Chapter 22: Throwing the Body
The sharp knife stabbed upwards and immediately turned to dodge.
Gu Shenwei has practiced this action countless times, and when it comes to the end, he is in a hurry, but he only feels that the muscles of his whole body are stiff, and he really feels like he has been caught in an evil spell, and his movements are so slow that he is in a nightmare.
The blood in his body rushed uncontrollably to his head, and his limbs were much weaker than he had hoped.
Finally, he got out from under the bed and saw Xie Nu lying on the floor in a ball, his face buried deep in his arms, his thin body **, trembling.
Xie Nu's panic calmed Gu Shenwei, he broke free from the nightmare that bound him, immediately stood up, turned around and jumped on the bed, his movements were as agile as an experienced light skill master.
He pressed a pillow hard, and the people below seemed to struggle, but they didn't seem to react.
After a long time, Gu Shenwei realized that he was pressing the pillow with another person.
Qi Nu was also full of **, because every muscle in his body was straining, his face was distorted, his eyes were bursting out, and he was about to fall out, and his teeth were clenched on his lower lip, and he had begun to bleed.
Gu Shenwei was suddenly a little scared, and gently pushed Qi Nu, "Okay, he's dead." ”
Qi Nu was already at the end of his crossbow, not as hard and stable as he seemed on the outside, and he sat down on the bed at the slightest touch, opened his mouth blankly, and repeated a word in his own language, which sounded meaningless to Gu Shenwei.
Han Shiqi is dead.
Gu Shenwei lifted the pillow, his enemy stared, but he couldn't recognize anyone.
Han Shiqi was also naked, stepping off the ugly thing and twisting weakly to the side, Xie Nu on the ground rushed over, holding a narrow single knife in both hands, and slashed at the thing.
Gu Shenwei hurriedly jumped out of bed and stopped the impulsive Xie Nu in time, "Be careful, don't bleed too much." ”
Gu Shenwei got under the bed again, removed the handle of the knife, Qi Nu and Xie Nu also regained their senses, and slowly lifted the corpse up together until the sharp knife was completely taken out of the crack in the bed board, and then turned the corpse over.
Despite many surprises, the assassination turned out to be more perfect than expected.
The small sharp knife hit Han Shiqi's heart, and he died without much struggle, not even bleeding much, leaving only a very small stain on the bedding.
The candle was extinguished, and the three teenagers looked at the deceased silently, as if they were mourning and admiring a masterpiece.
After a while, they went their separate ways according to the division of labor that had been agreed in advance.
Qi Nu and Xie Nu got dressed, one went out to listen to the movements of other people in the courtyard, and the other left to pack up Han Shiqi's relics with Gu Shenwei: a few clothes, a narrow knife, a dagger, a killer waist card, four or five vials, towels and other miscellaneous items.
The killer waist card is a pale yellow miscellaneous jade, oval in shape, engraved with a simple bird and a "absolute" character.
With this waist card, he can walk in many places in Jinpeng Castle, Gu Shenwei wanted to keep it, but after hesitating for a while and giving up, he was only a teenager, and showing the killer waist card would only arouse more suspicion.
"You can take it, it's loot. ”
Qi Nu stuffed the dagger and vial into his arms, and according to the tradition of their clan, all the belongings of the deceased belonged to the slayer.
Gu Shenwei shook his head, stuffed the waist tag into his clothes, and rolled it into a ball, "It's too dangerous, it's better not to leave his things." ”
"It's dangerous to stay here, it's not dangerous to run away. ”
Qi Nu's tone was very confident, and it seemed that he had already made a plan, which he had never mentioned, Gu Shenwei was about to ask, Xie Nu came back, and nodded at the two, indicating that everything was normal outside, and they should carry the body away.
The three of them carried the corpse together, the brothers each lifted a foot, Gu Shenwei held his head, and walked lightly towards the ghost cliff outside the west gate, and the miscellaneous items were piled on top of the corpse.
Xie Nu had already opened the courtyard gate to ensure unimpeded passage.
Gu Shenwei was most worried about the mysterious night watchman, but tonight was lucky, until they carried the body out of the door, and no night watchman appeared, the ghost cry cliff is a cliff, no need to guard, here, they are safe for the time being.
The teenagers in the Accumulation Yard all carried the corpses, but Han Shiqi was much heavier than any of them, and there were still more than a dozen steps away from the edge of the cliff, Xie Nu was already a little unable to support it, and his body bent down involuntarily.
Qi Nu and Gu Shenwei glanced at each other, and slowly put down the corpse together, the two of them also felt exhausted, and the remaining last few steps could not be walked no matter what.
The corpse rushed up on its back, the sharp knife still on the body, and the exposed part was very little, barely visible in the moonlight.
It was a mistake to stop and rest, Gu Shenwei thought so, they should dispose of the corpse as soon as possible, just as he was about to bend down to carry the corpse to continue the last short journey, the corpse suddenly reached out and grabbed his ankle!
The force is great, like an iron hoop.
The blood in Gu Shenwei's body cooled directly from boiling to ice, and at that moment, he even experienced the feeling of being out of his body.
Qi Nu and Xie Nu were slightly stunned, and then pounced on Han Shiqi together, and the elder brother pulled out a sharp knife and poked indiscriminately.
The corpse did not resist.
