Wu Pen's work "Perfect Husband" Chapter 6: The Blood-Soaked Butcher

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  No one understands you better than your enemy.

  The scholar was still worried about not having any memories of this body, but unexpectedly he was caught by these few mountain bandits.

  Since you're here, then dig out your own identity information from these mountain bandits' mouths.

  But when he asked me who I was, it sounded so strange in Er Gou and Bai Lian's ears.

  Do your parents know you're asking such silly questions?

  They think that if someone is handsome, he must be stupid; otherwise, he's just teasing them.

  Two dogs suddenly burst out: "Are you kidding us? Don't you even know your own name?...... Ah......"

  His thigh already had an additional bloody mouth, and the scholar's knife was stabbed at him without courtesy. The scholar said coldly: "Wrong answer."

  The pale-faced onlooker beside him gasped, just because he answered incorrectly, he'd be stabbed, this was too cruel!

  Is this still the weak and timid scholar they knew? This is actually a ruthless killer!

  It's simply ruthless. Although Bai Mian himself was also a poisonous person and had killed people, he couldn't do it as calmly as the scholar!

  The scholar's eyes gazed at White Face, and that sinister glance was telling White Face that if he didn't answer, the next one to be stabbed would be him!

  To avoid the pain of being peeled and eaten, the white face thought that if it was teased, it would be teased.

  "His name is Nèn Jiào áo Wǔ, and his courtesy name is Yòubīn." Ba Lian hastily replied.

  Kao Wu... The bookish man silently recited it once in his heart, and from then on, this was his name. His given name was You Bin, with the character "Wu" to the right of "Bin".

  In traditional Chinese culture, names and courtesy names are separate. The ancients considered it humiliating to directly address someone by their name. The purpose of taking a courtesy name was to show respect for the person and provide others with a way to address them. Generally, people who were peers or subordinates were only allowed to use the courtesy name of their superiors, and could not truly call out their names.

  "At twenty, a man takes his style name", "At fifteen, a girl takes her style name". After men and women come of age, they will take their style names. The way to take the style name is to derive it from the given name, for example, Zhuge Liang's style name was Kongming (Liáng and Kǒngmíng have the same meaning), Zhu Xi's style name was Yuán Huì (Xī means "fire brightness" and Yuán Huì has opposite meaning), Yue Fei's style name was Péng Jǔ (Fēi and Péng Jǔ are related in meaning).

  Youbin this word is Wu, it's a kind of associative thinking. But I feel like this name seems to be somewhat off. Where it's off, I just can't think of it.

  Kao Wu continued to ask them: "What year is it now and which emperor is on the throne?"

  Asking one silly question is teasing others, asking two silly questions is teasing oneself.

  Two dogs cursed: "You think we're idiots...... Ah!!"

  He had barely finished speaking when he let out a miserable cry.

  Kao Wu pulled the knife out of his arm muscles, not a single drop of blood on the blade. This was because the metal of the knife was special and wouldn't absorb anything, nor would blood stick to it. But because the knife was too short, his long white fingers were stained with fresh blood. The sight made one feel chilled!

  The unlucky Er Gou was stabbed again under the chaotic situation, and the white-faced man beside him jumped in fright, hastily making a response:

  "In the sixth year of Daye, the emperor on the throne was Yang Guang!" He said with a hint of hatred in his eyes when mentioning Yang Guang.

  Yang Guang, that is Emperor Yang of Sui. Never thought I'd cross over to the end of the Sui dynasty.

  Here, it's over 1,300 years away from the 21st century. That sacred tree that was destroyed by the evil US in the 21st century should still be a small tree at this time! Haha, as long as I can find that sacred tree, I can start cultivating myself!

  Kao Wu suddenly became excited.

  Moreover, there is a spiritual tree in ancient times, and the air in ancient times is completely pollution-free. The spiritual energy is tens of thousands of times thicker than that of the 21st century, which can allow Ao Wu to cultivate slowly!

