Chapter 39 Thirty-eighth time the imposter dies

The girl in purple suddenly said loudly: "Wait a minute." Lin Taiping said coldly: "What are you waiting for?" The girl in purple bit her lip and said, "You...do you want to leave just like that?" She seemed to become very excited suddenly, and even her hands and feet were shaking. Lin Taiping hesitated, finally turned around slowly, and said, "What do you want?" The woman in purple said, "I...I...I just want to ask you a question." Lin Taiping said, "Just ask." The girl in purple clenched her hands and said, "Are you..."

Lin Taiping suddenly interrupted her, saying: "Yes." The girl in purple stomped her feet and said, "Okay, then let me ask you, why did you run away that day?" Lin Taiping said: "I am happy." The woman in purple clenched her hands even tighter, her lips turned white, and said in a trembling voice: "Is there anything I'm not good enough for you, you must make me look like that?" Lin Taiping said coldly: "I am not worthy of you, it is me who is ashamed, not you." The woman in purple said: "Now that I have found you, what are you going to do?"

Lin Taiping said: "Nothing to do." The woman in purple said: "You still refuse to go back?" Lin Taiping said: "Unless you kill me and carry my body back, don't even think about it." The purple-clothed woman's eyes were red and her lips were already biting blood, and she said bitterly: "Okay, don't worry, I will never find someone to force you to go back, but one day, I will ask you to kneel down and beg me. one day……" Her voice was choked with sobs, she completely forgot about coming to find Nangong Chou, she stomped her feet suddenly, turned over in the air, and flew out of the wall.

All the people who followed her disappeared in the blink of an eye. Only fragrant flowers and a roll of red felt were left. The night was deeper, the lights were far away, and Lin Taiping's expression could not be seen in the darkness. Some things are neither convenient nor necessary to ask. After a long time, Lin Taiping turned his head, forced a smile to Guo Dalu and said, "Thank you." Guo Dalu said: "I should be the one thanking you, why are you thanking me?" Lin Taiping said: "Because you didn't ask who she is, and you didn't ask me how I knew her."

Guo Dalu smiled and said: "If you want to tell, I don't need to ask, if you don't want to tell, why should I ask?" Lin Taiping sighed, and said: "There are some things, just don't talk about them." He turned slowly and walked back into the house. Looking at his thin back, Guo Dalu felt really ashamed. Because he didn't ask, it was just because he had already guessed who the purple-clothed woman was, and he knew far more than Lin Taiping imagined. There are some things that he is hiding from Lin Taiping, not Lin Taiping from him. ——When he and Yan Qi met Lin Taiping's mother, until now, Lin Taiping was still kept in the dark.

Although they had good intentions, Guo Dalu still felt a little uncomfortable. He never hid anything from his friends, for whatever reason. There was a wind blowing, blowing the remaining flowers on the ground. Then he heard Yan Qi's voice. Yan Qi said softly: "Now you must know who that girl in purple is?" Guo Dalu nodded. Of course he had already guessed that she was Lin Taiping's unmarried wife. Lin Taiping ran away just because he didn't want such a wife. Yan Qi sighed: "I didn't fully understand why he escaped until now." Guo Dalu smiled wryly, "I can't stand a girl like that, let alone Xiao Lin?"

Yan Qi said: "So you also have girls you can't stand." Guo Dalu said: "Of course." Yan Qi said: "Isn't she very beautiful?" Guo Dalu said: "What's the use of being beautiful? When a man looks at a girl, he doesn't just look at her face." Yan Qi blinked and said, "What do men think of girls?" Guo Dalu said: "It depends on whether she is gentle and virtuous, and whether she knows how to be considerate to her husband. Otherwise, even if she looks like a fairy, no one will like her." Yan Qi glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, and said, "What about you? What kind of girl do you like?"

Guo Dalu smiled and said, "The girls I like are different from other men." Yan Qi said: "Oh?" Guo Dalu said: "If there is a girl who really understands me and cares about me, even if she is a little ugly or a little fierce, I still like her wholeheartedly." Yan Qi smiled sweetly, lowered her head, walked past him, and walked to the flower bed in the corner. The night seemed to suddenly become gentle again. The peonies in the corner were in full bloom, Yan Qi caressed the dewdrops on the petals, and after a long time, he turned around and found that Guo Dalu seemed to be staring at him the whole time.

He frowned slightly, and said, "I'm not a woman, what's so good about me? Why do you keep staring at me?" Guo Dalu said: "I...I think the way you walk today seems a little different from usual." Yan Qi said: "What's the difference?" Guo Dalu said with a smile: "The way you walk today seems to be very beautiful, it is even more beautiful than a girl's walk." Yan Qi's face seemed to be a little red again, but she deliberately put on a straight face, and said coldly: "I see that you have changed a bit recently." Guo Dalu said: "Oh?"

