I!The start was poor, forcing the system to upgrade

"It doesn't matter who you are. It matters who I am."

Zhao Tianyin didn't answer Zhu Gui's question directly, but Yunshan Wumao said such a sentence.

Zhu Gui was stunned with a face full of incomprehension.

In Zhu Gui's mind, even if Zhao Tianyin is not a stranger from the immortal family, he is probably a demon spirit with some moral skills.

Because he had never seen anyone, moreover a man, who was so captivating.

And wearing a fox mask!

That coquettish and evil demeanor, like a fairy, like a Buddha, like a god, like a demon, like the beauty of all things canopy, unexpectedly gathered in the body of this man in front of him at the same time.

I haven't noticed it from a distance, but when I get closer and take a look, it is very eye-catching and very deceptive.

Zhu Gui thought in his heart, if he hadn't met a ghost, then he was transformed by a fox demon, or... he was a person who cultivated immortality?

Thinking of this, Zhu Gui was already three points in fear.

At the same time, the system's prompt message came to mind:

【Ding!Discovered "Water Margin" Earth Prisoner - dry land Hulu Zhugui. 】

[Trigger a random event: change Zhu Gui's fate, and try to subdue him. 】

[Completion reward: Choose one of the 72 earth magic spells. (Note: The system only provides formulas, you need to practice by yourself)]

[As long as the host can make Zhu Gui completely loyal to you, and get his belief value to complete the standard, you can get rewards. 】

Zhu Gui's nickname is "Handy Hulu". The meaning of this nickname has two similar meanings.

"Hulu" is the name for crocodile in Khitan language in Song Dynasty.

The crocodile is the overlord in the water, and it has no turn on land.

And Zhu Gui is like this, on the surface he looks like an ordinary hotel owner, not a green forest hero, just like a crocodile that doesn't stay in the water.

In essence, Zhu Gui is the eyes and ears of Liang Shanbo.

The second meaning refers to a kind of highly poisonous four-legged snake. It likes to eat turtles by nature. After eating an empty shell of its prey, it drills into it and pretends to be a turtle. After someone picks it up, it will deliver a fatal blow. , directly causing death.

No matter what kind of explanation, "hulu" is a kind of terrible movement that is good at disguising.

This is very similar to the nature of Zhu Gui's work. This nickname is quite appropriate for the character's identity.

After Zhu Gui reported his name, Zhao Tianyin opened the system information bar, confirmed that the other party's identity was true, and blocked the system again.

Zhao Tianyin doesn't have any enthusiasm for these tasks now, he can do them easily, and he can't and is too lazy to spend time and energy on them.

Because Zhu Gui is not only a veteran of Liangshan, but also a very capable intelligence leader.

Zhu Gui's professional level is beyond doubt.

In the era of Wang Lun in the original book, Zhu Gui went to Liangshan, and he can be regarded as one of the pioneers of Liangshan's first grass-roots team.

Then from Liangshan's initial creation to Liangshan's recruitment, Zhu Gui has always been the leader of intelligence work.

Its specific job is to open this hotel at the Lijiadao crossing on the edge of Liangshan.

This hotel is a window of Liangshan. On the one hand, it can collect all kinds of information for the leadership of Liangshan to make decisions.

On the other hand, it is also a foothold and transit point for the underworld figures from all over the world to go to Liangshan.

On the surface, this hotel is engaged in legitimate Baidao business, but in fact it is a cover, and secretly it is an intelligence station in Liangshan.

Sometimes when there are single guests, this hotel will kill people and rob money.

This can be seen from what Zhu Gui said to Lin Chong in the original book, and what happened to Zhao Tianyin in the hotel before.

In the original book, Zhu Gui bluntly said that Wang Lun, the leader of the cottage, asked him to open a hotel here in the name of opening a hotel, so as to inquire about the passing of merchants.But those who have money will go to the cottage to report.But if a lonely guest comes here, let him go if he has no money.Those who have money come here, at least they will be overwhelmed by sweat and medicine, and at worst, they will bear fruit immediately, slice the lean meat into seeds, fry the fat meat and light the lamps.

In the original book, Zhu Gui can tell at a glance that the person who came to Liangshan in disguise is Lin Chong, and when he returned to his hometown with Li Kui later, he turned a crisis that was about to be arrested by the masses into a breeze with a few words. He is definitely a talent.

Not to mention, Liang Shanbo grandly set up such a hotel base for collecting intelligence at the Lijia Road in Dongshan, but it was never discovered by the government from the beginning to the end. It can be seen that Zhu Guizhen is a natural intelligence expert.

