New and dark light years

Chapter 507 This is too inhuman!

Xie Feng was quite surprised: "But judging from his appearance, he seems like a person who values ​​loyalty and righteousness. Did you do something to him?"

Zhu Jing was so embarrassed that he was speechless, and finally put his hand to his forehead.

Xie Feng laughed loudly: "As expected of a descendant of the Zhu family, your ungrateful methods have never changed. Forget it, I'm too lazy to get involved in your affairs."

"What brings my great-grandmother here?"

"I possessed this woman's body, and her willpower is surprisingly strong. It's been more than ten days, and she's still persisting, unwilling to let me devour her soul and consciousness." Xie Feng smiled with narrowed eyes, "I wanted to ask you if this woman had anyone she valued in the past."

Zhu Jing thought for a moment and said, "Then it must be her parents and brothers."

“I killed her parents and brother last night. She was indeed very sad, but not to the point of wanting to die.”

These words were filled with an indifferent detachment.

All the courtiers lowered their heads, not daring to even breathe loudly, for fear of attracting the man's attention.

This evil Phoenix Lady has recently killed quite a few people, all of whom were very important figures.

No one dared to do anything to her; even the Demon Exorcism Bureau dared not appear before her, let alone anyone else.

Zhu Jing smiled and said, "In this life, the closest people are none other than parents and siblings. These relatives have all died, and the Consort is unwilling to die with them, which shows that she is just a heartless and ungrateful person."

That sounds like it makes some sense.

Xie Feng suddenly said, "Isn't she still a lover... If she didn't know her man was dead, could she still hold on? What do you think, Your Majesty!"

Upon hearing this, the court officials present broke out in a cold sweat even more.

Yue Zhong looked up. He wanted to step forward, but when he looked up, he saw that Zhu Jing's face was calm and he didn't seem to be provoked by these words. He immediately lowered his head again and pretended that he hadn't heard anything.

Zhu Jing said calmly, "Great-grandmother is joking. The Imperial Concubine does not want anything to happen to me. Knowing her as I do, she would rather die herself than let me get hurt."

The tone was taken for granted, devoid of any warmth.

Xie Feng suddenly burst into laughter.

She was dressed in a very conservative purple palace gown, but the waves of her breasts were very noticeable.

Zhu Jing frowned: "Why is Great-Grandmother laughing!"

"She wants to die now. The Emperor did the right thing! Hahaha!"

The evil phoenix laughed loudly and flew away through the air.

Zhu Jing's usually calm expression finally became somewhat distorted.

His face was filled with resentment and a hint of helplessness.

Then he looked at the assembled court officials and said, "Court adjourned."

After saying this, Zhu Jing stood up, flicked his sleeves, and left.

Li Lin sat on the city wall of Fulin County.

About fifty feet ahead, there was a densely packed crowd of people.

These people were dressed in tattered clothes, many of them barely clothed, standing in the snow, shivering from the cold.

Only by huddling together can they maintain their basic body temperature; otherwise, they would die from the cold.

Standing next to Li Lin was Ji Bo.

The young man looked at the people in front of him and showed a sense of pity.

Every now and then, one or two people would collapse in the crowd.

"My lord, is there really no way to help them?" Ji Bo said in a low voice, "They are also subjects of the Great Qi."

“Behind you are also the people of the Great Qi.” Li Lin said calmly, “It’s good to have a kind heart, but you need to distinguish between the primary contradiction and the secondary contradiction.”

Ji Bo was somewhat confused: "Please enlighten me, sir."

Li Lin didn't want to explain too much, he just said, "They may look pitiful, but if they are allowed to go south again, the ones who will suffer are the hardworking and honest people. They haven't offended anyone, so why should they be bullied by this group?"

"But they are also in a terrible situation."

“Tragic? These rebels celebrate wildly every time they capture a city.” Li Lin snorted. “I won’t say anything about the rich and heartless gentry and officials, but they even bully ordinary people, kill their wives and children, and take the able-bodied men with them. It’s not an exaggeration to describe them as a locust plague.”

