Chapter 256: Death of Lu Xu
Gan Luo's face was gloomy.
“Even if the surface of glassware is bright and beautiful, dust will settle on the bottom. As a human being, there are things that you cannot see.”
Ying Chengjiao narrowed his eyes.
"It sounds like you're referring to something, not just a random statement. Are you talking about the tower ?"
How could this guy guess the tower?
He's calculating even small things like this!
Gan Luo was not shocked that Ying Chengjiao thought of the tower, but was shocked that Ying Chengjiao could still consider the details when planning such a big event.
He originally wanted to keep the secret and say that you would know the answer, and then threaten Ying Chengjiao when Ying Chengjiao discovered the changes in the building. This is the fate of the people around him who continue to make enemies with their family.
When Ying Chengjiao shouted out the word "Tower", Gan Luo immediately changed his words.
"Yes and no. Chang'an Jun, who was able to cause unrest in Han, certainly wouldn't care about the fate of a slave and three poor little girls. It doesn't matter whether these four people live or die. What matters is how Chang'an Jun would feel if this method was used on the people around him."
Bang~
A slap hit Gan Luo's face hard. Gan Luo fell to the ground sideways and spat out a mouthful of blood foam.
"Are you threatening me?"
Ying Chengjiao squatted down, pinched Gan Luo's chin hard, and twisted Gan Luo's entire face towards himself.
"When it comes to killing people, no one is better than me."
"Haha, that's true. Ten years ago, half of the court was assassinated that night. Was it you who did it? The Qin sword has two blades. The outer blade is in the hands of the Qin general, used to behead the enemy. The inner blade is in your hands, used to kill the eunuchs."
"Those are spies who receive salaries from Qin but whose hearts are with the six kingdoms." Ying Chengjiao stared at Gan Luo and said, "I don't believe that the family's intelligence will not reveal the identities of these people."
Gan Luo pushed Ying Chengjiao's hand away and glared back at him without showing any weakness.
"Qin's law only looks at the deeds, not the conscience. As long as you don't have solid evidence, you can't kill someone."
"I'm a boy, why would I care about evidence or no evidence?"
Patting Gan Luo's tense face, Ying Chengjiao said, "Just know that I love to kill court officials. Don't force me to use this method on your family."
"You killed people ten years ago to ensure that His Majesty could smoothly take control of the court after suppressing the rebellion. His Majesty stood on your side. If you dare to kill people again ten years later, you will provoke civil strife in Qin. Which side do you think His Majesty will stand on?"
"Why should I kill all the noble families? Why don't I just kill your Gan family? If you say I will kill your family, which side will my brother stand on? Especially after knowing what you threatened me with today."
"If you kill my family, all the other families will be afraid that they will be killed, and you will be attacked by everyone."
Ying Chengjiao stood up and looked down from above.
"They will only hate you for provoking me like this. A dead aristocratic family leader is nothing. There are too many aristocratic families that have been removed from the Qin State. It won't be long before a new aristocratic family leader is born in the Qin State."
"He will know my weak spot and will warn all the noble families not to provoke me. The shoes on your feet restrain your blood and energy. No one will fight as hard as your ancestors who had nothing. This is human nature."
Gan Luo clenched a handful of hay in his hand, and the tips of the hay pierced his palm, leaving tiny blood spots.
Gan Luo felt no pain but only pleasure, which helped to relieve some of the depression in his heart.
He lowered his head, afraid that Ying Chengjiao would notice the hatred in his eyes. He was so frightened that he dared not look directly into Ying Chengjiao's eyes.
"Don't be afraid. I won't take my anger out on you because of this matter at the Loutai. Your instruction is just right for me to work at the Loutai. Although it doesn't matter whether I get your help or not, I still want to thank you."
"Of course, this is just the first time. I am willing to play with you within the Qin Law, so you just have to play with me honestly. You have skinny arms and legs and you still want to play with the law of the jungle, huh."
Gan Luo felt a little embarrassed because he had to endure the criticism passively all the time.
He was silent for a long time, and said in a dry voice: "You arrested me to deliberately expose the unsafe building. What do you want to do?"
Clang~
Ying Chengjiao pushed the door open and walked out. His voice came from outside the door, but it was distorted because of the iron door.
"You will find out."
…
In Xianyang, the capital of Qin, where Qin laws were the strictest, killing someone in public was impossible even for a child of an aristocratic family.
Doctor Lu Xu was considered to be a powerful figure in the entire Qin State.
But if he wanted to kill the three daughters of the Lu family in front of half of the guests on the balcony, he would have to sacrifice his own life as well.
Moreover, Lu Xu didn't want the three women to die so easily. He wanted to make their lives worse than death before they died.
Being in the Doctoral Office, a place with the largest collection of books in the world, although Lu Xu's title of doctor is not worthy of his title, he has read quite a few books.
As a scholar, Lu Xu does not like fighting and killing.
After drinking all three pots of wine on the table, Lu Xu felt his body a little heavy and his brain was at a loss for words.
The blush on his face couldn't be concealed even by the human skin mask on his face, but his consciousness was clearer than ever before.
"Sir, please stop drinking. Take me upstairs quickly and I will serve you well."
"Why are there fewer and fewer people? This building is not so lively anymore."
"You're a good blowjob guy. Spread your legs so I can check you out. I want you tonight within three fingers."
"Bah, so shameless, if the food here wasn't delicious I would never come here again!"
“…”
A multitude of chaotic and complicated sounds rushed into Lu Xu's mind through his ears.
He could accurately hear what the three daughters of the Lu family said from these chaotic voices that had no order of priority or size.
