Chapter 172: The Choice of Affection
As Shang Que slowly told what had happened in the next five days, the six people in the hall connected the known details of the events one by one in their minds, and couldn't help but gasp, this 'Zhen Gongzi', that is, the most suspected mysterious killer at present, his meticulous mind and careful plan were chilling.
Even now, they still can't figure out the true identity of this person, let alone his exact appearance.
There are as many as half of the people in Jinju City, and after a few days, only seven people remain, which can not be said to be desolate, and it is helpless to take an enemy, and it is inevitable that it will appear incompetent.
"The subordinates are incompetent, so that the opponent has repeatedly succeeded, and he can't share the worries of the door owner, please punish the door owner!" Rocky lowered his head and confessed his guilt.
Seeing this, the remaining five people hurriedly followed: "Please punish the door master!"
After Shang Que heard this, he smiled and said: "Crime? Guilt is also the sin of my loose style as the master of the door, and it has reached this point, so don't be false and wronged, I am also tired." Reprimand? Punish you for thinking about it, or do you order yourself to be caned for thirty and then watch you be killed one by one?"
Shang Que was laughing, the smile was very faint, very cold, just as unkind as the feeling his appearance brought to people, and no one in the hall dared to speak out.
I only heard Shang Que suddenly say sharply: "The Lord of the Six Halls listens to the order!"
As if frightened, the six of them shook their spirits and responded, "Here!"
Shang Que opened his eyes, stood up, and said word by word: "I have sent three urgent letters, one asking for help from Tiangangmen, one to chase after Ying Long, and one to urge Bi E to hurry back to Jinzhou.
Yue Heng and Li Ansheng went out of Jinzhou from the South City Gate to pick up people from Tiangang Gate.
Zheng Yi and Yan Bingqiang went to the North City Gate to pick up Lao E and his party.
Huang Qinglei, you walk alone from the East City Gate, and take a detour to meet the people of Tiangangmen.
Rocky, you go to the West City Gate to pick up Lao Ying and the others.
After all, this 'Zhen Gongzi' is alone, if he leaves from four directions at the same time, he will be unable to do anything after all, and he will only have the opportunity to stop all the way, and if he is lucky, he may not run into it.
After another stick of incense is the hour, you are limited to a cup of tea in the order, before the time must go out of the city.
If the time comes, and you are not waiting for your companion at the gate of the city, you need not wait any longer, but go out of the city at once. ”
After Shang Que finished speaking, the six people responded: "Yes!"
Rather than saying that Shang Que's words were to arrange operational tasks, it was more like explaining the aftermath and letting the six people flee for their lives.
The six people present have survived until now, and they are obviously people with more bright heads, and they have already heard that their door master's arrangements are completely to spread risks and reduce losses, and what is his own plan? Is he going to meet that "Zhen Gongzi" alone?
Lao Li secretly raised his eyes to look at Shang Que, and he suddenly felt that this "young man" who was a little younger than himself was a little lonely in the hall, and he was a little loveless in the world.
In his understanding, Shang Que has always been silent, and unless he is fighting with other sects, he rarely speaks out to discipline the people in the gang.
Cold people are always unnaturally avoided, and Shang Que has always been like an ice cube in summer, looking withdrawn and incompatible with everyone.
But Lao Li understands that people like himself can be a hall master in the earthly evil gate, which can be regarded as finding a chicken for the family that will lay eggs regularly, no matter whether you pay or not, you will never lose your share, and you can get more if you work hard, in today's world, it can be said that it is a golden rice bowl that is hard to shake.
Many gangs have their own coffers, but the coffers of the Disha Gate are definitely the most barren, because in addition to the funds used for emergency purposes, almost all the income earned by the gang goes into the pockets of each member, and the money is used to the fullest.
Therefore, most of the reasonable and reasonable people in the Earth Demon Gate respect the cold-faced master who is high up and does not like words.
After hesitating for a moment, Lao Li finally couldn't help but ask, "What about you, the master of the sect?"
Shang Que replied: "I? This 'Zhen Gongzi' is here to rush to the ground, as long as I am alive and still in the city, he will definitely not leave Jinzhou, I will drag him here, and I will meet the person behind this person by the way." ”
Everyone was surprised at this time, Huang Qinglei and Lao Li asked in unison: "Didn't the owner say that there is only one person on the other side?"
Shang Que said lightly: "One person is indeed enough to complete all kinds of matters in the past few days, but if you want to be like a treasure to us, and grasp everyone's preferences and even living habits, it is definitely not something that can be achieved overnight, I think there must be someone behind this 'Zhen Gongzi' who is giving him advice." ”
"I am willing to share the worries of the door master!" Yan Bingqiang said, his meaning was obvious, and he was willing to stay and face a strong enemy with Shang Que.
Shang Que chuckled: "You go out of the city is the greatest help to me, don't worry, this person doesn't know martial arts, I can handle it alone." ”
Seeing that Shang Que had made up his mind, everyone did not dare to disobey, and they all took orders to leave.
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Lao Li was the last of the six to walk out of Zhikezhai, walking slowly, and was soon left behind by the others.
He was so engrossed in pondering what Shang Que had said before leaving, almost forgetting that the master of the door had set a time limit for them.
- Someone is giving advice to this "Zhen Gongzi", but this person does not know martial arts.
At first, he suspected that the master of the door was thinking about their safety, and he used this person's lack of martial arts to reassure them.
