Shi Ya followed the mysterious old man into a remote alley together.

At this time, he also saw that in the old man's left hand under his robe, he was holding a broken bowl with a few gaps exposed. It looks like an old beggar on the street.

The two of them walked until the end of the alley, and the old man stood still.

"Young man, you are indeed desperate in general. But now luckily, you've met me. ”

"What's ......" Shi Ya listened to his tone, and inexplicably ignited a wave of hope, "Do you also borrow money?" interest...... Will it be lower than there?"

The old man smiled mysteriously: "We don't want interest." ”

"We don't even need you to repay the principal. ”

Shi Ya was stunned. If he was still happy with the old man's words at first, but the loan that he did not have to repay was just a hoax.

"This ...... Are you trying to give me a sum of money for nothing? But ...... There's no such thing as a free lunch!"

The old man listened to what he said, and his body trembled slightly with his cane, and let out a loud laugh like a crow.

"Hehehe, you also know this sentence, then it's easy to say. We will indeed give you a large sum of money, enough to pay for your medical bills, but that is not a loan to you, but a reward for you. ”

"It's for you, for the reward for our killing. ”

Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Shi Ya's face turned white in an instant.

"Kill...... How can I do that? I've never killed anyone! No...... It's not the problem, it's that I can't kill people!"

"What's not to do?" the old man took an aggressive step closer to him, "This world is like this, if he doesn't die, your family will die." Are you going to let your family die for someone you don't know?"

"But......" Shi Ya was at a loss, "this ...... Still no, can you change the conditions?"

For a law-abiding honor student, he has always felt that those murderous things are very far away from him. Now suddenly there is a man, to put it mildly, let himself go and kill for them...... He said "murderous" in a bland tone, as if he had just taken a sip of cold water...... Shi Ya's back was cold, who did he meet by accident? They can't be a large criminal gang, right?

The old man looked at his frightened expression as if he were enjoying a very wonderful burlesque. He grinned, showing a mouthful of slightly yellowed teeth, and his smile was grim as if poison flowed from it.

"Think for yourself. If you think about it, you can come here and find me in the evening. If you don't come, I'll take you as a refusal. ”

"Remember," he approached Shi Ya again, "that if we can afford it, we won't be without someone willing to do things." We don't have to be you, but you have to be us. ”

……

The last sentence has been echoing in Shi Ya's mind.

Indeed, it is not them who have no choice now, but themselves.

However, as long as there is still the slightest chance, he is absolutely unwilling to kill people! If he kills someone, he will become a criminal, and all future and hope will be ruined! If he has to kill someone, he would rather go back and borrow usury! But ......

With a chaotic mind, Shi Ya has been walking around that street for a long time.

It wasn't until nightfall, when he really realized that there would be no more fairytale turnarounds, that he returned to the hospital in embarrassment.

As soon as he stepped through the gate, he saw several medical staff pushing stretcher carts and running forward and backward in the corridor. And his parents are also lying on two stretchers!

"What are you doing?" Shi Ya hurriedly ran over, shouting anxiously.

Standing next to the stretcher was a female head nurse in her forties. Her hair is held in a high bun and she wears a make-up that makes you feel mean at first glance. The eyebrows are high, the lips are bright red, and the face is as white as if it had been painted with paint. Seeing Shi Ya, she pursed her thin lips and walked over with a record book.

"Just in time for you to come back, the chairman of the Wanhai Foundation fell ill and needed to be hospitalized. Now Wan Hai has taken over the entire medical hall because their chairman doesn't like to see idle people and so on. You should also hurry up and take your family away. ”

Although Shi Ya has seen the cold eyes of others these days, the public expulsion of the medical hall still made the blue tendons on his forehead pop up: "This ...... Isn't this bullying? Now this black light is blinding, where are we going?"

Looking at the head nurse's lofty posture, Shi Ya's body fell short again. He knew that he didn't have any money in his hands, so he didn't have the capital to vent his anger wantonly.

"Please......" Shi Ya lowered her head and pleaded bitterly, "Please...... I'm really short on money right now, but I'm going to find a way to pay for the medical bills, so please don't drive us away......"

The head nurse didn't even bother to look at him, leaving him with only an indifferent glance. The undisguised disdain, as if looking at a beggar.

"Haven't you even paid for the bed? Then you can't afford to pay the follow-up expenses, and all the good medicines we use here are the best ones! Anyway, you should hurry up, don't waste time with us, just find a small clinic, whether you live or die, just make do, ah. ”

Shi Ya wanted to ask again, but the head nurse suddenly glanced him up and down: "Hey, you're still a student, right?"

