13. Parting ways
The horns and claws of the Gu Eagle had been removed by Shi Yuanji and put into the seed bag, and he observed the actions of the two groups of people, and suddenly found that this troublesome matter seemed to be not solved.
Hu Xueling finally recovered from her fright, she was trembling all over, and wanted to draw her sword to give herself courage, but she couldn't pull out the sword because of her trembling hands, and she was so anxious that she was about to cry.
Wang Qi, who was slapped away by the Gu Eagle, lay there motionless, his face was pale, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.
Gui Kun was talking to the two guards in the woods, as if there was an argument, but after a while, the two guards came towards him murderously.
Shi Yuanji glared fiercely at the old horse who was looking for food next to him, and scolded in a low voice: "Evil animal, you caused me trouble, I asked you to go quickly, you just scattered!"
The old horse still shook his head, and continued to look down for tender grass to eat.
There are only two guards left around Gui Kun, both of whom are domestic slaves brought out of the house. And those hired guards have long since disappeared.
He didn't go far, but stayed not far from Shi Yuanji and quietly observed.
"Look here, there is no village in front of the village, there is no store in the back, it is a good place to kill people and sell goods. Here, if I had done you, who would have known?"
Shi Yuanji's words greatly inspired him, and a long-standing desire rose irrepressibly in his heart.
"The credit for killing the monster is mine, and Hu Xueling is also mine. Gui Kun said fiercely in his heart.
"Gui Yun, Gui Hui, you two are loyal, Lao Tzu will not treat you badly. Gui Kun turned his head and looked at the two of them heroically. "Take a closer look, are you sure you can kill that Taoist priest?"
"As long as he is killed, the credit for killing the monster is ours, and Hu Xueling can't rob us. It's done, each of you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"
The two looked at Shi Yuanji, only to see Shi Yuanji neatly cut off the horns and claws of the Gu carving. Gui Yun pondered for a moment, and said with a gloomy face: "Childe, I can't do it." But since Childe has this intention, even if I have my liver and brain, I have to give it a try. ”
Gui Kun was very happy, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, he is really loyal, and he is worthy of being a slave in my house." What about you?"
Gui Hui is not so refreshing, even fools can see that Shi Yuanji is powerful, and killing him is like sending him to death. He hesitated in a cold sweat, and he stayed there at a loss.
"What's your name? I forget, but I remember your face. Gui Kun looked at him angrily. "You are a slave raised by my family, and your family is also in the house. ”
"By the way, I remember, if the domestic slave is beaten to death by the master's family, it does not violate the law of our dynasty. ”
The guard held his hand on the hilt of his sword, his eyes glistening with hatred. Seeing this, Gui Kun said unhurriedly: "Okay, dare to show the knife at me? If you do things well, I will still treat you as a brother, even if you die, your family will be protected." But if you cut me, guess what would happen?"
"As long as I don't come back alive, you and your family will die. Don't you even have this kind of enlightenment, a minion?"
Gui Hui's hand trembled, and after thinking for a long time, he put his hand down from the hilt. He arched his hand and said helplessly: "After I die, I only ask my son to be kind to my family, and I will die without regrets." ”
"Okay, I promise you. Gui Kun saw that the two of them were as he wished, and said with satisfaction. "I will raise your wife and children, you don't have to worry. ”
The two guards glanced at each other, thinking of their family in Gui Mansion, and couldn't help but feel sad. Is my life so worthless, and will Gui Kun's promise be fulfilled after they die?
But after all, the Gui family is the gate valve, and Gui Yihu is the imperial doctor, under Gui Kun's obscene intimidation, they have no choice.
Gui Yun and Gui Hui were full of grief and indignation, and drew their blades and walked towards Shi Yuanji.
Living, killing, giving, and seizing, this is the taste of power, Gui Kun watched the two of them being manipulated by himself, and he was very proud.
"This brother is offended. Two guards appeared behind Shi Yuanji, flashing their blades.
"What advice do you have for you?" Shi Yuanji looked at them with a smile.
"I can't talk about advice, it's just that you have to give up the credit for killing the monster. ”
Shi Yuanji smiled slightly, and made a gesture of please: "Is this still a credit? Then you can take it, I didn't care." ”
He put away the seed bag, rode leisurely on the old horse, turned the horse's head and headed again towards the mountain.
The two guards didn't expect Shi Yuanji to agree so quickly, and they were stunned for a while. They watched Shi Yuanji ride on the old horse and leave slowly, and the already brewed killing intent towards Shi Yuanji and the tragic feeling of dying for his family suddenly disappeared.
