Chapter 222: The Prisoner
Shangguan Ru's changes happened little by little, Yu Gongzi's death was just the beginning, and when she found out that the culprit was her brother Shangguan Fei, a wall in her heart collapsed.
Within that wall, killing is just a game, and the slain is nothing more than tools, targets, flowers and trees, and the slightest pain is felt in death.
But outside the walls, everything is felt, and the pain inflicted on others will also be reflected on oneself.
Shangguan Ru can no longer have the intention of killing, even against the enemy she hates, she can't do it, the sword pierces into the flesh and blood, and she can no longer make her happy.
But she is still as strong as ever, she is just as unwilling to admit defeat, she regards soft-heartedness as a disease, hoping that sooner or later she will be cured of it, and she doesn't care much about the threat of going mad.
She knew since she was a child that the third brother was a rebel of the Shangguan family, and it is said that Shangguan Yun once publicly declared that his knife would never be unsheathed at the thirteen-year-old knife ceremony, which made her father so angry that he almost killed his son himself.
Shangguan Yun went down the mountain to practice, did not stay in Nancheng to show his strength as usual, but took the ten killers assigned to him to wander the rivers and lakes, and did not return to the fort after a year, and his footprints were as far as the Central Plains, and when he finally returned to his hometown, it was already seven years later, and the narrow knife was really never unsheathed, and the ten killers were also alive and well.
The third young master was still not doing his job, neither recruiting swordsmen to form an organization loyal to himself, nor competing with other brothers to win, he broke away from the entire family and messed around in Biyu City, strangely, those ten killers were extremely loyal, they had a chance to return to their original masters, but none of them left Shangguan Yun.
A killer like Tie Hanfeng, who is much older than Shangguan Yun, used to fight with Dubu Wang, but he was also influenced by the new master, becoming more and more worldly, and the shadow of the killer became weaker and weaker.
Six years ago, Shangguan Ru was eight years old, and the first time she saw the third brother was the day he was imprisoned in the dungeon, she didn't know the reason, and she didn't care much, thinking that the third brother must have offended her father.
She had been with Yu Gongzi a few times out of curiosity, and was soon attracted to the easy-going brother, and Madame Meng wanted her daughter to see the negative example of Jinpeng Castle, and when she learned that the two were on good terms, she strictly forbade her to come again.
Think about it carefully, the last time she came to visit the third brother was two years ago, Shangguan Ru sighed, a year of experience is not enough, at the age of fourteen, she has already given birth to the vicissitudes of life, she has been thinking about the third brother for a while, even without her mother's consent, she will find a way to come to see him.
Gu Shenwei hoped that the brother and sister could talk more about "The Book of No Dao", but they ended the topic in a few words and changed to casual chat.
"The eldest brother and the fourth brother are dead. Shangguan said.
The smile on Shangguan Yun's face dimmed slightly, but it didn't disappear completely, "This begins?" Who killed it?"
"The eldest brother died at the hands of Shangguan Fei and him, and the fourth brother was killed by me. ”
Shangguan Yun showed an unexpected expression for the first time, looked at this "him", and sighed twice, "What's your name? How old are you? Who did you learn martial arts from? Shibao must value you very much, right?"
Another series of questions, Shangguan Yun had not spoken to anyone for so long that he was a little impatient to speak, he lived deep in the dungeon, and knew almost nothing about what was happening in the stone castle.
"My name is Yang Huan, seventeen, my master is Tie Hanfeng, and the tenth prince values me very much. Gu Shen replied unsteadily, and felt the need to add another sentence, "Tie Hanfeng was also killed by me." ”
"Standard killer. ”
Shangguan Yun gave a judgment, and his tone did not change in the slightest, but Gu Shenwei felt that this was a sarcasm, so he didn't speak again, these two brothers and sisters were both alternatives in the stone castle, and as a result, one spent the rest of his life in the dungeon, and the other was used by everyone around him, and his life was in danger, Gu Shenwei was not envious at all.
"He has saved me many times. Shangguan Ru emphasized, but it did not change his brother's impression of the killer.
Shangguan Yun looked at his sister, the expression on his face was slightly regretful, "You also started to compete for the position of the fake king?"
King Dubu was not a real king, and was not recognized by the nations, but no one in the stone castle dared to say so, not even hinting at it.
"I don't know. Shangguan Ru shook his head, "I want to fight, but ...... I can't do it again. ”
"Didn't you kill the fourth brother?"
"There are some things I could do at the beginning, but now I can't do them, I can't even kill cats and dogs, third brother, do you have a way to cure this disease?"
Shangguan Yun smiled again, even more heartily than before, "For example, sister, you are not sick, on the contrary, you have cured your own disease, killing is disease, and it is normal for only you and me to be in our family." ”
Shangguan Yun didn't have any shelves, and he lived in a dungeon, so Gu Shenwei didn't have any respect for him, so he couldn't help but snort softly.
"A promising killer, despise me, but I still have to say that you are terminally ill. ”
The real killer should be like a stop in the water, not to talk about arguments, and he shouldn't even have the heart to refute, but Gu Shenwei is a monk halfway, and occasionally he can't help but justify the killer's name, "For example, if the person you like is killed, will you just watch it and not take revenge?"
"That's different, being forced to kill and killing people for a career are two different things. ”
"There is a specialization in the art industry, and the occasional blacksmith is not as good as a blacksmith, and a group of street thugs is not as good as the same number of soldiers, if you don't practice, when you are 'forced to kill', how can you beat a person who 'kills people for a living'?"
