The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 1634 - 789 Yan Baobao Shows Her Power (First Update)

Gu Xiaoshun sat up quickly.

He moved very fast but without a sound.

He gave Gu Yan a look, indicating that he would go check and that Gu Yan should wait there. frёewebηovel.cѳm

In fact, Gu Xiaoshun was a year younger than Gu Yan, but because Gu Yan was always the sickly one, Gu Xiaoshun had become accustomed to protecting him.

Gu Yan shook his head, signaling him not to check but to wake up their master and mistress instead.

Okay.

Gu Xiaoshun replied in his heart, and without even putting on shoes, he went barefoot to the room of Mistress Nan and Master Lu.

As he passed through the main room, he distinctly heard the sound of someone trying to pry open the door. However, the door latch modified by Master Lu, the top craftsman in Zhan Country, wasn’t so easily breached.

Of course, there was still the possibility that they would get frustrated and use brute force to kick the door open.

Gu Xiaoshun needed to hurry.

He shook Mistress Nan awake.

Being woken up in the middle of the night startled Mistress Nan. Just as she was about to speak, Gu Xiaoshun covered her mouth.

This was a move he had learned from Gu Yan.

It came in handy.

Mistress Nan, being seasoned and experienced, immediately sensed something was wrong just from Gu Xiaoshun waking her up at night and covering her mouth.

She kicked Master Lu awake.

"What’s going on?" Master Lu asked, bewildered.

Mistress Nan glared at him and whispered, "Keep it down! Someone’s here."

Master Lu instantly became alert.

Mistress Nan usually got up once or twice during the night, so she slept on the outer side.

Master Lu quietly got out of bed, grabbed the axe from the table, and made his way to the door.

Mistress Nan quickly put on her shoes, threw on an outer garment, and followed Master Lu to the main room.

Click.

After a slight noise, the door latch finally gave way.

The door was pushed open from outside, and a man in black stepped in.

However, what greeted him was a glinting axe.

Fortunately, he was a master; an ordinary thief would have been split in half by the axe.

He quickly took a step back to avoid Master Lu’s axe, but although he dodged, his clothes were cut open, and his belt snapped.

The other four people behind him drew their swords when they saw this.

One of them pulled him aside and thrust a sword at Master Lu!

Mistress Nan’s eyes turned cold. "Dream on if you think you can hurt my man!"

With a flick of her finger, three Begonia Needles flew at the attacker!

He quickly retracted the move to stab Master Lu and swung his sword to block the hidden weapons.

He deflected two but got hit in the arm by the last one.

A strange pain spread through his arm, and he grimaced, "It’s poisoned!"

Mistress Nan launched another round of hidden weapons, this time including her poison-tipped flying darts.

Gu Xiaoshun wasn’t idle either. He took out a newly-made mechanism box and hurled it at the group in the courtyard!

"Xiaoshun!"

Master Lu quickly shut the door on one side and used his axe to shield Gu Xiaoshun and Mistress Nan.

Sounds of explosions followed as the door was riddled with holes.

Master Lu wiped his sweat and said to Gu Xiaoshun, "Next time you make hidden weapons, can you make ones that don’t harm us?"

Gu Xiaoshun scratched his head, "Oh."

He had made many, but only gave the one that didn’t hurt their own side to Gu Jiao.

The rest were all indiscriminate in their attacks.

The one just now was the latest; he hadn’t tested it yet.

"I thought it succeeded this time," he muttered.

Mistress Nan and Master Lu worked together to deal with the five men in the courtyard.

Mistress Nan looked at the black-clad men sprawled on the ground, frowned in puzzlement, "Only five? I thought I heard six breaths..."

"Ah—"

A scream came from the backyard.

Everyone’s faces changed, and they rushed towards the backyard!

When they got there, they found Gu Yan holding a stick, with a black-clad man lying unconscious on the ground, having been knocked out by him.

Everyone: "..."

"You, you knocked him out?" Gu Xiaoshun asked in disbelief.

Gu Yan puffed out his chest proudly, "Yes!"

Gu Xiaoshun couldn’t help but give Gu Yan a thumbs up, "Brother, I see you in a new light from now on."

"But," Gu Xiaoshun frowned, "if you knocked him out, why scream? I thought he did something to you!"

Gu Yan gripped the stick and said, "It adds more impact."

Gu Xiaoshun: "..."

Gu Yan’s success at attacking was purely because the man had triggered a trap in the backyard and inhaled the knockout gas scattered from the eaves.

