【Kuan Xin】Snake and Venom

After the fire, Gu Changkun ordered people to renovate all the places in the village temple. In order to avoid trouble, he found someone to forge various historical files for Wumu village, and re-edited all the case books about Wumu village, such as population registration. A copy was made, and a new Wumu village was fabricated.

For eight years, Gu Changkun and those dozens of people from back then have been hunting all kinds of wild beasts, skinning those that need to be skinned, dismantling those that need to be boned, and disemboweling them to take away the gall in the black bear's body. The blood of the man was drawn clean, because of the saying "the blood of the black wolf and even the yang thing can be used as medicine, and the price is high."

They didn't even bother to verify the truth of the statement.

Whatever the outside world wants, as long as they give more money, they will try their best to get it.

The original ebony village was a paradise for wild beasts to lick their pain, but now the ebony village has become their endless nightmare.

In the beginning, Gu Changkun and the others took advantage of the trust of the beasts in themselves, and hunted them inhumanely. Later, when the trust of the beasts in them was exhausted, Gu Changkun bought various anesthetics from outside and made them He drew up his weapons and pointed the sharp spear points at them.

Gu Changkun obtained brutal satisfaction through the brutal killing of beasts, while others recklessly made huge profits from it. Seeing bag after bag of money in their pockets, they were so happy that they seemed to lose their minds, completely forgetting to All of this, how many things they have done without conscience.

Some people gradually noticed the place of Wumu Village. They found that the life in the village was much better than outside, so they ran to beg Gu Changkun to let them enter the village. In order to avoid suspicion and create false appearances, Gu Changkun did not refuse. He agreed to bring them into the village, but the newcomers didn't know anything about what Gu Changkun was doing secretly.

As time went by, Gu Changkun and the others discovered one after another that it was difficult to find traces of wild animals on the back mountains and cliffs of Wumuzhai. In order to make huge profits, they were so anxious that they decided to take risks and look for prey under the cliffs.

This idea came about about a month ago.

It was also the time when Gu Shi and Gu Xi's revenge plan started.

Every time a person came down to look for prey, Gu Shi would blow his jade whistle, and all kinds of wild beasts would enrage and bite him to death.

In order to intimidate Gu Changkun, Gu Shi would "kindly" send the corpse back to the cliff every time.

At first, the villagers thought it was just an accident, but it wasn't until corpses that looked similar to death appeared that they gradually realized that it was not an accident, but that someone was deliberately punishing them in this way.

The self-deceiving villagers thought that as long as they didn't go down the mountain, this incident would not affect themselves, but when corpses appeared on the back mountain, they were finally afraid.

So, they gathered together and asked Gu Changkun to find a solution. Gu Changkun himself was afraid, so he had no choice but to write to Kaifeng for help. On the surface, they hoped that someone would find out the truth, but in fact they were using the hands of others to get rid of the hiding place. The person behind the scenes.

At that time, Gu Changkun still failed to guess that those people were Gu Shi and Gu Xi. In his eyes, these two children had already died in the sea of ​​flames.

Coincidentally, when Mi Pavilion assigned the task to Shisanzhai, Yuan Bofin's letter had just been delivered to Lu Guannian.

Thus, the misunderstanding between the two parties began.

Yuan Zhongxin thought that he was going to help Gu Changkun, while Gu Shi thought that his enemies were Gu Changkun and Yuan Zhongxin.

Yuan Zhongxin and Wang Kuan listened to the three of them quietly and fell into deep thought.

Yuan Zhongxin blinked, and turned his gaze to Gu Li: "Then you..."

Gu Li naturally knew what he wanted to say, his eyes darkened, and he said sullenly: "I didn't like my father's actions. If I had the chance, I would definitely stop him. I brought you to the cliff that day just to lure you to see Gu, but I didn’t expect such a thing to happen.”

Gu Xi said: "Cousin has been close to us since he was a child, and Dad treats him as if he was his own, so..."

Yuan Zhongxin nodded suddenly.

Wang Kuan asked, "Then what about your jade whistle?"

Gu Shi took out the jade whistle from his bosom, and said, "Whistle-crying beast control is a unique secret book handed down from the Gu family line, and it has always been only passed on to the eldest son of the new generation of the Gu family, so Gu Changkun didn't even know that he could pass the whistle." If Ming Lai controls the beast, if he finds out, the consequences will be disastrous."

These two jade whistles have been handed down for a long time since Gu Ya settled in Wumuzhai, but not many people would use them. Firstly, the whistle beast is quite picky about its users. When the whistle blows back, it hurts the body very much. Secondly, the Gu family has been friendly with wild beasts for generations, so there is no need for this jade whistle on weekdays.

And there is an inevitable condition for using the jade whistle, that is, the user must be at least eighteen years old.

That's why Gu Xi and Gu Shi hid at the bottom of the cliff for eight years, but they didn't rush to take revenge on Gu Changkun.Back then, they were really too weak, and they had no chance of winning against the cruel, treacherous and cunning Gu Changkun.

