Chapter 102 Rumors +
Thanks to the cooperation between Gongsun Feifei and Mengyao Gu, the effect was very significant.
Since Gu Qing agreed not to go to the Opera House again, he just shook his head and refused no matter how much others invited him.
After all, his family was worried, so he didn’t want to take any risks.
Even if the epidemic was not real, as long as it could reassure his family… just not going to the Opera House was not a problem at all.
Besides, he didn’t like such places anyway. It was better to practice martial arts at home, which made him happier.
Or, he could go chat with his son-in-law, which was also great.
Afterwards, at some point, a strange rumor began to circulate in the capital.
According to informed sources, Westerners at the “Exotic Charm” Opera House were carrying a very serious contagious disease. If infected, one would become weak and powerless, unable to even lift a bowl of rice.
Someone had already been infected!
As the rumors grew stronger, more and more people believed them. As a result, even though the Western women in the Opera House attracted men’s attention, few dared to risk getting sick and end up bedridden and helpless in the future.
Of course, some people did not believe the rumors were true.
To prove that the rumors were fabricated by those with ulterior motives, some people even deliberately went to the Opera House for seven consecutive days, hoping to break the rumors and prevent people from being deceived by false words.
As a result, after leaving the Opera House unharmed on the seventh day, that person was found bedridden the next day, too weak and powerless to move.
At this point, the once deserted Opera House completely became a place no one dared to visit.
“Brother-in-law, your medicinal powder is really effective. I heard that person still hasn’t gotten out of bed!”
After Gu Qingheng told Gu Yu about the news he had inquired about these past few days, he specifically mentioned the medicinal powder made by Gu Yu and gave him a special commendation.
That’s right, the escalating rumors in the capital originated from Gu Qingheng.
The same formula, the same familiar taste.
And Gu Yu, as the sponsor, contributed special weakness medicinal powder to make the rumors more believable.
When someone who was not afraid of death jumped out, regardless of whether they had received benefits from the Opera House, Gu Yu had Xi Yang use the medicinal powder for a night raid, letting them experience what it was like to be weak and powerless.
He believed that after recovering, that person would also help them spread the “terror” of the Opera House.
“The medicinal powder I made only lasts for three hours. After that, the medicinal properties will be automatically removed.”
“Huh? If that’s the case, why is that person still looking so weak and powerless?”
“Perhaps it’s a psychological effect! Plus, the rumor says the contagious disease is very serious, making that person subconsciously believe they were indeed infected, which is why they look so weak.”
After listening to his younger brother-in-law, Gu Yu shrugged helplessly and then stated that the medicinal powder he made was not that magical to last for such a long time, making people continuously weak and powerless.
In fact, it might be that the person subconsciously felt they were truly ill and thus had to be weak and powerless, creating the illusion of continued weakness.
However, these had little to do with Gu Yu. Now, all that mattered was to stop the Holy Cult’s plan.
“Hey? Brother-in-law, I have another question!”
“Speak.”
“Didn’t you not want to be so troublesome before? Why did you suddenly change your mind a few days ago and say you wanted to stop the Holy Cult’s plan to harm high-ranking officials in the capital!”
After Gu Qingheng’s clear voice sounded, Gu Yu felt extremely frustrated.
He didn’t want to do this either!
If someone hadn’t come to his door in the middle of the night, almost having his head chopped off by Mengyao Gu, Gu Yu would have pretended to know nothing and continued to muddle through.
However, seeing the man in black almost scared out of his wits by Mengyao Gu’s single strike, Gu Yu finally sighed helplessly, knowing that he couldn’t escape if he tried. Now, trouble had come knocking on his door!
However, this man in black was too weak.
He was so scared by his wife’s strike that he almost wet himself, which was truly embarrassing!
If the man in black hadn’t directly said he was just delivering a letter, Gu Yu wouldn’t have shown mercy and prepared to kill him, to avoid future troubles.
But, after hearing it was just a messenger, Gu Yu became curious.
At this time, who wanted to send him a letter?
To avoid causing a bigger commotion and attracting people from the Gu Residence, Gu Yu brought the man in black into the room, planning to have a leisurely talk.
After Gu Yu poured a cup of cool tea from the teapot and handed it to the man in black to calm his nerves, the man in black tremblingly reached out and took it.
As the man in black trembled, the tea in the cup also shook, spilling out of the cup and onto the ground.
It wasn’t that the man in black was too cowardly, but he truly did not expect such a perilous situation.
When he accepted the mission from the Alliance to deliver a letter, he didn’t take it seriously at first.
