A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 203 Won't You Stay With Me?
Gu Zhan hugged Qi Huan and found the Qi family's carriage, Xing Luo and Lao Jing were there.

But Zhu Sha and two of the guards following the car went elsewhere to listen to the news.

Qi Huan was sleepy, and didn't have the strength to care too much.

Xing Luo saw that she was carried out wrapped in Gu Zhan's robe, and she was not covered in blood in the night, so she was still terrified, and turned pale in panic on the spot: "What's wrong with my young lady? "

Without saying a word, Gu Zhan got into the car with Qi Huan in his arms.

First, she was settled against the carriage, and then a little bit of her hair was brushed aside.

She remembered that after Qi Huan went into the water to save someone, she changed her clothes on the way home, so she looked around and asked her, "You should have some changeable clothes in the car, right?"

Although it is no exception to wash it thoroughly, just changing clothes will not be of much use, but seeing her being so uncomfortable by the bloody smell, changing clothes first is better than nothing.

Qi Huan reluctantly nodded.

Gu Zhan turned around and called Xing Luo: "Get in the car and help her change her dirty clothes first."

After all, he was not very relieved of Qi Huan's current state, so he touched her cheek again, and said warmly: "I'm outside, call me when you're done."

Qi Huan didn't even bother to turn his head this time, he just raised his eyelids as a response to him.

Gu Zhan didn't delay anymore, got out of the car and replaced Xing Luo up.

With Qi Huan like this, he will send her back home immediately.

At this moment, he didn't care about others, he still drove the car by himself, took the Qi family members and left.

Lao Jing and the others who followed the car were all members of the Yang family, and now Zhu Sha didn't come any closer. Everyone was so frightened by Qi Huan's state that they completely forgot about Qi Xin's existence at this moment.

On the carriage, Xing Luo was trembling with trembling hands, but didn't dare to touch her for a while, only waiting for Ai Ai to call: "Miss..."

Qi Huan managed to pull himself together and sat up straight: "My clothes are dirty, give them to me."

Xing Luo just woke up like a dream, and hurriedly turned around to look for clothes in the closet.

Qi Huan lifted Gu Zhan's outer robe that was wrapped around his body.

When Xing Luo turned around with her clothes in his arms, seeing her bloodstained body, he couldn't help but let out another exclamation.

There was a lot of movement, Gu Zhan, who was driving outside, looked back at the closed car door.

Qi Huan explained concisely: "I am not injured."

The space in the carriage was small, and the smell of blood quickly permeated.

Xing Luo suppressed her nausea, and hurriedly helped her change her clothes.

In fact, the blood was completely soaked and had already stained the skin.

Xing Luo didn't know how her young lady endured it, anyway, just looking at it made her scalp tingle, and her whole body got goosebumps.

Conditions in the carriage were limited, so she took out her handkerchief again, poured water from the teapot to wet it, pulled Qi Huan's arm, and wanted to roll her sleeve: "I will wipe it for you first."

"Let's talk about it when we go back." Qi Huan didn't have the strength to be hypocritical, so he withdrew his hand directly.

I wanted to close my eyes and meditate...

But as soon as I closed my eyes, I remembered something.

"Gu Zhan, stop the car." She called out.

The voice was weak, but Gu Zhan heard it, and then the carriage stopped.

Lao Jing jumped off the shaft and consciously avoided it.

Gu Zhan opened the car door and looked in.

Qi Huan leaned against the carriage and didn't want to move, he just said: "My third younger sister is still in Prince Ning's Mansion, you should turn around, we have to go back and pick her up."

Under the shadow of the lamp, her face was haggard and pale, without any energy.

Gu Zhan hesitated: "I'll ask someone to find another carriage to go back."

Qi Huan said: "It's already this hour, the car and horse shops have already closed, so don't bother."

Gu Zhan actually didn't want to go back.

After deliberating over and over again, he stretched out his hand to Qi Huan again: "Come here."

Qi Huan was puzzled, frowned and gave him a questioning look.

Gu Zhan simply got into the car, and moved her out again himself: "You will be very uncomfortable in the carriage like this, tell them to drive back, and we will go on horseback first."

He only brought Jiang Xuan with him when he went out today, and the master and servant both rode horses.

At this moment, Jiang Xuanzheng followed Qi's carriage closely.

Sitting in the bumpy and narrow carriage, Qi Huan really felt stuffy and extremely uncomfortable. She was too lazy to think about it tonight, so she didn't refuse.

Gu Zhan carried her off the carriage.

Xing Luo also wanted to follow, but he stopped him: "Just follow the carriage, and don't tell her about your girl's situation when you meet someone, just say that I will send her back first."

At that time, Jiang Xuan had already led two horses over.

Although Xing Luo was worried about Qi Huan, but seeing that there was really no room for him to follow, he took the initiative not to cause trouble.

