Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen The Green Bamboo Girl

But it was said that at that time Zhao Guan sent Han'er home and left the Zhou family's mansion, remembering that he had a great time traveling north and successfully escorting Han'er back to his home in the capital thousands of miles away, he felt very relaxed and proud, blowing whistle.After walking not far, he suddenly saw two people coming towards each other, one on each side, and suddenly stretched out his hand to hold him hostage.Zhao Guan was startled, it was too late to escape, but he saw that the two looked very familiar, but they were two bodyguards You Jun and Wu Gang who had dealt with in Suzhou before.

The two carried him to a remote place in the small alley, threw him on the ground, glared at him viciously, You Jun sneered and said: "You bastard, how are you!"Wu Gang couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, stretched out his legs and kicked him, cursing in his mouth: "You little bastard, you little bastard, what enmity do you have with us, why did you block our way of making money?" Zhao Guan suffered pain and fell in a corner. He was unfamiliar with the place in the capital, and the only acquaintance Tian Zhongyuan was on the boat at the mouth of the canal. Now he fell into the hands of these two opponents. It is not surprising that he beat himself to death in anger.He crouched at the foot of the wall with his head in his arms, his thoughts turned sharply, but he couldn't think of a way to get out for a while, and was kicked several times on his body, and the pain was unbearable.

At this moment, the fists and kicks of the two people suddenly stopped, but You Jun shouted: Who is it?Zhao Guan was very surprised, looked up, and saw an old woman with white hair standing at the entrance of the alley, looking at You Jun and Wu Gang coldly. Wu Gang turned his head and stared at the old woman, stretched out his hand to push her, and shouted: What are you looking at?Hurry up and get out of the way!Unexpectedly, his hand couldn't even touch the old woman, so he suddenly yelled, as if he had been scalded by hot oil, then rolled over and fell to the ground, trembling all over, foaming at the mouth.You Jun was stunned, pulled out his knife, and shouted: "Where is your friend?"Sign up!The old woman sneered, "Who is your friend?"With a wave of his left hand, You Jun suddenly fell to the ground as straight as a piece of wood, as if his whole body was stiff and unable to move.

Zhao Guan was extremely surprised, quickly got up and looked intently, but saw the old woman blinked at him with a cunning light in her eyes.Zhao Guan suddenly thought of someone and rubbed his eyes, feeling unbelievable. But I heard the old woman cursing in a rough voice: "You dirty dog ​​guard, I'm going to make you suffer a little bit today!"She took out a green bamboo tube from her bosom, about one foot long, she pointed the end of the bamboo tube at You Jun who was on the ground, and You Jun suddenly screamed, extremely shrill, like a ghost crying.The old woman put her foot on his throat, and You Jun couldn't cry anymore, only the sound of babbling came out of his throat.The old woman withdrew her feet and waved the bamboo tube in her hand at will. You Jun seemed to be entangled by a bundle of invisible silk threads. No matter how much she rolled and struggled, she couldn't escape the grasp of the bamboo tube.She treated Wu Gang in the same way, and Wu Gang was so painful that his face turned blue and he was in extreme pain.

The old woman said grimly: You two arrested the little girl to sell, you are not good people, but the crime is not worthy of death.It is enough for me to torture you twice, and someone else will take care of you.With that said, he withdrew the bamboo tube.You Jun and Wu Gang felt relieved, their whole bodies seemed to be paralyzed, and they could only lie on the ground panting.The old woman raised her head and said to Zhao Guan: "Children, let's go!" Zhao Guan was dumbfounded, and quickly followed.The old woman led him to turn left and right, and came to another secluded alley, only to see that the old woman reached out to wipe off the makeup on her face, revealing a beautiful face carved in powder and jade, with phoenix eyes and smiling, extremely glamorous.Zhao Guan was surprised and delighted, and shouted: "Sister Zhu, it's really you!"That woman is indeed Qingzhu girl, one of the three top names in Qingfeng Pavilion.

Zhao Guan rushed forward and hugged her, said with a smile: Good sister, why did you come here?Are you here for me?Qing Zhu stretched out her hand and hit him on the forehead, said with a smile: You secretly left Suzhou and never came back, if no one came out to chase you, wouldn't your mother be dying of anxiety?Zhao Guan stuck out his tongue and said: Mother must be very angry with me, good sister, please help me speak nice words in front of mother, and ask her to hit me softer. Qingzhu smiled and said: It's useless to say good things.The empress clearly distinguishes between rewards and punishments, you ran away from home without authorization this time and did not return for several months, you will not be able to escape a good beating.Zhao Guan couldn't help sighing.Qing Zhu said again: "Speaking of which, you escorted Miss Zhou home after traveling thousands of miles. Your empress knows all about what you did on the way, and you finally made up your mind.Zhao Guan asked: What are you determined to do?Qingzhu said seriously: "I am determined to accept you as my disciple."

Zhao Guan was stunned, and said: Take me as an apprentice?Mom wants me to be a girl to pick up guests?He remembered what his mother used to say to him: You bastard, you are lucky to be born a man.If it is a daughter, and she is so beautiful, I will definitely teach you to be the head of the Qingfeng Pavilion.At that time, prostitutes gave birth to daughters, and most of them followed their mothers into prostitutes. Some of them were able to sing and dance under the guidance of their mothers since they were young. Making a debut is easier to become popular than a bought girl.Thinking of my mother's regrets, she said to him: "It would be great if you were a girl!"In the future, I can inherit my mother's family business.Sometimes she said to him with angry eyebrows: Don't think that you have a handsome face, and you can be a rabbit in the future.Let me tell you, it's okay for a girl to be in prostitution, but a man must have ambition. If you go to sea for money and a good life, my wife will be the first to let you go!

