Chapter 295 This is the last bit of his conscience
Bai Yu'an and others sent Li Suining and Huo Linger to the gate of the palace.
Bai Yu'an once again instructed the little girl, "Be sure to pay attention to the situation over there with Zuo Shanzhang. If you find anything wrong, tell Bai Kou and Sixth Brother. Remember?"
"Don't worry, second brother. I'll remember it." The little guy answered obediently.
"Be good, go!" Bai Yu'an touched the little girl's head reluctantly and watched her leave with Huo Linger.
After returning, they decided to interrogate the killer first, with Yun Tiankuo and Hai Jiao in charge.
The first thing the killer asked when he saw them was an anxious inquiry, "Is that bitch dead?"
The bitch obviously refers to Huaer.
Yun Tiankuo sneered, "So you hope she's dead?"
"Of course!" The killer gritted his teeth. "This is the price she paid for betraying me, that stupid woman."
"Then just consider her dead," Hai Jiao said casually, "You won't have the chance to see her alive anyway."
The killer's expression changed, and he tactfully said nothing more.
"What's your name?" Yun Tiankuo asked coldly, "How long have you been a killer?"
"I don't remember." The killer looked uncooperative. "I'm going to die anyway, why should I answer your questions?"
Yun Tiankuo was not angry, but said slowly, "As a killer, you should understand that there are many ways to kill someone. Your current attitude determines how we will kill you."
Hai Jiao echoed him, their cooperation was perfect. "Should I give you a quick, sharp cut? Or should I slowly sharpen it with a blunt knife? Or should I put it in a big pot and simmer it over low heat?"
"You..." The killer was indeed scared. He had seen too many different ways of dying, and knew the pain those people looked in before they died, so he knew even better how terrifying Yun Tiankuo and Hai Jiao's words were.
He took a deep breath before answering seriously, "I've long forgotten my name, but many people who know me call me Black Hand. As for how long I've been a killer, I've forgotten. I only remember... it was a very, very long time, maybe more than ten years, or maybe less than ten."
Yun Tiankuo asked again, "How many people did you kill? Did you forget this too?"
Just when everyone thought the killer had forgotten, they heard his clear answer, "Two hundred and sixty-five. If you include the flowers, that's two hundred and sixty-six."
After saying this, he seemed to smile triumphantly.
More than two hundred and sixty people... This number made everyone's face change, and they all understood how inhumane this killer was.
"Tell me, how much do you know about the assassination of Huo Linger?" Yun Tiankuo didn't want to say more to such a person, so he asked directly to the point.
The man's expression was stern, and he answered calmly, "To be honest, I don't know much. I only know that someone has issued a kill order in the assassin world. A kill order means that anyone can take the mission, but..."
He curled his lips in disapproval. "As far as I know, there aren't many assassins who actually carry out this mission. Isn't that ridiculous? Is it because she's a princess? Or because she's a child?"
He spread his hands in confusion. "Anyway, I don't worry about that. Besides, the commission is very generous. After completing this order, I can enjoy my life. I have no reason not to take it."
"You inhuman beast!" Yun Tiankuo was furious and grabbed his collar. "That's Princess Huo Ling'er. That's the faith of the entire Northern Barbarians. And you actually asked them why they didn't accept the mission? Because compared to you, they still retain a little bit of humanity."
"Humanity?" The man sneered. "You know what? In our line of work, the biggest taboo is talking about humanity. It's childish and ridiculous!"
"Bastard! You are worse than an animal!" Yun Tiankuo was so angry that he punched the man hard.
He then relayed the killer's words to Bai Yu'an and others in case they didn't understand anything.
Finally, he said impatiently, "I think there's no need to try this beast any further. Let's find a deserted place, kill him and bury him."
Bai Yu'an also realized that this killer didn't seem to know much, and it was almost impossible to find out the mastermind from him.
He waved his hand and said, "City Lord Yun, please handle it."
"Is the flower dead or not?" The man suddenly became emotional, which surprised everyone.
"Dead." Yun Tiankuo said deliberately and viciously, "You stabbed her so deep, weren't you trying to kill her?"
"Impossible." The man didn't believe Yun Tiankuo's words, "That knife didn't hit her vitals. She shouldn't have died, unless you didn't save her."
Everyone was slightly surprised.
Hai Jiao sneered and said, "So, you deliberately spared her life?"
"How is that possible?" the man immediately denied. "She betrayed me. We've been together for over a decade. She had to die. It was just that it happened so suddenly. I just stabbed her with the knife. I had no choice."
"You certainly didn't choose the first blow," Hai Jiao continued to expose him, "but you had plenty of time to stab her again, choosing a spot that would kill her, but you didn't. You simply chose to deepen the blow, which means... you didn't want her to die."
"That's complete nonsense!" The man refused to admit it. "I simply didn't have time. Otherwise, I would have stabbed her to death. She deserves to die!"
In the end, he kept repeating that the flowers should be killed.
Yun Tiankuo waved his hand and had the man dragged away.
"This killer has killed so many people, there's no way he didn't know that his single blow couldn't kill Hua'er," Hai Jiao shook her head helplessly. "He's just being stubborn and doesn't want to admit that he didn't want to kill Hua."
Yun Tiankuo nodded in agreement, "Perhaps this is the last bit of conscience he has left, but he himself is unwilling to face it."
Everyone was silent for a while.
After a while, Yun Tiankuo couldn't help but look at Bai Yu'an again, "Second Young Master, who on earth wants to kill Princess Ling'er?"
He really couldn't figure it out. "Princess Ling'er has a huge influence in the Northern Barbarians. She's practically the faith of many people. They love her. You heard what the assassin just said. There aren't many assassins willing to take on the mission to kill her. So who on earth could be so eager for her death?"
"Indeed, who is it? And why?" Hai Jiao was also confused.
Bai Yu'an sighed, walked to the window, and looked in the direction of the Northern Barbarian Palace. "I can only say that this person is hiding very deeply, so we must all be careful. I hope that Sui Ning and Huo Ling'er will be able to do well in the palace."
"At least the palace is safer than outside." Yun Tiankuo walked to his side, but after saying this, he felt a little uncertain in his heart.
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