Chapter 183: Aboveboard
Chapter 183: Aboveboard
Pei Jinge looked at his back and said seriously: "Then you must first know who your enemies are and who should be killed."
Without waiting for Gu Zhuo to speak, she suddenly changed the subject and asked a question.
"Do you know why the supervisor wants to kill you?"
It is a very direct sentence, and the topic moves from personal will to reality, cleanly and neatly.
Just like her knife.
"That's a rough guess."
Gu Zhuo paused and said, "In fact, he is a very honest person. He has never concealed his interest in me, or his suspicion."
Pei Jinge said calmly: "This is a reason, but it is not the whole truth. Just like the killing you encountered the day before yesterday, it was never the decision of one person, but the will of a group of people."
"What we need to do now is to figure out which people are bent on wanting you dead, and which people are just going along with the flow and can change their stance at any time."
Then she added: "If you could kill everyone, then this wouldn't be a problem, but we can't kill everyone."
There is no rain in Wangjing tonight, and these words are like raindrops, dripping in Gu Zhuo's heart.
He listened quietly, naturally recalling the distant past of a hundred years ago, and was silent for a long time before admitting it.
"Yes, we can't kill all the enemies in this world."
He said this calmly, without any emotion.
Pei Jinge stood up, came to his side, and said, "I'm glad you have this understanding."
Gu Zhuo said, "Let's talk business."
"In my opinion, the role that Jianzheng played in this killing against you was not given to him by others, but was decided by himself."
Pei Jinge's voice was very calm: "This is a very important matter, because it means that His Majesty the Emperor has nothing to do with this killing. At least he has no intention of killing you at the moment."
"I guessed it from the beginning."
Gu Zhuo smiled and said, "After all, His Majesty the Emperor would not act in such a petty way."
An ingenious assassination planned by Wuyoushan himself, in which two people in the Wuque realm took action one after another, just to kill a junior in the Yangshen realm. This can be said to be perfect.
But in his opinion it was just a farce full of loopholes.
It doesn't match the level that the White Emperor should have.
In a sense, the last Purification Spell that appeared on the ruins was probably the prison imitating the White Emperor's falling stars into Yunmeng Ancient Lake and using heavenly punishment to kill Yingxu?
It's just that the methods used by the two are very different.
Pei Jinge brought the topic back to the beginning.
"So the Supervisor is actually the latter type of person, a person who goes with the flow. He never had to kill you from the beginning to the end. The fundamental reason why he wanted to kill you was that the opportunity before him this time was really too good, and he couldn't help but take action."
“Next, until this fight is won or lost, we must prevent this from happening again,” she said.
Gu Zhuo suppressed his smile and nodded calmly and seriously, because this sentence made sense.
"The problem is that the difficulty of the situation you are facing now is that no matter whether it is the Lord of the Temple or the Queen, they can use their power and strength to easily put you in the same situation and induce the latter to attack you."
Pei Jinge continued, "Of course, things like this can't keep happening again and again, but that's no reason to be patient."
Gu Zhuo nodded.
Pei Jinge continued speaking.
"How to solve this dilemma? The simplest solution is no longer feasible. Although His Majesty the Emperor has no intention of killing you, his attitude is clearly to ignore everything that happens."
"You have already tried to escape, or to dodge, and the final result is that you are faced with one killing game after another."
"If we want to change the current situation, we can't rely solely on Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"The best way is to let the Queen and the Master go their separate ways. At least on the surface, they can no longer stand on the same front."
Pei Jinge looked into Gu Zhuo's eyes and said seriously: "The Supervisor used his death to buy an opportunity for you and me."
Gu Zhuo suddenly asked: "What is the current situation in Wuyou Mountain?"
"I don't know."
Pei Jinge shook his head and said, "Even if I haven't been laid off, there are still too many things in this world that I don't know. The only thing I can be sure of is that something happened in Wuyou Mountain because of the assassination last year."
Gu Zhuo said: "That's enough."
In the killing game the day before yesterday, Wuyoushan played an extremely important role.
