Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

It was because of the two acupoint pressings from Gu Yan that they were too effective.

Qiao Wanwan was startled and hurried to help her up. Bai Zhi's eyes went dark, and it took a long time for her to regain clarity.

"It's just a broken skin, but it's not a big deal. You must have been hurt quite a lot. Why are you trying so hard for a key?" Qiao Wanwan scolded her and took out a handkerchief to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead. Bai Zhi pressed her temple and said weakly, "Bring me a pen and paper."

Qiao Wanwan glared: "What are you going to do again?"

"I want to draw this key. The old lady takes such good care of it. I'm afraid I won't have the chance to get it in the future."

"It will take a long time to draw such a complicated key. No way."

"Don't you want to take a look inside the inner gate as well?"

"These are two different things. If you want to go, you want to go, but you don't have to work so hard. You never know, there might be another chance in the future."

"The Marquis's Mansion won't be in such a mess every day. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You won't be able to miss it again if you miss it. Grandpa Qiao, Aunt Qiao, please bring me paper and pen."

Qiao Wanwan couldn't persuade her, so she brought her a pen and paper, and supported her from behind, using it as a chair back. Bai Zhi dipped her brush in ink, forced herself to carefully trace the key stroke by stroke on the paper, and it was done in a short while. Her drawing was so lifelike that it looked like a copy, and Qiao Wanwan was amazed at it again and again.

Thanks to the original owner's painting skills, otherwise she would never be able to draw even one of them properly even if she tried her best.

After putting away the painting, Bai Zhi removed the key and put it back in its place. After all this, she felt so dizzy that she could not stand steadily and her eyes were almost closed. She was dragged back to Yishuiyuan by Qiao Wanwan.

When Bai Zhi opened her eyes again, it was already night and the lights were on. She was stunned for a moment, then sat up suddenly, then fell back down with stars in her eyes.

"You're awake." Gu Yan took out a cloth from the basin and wrung it dry. He wiped the sweat off her forehead and brought her a bowl of medicine. "Drink the medicine."

Bai Zhi had a splitting headache. She closed her eyes tightly, grabbed the corner of Gu Yan's sleeve tightly, and asked, "Where are Qiaoqiao and Chuqi? Are they back?"

Gu Yan half-helped her up and brought the medicine bowl to her mouth: "They will be back at noon. The mansion was cleaned up before they came back, don't worry."

Bai Zhi finally relaxed and drank the medicine obediently. This medicine soup was made of something unknown, like the juice of minced internal organs and stinky salted fish that had been marinated for ten days. Bai Zhi's face twisted after taking a sip, and she almost vomited. She pushed the medicine bowl away, with a look of disgust on her face: "It's too hard to drink."

"You've lost too much blood. This is a blood-replenishing medicine soup. You need to drink it for ten days." Gu Yan brought an opened oil-paper bag with a few shiny candied fruits inside. "Drink it in one gulp and then hold the candied fruits in your mouth."

Bai Zhi first pinched a candied fruit and held it in her mouth, then said incoherently: "This stuff is not even as good as swill, I dare say you don't want to drink it."

Gu Yan thought for a moment, put down the medicine bowl and went out. Just when Bai Zhi thought that he had a change of heart and wanted to change her medicine, Gu Yan came back with a bowl of the same medicine soup.

"…I can't even finish a sip, and you're taking another bowl."

Gu Yan put the medicine bowl in Bai Zhi's hand and said, "One bowl for each of us."

Bai Zhi was a little confused: "You were injured too? When?"

"I'm not injured." Gu Yan said, "It will be easier to swallow the medicine if you have someone to drink it with you."

Bai Zhi was dumbfounded. How could she drink the medicine soup casually? Just as she was about to stop him, she saw Gu Yan raise his head and start drinking without hesitation.

That’s so efficient!

This medicinal soup tastes so bad that it doesn't seem like something that should be found in the world. I think there must be a lot of strong medicine added to it. God knows what will happen to healthy people if they drink it. Bai Zhi wanted to snatch his bowl away, but her hand stopped halfway.

The neck is the most vulnerable and deadly part of the human body. If you find the right place and strike with your knife, you can kill someone alive. This person is showing his neck without any defense, and his throat, as smooth as jade, slides up and down without hesitation. This scene is like an ancient book in Baizhi's memory that records witchcraft and human sacrifice. The naked and pretty boy raised his head and drank the blood of raw cows, then jumped into the valley, offering himself to the vicious mountain god, who secretly waited for an opportunity to kill him to protect the people of the area from year to year.

A dangerous and tempting sacrifice.

After drinking a bowl of medicine soup, Gu Yan's face wrinkled unnaturally, and he smiled dumbly: "It's really hard to drink... What's wrong with you?"

Bai Zhi's hand was still stretched in the air. When Gu Yan called her, she suddenly dropped to the bed and started grabbing around. When she saw the candied fruit, she thought it was a life-saving straw. She grabbed a piece and stuffed it into Gu Yan's mouth: "I'm looking for candied fruit for you... You, you bring me my medicine, I'll drink it."

Gu Yan held the candied fruit tightly in his mouth and licked it slowly with the tip of his tongue.

With Gu Yanyong drinking swill before, drinking medicine didn't seem so intolerable. Bai Zhi pinched her nose, swallowed the medicine in two gulps, and then quickly put a piece of candied fruit in her mouth and chewed it carefully.

The nauseating smell of the medicine took a while to subside, and Bai Zhi's mind became clear again. She suddenly asked, "Where's Ge Zhen?"

Gu Yan: "Lost him."

Bai Zhi thought her ears were broken: "What?"

"The man who took Ge Zhen away was very good at Qinggong and shook Chang Feng off." Gu Yan took out a white handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Bai Zhi, "We only caught up with the handkerchief that the man dropped."

The handkerchief was dyed with impure dye, and the white was somewhat mottled. One corner of the handkerchief was embroidered with an intricate indigo pattern. Bai Zhi frowned and said, "This pattern is a bit strange."

"This is not a pattern from the Central Plains, and I have never seen it before. This person may be one of the thieves. Unfortunately, the bodies have all been taken away and burned, so there is no evidence."

"Aren't these thieves from the Central Plains?"

"Most of them are from the Central Plains, and there are also a few Dizi."

"Ge Zhen is not dead, are you in trouble?"

"She doesn't know my identity, so it's not too much trouble. I will send someone to continue the investigation."

Bai Zhi felt a little tired from sitting, so she lay back in bed, muttering to herself, "Do you think Ge Zhen knew that Gu Yan had changed when you came here? Since she doesn't care whether you are real or fake, why is she suddenly making trouble now? Who is the patterned handkerchief? Did the two of them conspire? But for a lunatic like her, how could she join forces with others? It would be more reasonable for her to use the patterned handkerchief."

Gu Yan suddenly said, "You asked so many questions, don't you want to ask why I attracted these thieves and then killed them?"

Bai Zhi was stunned by his question: "Can I hear the hidden story behind this?"

The very faint aroma of calming the mind became clear with the sudden gust of wind. Gu Yan leaned over and placed his hands on Bai Zhi's shoulders. The emotion in his eyes was hard to read. He whispered, "As long as you ask, I will tell you."