Cyber Daming

"Gu Xi's qualifications are dull. He can't climb this ladder to heaven, nor can he take advantage of this swaying wind."

Gu Xi knelt on her knees and begged: "I am returning to my hometown to visit my relatives this time. I just want to tell you in person that I am not qualified for the post of Chengdu County Magistrate. Please find another son in the family to take my place. "

"What did you say?" Gu Zhiwei paused, turned around in astonishment, and stared at Gu Xi in disbelief, "Say what you just said again!"

Gu Xi gritted her teeth and pursed her lips, saying nothing. She just grabbed the ground with her head, and her forehead banged loudly.

"In order to help you get the position of Chengdu County Magistrate, I spent all my life's savings and was reluctant to use it even when I was forced to become an official. Now you tell me that you want to give up just because you are afraid of death? !”

Gu Zhiwei's beard and hair were flaring, and he was so angry that he actually raised his foot and kicked Gu Xi on the shoulder, knocking him to the ground.

"Open your eyes and take a good look. Look at every plaque, every couplet in this ancestral hall, and look at the tablets of our ancestors!"

Gu Zhiwei's fingers trembling with anger pointed at the depths of the ancestral hall.

"Among them, some of them deigned to marry the untouchables in their base in order to cultivate better genes. Some of them, in order to obtain an official position for their tribe, served the wealthy and nobles as slaves, maids, and providers. Driven. In order to let the Gu family gain a foothold in Jinling, some people are willing to die in the temple to make suggestions for others, and to be killed alive in the towering palace. "

Gu Zhiwei put his foot on the ground and said angrily: "It is because of these ancestors who did not hesitate to honor and disgrace, and succeeded one after another, that this house where you grew up was born, and that the Gu family who is now a powerful family was born. Family! Now you are afraid of your own life and death. How can you be worthy of them and the surname "Gu"?

"Go back to your Chengdu County now."

Gu Zhiwei lowered his head and stared at Gu Xi who was lying limply on the ground. After a long time, he turned around angrily.

"Even if you die, you have to die in that yamen and in that official position!"

Until she got into her car, Gu Xi still had a look of despair on her face. She couldn't remember when she got up from the ground or how she left the Gu family building.

At this moment, only Gu Zhiwei's last words were echoing in his mind.

I want to die in the county government and in my official position.

"The east wind is evil and people are unkind"

Gu Xi's eyes were blank and he murmured to himself: "I don't want the rank, fame, or power anymore. I just want a way out now, why can't you give it to me?"

Once upon a time, as a descendant of the collateral clan, Gu Xi's wish was to leave this seemingly luxurious but actually cramped three-story valve building one day to make contributions and show off his ambitions. When he returns home, Gu can open the middle door for him and let him enter the ancestral hall.

So when the Gu family got the qualification to enter the Chengdu Mansion, but all the brothers in the big house were unwilling to go, he volunteered and volunteered.

Over the years, he worked hard and worked hard. Except for leaving a little profit from the business to maintain the normal operation of the industry, all the rest was given to the family.

So after receiving the appointment from the court, I was very high-spirited and thought that all the hard work had finally paid off.

But when everything happened as expected, Gu Xi finally woke up when she looked back.

It turns out that from beginning to end, I was just a tool in the hands of the family.

Now the family needs to dedicate their lives in exchange for a chance to continue to survive in Jinling City.

After being drained of all his value, the final outcome is probably that his brain will be taken out and put into an altar, and then a cold memorial tablet will be erected.

When the next disciple who comes to worship kneels down and kowtows, he will appear as a projection and give him a satisfied smile and a look of relief.

"What do you mean you spent all your favors to help me become the magistrate of Chengdu County? You clearly sensed the danger yourself, so before the torrent started, you chose to quit your job and wanted to save your own life! Gu Zhiwei, I My dear uncle, do you really think I’m so stupid that I don’t know anything?”

"Even an old guy like you who has run out of gas is so precious about his life. What qualifications do you have to ask me to dedicate everything to the family?"

boom!

Gu Xi suddenly punched the back of the chair in the front row hard, and the confusion in his eyes faded away like a tide, replaced by real resentment.

"Why can you live but I can't? Why?!"

"Want to live? It's easy. I can help you."

The sudden sound in his ears made the hairs on Gu Xi's body suddenly stand up.

He looked up in shock, only to find that his car had stopped on the side of the road at some point.

The person in the driver's seat turned around, and a very familiar face caught Gu Xi's sight.

"Long time no see, Master Gu."

Li Jun smiled slightly, but Gu Xi was covered in sweat and his vest was instantly soaked.

