Forced to be a concubine? I turned around and married the scumbag's father.

Gu Hua and Chi Yu exchanged a glance. They both knew that Ji Xuanyu and the others' trip to the soup kitchen was definitely not a good thing.

With Mu Junyan leading his troops in an imminent battle, she had to find a way to stop the people from Yifeng Hall and prevent them from causing trouble behind her back.

The two of them looked in the direction of Ji Xuanyu.

Ji Xuanyu was not wearing a mask and had already entered the queue at the soup kitchen with two other people.

No time!

Gu Hua jumped off the carriage, and Chi Yu quickly dismounted as well, stopping her and saying urgently, "Madam, you mustn't."

This matter is dangerous, and the consequences are difficult to predict.

Chi Yu knew he should stop Ji Xuanyu, but Gu Hua was the apple of his lord's eye. If something happened to her, even death wouldn't be enough to atone for his sins.

Gu Hua said seriously, "There's no time to discuss this. I think... Brother Ji has his reasons. I can try to persuade him."

Perhaps, in his past life, what killed Mu Junyan, besides winter clothes and food, was also the chaos caused by Yifeng Hall!

They must have done the same thing in their past lives.

Mu Junyan and his men were attacking at the front lines, causing chaos in the rear.

Gu Huaguang felt scared just thinking about it.

She couldn't bear to watch Mu Junyan face danger again. She hoped that Brother Ji would cherish the past, that he would still have some kindness left, that he would remember that he was a citizen of Liang, and that he was going to kill the people of Liang and 100,000 soldiers.

Gu Hua: "I'll try to delay them, and you'll try to encircle and annihilate them! He promised me that even if he captures Ji Xuanyu, he will give him a chance."

Akabane was very conflicted.

Gu Hua watched as Ji Xuanyu's figure disappeared into the crowd, and she couldn't wait any longer.

"Chiyu, for the sake of Mu Junyan, the Mu family army, and the lives of the people of Juzhou, shall we put on a show together? We'll make sure it stays a secret from him."

……

The person in charge of distributing porridge at the porridge stall was busy when suddenly someone in the crowd screamed.

"Someone fainted."

"He's foaming at the mouth, is the porridge poisoned?"

"Another one has collapsed here! Vomiting and fever again."

"Oh? It's poisonous? No wonder, my daughter had a fever after drinking the porridge yesterday and vomited for a whole day and night."

Lu Laosan exclaimed in alarm, "This man's face is purple and his body is convulsing. This is no ordinary poison. It might be the Gu poison from the Southern Frontier! My neighbor was poisoned by this kind of poison. In just ten days, his whole body was covered in sores and there was no cure. He died a gruesome death."

Another person who was with Lu Laosan joined in the commotion.

"Gu poison? Heavens, that's definitely incurable! Only a witch doctor from the Southern Frontier can cure it."

Their words immediately caused panic.

Everyone in Juzhou knows that people from small kingdoms or tribes in the mountains of southern Xinjiang are skilled in using poison, so they naturally believe it when someone says so.

The man, who had just finished a large bowl of porridge, turned pale: "I just had some porridge too, what should I do? Am I going to die?"

The woman, clutching her child, cried out in terror, "My child just drank it too! Please save my child!"

"How could the soup kitchens set up by the Mu family army possibly contain poison?"

"Could it be that enemy troops have entered the city?"

You keep talking, and the more you talk, the more mysterious it gets.

When people encounter fear, the more people around them talk about it, the more terrifying it becomes.

As fear spreads, more and more people will believe.

The porridge area was thrown into chaos.

Cries, shouts, curses...

The soldiers in charge of distributing the porridge panicked and hurriedly told everyone to calm down.

"Don't panic, everyone. Our porridge is definitely not poisonous. We've already gone to call the doctor. Don't panic."

There weren't many soldiers here to begin with, and they couldn't control the situation, so the garrison commander ordered someone to report the news.

But at this moment, no one was listening to them anymore; some even rushed into the soup kitchen's warehouse to steal food.

"Hurry and grab the food, or there might not be any porridge left."

"Yes, yes, the food inside might not all be poisonous. Let's hurry and grab some."

