Chapter 308.2: Competing For JiaoJiao’s Favor
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Gu Jiao asked him, "Where did you hear it?"
Gu Chengfeng replied, "Heavenly Music House."
Gu Jiao was slightly surprised, "You’ve been to the Heavenly Music House? Isn't that place difficult to get into?"
Gu Changqing told her that one must have connections to get access to that place, usually they would be recommended by acquaintances. Unfortunately, a gentleman like Gu Changqing didn’t know anyone who could enter and leave the Heavenly Music House.
Gu Chengfeng waved his hand, "I quietly snuck in and almost got caught. I accidentally overheard someone plotting to assassinate His Majesty, but I didn't expect them to act so quickly. It was only in the afternoon that they plotted to do things, to think they immediately acted at night... No wonder His Majesty didn't attend the morning court today."
He originally thought of going to Heavenly Music House again to poke around and see if there was really someone trying to assassinate His Majesty and where the time and place of the assassination would be.
Unlike his eldest brother, he felt no special loyalty to His Majesty as an official nor he had any special loyalty to defend his country as a subject. He was simply a dandy son of a Marquis Estate and a great thief.
However, no matter how idle he lived his life, he also knew that Marquis Ding'an Estate was in the same boat as His Majesty, so he didn’t want anything to happen to His Majesty for selfish reasons.
Gu Jiao asked, "Is that what you came here to tell me today?"
"I'm here to… Hold on." Gu Chengfeng suddenly found himself being led by the nose by this girl. He immediately tried to regain the initiative. "How did you know that His Majesty has already been assassinated? I hadn’t even gotten wind of any news!"
An Emperor’s assassination was a big incident, and for the palace to block the news from getting out was just normal, but he has his own method. He didn’t believe that this girl was able to get news faster than him.
Gu Jiao said in a calm manner, "I’ve picked His Majesty back home."
Gu Chengfeng：“…”
That was also possible?!
The face under Gu Chengfeng’s mask was particularly incredible, a pity that Gu Jiao couldn’t see it.
"If there’s nothing else, I'm leaving." Gu Jiao had no time to chat with him.
Gu Chengfeng gritted his teeth. Thinking of what he was about to say next, he felt a little proud as he spoke, "I’ve come to sell you some information! Haven't you always wanted to know the person who brought harm to eldest brother and Gu Yan?"
"You know?" Gu Jiao turned to look at him again.
Gu Chengfeng took out a token from his pocket, "Look at what this is?"
"What’s that?" Gu Jiao couldn’t understand.
Gu Chengfeng raised his eyebrows and said, "This is the token of Heavily Music House. Whether it’s the assassin who went to the military camp that night to assassinate my eldest brother or the assassins who almost killed His Majesty last night, they were related to Heavily Music House. As long as you enter the Heavenly Music House, you will definitely find out about the other party. "
Gu Jiao reached for the token.
Gu Chengfeng was on guard against her the whole time. He quickly hid the token behind his back and held out his other hand, saying, "One thousand taels is the best price I can offer you!"
Gu Jiao stroked her chin.
Gu Chengfeng took a step back and said, "Don’t even think of snatching it from me! If you dare to use force, I will destroy this token, and you can never enter the Heavenly Music House! You’re wrong if you think there’ll be a second token. Let me tell you, I went to a lot of trouble to get this one! That building was heavily guarded and sneaking in there is much more difficult than sneaking in the Supreme Commander Estate!"
He was serious. After letting this girl cheat him so many times, he must exact his revenge this time!
"Alright, one thousand taels is one thousand taels." Gu Jiao agreed.
She agreed so readily? She wasn’t tricking him, was she?
Gu Chengfeng looked at Gu Jiao with suspicion. He had been cheated by her so many times that it felt unreal to suddenly not be cheated!
Gu Jiao said, "I don't have that much money on me right now. Can I owe it first?"
Gu Chengfeng said without thinking, "No! Pay with one hand and get the goods on the other hand! "
Gu Jiao spread her hands: "But I really don’t have that much money right now."
So you still planned to cheat me?
Hehehe.
Gu Chengfeng took out the paper and writing brush he had prepared in advance, "I knew you would try to cheat me again. Here, write an IOU! I'll go to the medical hall to get it later!"
Gu Jiao pursed her lips and gave him a resentful look, but she still took the pen and the writing brush and wrote an IOU.
"Sign it!" Gu Chengfeng was reminded of something. This girl lied to him back then about being illiterate. If her sign couldn’t be found there, whose IOU would it be?
Gu Jiao reluctantly took out a seal from her bosom, pulled out the lid, sighed, and stamped the paper, "This should be fine, right?"
Gu Chengfeng accepted the IOU with satisfaction and tossed the token to her.
Gu Chengfeng knew this girl too well, her promises would never be credible. Don't look at how she had given him an IOU with her stamp at this moment. Who knows, she might knock him out and snatch it away later!
"See yah! Hahaha!" Gu Chengfeng waved his hands, reincarnated into the wind and ran away!
Gu Chengfeng ran two blocks in one breath, and made sure that Gu Jiao didn't catch up with him. He gasped against the wall and took out the IOU that Gu Jiao gave him.
"Stinky girl, you've finally fallen into my hands!"
He was so proud that he read the IOU over and over again, until he suddenly noticed something wrong.
The seal was upside down when he glanced at it earlier, but saw the word ‘Gu’ so he no longer doubted it.
But now——
He raised the paper, getting the sealed part as near to his eyes as possible, and looked at it carefully under the bright sun.
He saw four words printed on it: Seal of Gu Changqing.
Gu Chengfeng spat out a mouthful of blood——
After all that, what he got turned out to be an IOU from his eldest brother?
In other words, that girl actually had his eldest brother's seal in her hand!
If he took this IOU worth a thousand taels to his eldest brother and collected this debt, he would surely be beaten into fertilizer by his eldest brother!
Gu Chengfeng suddenly remembered Gu Jiao's resentful gaze earlier.
If it wasn't for this little look, he wouldn't have been so easily fooled. Who taught her that?
He felt so angry! So angry! Ahhh!
Gu Jiao went back to Bishui Alley first, ordered Yuya'er to cook medicine for Eunuch Wei, then changed her clothes and made her way to Heavenly Music House.
Although there wasn’t enough evidence, her intuition was telling Gu Jiao that the person who plotted His Majesty’s assassination was from the same force as the person who tried to incite a conflict between the Marquis Ding'an Estate and the Supreme Commander Estate some time ago.
The ultimate purpose of the other party in sowing discord between the Marquis Ding'an Estate and the Supreme Commander Estate was actually to drive a wedge in the relationship of the Emperor and Grandaunt.
Only, it unexpectedly failed, so they simply plotted to assassinate the Emperor.
And as the other party wished, the Emperor identified Grandaunt as the one behind it.
"What a sly guy."
Gu Jiao looked at the plaque of the Heavenly Music House faintly, a murderous look flashing through her eyes!
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