Yan Qi said: "You seem to have some kind of inexplicable illness recently, you always do some inexplicable things, say some inexplicable words, you really should find a doctor to take a look for you." Guo Dalu was stunned for a while, but there was a look of melancholy and fear in his eyes, as if a person knew that he had contracted a serious illness. Yan Qi smiled again, and said sweetly: "But you don't need to worry too much, in fact, everyone has something wrong to some extent." Guo Dalu said: "Oh?" Yan Qi said: "Do you know who is the most troubled?"

Guo Dalu said: "I don't know." Yan Qi said: "It's that girl Yu." Guo Dalu asked, "Who is Miss Yu?" Yan Qi said: "Miss Yu is the girl who came here just now, her surname is Yu, and her name is Yu Linglong." Guo Dalu said: "Yu Linglong?" Yan Qi said: "Have you never heard of her before?" Guo Dalu said: "No." Yan Qi sighed, shook his head and said, "It seems that you are really ignorant and ignorant." Guo Dalu said: "I can also see that she has serious problems, but why must I have heard of her?" Yan Qi said: "Because when she was nine years old, she was already a celebrity in the world." Guo Dalu said: "Nine years old? You mean nine years old?" Yan Qi nodded and said: "She comes from a prominent family, and she has been a child prodigy since she was a child. It is said that she started practicing martial arts when she was less than two years old. The nineteen styles of returning to the wind dance willow sword' have been fully learned." Guo Dalu said: "She said that she had killed someone when she was nine years old. Listening to you, what she said seems to be true." Yan Qi said: "It's not fake at all. Not only did she really kill someone when she was nine years old, but the one who was killed was a very famous swordsman in Jianghu." Guo Dalu asked: "Since then, she has killed a lot of people every month?" Yan Qi said: "That's true." Guo Dalu couldn't help laughing and said, "How can there be so many people sent to her to kill?" Yan Qi said: "It wasn't sent by others, but she went to find others by herself." Guo Dalu asked, "Where can I find it?" Yan Qi said: "Look everywhere. As long as she hears that someone has done something worthy of killing, she will immediately rush to find that person to settle the score." Guo Dalu said: "Could it be that she can succeed every time?" Yan Qi said: "You have seen her own martial arts level, plus those two Kunlun slaves and two barbarian girls are all first-class masters, and even the four maids who carry the lamps are not good at martial arts. They are not weak, so as long as she comes to her door, few people can escape." Guo Dalu said: "Is there no one to take care of her?" Yan Qi said: "Her father died very early, and her mother is the most difficult tigress in the Jianghu. She has always been obedient to this precious daughter. Even if others can provoke her, they can't afford to provoke her mother." He sighed, and then said: "What's more, the person she killed should have been killed, so instead of blaming her, the older generation in Jianghu only praised her." Guo Dalu said: "So when she was thirteen or fourteen years old, she had already become the girl with the most style and the highest martial arts in the Jianghu - the more people she killed, the higher her martial arts naturally." Guo Dalu said again: "Because of this, even a person like Nangong Chou can only hide and dare not show his face when he knows that she is coming to cause trouble?" Yan Qi said: "The answer is correct." Guo Dalu said: "Of course Nangong Chou already knows about her relationship with Xiao Lin, that's why she hides her face?" Yan Qi said: "The answer is correct." Guo Dalu said: "But if Nangong Chou didn't really deserve to die, she wouldn't have come to him?" Yan Qi said: "That's right, she has never missed anyone before." Guo Dalu sighed for a long time, and said with a wry smile, "So it's not her fault, it's me." Yan Qi said: "You are not wrong either." He continued in a soft voice: "You must repay your kindness. If you promise a thousand gold, it is the true nature of a man. If you do this, no one will blame you." Guo Dalu said: "There is only one meeting." Yan Qi said: "Who?" Guo Dalu said: "Myself." ※※※ It was almost dawn. Guo Dalu was still wearing that robe, sitting there alone, watching the milky white morning mist slowly rising from the yard, listening to the rooster crowing from afar in the evening wind. Then, he heard the sound of the door opening. He didn't look back, and there was no expression on his face. A burst of very light and slow steps came behind him and stopped. He still didn't turn his head back, just asked lightly: "Did you sleep well?" The man in black stood right behind him, staring at his neck, and said, "I have never slept so comfortably in ten years." Guo Dalu said: "Why?" The man in black said: "Because no one like you has ever guarded the door for me." Guo Dalu smiled and said, "You can't sleep if no one watches the door for you?" The man in black said: "Someone guards the door for me, so I can't sleep either." Guo Dalu said: "Why?" The man in black said: "Because I never trust anyone." Guo Dalu said: "But you seem to trust me very much." The man in black suddenly smiled and said, "It seems that you also trust me." Guo Dalu said: "How do you know?" The man in black said slowly: "Because no one else dared to let me stand behind