  At this thought, Ao Wu seemed to see himself cultivating back to the peak and returning to the immortal realm to find his sister!

  After calming down a bit, Ao Wu asked Bai Lian again: "What is this place?"

  A flash of realization crossed his pale face as he discovered the clue, and it was only then that he asked them to come.

  It turns out that he couldn't remember things, so his personality changed greatly. No wonder the weak and timid scholar suddenly became a ruthless and cunning villain who could kill people without blinking an eye.

  Qiao Wu's hand moved again, and another knife stabbed into Er Gou's arm, causing Er Gou to let out a pained cry. This immediately triggered his resistance: "I didn't say anything this time, why stab me?"

  Bai Lian saw him move his knife again, and knew this was a warning for not answering in time. His heart skipped a beat as he hastily said: "This is Lu County, and down the mountain is Liangfu County."

  He was afraid that this answer was still not detailed enough, and hastily pointed to the mountain, saying: "This mountain is called Mount Tai, and the previous mountain is called Mount Liangfu."

  It turned out that the mountain just now was Liangfu Mountain.

  Kao Wu naturally noticed the flash of enlightenment in Bai Lian's eyes, and at this time he said straightforwardly: "Neng is a clever person, say what you know. What kind of person am I, where my home is, who is in my family, and the situation with the Zhong family, all say it out."

  His hand gently stroked the blade of the flying knife, and his eyes were full of meaning.

  It's convenient to talk to clever people, and White Face clearly told Ao Wu everything he wanted to know. This is also the reason why Ao Wu stabbed Er Gou with a knife instead of White Face. If he had talked to Er Gou, he would have been exhausted to death!

  Kao Wu was a famous scholar in Liangfu County, intelligent and talented since childhood, with exceptional memory and eloquence. He was admired by Zhang Yan, a Confucian master in the county, who took him as his student. The next year, the imperial court would hold the imperial examination, and everyone believed that Kao Wu would pass and bring glory to his ancestors, with a bright future ahead of him. Therefore, people called him "Xiucai", a term of praise and respect.

  The family lives in Sanlitun, outside Liangshan County. There is an old couple, everyone calls them Old Ge Tou and Old Ge Po. Ao Wu is the son-in-law of the Zhong family.

  In ancient times, uxorilocal marriage was not a glorious thing. When a woman married a man, the subordinate relationship between husband and wife meant that the woman belonged to the husband, while uxorilocal marriage meant that the man belonged to the wife, had to change his religion and surname, could not recognize his ancestors, and had to take on his wife's surname.

  In ancient times, there were cases of men marrying into their wives' families, but it was usually done by younger sons who weren't the eldest. For an only son like Ao Wu to marry into his wife's family is quite unusual.

  Ao Wu thought it was a white-faced swindler, and after stabbing him unceremoniously, he gave a reason that made Ao Wu convinced.

  Like the officialdom of later generations, being an official in the Sui Dynasty also required a background and connections. Lao Geng's family was just ordinary peasants, no matter how smart his son was, he didn't have any background or power to become an official, although he had studied under a Confucian master, but the teacher was just a teacher, without any power of his own, still couldn't climb up.

  The ancient knowledge culture was monopolized by the aristocratic families in society, and only those with status had the opportunity to read books. Government officials were also selected from among these literate individuals, with positions passed down from father to son, generation after generation. Such families were known as "scholar-official clans." The Shao family of Shandong Province produced Empress Shao, who was also the current empress of Yang Guang. Additionally, Yang Guang highly valued his younger brother-in-law, Xiao Yu, and appointed him as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, a position that ranked alongside the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. The Shao family was indeed prominent at that time.

  The Zhong family has been medical practitioners for generations, and he married a daughter of the Xiao family to become a son-in-law of the Xiao family. The Xiao family's daughter had already passed away, leaving behind only one daughter, Zhong Qing. Mr. Zhong did not want his family business to become another family's after his daughter got married, so he wanted to take in a son-in-law instead. Ao Wu took notice of the Zhong family's connections and participated in their search for a son-in-law.