Shi Ya listened to the change in her tone, and quickly nodded as if she was deliberately lenient to herself. Who knew that what he got was an even more contemptuous ridicule: "That is, you don't even have a basic income, what are you going to do to make money?"

On the stretcher car on the side, Shi Ya's parents were full of tubes. And those medical staff are violently dismantling medical equipment. Even unconsciously, the two old men let out a low grunt of discomfort.

The head nurse had already turned her head away and trimmed her nails. The red lips are like blood, the nails are even more red, and the blood drops seem to overflow at any time.

Yes, she, and this medical center, how many people they have eaten and how many patients they have cut off their lives. ...... on them It is indeed stained with countless blood!

Shi Ya was so angry and anxious that even his throat broke, and he said, "I...... I'm going to take the Tiangongmen assessment soon! After a few years, my income will not be a problem......"

The head nurse sneered and glanced at him with disgust: "Let's talk about it when you can get in." ”

This sentence was like a heavy slap in the face.

No one cares about his ambitions, no one wants to give him time. As long as he can't come up with the money now, he's a waste.

Is it true that the lives of the poor are lower than the lives of the rich? The chairman of the Wanhai Foundation, just because he "didn't want to see idle people, etc.," could buy the entire medical hall with a lot of money. And they, the poor, don't even have a bed, not even a place to stay......

is the same life, why does he have to live so lowly?

No, what's even more ridiculous is why does he use his cheap life to protect the lives of those rich people who are sitting on mountains of gold and silver? If their lives can get them through the difficulties, then let them die...... When you get to the Netherworld, look at these rich people again, are they still superior?

In just a few moments, Shi Ya's mentality has changed dramatically.

Seeing that the head nurse turned around to leave, Shi Ya shouted in a deep voice, "Wait!"

"Don't you just want the money? Okay, I'll pay it all tonight! Wait for me!"

……

He went back to the alley anyway.

Returned to this place, where he thought he would never come back.

Running all the way through the streets, lightning and thunder roared in the sky, and heavy rain poured down, and Shi Ya was also drenched. Fortunately, when he arrived in the alley, there was a whole row of high and low eaves, which could temporarily shelter from the wind and rain.

The old man was waiting there as promised. When I saw him, a subtle light flashed imperceptibly in my eyes. Putting away the broken bowl begging in front of him, he walked slowly in front of him on crutches.

"You're finally here. ”

"What, you've figured it out?"

Shi Ya gritted his teeth and nodded heavily: "Except for myself, no one cares about the life or death of our whole family." ”

If the people I want to kill are those who are indifferent, why should I cut off my own way of life in order to save them?

Adversity makes people grow. It's just that it's not necessarily good growth.

The old man listened to his reply, but there was no wave in his eyes. It seems that Shi Ya's choice has long been expected by him.

"That's right. Young people, they should think more about themselves. ”

"Who do you want me to kill?" Shi Ya didn't want to say too much to the conversation, and immediately went straight to the point. He couldn't wait to get the money back and slap the head nurse in the face who looked down on people!

The old man was also refreshed, and he didn't sell too much, and replied lightly: "Prince of the Heavenly Saint Kingdom, Gu Mingxu." ”

Even though Shi Ya had already been prepared, he was still shocked at this time: "What?Heavenly Saint Emperor?You're not joking with me, are you?If you kill the prince, will the royal family be able to give up?When the time comes, the situation of me and my family will ......?"

"Then it depends on whether you have the ability to do it seamlessly. The old man smiled at him, interrupting all his rebuttals.

"During the assessment of Tiangongmen, there will be a group battle link. I'll put you in the same group as the prince. When the time comes, you'll kill him in the ring!"

"Don't worry, there are so many candidates participating in the competition, as long as you are cautious, no one will find you. ”

Shi Ya's eyes flickered several times. may be a deep disappointment in this society, so that he no longer wants to distinguish any nonsense such as "the prince is innocent" and "he and I have no grievances". His way of thinking also quickly changed from "can't kill" to "how to kill".

"But...... There is one more problem. ”

When Shi Ya said this, his eyes were frighteningly indifferent. Ending a human life seems to have no moral pressure on him. If he saw his classmates in Wuya before, he would definitely not recognize it, this is the student representative who used to be excellent in character and learning.

"The other party is a prince, right, that is to say, the best training he has received since he was a child. I'm sure I can't beat him, then...... How did I kill him?"

When the old man saw him "knowing the times" like this, a cold light of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

"The organization has also taken this issue into account. So we've got this for you. ”

He raised his hand and handed over a small porcelain vase.

"This poison, which seals the throat when you see blood, has always been the favorite of the royal family. ”

Shi Ya's half-raised hand stiffened in mid-air. After all, he was still scared.

