69novels Chapter 473 Broken Soul
Chapter 473 Broken Soul
Chapter 473 Soul Shattering
Shangguan Qian survived this attack of the poison, and when she went out again, she ran into Yun Weishan, who looked pale.
"Sister Yun, what happened?"
"It's nothing serious, just some minor problems."
Yun Weishan covered her belly with her hands. To outsiders, it was just a girl's thing and no one would look into it too much.
Shangguan Qian quickly stepped forward and supported the shaky Yun Weishan, and took Yun Weishan's pulse, "Xiaoyu, go back to Jiaogong and get a warm hot water bottle."
After Shangguan Qian sent the maid away, she supported Yun Weishan and walked towards a small sheltered pavilion not far away.
"Sister Yun, a girl's health is the most important thing. If she develops a disease, it will be a lifelong problem."
"Thank you!"
Although Yun Weishan didn't understand why Shangguan Qian was so kind, she knew it the next moment.
"Sister Yun, you're not still looking for your sister, are you?"
Yun Weishan's pupils shrank and she looked up at Shangguan Qian, who was looking at her with a faint smile.
"who are you?"
"Look at what Sister Yun said, I am so painful that I am dizzy. Who else can I be? I am the concubine's daughter of the Shangguan family in Dafu City - Shangguan Qian."
Shangguan Qian leaned close to Yun Weishan's ear and whispered, "I am Cui Jinshu, the legitimate daughter of the Gushan Sect that was exterminated by Wufeng."
Yun Weishan didn't know why Shangguan Qian told her her true identity. "Don't be afraid, Sister Yun. Your identity has already been uncovered."
At this time, Xiaoyu had already come over with a hot water bottle wrapped in gold and silver threads.
"Sister Yun, cover it quickly. Something warm can always relieve the pain."
Yun Weishan moved his lips twice and said thank you softly.
"Sister Yun, you and I entered the palace together. You are the only one I know here. The eldest lady is now the successor to the position of the Palace Master of Shang Palace. She is very busy. You also know about Yu Palace."
Shangguan Qian sat beside Yun Weishan, holding a hot water bottle in her hands, and softly recounted her lonely days in the Corner Palace.
"In the future, when you have time or feel that there is no one to accompany you in the Corner Palace, you can send someone to call me and I will accompany you for a walk in this palace gate, okay?"
Yun Weishan is also a person who knows how to repay kindness. Shangguan Qian and she are both assassins without a front, and they are also in the palace, so naturally they want to keep each other warm.
Shangguan Qian chatted with Yun Weishan for a while. Seeing that it was getting dark, she and her maid Xiaoyu sent Yun Weishan back to the palace.
After returning to Jiao Palace, Gong Shangjiao called him to the study.
"How was your conversation with Yun Weishan today?"
Shangguan Qian naturally would not hide anything from Gong Shangjiao. After all, nothing could be hidden from Gong Shangjiao within the palace.
Shangguan Qian honestly told Gong Shangjiao what she and Yun Weishan talked about today and why Yun Weishan entered the palace.
"Yun Weishan entered the palace gate for only two things. One was the palace gate defense map, and the other was the sister she recognized in Wufeng."
"Palace gate defense map? Yu Gong is in charge of this matter. Besides, doesn't Yu Gong already have one of your assassins, Wuming?"
Gong Shangjiao picked up the fragrant tea in front of him and started to taste it. The moment he raised his eyes, the cold light in his eyes pierced Shangguan Qian's heart.
"What does this mean, Master Jiao?" Shangguan Qian stood at the other end of the ink pool and answered haltingly as she looked at Gong Shangjiao with a sinister expression.
Gong Shangjiao chuckled, "It seems that your sister Yun doesn't tell you everything."
"That Lady Wu Ji of Yu Gong is the assassin that Wu Feng hid at the palace gate and exposed to everyone. You call her Wu Ming."
Shangguan Qian just felt cold in her hands and feet. In the past, she always lured others into the cage she carefully woven step by step.
She had only entered the palace, but she had forgotten even the most basic caution and had been led by Yun Weishan from the very beginning.
Shangguan Qian recalled that from the very beginning, Yun Weishan approached her as a hunter, let her relax her vigilance, and then eroded her intelligence step by step, until she, the prey, believed that the hunter was completely under his control.
"Thank you, Mr. Jiao, for the reminder!" Shangguan Qian bowed, clenched his hands, and pinched himself hard with his well-trimmed nails.
"Yun Weishan was specially trained by Wufeng for Gong Ziyu. However, Yun Weishan did not expect that Gong Ziyu has been busy since he chose her, so it is impossible for her and Gong Ziyu to develop any feelings for each other."