Gu Zhan winked: "Pick up the dirty clothes in the carriage."

Jiang Xuan went over immediately, took his robe, rolled up the pile that Qi Huan had thrown in the corner, hugged it, and stuffed it into the saddlebag of his horse.

Lao Jing drove back to Prince Ning's Mansion to pick up Qi Xin.

Gu Zhan helped Qi Huan onto the horse, and the two of them rode together, and continued to ride the horse towards the Changning Hou Mansion.

At this time, the streets were completely cleared of pedestrians, and only came across two teams of officers and soldiers dispatched by the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen and the Gyeonggi Defense Yamen to the outskirts of King Ning's Mansion to reinforce Che.

The leaders of these people all knew Gu Zhan.

Seeing that he was just taking a girl on the street, he wouldn't bother asking anything extravagantly.

Qi Huan leaned against Gu Zhan's arms and didn't want to speak.

Gu Zhan was too bumpy, and it made her uncomfortable, so the horse riding was not fast, and there was a cool breeze blowing in front of her, and for Qi Huan——

Certainly more comfortable than staying in a buggy in a confined space.

Jiang Xuan was two feet behind, still following outside.

Gu Zhan and Qi Huan did not talk to each other along the way.

It was already half an hour after returning to the gate of the Marquis of Changning.

Gu Zhan hugged Qi Huan off the horse, and wanted to go in directly while hugging her, but Gu Zhan stopped him: "You let me down, let's wait for a while."

Although Gu Zhan didn't understand what she meant, he still put her down as he said.

Afraid that she might not be able to stand still, he still supported her carefully.

Qi Huan looked at him and said, "Wait until my third sister comes back and then go in together. Don't disturb my mother in the middle of the night, lest she worry about it."

Originally, at this hour, it was almost time for Yang to take a break.

But Qi Huan expected that when she went to the banquet today, Yang Shi would definitely not be able to go to sleep as usual, and she must be waiting for her right now.

Seeing her weak look, Gu Zhan was still worried: "Can you do it?"

"It's okay." Qi Huan was in front of him now, and he was too lazy to force a smile out of his face, "Blow the wind, I'm much better."

It was close to the third watch at this moment. In the middle of the night, a group of three people stood on the empty street, which was actually quite desolate and eerie.

Gu Zhan knew that Qi Huan didn't have much strength, and was afraid that she would catch a cold, so he found a cloak from his bag, wrapped her in another layer, walked to the doorstep, and sat down with her in his arms.

Qi Huan never refused him.

When he lowered his head to adjust the cloak for her, he buried his head and kissed her forehead.

In fact, Qi Huan has always remembered that the blood of the maidservant was also splashed on her head when she was killed.

She shrank instinctively and hid: "Dirty."

It's just that people are surrounded by Gu Zhan's arms, and the range of avoidance is limited.

Gu Zhan smiled teasingly: "What are you afraid of? Have you forgotten what I do?"

As soon as these words came out, Qi Huan's body stiffened instinctively for a moment.

Gu Zhan's heartbeat was lagging behind, and he realized that he had said something wrong in hindsight.

Qi Huan told him early in the morning——

Yang Shi has some scruples about his status as a general.

She hadn't said before that she had an aversion to this aspect, but tonight, witnessing a bloody killing with her own eyes, it was designated to cast a shadow on her heart.

Gu Zhan suddenly panicked for a moment.

But Qi Huan reacted before him.

So she raised her head and smiled at him: "I didn't say I dislike you."

The smile between her eyebrows, although weak and shallow, did not imply any duplicity.

Gu Zhan knows what she is like——

If she really minded and started to repent, she would firmly express her position with him face to face and draw a clear line, instead of constantly trying to appease and mediate with him.

The heart that was suspended high, slowly fell back to the ground again.

Although Jiang Xuan stood far away from the two of them with winking eyes, and turned his back to see what was going on outside the alley, Gu Zhan didn't do anything.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and he just touched her cheek again: "Go to sleep when you're tired, I'll watch for you, and wait for them to come back and call you."

Qi Huan then obediently closed his eyes.

In fact, the emperor was concerned about the impact of tonight's incident, and tried his best not to make things too disturbing. After the assassins were dealt with in Prince Ning's mansion, he issued an order to lift the ban, and drove back to the palace.

As soon as he left, Yun Zheng immediately arranged for the other guests to leave.

Qi Xin came back a quarter of an hour later than Qi Huan.

During this period, Qi Huan did not sleep, nor did she want to sleep, she was extremely tired, but there was a string in her mind that was always tense, and she couldn't fall asleep.

Seeing the carriage turning into the alley, Jiang Xuan immediately turned his head and said loudly: "The carriage is back."

Qi Huan immediately opened his eyes.

