Chapter 331: Xiaoxiao’s Attack

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Su Xiaoxiao said ruthless words in front of everyone. It was really shocking, but no one believed her.

Even Physician Fu, who was convinced by her medical skills, did not think that she could destroy Hu Jiusheng’s Benevolence Hall in three months.

Qin Yanran looked regretful. “Why are you doing this? Don’t say things in anger. Apologize to Miss Hu. I believe Miss Hu is magnanimous and won’t argue with you.”

Hu Biyun snorted and said, “You’re wrong, Miss Qin. I’m really calculative. I’ll wait for her to make our Hu family’s Benevolence Hall disappear from Scholar

Street!”

“Miss…” Although the boss of the pharmacy was anxious to sell his shop, he was not a sinister person.

He advised, “Don’t go against the Hu family. You won’t be able to win.”

Broker Li remained silent.

Just now, when he heard that the two of them had treated a certain marquis, he was secretly delighted. He had met a noble this time, but who knew that the two of them would offend the Hu family?

Alright, there was no need to persuade her.

Three months later, he was waiting to do their business.

They were either selling or renting.

On the way back, Physician Fu hesitated a few times.

Su Xiaoxiao said, “What did your father do for him to have to leave the capital back then?”

He should have kept the matter about his father to himself. But for some reason, he had an inexplicable trust in her.

He said, “More than ten years ago, my father went to Zhaoyang Hall to take the Empress Dowager’s pulse. The night he returned, his expression was not right.

I asked him what was wrong, and he said that he was fine, but he was too tired. However, a few days later, my father ‘consumed poison’ and committed suicide. My mother and I brought my father’s coffin back to the village and let him rest in peace. My father was a physician, so he naturally made himself look no different from a dead person. After avoiding many checks, we successfully arrived in Qingzhou.”

Su Xiaoxiao asked, “Other than you, is Grandmaster Huijue the only one who knows about this?”

Physician Fu said, “That’s right. It’s all thanks to her secret help that we can settle down in Qingzhou.”

Su Xiaoxiao touched her chin. “I’ve always been curious. What’s Grandmaster

Hui Jue’s identity? She seems very powerful.”

Physician Fu shook his head. “I actually don’t know her identity in the mortal world. Although I have a father who is an imperial physician, my aptitude is slow and I didn’t enter the Imperial Hospital. I don’t have many opportunities to see the world. My mother must know, but she didn’t tell me. Perhaps she wants to protect me. It’s not a good thing to know too much.”

Su Xiaoxiao agreed with the last point.

But she didn’t agree that his aptitude was low.

In this world, some people became famous at a young age, while others were late bloomers. They could not be generalized.

Su Xiaoxiao asked, “You just said that Hu Jiusheng betrayed your father?”

Physician Fu recalled, “That day, Hu Jiusheng was supposed to take the Grand

Empress Dowager’s pulse. He ate something bad, so my father went in his place.”

Su Xiaoxiao touched her chin. “So your father… took the blame for Hu Jiusheng?”

Physician Fu sighed. “I don’t know if it’s considered taking the blame. My father originally planned to lie that he didn’t manage to diagnose anything, but Hu Jiusheng told the administrator at that time that my father had always had the habit of writing medical cases. My father knew that he couldn’t avoid it, so he decided to fake his death and leave the capital.”

Su Xiaoxiao was puzzled. “What did he find that caused him to leave the capital?”

Physician Fu had a complicated expression. “I only found out after peeping at the medical case before my father destroyed it. The page didn’t record who the patient was or the time, but I know that it’s from Zhaoyang Hall. There are only two words written on the entire paper.”

. Happy pulse.

When they arrived home, the three little ones were hungry and wanted to eat big meat buns. Su Xiaoxiao went out to buy them.

When Su Xiaoxiao walked back with a large bowl of meat buns, she was accidentally bumped by a woman who rushed forward.

With Su Xiaoxiao’s weight… it was impossible for her to be knocked down, but the other party staggered forward and fell.

Su Xiaoxiao freed a hand and helped her up.

She didn’t look at Su Xiaoxiao and thanked her in a low voice. Then, she wrapped her cloak tightly around her and hurried forward.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at her back strangely.

Was she seeing things just now?

Why did that person look a little like… the Grand Empress Dowager?

However, the Grand Empress Dowager would not appear alone on the streets in the palace.

The woman hurriedly ducked into an alley. She put on the hood on her cloak and looked back warily as she walked.

