Chapter 19 Chapter 3 The Valuable Dead

At the end of the crystal channel is also a crystal house with brilliant crystal. There were three people in the room, one was still young, one was older, and the other had gray temples and was almost middle-aged. The young man was slender and richly adorned, and looked not only very handsome but also very proud. The older one was very personable, courteous, and undoubtedly a very well-bred man. The middle-aged man with gray temples is no different from any middle-aged man you see on the roads of any town, except that his body is better maintained than ordinary middle-aged men, and even his stomach is darker. Not an iota of excess fat.

These three people are absolutely different types, except that they have one thing in common, all three of them have swords. Why are these three men with swords here?What are you doing here?Before Jinyu had time to ask, Mr. Wang had already introduced her. "They are all my good helpers, and they are all first-class swordsmen." Mr. Wang said, "It's a pity that they only have code names with me, but no names." "Code name? What code name?" Goldfish must have asked. "Their code names are No. 5, No. 15, and No. 25." Mr. Wang said, "It's only one number away from No. 6, No. 16, and No. 26 that I sent to kill Ye Kai."

"Why are they only one number away?" "Because each of them has a lot in common with the three people I sent to kill Ye Kai, not only the same personality, the same life experience, but also the same way of swordsmanship." Mr. Wang said. "What do you want them to do here?" "I want them to stand by here." Mr. Wang said: "Just because I want them to kill a person." "Kill who?" Mr. Wang didn't answer this question directly. He pressed another secret button and opened another secret door. There was also a long crystal passage behind the door, and then he faced "No. 5".

"Go straight ahead, and when you get to the end, there is also a door. The door is ajar. There is a man sitting behind the door. You can see him as soon as you open the door." Mr. Wang said, "I want you to kill him." killed him." "No. 5" is the same as Mr. Wang's other subordinates. He only accepts orders and never asks the reason. Of course, he will not ask Mr. Wang who is the person he wants him to kill? "Yes." All he said was, "I'm going now." After saying these words, he has already rushed into the brilliant crystal channel like an arrow.

His movements are vigorous and sensitive, but he seems a little excited.Even his pale face was flushed with excitement, and his breathing seemed to be a little faster than usual. This was the last time people saw him. Once he jumped into that crystal channel, he never came back. Everyone knew by now that he was not coming back alive, even the goldfish, because he had been gone for a long, long time. Usually it doesn't take so long for people like them to kill or be killed. After such a long time, everything should have come to fruition. die. That's the only result. No one opened their mouths to speak, and no one showed a bit of sadness on their faces.

It's not that they're heartless, it's just not something to be sad about at all. —Everybody dies, let alone people like them. ——For them, "death" is like a woman, a woman they have been tired of for a long time, a woman they have been tired of but can't give up, so they have to wait for her to come every day, until she really When they come, they will feel neither surprise nor fear. Because they know that "she" will come sooner or later. — They are almost completely numb to such things. Mr. Wang actually waited for a long time. I don't know if it's because of his pity for a person's life, or because of his respect and fear of death itself, Mr. Wang's face is much more serious than the other two people and the goldfish.

He even washed his already very clean hands in a crystal basin before burning a stick of incense in a crystal stove before turning to Number Fifteen. "What I want to do must be done." Mr. Gong said: "No. 5 can't do it, now I have to let you do it." "yes." "No. 15" immediately accepted this order. He has been controlling himself, and has always controlled himself very well. However, after receiving this order, his body and expression inevitably changed due to excitement. Some changes that are not easy for others to notice, and then start to act.

At first he moved slowly, carefully and slowly, checking himself first. His clothes, his girdle, his shoes, his hands, his sword, he draws his sword, puts it in, draws it out, puts it in again, until everything is right for himself, Only when he thought he was satisfied did he slip into the brilliant crystal channel. He was equally nimble in his movements, and far more sophisticated than Number Five, but he never returned. This time Mr. Wang waited longer before washing his hands in a crystal basin, burning incense in the crystal basin, and even sighing. When he faced "Number Twenty-Five", the expression on his face was more serious, and the commands he issued were shorter.Because he knew that for a person like "No. 25", any extra words are nonsense, so he only said two words: "You go." "No. 25" took it silently. Not even a single word was said in this order.

Of course, he will not be like "Number Five", who will start immediately as soon as he receives the order. He also didn't check first that his equipment was clean, and then that his sword was smooth, as "No. 15" did. There are already two people who once left this splendid passage, they will never return. Both of them are murderers, and they are both masters of swords. These two people are his partners, he has lived with them for a long time, he knows that they are not easy to deal with, but after the two of them entered this crystal channel, there is no news. But after "No. 25" received this fatal order, it was as if he had received a post asking him to go to dinner.

