The information Tang He currently has was obtained from the black market. This is a reward, the asking price is not high, there is nothing noteworthy about it. Theoretically, he wouldn't give a job at this price a second glance. But this time it was different. This time the target caught his attention - a child, a girl.
You can't say that either. At this age, he should be considered an adult, but in his eyes, anyone younger than him is considered a child. Moreover, even if some people are older than him, their minds are no different from those of children, and they are so childish that they are stupid. There are many more lists like this, printed in batches, and only the seal on the left door above was stamped by their hands. Yes, this bounty person is also a bit interesting. Most of the time, they solve the problem internally, and the good news does not go to outsiders. It is an extremely difficult and expensive target, and it is even less likely that they will let out any news. Therefore, their bounties that occasionally circulate in the market are usually small people who place orders for them but make them too lazy to waste manpower and material resources. However, the original price was probably quite high, so they did not refuse, they just peeled off a layer of oil and water, and only released it publicly with the permission of the owner. Sometimes, in order to demonstrate against the target, the owner would not hesitate to spend a lot of money to advertise it widely. After all, the reputation of Zuojinmen alone is already very valuable.
However, there is also a saying that if you receive too many scattered orders like this, the person holding the stamped paper to receive the reward will become a familiar face, which will also attract their attention and attract you to join their team. I heard that there used to be a master who took part-time jobs, but he was attracted by people from Zuojimen, but he refused to join. As time passed, he was actually killed by those people. Therefore, not everyone dares to accept this order. If they do, it is only occasionally. If there are too many, they will change their names. This was one of the reasons why Tang He didn't do it, not to mention that the money was second-hand. Once named, they will be included in the tracking scope. Furthermore, he has also intercepted some important undisclosed targets. Of course, he has already made secret enemies.
"The forces behind Zuo Zhenmen are not ordinary people."
Lord Xueyue once said this, but Tang He could not fully understand the meaning of his words. What counts as an ordinary person and what doesn’t? There were too many ways to define the two, so he didn't think about it any more.
"When was this organization established?"
"Forget, two or three hundred years, right? Their style was more vicious before."
"so long?"
"Yes. In the past, they were not even allowed to make multiple bets on one order. If it was discovered that the owner did not trust them, they would resort to stealing from the owner's house. It wasn't until someone changed behind the scenes that their style changed. It’s a bit more restrained, but still very disciplined.”
Tang He didn't know that such a thing had happened. Come to think of it, the people behind the scenes have been changing for a long time. After all, they have been like this since he heard about the existence of this kind of organization, and it was probably longer than imagined before anyone stopped mentioning it.
Let's talk about the list in my hand...it's very interesting. Because he knew the target. Generally, those who can be circulated are some famous people, not everyone knows them, at least they have heard their names. There are also personal vendettas, some are young and middle-aged, some are good at martial arts, leaving the person who placed the order helpless. Most of the targets like that are weak women, at least not knowledgeable in martial arts. They are basically killing for love. They can just find someone and kill them. They can't afford to spend a lot of money to find Zuo Jinmen. Unless it's the kind of oiran, the top card, who can't afford to pay for being caught out... But how many people in the world show mercy in the land of fireworks?
So this is a woman, a child, with no reputation... This is a bit of a problem, a big problem.
So Tang Heduo spent some time investigating. It wasn't difficult to get to the bottom of it, and it didn't take long for him to find out that she was the princess of Dailuan City. Her real name is not that, not even Dai. In fact, she has no name. From the palace of the city prince to the people in the city, they all just call her Princess Princess. Those who are a little close to her and take care of her for a long time also call her "Miss". Although everything seemed to be going according to plan, her parents also knew that the house was in deep trouble and did not dare to give her a name for fear of bringing her trouble in the future. They must have anticipated their daughter's duckweed fate from the moment she was conceived.
But she had a master who gave her a surname when she was born, which has the same pronunciation as Chengchi.
Tang He had a feeling. Zuo Zhenmen's plan to kill her may not have happened in a day or two. The closer she got to home, the more pressing matters became. And he also knew that they circulated this list on the black market without identifying the target, and the reward was pitifully small. Putting aside the fact that she herself was very capable, the people around her were not martial arts masters, but they were also accomplished in martial arts. In this regard, the description does say that there is "more than one person" around her. In his opinion, the killers he can attract will basically be sent one after another, not only to fetch water from the bamboo basket, but also to scare the snakes. He couldn't figure out the purpose of Zuo Renmen. Could it be that he was letting it slip on purpose? Some are unjustifiable. But the internal struggles in such a large organization may also be fierce, and it is not impossible to manipulate such things to suppress each other.
He may not take the order. Maybe along the way, but if the bounty is better, he might not refuse.
Killers also need to eat.
He put the brittle, thin paper away. The candle on the table was trembling and almost burned out. The windows were not closed, and the autumn wind that leaked in kept destroying the last candlelight. He stood up, closed the window, and glanced at the girl on the couch next door. Jiang Doudou is usually a well-behaved child, but he kicks the quilt every night. She has been staying in this family for a long time, and her temporary adopters are an elderly couple. He initially heard that they were infertile, but they had a good relationship. Anyone who heard about the homeless children after the war told them, and they took them all back to raise them. As a result, the sons went to serve in the army, the daughters went to the city, and no one went back to the mountains. This mountain has no name, and neither does the mountain village, which will be evacuated one after another. The old couple refused to leave because they were worried that their children would not be able to find their home if they came back.
