Chapter 28: Kneel Down and Beg Me

“We’ve sent all our brothers out. They found Gu Ziming in the firewood shed!” The fox said quickly: “His little finger has been chopped off.”

“How is Mother-in-law?” Mu Chenye frowned.

He knew how much his little lady cared about Yun’niang.

“She’s still in the place Lady arranged. Our people are guarding her. She’s safe.” Silver Wolf replied.

“Rescue Gu Ziming and send him to Divine Physician Dugu.” Mu Chenye quickly ordered.

“Yes!” The fox immediately went to do it.

…

The competition downstairs had finished the fourth round. Gu Yunlan had lost to Gu Jiaojiao again.

She was anxious and kept looking out.

If Master’s people still couldn’t find anyone before the fifth round ended, she would have to lose the fifth round to Gu Jiaojiao too.

But she wasn’t too worried. Even if Master took Gu Jiaojiao as his disciple, she was confident that she would definitely be Master’s disciple.

A servant walked in from outside and whispered something to Dugu Yue. Gu Yunlan, with sharp eyes, immediately recognized him as the servant who had gone out to find someone.

Dugu Yue winked at Gu Yunlan. Gu Yunlan felt relieved.

It seemed that the person had been rescued.

Dugu Yue cleared his throat: “Both of you have won two rounds each. Let’s get this last round over with quickly.”

“You two will each give the other a poison. Whoever can cure it is the winner.”

“What if they both can cure it?” Wu Huanmei asked.

“Then whoever cures it first wins.” Dugu Yue said concisely.

“Okay.” Gu Jiaojiao took the initiative and directly took out a bottle of poison powder from her bosom and sprinkled it towards Gu Yunlan.

This was her trump card. Now, everything depended on this. She might as well go all out.

At the same time, Gu Yunlan also threw out a poisoned needle. The needle pierced Gu Jiaojiao’s chest. Gu Jiaojiao quickly pulled it out, shaking her head and nodding triumphantly: “Tch, tch, just a needle? You think you can take me down? Dream on!”

Gu Yunlan’s face immediately turned purple, showing that the poison powder was potent. But Gu Jiaojiao’s complexion was rosy, and she was full of energy. Clearly, she wasn’t affected at all.

Gu Yunlan completely ignored her mockery and directly used silver needles to detoxify herself. Soon, the purple on her face faded. Dugu Yue stepped forward and took her pulse, nodding in satisfaction: “It’s cured. Not bad.”

“Lan’er’s performance is good, but she didn’t even manage to poison Jiaojiao. This round should be won by my Jiaojiao, right?” Wu Huanmei’s smile was full of smugness.

This Gu Yunlan was still sensible. Then, she would temporarily spare their lives.

“What are you talking about? The winner is clearly my good disciple, Lan’er.” Dugu Yue looked at Wu Huanmei as if she were an idiot.

“Her poison didn’t take effect…” Wu Huanmei hadn’t finished speaking when there was a thud. Gu Jiaojiao fell to the ground like a log.

Her face was unnaturally flushed, as if she was very hot. She rolled on the ground, trying to pull at her clothes: “Hot, so hot…”

Wu Huanmei quickly had Mammy Liu hold her down and slapped Gu Yunlan: “You little b*tch, you dare to give my Jiaojiao such a despicable aphrodisiac?”

Gu Yunlan grabbed Wu Huanmei’s wrist: “A heart that’s dirty sees everything as dirty. This isn’t an aphrodisiac.”

Gu Jiaojiao was hot just now, but now she was shivering with cold. Even her eyebrows were covered in frost: “Cold, so cold…”

“This is a rare poison from the Western Regions, Ice and Fire Hell.” Gu Yunlan smiled: “This poison, no one in the world can cure it.”

“You, you have such a vicious heart!” Wu Huanmei trembled with anger: “She’s your sister! It’s just a competition. Why would you want to kill her?”

Gu Yunlan laughed: “Do you think she’s a good person? The poison she gave me just now was Seven Steps Powder.”

