Gong Ziyu is a person who likes to play games. But what he plays is not the games that people usually think of. In his eyes, this dark and dirty world is the biggest game field, and the people on it are the various characters in the game. His pleasure is to discover the different stories hidden in those characters and to control those stories in various ways. So he chose the profession of "middleman". Compared with the swords and swords in the world, Gong Ziyu felt that the human heart was the most terrifying existence. So he uses his identity as a middleman to play with those characters, because he can find different human natures in different characters, thereby gaining the pleasure of being in control of everything.
Therefore, Gong Ziyu is a very special "middleman" because everyone who comes to him to solve trouble must abide by his rules of the game. For example, if someone needs Gong Ziyu to help him kill someone, Gong Ziyu will figure out why the person wants to kill that person. Things like this are usually secrets that others are least willing to tell others, but Gong Ziyu has an almost obsessive desire to explore such secrets. So even though his rules are weird, because he almost never fails, others have no choice but to follow them. After all, things like murder are not a trivial matter at any time.
The reason why Gong Ziyu has such weird rules is simply put, there are only two reasons. First, he likes to explore people's hearts. Because everyone who is in trouble will have secrets. These secrets are different, but the humanity shown by everyone when facing these secrets is also different. This is what makes Gongzi Yu happy. Second, although he likes to play games, he is also an extremely wise person. He doesn't like to become the target of others' exploration, so when dealing with any matter, he will put himself in an absolutely safe position. His profession is that of a middleman, so he will look at those secrets and troubles with a relatively neutral identity. If he himself would get into trouble, then there would be no point in playing this game.
The pleasure Gong Ziyu gets from such a game is incomprehensible to others. He regards this arena as a chess game, and he is the one playing the chess game. There are ever-changing chess games, and the opponents playing chess are also different. In order to win every game of chess, his purpose is to expose the true face of human nature to his opponents, while he stands coldly from a high place, overlooking the twisted, dark and ugly appearance of their human nature. .
But his own secret has never been known to anyone. But Gong Ziyu knew very well that there were countless people in the world who were also trying to find out his secrets, and this kind of game without swords and swords was the real excitement of the game.
Therefore, Gong Ziyu always maintains an absolutely calm attitude and flexible thinking. He can take one step and count it ten steps, or even more. Because he has a secret in his heart, that is, he wants to find the true meaning of his existence in such a game.
This world is covered with many layers of masks, and people in the world also wear masks of what they know and what they don't know. So too many people are actually unable to see their true selves. If one day you accidentally remove the mask on your face, only to find that you have no idea who the person behind the mask really is, that would undoubtedly be the saddest thing in the world.
Gong Ziyu didn't want to become that kind of person. But he happens to be that kind of person.
This is really a very contradictory thing. A confused person trying to find his own story from other people's stories is a very absurd story in itself.
He is just like the word "yu" in his name, he has no direction and is unpredictable. But it can rise and fall with the wind. Wherever it passes, listening to the wind talking and watching the rain meditating, there are stories everywhere.
Gong Ziyu has been wandering in the world for a long time. He is a person who can endure loneliness and loneliness, so he has no friends. The people related to him are only those who have "business" dealings with him and have signed contracts. To put it bluntly, their relationship is just about using each other to get what they need. But no one knows how many people have a contractual relationship with Gong Ziyu. No one knows his true origin, and he is basically a mysterious existence in the world. He has experienced too many things, but most of them are games that are not too difficult. After a long time, he will inevitably feel that this world is a bit boring. But some recent events have made Mr. Yu, who has extremely keen intuition, feel that this world is about to become interesting.
People who are good at controlling chess games don't like a dead game, nor do they like opponents who don't change. And Gong Ziyu is such a person. So when he learned from Hua Wuji that Li Yuansong had secretly become a minion of the Demon Cult and had stolen the "Xia Jian Dao Retrospective" from Xi Jian Tang, he already felt that there must be some evil hidden in it. A well-known secret.
And he, Gong Ziyu, has always enjoyed exploring secrets.
So he got another important clue from Tachibana Sakurako.
If "Retrospective of Chivalry" is really just a book recording the past of Xi Jian Tang, then why would Li Yuansong go to such trouble to let Hua Wuji steal such a book of little value?
