SHOCK Chapter 39

Zhou Wu tightened his grip on the long sword, his eyes fixed on Zhu Zenglian’s throat.

Standing at the front, the young woman straightened her prominent chest, her face resolute.

Zhou Wu ignored her, only glancing at her, acknowledging that the woman was indeed beautiful.

He turned his head and glanced at a large pile of gold ingots on a wooden table against the wall, emitting a halo of yellow light in the lamplight.

Seeing Zhou Wu’s silence, Zhu Zenglian continued, “These are my wife and daughter. If you don’t think the gold is enough, I’ll give you my daughter, how about it?”

The young woman’s body trembled. She wanted to turn back to look at her father, but she stubbornly resisted the urge.

The middle-aged woman beside her grabbed her daughter’s arm tightly, comforting her in a low voice.

Zhou Wu felt he couldn’t stay any longer. Given enough time, he might waver, which was a killer’s greatest taboo.

He swiftly raised the long sword in his hand, aiming it at Zhu Zenglian.

Zhu Zenglian’s expression changed drastically. Although the other party’s face was covered by a black cloth, he could tell he wasn’t old.

How could he have such resolve?

The young woman’s face turned pale, and she took a step forward.

Zhou Wu moved forward slightly, his eyes fixed on Zhu Zenglian, not even glancing at the woman.

Zhou Wu finally spoke, “You don’t even want your wife and children?”

“If the hero desires, I can give them all to you, leaving nothing for myself.”

The middle-aged woman’s body also began to tremble, her eyes glancing sideways at her husband.

Zhou Wu looked at the numbers on Zhu Zenglian’s forehead, only the number 1 remained in the ghostly green glow.

The long sword in his hand thrust forward, the speed was not fast, but the direction was the throat of the woman in front of him.

The woman closed her eyes, thrusting her body forward, ready to die.

The middle-aged woman hugged her daughter tightly, burying her head on her shoulder, unable to bear to watch.

The long sword suddenly accelerated, appearing to those watching as just a flicker.

Zhou Wu retreated, casually grabbing a few gold ingots from the table, and disappeared from the house in a flash.

The room fell silent, the two women embracing each other. After waiting for a while, they felt nothing unusual.

Hesitantly, they opened their eyes and looked around, but the assassin was gone.

The two women exchanged a look, then suddenly shuddered, simultaneously turning their heads to look at Zhu Zenglian.

At this moment, Zhu Zenglian had already collapsed to the ground, blood gurgling from his throat. He was clearly dying.

The two women cried out in grief, throwing themselves on him and wailing.

Zhou Wu jumped from the Zhu family mansion into a nearby alley, taking a small breath.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead.

This test was too much, almost making him feel disgusted.

If he had given up on killing the target today, his assassin career would have ended there.

The next day at noon, Zhou Wu sat in the tavern of an inn, slowly sipping a cup of wine.

The surroundings were noisy and bustling, mostly discussing the major event that had happened at the Zhu family last night.

Although such a big thing had happened, Xiang City remained as calm as ever, with no major reaction from the officials.

Although these drinkers were red-faced and loud-mouthed, speaking in hushed tones, it was difficult to hide their excitement.

After all, the Zhu family was a well-known wealthy family in Chen Country.

One drinker said, “Brothers, I heard that the Zhu family master was stabbed through the throat, a very tragic death.”

“That old guy should have died long ago, all he knew was how to exploit the people.”

“I wonder which righteous man did it, I heard he didn’t even take a single cent of the Zhu family’s gold and silver.”

“That’s right, he just couldn’t stand that Zhu bastard.”

“What great skill, taking a life with just one sword.”

Several people craned their necks, waiting for him to speak.

“Have you guys heard of the Four Swordsmen?”

“Of course we’ve heard of them, what does it have to do with the Zhu family?”

Several people were very surprised.

“They could even hire him?”

“Money can make the devil push the millstone, anything is possible for the Zhu family.”

Several people sighed and used wine to suppress the surprise in their hearts.

At another table, someone spoke.

“With the death of the Zhu family master, the power in Xiang City has returned to the government.”

“So that’s why the city is so calm, it turns out the two sides have been at odds for a long time.”

“Although the government doesn’t care, the Zhu family isn’t easy to mess with. The days ahead will probably be difficult.”

“How so?”

“People in the Jianghu will take care of it. The Zhu family’s power can’t disappear so easily.”

Zhou Wu silently listened to this mess of information, thinking that he had to leave this place quickly. Although his identity hadn’t been exposed, there were too many talented people in the Jianghu.

An ox cart appeared shaking on the wilderness road.

In Xiang City, the government and the Zhu family were indeed at odds. Last night, so many people died in the Zhu family, but the government didn’t take any measures at all.

It was now the season of warm spring flowers. Liang Nv had picked many wildflowers from the roadside and woven them into a garland to wear on her head.

Dog Paw was running wildly in the field.

Zhou Wu looked at the cheerful expressions on the faces of the mother and son and smiled sincerely.

After this period of eating enough, Liang Nv’s face was rosy, and she had gained some weight.

Now, she looked much better, at least like a woman.

The ox cart lumbered along the road. Because Zhou Wu had also prepared some fine feed for the old ox, it was full of strength.

The distance from Xiang City grew further and further, and the increasing distance made Zhou Wu feel safer.

Three days later, hundreds of miles had passed, and the affair in Xiang City was completely over for him.

Just as the three of them were lazily leaning against the ox cart, enjoying the baptism of the sunlight, several swift horses appeared ahead.

The first to notice someone was Dog Paw, who pointed to the front and shouted loudly.

“Master, Mother, there are people there!”

Under the fodder in the ox cart were several yellow gold ingots and that sharp long sword.

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