it seemed like a heavy rain was coming.

Gu Xiaoshun was calculating how many days it would take to cross this road when suddenly he heard Liao Quan cry out in surprise. Immediately following, Liao Quan pulled on the reins, bringing the carriage to a stop.

“What’s wrong?” Gu Xiaoshun asked as he looked forward and saw a man lying on the mountain road ahead. He was clutching his knee, looking very much in pain.

The man wailed, “Ah, my leg … you broke it … broke it …”

“This…” Liao Quan was about to go and take a look, but Gu Xiaoshun held him back.

This was a scam. During his days as a tyrant in the countryside, Gu Xiaoshun had seen plenty of this kind of trick. He could be fooled by others, but not by him.

Seeing that Gu Xiaoshun and Liao Quan didn’t react, the man’s eyes flickered, and he continued wailing, “Ah, my leg …”

Liao Quan whispered, “We can’t just leave him lying there.”

Gu Xiaoshun exclaimed loudly, “Drive over him!”

The man jolted and looked at Gu Xiaoshun, only to see him take the whip from Liao Quan’s hand, whip the horse, and the horse, hurt, whinnied and sprinted forward.

The man seeing things going wrong, quickly forgot about his scam, swiftly got up from the ground and ran off.

Liao Quan was dumbfounded, so that’s how it could be handled?

The situation was far from over. When that man saw his scam wasn’t working, his eyes turned cold, and he swiftly moved toward the carriage.

He leapt over the carriage top, and directly pulled Gu Xiaoshun down from it.

“Xiaoshun!” Liao Quan was shocked and quickly reached for the reins. But it seemed that the man had expected him to do so, before jumping from the carriage, he slapped the horse. The power imbued in the slap hurt the horse, it didn’t stop no matter how Liao Quan pulled the reins.

Being held hostage by that man, Gu Xiaoshun was not pleased and tried to pry off the man’s hand holding his clothes, “What the hell are you doing? Is it decent for two grown men to tug and pull at each other? Are you not ashamed of yourself?”

A twitch appeared at the corner of the man’s mouth, “You’re calling yourself a grown man? Is your body hair fully grown yet?”

Gu Xiaoshun retorted, “Do you want to check?”

The man:”…”

The man said, “Be more obedient, it will save you some pain.”

Gu Xiaoshun retorted once more, “Why don’t you be more obedient, then I can spare you some pain?”

The man:”…”

Did he understand that correctly? This kid was so young, why was his mouth so indecent?

Also, how did he know that he was the bottom?

Cough! Never mind, this was an important hostage, he had to ensure his safety before the Empress Dowager returned to the Zhuang family.

Nanxiang extended her hand, which was wearing a silver thread glove, took the Begonia Needle and put it away: “Not bad, quite interesting.” _{frёeweɓηovel.coɱ}