Gong Ziyu then turned his attention to the Fuso woman and continued: "About two years after the little girl was born, Tachibana Eirin's daughter decided to find her enemy, so she took her daughter by boat from the distant Fuso to the Central Plains. Start looking for the whereabouts of the enemy who destroyed the family."
Sakurako Tachibana pursed her lips tightly and was trembling all over. It was obvious that Gongziyu's memory-like narration made this woman suffer from extremely heavy grief.
She suddenly looked up at Gong Ziyu, the fire of hatred in her eyes seemed to be able to destroy everything. She said coldly: "Yuan Zhong and I have a blood feud. Without the blessing of Amaterasu, I would have died by his hands. Therefore, no matter how much the price needs to be paid, I must kill him with my own hands!"
Gong Ziyu looked at the emotional woman and said softly: "Put down your excitement for now. The reason why I bring up old things in front of you is because I need to sort out some details. Because the truth of many things is often hidden in some subtle details. Among the inconspicuous details. According to what you personally told me, there seems to be no other secrets about the murder of your family, because only one Yuan Zhong did not die in Fusang. So according to common sense, it can be inferred that he is very likely He is the murderer who kills people and seizes treasures.”
"Because gold, silver, treasures and martial arts secrets can all trigger a person's greed. Once a person has greed, he will inevitably use extreme means." Gong Ziyu said calmly: "You once demonstrated it in front of me. The Kamizan Ichitou style passed down from the family secretly. Although you are the only daughter of Tachibana Eirin, you obviously have not mastered this sword technique to the extreme. But I can still see that the Kamizan Ittou style is indeed an extremely unique and powerful one. Sword skills, even in our Central Plains martial arts world, are still famous in the world."
Tachibana Sakurako's mood eased slightly, and she said in Chinese after hearing this: "So, Yuan Zhong did not hesitate to poison and kill my whole family in order to obtain the Kamizan Ichitou style. Because other than him, my father had no enemies in Fuso. And My husband Guan Junyue must also have known about his conspiracy, so the two of them had a fierce fight before the string of beads was accidentally left at the scene. But my husband was poisoned first and was finally defeated. Yuan Zhong’s men. In order to kill people and silence them, Yuan Zhong dismembered Guan Junyue and disfigured him regardless of the love of his friends. It’s really ridiculous that I would become a brother and sister with such a vicious-hearted person."
Gong Ziyu pondered, and said after a long time: "Everything is very clear and simple. We only need to find Yuan Zhong, and the truth will be revealed. But I still have a question, that is, can you really confirm that the dead body is intact?" Is the unrecognizable person Guan Junyue?"
Tachibana Sakurako did not think carefully and said categorically: "Of course I can be sure. Because even if he has changed beyond recognition and has not retained a complete body, I can still be sure that he is my husband Guan Junyue. Because I know his physical characteristics very well. . There are three moles on his back, and one of the toes on his left foot is broken, so his left foot actually only has four toes. I looked at the scene carefully, and the two features are exactly the same. So I can be sure, My husband is dead."
Gong Ziyu's face darkened slightly and he said nothing for a while.
After a long time, he said again: "But I have used all my strength to investigate for almost a year, but I still haven't found any news about Yuan Chong in the Central Plains. If he is still alive, then he must be a person worthy of great attention. .”
The corners of his mouth suddenly raised, revealing a meaningful smile, and then said: "Tachibana Sakurako, this deal between you and me does seem to be very difficult. However, the more difficult the game, the more interesting it is to challenge. And I I have always liked such difficult games.”
There was an inexplicable confidence in his words.
In Tachibana Sakurako's heart, although the man in front of her was very mysterious and could even be said to be quite scary, for some reason, the woman felt that what he said was worthy of belief.
So, the woman spoke in Fuso language: "So I believe that no matter how cunning the fox is, as long as it is alive, it will show its tail one day. And I can afford to wait. Because killing him is my biggest wish in this life." .”
Gong Ziyu sighed softly, and murmured: "Although I understand your mood of revenge. But in this murder, the most innocent and pitiful person is actually your daughter. Have you never thought about letting Is she free?"
As soon as these words came out, Tachibana Sakurako trembled and her whole body froze.