With Gong Ziyu's wisdom, he quickly identified a possibility? That is, this book, or the content recorded in this book, must be related to the Holy Demonic Cult.
This possibility was quickly confirmed from the clues revealed by Sakurako Tachibana - Li Yuansong obtained "The Way of Chivalry" and did not hand it over to the people who needed it immediately. He wanted to use this book as a bargaining chip. in exchange for your own freedom. That's why Huo Zhendong said, "They won't let you go." From this we can also learn that because Li Yuansong was selfish and did not take into account the feelings of Huo Zhendong as a friend, Huo Zhendong secretly began to be wary and dissatisfied with him. From these signs, we can be sure that "Xia Dao Retrospect" is definitely not an ordinary book.
The Holy Legend of the Demon Cult has been extinct in the Central Plains for more than 20 years, but now there are signs of resurgence, and these signs did not arise suddenly, but were premeditated and prepared in secret, so people like Li Yuansong and Huo Zhendong All the famous heroes have become minions driven by the devil's religion. And what is particularly scary is that no one knows how many people like Li Yuansong and Huo Zhendong are there in the Central Plains arena.
But for the current Gong Ziyu, he doesn't care whether the Demonic Church will make a comeback. He only cares about the things he wants to care about.
So one of the things he is very interested in now is to find out what kind of secrets are hidden in "Xia Dao Retrospective".
Although he is also a man of the world, he has always only sought to be alone. He does not have too deep feelings about this world. On the surface, it seems that he is just gaining profits in the arena, and at the same time getting the pleasure of achievement in his heart. But is this what Gong Ziyu ultimately wants?
But no one in the world knows this answer except Gong Ziyu himself.
The night market in Changzhou City is always lively.
Gong Ziyu was walking on the street, and people were rubbing shoulders with each other. Various shops lined the street, and the shouts of various vendors came and went.
I don't know when, Gong Ziyu was followed by a two-wheeled cart. There were five or six half-person-high wooden barrels piled on top of the cart. I don't know what was inside.
Carts like this are common everywhere, so they don't look anything special.
But Gong Ziyu suddenly slowed down, and the cart behind him couldn't dodge and almost hit him.
Gong Ziyu stopped and turned slightly.
The person pushing the cart was a coolie man in shabby clothes. It seemed that the cart was quite heavy, so the man had a hard time pushing it, and sweat was already appearing on his forehead and face. He finally managed to pull the cart, and then looked up to see the young man in front of the cart looking at him.
The coolie man looked apologetic and smiled apologetically at Gong Ziyu: "Master, I'm sorry, the things on my car are too heavy. Didn't I hit you?"
Gong Ziyu looked at him, smiled and shook his head.
The coolie man wiped the sweat from his face and smiled at Gong Ziyu: "Uncle, I'm really sorry for frightening you. How about you go first?"
Gong Ziyu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. I'd better make way for you."
The coolie man shook his head repeatedly and said with an apologetic smile: "No need. The things in my car are very heavy and I can't move fast. It's better for you to leave first."
Gong Ziyu nodded, turned around and walked away.
After walking about a few feet, the coolie man just started pushing the cart forward again.
Gong Ziyu walked forward slowly with his hands behind his back. But the cart was following him intentionally or unintentionally at a distance of five or six feet behind him.
The streets were crowded, so it didn't look like anything special.
But after Gong Ziyu walked for about half a moment, he suddenly turned into an alley.
This alleyway is very deep and long, sparsely populated and dirty. Only the old lanterns hung on long wooden poles on both sides of the alleyway for lighting emit weak light, making it appear dim and gloomy. The main street outside was crowded with people, but it was unusually quiet here, with only a few dogs barking occasionally in the distance.
Gong Ziyu's steps slowed down as he walked into this alley.
At the end of the lane, there seemed to be a carriage parked under a locust tree.
In the middle of the alley, a small flag was hung on a corner with a big word "tea" written on it. It seems to be a small stall selling tea.
Not far into the alleyway, Gong Ziyu suddenly heard the sound of wheels behind him.
Gong Ziyu suddenly stopped.
He seemed to sigh softly in the darkness.
Then he turned around and looked towards the entrance of the alley.
A two-wheeled cart was slowly coming in from outside the alley.
