PFC Chapter 192 makes me seem brainless.
Chapter 192 makes me seem brainless.
She smiled and said to Liu Niang, "How could that be? It's just that my cousin hasn't been here long, and you already know, Master. I'm just expressing my admiration for your abilities."
Liu Niang frowned. "What do you mean by 'you' and 'us'? Now you are my disciple, so we are one family. This is also your ability, and I will gradually teach it to you in the future."
"This……"
"What's wrong with you? You're speaking haltingly."
"Where is my senior brother?"
“If your senior brother is willing to take over my business, I won’t need to come to you.”
Zhou Hanzhang said with some helplessness, "So it's because my senior brother didn't want to take over that you accepted me?"
Liu Niang felt a little guilty after her thoughts were exposed. "Why do you care about these things? Just remember that you are my disciple now."
"Does Master know where my eldest cousin is now, and what his next move is?"
“I don’t know the specifics, but judging from his actions, I guess he’s planning to make his move on your way back. He previously arranged for people to ambush you in the rocky mountains, but I dealt with them all. Now that his plan has failed, he will definitely fight with all his might on the way back.”
Before Zhou Hanzhang could react, Liu Niang continued, "So this time I'll go with you. Anyway, we've wanted to go to the capital for a long time. Your unfilial senior brother refuses to come back to Jiangnan. Now that we've taken you in, we'll just have to make things difficult for this old man."
Liu Niang's relentless kicking and punching left Zhou Hanzhang utterly powerless to retaliate.
She never imagined that her master was not only skilled in martial arts, but also in verbal sparring.
She could only force a smile and say, "Master is in the prime of his life, how can you say you're an old man? Master, is there anything I can prepare for you when you go back to the capital?"
Liu Niang glanced at her and said, "I don't need you to tell me what to do. Just take care of yourself. Hurry up and get ready, take a bath, and don't keep your elders waiting."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Zhou Hanzhang shook his head helplessly, took the medicinal herbs, and asked someone from Yunju to help him boil a large pot of water and soak them thoroughly.
Strangely enough, Zhou Hanzhang initially thought that the medicinal bath would take at least several days to see results, but to her surprise, she felt warm all over after only a short time, and the areas where she had been whipped by the snake whip recovered quickly.
After she had soaked for the time Liu Niang had mentioned, she was just about to get up when Gu Qingfeng's voice came from the doorway, "Zhou Hanzhang, are you done yet? Let's get ready to leave."
He was about to push the door open when Zhou Hanzhang jumped in fright, "Don't come in!!!"
Gu Qingfeng was somewhat puzzled, "What are you doing in there?"
But he stopped and didn't push the door open any further.
Zhou Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, quickly wrung out his hair, put on his clothes, and tidied himself up before opening the door. "Why didn't you knock before coming in?"
Gu Qingfeng sniffed, "What are you doing? It smells so good."
He leaned closer. "You used perfume again?"
Zhou Hanzhang pushed Gu Qingfeng away, "...If you want to leave, then go."
"No, junior brother, what kind of perfume did you use? It smells so good!"
"I didn't use any perfume!"
"Wait a minute, if it doesn't smell of perfume, why does it smell so good? It smells really nice."
However, Gu Qingfeng's attention was quickly drawn to the snake whip at Zhou Hanzhang's waist. Just as he was about to reach out and touch it, Zhou Hanzhang slapped his hand away, saying, "Don't move."
"That looks like a whip around your waist. It's quite nice. Where did you find it? Let me see it."
Zhou Hanzhang looked at Gu Qingfeng, who seemed determined to touch him if he didn't let him see it. Zhou Hanzhang quickly took off the snake whip. "This is a weapon my master gave me for self-defense."
Gu Qingfeng shook it twice and exclaimed enviously, "This is a good thing! Your master is so generous."
"Oh, this was made by my senior brother using snakeskin he brought back from Shishan and was given to my master."
"What? Shen Moli made it? Then I'll go find him and buy one."
Zhou Hanzhang stopped Gu Qingfeng, who was about to leave, and asked, "Didn't we say we were leaving?"
He smacked his head with one hand. "Look at my brain. Well, let's wait until we get back to the capital. His Majesty, your father, and my father are all waiting."
Zhou Hanzhang dared not keep the emperor waiting for too long, no matter how much the emperor loved him.
"Little Emerald Flame, come here."
She picked up Little Emerald Flame and went straight out of the inn.
Upon arriving at the gate, they saw the Emperor, Zhou Huaide, Gu Hong, and He Shi, but Liu Niang, who had said she would go to the capital with them, was nowhere to be seen.
She found a waiter and asked him, and the waiter replied, "The master said you don't need to worry about her, she has gone ahead."
Ok.
Zhou Hanzhang was already used to his master's unpredictable appearances and disappearances. "What about my senior brother?"
"The eldest young master is still dealing with that pile of snake molts. He told you not to wait for him, and that he will return to the capital on his own later."
Fine.
Zhou Hanzhang then set off with the emperor.
Although there weren't many people, and the guards were operating covertly, they still managed to create a formidable and imposing presence.
Even the simplest imperial journey is anything but simple.
For a third of their journey, everything went smoothly, so smoothly that Zhou Hanzhang suspected the Crown Prince was up to no good.
They went to the inn where they had stayed before, only to find it was fully booked.
This gave Zhou Hanzhang an even more unsettling feeling.
"How could it be fully booked?"
When the innkeeper heard her say that, even the best-tempered man frowned. "What do you mean, sir? Why can't my place be full?"
Seeing his child being scolded, Zhou Huaide quickly stepped forward and said, "We just asked one more question, we didn't mean anything by it."
"Hmph, that's for the best. Our inn is too small to accommodate everyone right now; you'll have to find somewhere else."
And so, for the first time in their lives, these people were ushered out of the inn by Shui Lingling.
As soon as they stepped out of the inn, they found Liu Niang standing at the entrance, clearly waiting for them.
"Master, I'm so glad to finally meet you."
Liu Niang didn't have time for pleasantries. "Hurry up and follow me. All the inns around here are full."
Seeing that Liu Niang looked stern, Zhou Hanzhang quickly told his family to follow her.
Liu Niang led them to a courtyard where an old man was guarding the entrance. Upon seeing Liu Niang, he quickly came out to greet her, saying, "Master, young master, you're back. The guest rooms have all been arranged. Please come with me."
Zhou Hanzhang didn't ask the old man why he knew him; judging from his gait, he must be a master.
"Please do not wander around after you move in. There are many traps in this courtyard, and we are afraid that you may accidentally injure any of you."
Zhou Hanzhang recalled the courtyard in Cuiyan Town where he had killed someone in just a few moments. Fearing they hadn't taken it seriously, he reminded them again.
He repeated it to Gu Qingfeng.
"Why do you have to tell me this again? It makes me sound like I'm brainless."