The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#635 - Elimination

The dagger mercilessly sliced through the skin, then cut open the blood vessels and muscles beneath, looking as if it was about to pierce the beating heart.

But in the next moment, it suddenly stopped in mid-air.

No matter how hard its owner tried, it couldn't move forward even half an inch.

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Because he discovered that the person whose chest had been cut by the dagger had breathed his last.

Lu Jing had blocked the fatal blow from his companion for him, but he didn't expect that at the last moment, he would choose to die himself, actively meeting the tip of the blade with his chest.

The lame man surnamed Di looked at the figure slowly falling to the ground, a hint of emotion in his expression.

After that, he said to Lu Jing, “Do you still doubt our determination now? Not everything in this world can be bought with money.”

“Or maybe he's worried that after taking my money, his family and friends will be retaliated against by you,” Lu Jing said.

“You're just an outsider who doesn't know anything,” the lame man surnamed Di shook his head, not explaining further, pausing before continuing, “Give up, I can guarantee you that even if you continue to investigate, you still won't find anything, and only more people will die because of you.”

Lu Jing seemed to be considering his suggestion, and after a moment he said again, “Your biggest problem is that you talk too much. You're clearly just a gang leader, but you insist on playing the role of a sentimental and righteous tough guy, and you end up selling out your employer without even realizing it.”

The lame man surnamed Di's expression changed slightly, but quickly returned to normal, “You can't trick me.”

“Maybe, I'll only ask you one last question, was Uritu killed by your people?”

This time, the lame man surnamed Di learned his lesson, determined not to say another word, and then looked at Lu Jing with a provocative gaze.

His eyes seemed to say, if you have the ability, go find the answer yourself.

As a result, he then heard Lu Jing say, “It seems Uritu really did commit suicide.”

The lame man surnamed Di knew that if he spoke at this time, he would fall right into Lu Jing's trap, but he couldn't help but ask, “How can you be sure that we didn't kill him?”

“Because if you had done it, you wouldn't have been able to do it silently. Uritu was indeed a very cunning person. There was a reason why he lived on that street. That area is very lively, with many shops, and basically no blind spots.

“It's almost impossible for anyone to sneak in, let alone your skills. I already experienced them in the bathhouse. You're just a third-rate expert. Someone once said that when you eliminate all the wrong answers, the one that remains, no matter how bizarre it may seem, is the truth.”

The lame man surnamed Di was both ashamed and angry upon hearing this.

A third-rate expert was already a well-known figure in Ganding County. Usually, he and his gang members walked sideways on the street, and hardly anyone dared to look him in the eye.

However, when these words came from Lu Jing's mouth, he had no way to refute them, after all, the person opposite him could injure him just by standing still.

So he quickly loosened his clenched fist and said to Lu Jing, “I admit that your martial arts are indeed very high, higher than anyone I've ever seen, but from now on, don't even think about getting another word out of my mouth.”

“It doesn't matter, thanks to your little performance just now, I already know almost everything I need to know.”

After saying that, Lu Jing ignored the two stunned men and strode towards the other end of the street.

When he arrived at a place where there were not many people, Lu Jing put on Feng Jiulang's human skin mask again, which he had taken off to lure them in, but instead of going back to reunite with Qi Wenren and the others, he wandered around the city.

Since Tong Tuqiu raised an army to rebel and pursue his dream of establishing a country, driving most of the Chen people out of his territory, the counties in Shizhou had also become much more desolate.

Even though he later moved many Shen people in to fill the void, it still couldn't restore the lively scene from before.

Especially after nightfall, the streets of Ganding County were even more deserted, with only a few scattered pedestrians.

Many shops closed early because business was bad.

Lu Jing walked all the way from the east of the city to the west, stopping several times to ask the local people who understood Chinese for information, and finally arrived in front of a row of low thatched huts.

Compared to other places in the city, this place looked much more dilapidated, and many places reeked of chicken droppings and urine, clearly a mixture of humans and livestock.

In fact, no matter how prosperous a town is, there will always be at least one similar place, for the poorest people in the city to live in, providing a constant supply of cheap labor for the rulers at the top.

Among them were Chen people, Shen people, and other ethnic minorities.

The turmoil in Ganding County some time ago did not affect this place much. Although Tong Tuqiu expelled some Chen people, he did not get hotheaded and drive away the Chen people here as well, otherwise Ganding County would probably be paralyzed in the blink of an eye.

And the Shen compatriots here seemed to have been forgotten by Tong Tuqiu. Anyway, the Shen people here did not get a single cent from the wealth Tong Tuqiu had seized before, and instead, because of the desolation in the city, it became even more difficult for them to fill their stomachs.

The young and strong among them had no choice but to join the army, so what remained here were mostly women, children, the old, and the weak.

They seemed a little nervous and wary when they saw a strange face appear.

Lu Jing took out about several dozen coins from his body and threw them to a group of children who were playing and frolicking beside him, quickly winning their favor.

So then Lu Jing had them lead the way to one of the thatched huts.

He took out about twenty more coins and sent the little devils away, then Lu Jing reached out and knocked on the door.

But in the next moment, the door opened first.

A familiar face appeared in front of Lu Jing.

Tuole glanced at Lu Jing, and didn't ask him why he had found this place, but just welcomed him into the house like he was welcoming a friend, and then pointed to a woman by the table and said, “Saren, my younger sister.”

Then he pointed to a man beside Saren, “Meng Han, her man, this is Feng Jiulang, a friend.”

The three of them should have been eating just now, there were still steaming pancakes and pickles on the table.

Saren warmly invited Lu Jing to eat together, but the latter politely declined.

After that, Tuole wiped his mouth and said to the two, “You guys continue eating, we're going out to take care of something, I won't be back tonight.”