Gu Tian was crying and making muffled noises, seemingly begging the masked man not to bury him alive.
The masked man pulled the tattered cloth out of Gu Tian's mouth and asked menacingly, "What are your last words? Speak quickly, and I'll pass them on to your family."
"Good sir, please spare me! I...I don't think I know you. I...I haven't offended you, have I?"
The masked man covered his face tightly with silk stockings, leaving only his eyes visible.
Gu Tian examined the two eyes. He felt that the eyes were somewhat familiar, but he couldn't recognize the person just by looking at them.
Gu Tian's mind raced. In the past two years, he had done a lot of despicable things in Qinglong Town.
Could it be that his enemies attacked him?
The masked man said menacingly, "Enough with the nonsense. If you have any last words, say them now. I'll only give you one minute."
"Good sir, please spare me! I have elderly and ailing parents at home. My father has stomach cancer and is waiting for surgery. Good sir, you must know my family's situation. Please spare my life. If I die, my parents will die with me. That's three lives!"
"I don't care how many lives you have on your hands. I'm just following orders to bury you alive. I don't care about anything else."
"Hero, whose orders are you on?"
"Damn it! Looks like you're an idiot. I'm asking you: what are you doing in Qinglong Town?"
"Good sir, my father has stomach cancer and urgently needs surgery. I've come to borrow money from my cousin."
"Hmph! I think you're here to extort money from me!"
"Good man, I...I really came to borrow money. My cousin just lent me five thousand yuan, it's still in my pocket. I'll give it to you, please spare my life."
Gu Tian couldn't worry about anything else now; his most urgent task was to quickly beg this hero to spare his life.
"Hmph! You think you can bribe me with money? Don't try that. Let me tell you: five thousand yuan won't buy your life. Let me be frank, someone gave me twenty thousand yuan to kill you!"
Gu Tian had a vague feeling that the person who hired the hitman was probably his cousin, Gu Le.
Because the masked man said he was extorting people, which exposed the mastermind behind it all.
Furthermore, in this remote town, only the mayor's family is wealthy enough to afford to pay 20,000 yuan to hire a hitman.
Gu Tian was seething with hatred, thinking: "Gu Le, you...you only gave me five thousand yuan, but gave this assassin twenty thousand, letting him take my life. You...you are truly a heartless serpent!"
“Good man, I know you value brotherhood above all else and would never kill a pitiful person. My parents are already over seventy years old and I am their only son. If I die, my parents will definitely not survive.”
"One minute is up. Since you're not going to say your last words, I'm going to do it."
The masked man began filling the pit with soil.
Gu Tian stared wide-eyed in horror, tears streaming down his face like a waterfall.
"Father, I'm calling you Father, please spare my life!"
The masked man suddenly stopped and asked, "What did you call me?"
"I call you father, you are my real father, father, please spare my life!"
Gu Tian desperately wanted to get up and kowtow to the masked man, but he couldn't move at all.
The masked man seemed to soften. He sighed and said, "You...you really are an only son?"
"Yes, I'm not lying. My parents only had me as their child, and I was born late in life. My dear father, please forgive me!"
The masked man said leisurely, "Consider yourself lucky. Today is my birthday. I wasn't planning on killing anyone, but I took their money, so I have to do their bidding."
"Dear father, if you don't kill me, God will definitely remember this. You will live longer, you will become rich, and you will marry a beautiful wife."
The masked man said, "Consider yourself lucky. However, I must tell you: you must leave Qinglong Town immediately, and you must never set foot in Qinglong Town again. Otherwise, if the news that you are still alive gets to other people's ears, I will not be able to explain myself."
"My dear father, if you release me, I swear I will never set foot in Qinglong Town again!"
"You keep your word? But I'm not afraid of you breaking your word. I'm from Qinglong Town. As soon as I find you, I'll cut you into eight pieces."
Gu Tian swore, "Dear father, I swear a solemn oath: from this moment on, I will never set foot in Qinglong Town again in my entire life, or else may my parents die without a burial place!"
The masked man untied the ropes binding Gu Tian and said viciously, "You'd better get back to your hometown right now."
Gu Tian took out five thousand yuan from his pocket, held it in both hands, and said to the masked man, "Dear father, this is my filial offering to you, to thank you for saving my life."
The masked man didn't take the money and said coldly, "I'm not a scoundrel. I won't eat the defendant and the plaintiff. I don't do things that involve taking advantage of both sides. Get lost, the farther the better, the faster the better."
Gu Tian scrambled out of the grove and ran for his life until he reached the main road.
Just then, a long-distance bus arrived.
Gu Tian rushed into the middle of the road and stopped the long-distance bus.
The car was heading to the county seat. Gu Tian got on and went straight to the county public security bureau.
As soon as he entered the police station, he shouted, "I want to report someone!"
Two police officers led him to a room and asked, "Who do you want to report?"
"I want to report Gu Le, the mayor of Qinglong Town, who is my cousin."
Gu Tian wasn't a fool. From the masked man's words, he could deduce that the person who had asked the masked man to kill him was his cousin, Gu Le.
Clearly, Gu Tian's request to borrow money made Gu Le feel that he was being blackmailed, so he hired someone to kill him.
Gu Tian thought bitterly: Since you are unrighteous, then I will be unrighteous too.
Gu Tian spilled the beans, confessing in detail to his cousin Gu Le about how he had been tricked into harming people.
Gu Tian fled the grove in a sorry state. The masked man took off the silk stockings from his head, took a few deep breaths, and looked at Gu Tian's back with a gloating expression, saying, "Kid, you ran pretty fast."
This masked man is the abbot.
The abbot returned to Qinglong Town.
Ma Yunfei asked eagerly, "Third brother, is everything going smoothly?"
"It went very smoothly. I scared that kid so much he peed his pants. He really thought I was going to bury him alive. Oh, and I also whipped him twenty times with a belt. His butt must be completely bruised."
"Are you certain that Gu Tian will never dare to come to Qinglong Town again?"
"Hehe...that's without a doubt."
"Do you think Gu Tian will suspect who ordered you to commit the crime?"
“They will definitely suspect the mayor. I’ve already made it very clear that he should stop extorting people.”
Ma Yunfei said happily, "If Gu Tian is convinced that you were instructed by the town mayor, given his personality, he will never let it go. He will definitely go to the county to complain about the town mayor. Let's just wait and see what happens."
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