Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1259 - 1256_1

"I guess the soul of Mr. Li’s daughter might have been controlled by Gu Xuan. He then transferred her soul to the sixth princess, controlling her to assassinate the sixth prince. Sixth Prince, was the wound on your body inflicted by the sixth princess?" asked Shangguan Xuanyao.

"How can this be? How could Xiao’er be controlled by Gu Xuan!" Shangguan Xuanyi was hard to believe.

How could someone’s soul be easily controlled? Xiao’er hadn’t upset Gu Xuan in Zezhou.

But when Shangguan Xuanyi thought about Xiao’er’s soul originally coming from the future, he fell silent again. freewebnøvel.com

"A year ago, sister took us hunting in the dense forest, and we encountered Gu Xuan. Fortunately, Mr. Li appeared in time to save her, but she was still bitten by a black bug released by Gu Xuan."

"What!" Having heard this, Shangguan Xuanyi sat up in shock, aggravating his wound, allowing blood to flow again.

The military doctor rushed to restrain him: "Prince Rui, don’t move! Your wound has not healed and can reopen with ease."

Shangguan Xuanyi waved away the doctor’s hand and stood up, "Why wasn’t I informed about this important matter!"

Xiao’er had actually encountered Gu Xuan again, and was bitten by one of Gu Xuan’s bugs! How could he not have known about this!

"....." Faced with Shangguan Xuanyi’s fury, everyone looked at each other in silence.

In the end, under Xi’er’s prompting, Shangguan Xuanyao spoke, "The Sixth Princess left a note and sneaked off to Swallow Ridge the night she came back from hunting. We didn’t know she hadn’t told you about this important matter!"

When they all returned together, everyone completely forgot about this episode!

Shangguan Xuanyi thought about their journey from Swallow Ridge. They had spent several days on the carriage, yet Xiao’er never mentioned encountering Gu Xuan, or about being bitten by Gu Xuan’s bug!

All they talked about along the way were bird nests!

If Xiao’er were present, Shangguan Xuanyi really wanted to give her a good spanking!

Unfortunately, Xiao’er before his eyes was not his little girl!

Could the bugs raised by Gu Xuan be ordinary bugs? Gu Xuan was, as his name suggested, both weird and mysterious!

Anything to do with him was beyond the reach of mere mortals!

Once Shangguan Xuanyi thought of Xiao’er’s body being occupied by another soul, what was to become of her? What about his little girl?

Had she entered a different space or returned to the future? Surely she hadn’t been controlled by Gu Xuan who was aiming to domesticate her?

Being struck with this thought left Shangguan Xuanyi in a terrible state!

He hurried to the bed.

Seeing this, the military doctor warned, "Prince, you are injured, you shouldn’t move recklessly!"

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at Xiao’er lying on the bed, "Yang Liu, release her acupoints!"

He had previously immobilized her, but now knowing that the person inside this body was not his girl, he was reluctant to touch her.

Hearing this, Yang Liu stepped forward to liberate Xiao’er’s acupoints.

However, there was no sign of Xiao’er awakening from her coma as she lay on the bed.

"She’s still unconscious!" Xi’er came over to take her pulse.

Li Guzi also came over to take her pulse, "Indeed, it is very similar to my daughter’s."

"Doctor!" On hearing the two of them, Shangguan Xuanyi gestured to the doctor to examine Xiao’er.

The doctor came forward, took her pulse, then shook his head, "Forgive my inferior skills, Prince, but I genuinely cannot detect any issues with Princess Rui."

Being a military doctor, he specialized in treating wound injuries and found it difficult to diagnose complex cases.

"What should we do now?" asked Shangguan Xuanyao.

"First, let’s find Gu Xuan! Didn’t sister say before that as long as Gu Xuan is killed, the soul-reviving soup can bring Mr. Li’s daughter back? I presume that once we kill Gu Xuan, the driving force behind all this, sister would also wake up." Xi’er suggested.

"That’s right! The one who tied the bell must be the one to untie it! Right now, our priority is to find Gu Xuan and kill him."

"This Gu Xuan is a cunning thief! Whenever he encounters danger, he goes into hiding, and if he cannot fight, he runs. It’s very difficult to apprehend him. Moreover, there are so many strange things on him. As soon as he releases them, we can’t avoid them quick enough. If we’re not careful, we don’t know what’s waiting for us. Hence, we could only helplessly watch him escape time and time again. Speaking of which, Gu Xuan’s martial arts is superior, I can only fight him to a standstill, it’s very difficult to capture him." Li Guzi spoke at this moment.

Actually, he, who has a daughter like this, probably wants to find Gu Xuan the most.

"There’s strength in numbers! If one person can’t catch him, then send a bunch of people to catch him! Otherwise, what if sister can’t wake up!" said Xi’er.

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The group argued back and forth about how to capture Gu Xuan.

"What happened that day? How did my princess get bitten by the bug?" Shangguan Xuanyi appeared.

Thus, Xi’er recounted the situation that day, and Li Guzi also narrated the part he witnessed.

"You guys leave first!" Shangguan Xuanyi said after hearing their descriptions.

He needed some quiet to think of a plan.

Everyone left as instructed.

Before leaving, Shangguan Xuanjun patted Shangguan Xuanyi’s shoulder, "Take care of your injuries. Once they’re healed, you can go find Gu Xuan."

Shangguan Xuanyi nodded without saying anything.

He sat there looking at the person on the bed, lost in thoughts.

Gu Xuan preferred performing rituals in tombs. Since it has been less than a day since Xiao’er was bitten by the bug, and knowing Xiao’er had injured Gu Xuan, Gu Xuan would have needed to find a place to recover before performing his rituals.

The explosion resulting from the mixed liquids in Xiao’er’s two bottles was not too severe, but the liquid caused skin burns on contact - a not-so-light injury. He wouldn’t be able to recover in days, that much was certain!

That being the case, Gu Xuan would have surely found a nearby place to recover before embarking on his rituals.

In this case, he wouldn’t be able to return to the imperial mausoleum in Zhangxiang County to perform his rituals.

With this thought in mind, Shangguan Xuanyi pulled out a map of Nangong Country, trying to analyze which tomb Gu Xuan would most likely be performing his rituals in.

Not all cemeteries have tombs.

...

Miles away, Gu Xuan was indeed hiding in an ancient tomb not far from Zezhou, as Shangguan Xuanyi had speculated. This was the largest tomb nearby.

This was the tomb of a certain prince from the previous dynasty, a fact known to very few. Even the emperor of Nangong wouldn’t know, or else it would have been demolished long ago.

He was wearing a long yellow robe painted with weird patterns, manipulating a willow sword.

He first took a spirit talisman from a box, ignited it, murmured incantations, then drew the willow sword with two fingers and a green light appeared on the sword.