An indescribable fear surged out of his genes and gripped Gu Xi's heart, making him feel paralyzed all over and unable to make any sound from his lips.

"Don't be afraid. If I really wanted to kill you, you would have been reincarnated many times by now."

Gu Xi didn't dare to look at Li Jun at all, her eyes drooped and stared at her knees, breathing heavily through her nose and mouth, beads of sweat dripping from the tip of her nose.

Seeing his appearance, Li Jun raised his eyebrows helplessly, trying his best to restrain the murderous aura he had inadvertently revealed.

"No, what do you want from me?"

After a while, Gu Xi finally recovered the ability to speak and spoke stumblingly.

As an 'old acquaintance' who once had contacts in Chengdu County, Gu Xi has always been paying attention to Li Jun's news.

Although he could only have access to some lower-level confidential newspapers within Ruxu, this did not prevent him from being able to tell from the fragmentary words that he and the other party were already in different positions.

Gu Xi wanted to leave Chengdu County partly because he was worried about retaliation from Li Jun.

But he never expected that he would meet him in Jinling City.

"I would like to ask Master Gu for a small favor."

The word 'young master' made Gu Xi feel weak all over, and he quickly squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying, and said: "Brother Jun, you are joking. In the past, I was a villain who had blind eyes and could not recognize the mountain, which offended you. In fact, I I have always wanted to apologize to you in person for those misunderstandings, but I just never had the chance.

Gu Xi became more and more into the state, and said with a sincere expression: "Now I finally have a chance. If you need me to do anything, just make arrangements."

Able to speak well, able to bend and stretch.

He is as powerful as thunder in front of the poor and lowly, and he bows down in front of the mighty.

This Gu Xi is a very standard Confucian order.

"I came to Jinling City this time because I wanted to catch up with some old friends, but I'm afraid they won't welcome an uninvited guest like me."

Li Jun smiled and said: "So I want you to help me check the tone of the house and see where the other person's house opens, how many people there are in the house, who are his beloved relatives and friends, and who are his brothers and sisters."

This is a door-to-door murder!

Gu Xi trembled all over and asked tentatively: "Brother Jun, who is this old friend you want me to talk to?"

"You know him."

Li Jun said in a relaxed tone: "The first-class member of the Xindonglin Party, the Liu family of Jinling."

"Brother Jun, it's not that I'm making excuses, it's just..."

Gu Xi said cautiously: "The Gu family is only a low-ranking third-class family in Jinling City. Compared with the Liu family, I have been sent out by the family a long time ago and have no relationship with them. How can I handle this matter?" I’m afraid it’s difficult.”

"No matter how difficult it is, can it be more difficult than your situation in Chengdu County?"

Li Jun smiled disapprovingly: "Or are you willing to be pushed out by the family and serve as a stepping stone for them to gain profits from the New Deal?"

These words were like a sharp knife, piercing Gu Xi's heart.

"Of course I don't want to."

"I don't like to bargain with people, and I'm not interested in listening to your complaints here. Let's get straight to the point."

Li Jun said directly: "Help me find out the situation of the Liu family, and I can help you kill the current head of the Gu family."

"Even if Gu Zhiwei dies, as long as I continue to serve as the magistrate of Chengdu County, I will still be dead."

There are wolves in front and tigers in the back, and there is always a risk of losing one's life. However, Gu Xi let go of the fear in her heart and the disguise on her face, and said calmly: "If you can help me leave my position in Chengdu County, I will definitely Do it beautifully."

Li Jun sneered: "Are you thinking too much about letting a gangster and an official move his position?"

"Officials kill people, and bandits kill people. A big bandit can become an official if he is recruited, and a big official can become a bandit if he loses his power. There is actually no difference between the two. If you are willing, I believe you will have a way."

"I can't help you with this matter, but I can help you control the Gu family."

Li Jun said calmly: "If you can't find a way out for yourself even with a third-class family, then..."

"That means I, Gu Xi, have a bad life and am not qualified to live." Gu Xi took over the conversation and said with determination.

"In that case, I'll wait for your news."

Li Jun took a deep look at the other person, opened the door and got out of the car.

It wasn't until the other party's figure completely disappeared among the passing crowd that Gu Xi finally slowly let out the turbid air that had been held in his lungs, and his whole body completely collapsed in his seat.

The violent ups and downs of his emotions made him feel extremely exhausted.

The thoughts that were still surging around made him mentally and physically exhausted.

Gu Xi leaned his head slumped against the car window, staring blankly at a wide passage extending underground on the street in the distance. People kept coming in and out of it, like ants entering and leaving their nest.

Above the passage stood a sign made of red and yellow light tubes, with a few words written on it.

Jinling Dilong-Datong Street Station.