Chapter 106 Ticklish
The assassin confessed!
He was an orphan and had been living in a charity house as far as he could remember. When he was seven years old, a kind-hearted man took him out of the charity house and they came to a big house where there were several children of similar age. These children were both boys and girls. Some came from the charity house, some were beggars on the street, and some were bought from human traffickers.
But without exception, they are all brave and aggressive little tyrants.
One of the girls was only eight years old. She was imprisoned by the government for killing her stepfather. Because she was too young, she was not sentenced to death and was taken out of the labor camp.
On the first day they arrived at the mansion, a fight broke out among the children. Although they were young, they were all ruthless. It was the first battle in their career as killers, and it ended with the death of two children.
The remaining children were taken away from the house three days later. They walked a long way and finally entered the primeval forest, where there were many children like them.
Afterwards, they began arduous training in this primeval forest.
After they entered this primeval forest, they completely lost their original names. For example, this assassin's name in the charity hall was Xue Li, but here, his name is Wu Shiliu.
He was the fifty-sixth killer trained here, with fifty-five before him and countless more behind him.
As for whether the people in front of him were alive or dead, he didn't know. When they arrived here, those people had already left.
Five years later, Fifty-Six and his friends left here one after another. They finally met their senior brothers and sisters, and they began to follow them to complete missions.
For example, No. 56, his first mission was to follow No. 35, No. 39, No. 40 and No. 47. Together they killed an official who had just retired and returned home.
After completing the task, Wushiliu followed his senior brothers and sisters to report, where he met Shu Ye.
They called their organization "Shanmen". The highest-ranking person in Shanmen was Shan Ye, followed by Shi Ye and Shu Ye.
The mountain gate is divided into the front mountain and the back mountain.
The person in charge of the front mountain is Mr. Stone, and the person in charge of the back mountain is Mr. Tree.
The front mountain is responsible for taking orders, and the back mountain is the killer. After the front mountain takes the order, it is handed over to the back mountain. The back mountain classifies the order according to its importance and difficulty, and then hands it over to the corresponding killer.
For example, the first assassination mission that Wushiliu participated in was to assassinate a retired official. It was a level four mission, simple and easy. Although the person being killed was once an official of the imperial court, the reason for his murder was a family feud and had nothing to do with imperial politics.
The second order that Fifty-Six participated in was a level five mission. The person who was killed was a wealthy businessman, and the cause of death was a conflict of interest.
In the first five years, Wushiliu went from scouting and keeping watch for his senior brothers to leading the team alone. During those five years, the highest mission he received was level two. Of course, he was just a member of the team on that mission, and the team leader was Ah Qi. It was also the first time that Wushiliu met his senior brothers who were ranked in the top ten.
Just ten years ago, after Wushiliu completed his mission, he received a secret signal from the mountain gate. He and his companions followed the secret signal to Shilipu and met Cui Niang, one of the two guards beside Shu Ye.
Cui Niang told them that there had been changes in the back mountain. It used to be managed by Shu Ye, but now it is divided into six major halls. Shilipu is one of them. The terrain here is special and easy to hide. Cui Niang is the head of the hall.
Next, they disguised themselves as bandits and committed crimes frequently in the Shilipu area. The people living nearby no longer dared to come to the market in Shilipu to trade. Gradually, the once prosperous Shilipu became deserted.
Cui Niang bribed the head of the village in Shilipu and allowed them to settle there using fake identities.
There were twenty-five people when they first settled down. Later, eight of them disappeared while they were carrying out their missions. Among these eight people, some were killed, some committed suicide, and some were seriously injured and transferred, and their lives were unknown. In addition to these eight people, three others were transferred. Although new people were sent from the back mountain to fill the vacancies, there were only eighteen people left in the Shilipu Hall until they were all wiped out, and Cui Niang was not among them.
Wushiliu said, "Cui Niang is the head of both the Shilipu and Black Wind Mountain branches. Her whereabouts are erratic, like a dragon that's hard to find. She often only comes once every few months. When there's a mission, she'll send her maid Hongyun to arrange it."
Zhao Shiqing and Xiao Zhen sat aside and listened quietly. Zhao Shiqing gained a lot of knowledge. She had learned about the martial arts world from her master, but the martial arts world described by her master and the martial arts world of Wushiliu were like two different worlds.
Master's world is full of chivalry, martial arts secrets, the North Star of Mount Tai, and the Huashan Sword Contest.
In Wushiliu's underworld, people hire assassins to kill each other, fellow disciples kill each other, plot and scheme, and kill people like crazy.
At this time, she heard Xiao Zhen ask: "How long has it been since you last took the antidote?"
Zhao Shiqing was stunned. Antidote?
Did she miss something?
What antidote?
Fifty-Six was also startled. He looked at Xiao Zhen in disbelief: "How did you know?"
Xiao Zhen: "Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask, just answer my questions."
Fifty-Six: "The last time Hongyun came to deliver the antidote was a month ago. They deliver it every three months, so there are still two months left."
Zhao Shiqing opened her mouth in surprise, and she instantly understood what was going on.
These killers are not determined to do it, but they dare not do it because they have all been poisoned!
She thought of Chef Zhang in Zhaoting Town.
Xiuxiu's uncle said that Chef Zhang was also a killer before, but he later escaped.
"Has anyone escaped from the mountain gate?" Zhao Shiqing suddenly asked.
Fifty-Six: "We don't have it in our sect, and we don't know about it in other sects. We don't ask each other, so we don't have the chance."
Zhao Shiqing nodded and asked, "What would happen if you didn't take the antidote in time? Would you die or go crazy?"
Fifty-six: "The whole body itches and festers, and he dies."
Zhao Shiqing understood.
No wonder Wushiliu is so ticklish!
I swear to God, the reason why Zhao Shiqing let the monkey make Wushiliu extremely itchy was to make him suffer. Before this, she really didn't know that these killers had already been poisoned.
However, Zhao Shiqing also understood why Wushiliu collapsed so quickly.
Because the itch, for him, is not just a sensory pain, but the fear of death.
They are killers and also death warriors, but they do not want to die, otherwise they would not stay at the mountain gate for the antidote.
Zhao Shiqing suddenly remembered what Wushiliu said. Among the killers who left Shilipu, some were killed while on a mission, some committed suicide, and some were transferred after being seriously injured, and their lives were unknown.
Could someone take advantage of the opportunity to escape while being transferred?
This so-called transfer is giving up. They know that even if they recover from their injuries, they will still be disabled and can no longer be killers, so they use the excuse of transferring them, but actually take them to a deserted place and kill them with a knife.
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