Her eyes turned to the little girl on the bed, with a look of pain and despair in her eyes.
Gong Ziyu sighed: "Actually, compared with you, her pain is the most severe. Because although you are also in pain, you are still alive after all, and you know what your goal is. But what about her? Although you try your best to Extend her life, but she has already lost her soul. She will not even know that she is still alive. This kind of pain is the real life worse than death."
The woman sat on the chair as if she had been struck by lightning, tears welling up in her eyes.
Gong Ziyu shook his head helplessly.
The woman murmured in Chinese: "Master Yu, you are not a woman, so you will never understand how a mother feels. I also understand what it means to let her continue to live, but I can't convince myself to let her go, because I am her biological mother, and I can't do anything. Xiao Yingzi is my daughter and my only hope for survival. These years, without her by my side, I would have been unable to carry on. So I want to Amaterasu swears that I will kill my enemy with my own hands in front of Sakurako, and let her be my witness to avenge my relatives."
The woman said, with a look of hatred and determination in her eyes again.
"Forget it. Everyone has their own choice." Gong Ziyu said: "Your revenge will take an indefinite period of time. And you will pay a huge price for it. I also hope that you can persevere. In the end, I can fulfill your wish.”
The woman looked at him, nodded and said, "I leave everything to Master Yu. In order to find my enemy, I will pay any price. I will never regret it."
"Since you and I have already signed a contract, I will fulfill the promise I received." Gong Ziyu pointed to the box on the table with a smile and said, "I have brought you two plants that are more than twenty years old. Pure ginseng, which comes from Changbai Mountain, is a rare thing. It should be enough for your daughter to use for a while. As for the price, it is a full 20,000 taels of silver. Although it is not cheap, it is worth the price."
"Arigado." The woman immediately stood up and bowed to Gongzi Yu with a face full of joy. "I don't have enough ginseng on me anymore. These two ginseng plants came just in time. I'm very grateful."
Gong Ziyu said: "In order to maintain Xiaoyingzi's life, you must take high-quality ginseng every day, and this requires a lot of money. So you have to do a lot of things to ensure that you have enough money to buy ginseng."
Tachibana Sakura gritted her teeth and said, "I understand. So as long as I can do anything, Mr. Yu, please come to me."
"Before you came to the Central Plains, you had never killed anyone. But after you arrived in the Central Plains, you turned into a killer." Gong Ziyu suddenly said: "Do you still remember how many times you have killed from the day the contract came into effect to now? personal?"
The woman's body shook slightly, her eyelids twitched, and she actually showed a look of fear, and then whispered: "Six."
"Six people." Gong Ziyu raised his eyebrows and said, "For a woman who has never killed anyone before, this is not a small number. In fact, I know that you hate killing, but for your daughter, you do it every day. If ginseng can extend your life, you have to grit your teeth and keep on killing."
Tachibana Sakurako said: "I hate the smell of blood because I don't want my daughter to be stained with blood. But I have no choice."
Gong Ziyu said calmly: "Once your hands are stained with blood, they can never be washed away. This is the world. And everyone's choice has a price. Since you have chosen your daughter, you need to pay, including yourself. conditions within the country as a price.”
The woman was silent, but her expression answered everything.
"You completed this mission very well, with almost no flaws." Gong Ziyu said: "Huo Zhendong is a man with a blind eye, but he is also very vigilant. At the same time, he also has the habit of killing women. Can you Successfully completing the task and still leaving his bed alive is enough to show that you are a killer that satisfies me. But I really want to know, as a killer, what is the difference between killing someone with your own hands and killing someone without your own hands? Is there no difference?"
He narrowed his eyes and looked at the woman.
Sakurako Tachibana said without changing her expression: "To me, they are just tasks, there is no difference."
Gong Ziyu nodded and said: "The purpose of a killer's existence is to kill others. Therefore, a powerful killer will know how to use various means to kill a person. As a female killer, in addition to her own ability to kill, She also has another innate advantage, that is, a woman's body itself is a killing knife."
The corners of Tachibana Sakurako's mouth twitched a few times and her lips tightened. Although Gong Ziyu's words were light, they were as sharp as a knife. As a woman, she felt very embarrassed, as if she had taken off her clothes in front of a strange man.