Ji Bo had read many battle reports and knew what these people had done, so when he heard Li Lin say this, he stopped trying to persuade him.

Even he felt that these people had gone too far.

At that moment, a man rode out from the crowd on horseback.

The man was dressed fairly well; it was clear that he was wearing leather armor under his coat.

Moreover, his blood and complexion were no different from those of an ordinary person.

"The one above is Lord Li, the military governor of Cangwu Road!"

The man shouted from below the city walls.

Li Lin smiled and replied, "I am indeed the military governor of Cangwu. Who are you?"

“Tell me my name and I’ll give you a shock. I am Huo Banqing, the commander of the Earth-class battalion of the Western Route under the command of the Great Shun King.”

Li Lin laughed and said, "Never heard of it."

"You..." The man glared at Li Lin and shouted, "Open the gates of the pass right now and let us in, or we will tear you apart and cook you in hot oil to feed the dogs after we conquer this place."

"We'll talk after you break through this city gate." Li Lin smiled, then said to Ji Bo, "You watch over this place and don't let anyone in. I'm going back to the city tower to rest for a while."

"As ordered."

Li Lin was too lazy to argue with this kind of person, so he turned around and went into the city tower.

He hadn't rested for two days, constantly deploying troops and waiting for intelligence. Now that troops had been dispatched to blockade three passes, the initial strategic objectives had been achieved, and he could finally rest.

He went to sleep fully clothed.

Several small paper figures were hidden in the surrounding corners and darkness.

There is also a tree fairy goddess, hanging upside down on the main beam.

Having not slept for two days, Li Lin quickly fell into a deep sleep.

At that moment, a personal guard entered from outside.

He was stopped as soon as he arrived at the door.

"The military governor is resting inside. Brother Wang, it's not appropriate for you to barge in without prior notice."

"I have urgent information that I need to inform the lord."

"When did you become the one to report urgent intelligence? Didn't you already take over the shift tomorrow, with A-Jing replacing you?"

The bodyguard's face stiffened: "Ah Jing wasn't feeling well, so he sent me..."

call!
The four guards standing at the door simultaneously drew their swords and slashed down.

He also shouted.

"Assassins! Quickly, protect the master!"

The sound immediately drew the attention of the soldiers patrolling the area.

The "Brother Wang" immediately pushed them away with both palms, sending them flying.

He then seized another man's longsword, and with a swift motion, beheaded two of his personal guards.

He's obviously a skilled knife user.

Then, with his eyes wide open, he rushed into the house.

As soon as he entered the house, he was whipped away by a huge blue snake tail.

Brother Wang coughed up blood and flew backward, his chest caved in, almost touching his back, clearly indicating he was going to die.

However, the martial artist's strong vitality still played a role.

Brother Wang tried to struggle to his feet, but the patrol team that rushed over immediately plunged more than a dozen spears into his body, firmly binding him to the ground. Li Lin walked out of the house.

The eyes of the "Wang brothers" were filled with hatred.

"Sir, Wang Ning has been brought under control, and he doesn't look like he'll live much longer."

Li Lin frowned as he looked at the man and said, "He's not Wang Ning. If you tear his face off, you should be able to find something out."

At that moment, a constable stepped forward and reached out to touch the other person's face.

Although Wang Ning was on his last breath, he defiantly reached out and bit the captain's hand.

The captain was wearing armor, with chainmail on his hands; even a knife might not be able to cut through it, so how could he possibly bite through it?

With a backhand slap, the constable twisted Wang Ning's face, simultaneously extinguishing his last breath.

The fake Wang Ning was dead. The constable groped his face for a while and tore off a mask.

Beneath that skin was a man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks.

"Disguise technique." Li Lin snorted, then looked at the four fallen guards.

The two who were beheaded were naturally beyond saving, but the other two were still breathing.

"The deceased brother shall be recognized for a great service and given a full pension. The transport commissioner shall personally deliver these pensions to their families."