"Today, when I was supporting Yun Weishan, I took her pulse and found that she had a cold, which was incompatible with the extreme yang mental method she practiced."
Gong Shangjiao placed his fingers on the table and tapped it lightly. "Gong Ziyu is practicing the Extreme Cold Heart Method. It is impossible for Yun Weishan to practice the Extreme Yang Heart Method just by chance. Besides, her original goal was the young master. However, Gong Huanyu is practicing the Mysterious Stone Method, which does not need the assistance of Extreme Yang at all."
"It seems that Ming Wu Ji really passed on a lot of information. I'm afraid that you, Wu Feng, have already obtained the defense map of the palace gate."
Shangguan Qian felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet to his heart, "What about the defense map I gave them last time?"
"Of course it's true, but some things have changed." Gong Shangjiao looked at the flustered Shangguan Qian.
"If they are all exactly the same, you will be suspicious of people who recognize you. How is it possible that nothing has changed in ten years?"
Shangguan Qian heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Gong Shangjiao's explanation, "Thank you, Master Jiao!"
"Since we have become allies, I will naturally protect you! But don't let me know that you have set your sights on Yuanzheng, otherwise I won't care which side you are on."
"This is natural. Master Zheng is still young and still needs Master Jiao to protect him from the wind and rain."
Shangguan Qian changed the subject and said, "I wonder why Master Jiao asked someone to call Qianqian over so late at night?"
Gong Shangjiao naturally also heard the sound of the silver bell outside, and his originally cold face softened a lot.
"elder brother!"
"Why are you here again?"
Gong Yuanzheng pushed the door open and walked in, sitting next to Gong Shangjiao with the ink pool that he never let anyone touch.
"Yuan Zheng, due to the changes in the palace, I have not appeared in the martial arts world for a long time. Some people have some thoughts that they shouldn't have, and I have to deal with them."
"How long do you plan to be gone this time, brother?"
Gong Yuanzheng took the teacup handed to him by Gong Shangjiao and glanced at the annoying Shangguan Qian standing over there.
"Miss Shangguan, I am not in urgent need of it these days. It is understandable that Yuanzheng is young and impulsive. Please don't bother with him."
Gong Shangjiao looked at the angry Gong Yuanzheng with a smile on his face, "If he does anything wrong, just tell me when I come back."
Shangguan Qian naturally also heard Gong Shangjiao's subconscious thoughts. My brother is still young. If he does anything wrong, tell me when I come back. But if I find out that you bully him when I'm not around, don't blame me for turning against you.
Shangguan Qian looked at Gong Yuanzheng who kept glaring at her, "Young Master Zheng is young, why would I bother with him?"
"If you have nothing else to do, Mr. Jiao, please excuse me and leave first!"
Gong Shangjiao agreed to her request. Gong Yuanzheng looked at Shangguan Qian who left the study and snorted.
"Brother, Brother Xiaohua will be coming over soon. If you meet him when you go out, can you bring him some things for me?"
Gong Shangjiao paused while serving tea to his brother, "It is not certain that Master Xie and I will meet each other, but if we do, I will naturally give the things to him on behalf of Yuan Zheng."
Gong Yuanzheng and Gong Shangjiao chatted about the Queen for a while and planned to go back to Zheng Palace to rest, but Gong Shangjiao persuaded him to stay in Jiao Palace.
"Yuan Zheng, my brother will be leaving the palace tomorrow. Why don't you stay and accompany him today?"
Gong Yuanzheng looked at his brother who was trying to keep him, contrary to his usual behavior. Although he felt puzzled, after all, he had gone out before and he had wanted to accompany his brother, but was always rejected.
If Gong Zishang was here, she would probably be so shocked that her jaw would drop. She would definitely scold Gong Shangjiao mercilessly: "Gong Shangjiao, Gong Shangjiao, you shameless guy, you actually imitated the coy behavior of other girls, just to keep your brother to sleep with you!"
Gong Shangjiao looked at Gong Yuanzheng anxiously at this moment, because he heard that his beloved brother Gong Zhong was actually warming up a cup of medicine. He asked with concern: "Yuanzheng, you said that there is still medicine warming up in Zhenggong's small pharmacy? What's going on?"
Gong Yuanzheng was startled by Gong Shangjiao's sudden action. He explained in a daze, "Brother, that's not my medicine. It's a new potion I developed. My father came here before and brought me some new herbs. I used them to prepare this potion."
Gong Shangjiao's worry did not diminish at all when he heard this. He quickly stood up, held Gong Yuanzheng's hand tightly, and stood up together.
Then, he began to feel Gong Yuanzheng's body up and down, as if he wanted to check his entire body. He even almost parted his hair to check, for fear that his brother had some hidden wounds.