Only then did Gu Zhan put her down, helped her up, and stood at the door with her to wait.

After a while, the carriage stopped at the gate.

Qi Xin was also frightened tonight, and was in a daze on the way back.

Zhu Sha helped her down from the carriage, and when she looked up, she saw Gu Zhan supporting her...

Or it could be said that it was Qi Huan who was standing upright and leaning on Gu Zhan.

Qi Xin took a look at the two of them. She was not a restless and thoughtless idiot like Qi Yunge, so naturally she would not sarcasm in person. She just stepped forward to greet Gu Zhan: "I have met Gu Shizi."

Gu Zhan didn't even respond, he just lowered his eyes and said to Qi Huan: "Since your sister has returned safely, let's go in."

Between people, it is necessary to pay attention to eye relationship.

If it is said that Gu Zhan still treats Qi Changge with a normal heart, then he has a slight natural dislike for the second daughter of the Qi family.

On such an occasion as tonight, he knew that Qi Xin must have been frightened too, but during the time when everyone was waiting in Prince Ning's Mansion to catch the assassin, Qi Huan, the cousin, didn't come out to look for her.

Among the female family members in the entire hall today, Qi Huan was the one who suffered the most miserable and embarrassing situation. It's fine if others don't notice her, and Qi Xin, who is a family, doesn't care at all...

Gu Zhan admitted that he was just venting his anger and being harsh, and his impression of Qi Xin was even worse.

Qi Xin is self-aware, and she didn't expect to be favored or looked up to by someone like Gu Zhan, so she didn't care much about the other party's indifference.

She just looked at Qi Huan, who was obviously haggard beside Gu Zhan, and asked with concern: "Big sister looks very bad, are you okay?"

Qi Huan wasn't sure if Qi Xin really didn't see her near accident in the chaos at that time, but she was so exhausted right now that she didn't bother to worry about anything.

She said, "It's getting late, let's go in."

Then he signaled Qi Xin to go first.

The relationship between the two rooms was already extremely cold, so Qi Xin stopped talking and went in with Zhu Sha's support.

Qi Huan then turned his head and told Xing Luo: "Go to mother's place, don't say anything, just tell her that we are back from the banquet, and tell her to go to bed early."

In the middle of the night, news about King Ning's Mansion will not be spread until tomorrow at least, and at least everyone in the mansion can sleep peacefully today.

Because Gu Zhan was there, Xing Luo directly agreed to go in first.

Gu Zhan pondered slightly, and picked up Qi Huan: "Let me take you in."

In the middle of the night, he shouldn't have entered the gate of the Marquis of Changning.

But Qi Huan didn't shy away from this, so he acquiesced, only thought of something temporarily, and hurriedly turned his head to look at his mount parked outside the mansion: "My changed clothes..."

Gu Zhan said, "I'll deal with it later."

Then he hugged her and walked in the door.

Although everyone in the Qi family's room knew that it was against the rules to let him go to the backyard in the middle of the night, everyone dared not stop him, and even dared not say a word.

Gu Zhan hugged Qi Huan in such a grandiose way, and went to Qixia Garden familiarly.

Qi Huan really had no worries.

In this mansion, Qi Zhengyu is the only person who can jump out to take care of her now, but the old man wants to save face. After tearing his face before, he knew that the trick of relying on the old and selling the old would not work in front of her, and Gu Zhan was another identity he had to look up to. The concierge didn't think it was a big deal to report to him, and as an old man, he wouldn't come out and accuse her of humiliation.

Besides—

In the middle of the night, the concierge wouldn't be so busy.

Gu Zhan carried Qi Huan back to Chunyuzhai directly. At that time, all the little girls were already asleep, only Yun Xi was sitting in Qi Huan's room, dozing off with her sewing basket in her arms.

Hearing footsteps in the courtyard, she wiped her saliva quickly and ran to open the door.

As always, his brain reacted a little slower than usual. Seeing Gu Zhan coming in with Qi Huan in his arms, he didn't think it was wrong for a while, and let him in directly.

Gu Zhan put Qi Huan on the couch in the outer room nearby, and casually told Yun Xi: "Is there any hot water on the stove? Hurry up and get some bath water."

Qi Huan has the habit of taking a bath before going to bed, especially now that the weather is getting hotter.

Yun Xi hurriedly walked out: "Yes, the water on the stove is still warm."

It was only after people entered the courtyard that they realized something was wrong: "Gu..."

Before she could cry out, Xing Luo just came back and covered her mouth: "Don't worry about it, fetch water!"

Drag her to the boiling water room.

In the middle of the night, although no one would come to chase him away, because of Qi Huan's reputation, Gu Zhan couldn't stay here for long.

He half-kneeled on the edge, held her hand, squeezed her slender fingers which were obviously much softer than a man's: "There should be Dingjing tea at home, after taking a bath, let Xingluo and the others make you a bowl, drink it Get some sleep."

