Chapter 14 Dong Zhen
Chapter 14 Dong Zhen
Huang Xinping suddenly laughed, his smile was a little sad and a little crazy.
Just like the sound of his voice at this moment.
"Since you know everything, why don't you kill me?"
He looked at Gu Zhuo and asked, "Am I of any use to you now?"
Gu Zhuo ignored the question and continued, "Your fear is real, but your despair is fake. Even if I know everything about you, as long as you can kill me, my body will keep your secret for the rest of your life."
Huang Xinping remained silent.
Gu Zhuo said calmly: "Do something for me."
He was clearly sitting on a chair with his head slightly tilted back, but he seemed to be looking down at the middle-aged man.
The rain outside the window was getting heavier, crackling non-stop.
The room seemed even quieter.
Huang Xinping heard it clearly and knew that this was the only chance given by Gu Zhuo. If he chose to agree, today's matter might end here.
But what about the future?
He lowered his eyelids, his body wet from the rain trembled slightly, and his hesitation was very obvious.
After a moment, he made the final decision. He opened his eyes and stared at Gu Zhuo, saying coldly, "I refuse."
Gu Zhuo's expression remained unchanged and he nodded lightly.
The moment the words fell, Huang Xinping was not surprised by Gu Zhuo's indifference.
Because he has already started his final fight for his life.
In order to complete the task of assassinating Lin Wanyi, he did not hesitate to throw out the sharp blade he relied on most. At this moment, he did not have any weapon in his hand, but this was his home after all.
How could a killer not have a second weapon in his home?
A sharp dagger hidden deep in the shelf was pulled out as he rushed towards Gu Zhuo.
The whole process went smoothly, as if the dagger had been in his hand from the beginning.
The room was not narrow, but it was not wide either. When Gu Zhuo walked in and sat down, the distance between them was shortened to less than ten feet.
Therefore, when Huang Xinping attacked despite his injuries, the already tiny distance was instantly eliminated. The buzzing sound made by the dagger cutting through the air was so clear in Gu Zhuo's ears.
Gu Zhuo's response was simple and direct.
He looked at the dagger that was heading towards his throat, and still did not leave the chair. He just slightly turned sideways and raised his head, and he avoided the dagger by a hair's breadth. The whole process seemed extremely dangerous, but in fact, not even a hair on his head was cut off.
At the same time, Gu Zhuo had raised his left hand and stabbed out with his fingers like a sword, which unexpectedly stabbed into the wound caused by Lin Wanyi. The true energy obtained from refining Qi gushed out from his fingertips and directly penetrated Huang Xinping's chest, leaving a hole large enough to see behind him.
The next moment, blood spurted out from the hole, looking like a firework that was on the way up and had not yet dispersed. However, Huang Xinping lost all his strength before the firework bloomed and fell miserably to the ground.
At some point, Gu Zhuo, who was originally sitting on the chair, stood up and passed by Huang Xinping who was falling down.
The two figures intertwined, and the scene looked extremely ordinary.
It's just like a simple you sit down, I stand up.
With a plop.
Huang Xinping fell to the ground, and the bloody firework that was about to rise into the sky fell powerlessly, leaving a mess on the ground.
Gu Zhuo's black shirt was still clean, without a speck of blood on it.
Without even looking back, he calmly walked to the corner of the room, ready to enter the secret room and take what he should take.
At this moment, a hoarse, dry, dying voice sounded.
That was Huang Xinping’s last question.
"Have you...have you already stepped into the cave?"
Dongzhen is the name of the first realm of Taoism after cleansing the marrow and refining qi.
Gu Zhuo did not stop, but he did not remain silent either.
He said gently, "I am not Dong Zhen."
After hearing these words, Huang Xinping inexplicably burst out with new vitality at this moment of death, and asked another question that was almost unbelievable.
"Who are you?" "Who am I..."
Gu Zhuo thought for a moment, turned around and looked at Huang Xinping, showing a convincing and gentle smile, and answered seriously: "I think I am a pretty good person."
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Since you are a good person, you must not forget everyone who has helped you, and... the cat.
When Gu Zhuo walked out of the house, the rain had subsided a lot, with occasional rays of light shining through the clouds, and the scenery was picturesque.
He looked towards the small land temple opposite and nodded to the orange cat in thanks. He then went to the nearby vegetable market and bought a steamed fish, which he personally put in the temple as an offering before turning around and leaving.
"How do you feel now?"
A voice full of concern sounded in his heart.
Gu Zhuo raised his head slightly, and raindrops dripped from the edge of his hat like a waterfall in the dry season.
He said silently: "It's okay, not too tired."
It was not the wind and rain but the light of day that was asking about his condition at this moment.
"What we did today is too much of a burden on you. Try to avoid it unless you have no other choice."
What this gentle voice was referring to was undoubtedly the entire process in which Gu Zhuo took advantage of the wind and rain to track the killer all the way to the previous house and killed him violently.
In fact, even if he stayed in the Lin family and did nothing, with the huge power held by the court, as long as they were willing to investigate seriously, it would only be a matter of time before they found Huang Xinping's hiding place.
"It was mainly because I was a little angry at the time."
Gu Zhuo explained: "And I want to try to figure out what's going on."
It was true. He had finally thought of a way to make a lot of money last night, but ended up with nothing. It would be strange if he wasn't angry. This reason alone was enough for him to take action, not to mention that the killer obviously represented a huge trouble.
If he was a cold, selfish person who only cared about himself, he could certainly choose to end his alliance with Lin Wanyi to avoid this big trouble, but he has never been such a person.
As long as Lin Wanyi does not take the initiative to end this relationship, he will be a reliable ally of the other party as he said at the beginning.
——He also gave Changzhou Academy a chance and waited patiently for ten days, but in the end he only got regret.
"Understood. We'll keep an eye out for you."
"But logically speaking, after the assassination attempt failed, the other party should remain silent for a short period of time, and it will not be so easy to find him."
"Unless you go directly to the door and arrest someone like you did today, it will be difficult to find clues."
"Damn it!"
"What are you hating?"
"What abominations! Can't I be abominable? Just thinking about this makes my head hurt. What's wrong with complaining?"
"But you don't even have a head, where can you find a head to hurt you?"
"… Metaphor, this is a metaphor, do you understand?"
"Hey, did you also secretly follow him when he was reading? He even learned the metaphors, that's amazing~"
"Are you being sarcastic?"
"Oh, this is such a headache. I meant it as a compliment but it was misunderstood."
"No, I really don't have a head, but do you have one? Why do you have to have a headache too?"
"Stop talking, Gu Zhuo, stop pretending to be dead, come and judge the case!"
The rainstorm has passed and a rainbow has risen in Wangjing.
Gu Zhuo took off his hat and walked into the warm sunlight after the clouds dispersed, feeling very comfortable.
He listened to the strange voices in his head and felt the intoxicating spring breeze caressing his clothes, and his mood couldn't help but become much better.
So he laughed pleasantly and said, "Your headaches may be fake, but some people's headaches are definitely real."
(End of this chapter)