Chapter 184

"If I absolutely had to describe it, the girl before him was like a sprite beneath the moonlight — she simply didn't look like a mortal woman!"

Hearing this, many in the audience had already begun to imagine along.

Just what kind of woman could make even Fifth Master Gou feel shocked?

Zhang Lin had said before that Huo Xiangu's beauty ranked among the very best in Old Changsha.

But now, to hear that when Fifth Master Gou saw this Miao girl, he actually froze on the spot, his heart pounding violently!

That kind of description meant the other's beauty had reached a soul-striking degree!

Hearing this, Old Lady Huo's fingers gripping the chair had veins bulging, and Chang San, attending at the side, didn't dare move a muscle.

Although Fifth Master Gou was the old lady's old flame, hearing now that Fifth Master Gou had run off to Yunnan to drown himself in a Miao girl's beauty in order to heal his lovesickness — and that this lovesickness was connected to the old lady — one could well imagine the fury in Old Lady Huo's heart!

"Since ancient times, men have been fickle and unfaithful! That saying really isn't wrong!"

"It's only been half a month, and already his heart is pounding violently at the sight of that Miao girl?"

"Wu Laogou — that man is truly despicable enough!"

Hearing Old Lady Huo curse, Chang San quickly made himself as inconspicuous as a partridge, not daring to poke his head out.

Otherwise, touching the old lady's bad temper at this moment could very well earn him a beating.

The angrier Old Lady Huo got, the calmer she became in the end, muttering: "There's no need to be angry. From what the storyteller said earlier, Wu Laogou must have suffered a great loss because of that Miao girl."

"This old woman will just listen carefully to what punishment he received — it'll be a fine way to amuse myself!"

Chang San, listening at the side, broke out in a cold sweat, sighing that one truly must not lightly offend a woman.

It's been decades, and she still holds a grudge!

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"At this moment, he saw the girl leaning over the side of the boat, and Fifth Master Gou, for an instant, didn't know how to react."

"The two stared at each other, and suddenly the girl leapt up from the water, landing on Fifth Master Gou's boat."

"Miao girls already dressed boldly, and that girl had hardly any cloth covering her body, which made Fifth Master Gou's heart pound even harder."

"Fifth Master Gou, who had lorded it over Old Changsha and gone tomb-raiding countless times, suddenly didn't know what to do when faced with this girl."

"But the girl was not shy at all — she stretched out her hand and pointed at Fifth Master Gou's telescope."

"Fifth Master Gou hurriedly handed the telescope to her."

"The girl raised the telescope to her eye to look, and was instantly startled — her hand loosened, and the telescope dropped into the water."

"Fifth Master Gou reached out to catch it, but it was already too late!"

"The girl was clearly startled too — her shoulders shrank, and she immediately leapt into the water to search for it."

"But the river here was very deep, so retrieving the telescope was certainly impossible."

"So, when the girl dived down and surfaced again, Fifth Master Gou shouted to her: Don't bother looking, don't take the risk!"

"The girl naturally couldn't understand Fifth Master Gou's Han speech, but his shouts drew the attention of people in a canoe upstream."

"When the canoe drew near, the people on board saw Fifth Master Gou and all began whispering to each other curiously."

"At this moment, the girl surfaced again and said a few words loudly, and all of those people jumped into the water together."

"Fifth Master Gou naturally knew this group meant to help search for his telescope, but they didn't understand Han speech — no matter what he said, they still couldn't understand."

"Those Miao people all dived together and searched for a full hour, but returned empty-handed."

"Fifth Master Gou noticed everyone wore a dejected look, and the girl's expression was clearly very anxious."

"Just then, another canoe came drifting downstream — on it was a young man — and when those people saw him, they all began calling out to him."

"The girl, her face creased with worry, chattered away at the young man in their own tongue, and the young man's expression grew very solemn."

"He paddled over to Fifth Master Gou's boat and said: Mr., Lan Ling says she has lost your treasure — your treasure that can make a person fly from here to there in an instant!"

"Hearing the young man's words, Fifth Master Gou nearly burst out laughing!"

"A telescope can bring distant things closer, but the Miao girl Lan Ling had evidently never seen a telescope before and thought it was some extraordinary treasure."

"So Fifth Master Gou quickly said: That's no treasure, just a telescope, it has no value — you don't need to keep looking!"

"But the young man seemed not quite to believe Fifth Master Gou's words. Only after Fifth Master Gou said it a second time did the young man nod, and then began relaying it to Lan Ling."

"As the girl listened, the worried look on her face gradually vanished, and then she broke into a smile. Fifth Master Gou, watching, was again utterly captivated — he had never seen a girl's smile so radiant!"

"The young man then told Fifth Master Gou his name was Lan Qiao, and that their branch was the most authoritative clan among all the Miao people for hundreds of li around — called the Mengli Clan, with only a few hundred members."

"Lan Qiao told Fifth Master Gou that their clan had never allowed outsiders into their settlement."

"But Fifth Master Gou was truly generous, so Lan Qiao invited Fifth Master Gou to be a guest in their clan."

"Fifth Master Gou's eyes were at this moment nailed to Lan Ling and could not be moved away, so hearing the invitation he naturally nodded in agreement."

"But Fifth Master Gou did not know that 'Mengli' in the local Miao language means 'gu' — poison curse!"

"I think, if he had known, he would absolutely never have set a single foot on Mengli Clan's territory!"

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