"You prepare a dagger, apply this poison to the blade in advance, and then approach Gu Mingxu. The old man said coldly, "As long as you can cut a wound on his body, the toxin will immediately seep into the blood of his body." He will lose consciousness in the shortest possible time and will surely die. And you, taking our pay, will walk away with your whole body. ”

After Shi Ya took the poison, the old man raised his hand again, and this time he handed out a thick stack of silver tickets.

A flash of lightning swept across the sky, illuminating the large number of silver tickets. The bright red seal on the top was so red that it seemed to drip blood.

"It's a deposit for you, and it's enough to pay for the medical bills. When you successfully assassinate Gu Mingxu, we will give you another honorarium. Enough for your family to have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime. ”

"Wealth is in danger, young man, take advantage of it. The old man smiled coldly, but his palm did not retract, "Then, I wish us a happy cooperation?"

Shi Ya looked at the silver tickets in a daze, he had never seen so much money in his life.

It turns out that money can come so easily, as long as you sell your conscience......

However, heh, conscience can be exchanged for money, so what is it for keeping it compared to a conscience that can't be eaten, can't be used, and can't save lives at critical moments?

Thinking like this, Shi Ya also stretched out his hand and shook the old man's palm like dry bark: "Happy cooperation." ”

The old man smiled with satisfaction, no, and then his hand suddenly strengthened, pinching Shi Ya's bones to pieces.

"But I want to remind you that since you have taken this path, whether it is a blessing or a curse will be borne by you alone. At no time should you say anything about your relationship with the organization. Otherwise, we can have your whole family live, and we can have your whole family die, you remember—"

Thunder pierced the gloomy sky, illuminating the ghostly face.

……

"You will all know what happened next. ”

Shi Ya sighed. Thinking back to that time, he felt as if he had been carried away by a ghost. The self who can sell his soul without hesitation for money is really terrible......

"In other words, you don't know why they killed Gu Mingxu, right?" Wen Zhichen asked.

Previously, when Tang Duan was talking to him in the dark, he deliberately said that his next mission would be to assassinate Gu Mingxu. I just want to know whether Shi Ya knows the hidden secrets.

"I've thought about it privately," Shi Ya swallowed, "maybe they just want to cause chaos in the country?

Obviously, he didn't know. When the clue arrives here, it seems to be broken again.

"From what you say, I think they've been eyeing you for a long time. At this time, Feng Boliang on the side suddenly spoke.

"You think, if they want to find someone to assassinate, they can't just pull someone on the street, right? Otherwise, you were not the only one who borrowed loan sharks at that time, why did they find you?"

This has always been Shi Ya's confusion, and his breathing can't help but become short. But...... Why yourself?

"Because you meet their criteria. Shen Antong also groaned and spoke, "You are a boundless high-achieving student, with excellent strength and brains, and it just so happens that your family is very poor." Then, as long as you try to plunge your family into a big crisis, you can only be at their mercy. ”

"So, your dad will get hurt, and most of them did it. Feng Boliang bowed slightly, and continued, "Didn't you say that the other workers present were all divided? Maybe in fact, they knew something, but they were threatened to be 'shut up' by the people of that organization. ”

"This ...... Is this true?" Shi Ya's mind went blank. He once felt that although the group of people was only using themselves, they still helped him after all. Who would have thought...... Who would have thought that this would be a trap from the beginning?

If they just designed themselves, they even involved their innocent family members...... Shi Ya clenched his fists fiercely. Those crazy beasts must not be let go!

"You just said that before the assessment, they said that they would put you and Gu Mingxu in the same group, right?" Wen Zhichen noticed something again, "Why can they do this? Could it be that their hands have already reached the Heavenly Palace Gate?"

"The situation is urgent, and I will immediately inquire with the team that drew up the list. The bearded examiner didn't dare to slack off at this time, and hurriedly started a video call to get in touch with the examiners who were in another room.

During the short exchange, all the examiners responded that there was no abnormality in the grouping process. Only one of the examiners hurriedly stepped forward after answering, adding:

On the day the list was drawn up, I saw an old beggar outside the temple. Seeing that he was in rags, I went out and gave him a few spirit stones. I left the duty room, and there was only so much time for me. Don't...... Could it have something to do with the old beggar?"

"What, old beggar?" Shi Ya suddenly jumped up, "The person who connected with me is also an old beggar!"

Everyone looked at each other, who was this mysterious old beggar, and what kind of conspiracy was brewing in the mysterious organization behind him?

The mystery of the murderer is solved, but the secrets drawn out seem to be getting more and more complicated!

(End of chapter)