Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 49 Blackmail
At this time, Gong Tianwu thought of Jianmu again. This guy seemed honest and dull, but in fact he had already learned all of Bengma's miscellaneous treatment methods. He frankly told him some behind-the-scenes things about this treatment.

It turned out that Beng Ma was actually helpless against the poison in Gong Tianwu's body. Fortunately, at this time, the indiscriminate killing of the purple-armored centipede toxin produced negative effects. The poisonous insects lurking in Gong Tianwu's body felt the threat of death and began to fight against the toxin of the purple-armored centipede toxin under the control of their natal insects.

According to Jianmu's judgment, these unfortunate poisonous insects at least offset more than 50% of the purple-armored centipede's toxins.

Under such circumstances, Bengma's treatment methods finally began to take effect, but Jianmu also warned Gong Tianwu that the purple-armored centipede's poison was very strange and difficult to deal with, and the remaining poison had already penetrated deep into the bone marrow and internal organs, and now it could only be barely suppressed.

Given Gong Tianwu's current situation, the remaining poison can only be completely eliminated by finding the great Black Miao wizard in the depths of the Shiwan Mountains, or the immortals in the Baiman Mountains.

Otherwise, you will be bedridden for at most twenty years, which is very painful.

What surprised Jianmu was that the other party was surprisingly open-minded about the bad news. He just laughed it off as if he didn't take it to heart at all. Jianmu admired this very much.

Little did he know that at this moment, Gong Tianwu was not worried about having too many debts or too many lice. His body already had great hidden dangers due to his rapid mastery of the innate abilities. It was estimated that he could only live for another ten years. What would it matter if he was poisoned deeply into his bone marrow?
So Gong Tianwu asked Jianmu to prescribe some medicine that could only treat the symptoms and not the root cause, and could suppress the poison damage in a short period of time, and then he left. When he left, he kept his promise and not only left all of Bengma's belongings to Jianmu, but also paid an extra twenty silver treasures as a reward, which was regarded as settling the cause and effect between the two parties.

What surprised Gong Tianwu was that Bengma's death did not bring any cause and effect points to him. It seemed that although this old guy was bad, he would probably die of old age and rot in this remote place.

On the way back to Yidu, Gong Tianwu accidentally found out information about his previous life.

A merchant on the same boat happened to be from Maoshan County of Lelang State. After a conversation, he said that five years ago, the martial arts master Qin Shan died unexpectedly, which attracted the attention of some big shots and caused some waves in the county. This made Gong Tianwu sigh, and then nothing major happened.

During the voyage, the passive magical power: reading the gods was activated several times, but there was no regular pattern. Sometimes it was triggered two or three times a day, and sometimes it was not triggered for several days. The information obtained was of no use.

It is worth mentioning that this time when he returned, Gong Tianwu was deeply disguised. At this time, he was wearing coarse cloth, had a beard and messy hair, and he deliberately raised his voice when speaking. He was very stingy over every penny and quarreled with others endlessly.

Under the disguise of this appearance, even Xiao Lihong from Wanchunyuan, who is most familiar with the蓮松客, finds it difficult to recognize it.

Even for an important town like Yidu, its defense was too weak for a congenital master. Without spending too much effort, Gong Tianwu found out the whereabouts of He Quanming.

Yes, He Quanming is the old He who poisoned Gong Tianwu!
All it took was a plate of beef offal and two jugs of good wine, and the servant who was sweeping the grounds in Xunzhen Temple lost all his guard and drunkenly told Gong Tianwu everything he wanted to know.

Gong Tianwu ordered a small jar of Lihuabai for this guy, and then gave the waiter a full tip. This arrangement was enough to ensure that this alcoholic servant would not be able to stay sober before sunrise tomorrow.

Then Gong Tianwu quietly set out and reached the outside of the courtyard where He Lao lived. This guy had been recuperating at home for a long time due to illness. Of course, Gong Tianwu knew that this was not an illness, but an inevitable reaction of the subject after the natal Gu was damaged.

As for Mr. He, he didn’t know what happened to his natal Gu. He only knew that it was damaged and had been quiet recently.