Then, after thinking about it carefully, there really is such a person in Jinzhou City who knows everything about them, but he is not a person in the rivers and lakes, and he does not know martial arts, and more importantly, this person is delicate and often gives advice to others.
Thinking about it carefully, the answer in his heart was about to come out, how could Lao Li not figure out what the purpose of this person was to help "Zhen Gongzi" deal with the evil sect, could it be that this "Zhen Gongzi" was a righteous person in the rivers and lakes?
Suddenly, a trembling hand grabbed it, startling Lao Li, who was in deep thought.
Lao Li, who was in shock, only settled down after seeing clearly that the middle-aged man in front of him was a young old Zhao.
I saw Lao Zhao Qiang holding the tears in his eyes, his trembling lips made it difficult to pour out a thousand words on his lips, and his trembling hands grabbed Lao Li's sleeves, refusing to relax at all.
Seeing that this was wrong, Lao Li hurriedly clasped Lao Zhao with his free right hand, tried to calm him down, pulled him aside, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Zhao, what's wrong?"
Lao Zhao seemed to be ashamed of Lao Li, Lao Li's question made him unable to control his eyes anymore, and the old tears were all over the place.
Lao Li hurriedly said: "Brother, brother, if you have something to say slowly, don't worry, I'm here." ”
said so, but Lao Li was stunned in his heart, this Lao Zhao is also a person who has lived for most of his life, when did he have such a gaffe, didn't something big happen?
Suddenly, he found that the back of Lao Zhao's hand was covered with a layer of cold sweat, so that the palm of his hand on it was also very cold.
Cheerfulness can bring warmth to people, and fear brings cold, this old Zhao is so afraid, could it be that he was threatened by his life?
At this juncture, Lao Li couldn't help but think to the "Zhen Gongzi", could it be that "Zhen Gongzi" came to the door? But why did he go to Lao Zhao's trouble?
After a while, Lao Zhao finally opened his mouth: "Lao Li, the old brothers can't stand you, don't ask anything, come with me quickly." ”
After that, Lao Zhao seemed to have the strength to pull Lao Li away, and the uneasiness in Lao Li's heart became more and more serious, and he didn't know what to ask, but his feet involuntarily followed Lao Zhao.
He had a faint instinct that if he had the slightest resistance to Lao Zhao, he would die on the spot.
At least for now, where they are going will make him feel a lot more at ease, they are heading to the east of the city, which is the direction of the old Zhao family.
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East of the city, Zhao's grocery store.
Squeak!
The door of the house was pushed open, and Lao Li followed Lao Zhao into the house, and after seeing the scene in the house, his heart sank and he couldn't speak.
The house was on the second floor of the Zhao family's grocery store, and the people in the house had already heard the footsteps of the two going upstairs, so they were not half surprised by the appearance of the two.
In the room, which was not spacious, except for the common round tables, chairs, stools, beds and other ordinary things in every house, there were only more than 10 people left, full of more than ten people.
There is no need to count them, Lao Li can already see who these people are at a glance, Lao Zhao's family of five, Lao Qian's family of three, Lao Sun's family of four, his wife and youngest daughter, a family of three.
I don't know why, today these little dolls are very well-behaved, not crying or making trouble, seeing him and Lao Zhao's arrival, the eyebrows seem to be quite happy, but there is no more to show.
As for these adults, their expressions were mixed with joy and sorrow, and they seemed to have mixed tastes.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Lao Li didn't have to think about it to guess that it was the "Zhen Gongzi" who gathered these people here, and he also understood why Lao Zhao had such a gaffe behavior, but all those who are affectionate and righteous, the loved ones around them will always be their weakness.
And Lao Li was also secretly glad in his heart that Fang Cai did not refuse Lao Zhao, otherwise not only would he be killed on the spot, but I am afraid that the thirteen fresh lives in the house would not be able to get out of this narrow door.
Squeak!
This is the sound of the door being closed, and from the time Zhao and Li entered the house until now, there have only been these two sounds in the house.
No, there were new footsteps, and one more person came in.
Lao Li hurriedly turned around, and sure enough, it was the "Zhen Gongzi" standing by the door.
Although Lao Li had never seen Zhen Gongzi, they had been searching for the whereabouts of this person for the past two or three days, and finally pieced together the general appearance of this Zhen Gongzi from the mouths of everyone.
Hair is tied, eyebrows are gentle, there are two small mustaches, slightly thin, matching the person in front of him.
I saw that this Zhen Gongzi's right hand suddenly grabbed his face, and the already thin face seemed to have lost flesh, and the thinness was distressing, and the two little mustaches were nowhere to be seen.
Seeing this, Lao Li secretly said in his heart: "This Zhen Gongzi showed his true face in front of us, didn't he want to kill us?"
When this Zhen Gongzi removed the sword in his hand from the wrapped linen, revealing the purple jade on the hilt, Zhao, Qian, and Sun immediately widened their eyes, and almost at the same time said in surprise: "It turns out that you are the white-clothed swordsman!"
Lao Li was completely panicked at this time, this Zhen Gongzi was still a white-clothed swordsman, they should have thought of it a long time ago, in this way, the lives of the same people who died in his hands would have to be added at least five more.
After Jiang Yichen revealed his true face, he didn't make any other moves, stared at Lao Li and said: "I have killed many people who shouldn't be killed, and I don't care about the lives of fifteen of your four families, and I won't say much about the rest, now the choice is in your hands, choose to die for the earth, or choose to die for your family and friends?"