While they were talking, a whistling sound suddenly came from the front yard, followed by fireworks bursting in the sky.

Master Lu threw an axe, knocking the struggling man in black unconscious!

Mistress Nan looked at the fireworks overhead, her expression serious: "It’s a signal! They’re summoning nearby comrades! We can’t stay here! Leave immediately! Don’t bother packing anything!"

Material possessions are trivial, escaping with our lives is crucial.

Gu Yan rushed into the house and grabbed the golden lantern that Gu Jiao had brought back from the Lantern Festival, taking nothing else.

Mistress Nan went back into the house, dressed quickly, and grabbed a few masks.

Even though they weren’t packing, the silver bills were still worth taking.

Master Lu carried her hidden weapons and poisons on his back.

"We can’t forget this! It’s the antidote for Changqing!" Mistress Nan took a bottle of medicine from the table and tucked it into her bosom.

On the other side, Gu Xiaoshun and Gu Yan went to wake Mr. Meng.

Unfortunately, Mr. Meng was sleeping too deeply to be awakened by anything.

"Oh dear, I can’t believe this!" Gu Yan was exasperated, "Xiaoshun, carry him on your back!"

"I’ll do it!" Master Lu walked into the house and handed the basket on his back to Gu Xiaoshun, "You guys prepare the carriage."

"Okay!" Gu Xiaoshun agreed.

He and Gu Yan went to the stable, brought out the horse, hitched it to the carriage, and opened the back door.

Master Lu carried the sleeping Mr. Meng onto the carriage.

Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun also climbed up.

Mistress Nan sat in the outer seat of the carriage, grabbing the reins: "I’ll drive! I’m more familiar with the terrain of Shengdu."

After placing Mr. Meng inside the carriage, Master Lu sat next to her: "I’ll keep an eye out."

"Alright then." Mistress Nan did not refuse.

It was midnight.

A carriage sped out of Yangliu Lane, disappearing into the quiet streets.

The outer city of Shengdu had no curfew, but at this hour, no other carriages were on the streets, making them stand out.

"Head towards the crowded areas!" Master Lu said.

"Where would there be crowds?" Mistress Nan asked instinctively.

"Tianxiang Pavilion!" Gu Yan lifted the curtain and said.

Tianxiang Pavilion, where Gu Chengfeng performed, was the only street bustling at all hours.

It was the best place to go.

Mistress Nan turned the carriage in the direction of Tianxiang Pavilion.

"Quick! They’re over there!"

Hearing the assassins, Mistress Nan tightened her grip on the reins: "Not good! They’re catching up!"

This time, it wasn’t just five men in black, but ten.

The ten assassins moved across roofs, following the sound of horse hooves and the heavy carriage wheels with alarming speed.

They were getting closer.

"I see the carriage!"

"Go! Remember, the two young ones must be taken alive! Kill the rest!"

"Yes!"

The men in black split into two groups, five on the left and five on the right, surrounding the carriage.

With a signal from their leader, they leapt through the air, drawing their long swords, slashing the carriage.

The horse, startled by the sword energy, had its reins cut, and fled into the night in panic.

No one cared about the horse at that moment.

They encircled the collapsed carriage.

"Who slashed it?" The leader scolded, "I said the two young ones must be taken alive! What if you’ve killed them?"

Everyone lowered their heads.

The leader pointed to a man in black beside him: "You, go check!"

"Yes!"

The chosen man in black mustered his courage, walked forward, and used his long sword to lift a piece of the collapsed carriage wall, only to find it empty inside.

He turned back and said: "Chief! They’ve escaped!"

The leader narrowed his eyes: "They can’t be far. Split up and chase them!"

"Have they gone?"

In a small closed shop, Mistress Nan asked softly.

Master Lu slowly peeked out from behind the wall and looked around: "It seems they’ve left."

"Phew." Mistress Nan leaned against the wall, letting out a breath, "These people are different from the ones before, they’re death warriors, very hard to deal with."

Gu Yan’s expression suddenly changed.

Gu Xiaoshun noticed his unease and asked: "Are you alright? Is your chest hurting again?"

"No." Gu Yan shook his head, "I just feel... there’s danger!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sword energy slashed through the air.

Master Lu and Mistress Nan each grabbed a child and dodged to the side.

The sword energy hit the ground, shattering an innocent water jar instantly.

Mr. Meng, tied on Master Lu’s back, woke up from the jolt.

But in the next second, his head hit the wall, knocking him out again.

Master Lu: Did I just bump into something? But I didn’t feel any pain.

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