I was thinking wildly, but I heard Qing Zhu burst out laughing, and spat: "Nonsense, why do you want to be a girl to receive guests?"If the empress heard your words, she must beat you fifty more. Zhao Guan took her hand and begged: "My good sister, tell me quickly, why does mother accept me as an apprentice?" Qingzhu took out a bamboo tube from her bosom, which was what she held when she tortured You and Wu just now, and said: "The empress wants to take you as an apprentice, and she wants to teach you this thing." Looking at the bamboo tube, Zhao Guan remembered the miserable scene of You and Wu wrestling and struggling on the ground, he couldn't help but his hair stood on end, and asked: "My good sister, are you doing sorcery?"He was so frightened that even his voice trembled.

Qingzhu smiled and said: This is not magic, it is fairy art.Among the secrets, after you become a master, the empress will teach you one by one.Well, we still have things to do, so let's go. Zhao Guan was both surprised and curious, and hurriedly followed Qingzhu.Qingzhu's complexion is too gorgeous, in order not to attract attention, she was dressed as an old woman along the way.The two left the capital together and went south to Yingtianfu in Nanjing.Qing Zhu took Zhao Guan to stay at the inn, and at night they shared a room, Qing Zhu suddenly said: A Guan, I will show you something.He took out a bag of powder from his bosom, the color was light yellow, and carefully took out a stick of incense sticks from the bag.Zhao Guan asked: What is this for?

Qingzhu said: This is a kind of strange poison, called Dream Powder.Put it in people's diet for three consecutive days, and then use this sweet dream incense to stimulate, that person will fall into a coma, and can't wake up no matter what, just like a dead person.When I woke up the next day, I didn't feel anything unusual. Zhao Guan was very curious and asked: Really?Qingzhu said: Don't you believe it?Do you want to try it?Zhao Guan looked at her and couldn't help asking: How to try?Qingzhu smiled and said: I have put this dream powder in your food for the past three days, if I smell this incense now, you will fall asleep and wake up tomorrow, and you will seem to be fine again.

Zhao Guan was shocked and said: You poisoned me?How do I not know?Qingzhu pursed her lips and said with a smile: I poisoned you, how could you know?Poisoning means that the gods do not know it, and the ghost does not know it, so that they can be regarded as masters. Zhao Guan was nervous and curious at the same time, and said: "Sister Zhu, light this incense and let me see if this dream powder is really so powerful.But you have to promise me, tell me how you poisoned me a few days ago. Qingzhu smiled and said: "Success."I lit the incense, you go to bed and sleep well, you passed out here, I can't hold you.Zhao Guan laughed and said: I don't want to go, so I want you to hug me.Qingzhu gave him a blank look, and spat: I'll let you lie on the ground to suffer from the cold, and I won't hug you, you little rascal!Zhao Guan giggled, jumped on the bed, pulled the quilt over, and said: "Okay, I've slept well, you can light some incense." He looked at the green bamboo and lit the incense close to the candle, and there was light smoke from the incense head, but he didn't smell anything, and said: "This incense has no smell."Qingzhu said: "It just has no smell."If there is a smell, wouldn't it be suspicious?Besides, at this moment, Zhao Guan suddenly felt a strong drowsiness in his mind, he had already fallen into a deep sleep before he heard the second part of Sister Zhu's words. When he woke up the next day, Zhao Guan only felt a good night's sleep, stretched his waist, jumped out of bed, and saw that the green bamboo had got up, and was sitting by the table stroking the green bamboo tube.Zhao Guan rubbed his eyes and said: Sister Zhu, you woke up so early? Qing Zhu turned around with a smile and asked: How did you sleep?Is my dream powder not bad?Only then did Zhao Guan think of what happened last night, he couldn't help feeling itchy, and said, "Tell me quickly, how did you poison me?" Qingzhu said: Isn't this easy?Before you eat, I sprinkle a little bit of Sweet Dream Powder on your chopsticks, and you will be poisoned by me the first time you eat.Zhao Guan turned his head to think about it, and said: I have never seen you touch my chopsticks.Qingzhu said: "One day I took out a pair of chopsticks for you, and I put the powder on my hands first."One day I handed you a towel, and the powder passed from the towel to your chopsticks.Another day I sneezed and blew powder into your rice bowl. Only then did Zhao Guan suddenly realize, and said, "Okay, so it turned out that you had ill intentions for me along the way, and you kept me in the dark with all your hands and feet.Qingzhu smiled and said: If I really have bad intentions, a hundred Zhao Guans will also be poisoned to death. Zhao Guan thought of how she dealt with You and Wu, and seeing the bamboo tube in her hand, he couldn't help but shuddered, and hurriedly bowed to her: Sister Zhu is merciful, there are a lot of adults, adults don't count the faults of villains, please don't worry. Don't kill Ah Guan! Qingzhu smiled and said: You are the mother's darling, how dare I break ground when I am too old?As long as you are obedient, Sister Zhu will treat you very well.