I looked at Tong Xiaoyao calmly and said, "Since we got on board, no, I should say, since we received Gu Piaoran's invitation, he has been constantly creating conflicts for us, making us suspicious of each other and even resentful of each other. Am I right?"
Tong Xiaoyao immediately denied it and said, "You think too much. Why would Master create conflicts for you?"
"Am I overthinking?" I stepped forward and said, "Gu Piaoran asked us to meet at the meeting place, but never introduced us to our companions. Am I overthinking?"
Being suspicious is a common problem among people in the underworld. The more evil they are, the more suspicious they are. Especially for old veterans who are used to doing evil business, it is even more impossible for them to easily put their lives in the hands of others.
Since Gu Piaoran has brought us together to do business, even if we don't introduce each other's real names, we should at least explain each other's backgrounds. This will bring us closer to each other and allow us to cooperate smoothly.
But Gu Piaoran took us on board without saying a word and put us in an uncovered room. This arrangement seemed to be for us to see each other's actions, but in fact it increased our vigilance.
Because no one can expose their secrets to others, but they try their best to find out the identities of others. Just like Ye Jin and I, didn't we guess the identities of everyone
Tong Xiaoyao said stubbornly: "Isn't it good to let you see each other? At least it can eliminate your vigilance."
"Really?" I sneered. "The person who proposed drawing the life and death lot was Gu Piaoran, and he is also the one who controls the life and death lot. If I remember correctly, cheating is also a kind of deception, right?"
"Gu Piaoran first threw out one of his own people, and then trapped Boss Xu. Because of the sea hook, Boss Xu seemed insignificant, and was just the right person to sacrifice."
"The smartest thing Gu Piaoran did was to put Lao Qiao in fourth place. He knew that Lao Qiao, who had the secret medicine, was the only one who could break the impasse quickly. Gu Piaoran also understood Lao Qiao's character, and he knew exactly what choice Lao Qiao would make. Although Lao Qiao would not die, he would be the first person to be excluded by this group. So Lao Qiao became the candidate to enter the Heavenly Prison."
I paused and continued, "However, Gu Piaoran felt that this was not enough, so he put more effort into Xue Wuchang. Xue Wuchang is a vindictive person, but Gu Piaoran used alliances to suppress Xue Wuchang time and time again. This sowed the seeds of hatred between Xue Wuchang and me. Sooner or later, I will turn against Xue Wuchang and fight him."
I turned around and pointed at Liu Qiang: "And him. Whether it's Old Qiao or the Shao brothers, their skills are not enough to escape from the jailers. They were able to break out of the encirclement and join me. It was also Gu Piaoran's work, right?"
"Gu Piaoran knew that it was impossible for me to take the three of them away safely from the eight hundred jailers, but he still sent Lao Qiao here, just to let one of them die in front of me. If the Shao brothers died, Lao Qiao would hate me to the bone; if Lao Qiao was gone, the Shao brothers would also vent their resentment on me. Therefore, it is impossible for them to cooperate with me."
"As long as we are in the Nine-Man Prison at the same time, there is no way we can get out again."
My voice suddenly sank: "This is just a trick played by Gu Piaoran on me, what about the others?"
I turned to look at Xue Wuchang: "Do you think, besides me, who else doesn't believe you?"
Xue Wuchang pointed at the man in the cloak and said, "There is also him. If I am not mistaken, he should be the Snow Wolf that I chased to a dead end a few years ago!"
The other party sneered and said, "I am not the Snow Wolf, but his widow, the Silver Fox."
As Silver Fox spoke, he took off the hood that was covering his face, revealing a face with three scratches. "Snow Wolf has already died of his injuries in the mountains. I am alive so that you can die. As long as I am alive, you will never get out of the Nine-Man Prison. Even if it costs me my own life, I will watch you go crazy and die."
Xue Wuchang's face was extremely gloomy, but he just sat there without saying a word. He also knew that he couldn't communicate with a woman full of hatred, let alone convince her to let him go.
I looked at Hai Gouzi Lao Chen expressionlessly: "What about you?"
Old Chen laughed and said, "I guess the one who wants to kill me the most right now is him, Xu Xiaoqiang."
The man Hai Gouzi was referring to was the young man who had insisted on avenging Boss Xu but was beaten to the ground by Lao Qiao and his men. Lao Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Since the day he followed me, he has been urging me to help him avenge. After I rejected him again and again, he has already decided to kill me."
"If he hadn't been so slow in breaking the puppet, we wouldn't have been arrested together."
I finally turned my head to the two people sitting in the distance: "Do you two mind talking about something?"