The importance of talents like Zhu Gui is revealed in many places in the original novel of the Water Margin. Lin Chong went to Liangshan through Zhu Gui's hotel, and Chao Gai and his gang went to Liangshan through Zhu Gui's hotel. After that, Qingfengzhai, Qingfeng A large number of people, such as Shanshan, went to Liangshan through Zhu Gui's hotel.

As for collecting intelligence, Zhu Gui is even more good at it. Even in the original book, his intelligence work is still a unique level of professional ability.

For example, in the original book, the news that Fan Rui and his gang in Mangdang Mountain wanted to harm Liangshan was provided by Zhu Gui. When Lei Heng passed Liangshan, it was Zhu Gui's letter to Songjiang News.

The existence of Zhu Gui is very important to Liangshan. If there is no hotel like Zhu Gui, Liangshan will basically lose its eyes and ears, and lose the only communication channel with the outside world.

However, it is such a character who is equivalent to the leader of "Fo Bole". In the original work, no matter whether it is Wang Lun of the first generation, Chao Gai of the second generation, or Song Jiang of the third generation, Zhu Gui did not get the attention he deserved. respect and status.

Although Liang Shan attaches great importance to intelligence work, it is one thing to attach importance to intelligence work, and the status of intelligence personnel is another matter.

Zhu Gui is actually not a small spy who can only give orders and collect intelligence.

When Li Kui returned to his hometown to pick up his wife, Song Jiang specially arranged for Zhu Gui to go with him. Although one of the main reasons was that Zhu and Li were from the same hometown, it also showed that Zhu Gui was quite shrewd and capable.

In fact, Zhu Guineng opened such a hotel under the eyes of the government, and he was safe and sound as Liangshan's eyes and ears for so long, obviously he is not a simple person.

However, Zhu Gui's ranking in Liangshan was terrible.

Among the first four heroes in the Wang Lun era, Zhu Gui ranked last. Lin Chong was suppressed by Wang Lun after he went up the mountain, but he still ranked fourth against Zhu Gui, and Zhu Gui fell to the last.

After Chao Gai, Wu Yong and others provoked Lin Chonghuo to merge with Wang Lun, Liang Shan was rearranged, and Zhu Gui was still ranked last.

Later, when Bai Sheng went to Liangshan, Zhu Gui got rid of the bottom ranking.

But after the group of Qingfengzhai and Qingfengshan went up the mountain, the leaders of Liangshan expanded to more than 20 people, and they were ranked again. Zhu Gui was ranked at the bottom of the list, just ahead of Bai Sheng.

In the original book, after Song Jiang went to Liangshan, Liangshan was basically not ranked in a substantial sense until "Shijie of Loyalty Hall received astronomy, and Liangshan Po heroes ranked seats", Zhu Gui ranked No. 90 second place, but still ranked behind most of the wine bags and rice bags.

It can be said to be overqualified, a waste of talent!

Judging from Zhu Gui's experience in the original book, he can be regarded as an excellent intelligence talent who has been engaged in secret work for a long time, and he is also one of the veterans of Liangshan's entrepreneurship. His importance and contribution to the development of Liangshan may not be lower than that of any member of Tiangangxing.

However, Zhu Gui's efforts were not equal to the rewards he received. In the end, he died of illness in Hangzhou when Fangla was conquered, which is quite regrettable.

Uncle Li in the movie "A World Without Thieves" has a classic line: What is the most important thing in the 21st century?talent!

Although Zhao Tianyin was in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty at this time, the importance of talents is still crucial.

It's easy to fight the country, but it's hard to keep it.

If Zhao Tianyin wants to win the world and secure a stable position in the country, a pervasive intelligence agency is even more indispensable.

Therefore, the purpose of Zhao Tianyin's late-night visit is nothing more than two.

One, I want to inquire about the specific situation of Hujiazhuang through Zhu Gui.

Second, recruit Zhu Gui as a talent.

......

In the middle of the night, heavy snow fell.

a time.

Silver fans grass house, jade mirror thatched eaves.Dozens of old trees are branched, and three or five small windows are closed.

The sparse thorn fence is like a light pavement of greasy powder; the loess surrounds the wall, but it is like a lead flower cloth.Thousands of willow catkins float on the curtain, and thousands of goose feathers dance wine flags.

During this time, Zhenxi is close to the lake, and the shallow water has started to freeze.

Surrounded by reeds, it stretches as far as the eye can see.

In the hazy night, people can't tell whether it's the reeds swaying or the snow falling on the world.

Through a half-closed window, by the moonlight, I looked around, but saw the water rippling and sparkling.

Zhao Tianyin walked safely to the window, stretched out his hand, and caught a snowflake and a ray of light.

Then, the hotel suddenly became dark, dead silent, and silent, and the air suddenly became cold!

