On the Importance of Finishing Work

Shi Yue was discussing accommodation with the manager.

He understood Guo Jin's thoughts - it was rare to meet such a "great event in the world", and he wanted to come to join in the fun, but he was worried that his small arms and legs would be folded on it.

Shi Yue doesn't feel that "wanting to see the excitement" is a bad thing, and if he watches too much "other people's excitement", it will not become lively when it really comes to him.

——This is much more useful than reading information while bored in teaching.

He discussed with the person in charge just now because he wanted to have a place to watch the excitement up close.

But it's much more convenient to meet Pei Jinxie now.

After talking in a few words, Pei Jinxie invited the three of them to live together in this other courtyard of the Lu family.

Guo Jin:? !

It's so easy to live in, it's really strange, right? ! !

No matter how suspicious Guo Yi and the others were, under Shi Yue's insistence, everyone still lived in.

"Doctor Pei, please come inside."

Seeing the steward's respectful expression towards Pei Jinxie, Guo Jin felt even more guilty.

This person... looks more and more like the boss behind the scenes.

Shi Yue looked at the layout of the other courtyard, thoughtfully.

……

The name Pei Jinxie used was the miraculous doctor who treated the deceased Lu Dashan.

However, the more I guessed, Pei Jinxie originally didn't plan to use this identity... He didn't bring a medicine box, and even cleaned up the smell of medicinal materials on his body.

But when I saw him the next day, he had already dressed up as a serious doctor, and a tall young man was behind him carrying the medicine box for him.

Pei Jinxie was very friendly to the three of them, and invited them to watch the competition early in the morning.

The first level is the martial arts test.

The rules are very simple, draw lots, and the loser will leave the field...

There are two rounds of the competition, and only one level will kill a quarter of the people.

Even the Lu family is rich and powerful, as long as they win a game, they can get five taels of gold.

Pieces of gold cakes were piled up to form several high walls, shining golden under the sun, and many people were red-eyed.

There are also people who rely on their martial arts skills and want to grab them by force.

But before he got close, he was held down by the guards on the side and dragged down forcibly.

The rich-faced old butler was not surprised by this scene, he still looked at the crowd with a smile on his face, and said in a gentle voice: "You are all heroes, but for the sake of the late Patriarch, I hope you don't want to be in public. Violation."

These words really worked, and no one made trouble after that.

Guo Jinpo felt strangely looking a few more times, and found that everyone looked at the old butler...as if they were afraid?

He glanced at Shi Yue who was talking with Pei Jinxie in a low voice, but he didn't dare to step forward.

Turning around and tugging at Yi Zhou, he asked in a low voice, "Who is the butler? Is he famous?"

"You don't even know about this?" Yi Zhou sneered as usual, and then explained in a low voice, "After 'Blood Clothes' went to Buquan Valley, there was no news about him, and everyone guessed that he was seriously injured...I didn't expect to be here saw him..."

However, from an angle that Guo Jin couldn't see, his expression was slightly condensed - when he came, he laughed at Guo Jin for being timid and not daring to participate in the trial, but now it seems that this muddy water is better not to flow...

Over there, Guo Jin said "Oh", but for a while, he couldn't connect this smiling and kind fat man with the fierce-looking ruthless man he had seen on the Devil's Cult information.

——This Demon Cult information is unreliable.

Guo Jin secretly slandered, but everyone in the audience had already started drawing lots.

After the opponent is determined, it is the first round of competition.

Guo Jin was originally excited that he could finally see the Jianghu competition, but when he actually played, he realized——

A group of chickens pecking at each other...

Guo Jin: ...

Regret, regret now.

If he knew it was at this level, he also participated.

——As white as five taels of gold, isn’t it fragrant?

On the other hand, Yi Zhou looked unusually solemn.

……

Of course, there are "masters" in this.

Guo Jin's impression of "pecking each other" is just because the lower the martial arts, the longer the confrontation time...

A person with two talents can solve the opponent in an instant.

But the problem is that there are quite a few "masters", but none of them can match each other.

——There is a problem with the lottery!

……

However, the people in the game did not find out that something was wrong so quickly.

From early morning to dusk, dozens of arenas competed simultaneously, but only a quarter of the number of people competed.

However, because the level of competition is not high, Guo Jin was very bored watching it, and finally dozed off bit by bit.

It was still the same on the second and third day, Guo Jin couldn't help thinking, if he had known that this competition was so boring, he would definitely not have traveled thousands of miles to make such a trip.

On the fourth day, when the last competition was over, the old housekeeper who was elusive and disappeared from time to time reappeared in the stands and announced, "Ten days later, the second round of competition will begin, and the winner will enter the next trial." .

Guo Jin cheered up to listen to the rules, but when he heard the old housekeeper's words, he couldn't help feeling drowsy.

——He still needs to watch this competition for two days?And before that, we have to wait ten days? !

Guo Jin: "..."

What is he coming here for?

Feeling speechless, he even considered whether to go back.

Looking at Shi Yue and Yi Zhou in a blink of an eye, he found that both of them had serious expressions.

It was the first time Guo Jin saw Brother Shi's serious face, and felt flustered inexplicably.

But it doesn't matter, he's still Brother Shi's "apprentice"...

This time, Yi Zhou was not in the mood to tease his appetite, and said in a tense voice, "The rules just now... the second round of the competition... is to enter with a jade card."

Guo Jin didn't understand what was wrong with this.