  Zhong Qing is the number one beauty here, and Ao Wu also has an exceptionally handsome face. People from far and near call him a talented young man. Since Zhong Qing wants to choose a husband who matches her own worth, she naturally chooses Ao Wu as her son-in-law.

  That is to say, Junxiu relies on his face to eat soft rice!

  Even ate soft rice, but ran to the mountain to hang himself. Can't help but give him a middle finger, showing deep contempt, too humiliating for a man!

  After clarifying his identity, Ao Wu asked about the kidnapping: "Just now you guys almost exposed the reason for the kidnapping, now tell me the whole story."

  The white-faced man's eyes flickered for a moment, and he gritted his teeth to say to Ao Wu: "The scholar promised not to kill me, I can tell you about Nen!"

  The two dogs seem to have been following White Face for a long time and nodded in tacit agreement.

  Kao Wu's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a cold smile. The knife suddenly swept across Er Gou's neck artery, and a fountain of blood sprayed onto Bai Mian's face. Er Gou tried to cover his neck with his hand, but Kao Wu had already disabled it, making it impossible for him to lift it. He could only let the blood continue to spurt out as his body convulsed, his face quickly turning white and transparent. As the blood sprayed less and less, he slowly lost his vitality!

  His white face was splattered with a head-to-face blood, his face was originally white, and he was frightened even whiter. The blood of the second dog slowly dripped down from his face in horror.

  "Neng, Neng killed two dogs..." The white-faced man looked at Ao Wu in terror, "His older brother Mad Dog is a notorious villain, Neng..."

  "You don't have the qualifications to negotiate with me, you just shut up and accept this outcome. What crazy dog or not, whoever dares to come after me, I'll kill them one by one!" Ao Wu's voice fell into Baitian's ears, like a devilish voice from hell.

  "I hid all the stolen money in a place on the mountain, only I know it. I'll give the money to Nen, don't kill me!" Bailian offers his treasure in exchange for his life!

  If he didn't give the white-faced man a glimmer of hope, he was afraid he wouldn't speak. So Ao Wu's eyes flashed with a "greedy" gaze, and he nodded in response: "Good."

  Bai Lian let out a sigh of relief and began to speak: "He's the rich second-generation son of a salt merchant from Liangfu County, who promised Er Gou three taels of silver, saying that the scholar had entered the mountain and told us to kill the tender one."

  During the Sui Dynasty, salt was a scarce commodity for daily life, so salt merchants must have been wealthy and influential. No wonder the son of this salt merchant took on the name "Rich Second Generation". For someone with such status to want to harm me, it's a huge threat.

  "Why did he want to kill me?" Ao Wu asked coldly.

  Bai Lian guessed: "I've heard before that the daughter of the Zhong family is intelligent, virtuous and beautiful, with no one to match her. She's a renowned beauty far and wide. A wealthy family had proposed marriage to the Zhong family before, but they wanted to recruit a son-in-law, which the rich second-generation was unwilling to do. Now that the scholar has married the daughter of the Zhong family, the rich second-generation harbors resentment in his heart and is infatuated with the beauty of the daughter of the Zhong family, so he wants to kill the scholar to get close to her himself and possess her!"

  It turned out to be a homicide case caused by a young man who was sent away!

  After questioning Bai Lian, there was no way they could let someone like him remain.

  Kao Wu's knife was also at his neck with a wipe, because of the good angle, all the blood sprayed from his neck was on his own chest.

  Bai Lian never thought that even though he said there was a treasure and they wouldn't have to kill him to get it, the scholar still killed him. He stared wide-eyed as the gushing blood spurted out for a while before stopping, and his life disappeared along with it.

  Kao Wu turned his head around, but Lao Wang was nowhere to be seen.

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