According to Jianmu's judgment, Mr. He must be using all his strength to perform the art of Tianjue to cut off the connection with his natal Gu, so he rarely goes out.

His advice to Gong Tianwu was not to go to his house to seek revenge, but to choose to take action outside as much as possible, because for a senior Gu Master like this, no one would know how many defensive measures he had installed at home.

So after two days of surveillance, Gong Tianwu decisively followed a man named He Yang, who was He Quanming's only son. He was also a son born in his old age, so his importance was immediately maximized.

Perhaps He Quanming had been numb to the long-term comfortable life in Yidu, or perhaps he had never considered that Gong Tianwu would return for revenge, so He Yang seemed to have no guards around him at all. His experience of the day could be simply summarized as follows:
Eat, drink, gamble, scoop.
So Gong Tianwu succeeded easily.

Given that He Yang often stayed out overnight before, the He family didn't sense something was wrong until noon the next day. Then they received a ransom letter demanding that the He family pay a ransom of 300 silver coins before sunrise the next day, or a set of He Yang's body parts would be delivered one hour later.

There was also a special note in the letter that He Quanming was not allowed to come forward to pay the ransom.

Under such circumstances, the anxious He Quanming certainly refused to give up. He thought that the kidnappers were acquaintances, so he planned to participate actively.

But He Quanming didn't know that all this was just a trick by Gong Tianwu, as the saying goes, he was building a plank road in the open but marching through Chencang in secret.

Gong Tianwu's operation cleverly misled everyone, including He Quanming, who all thought his target was the ransom or He Yang!

Under such circumstances, it was actually natural for He Quanming to be arrested - he was quietly approached from behind by Gong Tianwu and hit hard on the back of the head with a stick!
Gong Tianwu was afraid that he could not knock his opponent unconscious with this blow, so he used almost 80% of his strength. If an ordinary person was hit by this blow, his brain might burst immediately and he would fall to the ground and convulse and die. It was only thanks to He Quanming's good fortune that he was not killed on the spot.

When He Quanming woke up from his coma, he found himself in a very desperate situation.

He was stripped naked and tied up, and even more terrifying was that he was hung up and soaked in a well, with a big stone tied to his feet, so he felt severe pain at the places where his wrists were tied.

After about a minute, Elder He was sure that he could not escape on his own, so he could only shout in despair:
"Which brother above is joking like this? If you need money, I will give you a hundred silver coins. If my son has offended you by mistake, I will host a banquet to apologize. The Baiman Mountain clan will be extremely grateful!"

A light laugh came from above:
"He Quanming, you are so arrogant. Even Ming Zhenzi is just a casual cultivator who joined the Baiman Mountain. You are just a hanger-on who sticks to Ming Zhenzi. Who gave you the courage to call yourself a descendant of the Baiman Mountain lineage?"

He Quanming had not expected that the other party knew all his details, so he could only roar:
"That's all. Today I admit defeat. Just tell me what you want to do!"

Suddenly, He Quanming felt the rope on his wrist lighten, and he fell into the well. The big stones tied to his feet immediately pulled him into the water, and the horrible feeling of suffocation instantly came over him.

He Quanming struggled frantically in the water and spit out water. His eyes went dark and when he was about to think he was dead, he was pulled out of the water. He was gasping for breath greedily.

This happened three times in a row. He Quanming's previous arrogance was gone, and he cried miserably:
"Kill me, kill me!!" As a result, the person above did not respond at all, and directly threw another person down, splashing water everywhere.

When He Quanming took a look, he was immediately shocked to find that the man was none other than his own son He Yang.

Of course, this kid also suffered the same treatment. He was stripped naked, hung with stones, and then forced to drown and suffocate. After three consecutive times, he was so tired that his eyes rolled back and twitched.

Seeing this scene, He Quanming was already in tears, and shouted in grief and anger:

"Killing is not the right thing to do. My father and I have no grudge against you. Why are you torturing us so wantonly?"

At this time, the man above finally sneered:
"Haha, He Quanming, what grudge did I have against you before? Not only did you torture me with a curse and want to kill me, you even took a large sum of money from me!!"