It's murder, and it's also a crime.
Or take the blame.
Why can't Wuyou Mountain pass on the blame?
"I will be going out for awhile."
Gu Zhuo turned around, walked out of the building, and said, "Let's do some business."
Pei Jinge said casually: "Don't forget, many people's lives are hanging on your shoulders."
Under the seemingly empty and deserted night sky outside the building, there are countless people hiding, including deacons from the Sky Patrol Department, strong men from the City Gate Department, officials from the Imperial Observatory... All these people are doing the same thing.
Before the will of the Divine Capital arrives, they must keep Gu Zhuo in their sight, and it would be best if he does not leave this tall building at all.
Gu Zhuo stopped and said, "I don't plan to leave quietly."
Pei Jinge raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Is it fair and aboveboard?"
Gu Zhuo smiled and said, "It's aboveboard."
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"Excuse me……"
De Qiusi looked at his subordinates who were half-kneeling in front of him. His voice was very soft, but his words were very serious: "Are you all useless? You told me that you haven't found a short and fat man like a sweet potato? And you told me that you lost your little apprentice Jin Cancan. Where did he go?"
He subconsciously forced a smile as he did in the past, but before the curve of his cheek was fully raised, pain came, and he immediately let out a hoarse cry of pain like a broken bellows.
The subordinates who were half-kneeling on the ground were even more terrified. They quickly lowered their heads and dared not make any sound.
Because that was the strong mark that Gu Zhuo left on De Qiusi.
"Waste... they are all a bunch of waste!"
De Qiusi recalled the humiliation he suffered in public the day before yesterday. His emotions suddenly surged in his heart, and his breathing became rapid. He angrily said, "The Supervisor is also a useless idiot. A person in the Immaculate Realm can't even kill a person in the Yangshen Realm, and he was killed by someone else. What the hell is this person!"
Some subordinates thought, isn’t your realm much higher than Gu Zhuo’s?
Isn't that face still humiliated by being stepped on?
"It would be fine if he died, but he had to poop on me before he died, making those two idiots think I was going to kill people to silence them. It really disgusts me to death..."
The more De Qiusi thought about it, the angrier he became. He slammed the table hard and shouted, "Get out of here, get out now, go find those two people from Wuyou Mountain! If you can't find them, you'll be beheaded!"
The subordinates dared not to object and responded quickly.
De Qiusi took a deep breath, feeling the intense pain all over his body, and forced himself to calm down. Finally, he said slowly, "Don't think I'm joking. I tell you very clearly that if this matter is involved in the Sky Patrol, not only you will die, but I will die too. No one can escape."
Hearing these words, the subordinate who was closest to him finally couldn't help it.
"But... I have something to say but I don't know whether I should say it or not."
"Let it go if you fart."
"Sir, from the moment Gu Zhuo let you be seen by everyone in Wangjing, the Sky Patrol Department has nothing to do with this matter, right?"
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After the death of Jianzheng, Wangjing was never closed.
But this does not mean that we should relax or nothing will happen. In the invisible shadows, almost all of them are people from the imperial court.
Strong men from various government offices were constantly conducting inspections, causing the entire Wangjing City to fall into a state of looseness on the outside but tension on the inside. They were constantly searching for clues about the case, even at the cost of digging deep underground.
To be more precise, it was actually just Jin Cancan.
It's just that some people want him to be alive, while others want him to be a corpse.
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Qiuzhi opened the door like an ordinary citizen, carrying a roast goose and with a pleasant smile.
However, the moment he closed the door, that smile disappeared instantly, leaving only gloom and fatigue.
He walked into the room, came to the bed and sat down.
The person lying on the bed is naturally golden.
"how was it?"
"I'm afraid I can't leave for the time being. There are people from the imperial court everywhere outside. Wangjing City is no different from being under martial law now."
Qiuzhi whispered, "But I think... there is still a chance."
After a moment of silence, Jin Cancan said, "Then I will definitely die."