In the first round just now, the winner gave out gold, and also got a jade medal with a number engraved on it—obviously it was a serial number.

It's okay to enter by number, right?

Aware of Guo Jin's doubts, Yi Zhou was speechless for a while—he sometimes wondered whether Guo Jin was a quack or not.

Too lazy to explain, he pouted his mouth to one side, motioning Guo Jin to look for himself.

The people below are clearly divided into two waves: one is the winner who has already received the jade card, and the other is the loser who has been eliminated.

However, those who were eliminated did not show any signs of depression, but looked straight at the winner, their eyes flickering, revealing a hint of fierceness.

Guo Jin:? !

He suddenly understood what—

Those ten days were not for people to recuperate and recover at all!

Pei Jinxie sat next to Shi Yue, and of course saw the disapproving look on his face.

It's like going back to the past, being caught doing bad things behind the leader's back...

That person is gentle and patient most of the time, and never reprimands harshly.

But he only needs to frown a little and show a little disapproval... It's enough for the children to admit their mistakes with sincerity and promise not to do it again next time.

but……

That person is gone...

The deep pain surged, and it was difficult to breathe.Because the other party frowned, the subconscious panic was suppressed by the pain, and the master didn't notice it at all.

... He and they all knew that if the leader was around, these acts of revenge would definitely be disdainful.

only……

Someone has to pay for their pain... isn't it?

Before leaving the table, Pei Jinxie couldn't help but glance at Shi Yue again, seeing that the other party still had a serious expression.

He paused on the spot for a moment, then whispered a few words to the little boy standing beside him.

The little boy bowed in response, and after a while, a new rule was added to this competition, "If you leave the scope of the other courtyard, it will be regarded as giving up the trial, and the jade card will be invalidated."

……

"He said that?"

In the room in the center of the other courtyard, a middle-aged man with a gloomy expression was sitting in a wheelchair.

He had lowered his eyes to look at the list, and when he heard the message from the butler Pei Jinxie, he missed and scratched several wrinkles on the paper.

The butler lowered his head and said respectfully: "You ordered earlier that when you are inconvenient to come forward, Mr. Pei will decide all matters in the mansion."

It turned out that the person in the wheelchair was the "deceased" Lu Dashan.

But just looking at his appearance, he can't be described as a "good man" or "Bodhisattva".

Seeing that he was unhappy, the housekeeper asked in a low voice if he wanted to change this rule.

Lu slightly lowered his eyelids and remained motionless.

After a while, he sneered and scoffed, "It's hypocritical..."

After giving this comment, he waved his hand, "...let him go.

"However," he paused, his voice suddenly turned cold, "these people..."

With a cold and solemn face, Lu slightly used the ink brush to mark a few names with big crosses. He used so much force that after the last stroke fell, the penholder of the valuable white jade pen snapped into two pieces.

Sen Leng's voice sounded immediately, "...must stay."

Even though he was a ruthless person back then, now that he was forced by this momentum, the housekeeper's forehead was covered with sweat.

He bowed and said "yes", and he will resign after taking over the list.

Before leaving, he was called again.

"and many more."

Lu Weiwei grinned suddenly, revealing a malicious smile, "Ask someone to build the gold higher...then—"

"When the news came out, it said...the Underworld Jue...is in the Lu family's library."

The last added rule finally comforted Guo Jin: At least he has the right to withdraw, right?

But he soon realized that he was naive, Jinshan was right in front of him, if people could really be calm and rational to this extent, then all the casinos in the world would probably be closed.

After going out one day to rescue a dying person who was robbed of a jade token, and seeing the rescued person murder and steal the token the next day, Guo Jin even stopped going out.

——For the first time, he realized so intuitively that the so-called rivers and lakes, the so-called happy grievances... are really not chic at all.

For ten consecutive days.

This huge, stretching courtyard that can't be seen is like a prison, and the smell of blood can be faintly smelled in the air.

Although he didn't participate in it, Guo Jin was still relieved on the tenth day, and felt a sense of relaxation as if he had seen the sun again.

……

In the second round of the competition, it really only recognized jade cards but not people.

During these ten days, the jade plaques passed through the hands of countless people, and some of them were even stained with dried and blackened blood, but no one cared.

Guo Jin looked at it, only feeling nauseated.

No matter what Guo Jin thinks, the competition will continue.This round of competition was finally no longer boring.

After ten days of secret competition, none of the remaining people were mediocre.

Even because of the secret fighting, everyone was aroused to be fierce.

The people who came to the stage are not like the first time, taking into account the "rules of the rivers and lakes" and paying attention to "click to stop"...

Coming up is a killer move, and it will never stop if it sees blood, even if it sees blood... there is no intention of stopping.

If it weren't for the Lu family's guards stopping him, he would have almost died several times.

Guo Jin's hand gripping the chair has blue veins, and he would rather be as sleepy as before.

……

There are so many people together, and there is no one to restrain them, and the surroundings are always very noisy.

But at a certain moment, the venue suddenly fell silent.

Guo Jin followed everyone's gaze and saw a person walking slowly.

——He is no longer young, there are faint wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and there are a few strands of white hair neatly tied behind his head.

But... no one can notice these details at a glance, it is like a sword, a living sword.

Someone accidentally looked at him, and then quickly looked away the next moment.

Even so, it was still like being scratched by a sword, and there were fine and dense pains on the skin.

Without Yi Zhou's explanation, and without confirming with the portrait, Guo Jin immediately understood who it was——

Jian Zun,

Lu Lingzhang.