Chapter 200: Interrogation, implicating the Tang Clan (2/2)

Han Yunxi feigned a sigh. “All right, I’m not afraid of being a laughingstock. These are counterfeits I bought from the side of the road to play around with.” She couldn’t help but wonder why this fellow was so interested in the Tang Clan’s assassination weapons.

“Poison lass, that’s too dishonest and unkind, isn’t it? These are obviously the genuine article,” Gu Qishao was unhappy.

But Han Yunxi only rebutted, “Why are you so sure they’re authentic? What’s your relationship with the Tang Clan?”

After studying these needles for days, Han Yunxi had naturally compared them with forgeries. Aside from insiders and people like her, who had a point of comparison, it’d typically be very hard to spot the fakes in a short amount of time.

“Because I’ve studied these weapons! These have to be genuine!” Gu Qishao was completely serious.

“Why are you studying Tang Clan weapons? How is this important to you?” Han Yunxi kept asking.

Gu Qishao was about to reply when he suddenly stopped, realizing he’d been following Han Yunxi’s pace. He narrowed his eyes and suddenly drew closer, his voice menacing. “Poison lass, this gentleman will ask you one more time. Are you…going to tell me…or not?”

A dangerous light flashed in his eyes, but inexplicably, Han Yunxi wasn’t afraid. She smiled stiffly and raised her hand, revealing her Pointer Needles between the fingers as they aimed at Gu Qishao’s face. Unfortunately, Gu Qishao was faster and caught her by the wrist. Han Yunxi kicked out with her foot, preparing to attack Gu Qishao’s knee with the Row-Array Needles in her shoe, but he dodged and took the chance to trip her.

“Ah!” Losing her center of balance, Han Yunxi toppled to the right, where Gu Qishao leisurely stuck out a hand and caught her by the waist. He bent over her, an evil and menacing air in his gaze. “Poison lass, you’ve already used up your last chance. Now…”

Before he could finish, Han Yunxi spat out a needle from her mouth. The surprised Gu Qishao turned his face away to evade it, giving Han Yunxi the chance to grab his injured right hand and attacked it with her Pointer Needle!

Gu Qishao’s face turned white from the pain as his hand lost all strength. Han Yunxi struggled free and created distance between them as she spoke coldly. “I bought these weapons off the black market at a high price. I have no connections whatsoever with the Tang Clan, but it’s up to you whether or not to believe me!”

Gu Qishao was about to ask more questions when the calm and composed Gu Beiyue suddenly started to shout. “Someone come…someone, there’s an assassin! Protect esteemed wangfei!”

No one expected Gu Beiyue to shout now of all times.

Of course, Gu Qishao didn’t care about the Han family guards, but these days Long Feiye had sent his men to secretly follow Han Yunxi. When he saw that those guards hadn’t entered the Han estate, he’d taken the chance to come inside. Now Gu Beiyue had shouted and exposed him. Reality proved that Gu Qishao’s good temper was only reserved for Han Yunxi. A ruthless light flashed past his eyes as he threw the Plum Blossom Needle in his hand towards Gu Beiyue!

“Meddling in other’s business, go die!”

His viciousness changed him to a completely different person. As soon as he threw the needle, he turned to leave. Because his right hand was still injured, he couldn’t afford to stay! The strength of the Plum Blossom Needle was equal to the speed of its high-level user. Gu Beiyue seemed to be rooted to the spot with fear.

“Dodge it!” Han Yunxi exclaimed. But even she felt that there wasn’t enough time. The Plum Blossom Needle was headed straight for Gu Beiyue’s heart! She closed her eyes hopelessly, afraid to watch, while Seventh Madame and little Yi’er had long shut their own eyes in fear.

However, none of them saw Gu Beiyue’s soft smile. The instant before the Plum Blossom Needle reached his heart, his body overflowed with a quiet, formless energy that calmly shifted the angle of the incoming weapon. Everything happened in an instant, but the five-bladed Plum Blossom Needle ended up piercing to the right of his heart. It went in very, very deep. One could imagine, he’d definitely be dead if the needle had actually hit his heart!

Who knew how Gu Qishao would feel after learning that he couldn’t even kill a doctor that lacked the strength to truss a chicken?

In any case, Han Yunxi saw Gu Beiyue holding a hand over his heart as soon as she opened her eyes. When he fell to his knees, she was truly frightened and rushed over without a second thought.

“Gu Beiyue! Hold on! You have to hold on.”

Gu Beiyue’s face was ashen white, his chest and hand stained with blood. He lifted his head to look at Han Yunxi before fainting away. Han Yunxi had saved countless people both in this life and the last. No matter how severe the injury or illness, as long as she started treatment, she could get into the zone and calm herself down. But not this time!

It was unfathomable how sad she’d be if this medically skilled, gentle as jade man just died like that.

Supposedly, she should check his injury first and stop the bleeding, before assessing the danger of the assassination weapon and preparing backups for massive blood loss. But now she was utterly flustered, her sequence of steps completely out of order as she flipped through her medical pouch to dig out weapons and medicine alike.

Perhaps she wasn’t bewildered, but afraid.

Could Gu Qishao really miss when faced with someone so physically weak? His vicious needle was filled with plenty of killing intent. Han Yunxi was even scared to look for the weapon. Just by seeing all his blood, Han Yunxi knew that the wound was very deep. She was terrified because she knew better than anyone else how impossible it was to take a needle out of the heart in ancient times. Even if they managed it somehow, the victim wouldn’t survive.