Chapter 144: Eavesdropping
Gu Shenwei rebuked himself fiercely.
It has been more than two years since his family was ruined, and he infiltrated Jinpeng Castle with the goal of killing the entire family of Dubu Wang, but he has not killed any of his real masters.
Oblivion quietly exerts a powerful power, Gu Shenwei found that he had already unconsciously become accustomed to the life of a killer, knelt down to the master, thought about the master, and naturally put the interests of the stone castle first, just as Tie Hanfeng said, "After getting used to it, it will no longer be a burden", but the boy needs this burden, this is the purpose of his survival in the world.
He couldn't wait any longer, the Eight Desolation Finger Force and the Book of the Dead were all talismans, leaving him less and less time.
Looking at the Gu family's extermination from the perspective of a killer, there are many suspicions.
First of all, Jinpeng Castle, Gu Shenwei has been in the fort for more than two years, and he has heard and witnessed very few assassinations, most of which happened in Biyu City, in order to maintain his own safety and stability, Jinpeng Castle is too famous, and the characteristics of the killer are too obvious, assassination is just a means, and it almost does not play a role in concealing people's ears and eyes.
Jinpeng Fort is transforming from a killer organization to a local powerhouse, and in the camp that encircles and suppresses Xiaoyue Hall, Shangguan Nu leads more like an army.
Gu Shenwei couldn't find a reason for Jinpeng Fort to slaughter the Gu clan in the Central Plains, in the eyes of outsiders, this was an inconspicuous matter, but Gu Shenwei had read so much information and knew very well that this might have been an ordinary assassination a few decades ago, but for Jinpeng Fort today, it was absolutely unusual.
The second is the Gu family itself, the more Gu Shenwei thinks about it, the more he feels that it is unreasonable for his father Gu Lun to move from the Central Plains to the Western Regions thousands of miles back then, which is equivalent to cutting off many "relationships" of the Gu family by himself and putting the whole family in danger.
Facts have also proved that after the Gu family was destroyed, the only one who stood up to report grievances was only Marshal Yang.
The only way to explain these doubts is to consult the relevant documents from two years ago, which will remember all the killers involved in the operation, and possibly the reasons for the operation.
The information of the current Dubu King over the years is kept in the clerical room of the White Clothes Academy, and the suzerain of the clerical room is Mr. Guo, and Gu Shenwei will never get help from him.
Gu Shenwei thought of a few plans, most of them revolved around how to buy the clerk to steal a copy, and finally gave up, this time the document to be stolen is too obvious, anyone will be suspicious, he can also specify a specific month of documents, but stealing without a specific direction will also cause suspicion.
He decided to take the plunge and get his hands dirty.
Gu Shenwei once worked as a handyman in the library of the Baiyi Courtyard for a month, so he knew the internal situation of the Baiyi Courtyard and the specific location of the clerical room.
On the night of the killing, Gu Shenwei visited the Baiyi Courtyard at night, and his enthusiasm for revenge rose again, and he couldn't wait a day.
Long before his internal strength was improved, he was able to avoid the night watchmen in the castle, and now it is not a problem, the guards of the Baiyi Courtyard are stricter than in other places, Gu Shenwei has been sticking to the wall in the first half of the night to listen, and after roughly figuring out the patrol route of the night watchman, he quickly climbed over the wall and entered.
The clerical room is one of the most important institutions of the White Clothes Academy, occupying a row of rooms in the east wing, but its own defense is not tight, the door is locked, but the windows are only equipped with a cross inside, which Gu Shenwei can pry open with a portable dagger.
Prying the window is simple but very dangerous, Gu Shenwei waited until the drum of the third watch to take advantage of this opportunity to make a move, from taking out the dagger to jumping into the room through the window, it was just a blink of an eye, unless someone kept staring here, he would find the shadow of the thief.
Gu Shenwei entered the clerical warehouse, and what he was looking for was the correspondence case in June of the year of Guimao.
The rules for placing materials here are similar to those in the library, saving Gu Shen a lot of trouble, he held three layers of black clothes in one hand, and a small candle in the other hand to prevent the candlelight from leaking, and found the words "癸卯" on the fourth bookshelf.
The documents were stored according to the date, Gu Shenwei put the candles on the shelf, turned them quickly, and just arrived in May, he heard footsteps outside the door.
He immediately blew out the candle and crouched on the ground.
Two handymen entered the house with lanterns, yawning and complaining.
"It's pressed too hard. ”
"It's the fifth day. ”
"It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. ”
"Who's to say it's not?"
"Shhh, let's flip it over, if you can't find it again tonight, Mr. Guo will have to scold again. ”
The three words "Mr. Guo" aroused Gu Shenwei's interest, he is the sect master of the clerical room, and what he wants to find must be very important.
A handyman twitched his nose, "Do you smell wax?"
"It's your nose that's plugged, get to work. ”
The two of them extinguished the lantern, lit the oil lamp on the table at the door, and together they took out a large box from the corner, and took out stacks of books and papers from it, and carefully flipped through them one by one, one by one.
There was silence all around, except for the faint sound of turning the pages.
Gu Shenwei crouched between the bookshelves, his atmosphere was not out, he was not afraid of being discovered by these two handymen, he was only worried that they would be delayed for too long, and he would not be able to escape after dawn.