And it was a very familiar friend who invited him to have a potluck. The second crystal channel is still so crystal clear and brilliant, it's still so quiet, no sound can be heard, no movement can be seen. It was like a giant python from the prehistoric times, quietly devouring the two of them without even making the sound of chewing. "No. 25" was ready to go in, but his expression was still so calm, not only did his expression not change, he also didn't make any preparations. He walked neither fast nor slow, and looked as if he was going to an old friend's house for a potluck in the neighbourhood.

Now that he had reached the entrance of the passage, no one thought he would go all the way in, but he suddenly stopped, turned around slowly, raised his head, and stared at Mr. Wang. There was no expression in his eyes, no emotion at all, and yet he spoke. "I learned swordsmanship at the age of eight, and I learned how to kill before I was thirteen years old." His voice was ordinary and monotonous: "And I really killed someone." "I know." Mr. Wang showed that very kind smile again: "When you were thirteen years old, you assassinated the most ferocious Lu butcher in your hometown at the most lively Caishikou in the local area." "But I haven't killed many people in my life." No. 25 said, "Because I never want to cause trouble, and I have never made enemies with others." "I know." "The main thing is, I don't like killing people at all." "I know." Mr. Wang said, "You kill people just to survive." "I kill people just to eat, and everyone has to eat, and I'm also human." On the 25th, he said lightly : "It's not a pleasant thing to kill someone for food, but there are other things that people do for food that are more painful than what I do, do you know?" This time Mr. Wang just nodded. "Number 25" stared at him, and said, "Since I kill people for food, every time I kill people, there will be a price, and there is never an exception." "I know." "Although you took me in when my identity was exposed and I was hunted down, you are no exception." No. 25 said, "Of course you should know the price of my murder." "I know." Mr. Wang Smiling again: "I've been ready for a long time." He walked over and put a piece of pure gold into the hand of "Number Twenty-Five". "I also know your rules. You only need to pay half of it before you kill someone." Mr. Wang said, "This piece of gold should be enough." "Enough." No. 25 stuffed the gold into her waist, and said suddenly, "I have one more thing to ask of you." "Say." "If I die, please don't wash your hands and burn incense for me." No. 25 said lightly, "Because you have already paid the price." As soon as he finished this sentence, his people turned around and walked into the brilliant crystal passage. His back looks much taller than his front, but he quickly disappeared at the end of the passage. —Will he also go away and never return?Goldfish looked at him until his back completely disappeared into the passage, then sighed softly: "This man is really a weirdo." "Oh!" "He seems to know that he must die, and he also knows that after a person dies, no matter how pure gold is, it is useless to him." Goldfish said, "But he still wants to accept you first." What is he doing for this piece of gold?" "It's for his principles." "in principle?" "Principles are rules." Mr. Wang said, "He knew he would die and wanted to do this thing. Since he wanted to do it, he had to accept this piece of gold first, because it was his rule." He looked at the goldfish and continued, without the slightest sarcasm in his voice: "A man with principles will never break the rules, no matter whether he is dead or alive." He spoke very seriously, even with three points of respect. "Do you think this person is stupid or smart?" "I don't know." Mr. Wang said, "I only know that there are fewer and fewer people like this." "Do you like this kind of person very much?" "yes." "Then why do you want him to die?" "How do you know that he is going to die?" Mr. Wang laughed again: "How do you know whether he will come back to life after death?" The goldfish stopped talking. Just now Mr. Wang brought her here from another crystal house, as if to prove that if she is in his hands, even if she dies, she can be revived. Judging by his current expression, it seemed to be the same, so the goldfish stopped talking. During this time, she was as silent as the crystal channel. There was still no sound or movement in the passage, and "No. 25" hadn't come back, and he didn't come back after a long, long time. After waiting for a long time, Mr. Wang suddenly said: "It's probably midnight now, we should have some supper." "Supper?" Goldfish seemed startled: "You want supper?" "Eating supper is not a strange thing, everyone has to eat it." Mr. Wang said: "We should eat supper when we should eat supper. No matter how things develop, we still have to eat supper." "This is your principle?" "you are right." The wine was poured in a crystal glass, giving off a bewildering amber light, and it also had a faint tulip aroma, which was really interesting. ——Who says wealth is not a kind of taste?Dishes served in crystal vessels, extremely fine handcrafted vessels, extremely finely cooked. ——Maybe it's not just "exquisite", but "perfect". Mr. Wang's demeanor when eating and drinking is also so elegant that it is almost "perfect". It should be a pleasure to be able to share an exquisite supper with someone like him. Jinyu didn't even have an appetite, she wasn't worried about "No. 25", nor was she sad because of Yucheng's appearance. She just felt that it was incredible to be able to sit