Qi Huan was lying on the couch, looking at him with his head tilted, but he didn't answer his words, just asked with a smile: "Are you leaving?"

Under the lights, the brilliance between her eyebrows was reflected little by little, and there was a kind of brilliance in a strange tranquility.

Gu Zhan's mind moved slightly, and his heart beat a little out of rhythm for a moment.

He couldn't look away from her face, his Adam's apple rolled, but he still tried his best to suppress the strange feeling in his heart, and told him, "Tell Xing Luo or Yun Xi to stay in this room with you tonight, and don't turn off the lights outside." gone."

Qi Huan saw his emotional struggle, and suddenly had a bad thought.

She gazed softly at his face, her tone was still light and casual as if she said casually: "It may be difficult for me to fall asleep tonight, won't you stay with me?"

She asked casually, really frankly, without any trace of lust mixed in, but Gu Zhan was so excited that she didn't come up on the spot.

Almost frightened, he let go of her hand immediately.

I'm afraid that if it's a little later, I won't be able to control it and let go.

He said with a straight face, "Don't mess around."

Having said that, Qi Huan clearly saw that his ears were red.

She propped herself up and sat up, and took the initiative to stick out her fingers to hook his fingers: "Can't you? I want you to stay with me for a night, too?"

It is true that her expression and tone are really just a very righteous state that I am frightened and need someone to accompany me tonight to strengthen my courage.

Gu Zhan stared at her face, with some intense emotion brewing in his pupils.

Then, he almost tried his best to restrain himself before moving his eyes to the fingers that were hooked together.

At this time, Xing Luo and Yun Xi just came in with a bucket.

Gu Zhan immediately withdrew his hands like a guilty conscience, turned around and left, and said firmly: "Brew her some Dingjing tea."

He walked away in a hurry without looking back.

The two of Xingluo saw it, and felt puzzled.

The two adjusted the bath water, and when they helped Qi Huan to undress behind the screen to take a bath, Yun Xi couldn't help asking: "Miss, did you just... have a fight with Gu Shizi?"

The expression on his face when he left was very strange.

Xing Luo also looked over with a gossipy face.

Qi Huan smiled, but didn't answer.

Her body was so dirty that she was uncomfortably dirty, so she scrubbed herself inside and out carefully with the first hot water, and then sat down in a comfortable bath after changing the bucket of water again.

Xing Luo took advantage of her time to take a bath to make Ding Jing tea.

While Qi Huan was drinking tea, the two maids twisted her hair half dry with handkerchiefs.

Xing Luo tentatively asked: "Maidservant stay here to watch the night for Miss?"

Up to now, she still doesn't know what happened in Prince Ning's mansion, but she still has lingering fears when she thinks about Qi Huan being carried out covered in blood.

Qi Huan refused: "No, just leave the light in the outer room for me."

Although Xing Luo was worried, she knew that she didn't like other people sleeping in her room, so she didn't insist anymore: "Young maid and Yun Xi are next door, if you need anything, please call us."

After Qi Huan went to bed and lay down, the two girls turned off the lights in the inner room, moved the palace lantern left in the outer room to a position closer to the door, and then closed the door and went out.

Afterwards, in the next room, the sound of their conversation and the rustling of clothes and beds could be faintly heard.

At that time, the clapper of the watchman outside the mansion had already knocked on the fourth watch.

Qi Huan lay sideways on the bed, except for the occasional sound of a candle crackling outside, the sky was completely silent.

After a while...

Qi Huan actually didn't hear any sound or movement, but she was so blessed that she noticed the difference in the environment behind her, and suddenly said angrily, "Didn't you leave?"

Gu Zhan touched the edge of the bed for a while.

But it was the first time in his life that he did this kind of thing of opening the window in the middle of the night and stealing chickens and dogs. When he was nervous, he was actually at a loss.

Qi Huan's sudden utterance startled him.

His whole body was as if frozen, and he even stopped breathing in an instant.

Qi Huan had already started to work, lifted the bed curtain and raised his eyebrows to look at him: "Go out through the gate, and then come in through the window, so the reputation will be better?"

At this moment, Gu Zhan's entire face was flushed red.

Qi Huan was only wearing a jacket and trousers at the moment.

It's not that he hasn't seen her dressed like this before. The first time they met, she was like this. It's just that at this moment, their eyes met each other. Against the background of the warm yellow bed curtain, the atmosphere seemed even more ambiguous for no reason.

He opened his mouth, but was blocked by her questioning again, he was at a loss for words for a moment.

However, the young general galloping on the battlefield would not be scared off by a little embarrassment, and then he collected himself and said: "I just don't feel at ease, you go to sleep, I will leave when you fall asleep. "

(End of this chapter)