novelraw Chapter 229 Only death will stop the evil deeds!
Chapter 229 Only death will stop the evil deeds!
Chapter 229 Only death will stop the evil deeds!
Gu Lian now completely believed Gu Tang's words. She said, "Tianbao went to call for help. Although I couldn't save you this time, Tianbao and I really want to help you this time!"
My older sister just stopped us from getting involved in this, and because of it, I even got slapped by her! So, so…”
Gu Tang glared at her: "What the hell? What are you trying to say?"
Gu Lian's scalp tightened, and she hurriedly said, "After you go back, could you ask your second uncle to help you find my mother? If you agree, I will treat you like a precious treasure from now on!"
"Pah! Who cares if you treat me like a precious treasure!" Gu Tang spat at her.
Gu Lian's heart sank to the bottom, her swollen face filled with disappointment.
Unexpectedly, Gu Tang waved her hand impatiently the next moment, "Hurry up and leave, I'll tell my dad!"
"Ugh!"
Her listless face regained its radiance, and Gu Lian smiled through her bleeding lips, then turned and ran back.
After Gu Lian disappeared around the corner, Gu Tang took out a stun gun and began stunning the men who were writhing and screaming on the ground.
She looked around and saw that despite the commotion, the courtyards on both sides remained quiet.
It seems the owner of this courtyard doesn't intend to meddle in other people's business.
Since that's the case, she can rest assured.
He turned the stun gun to its maximum setting, aimed it at the men's brains, and gave each of them a short shock.
Soon, all the men who had been hit by the motor stopped breathing, except for one shorter man who was still alive.
The short man seemed to sense something was wrong, and one by one his brothers who had been wailing with him fell silent.
He wasn't stupid; he knew that his brothers had most likely met with misfortune.
Panic spread through his heart. He endured the pain and kept wiping his eyes, looking around, trying to find Gu Tang.
Unfortunately, due to the severe stimulation, tears kept flowing from my eyes, and my eyelids kept trembling. I couldn't open them no matter what I tried. Even if I forced them open, everything was blurry and I couldn't see anything.
In this situation, the man became increasingly terrified and began shouting for help: "Help! Murder!—"
Gu Tang made him shout it once, and when he shouted it a second time, the stun gun was used on his arm.
The short man trembled violently and couldn't utter a single word.
"Keep shouting, keep shouting. I'll hit you for every single one you shout," Gu Tang threatened without any politeness.
The man had no idea what Gu Tang had done to him. He was in excruciating pain all over his body, his muscles were spasming, his heart was beating abnormally fast, and his breathing was very rapid, as if someone had grabbed his throat and he couldn't breathe.
This feeling of impending death was extremely unpleasant and completely shocked the man.
He pleaded in a low voice, "Please, young lady, have mercy and let me go this once. I was blind and didn't recognize you as a true god. I even dared to kidnap you..."
Gu Tang didn't want to waste words with him, so she kicked him to shut up and asked, "Who told you to tie me up?"
"It's Li! She hired us brothers to kidnap you!"
"The Li family?" That sounds familiar.
"It's that Li woman from Wangzhai Village! Her family was in the human trafficking business, and after she got married, she followed suit."
She has shady dealings; besides the business of buying and selling children willingly, she also secretly engages in kidnapping...
"Just like you, if she takes a fancy to someone, after finding out what's going on, she'll hire us, the people in the secret passages, to kidnap them and sell them."
The Li family of Wangzhai Village?
Gu Tang remembered someone; Gu Zhier's sister-in-law seemed to be surnamed Li. She had met her before when she went to the inn to pick up Feng Shi and bring her back to the village.
She had a very bad feeling about Li, especially when he looked people up and down; his gaze was very piercing, as if he were assessing some kind of object.
Just now at the cloth shop, Gu Tianbao said that Madam Feng and Gu Zhier were plotting against her.
Feng and Gu Zhier didn't know anyone in the secret passage; they only knew Li.
If they were to use Li's methods to scheme against her, it would be safer than if they did it themselves.
Based on this, the Li woman mentioned by the short man is most likely Gu Zhier's sister-in-law, who was instructed by Feng and Gu Zhier to hire someone to kidnap her.
Gu Tang kicked the shorter man again and continued to ask, "How did you all agree to this? After you tied me up, how are you going to hand me over to the Li family?"