She used to cherish her body very much. She had accepted the concept since she was a child that she could not have her without her beloved husband. Later, she dedicated her body to the man she loved as she wished. But that man is dead now, and she will never fall in love with another man again in this life. So her body becomes a tool that helps her accomplish her task.
Because compared to the blood feud that he carries, a woman's body is really nothing. So she saw through it and it didn't matter anymore.
What Gong Ziyu said is true, women are lust, and there is a knife hanging above the word lust.
So, isn’t a smart and beautiful woman a knife that can kill people?
Gong Ziyu suddenly asked: "Do you know why you completed this mission so smoothly?"
"Because I am a woman, and a Fuso woman." Tachibana Sakurako replied, her face was very calm.
"It seems that you are very aware of your own advantages." Gong Ziyu showed a look of admiration and said: "Huo Zhendong is a man who looks at sex like his life. He has met many different women in his life. But he has never played with them. Fuso woman, and there is a wound on this woman’s face.”
Tachibana Sakurako's expression remained unchanged.
Gong Ziyu held his chin with his right hand, stared at the woman's face, and continued: "If it were other ordinary men, they would definitely lose interest in you after seeing the wounds on your face. But Huo Zhendong is different, he has already He has had too many women. Although those women are all beautiful, they have lost their novelty over time. So when he sees you, you have successfully stimulated his curiosity that he has lost for a long time. Heart and passion. This is a normal but pathological psychology. And it is this psychology that has become Huo Zhendong's fatal weakness."
A strange look flashed in Tachibana Sakurako's eyes. She looked at the leisurely and calm man opposite and said: "Master Yu is a very smart man, so he can accurately judge his weaknesses. And Master Yu took advantage of this weakness, so he let him use a very clever way. way to die. Because no one would have thought that a strange little insect that can kill people would actually be placed inside the body of a woman..."
When the woman said this, her words stopped abruptly. Her face suddenly turned red. Even though her heart was already as solid as stone, speaking of such unimaginable details still made her feel a surge of shame.
But Gong Ziyu, the mastermind of what could be called a seamless murder, had no emotion at all on his face. He said calmly: "It is sometimes difficult to kill someone, especially a person with strong martial arts skills. But as long as you use the right method, it will become an easy task."
Tachibana Sakurako suddenly felt that this man was very mysterious and terrifying. She blurted out in Fuso language: "Although he did not kill anyone with his own hands, Mr. Yu is more terrifying than a killer with a knife."
Gongziyu raised his eyebrows, obviously not paying attention to the woman's words. He smiled lightly and said: "If I am not such a person, how can you believe that I can find the enemy who destroyed your family for you?"
Hearing this, Tachibana Sakurako was speechless.
Gong Ziyu continued: "You did a good job this time, so in addition to the previous reward of 20,000 taels, I will give you an additional bonus of 10,000 taels of silver. But the 20,000 taels have already bought ginseng for you, so this For once, you only have dividends to take.”
Tachibana Sakurako nodded and said, "I understand."
"Now I want to ask you something. About Huo Zhendong." Gong Ziyu said, "You can recall slowly and try not to conceal or omit anything."
Tachibana Sakurako frowned slightly, but immediately replied: "Young Master Yu, if you have any questions, just ask, I will definitely tell you everything."
Gong Ziyu still held his chin up and asked, "During the night you and Huo Zhendong got together, did he ever inadvertently say anything about a book?"
"Book?" The woman was quite surprised and couldn't help but blurted out: "What kind of book?"
"Then it's not something you should know." Gong Ziyu said calmly: "I just need to know, did he ever mention it?"
Tachibana Sakurako immediately stopped asking any more questions. She frowned slightly and began to recall carefully.
While the young master was concentrating on her memory, his eyes remained on the woman's face. The reason why he looked at the woman in front of him intently was because he could detect from some subtle expressions whether the other party was hiding something or deceiving him.
The scary thing about Gong Ziyu is that he can capture the deeply hidden emotional changes of others at any time. And be able to find what you want from those changes.