When she arrived at the entrance of the alley, she saw a gray figure and immediately shrank back in fear.

She returned the way she came and entered a ready-made clothes shop.

The lady boss greeted her warmly. “Madam, do you want to pick the materials or buy ready-made clothes?”

The woman turned around and said distractedly, “Pick the materials.”

The lady boss smiled and said, “There are a few new high-grade brocades in our shop. Madam, wait a moment. I’ll show them to you.”

The woman grunted.

The lady boss turned around and went to the shelf to get clothes.

Suddenly, a sharp dagger pressed against the woman’s back.

The woman stiffened.

The gray-robed man covered the dagger with his wide sleeve and helped her out with his other hand.

The lady boss turned around with the material. “Miss, these two… Eh? Where are they?”

The woman was brought into a quiet alley and pushed into an abandoned courtyard.

The man casually pushed her to the ground.

The others scurried out of the house.

One of the scar-faced men glanced at her and rubbed his hands lustfully.

“Where did you get such a handsome woman, Fifth Brother?”

The man glanced at her coldly. “She’s not someone you can touch.”

The scar-faced man said aggrievedly, “Can’t I touch her a couple of times?”

The man said coldly, “If you want me to chop off your hand, just try.” The scar-faced man took two steps back.

The man instructed, “I’m going out for a while. The few of you, watch her. Don’t let her escape.”

The scar-faced man said, “Got it, Fifth Brother. Go ahead.’

The man turned around and left the house.

After making sure that he was far away, the scar-faced man squatted down beside the woman.

His wretched gaze landed on the woman, then he raised her chin.

“Old Zhou, Fifth Brother said that we can’t touch her!”

“What’s wrong with me touching her? It’s not like I can break her body… But…

she doesn’t look like a young lady anymore… She should have lost her virginity long ago… I’ll play a few rounds first… The rest is yours…”

The woman was really beautiful. Her face was like jade, and her temperament was otherworldly. The wide robe could not hide her exquisite figure.

Which man could reject such a stunner?

The few of them fell silent.

The scar-faced man picked the woman up and kicked open the door, ignoring her struggles. He threw her roughly onto the messy bed.

He leaned forward.

The woman looked at him in fear, tears falling from her eyes.

In the courtyard, the three of them looked at each other.

“Will anything happen?”

“Don’t you want to taste that woman?”

“What if Fifth Brother blames us?”

“How can he fall out with a brother who risked his life for him over a woman?”

There was the sound of a fall from the house. The woman wanted to escape, but the scar-faced man pressed her back.

The three of them smiled evilly and looked back at the closed door.

In the next second, a cold dagger was pressed to one of their necks.

The man felt a chill on his neck. “You..

He didn’t have a chance to speak.

Su Xiaoxiao cut his throat.

It was too late when the other two realized that someone had broken in.

Su Xiaoxiao turned the hilt of her knife, and the cold light reflected by the blade flashed across their eyes.

The two of them fell to the ground before they could even resist.

Su Xiaoxiao kicked open the door and walked forward. She grabbed the scar-faced man’s collar and was about to slit his throat.

She looked at the terrified woman on the bed, turned the hilt of her knife, and hit the top of his head with her elbow.

The scar-faced man’s eyes rolled back and he fell unconscious.

Su Xiaoxiao threw him to the ground like a sack.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the woman on the bed.

She was not seeing things. She was indeed the Grand Empress Dowager.

Su Xiaoxiao arrived in time. The Grand Empress Dowager’s clothes were intact but her cloak was torn off.

Su Xiaoxiao walked over and picked up the cloak to cover her trembling body.

She looked at Su Xiaoxiao with teary eyes.

Perhaps it was because she had taken off her palace clothes, but after changing into a cloth gown, she seemed to be an ordinary civilian woman.

Although this was ridiculous, Su Xiaoxiao felt that she was not looking at the Grand Empress Dowager, but a frightened deer.

Su Xiaoxiao tied the ribbon of her cloak and couldn’t help but coax her. “Grand Empress Dowager, it’s fine.”

The Empress Dowager said nothing.

Su Xiaoxiao remembered that there was another man who seemed to be the leader of this group. His martial arts and vigilance were incomparable to the four perverts.

Su Xiaoxiao said to her, “Let’s leave here first.” The Grand Empress Dowager nodded slightly.

Su Xiaoxiao brought her out of the house.

Just as they left, the man returned.

As he looked at the courtyard full of corpses, anger flashed in his eyes.

“They all had their throats slit… When did such an expert come to the capital?!”