When he said this, his tone was very calm, and no emotional ups and downs could be heard.
This is a very natural judgment.
As long as they could not leave Wangjing City, it was natural that this house would be discovered in the face of the Qin court's attitude of being loose on the outside but tight on the inside and digging deep into the ground. There was no surprise at all.
By then, both of them will be dead.
Qiuzhi felt a little sad, even though he had already deduced a similar conclusion.
Jin Cancan propped up her body with her hands, leaned against the head of the bed with difficulty, looked into the seeking eyes, and said a few words very seriously.
"Wuyou Mountain is no longer the Wuyou Mountain of the past."
"Don't ask me why, because the truth behind this is beyond your ability to bear, so you must learn to put aside your curiosity and become someone who knows nothing."
"Then leave."
"I'm not talking about leaving Wangjing, I'm talking about leaving Wuyou Mountain."
"I know you regard me as your master, and I also regard you as my own disciple, so don't be stupid enough to harbor the thought of revenge for me, do you understand?" These are all simple words, and therefore true.
Qiuzhi listened very carefully.
At this point, Jin Cancan was silent for a long time, and then said: "That should be all I have to say. Next, you should find a way to leave Wangjing. This is the last test I leave for you. As long as you can complete it, you will be considered a successful apprentice."
Seek knowledge to understand the meaning behind this sentence.
It would be an exaggeration to say that escaping from Wangjing today is as difficult as climbing to heaven, but it is not far off.
Jin Cancan clearly wanted to use her own life to buy him an opportunity.
The pursuit of knowledge has not been rejected.
After all, he is a killer. He has seen too many lives disappear in his hands. It is difficult for him to be sentimental because of separation and death. He feels an uncontrollable bitterness in his heart.
After a moment of silence, he calmly accepted the fact and said, "I understand."
I don't know when it started raining outside the window again.
Qiuzhi suddenly became extremely annoyed and had an extremely strong urge to smash everything in front of him, making everything disappear from his sight and nothing exist anymore.
However, he knew that he simply couldn't do that. He simply couldn't do such a thing, so he could only let the anger get stuck in his chest, unable to disperse or dissipate. He felt so blocked and suffocated that he wanted to die. He was extremely uncomfortable.
The night rain is actually silent, so why is it so annoying?
Just then, someone pushed open the door.
The man said something to him.
"What is the best way to relieve depression?"
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Half an hour ago, Gu Zhuo walked out of the tall building.
I just walked a few steps outside, and the darkness brought by the night, which seemed like an illusion, disappeared into thin air like a dream bubble, and the lights all around were as bright as day.
Nearly a hundred people stood in various places, their eyes fixed on Gu Zhuo, holding their breath, their expressions tense to the extreme.
"Where... do you want to go?"
An official came out with a troubled look on his face and asked in a low voice, "Can you tell me a little bit?"
Gu Zhuo smiled gently and said, "Okay."
The official was stunned. He didn't expect him to be so easy to talk to. He nodded in surprise.
Gu Zhuo said: "I'm going to meet two people."
The official subconsciously said, "Then I'll go and invite it over to you?"
Gu Zhuo shook his head and said, "I'm afraid those two people don't want to be invited over by you, so I'll go over there myself."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed drastically, and they thought to themselves, are you serious?
The next moment, everyone who heard Gu Zhuo's explanation had to admit that this sentence made sense.
"I'm going to see Jin Cancan."
Gu Zhuo smiled and said, "And his apprentice."
A dead silence.
Then he put away his smile, and slowly swept his eyes over the people present, asking curiously, "Do you think I will see two fresh corpses by then?"
A long silence.
I don’t know how long it took, but someone finally stood up and gave a clear answer - no.
Gu Zhuo said: "What if it still happens?"
Before the man could open his mouth to insist and say categorically that it would not happen, a voice suddenly sounded leisurely.
"That can only be someone trying to cover up the truth and kill people to silence them."
This sentence was said by Pei Jinge.
This is undoubtedly a characterization of the matter.