“The Li family has been renting a small courtyard in Bei’an City for many years. When we get this kind of job, we tie people up, stuff them into a large wooden barrel on the water delivery truck, pretend to be delivering water, and take them to the small courtyard. The Li family waits in the small courtyard.”
"How many people did you help the Li family kidnap?"
"I don't remember... Ah—"
Gu Tang gave him another shock, her face so cold it could shatter ice crystals: "Even after all this, you still dare to play tricks on me!"
"No, I didn't do anything underhanded!" The short man cried out in pain. "I really don't remember! That Li woman is too ruthless, especially in recent years, she's made far too many moves."
I honestly don't remember how many I kidnapped. I only know that it was sometimes more than ten a year, sometimes as few as three, four, or even five or six. Over the years, it's been dozens of girls in total. But I really don't remember the exact number!
"Where were the kidnapped girls sold?"
"They were sold to the south. There are many brothels in the south, and the girls there are expensive. Many madams are willing to buy the girls sent from the north. The girls in Li's possession are basically sent to those brothels in the south."
Those people deserve to die!
Gu Tang now regretted letting those few die quickly; he should have given them a packet of poison to force down their throats and let them slowly die, their intestines rotting away!
He took a water pouch out of his system inventory, unplugged it, and poured the water into the short man's eyes.
The pepper spray provided by the system dissolved upon contact with water. After a short while, the short man slowly opened his eyes. The stinging sensation had subsided considerably, but the whites of his eyes were still red.
"Take me to the Li family!"
Gu Tang put away the water pouch, kicked him, and gestured for him to get up and lead the way.
The man was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a look of fear, and tried to get up by supporting himself on the ground with his hands.
Just as the man was about to stand up, his eyes changed, suddenly turning fierce, and he pounced on Gu Tang.
Gu Tang had anticipated his counterattack; such a person would never back down until the very end.
The stun gun was still in front of him. The man thought it was a stick, so he reached out and grabbed it, followed by a scream.
"what--"
He collapsed to the ground again, convulsing, his face filled with despair.
This time, Gu Tang showed no mercy and shocked the man's arm several times until he was speechless, but he remained conscious and did not faint.
"Two choices: either I kill you, or you take me to the Li family."
Gu Tang waved the stun gun in front of the man a few times, a blatant threat. The man's red eyes were fixed on the stun gun, as if he had seen a ghost.
It looks like a black stick, but why does it feel like I've been struck by lightning when I grab it?
"Have you thought it through?" Gu Tang glared at him, her patience exhausted. If he dared to choose one, she would definitely make him experience the ten most cruel tortures!
Fortunately, the man was terrified of being electrocuted, and he nodded tremblingly, "Miss, spare me! Miss, spare me! I'll take you to Li Shi! I'll take you right now!"
As he spoke, the man got up from the ground again.
This time, the man didn't retaliate. Instead, he obediently led Gu Tang out of the alley.
The courtyard that Li rented was on West Street, where not only were the prices cheap, but the courtyards were also inexpensive.
The two walked one after the other for about 15 minutes before stopping at the gate of a courtyard surrounded by high walls.
"Knock on the door!" Gu Tang kicked the man to stop him from standing there dumbfounded.
The man flinched and quickly stepped forward to knock on the door three times.
A moment later, a woman's voice came from behind the door: "Who is it?"
Gu Tang raised an eyebrow, recognizing the voice as belonging to Li Shi from the inn that day.
She glared at the man, then swung the stun gun a few times, demanding an answer.
The man looked at the black stick, swallowed hard, and turned pale with fright.
He said in a trembling voice to Li, who was behind the door, "The water deliveryman..."
Upon hearing this, Li, who was behind the door, grinned.
It's done!
"Wait a minute, I'll open the door right away!"
Li made no attempt to hide her joy as she quickly removed the latch from behind the door and opened it without any warning.
Immediately afterwards, a dark wooden stick poked at me—
Before Li could react, the wooden stick still pierced her body. The next instant, as if struck by lightning, she collapsed, her whole body convulsing.
She wanted to scream in pain, but as soon as she opened her mouth, someone covered it.
Only then did she realize that the person who attacked her was Gu Tang, and the person who covered her mouth was also Gu Tang!
Gu Tang knocked the person to the ground and had the short man drag Li Shi into the courtyard.