Although the target person was in General Gu’s residence, his actual identity was just an ordinary villager. If it weren’t for the solemn demeanor of his superiors, the man in black would have delayed for a few days.
He was a master in the Alliance, and accepting this mission was completely overkill.
It wasn’t an important mission, just delivering a letter, why the rush!
However, his superiors had given him a strict order to complete the mission before dawn the next day.
Failure to do so would result in immediate termination.
This made the man in black take it seriously and prepare to sneak into the Gu Residence under the cover of darkness to deliver the letter to the target person.
However, before the man in black could find the target person, a saber directly broke through the door and charged towards him with an unstoppable momentum, as if it were about to split him in two the next second.
Fortunately, the man in black reacted quickly and used his lightness skill to dodge to the side.
Then, he saw the saber stuck in the floor tiles, its blade deeply embedded, only the hilt exposed.
This left the man in black dumbfounded, wondering how much strength the person who threw the saber had!
The floor tiles were made of solid large stones. Not to mention sticking a saber into them, even swinging a hammer would not easily cause them to crack.
But now, a saber was easily stuck into it. If it were a person…
Thinking of this, the cool tea in the man in black’s hand trembled even more violently.
“Who sent you to deliver the letter?”
“I… I am from the… Alliance. I was sent to deliver a letter by my superiors. I don’t quite know the specifics.”
Then, when Gu Yu asked the man in black, the man in black’s fear subsided, and his speech gradually became clearer, no longer stammering.
Upon hearing that the man in black was from the Alliance, Gu Yu nodded at him and then raised a hand to ask for the letter.
An alliance letter…
Quite interesting.
Then, after taking the letter into his hand, Gu Yu asked the man in black to leave quickly.
Before the man in black entered the room, Mengyao Gu did not accompany Gu Yu out of consideration for propriety. Instead, she stayed in the inner room, waiting for Gu Yu to resolve the matter.
“Yu, what’s going on? Did you kill that person?”
“No, he’s not a bad person, just a messenger.”
“A messenger?”
Then, when Mengyao Gu came out from the inner room, Gu Yu waved the envelope at her.
Without further delay, Gu Yu directly opened the envelope to see what was written inside.
“Exotic Charm, clear out quickly. Otherwise, there will be widespread suffering.”
However, after just seeing the first piece of letter paper, Gu Yu frowned.
This threatening letter made Gu Yu very unhappy.
He hated being forced.
“If you don’t do it, you and your wife won’t be able to go back and will have to stay in the capital forever. At least, until the issue with the Westerners is resolved.”
However, after seeing the content on the second piece of letter paper, Gu Yu’s mouth twitched, thinking about how shameless the Alliance people were!
He was just an ordinary villager. The previous events were one thing, but now they wanted him to save the lives of high-ranking officials in the capital.
Did they really think he was Doraemon, who could fulfill Nobita’s wishes at any time!
“Yu, what does the letter say?”
“Hmm… The Alliance wants me to be a hero who saves others and deal with that Opera House.”
When Mengyao Gu asked, Gu Yu quickly put the second piece of letter paper into his space, leaving only the first piece, and then handed it to Mengyao Gu, letting her see the information written on it as well.
It was better not to let Mengyao Gu see the writing on the second piece of letter paper.
“What? They actually want you, Yu, to solve the problem with the Westerners? This Alliance is too unreasonable!”
“Alas, I was also very angry when I first saw it, but thinking that so many innocent people are going to be killed, it’s really too pitiful… Since that’s the case, I’ll reluctantly help!”
“Yu, you’re going to help?”
Then, when Gu Yu said he would help, Mengyao Gu looked at him with a confused expression.
Compared to Gu Qingheng, Mengyao Gu knew Gu Yu better.
Therefore, she also knew that Gu Yu was not the type of person who would help others casually, and there must be some hidden reasons that forced Gu Yu to act.
However, these were not important.
As long as Gu Yu wanted to do it, she would unconditionally support him and focus on being Gu Yu’s solid backing.
If anyone wanted to harm Gu Yu, they would have to get past her first.
“Yes, it’s just the Westerners at the Opera House, it can be solved easily.”
Seeing the change in his little wife’s expression, especially the admiration in her eyes, Gu Yu immediately felt that hiding the second piece of letter paper was a very clever move!
Since he had to do it, why not make himself look more noble.
Being forced to help versus actively helping were completely different.
Although Gu Yu didn’t want to help at all.
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A side note here, tomorrow is the author’s birthday!
Although I’m getting older, which is quite frustrating, it still needs to be celebrated.
So, there will be three chapters tomorrow!
