I am a winner with Chinese poetry

"Mr. Gu, I'm fine. I've taken medicine and I'm in good health!" Old Huang had woken up at some point, but Xiao Qi was still asleep because of the medicine I took.

After hearing what Uncle Cai and Old Huang said, Gu Yunzhou felt relieved.

"How far are we from the border? And how long have I been unconscious? Have the people who are chasing us caught up with us?" Gu Yunzhou nodded and continued to ask.

"You slept for a whole day and night, and now we're very close to the border. But unfortunately, those cloud-stepping beasts were all killed by the crazy scholar. For the rest of the journey, we can either ride faster and try to reach the border as soon as possible, or, like yesterday, have you summon the Peng bird, so that we can reach our destination quickly."

At this point, Master Jia no longer lamented the deaths of the Cloud-Stepping Beasts. Instead, he pulled out a simple map from his bosom, pointed to a location, and said to Gu Yunzhou, "Look, according to this map, we're not far from the border. If we calculate using the speed of the Cloud-Stepping Beasts, we'll be there in less than a day at most."

"But if we take a carriage, it will take at least three days to arrive. If you can use your literary energy to transform into a roc again and take us there, the travel time will be cut in half."

After hearing this, Gu Yunzhou turned his head slightly to look at the map. As Master Jia said, the distance between them and the border was very short.

At the speed of a Cloud-Stepping Beast, the journey could be completed in less than a day, but if he chose to take a carriage, it would take about three days. If he could once again use his literary energy to transform into a Peng bird, not only would he avoid tiring the horses, but he could also shorten the journey to a day and a half.

Thinking of this, he estimated the speed at which Wen Gong's Wen Qi could recover and said, "My Wen Gong's Wen Qi is almost completely depleted now. If I want to recover, it will take at least several hours."

"Or we can just hurry on and wait until my spirit recovers a bit. Then we can ride on the Peng bird to reach the border faster. I'm afraid if we linger here for too long, the people chasing us will get wind of it and come."

"That's what I thought. Now that you've woken up, let's set off immediately. I've already arranged for someone reliable to take care of Xiaoqi!"

Uncle Cai had already arranged everything. The reason he stayed here was because Gu Yunzhou had not woken up for a long time. Now that he has woken up and seems to be fine, there is no time to delay. Just like Gu Yunzhou said, there is no knowing when those guys who are chasing him will come back again.

At this moment, in the Gu residence in the imperial capital, in a vast and exquisitely built courtyard, a middle-aged man with a beautiful beard was listening to the housekeeper's report with an expressionless face.

"Master, the people we sent brought back news that the crazy scholar has failed!" After saying this, he didn't dare to look at the other person's face but just lowered his body even more.

"Failure? How is it possible? He was a fifth-rank Confucian scholar. I found out that the people who sent Gu Yunzhou to each other were only sixth-rank cultivators at best. How could they not be able to kill Gu Yunzhou?"

Before the man at the top could say anything, a young man sitting nearby spoke in disbelief.

"Brother, don't be anxious. There must be something wrong. Just keep listening first!" Another young man sitting next to him spoke calmly. He had a handsome face and exuded a strong and confident aura. This man was the talented son of the Gu family's eldest wife - Gu Tianchao.

"Tianqiao, calm down. Chao Ge'er is right. Before, due to various reasons, my uncle didn't dare to act rashly. After all, there are many people in Dijing who are watching our family."

"Now this little bastard has courted death by provoking the Sun family of Tianyuan County and has taken the initiative to leave Jinzhou County. With the Sun family taking action, we are not afraid to take advantage of the situation and kill him. We can then blame the Sun family. Haha, but this little bastard is quite lucky. He was able to escape from the joint pursuit of us and the Sun family. However, he is just a grasshopper after autumn. Manager Liu, please continue!"

The middle-aged man at the head finally spoke, with murderous intent in his eyes. He was the head of the Gu family's main branch and Gu Huai, the biological brother of the deceased Gu Jin.

Hearing this, Gu Tianqiao's anger subsided a little, but he still looked at Butler Liu with cold eyes, waiting for his next words.

Steward Liu glanced at Gu Tianqiao with a guilty look before continuing, "Young Master, don't worry. The situation was very complicated. Although that mad scholar wasn't a top assassin, he was a genuine fifth-rank scholar. Furthermore, the Sun family had sent their own assassins to assassinate Gu Yunzhou. Given their combined strength, they should have been able to pull it off easily..."

Having said this, Butler Liu suddenly stopped, as if hesitating whether to tell what happened next.

"Hurry up and tell me!" Gu Tianqiao roared impatiently.

Butler Liu was so frightened that he trembled all over and quickly replied, "Master, calm down. I'll tell you right away. It's just that this matter is too bizarre and hard to believe..."

"Just say what you want to say, don't be so long-winded!" Gu Tianchao on the side frowned unhappily and scolded.

Butler Liu wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued, "According to the information we received, just when the mad scholar was about to succeed, Gu Yunzhou actually composed a poem on the spot, and then burned all the rhymes of the poem as the price, killing the mad scholar in one fell swoop!"

Upon hearing this result, everyone present was shocked, especially Gu Tianqiao, whose eyes widened in disbelief. Even Gu Tianchao and the old fox Gu Huai, who had always maintained a calm expression, could not help but reveal a hint of surprise.

"How is it possible? Gu Yunzhou is just a mere ninth-rank scholar. How could he possibly kill a fifth-rank scholar? This is absolutely impossible!" Gu Tianqiao retorted loudly with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

"Young master, please be patient. This matter is absolutely true and there is absolutely no falsehood. Many people witnessed the whole process with their own eyes. The three killers, including that crazy scholar, did die at the hands of Gu Yunzhou." Butler Liu hurriedly explained.

"Hmph, I still don't believe it. Your information must be wrong, or someone is deliberately misleading you!" Gu Qiao snorted coldly, his face full of horror, and there was a hint of fear deep in his eyes. He seemed to remember the scene of the heaven and earth asking their conscience that day, and Gu Tianqiao couldn't help but shudder.

"Brother, calm down first. This matter is indeed unbelievable, but since it has happened, we must face reality." At this time, Gu Tianchao, who had been silent, finally spoke.

He looked at Gu Tianqiao deeply, then said slowly, "Perhaps there's something else going on, or perhaps Gu Yunzhou is hiding some unknown secret, but no matter what, the fact is this, and we can no longer underestimate him."