Chapter 33: You were originally a good person, why did you become a thief (Part 2)

  Xiao Shouren laughed and said, "Don't cry! Don't cry! I've considered the problem with my hand, so I'll just use ink to draft it first. Then, following the outline, I won't make any mistakes. Okay, now I'll draft on your right cheek too." Xiao Shouren spoke as he looked at the female assassin's face and saw her eyelashes trembling, clearly a mix of anger and fear. He was delighted and said, "The words 'official prostitute' don't sound very good, do they? Why don't we write something else instead?" The female assassin still didn't say a word, closing her eyes even tighter. Xiao Shouren then wrote the two characters for "assassin" on her right cheek before putting down his brush and picking up the dull scissors that had been lying there. He placed the scissors against the left side of her face and said, "If you don't open your eyes, I really will cut! First, I'll carve a small turtle shell, then write some unpleasant words." The female assassin's tears flowed, but she refused to open her eyes. Xiao Shouren was at a loss for what to do, so he lightly ran the dull tip of the scissors across her face. Although the scissors were dull and didn't harm her delicate skin, the female assassin panicked, thinking that Xiao Shouren really was carving designs on her face. Her weak body gave out, and she fainted from anxiety.

  Xiao Shouren saw that she looked different, and was afraid that he had scared her to death. He quickly reached out to check her breathing, fortunately, she still had a pulse. "Little assassin, pretending to be dead," he said. He thought: "She won't even open her eyes, could it be that I've really lost to this little girl?" He took a wet cloth and wiped away the ink stains on her cheeks, wiping three times before they were clean. Her eyebrows were light, her eyelashes long, her mouth small, and her nose straight, her face was truly beautiful. "You're a good person, why did you become a thief?" he muttered to himself. After a while, the female assassin slowly came to, opening her eyes to see Xiao Shouren's pair of eyes staring at her from just a foot away. She couldn't help but be startled, and quickly closed her eyes again.

  Xiao Shouren saw the little girl's adorable appearance and couldn't help but laugh: "Don't close your eyes, I've already seen you open them. It looks like I won! Alright, I'm a big boy, I won't bother with you. But now that you're injured, and I have to leave, what should we do?" Xiao Shouren said with furrowed brows.

  The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was no other way. Pacing back and forth in the room, if this female assassin hadn't been injured, it would have been easy to just fly over the eaves and escape. But now the problem was that her injuries were too severe, making normal walking a problem, let alone flying over the eaves to escape. Even disguising herself to blend in and leave was a big issue. After some thought, Xiao Shouren felt that the best course of action was to hurry up and find medicine to help her recover from her injuries. As the saying goes, "rescue people to the end, send Buddha to the west."

  The female assassin's identity is not that simple, she is the adopted daughter of the Khan of the Great Plains, named Gesu Yun. She grew up on the grasslands since childhood and has exceptional martial arts skills, a true heroine on horseback and a beauty on foot. The reason for her coming to China this time dates back to the recent great rebellion on the grasslands. After the Khan took power, his position was not very stable, many people were dissatisfied with the old Khan's arrangements, and rebellions broke out among the tribes, which could not be suppressed. Gesu Yun, who had shown great intelligence since childhood, volunteered to devise a plan for the Khan, a poisonous and ruthless plan that required great courage. Since childhood, Gesu Yun has been fascinated by Chinese culture and has mastered the 36 Stratagems.

  On a dark night, Gesu Yun presented her plan to her father Khan and then disappeared into the prairie, arriving in the Central Plains where she had long been inclined. After half a month of traveling, she finally arrived at Shang City, where the winds and clouds gathered. In Shang City, she quickly found Yang Guang's temporary residence, which was also the city master's mansion, where he had been hiding for some time. She inquired about Yang Guang's daily activities and calculated her final route before sneaking into the backyard of the city master's mansion last night. Through bribery, she had already bought off some eunuchs who were close to the emperor, making it easy for her to sneak into Yang Guang's bedroom. However, Gesu Yun was careless and did not expect that the old man who usually guarded the emperor would also be guarding Yang Guang while he slept. She was discovered by him and struck by his palm, forcing her to flee in defeat. Along the way, she was surrounded by the imperial guards who had been alerted, and with severe injuries, she knew she was no match for those skilled fighters. Knowing she could not win, she used the 36th strategy of "retreat is the best option" and fled, hiding in a small hut at the intersection of the inner and outer cities to wait for an opportunity.