"Is it fun to play me like a monkey? You want me to be sold by you and help you count the money, right?"

When saying these words, Gong Tianwu finally showed his face and looked at He Quanming with a sneer.

When he found out the real culprit had shown up, Mr. He was stunned for a moment. He had indeed laughed at Gong Tianwu behind his back a lot, but he never thought that this guy was not dead and had come back.
At this time, He Lao was of course very upset, thinking that he should have killed you, the bastard, at that time. But now the lives of his father and son are in the hands of others, so he can only wail with regret:

"Songke! It was Ming Zhenzi's idea to plot against you. I had to obey orders. How about I pay you back double the money you spent on me? No, how about I pay you back triple the money?"

Gong Tianwu sneered and said:
"You can cheat me out of my money and make me lose. That's your ability. I'm willing to admit defeat!! This money is for you."

"Now you and your son have been captured by me. That was my ability. Now you have to pay money to redeem your lives. How much do you think your lives are worth?"

He Quanming was about to speak when he found that Gong Tianwu had already pulled his son He Yang up and said to him:
"Go over there and write down the ransom list. I'm not picky. I like everything, whether it's silver, jewelry, gold bars, treasures, magic weapons, or anything like that!"

"Your father doesn't know what you wrote down. When the time comes, I will ask him to submit a ransom list, and I will compare the lists written by the two of you. If there are things on the list submitted by your father that you didn't write down, then He Yanei, I'm sorry, if you miss one of them, I will chop off one of your fingers!"

"Of course, if the things on the list you wrote are not reported by your father, I will chop off one of your fingers!"

He Yang was a dandy boy, and at this moment he had completely lost his spirit. He could only nod his head tremblingly. However, he let out a shrill scream the next second, and continued to wail. He Quanming was immediately shocked and angry:

"What's the matter with you, son? What's the matter with you?"

A few seconds later, a bloody severed finger flew down from the wellhead, hit the water in front of He Quanming with a plop, and then sank slowly.

Gong Tianwu then said slowly:
"He's fine, he just broke a little finger. I'm afraid you guys will think I'm just talking nonsense. In order to avoid such misunderstandings, I'll let you suffer a little first."

The series of methods that Gong Tianwu came up with at this time were of course obtained from the memory of the gangster Tian Dachun. These methods originating from the market are certainly not presentable, but they are undoubtedly quite effective. Such despicable methods have miraculous effects on the upper-class people whose lives are precious.

It only took about ten minutes for the father and son to come up with a list as quickly as possible. They also sorted the list according to Gong Tianwu's request, putting the most valuable items at the first place, and then arranging them in order.

Sure enough, in order to save his son's (his own) fingers, the two lists showed amazing consistency. Gong Tianwu took a look and crossed out valuable things that were difficult to take away, such as house deeds, land deeds, shop deeds, and horses. Finally, he ticked a few boxes on the list and said to He Yang:
"Go back and bring these things with you. Pack them into a big package and then give it to the waiter at Jianghai Inn. Have him give it to the guest in Room 7. Remember this?"

When He Yang heard that he could actually leave, he couldn't help but burst into tears. It can be seen how cowardly this guy is.

After Gong Tianwu asked him to repeat the above words, he poked his head and said:
"Remember this, it's now 3:15 pm. I'll give you one hour. If you don't get to Jianghai Inn by then, your father will die!"

"If you tamper with things, your father will die too."

"If you go find someone to help you, your father will die too."

"If you dare to reveal this news to others, your father will still die!"

"The only way you want him to survive is to do what I say."

Young Master He nodded vigorously as if pounding garlic, and then when he saw Gong Tianwu waving his hand, he ran out madly as if he had been pardoned.

However, two minutes later he fell back and stared at Gong Tianwu timidly:

"What if I bring something and you don't let me go?"

Gong Tianwu was quite surprised by Master He's return. After thinking for a while, he said seriously:

"If you do as I ask, I promise to release your father before sunrise tomorrow and not to attack him within three days. If you disobey me, my parents, wife, children, and ancestors will die violently and God will hate you!!"

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(End of this chapter)