Chapter 26: Stabbing the heart directly, it hurts!

"The Murder Demon's surname is Duan, his name is Duan Tianlin, and he has martial veins. Relying on martial force, he colluded with several partners in the countryside, crisscrossing the countryside, and became a famous rascal in the local area. Later, the imperial court used troops against the north, and Duan Tianlin and his partners were all conscripted into the army. Several people entered the army, like a fish in water, and were soon promoted."

Du Shi slowly told the past of the Murder Demon.

Chen Guanlou only knew that the Murder Demon had been a soldier.

"Not only was he a soldier, but he also became a martial general. After all, he had martial veins and high martial force. Although he didn't cultivate private morality and acted arrogantly, the army needed people like him, so they turned a blind eye. Before joining the army, Duan had a marriage. But because he was away all year round, the marriage was delayed. Seeing that the woman's age was getting older, Duan's parents wrote to Duan Tianlin, asking him to find a way to go home to get married, or send the woman to the north to get married.

Duan Tianlin was promoted in the army and thought the woman was no longer worthy of him. If the woman was willing to demote herself to a concubine, he would send someone to pick her up to the north. As soon as this statement came out, the woman's parents were furious and returned the marriage on the spot. Duan Tianlin's parents also knew that their son was mixed, so they didn't notify Duan Tianlin and made their own decisions, agreeing to return the marriage, and each married.

Originally it was a very normal thing, but Duan Tianlin was furious after learning about it, saying that the woman didn't know what was good or bad, and even threatened to give the woman's family a good look. Everyone thought he was talking angry words, but never expected that he actually ran back to his hometown secretly and slaughtered the woman's whole family, not even letting go of the baby in the swaddling clothes."

Sure enough, he is a villain.

The woman returned the marriage, with reason and evidence, what was wrong with it. The Murder Demon Duan Tianlin slaughtered the whole family because of this, he was no longer worthy of being a human, he was clearly a beast. Relying on martial force, acting unscrupulously, he didn't put the law and human life in his eyes at all. Sure enough, he is an anti-social personality, cruel means, and very strong revenge.

"Then, was he caught?"

Du Shi shook his head while drinking, "He did this secretly, and the government only found out the truth later. But what he did couldn't be hidden from several good brothers. The news of the woman's whole family being slaughtered reached the north, and the several good brothers calculated the time and knew it was him. It is said that they personally questioned Duan Tianlin. I don't know what they said, anyway, this matter was hidden for the time being.

However, Duan Tianlin had a lot of scheming. He was worried that the matter would be exposed one day, so in an action, he led his subordinates and calculated several brothers to do something that angered heaven and complained, slaughtering the village! The whole village of 323 people, regardless of men, women, old, and young, were slaughtered. Now, several brothers completely became grasshoppers on a rope.

There was also a rumor about this slaughter of the village. At that time, several outsiders lived in the village. It is rumored that Duan Tianlin and the others pried a secret from the outsiders' mouths. The specific inside story is unknown.

In short, from then on, Duan Tianlin began to take killing as a pleasure, often bringing people out of the camp, running to remote areas to do some killing and robbery. Often walking by the river, how can shoes not get wet. His affairs were finally known by the people above. He got the news in advance, knew that the people above were going to catch him, settle accounts after autumn, and even his backer was unwilling to protect him, so he took the opportunity of fighting to fake death and escape, and by the way, killed all his brothers."

The means were ruthless and poisonous, and the work was clean and neat. Hearing this, Chen Guanlou thought that if Duan Tianlin still had some humanity, instead of taking killing as a pleasure, and worked hard in the army, it was not impossible to make a career.

"Later, how was he caught?"

Du Shi held the wine glass, shook his head and sang two lines of opera, and continued, "After Duan Tianlin faked his death, he changed his name and surname, and did the work of killing and robbery. He couldn't change his nature, and seeing the wind pass, he began to kill for pleasure again. Killing a few people, slaughtering the whole family could no longer satisfy him. He actually brought people to slaughter the village again. At first, he succeeded twice, and the third time he finally fell into the trap and was caught on the spot. Later, he was sentenced to Lingchi, death by a thousand cuts, and died not worth pitying."

No!

The Murder Demon Duan Tianlin didn't die at all, and was still living well in the prison.

This secret, I am afraid that even the people in the Heavenly Prison don't know.

Chen Guanlou asked, "Did Du Shi go to see the execution day?"

"Why go to see such a bloody scene. At that time, public anger was great, and the government was worried that the people would make trouble, so they sent troops to surround the execution ground. The people couldn't get in at all, and could only watch from afar. I, a scholarly person, how can I go to join in the bloody excitement."

Public execution, but surrounded the execution ground, not allowed to watch from close range. It is said that it is afraid of people making trouble, but Chen Guanlou knows that it is to cover up the truth of replacing the peach with the plum.

"Duan Tianlin has been in the army for many years, and should have many comrades. He was caught, and no one in the army spoke for him? It is better to be sentenced to beheading than death by a thousand cuts."

Du Shi shook his head, "I haven't heard of any comrades in the army speaking for him. It is said that Duan Tianlin's temperament is strange, and he even killed his sworn brothers. The people in the army are estimated to have been offended by him, so there is no good friendship. Maybe, the comrades are all wishing he would die."

Not right!

If it wasn't for the comrades in the army protecting Duan Tianlin's life, then who protected Duan Tianlin from dying, and could play a trick of replacing the peach with the plum, moving flowers and grafting wood, and playing the whole world.

And, why protect Duan Tianlin, but ignore him, just lock him in the Heavenly Prison.

Duan Tianlin, this person, dying a hundred times is not worth pitying, what is worth protecting?

Chen Guanlou has too many questions.

These questions, obviously Du Shi cannot answer. The content Du Shi knows is also the public version of the government, the version that wants people to know.

Then, what is the real inside story?

Duan Tianlin slaughtering the village should have no doubt. Could it be that there is another inside story about slaughtering the village, and the reason is not what the outside world spreads.

"In the Master's high opinion, Duan Tianlin originally had a beautiful future. With his bravery and martial force, he would sooner or later be promoted to be a general. Why did he destroy his own future?"

"This kind of thing is hard to say clearly. People are crazy and have disasters. This person is rumored to act arrogantly and boldly. Maybe he thought he could hide the slaughter of the village. But, there are many people under his hands, including his brothers, who may not agree with his way of doing things. It is also possible that they secretly reported him."

"So he killed several brothers before faking death."

"I don't know the inside story. If you are really curious, you might as well walk the relationship of the Marquis mansion. The Marquis mansion might have a way to transfer Duan Tianlin's case file."

Chen Guanlou laughed at himself, "How can the Marquis mansion look up to me, a small prison clerk. Maybe they still dislike me for losing face for the Chen family. You should be careful, in case you are remembered by the Marquis mansion, you might have to suffer a little."

Hearing this, Chen Guanlou immediately expressed dissatisfaction and said angrily, "The Marquis mansion manages too widely. They didn't care when I was starving, but now that I have finally held the rice bowl, they dislike me for losing face. We two branches have long been out of the five clothes, what qualification does the Marquis mansion have to ask about my affairs. Really, the dog takes the mouse and meddles in other people's business. Besides, I inherited my father's position."

"Your father is a prison clerk, not a prison clerk."

Du Shi's sentence directly broke Chen Guanlou's defense. The soft knife stabbed directly into the heart. It hurts! ===== CHAPTER 27 =====

A single sentence from Master Du directly broke Chen Guanlou's defenses. The soft knife stabbed straight into his heart; it hurt!