Chapter Eighty-Five: The Old Affair of Kuizhou
Xu Gu poured another bowl of wine, drank it in one gulp, and praised it: "Good wine!" He told his story. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
He sighed: "Encounter! You had a very good saying about it, 'Butchers don't take pleasure in killing sheep and pigs'...... Something, anyway, the meaning is not bad, even if it is a killing, it is more than killing a few enemies and earning a few silver coins, it is not for nothing to kill people at will for fun, but it is always very rare......" Xu Gu poured another bowl of wine and drank it, and sighed heavily: "I have encountered one." ”
Gu Yan listened on the sidelines, drinking slowly, but did not interrupt.
"I've been stuffing this in my heart for a long time, so I'll talk to you about it today." Xu Gu said, "I have traveled almost half of the world with my father since I was a child, and I have learned martial arts since I was a child. After my father died, I had just reached the crown at that time, and I also thought that with my own tricks, like the ancient rangers, the sword was rampant in the world, eliminating violence and peace......" Xu Gu stared at the wine bowl with some wine in his hand, and his expression was focused, as if the wine bowl was a treasure from a thousand years ago, worth a thousand gold, and the wine in the bowl was also a rare wine for a thousand years. After a while, he suddenly laughed, "At that time, I went to the homes of those mediocre officials and rich people to extort some silver, and half of it was given to those poor families, and the rest was kept to drink with my brothers, and those days were also happy." With that, he drank all the wine in the bowl in one gulp.
Xu Gu said such a long list of words, but he didn't get to the point, but seemed to be immersed in memories, and couldn't help but feel a little itchy, so he took the initiative to pour Xu Gu another bowl of wine, and asked, "What happened later?" ”
"Later? Later, I don't remember that day, but I remember that I walked to Kuizhou Road, and I heard that there was a person in Kuizhou who committed many murders, and the deceased had no contact with each other, that is to say, the person who killed them did not know them at all, and the property on their bodies was not touched - one or two moved, and later it was only found out that it was a few greedy people who went to make the dead people's wealth......" Xu Gu smiled sarcastically, "Since the government can't catch the real murderer, it only deduces that those people committed the crime and cut them all, but everyone with a discerning eye knows it, That's just a few unfortunate scapegoats - on the very day of their execution, there were four more dead bodies in the suburbs in one go! Not only in the city, but in a large area of the surrounding area, the doors and windows are closed, and there is hardly anyone to see, no matter day or night, if you don't have to go out, you will never go out. ”
Xu Gu took another sip of wine: "I was young and vigorous at that time, so I thought about killing that wicked man and returning peace to the people. searched in many ways, walked most of Kuizhou, and finally found that person. After speaking, he looked at Gu Yan, "You say it's ridiculous, the states and counties of Kuizhou Road pass the buck to each other, don't seriously investigate, and only make the momentum mighty, but it's not as good as me!" Without waiting for Gu Yan to answer, Xu Gu continued: "That person alone can kill seven or eight adult men at a time, I thought in my heart, this person's martial arts must be extraordinary, after I found that person, I didn't think about killing him like this, I thought about competing with him - of course, I was young at that time, and I never thought that I would lose in his hands. Xu Gu poured another glass of wine, but put it on the table and didn't drink it. I asked him to compete, and he came out, but as soon as I fought, I already knew that I might not be his opponent. After dozens of moves, he already had the power to overwhelm my swordsmanship, so I made a decision, thinking that I had to die today, so I might as well take him on the road together! I used the trick of ending up together, who knows......"
Xu Gu's face became very strange, even his facial features were faintly distorted, he drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and put the wine bowl on the table: "He didn't dodge or dodge, he actually let me stab him in the chest with a sword!" It's just a matter of not hiding, obviously his knife can take my head, but he stopped it! ”
When Gu Yan heard this, he was also a little shocked: "There is such a thing!" ”
"It's more weird...... than that," Xu Gu said, "I was so shocked that I forgot to pull out the sword in my hand, giving him a chance to breathe, and he finally said a word, although the voice was muffled, I heard it very clearly......"
Xu Gu said very excitingly, Gu Yan couldn't help but subconsciously ask, "What did you say?" ”
Xu Gu smiled bitterly: "He said, 'I wanted to die for a long time. ’”
Hearing this unexpected answer, Gu Yan couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
Xu Gu poured another glass of wine: "You say, if that person really wants to die, why don't you kill yourself, why do you want to kill those irrelevant people?" If he killed so many people, why didn't he kill me in the end? Even if it was to die at the hands of an opponent, why did you choose me? At that time, I obviously couldn't win against him! Isn't that strange, you think? I even thought I had killed the wrong person, and I deliberately lived in Kuizhou for another two months, but I never heard of such a murder incident, and the murderer was clearly him! ”
Gu Yan was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke: "It's really strange, but it's not strange if that person is a madman." ”
Xu Gu was a little relieved: "I think the same way, that person is only afraid...... No, it's a lunatic at all! He sighed again, "I'm almost going to forget about it...... But that day, when I saw that Lin Zhi, I remembered it all at once. "Xu is drunk, and Xu Gu no longer uses the title of 'Lin Zigui', but calls him by his name somewhat unceremoniously.
Gu Yan didn't notice this small change at all, although he had some expectations in his heart, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but sit up straight. Will Lin Zhi, who reads all day long and has certain social difficulties, have anything to do with a murderous and inexplicable madman? At least Gu Yan absolutely can't connect the two. What's more, I heard people talk about Lin Zhi, who went to the capital since he was a child, how could he go to Kuizhou?
Gu Yan and Xu Gu looked at each other for a while, and Gu Yan reluctantly smiled: "It's possible that people in the world look a little alike......" As soon as the words came out, Gu Yan had already found that his tone had become a little strange.
Xu Gu shook his head, "No, they don't look alike at all in terms of appearance or age. ”
"Then why ......"
"It's intuition." Xu Gu said.
"Intuition is such a thing......" Gu Yan was a little unconvinced by this answer.
"If I didn't have such intuition, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to stand here now......," Xu Gu looked serious, "Every time I see him, I will unconsciously become vigilant...... It's been a long time since I've felt like this. Xu Gu paused, "Or rather, I have never felt this kind of hair-bearing feeling from anyone other than that person." ”
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I've heard of this book for a long time, but I haven't read it, but I read a little bit yesterday, and I feel like the door to a new world is slowly opening......
Xu Gu's intuition is true or false, what is going on? It's a secret~ But the mystery will also be revealed. It's just that I guess there's still a long way to go......