Seeing Li's miserable state, the short man felt pain all over his body. Terrified, he lost all will to resist and obediently grabbed Li and dragged her into the yard.
Gu Tang lagged behind, and only entered after the other two had gone in. She made sure to close the courtyard gate and bolt it shut.
From the outside, the high walls of this courtyard would make one think that the houses inside must be very grand.
Gu Tang thought so too when she was outside, but when she came inside, she found that there were only two rooms in the courtyard.
The two rooms must have been built a long time ago, as the walls are cracked.
Looking around, she had the man drag Li into the house.
Once inside, Gu Tang shocked Li twice more, knocking her unconscious and ensuring she would have no chance of resistance.
Seeing this, the short man had a bad feeling and knelt down in front of Gu Tang with a thud.
"Girl, spare my life! I have elderly parents and young children to support. Seven or eight people in my family depend on me for their livelihood. If I die, all those old, weak, sick, and young people in my family will starve to death!"
"Starve to death?" Gu Tang smirked. "Starving to death is just as good. After enjoying so many human blood buns, it's time to atone for your sins."
Upon hearing this, the man knew he couldn't escape today.
In an instant, the suppressed ferocity in his heart resurfaced, and he lunged at Gu Tang again with a ferocious expression—
"Since we're going to die either way, we might as well take a gamble!"
The man's gaze remained fixed on the stun gun in Gu Tang's right hand. Just as he was about to snatch it away, his body suddenly went numb, and the familiar pain returned.
He stared in disbelief at the sight of a black stick appearing in Gu Tang's previously empty left hand.
The sudden appearance of the black stick filled him with despair. He fell backward to the ground, his muscles spasming and the pain intensifying.
He didn't understand what it was.
Why do things that look ordinary on the surface cause excruciating pain when they come into contact with a person's body?
Gu Tang held a stun gun in each hand and struck the man's left and right temples respectively.
"If someone like you continues to live, many more girls will suffer. It would be better for you to go down and atone for your sins sooner."
He pressed the switch with both hands, and a powerful electric current rushed into the man's body.
The man stared wide-eyed, unable to utter a single word, his entire body trembling.
After trembling for a short while, his body suddenly stiffened, then fell silent and became unresponsive.
Gu Tang stopped what she was doing, stared at the man for a while, and then finally put her finger under his nose to feel for him. There was no breath in him.
Another one solved, now it's Li's turn.
She poured all the water from the water bag onto Li's head, letting the icy water flow down her head, soaking her clothes and waking her up from the cold.
When Li regained consciousness, her first feeling was pain, followed by cold. Turning her head, she saw the short man lying motionless beside her.
The memories flooded back, and Li's face changed drastically. She didn't know the man was dead; she thought he, like her, had been knocked unconscious by Gu Tang's sneak attack.
She shouted at the man, "Bi Laosan! Wake up! Bi Laosan?! Bi Laosan..."
He called out several times, but to no avail; the man called "Bi Laosan" did not react at all.
"So his name is Bi Laosan." Gu Tang suddenly spoke up behind Li Shi, successfully startling her and making her tremble a few times.
Li turned around using both hands and feet and saw Gu Tang.
Recalling the sneak attack, Li, who had never suffered a loss before, glared at him with fury: "You little hussy, you've got some tricks up your sleeve! You just wait! I'll make sure you regret this!"
Gu Tang was speechless: "Do I look like an idiot? If I don't deal with you today, and instead let you go back to having someone else kidnap me?"
These words cleared Li's muddled mind somewhat, and she finally realized that the current situation was very unfavorable to her.
Looking into Gu Tang's cold and stern eyes, Li's heart skipped a beat, and panic gradually crept into her heart.
"Siya, this is a misunderstanding! I didn't want to kidnap you! It was your grandma, your grandpa, your uncle, and your aunt who approached me and said they wanted to sell you to me!"
Gu Tang remained calm and asked, "How much silver did you get?"
Li: "...Ten, ten taels of silver!"
"Tsk! Only ten taels?" Gu Tang sighed, recalling the valuables he had looted from the Gu family.
“I am their granddaughter and niece, and they are not short of money. Why do they keep targeting me? It is clear that some people are born evil. They will probably only stop doing evil when they die.”
The word "death" sent chills down Li's spine, making her scalp tingle, her hair stand on end, and her eyelids twitch uncontrollably, a bad omen.