down and enjoy delicious food and wine when others were going to kill people. In the brilliant crystal channel, there was still no movement. Mr. Wang finally finished his supper, and then washed his hands in a crystal basin. What is filled in the crystal basin is not water, but very fragrant green tea. "Today our supper is to eat shrimp and crabs. Only by peeling the shrimps and crabs by ourselves can we really appreciate the fun of eating shrimps and crabs." Mr. Wang said: "Only by washing hands with green tea can we wash off the dirt on our hands." fishy." Goldfish looked at him, and suddenly asked, "Will you kill someone?" "Murder?" Mr. Wang obviously didn't understand the meaning of this sentence. Is killing people the same as eating shrimp and crabs?Do you have to kill it yourself in order to appreciate the fun? " This sentence is a very good question, and Mr. Wang's answer is also very good. "That's up to you," Mr. Wang said. "Look at what?" "See who you want to kill?" He said, "Some people you might as well ask others to kill, but some people you must kill yourself." "What about after killing?" Goldfish asked again: "If you kill with your own hands, what should you use to wash off the bloody smell on your hands after killing?" No one can answer that question, and no one wants to. Mr. Wang dried his hands with a piece of pure silk white cloth, stood up slowly, and walked slowly into the brilliant crystal passage. He didn't greet the goldfish because he knew she would go in with him. What happened in the crystal channel?Of course the goldfish wanted to know, so she quickly followed suit. ——Is she going in like the three people who just went in, and will never return?The entrance door of the passageway is built like a long rice bucket, getting smaller towards the bottom, and when it reaches the end, it has shrunk into a two-foot-square hole. It is not easy for a person with the stature of a goldfish to get in, so although there are Kongming lanterns illuminating the passage at the beginning, but halfway through, there is no light. As soon as I walked in, I couldn't see anything, not even my own fingers. ——Why did Mr. Wang make this passage so mysterious?As soon as Mr. Wang walked into the crystal passage, his steps were not fast, but not too slow, and he disappeared into the darkness at the corner all at once. Although the goldfish immediately followed Mr. Wang into the passageway, she and him were soon separated by a certain distance. She looked at the dark place in front of her, and when she was about to feel her way forward, she suddenly heard Mr. Wang's voice . "You'd better not keep going any further." "Why?" Goldfish asked. "Because this passage is not straight." Mr. Wang's voice came from the darkness: "There are thirty-three passages in this passage, if you go straight ahead, you will definitely bump into the wall and flatten your nose. " His voice continued faintly: "I know you may not believe it, but from the outside, this passage really looks straight to the end. If you don't believe it, you might as well give it a try." Goldfish didn't try it, because she knew that darkness would always cause people to have many illusions, making people think that "straight" is "curved", and "curvy" is "straight".It will make people straight and straight, and make people touch their noses. Although she is young, she also knows that there are many other things in this world that are just like darkness, which can also cause people to have illusions and make people indistinguishable. For example, the moral views of the two plausible hypocrites are like this. Goldfish doesn't have this kind of concept, she doesn't want to do this kind of thing, she doesn't want people to have her nose bumped, and she doesn't want to have her own nose bumped, so she made the smartest choice. She lit a torch. When the three fire lights were lit, the passageway was immediately dazzling. The two walls of this passage were actually made of huge crystal chips, and there was a bend not far in front of it. Mr. Wang was standing there, looking at the goldfish with a very strange attitude. "I didn't expect you to have a fire pocket on you." "Of course you didn't expect it." Jinyu smiled: "Although you have sent people to search me thoroughly, it's a pity that those people still didn't expect that I would hide a fire zip in a hairpin." Exquisite jasper hairpin, exquisite fire zip, the value of this fire zip may have far exceeded the value of jasper hairpin. "Is there something else hidden on your body?" Mr. Wang sighed: "Some weird things that people can't think of?" "If you want to know, you'd better search me out yourself." Goldfish stared at him and stretched out his hands.She doesn't wear much clothes, and her figure has already matured, so the expression in her eyes is not a temptation?Still a challenge? "No matter what, I can assure you." Jinyu said with a smile, "The weirdest and most interesting thing I carry is definitely not this fire bag." Mr. Wang smiled, and he seemed to be smiling wryly. "I do," he said. "I absolutely do." Sure enough, there were many twists and turns in the passage, Mr. Wang continued to walk forward, and the goldfish followed closely of course. The crystal chips on the two walls glowed crystal-clearly under the firelight, and this passage could undoubtedly be regarded as the most expensive one in the world. Walking in such an expensive passage, Goldfish suddenly felt uncomfortable, and it became more and more uncomfortable. She couldn't figure out how this uncomfortable feeling came from?Although the passage was originally dark, the lit fire was