Those who were bolder all rushed towards the granary behind the soup kitchen, and the soldiers hurriedly tried to stop them, resulting in a chaotic melee.

Gu Hua and Dong Hua were trying to squeeze into the crowd and get closer to Ji Xuanyu.

Ji Xuanyu and Lu Laosan exchanged a glance, each holding something in their hands, and moved closer to the porridge pot, their hands quietly opening.

Suddenly, a trembling little hand grabbed Ji Xuanyu's arm: "Brother Ji."

The familiar tone was accompanied by an uncontrollable tremor.

Ji Xuanyu froze, then suddenly looked up: "Hua'er! What are you doing here?"

Ever since Gu Hua learned that the young master was Ji Xuanyu, she had imagined many times the scene of the two recognizing each other face to face.

I never expected it to happen in this kind of situation.

When Ji Xuanyu suddenly saw the person he had been longing for here, he was flustered, anxious, and completely distraught, and for a moment he did not know what to say.

Gu Hua stared at the small bamboo tube in his hand, tears streaming down her face.

Knowing that the young master was ruthless, seeing him use vicious methods against the people of Daliang firsthand, her heart was ripped out.

Her voice trembled as she said, "Brother Ji, you are from Daliang, they are innocent civilians, how could you..."

Ji Xuanyu quickly covered her mouth: "We'll talk about it later."

"What's she doing here?" Lu Laosan turned around when he heard the voice and was shocked to see Gu Hua.

Ji Xuanyu turned his head and glared at him, then hissed in a low voice, "Hurry!"

Gu Hua forcefully pried his hands away, screaming, "You can't do this! Brother Ji, what are you putting in the porridge? You're talking nonsense about Gu poison! There's no such thing as incurable Gu poison! This is all man-made disaster!"

Ji Xuanyu quickly pulled her into his arms, covered her mouth tightly, and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense, Hua'er, believe me, you must believe me."

Trust him?

How can you believe it?

Yesterday, she and Donghua had just read this kind of book. In fact, the so-called Gu poison is just a poisonous insect deliberately raised by someone.

These insects enter a person's body through the nasal cavity or bloodstream.

This is a man-made disaster!

Her idol, Brother Ji, actually used such a vicious thing as the Gu poison from the Southern Frontier to harm the people of Daliang!

The scene was too chaotic, and no one paid any attention to her.

Winter Flower was pushed out of sight by the crowd.

Gu Hua watched helplessly as Lu Laosan and another person poured the contents of the bamboo tubes into the porridge.

After they left, the chaos was brought under control, and the doctor arrived and cured the vomiting person. Many people then stopped believing in any kind of witchcraft or poison.

However, there will always be people who are extremely hungry who will drink the porridge that has not yet been distributed.

That would be true poisoning!

Gu Hua didn't care about anything else, so she opened her mouth and bit the hand covering her mouth hard.

Ji Xuanyu winced in pain, staring intently at her as she frantically bit her own hand until it bled.

Gu Hua was startled by the strong smell of blood in her mouth. She stared blankly at Brother Ji's smiling face, feeling horrified.

Why has Brother Ji become so terrifying?

"Let go of Madam!" Donghua finally squeezed through, drew her dagger, and was about to rush forward.

Lu Laosan raised his hand and threw a punch straight at Donghua's face. Donghua was no match for him.

With a scream, blood gushed from her face, and she swayed a couple of times, but ignoring the blood flowing from her mouth and nose, she lunged forward again.

Another man beside Lu Laosan, wielding a short knife, suddenly stabbed Donghua in the back. She groaned and collapsed to the ground, her wide eyes staring intently at Gu Hua, her mouth opening and closing.

"No!"

Gu Hua's voice was muffled as she cried and shook her head violently, kicking and thrashing with her hands and feet.

Lu Laosan frowned, exchanged a glance with another man, who then raised his dagger and pointed it at Gu Hua's back...

Ji Xuanyu suddenly raised his hand and chopped Gu Hua on the back of the neck, then picked up the person lying on the ground and quickly retreated.

Lu Laosan and another person stood guard on either side of him.

Not far away, Akabane, his eyes bloodshot, whispered to his companion, "Stay close!"