newbobooks Chapter 254 Surrounded
Chapter 254 Surrounded
Xu Shu fell silent and let the four men carry him away.
Qu Xiu was also a little stunned. It was not until he was thrown into the wooden house and asked to boil water that he came to his senses a little: "What did you mean just now?"
"What do you mean my junior fellow apprentice is going to become the emperor's favorite concubine?"
"What is going on here? What does it have to do with the emperor?"
The man looked at him and just laughed: "Why are you in such a hurry? You will know everything after you return."
Xu Shu was carried to a bed by them, and Chao Lin came over immediately. Now he had no intention of hiding anything, so Chao Lin saw at a glance that Xu Shu's left hand had been sutured.
He didn't say anything, just sighed.
Xu Shu heard his voice and suddenly said, "Are we two not in sync?"
Chao Lin thought about it and understood what he meant. He said to the people who carried Xu Shu in, "Don't stop the hot water. You all go out."
After they left, he spoke again, still with that muffled tone damaged by the smoke: "You should think about how to protect yourself when the governor sent by the court arrives. Qiao Jianhong has already reported your impersonation of the governor to the court. When they come..."
"I don't mind killing someone who's looking for death." Xu Shu said coldly.
Chao Lin stopped talking and started to help Xu Shu clean the wound. His technique was much better than Qu Xiu's, at least his hands didn't shake.
"Do you need Ma Fei San?" he asked again after cleaning the wound.
Xu Shu shook his head: "I need to stay awake, what is Qiao Jianhong's purpose?"
"I'm just a doctor. I don't understand these things."
"Doesn't the doctor have a position?"
"The doctor has no position."
Xu Shu stopped talking.
After the long suturing was over, Chao Lin spoke again: "You need to stay here for a while for observation. Qi Huairen and Jiang Yu will come to pick you up tomorrow morning."
Xu Shu glanced at him, then turned his head and closed his eyes again.
After Chao Lin left, he took out the painkillers from his ring. As he did so, he saw the ugly lines on his left wrist and couldn't help but smile helplessly: "You really can't underestimate the ancients."
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There was a drizzle outside the window. Mu Jinghua reached out his hand, but a withered flower fell on his fingertips with the rain.
Mu Jinghua was slightly stunned.
"Young Master, it's getting cold, you'd better close the window."
The person who was speaking was the boy sent by Qiao Jianhong to take care of him. His nickname was "Aqiao". He was about the same age as him, had a similar body shape, and even looked somewhat similar to him.
When Mu Jinghua saw him, he felt cold all over. He looked at Qiao Jianhong and said, "You have already planned this."
Not doubt.
Qiao Jianhong did not refute.
Mu Jinghua's attitude towards A Qiao was very contradictory: "It's okay to blow the wind."
Ah Qiao smiled at him and said, "Brother Qiao said that you are not in good health and asked you to stay out of the wind."
"Will your body be better if you stay out of the wind?" Mu Jinghua's attitude turned cold when he heard Qiao Jianhong's name. "Besides, I'm not that fragile."
He chuckled: "Poor."
Ah Qiao thought he was talking about him, and immediately knelt down in front of him: "Sir, I...I didn't mean that."
Mu Jinghua looked at him kneeling on the ground and raised his eyebrows: "What does this mean?"
Ah Qiao was stunned for a moment, not daring to raise his head, and only whispered: "I... don't know."
"Who do you think I'm scolding?" Mu Jinghua looked at his timid appearance and couldn't help but curse Qiao Jianhong in his heart. How could such a person be his substitute?
Stupid.
A Qiao was silent: "I don't know."
Mu Jinghua stretched out his hand and pinched his chin, forcing him to look up: "Look into my eyes, do you really not know?"
Ah Qiao looked at him timidly and whispered, "Sir, I don't know."
Mu Jinghua suddenly lost his temper and let go of his chin: "Get out."
A Qiao was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked out.
After a while, Qiao Jianhong rushed in: "Did Qiao provoke you?"
Mu Jinghua glanced at him and said nothing.
Qiao Jianhong then said to himself: "Ah Qiao has a gentle personality, he shouldn't have provoked you. Is it because you don't like me that you take your anger out on him?"
Mu Jinghua looked up at him, suddenly took out a knife from his arms, and stabbed it into Qiao Jianhong's heart.
Qiao Jianhong dodged to the side, but was tripped by Mu Jinghua's quick eyes and hands. The carriage was narrow and he was tall, so he inevitably hit the roof. He staggered and Mu Jinghua seized the opportunity again.
Qiao Jianhong reacted quickly. Seeing Mu Jinghua stabbing towards his heart, obviously intending to take his life, he decided to save his own and directly grabbed the blade with his hand.
The two were in a stalemate.
But everyone knows that Mu Jinghua is not at an advantage in terms of strength.
Mu Jinghua's eyes were deep, but Qiao Jianhong still had the mind to joke: "It's been a while since we last met, and you've improved a lot."
"Did Xu Shu teach you?"
Mu Jinghua was the first to let go of his hand: "He doesn't want me to kill anyone."
"But you killed a lot of people." Qiao Jianhong sat up straight, took out a handkerchief from his arms, and wrapped his wounds neatly. "He knows everything, right?"
Mu Jinghua fell silent.
Qiao Jianhong laughed and said, "You think that people like me are sinister, that I am a bastard who uses you and destroys the happiness you should have."
Mu Jinghua remained noncommittal.
Qiao Jianhong added: "The world's view is probably the same as yours. No one will sing praises of me."
He couldn't help but smile: "In a sense, maybe Xu Shu will understand me."
Hearing him say this, Mu Jinghua couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and look at him.
Qiao Jianhong shook his head: "I don't need praise."
He stood up and opened the curtain of the sedan chair, letting in a gust of cold wind: "I think you already know the role of A Qiao. For your own life, you must teach him well."
"Does he know?" Mu Jinghua was silent for a moment, but couldn't help but ask.
"He doesn't have that freedom."
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Xu Shu took advantage of the night and rushed back to Jiang Yu's house early.
Jiang Yu was in the main courtyard, walking in circles on the flat ground in the yard.
Xu Shu punched Jiang Yu first. Although the injury had not yet healed, it was still enough for Jiang Yu to suffer.
Jiang Yu took the punch but ignored it. He just pulled Xu Shu and said with shining eyes, "Something bad is happening. Come with me."
"What's the matter?" Xu Shu hated him so much that his teeth were itching. What could be more serious than this bastard letting his wife leave with Qiao Jianhong?
He refused to leave.
Jiang Yu couldn't help but sigh and could only make it short: "The governor sent by the court has arrived."
"I don't know what Qiao Jianhong did, but that group of people said that you were collaborating with the enemy and murdering high-ranking officials. They ordered that you be killed on sight, and they have already sent troops to surround the Xiao Mansion."
As soon as Jiang Yu finished speaking, without giving Xu Shu any time to react, the door of the Jiang Mansion was kicked open, and then a group of people rushed into the yard and surrounded Xu Shu and Jiang Yu.