Gu Shenwei pushed Qi Nu away, forcefully broke the palm that was holding his ankle, and turned the corpse over to take a closer look.
This is still a corpse, but the corners of the mouth began to ooze blood, why it grabbed the murderer's ankle, and whether it came back to life when it was caught, Gu Shenwei couldn't see it at all.
His souls had returned to his body, and the moment he left seemed to be purified, as calm as an autopsy.
Gu Shenwei probed his nose and touched his chest for a while, he somewhat hoped that Han Shiqi was still alive, so that he could ask about his sister's whereabouts and why Jinpeng Castle wanted to slaughter the Gu family.
"Are you really dead?" Xie Nu asked in a low voice, his face pale and whiter than moonlight.
"Hmm. ”
The three of them no longer had the strength to lift the corpse, so they pushed it together and rolled it, and after the last dozen steps, they pushed the corpse and debris off the cliff.
Whether Han Shiqi is dead or alive, he can't come back.
"What's next?"
Gu Shenwei asked, Qi Nu and Xie Nu obviously thought more than him, and already had a plan to deal with the aftermath.
Qi Nu's hands were covered with blood, and his expression looked panicked and irritable, as if no one could mess with him, as if he could only be provoked at all.
"Hmm, next, we're going to run away, and you come with us. ”
"How to escape? This is Jinpeng Castle. ”
Qi Nu took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and looked much better, "That's the case, every morning we have to go to fetch water, there are many wooden barrels there, and the water is sent from outside, as long as you have the opportunity, you can escape by hiding in the wooden barrels." ”
Gu Shenwei also did the work of carrying water, so he immediately understood what Qi Nu meant, Jinpeng Fort is located at the top of the mountain, there is no water source, the daily water is transported from the bottom of the mountain, the water delivery person can not enter the fort, the clear water is poured into a stone pool, and then the slaves in the fort carry it back to the courtyard, there are often many temporary empty wooden barrels piled up by the pool, and the empty barrels may be taken away by the water delivery person the next day.
The pool is not unattended, but it is not unavailable, and there are sometimes many slaves who carry the water, and the steward cannot take care of it, so it is possible to get into the empty bucket and wait for the arrival of the water carrier.
It seems like a viable plan.
But Gu Shenwei still shook his head, this was the second time he refused the invitation to escape together, and Qi Nu showed a strange look.
"I want to stay, there are still my enemies here, I want revenge. ”
That's all Gu Shenwei can say, even if it's a partner who kills people together, he can't reveal all his thoughts, half because of caution, half because of weakness, he wants to use the lives of the entire Shangguan family to avenge his parents and brothers, this goal is too whimsical, probably no one can understand.
Qi Nu and Xie Nu accepted his statement, in their eyes, revenge was more important than everything, and they had been postponing their escape plan in order to kill the person who had insulted them.
The three teenagers returned to the Jidai Hospital, Gu Shen went back to the room where he lived alone, Qi Nu and Xie Nu first went to tidy up Han Jinu's bed, as much as possible not to make that small stain too conspicuous, and then also went back to the room to sleep, the five teenagers slept soundly, and none of them envied the treatment of the two brothers.
Gu Shenwei closed his eyes, he killed the first enemy, the boulder blocked in his heart shattered a small piece, penetrating a trace of light, he still had a lot of things to think about, but drowsiness hit him layer by layer along the glimmer of light, and he fell asleep before he could sort out his thoughts.
Sweeter than ever.
When he got up in the morning, Gu Shenwei almost forgot everything about last night, and after a while, the joy of revenge gradually rose, soaking every pore of him, and even the sunlight outside the house seemed brighter than usual.
He has already spent three days of the "Evil Removal Period", and he has to go with the teenagers to greet the young lady, and there is still a doubt in his heart that has not been solved: why did Xue Niang admit that she taught the internal skills to the remote slave?
But Xue Niang seemed to have forgotten about it, and there was no clue to be seen from her cold and stiff face.
Back at the Salary Yard, Han Jinu looked a little anxious, and kept asking Qi Nu and Xie Nu, where did the third brother go, why didn't he say hello to him and left.
Qi Nu and Xie Nu were very calm, which made Gu Shenwei very admirable, and the brothers explained very casually that the third brother left that night, and it was they who opened and locked the courtyard door, because the hospital manager had already slept, so they did not disturb him.
Han Jinu believed this statement, and Han Shiqi didn't have to spend the night here every time, but he didn't know why, he was just restless, and he thought about it all day.
In the afternoon, Han Jinu became more and more distracted, absent-mindedly supervising the teenagers to do their work, and did not take a roll call in the evening, locked the courtyard door later than usual, and lit candles until the second half of the night.
Therefore, Han Jinu did not find out about the disappearance of Qi Nu and Xie Nu, and the two brothers went to carry water in the afternoon, came back once, and never came back the second time, which was a major dereliction of duty on the part of the hospital management.
Gu Shenwei breathed a sigh of relief for Qi Nu and Xie Nu, and the first step of their escape plan was very smooth.
The other five teenagers discovered the abnormality, but no one particularly cared, they were newcomers, and they didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing, and they didn't dare to remind Han Jinu, the hospital manager was obviously not in a good mood.
Gu Shenwei secretly prayed that the Qi Nu brothers could successfully escape.
It was a quiet night for Jinpeng Castle, and the next morning, everything was exposed, setting off quite a storm.