A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 135 Where can we go?

Zhou Hanzhang hadn't recovered yet, but with the strength of General Gu, he stood up and said, "I got up to exercise this morning."

General Gu was completely bewildered. He had never seen her get up early to exercise before, and besides, someone with her aptitude didn't need to be so diligent, did she?

Why are you exercising so early in the morning?

She waved her hand, "General Gu, could you please pour me a glass of water? I'm so sorry, I'm too tired and thirsty, I couldn't get up at all."

Seeing that her face had turned pale, General Gu didn't need to say anything more. He first helped her sit down, then quickly poured her a cup of tea and even brought it to her lips.

Zhou Hanzhang dared not actually ask General Gu to serve her tea. It was already impolite to ask him to pour water for a junior like her, so she quickly accepted the tea.

She gulped down the tea and finally felt a sense of relief.

Upon seeing this, General Gu immediately recalled how he hadn't even managed to touch the hem of her dress that day, and exclaimed, "You're being far too diligent!"

Zhou Hanzhang then said, "It's not that I'm diligent. I've taken Liu Niang as my master, and she's the one who dragged me up to practice today."

???

General Gu was even more confused. They had just agreed yesterday that he would get close to Liu Niang, so how come Zhou Hanzhang's relationship with Liu Niang has changed today?

Master and disciple?

He looked at Zhou Hanzhang with a shocked expression.

"Didn't I send someone to follow her? After we parted ways yesterday, I met He Shi, who told me that they had been following Liu Niang for a while but lost her. So I thought I'd go and see where they lost her."

Unexpectedly, Liu Niang was already waiting there, and she had even knocked He Shi unconscious. Left with no other choice, I followed Liu Niang to a house. Later, she said she saw I had good potential and wanted to take me as her apprentice. I thought that since she described me as so capable, having another master like her wouldn't be a bad thing, so I agreed.

"When did I ever say that Lady Liu was powerful?" General Gu was completely baffled.

"Oh, didn't I say? Liu Niang is the Youying you mentioned."

General Gu was startled and stood up abruptly from the stone bench. However, he didn't notice the protruding part of the bench and accidentally scraped his foot.

He grimaced, but didn't seem to care much. He just exclaimed in surprise, "What did you say? Liu Niang... she really is You Ying? You're not kidding?"

"Where did I make you think I was joking?"

"Then...then she didn't do anything to you, right?"

General Gu was extremely worried; this was a treasure of the royal family!

If anything happens to Zhou Hanzhang, let alone what the royal family will do to me, even if that good-for-nothing Zhou Huaide comes back, he won't let me off the hook.

The thought of Zhou Huaide's shameless nature sent a chill down his spine.

"It's nothing. What could she do to me? She just became my apprentice, that's all."

General Gu looked at Zhou Hanzhang with suspicion, still somewhat unable to believe it. "She's definitely not normal. Why did she choose you as her apprentice instead of someone else?"

"Who knows? But she's been pretty good to me. She even said that her businesses will all go to me and my senior brother in the future."

"No, she took in other disciples? This... I've never heard of that. And why does she only take in male disciples? Is she planning something on you? I've heard there's a very strange cultivation method in the martial arts world that requires male and female practitioners to cultivate together. You're still young, don't let her fool you."

General Gu couldn't help but think about how Zhou Hanzhang had been unable to stand up and looked so pale.

Zhou Hanzhang looked speechless. "What are you thinking? We are a proper master and disciple."

General Gu still didn't believe it, but since Zhou Hanzhang had said so, he had no choice. "Anyway, you should be more careful. If she wants to practice martial arts with you in the room or in the wild, don't agree."

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"Today, Liu Niang told me to keep attacking her, and then I squatted in a horse stance for half an hour."

"Oh, that's good, that's good. Anyway, be cautious." General Gu emphasized again.

In the end, Zhou Hanzhang didn't want to continue the conversation with him, so General Gu asked again, "How is her martial arts? Is she as skilled as the rumors say?"

Zhou Hanzhang didn't even touch the hem of her clothes today, so he doesn't know how powerful she is. "I don't know either. When she asked me to attack her today, I tried my best, but I couldn't even touch half a hem of her clothes."

Zhou Hanzhang was also very annoyed when he talked about this.

General Gu's eyes widened in surprise. "No way? You couldn't even touch the hem of her clothes? The rumors are true, her movement skills have reached the pinnacle, they're divine."

He recalled that when he sparred with Zhou Hanzhang before, he couldn't even touch the hem of Zhou Hanzhang's clothes after dozens of moves. The situation was so similar, no wonder the two became master and disciple.

After recovering, Zhou Hanzhang told General Gu that Liu Niang had arranged for people to search for Zhou Huaide and the Emperor of Great Zhou.

General Gu exclaimed in admiration, "You've made a good choice in becoming an apprentice. You don't know, even spending money might not get the Shadow Clan to help you even once. Now you can use these resources as you please, right?"

"Uh, you can't say that, can you?"

General Gu seemed somewhat excited, "Why can't you say that? You're now one of her only two disciples..."

Oh my god, I've struck it rich!

Seeing General Gu like this, Zhou Hanzhang couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. "Please calm down."

"No, no, you're too young to understand what this means. Let me explain it to you in detail..."

General Gu was so excited that he grabbed Zhou Hanzhang's hand and shook it excitedly, just like a child.

"cough."

Zhou Hanzhang felt rather uncomfortable. He coughed, withdrew his hand, and said again, "I know, please calm down."

Yesterday, my master told me that when her businesses come into the possession of my senior brother and me, I'll know what will happen. Although I don't yet know exactly how many businesses she owns, it must be quite a lot. Before I came back yesterday, she told me that if I need anything, I can go to Xianggui Yayuan for help.

"Xianggui Yayuan? Is that the biggest brothel in town? The place that rascal went drinking with women last night?"

Zhou Hanzhang nodded, "That's exactly where it is. However, it's not just a brothel; it's also an information gathering place. As long as you can afford the money, you can buy any kind of information."

Yesterday I chatted with the shopkeeper there about my father and my uncle's disappearance. The people there said that before they disappeared, someone came to them with two portraits, offering to buy information.

"What?! Could their disappearance be related to those people?"

"It's not certain yet, but my master said they weren't kidnapped; they slipped away quietly one night."

General Gu pondered for a long time, "They sneaked away?"

He paced back and forth, muttering to himself, "Where could they go if they left on their own?"