The road in the alley was not smooth, and the two-wheeled cart was going a little bumpy and crooked. Suddenly, the wheel seemed to hit a stone. The person pushing the cart couldn't control it for a moment, and the whole cart turned sideways, and then the cart turned sideways. The five or six half-man-high wooden barrels fell to the ground and rolled around in the alleyway.
Five or six wooden barrels rolled to where Gong Ziyu was standing, and then slowly stopped around him.
Gong Ziyu looked calm. He did not look at the barrels on the ground, but looked at the person pushing the cart.
The man pushing the cart was the coolie man from before. He trotted forward in a hurry. When he saw Gong Ziyu, he seemed to be a little surprised. Then he stopped and said, "Master, it's you again? What a coincidence. I'm so sorry, I was so scared again." Are you done?"
Gong Ziyu put his hands behind his back, and he didn't know when there were two silver iron pills as big as eggs in his hands. He played with the two iron pills casually with both hands, and said lightly: "Brother, this road is not easy to walk, but Just don’t break your things.”
"Yes, if it wasn't for taking a shortcut, who would be willing to take such a shortcut?" The coolie man still said with a smile, "This is a fool's errand, is it also for taking a shortcut?"
Gong Ziyu smiled slightly and said: "Although some roads are difficult to walk, sometimes you have to walk it again, right?"
"Uncle, you are really good at talking." The coolie man smiled and said, "But it's a difficult road like this, so it's better for you to walk less alone."
"There is no other way. Since we have already walked this road, we have to finish it no matter how difficult it is." Gong Ziyu still smiled.
The coolie man rubbed his hands and said, "If you don't want to take this road, you can just turn around and go back. Wouldn't the road outside be better?"
Under the weak light, the coolie man had a pair of very wide and thick hands, more than twice as wide as ordinary people's hands. The muscles on the back of the hands were protruding and calloused, making them look extremely strong.
Gong Ziyu glanced at the man's hand, but sighed softly: "I really wanted to turn around, but I found that it didn't seem to work. Because someone didn't want me to go back."
"Oh? Such a thing could happen?" The coolie man seemed surprised. He turned his head and glanced at the entrance of the alleyway behind him, then turned back to Gongzi Yu and said, "Where is that person?"
Gong Ziyu said: "Isn't that person just you, Xiongtai?"
The coolie man was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed, as if he had heard a very funny joke.
He laughed and said, "Master, why can't I understand what you are saying? How could a miserable person like me not let you go back?"
"Xiongtai is not a miserable person." Gong Ziyu blinked his eyes, looked at the man and said, "You are a miserable person."
The coolie man's laughter stopped, and he suddenly straightened up, and then his eyes showed a completely different cold and stern look from before, and asked: "Who do you think a person like me will kill? "
"Of course you want my life." Gong Ziyu showed no signs of disbelief. He even pointed at his nose and said, "In this world, people who come to Gong Ziyu, if not to solve trouble, then they want to Take his life."
"Gong Ziyu?" The coolie man suddenly smiled strangely: "Who is he? Where is he?"
Hearing this, Gong Ziyu shrugged helplessly and said, "People in the clear don't tell secrets. It would be pointless if I just keep pretending to be confused."
The coolie man stroked his hands and stared at Gongzi Yu with sharp eyes: "So, you have admitted that you are Gongzi Yu?"
"Alas." Gongziyu suddenly sighed with some disappointment: "Since you are here for Gongziyu, you should know that if anyone dares to pretend to be Gongziyu in the world now, then his head will be squeezed by the door. It must be that life is too boring, so he is seeking death."
"I'm so sorry." The coolie man smiled strangely and said, "I know Gong Ziyu's name. But I have never seen him before, so I have to confirm it."
"I thought everyone in the Red Mansion was the same: clean, simple and direct." Gong Ziyu shook his head and said, "But what I see now is quite different. No wonder the feared Red Mansion would create a black list."
The coolie man's face suddenly darkened, because Gong Ziyu had already seen through his identity.
Red Mansion. Killer.
"Since you already know that I am a member of the Red Mansion, why don't you run away?" The coolie man said coldly: "I don't believe that the famous Gong Ziyu in the world will be a weak scholar with no resistance."
"You know I can't escape." Gong Ziyu sighed, his eyes turning to the tea stall in the middle of the alley. He said, "So why should I waste my energy?"
"Gong Ziyu is indeed a very smart man as rumored." The coolie man said, "But I still don't believe that you will just sit back and wait for death."