In his understanding, the human heart is fickle and extremely difficult to control, and is the most terrifying weapon in the world. Therefore, being able to accurately understand and grasp the human heart and its corresponding weaknesses is more useful than learning a powerful martial arts.
After a long time, Tachibana Sakurako shook her head and said, "I recalled carefully that Huo Zhendong didn't mention anything about books that night."
Gong Ziyu hummed slightly, and he did not look disappointed. It seemed that this answer was also expected by him. Because he could see that there was nothing strange about this Fuso woman.
"Although Huo Zhendong looks like a vulgar martial artist, he is actually very scheming." Gong Ziyu said softly: "So even if you are a very unique woman in his eyes, he will not easily fall in love with a strange woman. Telling some relatively secretive things in front of women.”
The woman nodded slightly in agreement.
Gongzi Yu paused and then said: "But I'm thinking, even if he hides it very well, he might not just focus on having sex with you in bed all night, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Tachibana Sakurako couldn't help but frown again, feeling a little unhappy in her heart. Because she deeply felt that the man in front of her never regarded her as a woman, so she said such embarrassing words in front of her without any hesitation. But she is also a smart woman. Although she does not understand what kind of person Gong Ziyu is, she is at least certain that Gong Ziyu is not a person who cares about other people's thoughts. In his eyes, it seemed that no one had secrets, and even if they did, he wouldn't think it was a big deal. Therefore, even though Tachibana Sakurako had emotions in her heart, she only had the wisdom to hold it back.
But the almost imperceptible subtle emotions of women still cannot escape the eyes of men. So Gong Ziyu still said calmly: "I have no interest in the bed situation between you and Huo Zhendong. Because I only need to get the answer I want. If you remember something, you must answer it truthfully."
Tachibana Sakurako secretly trembled in her heart. She even began to dare not look directly into the man's eyes. She lowered her head slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "He didn't torment me all night. That night, he rested three times, drank twice, and ate a roast chicken. Although she didn't mention it. About the book, but he said something after drinking."
"Oh?" Gongziyu's eyes finally flashed with light. He sat up straight and asked, "What did he say?"
Sakurako Tachibana looked a little embarrassed and said: "At that time, he was pressing on me and squeezing my neck, and his expression became very ferocious. He was so hard that I almost thought I would be strangled to death by him. I was ready He wanted to take action against him. But at that time, he said to himself viciously: "Li, don't think that I can't find it if you hide it at home, because I'm better at your home than you are." Familiar. Do you think that you can use it as a bargaining chip to escape by hiding things? Dream on! They will never let you go. I will not give up easily, because I am still in the world.'" The woman said this After a pause, "That's what he said."
"It's really interesting." After Gong Ziyu heard what she said, a smile appeared on his face, but his meaning was unpredictable. He said slowly: "It seems that the relationship between Huo Zhendong and Li Yuansong is not as good as it seems. In this case, the story between them must be very interesting."
Tachibana Sakurako naturally didn't understand the meaning of this man's words, so she simply didn't speak.
"Very good. The clue you provided is very useful to me." Gong Ziyu looked at the woman and smiled: "So this clue has added another two thousand taels of silver to you."
Tachibana Sakurako's eyes immediately lit up, because she needed the silver very much. She was surprised and happy and said: "Thank you, Mr. Yu."
Gong Ziyu stood up, took out two silver notes from his sleeves and put them on the table, saying: "This is twelve thousand taels of silver. You can keep it. There hasn't been any wind outside recently, so you can stay here temporarily." Here. This place is nice, and you won’t be disturbed by others.”
Tachibana Sakura also stood up, nodded and said in Fuso: "Hi!"
Gong Ziyu slowly walked to the door and was about to leave, but he turned his head and glanced at the little girl on the bed.
"I will be staying here for a while recently, and I will let you know if I need you."
Tachibana Sakurako didn't speak, just nodded.
Gong Ziyu opened the door and walked out of the room.
The night breeze is slightly cold, and the lights in Changzhou city are brightly lit.
Gong Ziyu was walking on the street with a smile on his lips.
"It seems that the "Retrospect of Chivalry" is not an ordinary book. If nothing else, there must be very interesting things hidden in it." The young master said secretly in his heart: "Since it is an interesting game, why not play it? How about finding out?"