not extinguished, and it was easy to breathe while walking in the passage. It can be seen from this that in some secret places in this passage, some ventilation must have been left in some very clever way, so the air in the passage will always remain dry, smooth, and very clean. Very, very clean, so clean it smelled like a piece of clothing that had been soaked in soap for five days and laundered twenty-one times. Goldfish suddenly knew where her uncomfortable feeling came from. "Clean" is a good thing, a pleasant thing, never uncomfortable. But this passage was so clean, it was unbearably clean. Mr. Wang turned around suddenly, and suddenly asked the goldfish: "Do you feel a little weird? Do you feel a little uncomfortable?" "yes." "Do you know why you feel this way?" "I don't know." Goldfish said, "I can't figure it out no matter what." She thought Mr. Wang would explain this matter, but he asked another question that seemed completely unrelated to this matter. "Do you know what is the purest and cleanest among all things in the world?" Mr. Wang asked. "It's gold," said the goldfish. "No." Mr. Wang smiled: "There is absolutely nothing in the world that is purer and cleaner than crystal." This channel is made of crystal, and the goldfish cannot but admit that it is indeed very clean. But Mr. Wang went on to ask her a more unique question: "There are many kinds of people in the world, do you know which one is the cleanest?" This time, he didn't wait for the goldfish to answer, and said the answer first: "It's a dead person." Goldfish had to admit that all dead people had to be cleaned before being put into coffins, even the dirtiest ones. She admitted this, and she also figured out what she couldn't figure out just now. "You think it's a bit weird here, just because it's too clean." Mr. Wang said, "Because there are usually only crystals and dead people here." Crystal is indeed the least impurity, the purest thing in the world, and most people think it is the loveliest thing. Dead people are people too, no matter how terrible a person is, after death there is no way to hurt anyone. ——A channel made of crystals, some dead people who can no longer hurt others, there is nothing scary about it. But Jinyu suddenly felt that there was an indescribable mystery and horror in this kind of place. She waited for a long time before asking: "Is this place a tomb?" How could you think that this is a tomb?How did you think I would use crystals to build someone else's tomb? " He seldom laughed like that. It's ridiculous to ask someone like him to use crystal to build someone else's tomb. —It would be equally inconceivable to ask anyone to build someone else's tomb out of crystal. Strangely, if this is not a tomb, how come there are often dead people here?The goldfish couldn't figure it out again: "What is this place?" "It's a treasure house." Mr. Wang replied. "You said this is a treasure house?" Goldfish was even more surprised: "Is it your treasure house?" "yes." Mr. Wang smiled and stroked the crystals on the two walls of the passage with his fingertips, just like a proud mother stroking her only child. There was even some feeling of satisfaction in his expression. "I can guarantee that the crystals I store here are at least three times more than any other place in the world." Mr. Wang said: "If I sell the crystals here, the money transactions in every country in the world will fall." "I believe." The goldfish couldn't help stroking the crystals on the wall: "I've never seen so many crystals in my life." Not only have you never seen it, there are probably not many people who have seen these crystals. " "Is it because there are usually only dead people here?" "Yes." Mr. Wang said: "Except for very special circumstances, usually only the dead can enter here." "Live people?" Goldfish asked: "Is it true that if a living person comes in, he can't get out again?" Mr. Wang didn't answer her question, he just smiled. Goldfish also has a very hateful personality, and she will never ask a second time if others don't want to answer, so she asked another question. "Do you usually use dead men to guard your crystals?" Mr. Wang laughed again. He thought the question was ridiculous, but he answered it. "Since ancient times, only one kind of person in the world will use the dead to guard his crystal." "What kind of person?" "Dead people." Mr. Wang said: "Only a dead person will use a dead person to guard his crystal, because he is already dead, and it doesn't matter to him whether the crystal jewelry is stolen or not." His answer is not ridiculous, because not only have such examples existed before, but there will certainly be again after a thousand years. ——After the princes and nobles throughout the ages died, they would usually be buried with jewels and gold, and then buried with his most heroic and loyal guards to guard his jewels and soul. —Of course he himself would not know how stupid he was doing this. Because he is dead. "But I'm not dead." Mr. Wang said, "At least I'm not dead yet, so I won't do this kind of thing yet." Goldfish laughed, but she still couldn't help asking: "Since this is your treasure house, why do you often have dead people in your treasure house?" This question is not a ridiculous question, most people will ask it like this. Mr. Wang's answer is not clear to most people. "It's because this is a treasure house," he smiled, "that's why there are dead people here." Goldfish didn't understand: "Why?" "Because there is a kind of dead people whose value is far more expensive than jewels." Mr. Wang said, "The dead people here are all expensive ones."