Gong Ziyu raised his eyebrows and said, "For someone as smart as you, I guess you must also be a famous killer on the black list."
The coolie man's eyes were blazing and he said, "Then why don't you guess who I am?"
But Gong Ziyu shook his head and said: "If it were me, I would definitely not find someone like you who talks so much to kill someone. Haven't you ever heard of the saying, "Too many words lead to mistakes?"
The coolie man sneered.
Gong Ziyu suddenly said something very inappropriate: "Can I buy you a cup of tea?"
The coolie man was suddenly startled when he heard this. Then he twitched his face and said coldly: "I don't like drinking tea."
"Oh, then you must like drinking." Gong Ziyu looked at the coolie man's waist, and there was a gourd hanging on his waist. "Generally speaking, only people who like to drink will carry a wine gourd with them, right?"
The coolie man raised his brows and said, "What's in my gourd is life-ending wine for the dead."
"I see. Then I should know who you are." Gong Ziyu still played with the iron pill with his hands behind his back, and said calmly: "The wine master Tu Cui Chuang, the sixth-ranked killer on the Red Mansion Black List. Sure enough, he has a background."
The coolie man was shocked. He didn't expect that the other party already knew his identity in just a few words. The Gong Ziyu in front of him was indeed something extraordinary.
If Gong Ziyu was a simple person, then Yu Cheng, the ninth-ranked Three Ultimate Divine Sword, would not have died in the assassination of Gong Ziyu.
Since the establishment of the Red Mansion in Jianghu, they have failed in almost no business, let alone lost a famous assassin on the black list because of assassinating a person.
But Gong Ziyu made Honglou a precedent for failure.
So this time, they don't want to miss again.
This coolie man, Cui Chuang, the sixth-ranked killer on the Red Mansion Black List, was secretly on guard at this moment. He was ready to kill Gong Ziyu at any time.
"Now that you know my origin, you must already know the consequences." Cui Chuanghan said: "The chance of you walking out of this road tonight is very small."
"Just because the chance is small, it doesn't mean there is none." Although Gong Ziyu already knew who his opponent was, he was still shockingly calm. He smiled and said: "As a killer, the most effective way is to hide in absolute darkness. People know his background. Because once you let others know his origin, it is tantamount to exposing your own weakness. Do you know why I can still stand here talking to you now? That's because I already knew that I was coming last time The person who killed me was the ninth of yours. That’s why he died.”
Cui Chuang's expression changed, and his expression suddenly became ferocious. He said in a deep voice: "Do you know why he is ranked ninth? It's because he is too conceited and stupid. So he deserves to die. But this time is different, you can't run away. "
Gong Ziyu sighed: "It is said in the world that the Red Mansion and the Black List are difficult for the King of Hell to control. It seems that this sentence is true. The professionalism of Hong Mansion is indeed admirable, but I have some doubts that this purpose is to complete the task. Or is it that Red Mansion can’t accept the result of the failure?”
"You talk a little too much." Cui Chuang said coldly: "You, Gong Ziyu, are also in the world, and we are half of the same industry. The only difference is that you did not kill anyone yourself. But it doesn't matter. After tonight, you will You don’t need to think too much.”
As soon as he finished speaking, his aura erupted, the joints of his palms crackled loudly, and murderous intent burst out from his body.
Gong Ziyu sighed again: "It seems that Honglou really wants to kill me and is about to do it soon. But even if you are ranked sixth, you must not be completely sure to kill me, right?"
Cui Chuang said angrily: "You dare to underestimate me?"
Gong Ziyu smiled and said: "If you are really sure, why bring so many people here?"
Cui Chuang's angry face suddenly showed surprise, and he blurted out: "What did you say?"
Gong Ziyu looked at Cui Chuang and said, "Besides you, there are at least seven people in this Gang Lane, right?"
Just as Cui Chuang looked surprised, Gong Ziyu suddenly stretched out his hand, pointed at the five or six wooden barrels that rolled to the ground, and said: "One, two, three, four, five, six. I am a little confused. Could it be that the killers in the Red Mansion are all Were they killed by such an unoriginal method as hiding in a barrel?"
Before he finished speaking, the six wooden barrels scattered around him suddenly shattered, and a large piece of cold light suddenly burst out in the dark alley.