  The purpose of Geshu's actions this time is very clear. If he succeeds in assassinating the emperor, the Sui dynasty will be left without a ruler, and if he intentionally leaves something behind in the palace to prove his Turkic identity, the ministers of the Sui dynasty will definitely use the banner of avenging their lord to either fight each other or divide the territory among themselves. This way, they won't have to worry about being taken advantage of by the people of the Central Plains during the internal turmoil of the Turks. The Central Plains will not be able to take advantage of the situation. If the ministers of the Central Plains are united and work together to avenge their lord and attack the Turks, that would be even better. After the external enemy invades, Shibi Khan can rally his troops and first defeat the external enemy before stabilizing the internal situation. The eight directions will respond to his call, and he can take advantage of this opportunity to become the leader of the allied army, mobilize the military forces of various tribes, and use the military forces of the Central Plains to engage in a fierce battle, exhausting the strength of the opposing tribes. Once the war is over, only Shibi Khan's voice will be left on the grasslands.

  Such a secretive matter, of course, the fewer people who know about it, the better. If it leaks out, not to mention whether the plan succeeds or not, it may also lead to the hostility of various tribes on the grasslands. If that's the case, then Shibi Khan's position as Khan will definitely be in jeopardy. Therefore, Shibi Khan entrusted this extremely important task to his most beloved adopted daughter, Geshu Yun. Moreover, she has exceptional martial arts skills and is much better at handling unexpected events than others. Only by entrusting it to her can Shibi Khan feel at ease.

  Xiao Shouren saw that the female assassin had fainted from being frightened by him, so he washed his face and went downstairs to have breakfast, also bringing some food up for Ge Shuyun.

  As soon as I entered the room, I saw that female assassin, Ge Shu Yun, lying on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, lost in thought.

  Xiao Shouren's opening of the door did not wake Ge Shuyun from her daze, Xiao Shouren saw her like this and couldn't help but mutter to himself. Wearing night-traveling clothes, darting across rooftops, a standard assassin's appearance, yet someone came in without being detected, no vigilance at all, still an assassin? If it were someone else who came in, by now they'd probably be a hedgehog already.

  "Cough cough" Xiao Shouren coughed twice, looking at Ge Shu Yun, hoping she would focus her attention on him, so he could give her breakfast.

  Xiao Shouren's two coughs still worked, and Geshu Yun's face changed as soon as he heard the two coughs. The pale face that was already pale due to injury became even more deathly pale.

  When she saw clearly that the person who came in was Xiao Shouren, her face slowly recovered to its original pale color.

  Seeing her change in expression, Xiao Shouren was still quite pleased in his heart. At least, this way he looked like an assassin!

  Xiao Shouren saw that the female assassin's seven souls and eight spirits had returned, so he walked over to the bedside, smiling but not quite smiling as he looked at Ge Shu Yun lying on the bed.

  Ge Shu Yun was also confused about Xiao Shou Ren's intentions for a while, until he was looked at by Xiao Shou Ren and felt goosebumps all over his body. He weakly asked "W-what do you want to do?"

  "Heh heh, what did you say I wanted to do? A lonely man and a widow, you're still hurt, what can I do?" Xiao Shouren looked at Ge Shu Yun with a mischievous grin.

  "Don't you dare, I'm telling you, I'm not an ordinary person. If you dare to do anything untoward to me, I guarantee you won't see tomorrow's sun." Ge Shu Yun threatened Xiao Shou Ren with a resentful expression.

  "Cut, and you can't even see tomorrow's sun yet. I'll let you not see tomorrow's sun in a minute. I kindly helped you get some band-aids to treat your wounds, but you repay kindness with enmity and want me to not see tomorrow's sun too." Xiao Shouren said indignantly.

  "Huh? You are... I thought you were going to... who made you stare at me without saying anything clearly?! Deserved it!" Ge Shu Yun heard Xiao Shou Ren say that, and his mind suddenly relaxed, but he still said something inconsistent with his heart.

  "Please! I've seen plenty of foreign chicks with mixed blood, oh right, you wouldn't understand. I've seen many girls like you before, and you don't have the capital to make me stay and watch tomorrow's sunrise." Xiao Shouren said with a disdainful face.

  Seeing Xiao Shouren's disdainful expression, Ge Shuyun's anger dispersed the little bit of emotion she had felt when Xiao Shouren was hurt to get medicine for her. You can call a girl stupid or silly, but you absolutely cannot say in front of a woman that someone looks too safe, otherwise it will be your turn to be unsafe.

  "What are you looking at? I've brought the golden wound medicine for you, have you grown hands behind your back?" Xiaoshouren saw the anger in Gesuyun's eyes and quickly got to the point.

  If looks could kill, I reckon Xiao Shouren would have vaporized by now and returned to the great outdoors.

  "Your grandfather grew hands on his back! He's sick!" Geshu Yun retorted.

  "I don't know if my grandfather has grown hands behind his back, but I do know that he won't let others shoot arrows at his back. Of course, there's no need for him to grow hands behind his back and become some kind of three-handed or four-armed swordsman. But one thing is certain: if you still have this attitude towards me and don't even have hands growing behind your own back, then you can just wait to say goodbye to tomorrow's sun." Xiaorong saw that the female assassin was still being stubborn even after lying down on the bed, so he gave her a reminder to make her realize her current situation.

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