What's more, beside them are a group of old people who were cruelly driven out by their respective sons and grandsons. If Gu Changkong and Gu Xi hadn't brought their brothers and sisters down the mountain to collect herbs when they were young, they wouldn't have been able to find them. A place of refuge for the elderly to spend their old age in peace.

Gu Shi stared at the jade whistle, and murmured: "I escaped from the fire that day, and when I woke up, I had these two jade whistles in my pocket. I had nothing but Gu Xi."

A greed in Wumu Village completely stripped away the happiness that originally belonged to him. So far, what he lost was not only his family, but also that piece of pure land away from the hustle and bustle of the world, leisurely and comfortable.

Gu Li lowered his head in grief, and said it was all because of his cowardice, if he could have informed Gu Changkong of the conspiracy earlier, this tragedy would not have happened!

Gu Xi bit her lips tightly, and a few tears flashed in her eyes.

Gu Shi tightly held the jade whistle in his hand, his face was cold and angry, no one knew how deep his hatred for Gu Changkun was in his heart, in the past eight years, he practiced martial arts without any slack, and practiced whistle day and night , Backbiting and vomiting blood is commonplace, in order to be able to master the trick of whistle and beast control as soon as possible, and personally let Gu Changkun pay for his blood!

Yuan Zhongxin rubbed his brows, thinking about how to deal with Gu Changkun, he looked at Gu Li suddenly: "Gu Shi will definitely not let your father go, are you really sure that you can do it?"

Gu Li was taken aback, and lost the ability to speak for a moment.

After a while, he popped out a word: "Yes!"

Gu Shi looked at Gu Li in a daze.

Gu Li said awkwardly: "I owe him what I owe, so I have to pay it back." He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Gu Shi firmly: "I promise you, I will help you kill my father and avenge your family .”

Wang Kuan looked at him deeply, then stared down at the ground, wondering in his heart, is he the same as himself?

The corners of Yuan Zhongxin's mouth curled up slightly, so that he didn't have to worry about Gu Li's defection at any time, he folded his arms and said lightly: "The day before yesterday we were going to talk to Gu Changkun about something, but some people said he was going out to buy something. Winter supplies, I don’t think it’s that simple.”

Gu Shi nodded and said, "Every time Gu Changkun goes out, he takes out the newly obtained animal skins and other items for private sale."

Wang Kuan asked, "Are all private sales locations in the Jiangnan area?"

Gu Xi said: "It's not all Jiangnan, but in order not to attract the attention of the government, he will choose to sell animal products farther away. If he is caught by the government and sold privately, there is no official permission. The crime is not small. , Gu Changkun is not that bold."

Gu Li snorted coldly: "He is not bold, he is cautious. If he wants to live long, he has to plan like this."

Gu Changkun was extremely worried. It was impossible for him to do something as strict as the smuggling of animal products. Every time, he personally led five or six people out of the village and supervised the whole process of smuggling. He failed to find a reason to sue him to the government.

Yuan Zhongxin asked: "How long does it take Gu Changkun to go out every time?"

Gu Shi thought for a while and replied: "Five days, the longest time will not exceed seven days."

Yuan Zhongxin secretly calculated the time. He and Wang Kuan fell into the cliff the day before yesterday, and it has been two days since then, which means that Gu Changkun still has about three days to return to Wumu Village...

Wang Kuan beside him suddenly said: "If Zhao Jian and Xiao Jing ride out of the village on horseback, it will take about half a day. Now that the sky is getting darker and earlier, it may take some more time, a day's work, Should be enough."

Yuan Zhongxin glanced at him dumbly, and smacked his lips helplessly: "Why do you know everything?"

Wang Kuan just smiled and said nothing.

The three members of the Gu family: "..."

What are they talking about, why can't I understand?

Yuan Zhongxin shook his head angrily, and asked, "Do you know the route of Gu Changkun's private sale of goods? Or does he have any regular buyers or next homes?"

Gu Shi frowned and shook his head: "In order not to attract attention, I don't dare to get close to the village entrance, and even fewer go to the mountain road, so I have no way to find out."

The two turned their gazes to Gu Li.

Gu Li also shook his head and didn't know, Gu Changkun never told his family about the private sale, and he rarely left the village, so he didn't know.

Yuan Zhongxin touched his forehead: "In that case, Zhao Jian and Xiao Jing have to go out and watch Gu Changkun come back, otherwise there is no way to know Gu Changkun's whereabouts."

Gu Xi was smarter than Gu Shi, who was always stunned. She asked cautiously, "Do you want your friends to stop Gu Changkun's goods?"

Yuan Zhongxin frowned, and sighed with a smile: "Finally there is a smart man."

Gu Shi's eyes widened in surprise, and then he became puzzled: "What's the use of you intercepting Gu Changkun's cargo? Bring it back to expose him?"

Yuan Zhongxin cursed inwardly, this guy's IQ was comparable to that of Wei Yanei, they should really get to know each other.

Wang Kuan patiently explained: "The purpose of intercepting their cargo is to report it to the officials. It will take too much energy to bring it back to expose him."

Gu Shi suddenly realized, and looked at the two of them with admiration: "It's amazing, my little brother is willing to bow down!"