Shangguan Yun looked at the killer seriously for the first time, "I just said that you are a standard killer, it seems that I was wrong, as a killer, you are a bit wordy." ”
"Third brother, you should answer the question, you shouldn't talk about him left and right. Shangguan Ru's eyes lit up, her mind had not yet been finalized, so she felt that Huan Nu's words were very reasonable.
"I'm a normal person, I don't assume extreme situations, like you don't like water, why do you have to worry about drowning instead of learning to swim?"
Gu Shenwei really despised this third young master a little, and if he changed the object, even if Gu Shenwei trusted him the most, he would not be so impulsive, but Shangguan Yun had a trait that could make the people around him unconsciously relax their vigilance, "There is a person named Wu Shengqing, who said that he would not live long, he wants to ask you, is the parrot still alive?"
Shangguan Yun's face changed suddenly, he took a few steps back, and leaned against the stone wall, as if he couldn't stand.
Gu Shenwei and Shangguan Ru met a Wu madman when they were in distress in the peach forest of Guiyuan, and said a few inexplicable words at that time, Gu Shenwei guessed that the two must be inextricably linked.
Shangguan Ru stood up, glanced at Huan Nu, told him not to speak again, and then walked in front of Shangguan Yun, "Who is the parrot......?" Wu Shengqing saved me once, who is he?"
Shangguan Yun turned around and retreated again until he could see the lonely crescent moon hanging outside, chanting the word "parrot" over and over again, and then said: "I learned 'Wind and Clouds with Wu Shengqing', and the parrot is a woman that we both like." ”
The parrot's surname is Chen, his father is the big cover of the Nancheng silk line, one spring Chen parrot went to the peach forest in Guiyuan to enjoy the flowers, met Shangguan Yun and Wu Shengqing, and the fate of the three people was entangled together.
Shangguan Yun and Wu Shengqing, one went to deliver flowers at night, the other played the flute outside the window, one pretended to meet by chance when she went to the street, and the other begged Yahuan to pass the letterhead, when Chen Parrot chose one, the other swore not to marry for life, and was willing to be her protector.
"Who did she choose? You, right?" Shangguan Ru asked eagerly.
"I wish she hadn't chosen me in the first place. Shangguan Yun said softly, the smile on his face was gone, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he was surprisingly similar to his father Shangguan Fan.
"And then?" Shangguan Ru had a hunch that the third brother's answer would break her heart, and her voice couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"I took her back to the fort, and the old beast raped her, and I was going to kill him, and she ended up locked up here. ”
Shangguan Ru's face was like ashes, she was already eight years old when this incident happened, and the vague impression in her mind suddenly became clear, and she even remembered the appearance of that Chen parrot, but she didn't know the relationship between this woman and the third brother, let alone her father's role in it.
Gu Shenwei wanted to say to the third young master that this was the sadness of being unable to kill, but he didn't speak, but retreated into the shadows, separated from the conversation between the two brothers and sisters, and didn't attract attention like a real killer.
Shangguan Yun's expression gradually softened, and his gaze turned to the killer, "Maybe you are right, maybe I haven't separated from Shibao completely enough, not being able to take revenge is a pain, killing people is also a pain, when fate comes, what you do is wrong." ”
Gu Shenwei still didn't speak, his heart became more and more cold and hard, he hadn't felt the pain of killing people, and what made him miserable was that he was unable to take revenge.
"Wu Shengqing, is that why you became crazy because of this?" Shangguan Ru didn't want to ask any more, but he still wanted to know the ending.
"Half and half, he was just angry at the time, a little unconscious, not crazy yet, it was Peng Xianren who controlled his heart, thinking that he could take this opportunity to force him to practice into a thousand illusions, but it turned out to make him crazy. ”
Gu Shenwei guessed that Peng Xianren must be playing that set of "affectionate" and "ruthless" tricks again.
"Peng Xianren is dead, too...... Killed by him. ”
Shangguan Yun was stunned, and then laughed, "Good death, he should have died a long time ago." Then he became puzzled, "I didn't expect your martial arts to be so good that you could actually kill Peng Xianren, why didn't King Dubu kill you?" ”
"Does my father know Peng Xianren? Why have I never heard of it?"
"Not to mention knowing, Dubu Wang practiced "Investigation Secrets" with Peng Xianren back then, and that dwarf taught him a lot of things, and what he left to the dwarf was not to interfere with Wangcheng Lane and let those weirdos fend for themselves. ”
It turned out that Shangguan Fa wanted to kill him not to avenge his two sons, but because of Peng Xianren, Gu Shenwei finally understood, but these were not his concerns, "Wudao Book" was the goal he never forgot, he had retreated into the shadows, and then stood up again, "That parrot is still alive?"
"Alive. The brother and sister said together.
"She should be allowed to leave the stone castle, Wu Shengqing really wants to see her. ”
Shangguan Ru looked at Huan Nu happily, and this sentence hit her heart.
"Do you have this ability?" After saying this, Shangguan Yun immediately changed his words, "You have killed so many people, you should have this ability." ”
"Whether you have the ability or not, you won't know until you try it, but you have to teach the Ten Sons the Divine Skill of the Daoless. ”
It was easier to get the "Book of No Dao" from Shangguan Yun than to force the palace guards to speak, Gu Shenwei thought so, this was his new plan.
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