him except you." Guo Dalu said: "Oh?" The man in black said: "I'm not a gentleman, I often kill people behind my back." Guo Dalu nodded slowly, and said, "It is indeed much more convenient to kill someone behind the scenes." The man in black said: "Especially when nodding here." Guo Dalu said: "When nodding?" The man in black said: "There is a place on the back of everyone's neck that is the best place to cut off. Only when you find this place can you cut off his head with one blow. Experienced executioners understand this." Guo Dalu nodded again slowly, and said, "It does make sense, it makes sense." The man in black was silent for a long time before he said slowly, "You haven't slept?" Guo Dalu said: "If I fall asleep, can you still sleep?" The man in black laughed again. His laugh was sharp and short, like the grinding of a knife's edge. He suddenly walked in front of Guo Dalu. Guo Dalu said: "Why did you let me stand behind you?" The man in black said: "Because I don't want to be tempted by you." Guo Dalu said: "Temptation?" The man in black said: "If I stand behind you and see you nodding again, my hands will itch." Guo Dalu said: "You want to kill someone when your hands are itchy?" The man in black said: "Only one time is an exception." Guo Dalu said: "Which time?" The man in black said: "That time just now." After saying this, he suddenly strode out without looking back. Guo Dalu looked at him until he reached the door, and suddenly said: "Wait a minute." The man in black said: "Do you have anything else to say? It seems that everything that needs to be said has been said." Guo Dalu said: "I only have one question to ask you." The man in black said, "Ask." Guo Dalu stood up slowly, and said word by word: "Are you Nangong Chou?" The man in black didn't answer, nor did he turn his head, but Guo Dalu could tell that the muscles on his shoulders seemed to have stiffened suddenly. The wind also seemed to stop suddenly, and the yard suddenly became dead silent. After a long time, Guo Dalu said slowly: "If you don't want to talk, you can just nod, but you can rest assured that I have never cut off people's heads, and I will never kill people behind their backs." Still no wind, no sound. After a long time, the man in black said slowly, "In the past ten years, you are the seventh person to ask me this question." Guo Dalu said: "The six people in front, are they all dead?" The man in black said: "Not bad." Guo Dalu said: "They died because of asking this question?" The man in black said: "Whoever asks this question will have to pay the price, so you'd better think about it before asking." Guo Dalu sighed, and said, "I really want to think about it, but it's a pity that I've already asked." The man in black suddenly turned around, stared at him like a knife, and said sharply: "So what if I am Nangong Chou?" Guo Dalu said calmly: "I promised you last night, as long as you walk through this door, you will be my guest, and no one will hurt you, and no one will drive you out." The man in black asked, "What about now?" Guo Dalu said: "This sentence is still valid now, I just want to keep you staying longer." The man in black asked, "How long will you live?" Guo Dalu said flatly again: "Live until you realize that what you did before is wrong. Live until you feel ashamed and repent, then you can leave." The pupils of the man in black seemed to be shrinking, and he said sharply, "So what if I don't want to?" Guo Dalu smiled and said, "That's also very simple." He walked over slowly, and said with a smile, "Is there a place on the back of my neck that is easier to cut?" The man in black said: "Everyone has it." Guo Dalu said: "If you can find out and cut off my head, you can leave." The man in black sneered, "I don't need to look for it anymore." Guo Dalu said: "You found out just now?" The man in black said: "I didn't do anything just now, it was to repay your love last night, but now..." He suddenly shrank back, and the man shot out like an arrow. Guo Dalu unexpectedly followed suit. The man in black turned over in the air, the sword was out of its sheath, the seven-foot long sword was like a pool of autumn water. Suddenly, there was a "choke". On this long sword like autumn water, there is an extra scabbard. The scabbard was taken out from under Guo Dalu's robe. The man in black ran backwards, and he followed suit. The man in black's long sword was unsheathed, so he took out the scabbard under his robe, and set it forward to cover the man in black's sword. The sword is seven feet long, but the scabbard is only three feet seven inches. But since the man in black's sword was trapped, he could no longer use it. His body was still retreating, because he had no other way not to retreat——Guo Dalu held the scabbard with both hands, and pushed forward forcefully, if he didn't let go of his long sword, he would have to be pushed backwards all the time. If he lets go of his long sword, he will definitely be hit in the chest by his own sword hilt. His body was originally going backwards, and now it is impossible to change the direction of force and push forward, so now he is completely out of control. Guo Dalu pushed one foot forward, and he had to retreat one foot. He heard a "bang", and his body was pushed against the wall. Guo Dalu still held the scabbard with both wrists, and pressed his man against the wall tightly. At this time, it was