“Seven Steps Powder?”

Everyone present gasped.

This was a deadly poison. If you didn’t detoxify it within seven breaths, you would die immediately.

They didn’t expect that Gu Jiaojiao, who looked so gentle and weak, was so ruthless.

“The competition is about who has better skills. Using poison, no one can say who’s more ruthless.” Gu Yunlan said calmly.

“Lan’er is right.” Dugu Yue nodded in admiration: “The competition said from the beginning, either win or die. Gu Jiaojiao’s skills are inferior. It’s normal for her to lose her life.”

He was so happy with his disciple that he was begging to take her. She was perfect in every way.

“Hot…cold…” Gu Jiaojiao kept rolling on the ground, and blood gradually flowed from her seven orifices.

Wu Huanmei panicked.

She only had Gu Jiaojiao, her daughter, and she doted on her like a precious jewel. Now, seeing her like this, how could she not feel heartbroken?

“Divine Physician…” She looked at Dugu Yue for help, but he raised an eyebrow: “I said life or death, I don’t care!”

Wu Huanmei had no choice but to lower her voice and threaten Gu Yunlan: “Gu Yunlan, don’t you want your brother’s life?”

Gu Yunlan smiled faintly: “I don’t want it. You can have your people finish him off!”

Wu Huanmei wasn’t stupid. As soon as Gu Yunlan said this, she knew that she had lost control of the situation.

Gu Ziming was probably no longer in her hands.

Wu Huanmei pursed her lips, her eyes filled with fear: “Good, good! I didn’t expect the little mouse I raised since she was a child to become a poisonous snake that bites! I should have smothered you when Yun’niang brought you in!”

“Does it matter now? It’s your daughter who’s going to die.” Gu Yunlan’s voice was soft, but it sounded like thunder in Wu Huanmei’s ears.

“No, no!” Wu Huanmei immediately panicked: “Gu Yunlan, I warn you, you’re married, and you can take Gu Ziming away, but what about Lady Yun? She’s a concubine of our Gu family, a slave. Even her indenture is in the Gu residence.”

“If my daughter dies, I’ll have Lady Yun torn apart by five horses!” She gritted her teeth.

Gu Yunlan looked at her calmly.

This was the goal of the hundred-year-old Gu Yunlan.

She knew that Yun’niang wouldn’t leave the Gu residence, firstly because Yun’niang thought she was a weak woman and couldn’t survive without the Gu residence, and secondly, because of this forced indenture of slavery.

When she was a child, she was seriously ill with a high fever that wouldn’t go down. Yun’niang wanted to call a doctor for her, but she was stopped. Wu Huanmei’s condition was that Yun’niang had to sign the indenture. Yun’niang, for the sake of her daughter, willingly became a slave of the Gu family, and thus, she was controlled by Wu Huanmei.

“Then let’s exchange.” Gu Yunlan said: “Use your daughter’s life to exchange for my mother’s indenture. Are you willing?”

“Lady Yun’s indenture is nothing. How could it be more important than my daughter’s life? Exchange, exchange! Quickly treat Jiaojiao!” Wu Huanmei urged anxiously.

Gu Yunlan smiled: “I don’t believe you. I won’t treat her until I see the indenture.”

Wu Huanmei was about to scold her when she heard Gu Jiaojiao “puff” and spit out a mouthful of blood mixed with black foam.

“Friendly reminder, she has one quarter of an hour left. After one quarter of an hour, she will definitely die.” Gu Yunlan smiled.

“But it’s impossible to go back and forth to the residence to get the indenture in one quarter of an hour!” Looking at Gu Jiaojiao, who was barely breathing, Wu Huanmei felt like her heart was breaking.

“I can use silver needles to seal her acupoints first.” Gu Yunlan smiled.

“You’d be so kind?” Wu Huanmei was very suspicious.

“Of course not.” Gu Yunlan raised an eyebrow: “The condition is—you kneel down, kowtow three times, and say you were wrong!”