Shu'er also wants to eat the food in the tower. Who are you three little bitches? Why do you have the right to eat the same food as Shu'er!
He became more and more angry, and his head became more flushed and his face became redder.
If you tear off the human skin mask that conceals his face, you can see that his head is even more congested than the stormtrooper of the guest in the room on the second floor.
The whole face looked as if it was covered with a layer of bright red blood.
He stood up unsteadily, and everyone could tell at a glance that he was drunk.
His feet could not form a straight line as he walked on the old and mottled wooden boards towards the inner door of the building.
Lu Xu, who was focused on revenge, did not notice that there was a servant on the second floor who would lie on the ground when Ying Chengjiao came, and was watching him out of the corner of his eye, just like he was watching the three daughters of the Lu family.
The moment the servant saw him stand up, he quickly wiped down the stairs with the rag in his hand.
On the road that Lu Xu took to the inner door of the tower, there was a banquet table that he had to pass by, and the three daughters of the Lu family were sitting at it.
The intellectual and gentle Lu Changzuo, the fierce Lu Zhi, and the young and innocent Lu Shi.
Lu Xi, who was less than 1.2 meters tall when she stood up, had a round face and her eyes were narrowed into slits as she ate the delicious food.
When she first came to the tower, the chirping of birds all around and the panting made the little girl's face as red as an apple.
After coming here dozens of times, the little girl got used to it.
You can eat delicious food while watching the girls and guests at the next table having sex.
I can also whisper to my eldest sister and second sister that this sister’s smile is not as natural as the other one.
When Lu Xu came over, the little girl was concentrating on eating meat and vegetables. She held the small bowl and shoveled food into her mouth. Her cheeks were bulging, and she was only focused on eating and didn't care about anything else.
There was a natural murderous look in her eyes. Although she was only thirteen years old, she was already a beauty. Lu Zhi glanced at the staggering Lu Xu and winked at her elder sister Lu Changzuo.
The little hand that had not yet grown up used the chopsticks to pick up the fish meat from the soup bowl closest to Lu Changxiu, and moved its body much closer to Lu Changxiu.
He whispered, "Here it comes."
The sound was so soft that even her younger sister sitting on the other side could not hear it. Only her older sister could hear it.
Lu Changzuo, the oldest and most graceful girl, nodded slightly without saying anything.
She scooped some white fish soup with a spoon and put it into her mouth. Her red lips were soaked in the fish soup, which was very tempting.
The fish soup, which had a slightly fishy smell and highlighted the original flavor of the food, suppressed the uneasiness in Lu Changzuo's heart.
Her hands were trembling slightly, and she wanted to stand up and escape quickly, but she saw her second sister, Lu Zhi, motionless, and her legs, which had been exerting force, lost their strength.
Lu Changzuo and Lu Zhi didn't know what the young man who was pretending to be drunk and walking towards them was going to do.
I don’t know what will happen next, or whether it will happen today.
But they were prepared for the unexpected, and they had been preparing for days.
A few days ago, the charming and beautiful woman who had brought the Lu family to Xianyang and left them there found Lu Zhi, the second daughter of the Lu family.
"Do me a favor. After I get the job done, I'll help you deal with your relative who's a doctor."
Just after the Wax Festival, Lu Zhi, who was one year older, thought about the vicious means used by the beautiful woman in Shanfu County, who killed the doctor's son and is still safe and sound. She speculated that the power behind the beautiful woman must be at least much greater than that of the doctor.
I agreed on the spot.
The reason why their family had to stay in this boring Xianyang, and the reason why their mother was sad and rarely happy every day, and their father had recently encountered a dangerous assassination outside, was all because of that relative who was a doctoral official in Xianyang.
Lu Zhi didn't understand, it was obvious that her family almost died just for taking in Lu Shu.
Why didn't the doctor relative feel grateful to their family, but instead targeted them and wanted to kill them?
In Shanfu County, even the servants knew that they had to swing their hoes harder in the days after Lu's father distributed rice.
How come in the capital city of Xianyang, the doctors here are not as good as the farmers in the small county town of Shanfu?
Since childhood, Lu Zhi has never been a person who would accept things passively.
She was betrothed before she was born, but no matter what her parents said, she refused to acknowledge the marriage.
In this era when parents' orders were as important as heaven, what Lu Zhi did could definitely be described as unorthodox, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was treasonous.
In order to break the life-threatening shackles around her neck, Lu Zhi told her elder sister about the matter and persuaded her to wait on the balcony every day.
Lu Xu was secretly observing the three daughters of the Lu family, and Lu Zhi was also secretly observing Lu Xu who was disguised as a young man.
Who is the hunter and who is the prey can only be seen clearly when one of them dies.
The drunk Lu Xu staggered from side to side, bumping into two chairs and a table. After being laughed at by the five guests, he moved to the table where the third daughter of the Lu family was sitting and came behind Lu Changzuo.
The servant who was wiping the stairs with a rag in his hand also stood at the last step of the stairs.
He squatted down and wiped the bottom of the stair railing with a damp and dirty rag to remove the accumulated dust.
He glanced at Lu Xu out of the corner of his eye, waiting for what was to happen.
He didn't know what it was, nor did he know if it would happen today.
Anyway, every time the young guest left, he would wipe the bottom of the stair railing.
"Thanks for your hard work."
A voice of thanks came from behind the servant.
The servant, who was trying to do two things at once and whose whole mind was called upon, heard these words, but he did not realize that they were addressed to him.
Slaves like him are never thanked.
Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
Looking down, he saw a small piece of sword tip flashing with cold light growing out of his chest.