impossible for him to retreat, and he couldn't let go of the long sword—as long as he let go, the hilt would hit his chest heavily. This situation is so wonderful that no one would be able to imagine it unless they saw it with their own eyes. Guo Dalu smiled and said, "You probably haven't thought about this, have you?" The man in black gritted his teeth and said, "What kind of kung fu is this?" Guo Dalu said with a smile: "This is no kung fu at all, because this kind of kung fu is useless against other people except you." He seemed to be afraid that the man in black would not understand, so he explained: "Because no one else in the world would draw a sword in this way except you." The man in black said coldly: "You came up with such a trick to deal with me?" Guo Dalu said: "The answer is correct." The man in black said again: "Actually, you already intended to keep me here?" Guo Dalu smiled and said, "Actually, there's nothing wrong with staying here, at least you can sleep peacefully every day." The man in black said, "Hmph!" Guo Dalu said: "As long as you promise me to stay, I will let you go immediately." The man in black said, "Hmph!" Guo Dalu said: "What do you mean?" The man in black sneered, "Although I can't kill you now, there is nothing you can do about me. As long as you let go, I can still kill you immediately." Guo Dalu said: "That is not completely impossible." The man in black said: "So don't you try to threaten me with this, even if I agree, I have to wait for you to let go first." Guo Dalu looked at him for a while, then smiled again, and said, "Okay, I might as well trust you again, as long as you..." He hadn't finished speaking, and hadn't let go, when he saw something come out of the man in black's chest. A piece of sword tip! Blood was still dripping from the tip of the sword. The man in black looked at the point of the sword with exactly the same expression as Mr. Gui before he died.Guo Dalu was also stunned. I could only hear the "crack" in the throat of the man in black, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't. Guo Dalu suddenly yelled, flew up in the air, and flew out of the wall. As expected, the sword came in from outside the wall, passed through the chest of the man in black, and the hilt remained outside the wall. But only the hilt, no one. The wind blew again, and the weeds on the hillside undulated like waves, but there was no one in sight. There is a piece of white silk tied to the hilt, which is also dancing in the wind. Guo Dalu wanted to draw his sword, but found seven ink-stained characters written on the white silk: "Death to the imposter! Nangong Chou." The blood on the tip of the sword had dried, but the man in black seemed to be still staring at the tip of the sword with his head down, and seemed to be still in thought. That expression was exactly the same as when Young Master Gui died. Yan Qi, Wang Dong, and Lin Taiping all stood far away in the corridor, looking at his body. He came unexpectedly, and died even more unexpectedly. But the most surprising thing is that even he is not Nangong Chou. Guo Dalu stood beside him, looking at the point of the sword on his chest, as if he was also in deep thought. Yan Qi walked over quietly and said, "What are you thinking?" Guo Dalu sighed, and said: "I was thinking, since he is not Nangong Chou, why should he take the blame for Nangong Chou?" Yan Qi said: "What scapegoat?" Guo Dalu said: "If he wasn't Nangong Chou, Yu Linglong wouldn't have killed him, he didn't have to hide here at all, and of course he wouldn't die here now." Yan Qi said: "Are you feeling uncomfortable for him?" Guo Dalu said: "A little bit." Yan Qi said: "But I only feel bad for Nangong Chou." Guo Dalu said: "Why?" Yan Qi said: "He assumed the name of Nangong Chou, and he didn't know how many people he killed and how many bad things he did outside. Maybe Nangong Chou didn't even know his shadow, so you should have said that it was Nangong Chou who took the blame for him, right? He took the blame for Nangong Chou." Guo Dalu thought for a while, finally nodded, but still sighed: "But no matter what, he is always my guest, and he always dies in our yard." Yan Qi said: "So you are still suffering for him?" Guo Dalu said: "There is still a little." Yan Qi said: "If you really let go just now, I wonder if he will feel bad for you now?" Guo Dalu said: "If I let go, will he take the opportunity to kill me?" Yan Qi said: "You think he can't?" Guo Dalu sighed: "No matter what you say, I still feel that people are always human, and there is always some human nature. Although you can't see it, you can't touch it, but you must not believe in its existence, otherwise, you are still a human being. What's the point?" Yan Qi stared at him, then sighed suddenly, and said softly: "Actually, why don't I hope that your opinion is more correct than mine?..." Guo Dalu raised his head, stared at the depths of the sky, was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Now I am also hoping for one thing." Yan Qi said: "What do you want?" Guo Dalu said: "I only hope that one day I can see the real Nangong Chou and see what kind of person he is..." There was light in his eyes, and he continued slowly: "I think, he must be much more mysterious and terrifying than anyone I've seen before." But is there really such a person as Nangong Chou in the world? No one knows, no one has seen it.