One of them looked at me with cold eyes, while the other one seemed to have heard nothing and just sat there with his head down, not moving.
I looked at Tong Xiaoyao calmly: "Do you still think Gu Piaoran did nothing?"
Tong Xiaoyao looked at Su Youran with a pale face and said, "Senior Sister, do you think Master can come and save us?"
Su Youran also shook her head and said, “I don’t know if Master can save us. He doesn’t have any rice in his hand now. I don’t know if he can escape the pursuit of the four judges.”
I asked Su Youran, "You mean the Four Judges? Judge Xi didn't die in your hands?"
Su Youran said, “No. In the Heavenly Prison, unless a soul-hosting puppet is found, all officials and jailers in the Heavenly Prison are immortal. My master just made a deal with Judge Xi.”
I snapped, "What deal?"
Su Youran shook her head and said, “I don’t know. According to the rules of Rumor Sect, even between a master and a disciple, one cannot inquire about the other’s plans. There are some things that one can only guess at.”
Xue Wuchang said sternly: "You want to die, right? You can't kill people here, but I don't believe you won't feel the pain!"
But at this time, Hai Gouzi Lao Chen said, "She is right. Rumor Sect has had such rules since ancient times."
Xue Wuchang was stunned for a long time before he sat back in his original seat. I asked Su Youran, "So what do you think is Gu Piaoran's purpose this time?"
Su Youran shook her head and said, “I can’t guess what Master is thinking. But I think he’s definitely going to let someone out.”
"No!" I shook my head and said, "Gu Piaoran's goal is not to let people out, but to send people in and then get them out."
I pointed to the pile of skeletons in the corner and said, "See those nine skeletons? If I'm not mistaken, there should be seven men and two women in there. If you two are not counted, the people he sent in should also be nine men, no women. Counting you two, it should be enough."
"Bullshit!" Tong Xiaoyao shouted, "Where's Silver Fox? Isn't she a woman?"
Silver Fox said grimly, "I am a woman."
Xue Wuchang sneered, "Psychologically, you are indeed a woman, but physically, you are a real man. Am I right about this?"
Silver Fox glared at Xue Wuchang fiercely without saying anything, which was tantamount to agreeing with his statement.
"Impossible!" Tong Xiaoyao rushed to the two people who had never spoken to each other like crazy, stretched out her hands and tore off their clothes, "I don't believe they are all men!"
Tong Xiaoyao only pulled open the coat of one of them, and she screamed in fear: "You, you, you... are you dead?"
When I turned around, I saw a dagger stuck in the man's heart. Judging from the handle of the knife sticking out of his body, the man should be dead.
The man slowly pulled out the bloodstained dagger and closed his clothes: "I am not the sorcerer hired by Gu Piaoran, but his employer. I hired Gu Piaoran for only one purpose, which is to keep me alive with my brain."
The man knocked his head and said, "I have a lot of ideas here, but I don't have time to figure out whether they are true or false, so I asked Mr. Gu to help me not die. Am I not doing well now?"
Tong Xiaoyao said in a trembling voice: "Did you insert the dagger yourself?"
"That's right!" The man laughed, "I have to try it out, right? Without this knife, I wouldn't live long. After entering the Heavenly Prison, I started my first experiment, and the results were very good. So, I will not leave the Heavenly Prison."
"You..." Tong Xiaoyao pointed at the other person and shouted, "When did you commit suicide? Was it when the cage fell?"
The man smiled and said, "Is this important? Endless life may be a torture for you, but for me it is an enjoyment, an enjoyment that is enough to make me intoxicated. You can continue your discussion, and I will also start my research."
After saying this, the man opened the package as if no one was around, took out a pen and paper and started calculating something.
"It's over! It's over!" Tong Xiaoyao sat on the ground with a look of despair, "We really can't get out now..."
I suddenly swung my knife at the other person, and the clothes on that person were immediately torn into pieces by the wind of my knife. Fortunately, the other person was still alive. That person did not get angry because of my action, but just raised his head to look at me, and then lowered his head again.
I walked up to Tong Xiaoyao and said, "Whether we can get out is secondary. What's important is who among us will die first."
Tong Xiaoyao screamed, "What do you mean?"
I laughed and said, "Isn't this question simple? Gu Piaoran got us down just to use us as a fishing net."
I pointed at myself and said, "Our bodies are like a fishing net. Gu Piaoran is planning to let the evil spirits in the Heavenly Prison get into our bodies, then get our bodies out, take out the evil spirits inside, and then throw our bodies away like garbage."
"Impossible!" Tong Xiaoyao cried, "Master can't treat us like this, absolutely not!" (To be continued)