"Brother! It's not me who is injured! I'm fine! That's a new prescription I developed, and I haven't had the time to let my puppet try it out yet!" Gong Yuanzheng blushed and put on his clothes with the help of Gong Shangjiao.
"Brother Yuanzheng is indeed a rare pharmacology genius in the palace. He has developed a new prescription so quickly!"
Gong Shangjiao's eyes were full of pride.
Gong Yuanzheng had endless things to say when it came to medicinal materials. When he talked about the newly researched prescription, he was dancing with joy. If that wasn't enough, he pulled Gong Shangjiao straight into the Zheng Palace.
Gong Shangjiao usually pays the most attention to his words and deeds. If it were anyone else, they would be scolded by him, and punished to copy the family rules and kneel in the ancestral hall. Only Gong Yuanzheng could drag him through the palace gate so unscrupulously.
"Brother, let me tell you something! Dad gave me a medical book last time, and it mentioned a poison called Soul Shattering."
Although Gong Shangjiao didn't know what this poison was, he knew what it worked on just by hearing the name.
"Brother, let me tell you, this poison is different from the previous ones. The previous ones only acted on the body, but the damage to the body is limited after all, while this poison acts on the soul."
Gong Yuanzheng poured out the liquid medicine from the medicine bowl. It was just a few drops and looked no different from the usual poisons.
"Brother, let me tell you, if it is combined with the bone spurs of a monster from the Great Wilderness, no one or monster can withstand its power!"
Gong Shangjiao also became interested at this time, "Is it the bone spur of that monster?"
"It's Qin Yuan's bone spur. The pain he feels is not the pain that comes from the outside to the inside the instant it pierces the human body, but the pain that radiates outward from the bones of the body. Add to that the shattered soul smeared on the bone spur, the double pain of the soul and the flesh. I don't think anyone can resist it."
Gong Yuanzheng took out a box as long as his forearm from a sandalwood box not far away. Inside was the bone spur of Qin Yuan that Gong Yuanzheng had just mentioned.
"Brother, carry this with you. I will apply the Soul Shattering on it in a moment, and I can surprise the enemy when necessary."
Gong Yuanzheng always wore the natural silk gloves that Hua Yu gave him, and he never took them off no matter what he did, so no one knew that Gong Yuanzheng was still wearing a pair of natural silk gloves.
Gong Shangjiao was so frightened when he saw Gong Yuanzheng taking out a drop of Soul Shattering from the medicine bowl with his bare hands that his soul almost flew out of his body.
"Gong Yuanzheng! Since you said that this poison affects the soul, why did you touch it with your bare hands?"
Gong Shangjiao looked at the water stains left by the Broken Soul on Gong Yuanzheng's fingertips, and hurriedly put on the palace's unique gold-wire gloves, trying to wipe the water stains off Gong Yuanzheng's hands.
"Brother! Look, I almost forgot to tell you that I have been wearing the Tiancan gloves that my father gave me. These gloves fit my palms perfectly. They are impervious to water, burnt by fire, and immune to all kinds of poisons and poisons."
Gong Yuanzheng stared at Gong Shangjiao, his eyes met Gong Shangjiao's suspicious eyes. Gong Yuanzheng took a deep breath and slowly put down the Qinyuan bone spur in his hand, as if it was an extremely precious item.
Then, he carefully lifted the thin film on his palm, his movements gentle and slow, as if this film was the most fragile thing in the world.
Gong Shangjiao's eyes followed Gong Yuanzheng's movements closely. When he saw the film, his brows slightly frowned, but then relaxed again. His face showed a look of relief, but also mixed with a bit of anger.
"Gong Yuanzheng!" Gong Shangjiao's voice was filled with a hint of blame, "Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing!"
Gong Yuanzheng raised his head and looked at Gong Shangjiao with his innocent big eyes. His lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to explain something.
"Brother, it was my father who didn't let me tell anyone." Gong Yuanzheng's voice was clear and childish. "He said that people are greedy, and he didn't dare to gamble on human nature with a one in ten thousand chance."
Gong Shangjiao was silent for a moment after hearing what Gong Yuanzheng said. He stared at Gong Yuanzheng, and the anger in his eyes was gradually replaced by understanding and relief.
"It's good that brother Yuanzheng knows how to be on guard against others." Gong Shangjiao said softly, while reaching out and gently stroking the top of Gong Yuanzheng's head, "At least, brother doesn't have to worry that brother Yuanzheng will be deceived by some people with ulterior motives."
Gong Yuanzheng smeared the broken soul on his fingers on Qin Yuan's bone spur, then wrapped it with leather and pinned it on Gong Shangjiao's lower back.
"This way, brother will have an extra layer of protection!"