The Grand Secretary's Pampered Wife

Chapter 690.2: Killing Nangong Li!

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The young eunuch continued to lead the way, but the fawning expression and smile on his face gradually stiffened, replaced by a look of disdain and calculation.

Gu Jiao followed him out of Zhonghe Hall, arriving at a lush green lawn. To the east was a small greenhouse, and to the west was a woodshed used for storing tools.

“We’re almost there.” The young eunuch said with a forced smile.

"It doesn’t matter if we’re not." Gu Jiao replied.

The young eunuch was momentarily stunned.

Then he glanced subtly toward the woodshed.

Gu Jiao hummed, "Aren't you going to invite me to sit in the woodshed?"

The young eunuch was stunned again.

Gu Jiao said indifferently, "Well then, I guess I’ll be on my way."

With that, she walked right past the young eunuch, passing by the entrance of the woodshed.

The young eunuch's eyes trembled, and instinctively, he reached out his hand as if to grab Gu Jiao, but in the end, he didn’t have the courage.

Just as the young eunuch hesitated, the door of the woodshed suddenly burst open with a loud bang.

Two burly and fierce-looking eunuchs stormed out, one holding a rope, the other holding a burlap sack.

Gu Jiao glanced at the burlap sack and raised an eyebrow, "Oh."

Seems like it's my kind of people.

The eunuch with the burlap sack coldly said to the young eunuch, "What’s with all the talking? Why haven’t you captured him yet?"

"Uh... yes... yes!" The young eunuch, now receiving orders, steeled his resolve and, summoning his courage, lunged at Gu Jiao.

The young eunuch had no martial arts skills, while the two burly eunuchs did, though they weren’t particularly skilled.

If the one who entered the imperial palace today had been the real scholar Xiao Liulang, this group would have been more than enough. So, in that sense, Nangong Li hadn't underestimated Xiao Liulang's abilities.

However, Nangong Li never expected that the person entering the imperial palace today would be Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao didn’t have time to waste with them, taking down the three of them in the blink of an eye.

The three men lay on the ground, their faces twisted in pain.

"Wasn’t he supposed to have no martial arts skills?"

"How would I know? Oh my old back…"

Gu Jiao looked at the three of them from above, "Where is Nangong Li?"

The three exchanged glances but remained silent.

Gu Jiao tilted her head, stepping on the shoulder of one of them and dislocating his arm with a sharp twist, "Don’t make me ask a third time."

The man, writhing in pain with veins standing out and cold sweat pouring from his body, seemed to struggle for breath. He used his last bit of willpower to suppress the agony and said, "You… you’re saying… we don’t understand… this is the imperial palace… General Nangong… how could he… be here…"

Gu Jiao said calmly, "How can he be at ease if he doesn’t see me dead with his own eyes?"

Nangong Li had already failed once; she didn’t believe he would dare to gamble a second time.

"I honestly don’t care about your lives at all." Gu Jiao finished coldly and, with a final step, crushed the eunuch beneath her foot. There was a crack, and the eunuch’s head twisted at an unnatural angle, rendering him unconscious.

The remaining two were utterly shocked.

What’s going on?

Has this guy really killed Old Cao?

Isn’t he supposed to be a weak scholar?

Gu Jiao turned to the young eunuch and the other eunuch, "Only one of you can live. So, who will speak?"

"I’ll speak! I’ll speak!"

"I’ll speak!"

The two spoke in unison.

"I’ll go first!" The young eunuch, relying on his youth and quick reflexes, spoke up, "General Nangong is…"

Whoosh!

A hidden weapon flew through the air with a barely audible sound, moving at incredible speed, aiming straight at Gu Jiao’s neck.

Gu Jiao’s ears twitched, and with a flick of her fingers, she shot out a Tanghua needle!

The Tanghua needle struck the hidden weapon, deflecting it onto a nearby branch.

"So it was just a stone."

Gu Jiao calmly moved her foot aside, turned around, and fixed her cold gaze on the direction from which the stone had come.

As expected, she saw Nangong Li using qinggong to leap towards her.

Nangong Li had lost an arm, with his right sleeve hanging empty. However, even with his left hand, if Gu Jiao had been hit by that attack, it would have been far from pleasant.

Facing the renowned general of the State of Yan, Gu Jiao’s aura was not in the slightest bit weaker.

Standing about ten feet apart, she walked forward a few steps without fear, a half-smile on her lips, "Long time no see, General Nangong."

Nangong Li’s eyes narrowed, "You’re not Xiao Liulang! Who are you!"

Gu Jiao had seen Nangong Li twice, both times from the shadows, without revealing herself.

Gu Jiao took another step toward him, hands behind her back, and said, "Aren’t you investigating me, General Nangong? Can’t you figure out who I am?"

She used her own voice.

A woman!

Nangong Li’s pupils suddenly contracted, "You... You’re Gu Jiao!"

Nangong Li was utterly shocked!

The Xiao Liulang he had been tracking for so long turned out to be this country girl!

Nangong Li had investigated Xiao Heng and knew that he had faked his death to leave the capital, adopting the identity of Xiao Liulang and rising through the ranks in the imperial examinations to return to the capital. At that time, Xiao Liulang had a girl from the countryside with him, named Gu Jiao.

It was said that she was a daughter of the Marquis Estate who had fallen into common life.

Nangong Li hadn’t paid much attention to this.

As a high-ranking general of an upper state, he didn’t regard even the Emperor of the State of Zhao, let alone a mere Marquis Estate’s daughter.

Therefore, he had never conducted a thorough investigation into Gu Jiao.

Since it was Gu Jiao entering the palace, not Xiao Liulang, then what was the point of pursuing her? The risk was far too great!

Nangong Li turned to leave!

"Trying to leave?" Gu Jiao shot out a Tanghua needle.

Nangong Li felt a chill on his back, quickly leaping into the air. He stepped on the tree trunk with his toes and twisted to avoid the attack.

"Are you insane!" After stabilizing himself on the ground, Nangong Li glared at Gu Jiao with uncontainable rage, "Are you trying to die with me? When the Emperor finds out that I have intruded into the imperial palace, I’ll expose your impersonation! Don’t think your fate will be any better than mine!"

Gu Jiao raised her hand, snapping a long branch from above her head and using it as a spear, coldly pointing it at him, "Who said I want to die with you? If I kill you, then no one will know about my impersonation."

Nangong Li doubted his hearing. What did this girl just say?

Kill him?

In the imperial palace?

Where did she get the confidence to think she could kill him?

Even with one arm broken, crushing her would still be as easy as squashing an ant!

The only issue was the risk of being discovered.

It was worth taking the risk for Xiao Liulang, but taking the risk for a mere imposter was simply not necessary.

Footsteps approached from a distance.

Nangong Li sneered, "Girl, someone is already coming to the side hall. Don’t force me to really kill you."

"I know, so, do me a favor and die!"

Gu Jiao sprang into action, using her "spear" like a fierce dragon, attacking Nangong Li with a burst of deadly force!

It was just a branch, but she wielded it with the force of mountains and rivers!

Nangong Li watched the familiar spear technique, his eyes widening in disbelief almost instantly.

This was… Xuanyuan Family's spear technique!

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