I saw his long five fingers, which were like white onions and tender bamboo shoots, moist as jade, but frozen like ice, as if they had condensed into a bottomless vortex of space, which swept away in an instant.

The hurricane then tore through the night sky, as if it shattered the flying snow and turned into misty cold air, covering the bright moon in the sky.

After a moment, the fog parted and the moon appeared, the cloud covered the crescent moon, and the silver hook killed him.

The moon is like a hook.

But it is the silver hook that kills!

Zhao Tianyin's figure suddenly disappeared under the night sky like a ghost.

Under the clear and flowing waves, it is full of dirt.On the stars of Cangmin, everything is misty.

For a moment, the moon was overcast, light and shadow flashed, and the ground was already full of corpses.

Except for Zhu Gui, all the Liangshan minions in this black shop died on the spot, and the simple knives were scattered all over the place.

Strangely, there was not a single drop of blood flowing from the surroundings, and from the outside, there was no sign of any wounds on the corpse.

It was as if the sky and the earth were dark just now, and then all these vicious men died in an instant.

"You,,, you,, are you a demon? Or,,, or a demon? Also,,, or, a ghost?"

Zhu Gui collapsed on the ground trembling, frightened out of his wits, dripping with cold sweat, staring wide-eyed at the corpses all over the ground.

His mind is now full of the extremely terrifying, horrifying, and extremely cold scene just now, and it is replaying and reappearing in his mind in a chaotic manner.

Zhu Gui did not dare to imagine such a scene, and he has never heard of such a strange and terrifying method in the world...

The dozen or so subordinates beside him, all alive and kicking men, turned into cold corpses in the blink of an eye.

Zhu Gui's heart is trembling~ the whole body is cold!

Within a radius of ten feet in front of the hotel door, it has turned into a wasteland, with all the grass destroyed and every root broken, but it is unimaginable that only Zhu Gui survived alone.

On the opposite side, Zhao Tianyin was condescending, staring at him indifferently with the gaze of a god looking down on the common people.

In the silent night, an owl stared at the two of them on the top of a tree in the distance. The eagle's eyes were shining, unusually bright, and very conspicuous, but it suddenly cooed loudly, breaking the dull air.

"Go, bring a clean altar of good wine." Zhao Tianyin smiled casually, put down these words calmly, and then walked directly into the wooden house.

"Could he spare my life?" Zhu Gui looked at Zhao Tianyin's tall and handsome back in disbelief, and felt that although he was extremely elegant and aloof, he was daunting, as if he was always repelling others from thousands of miles away Outside, but it exists in front of the eyes, which makes people unconsciously feel a sense of inaccessibility.

Zhu Gui secretly thought to himself, it was less than half a stick of incense tonight, the treacherous and unpredictable encounters before and after this time can be said to be close to death, it is really hard to predict.

After Zhu Gui calmed down his panic, he quickly got up, regardless of the cold snow and water on his clothes, he followed closely behind, went in and entertained him hospitablely, so as to save his own life.

......

In the hotel whose roof is covered with snow, the candles flickering in the wind suddenly brighten and then dim.

Zhu Gui furtively glanced at Zhao Tianyin with trepidation, and asked in bewilderment, "I don't know why your Excellency left me alone?"

Wearing a mask, Zhao Tianyin couldn't see his expression, and said in an unusually flat tone: "Because, you are a rare talent. And these minions who died on the ground are useless to me. As I said, who are you and who are you? It doesn't matter. Who I am is what matters."

"This me is both me and you."

Zhao Tianyin murmured, "Now, it's time for me to ask you."

"who are you?"

Zhao Tianyin immediately confused Zhu Gui.

Zhu Gui took off his hat, scratched his head, and said dumbly: "Didn't I tell you? The villain is the eyes and ears of the king's subordinates, and the owner of the four villages in Liangshan. His surname is Zhu Minggui. He was originally from Yishui County, Yizhou. In the rivers and lakes, I asked my younger brother to be a dry land Hulu."

"No, no, no. What I'm asking is, do you still know who you are after you put aside these identity settings?" Zhao Tianyin was still mysterious, and his words were playful.

A feeling of absurdity welled up in Zhu Gui's heart, and he suddenly realized: "Aside from these identities, then I'm just a person who seeks money and murders."

"Yes!" Zhao Tianyin first expressed his appreciation, and then asked the other party's soul-piercing question: "Could it be that you really only want to be this kind of person all your life? Although it is slightly better than these unknown pawns on the ground who don't know how they died A little bit, but compared to those famous people who will go down in history, according to your current living conditions, you will be just a bandit leader after your whole life."

"You, do you want to be famous in history and be named a marquis and a prime minister?"

Zhao Tianyin looked at Zhu Gui's scorching eyes that were gradually glowing, and asked this last question.