It was difficult to find those people, but he also heard from people who moved to the town that they were all dead, otherwise he would not have written a letter to his family. I could still receive them a few years ago, but now there is no news from anyone. They have raised at least a dozen children, so it's impossible for them to really die, right? No one would ask where he fostered Jiang Doudou. He just felt that the old man couldn't bear the loneliness, and he picked up a stupid girl that others didn't want to raise. He has been back twice and this is the third time. In other words, he just wanted to see if she was alive. It didn't matter whether she was tall, short, fat or thin. He just wanted to give her money. He couldn't let her see him awake, otherwise she would be just like before, crying and fussing while grabbing his clothes and not letting him go, which would be very annoying. I don’t know why the stinky girl was so strong, her sleeves were torn. Every time, he would sneak away while she was sleeping, making him look like a thief.
He planned to go to a far away place and left a lot of money this time. The reason he knitted for the old couple was very casual, but the old man knew to some extent that the identity of such a generous person was not simple, and he would not leave a child behind easily. The old man doesn't need so much money. Even if he has money, he has nowhere to spend it. During the day, the old man quietly told him that he dug a hole in the third to sixth brick from the left of the flower bed in the backyard and hid all the silver coins he gave him in it to prepare it for the baby. He felt like he should smile, but he couldn't.
For "incidental" reasons, he inquired about the whereabouts of some children. The old couple did not name those children because they said those children did not belong to them. Perhaps it was a prophecy, and they really never came back. It's hard to find them according to the names. Lucky, Yadan'er, Sanhua'er, Maoqiu... both of them are the names of cats and dogs. He once found out about a man named "Mantou" who was as round as a mantou. But that was not the case when he was a child. He would swim down the river and fish it out of a bamboo basket in the river. When I found him, there was a white-faced steamed bun next to his head, which had been eaten by birds and had pockmarks on it, and there was still bird droppings stuck to the swaddling clothes. That was white noodles. Maybe his family was very rich and he was an illegitimate child from some family. Or maybe he was from a poor family and couldn't afford it, so they gave him the only steamed bun they got in exchange. He was very thin when he left home and later went to work as a thug in a notorious mansion. Stop saying that the food is good, and say in your letters at home that you have gained weight. Later, there was a fight, and the steamed bun was eaten by a poor scholar. It is unclear whether the scholar was caught or not, but the mansion would not reimburse him for his life. After Tang He heard this, he did not tell the couple.
Later, I accidentally learned the news that there was a beautiful woman in the land of fireworks. It's just that she has a large red birthmark on one eye, her hair is black, and her face is a little yellow. So Tang He spent a long time looking for her, and she greeted him with flirtatious eyes and a fragrant handkerchief. The first thing he said when he entered the door was to ask her if her name was Sanhuaer when she was a child. The girl was stunned for a moment, but did not escape his eyes. The girl refused to admit it at first, because she lied that she was from a good family and was a lady, but she had fallen to this. Tang He pulled out the knife and asked her if she was right, and she immediately cried. Although she still didn't admit it, she could probably tell from the sobbing words that she felt sorry for her parents who raised her. So she kept grinding until dawn, and finally took off a valuable hairpin from her head, and dug out a straw-like stick from the depths of the jewelry cabinet, which was probably also a hairpin. She asked him to take back those who raised her and what she owed them. According to the past, Tang He would probably say "repay it myself", but what if she really returns to Jiang Doudou's identity? So he took these things away and gave them to the old couple along with the next batch of silver. He only said that Sanhua'er earned it and paid it back, and didn't say much else. The old couple asked a few more questions, but they didn't ask. Because this hairpin looks really valuable. Maybe my daughter will have a good life and marry into a wealthy family. Her husband's family will have strict rules and stay away from the past life.
Oh, and he also saw a woman, or a banshee. She is also very beautiful, truly breathtakingly beautiful. But it's not normal. At first glance, it looks like a cannibal wrapped in evil spirit. When she found him, she didn't come to stir up trouble, but to find Lord Xueyue. No wonder she has that spell on her. But Tang He didn't know, really didn't know, so she looked heartbroken.
Then, another Six Paths Impermanence appeared, whom Tang He had never seen before. It was a person wearing a luxurious miko costume, holding a Kagura bell, talking to the banshee. He left, not wanting to waste time.
He was going further, to the east, to a place he had already been to.
After all, he came to this world alone, and the road in this world can only be walked by one person. I don't want to leave any great achievements in my life, and my reputation will last forever for future generations to admire. I don't want to be a monster among people who are heinous and notorious. He does what he wants to do and be who he wants to be. The long river of history will not remember the name of a killer, and it will not be his turn to sit in the position of comment for future generations. Although he hadn't reached that step yet, he thought that if Tang Yu came back, he probably wouldn't give up. It's not an argument about changing from frugality to luxury, but it's more money coming in faster, and his sister won't have to suffer anymore. He also believed that he was more capable than before and would be able to protect her and prevent tragedies from happening again. No matter how many people's blood will be stained on our hands, we won't hesitate.
As long as you are worthy of yourself in this life, it is enough.
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