His worries were not unreasonable, until the fourth watch drummed, the two handymen did not mean to end, Gu Shenwei began to think about how to hide in the house all day, and how to explain his "disappearance" to outsiders after going out.
"Found it!" exclaimed one of the handymen excitedly, and Gu Shenwei was almost as happy as he was.
"I'll see. ”
"That's right, that's right, the date or something. ”
"Great, I'll read it, you can copy it. ”
A handyman read intermittently, "April in the year of Wuzi...... Stay overnight in Kunhua Hospital...... Guo Chun, it's over. ”
It took several days of work to find such a piece of paper with only a few words, Gu Shenwei was very puzzled, he only understood that Guo Chun was Mr. Guo, and the other words were meaningless.
The two handymen hurriedly cleaned up the table, put the box back in its place, and left with the lantern.
The day was about to dawn, and Gu Shenwei didn't have time to think about this strange thing, so he immediately took out the fire fold, lit the candle he brought, and looked through the paperwork in June of the Lunar New Year.
Nothing, about the operation to slaughter the Gu clan, all the documents did not mention it.
Gu Shenwei flipped through it again, and even hurriedly scanned the documents for May and July, but still didn't find any clues.
Time was too short, so he had to blow out the candles and exit the white courtyard the same way.
As soon as Gu Shenwei's enthusiasm for revenge was rekindled, he encountered a setback.
No matter how big or small the slaughter of the Gu family is, there should be a written record, and there should be more than one, from preparation to completion, at least seven or eight times to submit a report to the Dubu King, Gu Shenwei does not understand, why there is no record of the Gu family in the pile of paper.
He planned to find Mr. Zhang Ji again and inquire from the side, but before he could go out, Miss Luo Ningcha sent someone to summon him.
Gu Shen was overwhelmed, because the big-headed god was easily not used, he had lost interest in the young lady, but Luo Ningcha regarded him as a confidant, and he had to ask him for advice on everything.
What Gu Shenwei needed to guard against was that if he got too close to Grandma Ba Shao, it might cause Mrs. Meng's disgust, which would directly affect his relationship with Shangguan Ru and thus his status in the Stone Castle.
He had to get as close to the enemy as possible, as close as possible.
Luo Ningcha's first sentence after seeing the "loyal servant" was, "I heard that you killed the master, you are really ruthless, when will you kill someone for me." ”
"Just a word of advice. Gu Shenwei thought to himself, he wouldn't kill for this woman, she would mess up everything, and shout everything to everyone without waiting for others to ask.
"Hey, it's nice to be a lie, and no one has been willing to lie to me lately. ”
Miss's words were full of sourness, and Gu Shenwei knew that the best way to deal with it at this time was not to speak.
Sure enough, Luo Ningcha changed his words and became happy again, "The method you taught me is good." ”
"Hmm. Gu Shenwei couldn't remember what tricks he had taught for a while.
In front of everyone, Mrs. Meng scolded the Yang family, saying that she didn't understand the rules and talked nonsense, and she wouldn't do anything except throw the face of the official family, and her adopted son was a wreck. Haha, Mrs. Meng thought that this would embarrass me, but in fact, I was about to die of laughter in my heart. ”
Only then did Gu Shenwei remember that he had come up with the idea to let Miss discord between Shangguan Hongye's mother, Yang and Mrs. Meng, and she faithfully carried it out, "Yang should follow Miss this time." ”
"Perhaps, she secretly came to me to cry, and I advised her to endure it, who knows if these two women are making bitter tricks. ”
Gu Shenwei's heart moved slightly, he didn't expect that Miss was not too stupid, and she could think of this layer.
"Okay, the Yang family has fallen to me, tell me, who should be wooed next?"
Gu Shen didn't know that he didn't know anything about the people around Meng Fu, and the Yang family was selected by him entirely because of his son Shangguan Hongye, "Well, there are always a few people around the high-ranking and powerful people who are vying for power and favor, and there may be people worth wooing in the middle." ”
The young lady let out a long hum, thoughtful, and after a while suddenly burst out laughing again, her mind was still thinking of the small victory she had just won, "Yang is really a stupid woman, do you know what she told me? She said that sooner or later she would take revenge, and said that she would make Mrs. Meng miserable." She wants to lead me to speak ill of Mrs. Meng, so that she can take it to invite merit, and I will not be fooled. ”
Gu Shenwei felt that he really wanted to praise the young lady a few words, but when he left the main courtyard of the Eighth Young Lord, his mind changed.
There are a lot of people around Mrs. Meng who compete for favor, and Luo Ningcha can't decide who is his next target for a while, so he let Huan Nu leave and let him come back the next day.
Gu Shenwei didn't remind the young lady that tomorrow was the twins' birthday and the knife ceremony, and he couldn't come to see her.
Gu Shenwei went to the school by the way, remembering the meeting experience with Shangguan Hongye's mother and son, somehow, he couldn't imagine the angry Yang and the sleek Yang as one person, the young lady was too cold at that time, if it was him, he would have lured the Yang family to say everything, and then decided whether it was a bluff or if he really had a handle in his hand.
At the door of the school, his thoughts turned to the words he overheard last night, and secretly calculated, Wuzi is about sixteen or seventeen years away, why does Mr. Guo want to investigate such a long time?