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"what?"
De Qiusi stood up suddenly and asked in disbelief, "Gu Zhuo is going to look for those two people?"
The subordinate who came to report the news nodded in confirmation and repeated what he heard, not daring to miss anything.
This of course includes what Pei Jinge said.
De Qiusi's expression turned extremely ugly.
Unfortunately, the subordinates standing in front of him couldn't see it because his entire face was wrapped in bandages.
It is really not easy to see his expression.
"So... My Lord, what should we do now?"
After Pei Jinge said that, no one in Wangjing City dared to let Jin Cancan die, because no one wanted to take the blame and be directly involved in the case of Jianzheng's death.
No matter who caused the death of those two people, they must be tracked down afterwards. With such a short time, wanting to cover up the traces and make the death appear as suicide is nothing but wishful thinking.
De Qiusi was silent for a long time, then said, "There is no need to do anything."
"what?"
The subordinate was stunned.
"Waiting to die."
De Qiusi sat back down, his voice unusually calm: "Either Jin Cancan kills himself on the spot, or I commit suicide and take the blame. Besides this, what else can we do?"
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Qiuzhi raised his head and looked forward.
The night rain sneaked into the house with the wind, slightly wetting his cheeks and chilling his eyes.
He looked at Gu Zhuo expressionlessly and did not respond to that sentence, as if he did not understand the meaning of the word "kuaili".
His gaze fell on the outside of the door, and what he saw was a vast sea of lights, which were almost half of the powerful people in Wangjing City.
These strong men are all silent at this moment, and the emotions in their eyes are extremely complex and cannot be described in words.
However, if you look deeply, those emotions all come from confusion.
Gu Zhuo stretched out his hand, patted Qiuzhi on the shoulder, and walked in.
Different from Huang Xinping last year, the house that Jin Cancan prepared for herself is much more spacious and much more comfortable whether sitting or standing.
"Let's talk."
Gu Zhuo pulled out a chair, sat down, and said to Jin Cancan: "I still remember you told me before that you are a businessman. Since you love doing business so much, I think there is no position that you must stick to."
All the last words that he had said to Qiuzhi not long ago had been completely shattered at this moment. Jin Cancan became relaxed instead, probably because he had nothing to lose.
"That's the truth."
Jin Cancan sat up and said, "Please make an offer."
Gu Zhuo said in a gentle voice: "You will still die."
After the words fell, the many powerful people standing outside had subtle expressions, wondering if it really made sense to do business this way?
Jin Cancan smiled.
There was no mockery or sarcasm in that smile; it was inexplicably real.
Everyone thought it was ridiculous and wondered how this could be accepted.
The next moment, many people suddenly understood, because this sentence represents sincerity.
When Jin Cancan killed the vice-president of Changzhou Academy, he was destined to die, the only difference was when he died.
"Please continue." Jin Cancan's voice was sincere.
Hearing these three words, Qiuzhi clenched his fists and lowered his head.
Gu Zhuo seemed to be unaware and said, "Your disciple can live."
Jin Cancan said: "I thought this was a matter of course, because he had never been involved in this case from the beginning to the end."
Gu Zhuo said: "What about revenge?"
Jin Cancan's eyes changed slightly and he remained silent.
At this moment, countless thoughts arose in his mind, but they eventually died out.
Gu Zhuo looked at him and said calmly, "You think this is courting death, you think this is something that has no chance of success, and you are still thinking how great it would be if I could say this a hundred years later, right?"
Jin Cancan couldn't deny it.
These were his true thoughts, but now they were like black words written on white paper, with no way to hide them.
After a moment of silence, he said, "So how are you going to convince me to change my mind?"
The answer given by Gu Zhuo was very simple.
It is straightforward and unreasonable, yet it conveys a sense of decisiveness and ruthlessness that leaves no room for doubt.
"Because I'm not going to let this go."
"Then they will have to lose a lot of people for this."
"These include your enemies."
"Do you have any questions?"
Five thousand
(End of this chapter)