Under the backdrop of Shi Yuanji's open-minded attitude, the inexplicable sense of tragedy of the two guards was like a joke.
"Damn, now...... What should I do?" the timid Gui Hui was not strong-willed, and he retreated in an embarrassing atmosphere.
Gui Yun was also at a loss in his heart: "I don't know, let's go back and recover first." Alas, what about the childe?"
It was only at this time that the guards discovered that Gui Kun had long since disappeared, and Wang Qi, who was lying in the distance, had his throat cut with a knife at some point, and a pool of blood flowed under his body, and Hu Xueling had disappeared.
"What's going on?" the two ran to Wang Qi's body, questions lingering in their minds.
"Look at the stab wound. Gui Yun pointed to Wang Qi's severed throat. It can be seen that the person who killed Wang Qi was very decisive, but his skills were rusty. ”
Gui Hui fixed his eyes and observed that Wang Qi's throat was chopped open with a knife, but the knife was very crooked and too strong, and his head and neck were about to break. This shows that the murderer's knife skills are very poor and in a hurry, so he can cause this kind of knife wound.
Shi Yuanji was left by them watching, it wouldn't be him. Hu Xueling was so frightened that she couldn't pull out her sword, and she had no reason to kill Wang Qi. The murderer's true body is about to come out.
"Why did Gui Gongzi do this?" Gui Hui was puzzled, he couldn't understand Gui Kun's motives at all.
"Why? Don't you know how ruthless and unrighteous our young master is?" Gui Yun was not surprised at all by this, and said calmly. "Why do the people in the capital call him 'the bastard overlord'? It's because he has a domineering temperament and a mixed brain. ”
"I've been with him for ten years and I know him too well. This kid was arrogant and domineering, and when he was fifteen years old, he was beaten to death for adultery with a woman from a good family. He came this time for Miss Hu's family, as long as he could get her, he would do anything. ”
"He wants us to fight to the death with that temple Zhu, kill Wang Qi himself, and then rob Hu Xueling to hide, I'm afraid I don't know where to be a traitor at this time!"
"I've only been in Gui Mansion for two years, and I only heard that Gui Kun is a bastard, but I didn't expect to be such a bastard!" Gui Hui was frightened by a series of things, and the cold sweat never stopped, and now he was a little dizzy. He took out the flask he had brought with him and took a sip to sober himself up.
"Gui Yun, where are you going?" Gui Hui finished drinking, and saw Gui Yun get up and walk away, actually in the direction of the mountain.
"From now on, I won't be called Gui Yun, I'll be called Li Yun. Li Yun took off his guard uniform and threw it away. "I used to be a robber, and Li Yun was my former name. Anyway, if I go back, I'll die, so I might as well do my old job and go to the stockade. ”
"Gui Yun, don't be like this, we won't be okay when we go back, right?" Gui Hui was a little unwilling and hurriedly persuaded.
"Will it be okay? Gui Kun asked us to die, but we didn't die, will we have good fruit to eat when we go back? The woman he is raping now, but the daughter of the prime minister today, this black cauldron must be carried by someone, do you think he will carry it? Isn't it thrown on you and me?"
"Anyway, my mother-in-law is a prodigal, I've been out for a few years, she has hooked up with wild men, and my son doesn't know if it's biological, let's die, I'll find another one. ”
Li Yun didn't look back, and strode out of the mountain.
"Brother Yun, don't leave yet, you give me a move. Gui Hui ran to Li Yun, knelt down, and begged bitterly.
"Brother Yun, you don't have anything to worry about, but my wife is still in the Gui Mansion, you can give me a trick, please. ”
Li Yun was very tired of seeing Gui Hui's performance, but when he heard that Gui Hui was for the old lady, he frowned and said calmly: "Why did you take your mother to Gui's mansion?"
"The Gui family is looking for a family to raise slaves, including food and shelter, my family is poor, so I want my mother to enjoy two days of happiness, but who would have thought ......"
Li Yun pondered for a moment and said: "This is also simple, you go back and say that Gui Kun doesn't want to go home with the woman Ding Yunzhi is looking for, so let you report safety to Gui Yihu, and then find a reason to take your wife away." ”
"Don't worry, Gui Kun always doesn't come home because he plays with women, and Gui knows it inside and out. The rest depends on your luck, if Gui Kun goes back earlier than you, your mother will be saved. After Li Yun finished speaking, he sighed and strode towards the outside of the mountain.
Gui Hui slowly stood up, thought for a long time, and then made up his mind and marched in the direction of the capital.