The head constable knelt down and said, "Yes."

"Take good care of the two seriously injured brothers and provide them with compensation for serious injuries." Li Lin narrowed his eyes slightly: "The face used for disguise is very difficult to make, but it's hard to guarantee that there aren't other assassins in the army. Investigate level by level, and make sure that each person's face has been touched by at least three different people. Finally, find out the route by which these people infiltrated."

The head constable stood up: "This subordinate will take care of it immediately."

Li Lin returned to the city tower, lay down on the bed again, and closed his eyes to rest.

About three hours later, Li Lin woke up.

Hearing the commotion, the guards changing shifts outside came in and said, "Sir, Commander Pang has been waiting outside for some time."

"Invite him in."

At that moment, a man in armor entered, knelt down as soon as he entered, and said, "Sir, we have thoroughly investigated all our brothers and found two assassins. Just as they were about to make their move, we turned them into a swarm of bees. However, we also injured a few of our brothers."

"The injured brothers should receive treatment and compensation according to regulations."

The constable continued, "We also found out that the assassin who entered the lord's house was a local from Fulin County behind the pass, and his family is quite prestigious in this area."

"Oh, have his family members been arrested?"

"We've already caught them," the constable said helplessly. "But there's been a little trouble. When we were arresting this family, many gentry and townspeople tried to stop us, so we only managed to arrest half of them. A few escaped back to their homes."

Li Lin raised an eyebrow: "They actually dared to stop you?"

The officer gave a slightly embarrassed laugh.

Li Lin sighed and said, "I also bear some responsibility for this. I've always told you to keep yourselves in check, so it's normal that you haven't dared to use force recklessly. Take a count of two hundred personal guards and come with me to the town to see who's causing trouble."

Li Lin was genuinely curious.

The person who would dare to assassinate me under these circumstances is most likely a member of the Immortal Execution Society.

The problem is, what gives the gentry in this small town the right to stop the army from arresting people?

Is he truly capable, or is he overconfident?

Li Lin led two hundred personal guards down the city wall and headed straight for the county government office.

At that moment, the county magistrate was drinking tea in the backyard, listening to two courtesans singing little tunes.

Li Lin's sudden appearance terrified him so much that he almost lost his mind.

He thought Li Lin had come to cause him trouble, after all, just a few hours ago, the Jin County government troops had arrested quite a few people in the city.

Are they here to arrest me?

Li Lin sat in the main seat in the backyard and said to the county magistrate who had stood up, "Magistrate Qin, there's no need to be so nervous. I'm just borrowing the county office for a moment."

"Please use it, use it as you please, use it freely."

The county magistrate was somewhat incoherent.

Not long after, a guard came in and said, "Sir, we have captured the whole family."

"Bring it to the backyard."

The guard nodded.

At that moment, a loud commotion and even screams could be heard outside.

Li Lin faintly heard someone crying and shouting, and his expression turned somewhat displeased.

The county magistrate was filled with tension upon seeing this scene.

Li Lin stood up and said, "Magistrate Qin, come with me to take a look."

"Yes."

Li Lin walked ahead, and Magistrate Qin immediately followed.

Before long, the two arrived at the courtroom and saw that many people were standing inside and outside the courtroom.

These people and their personal guards shoved each other, but Li Lin's personal guards still maintained sufficient restraint under such circumstances.

The guards' lieutenant had been somewhat patient, but when he caught sight of Li Lin out of the corner of his eye, he immediately shouted, "Drive all these people out!"

The guards immediately picked up their unsheathed swords and smashed them down with all their might.

Although it wasn't drawn, the scabbard was made of hard leather and had copper nails in some parts. When it hit, it made these people cry out in pain.

They drove all of them back in one fell swoop.

Li Lin sat down in the main seat, looking at these people with a glint in his eyes.

He sensed that there were many... experts among this group.

Ordinary people cannot perceive that boiling energy, but he is a cultivator. To him, the energy of these people is as obvious as small flames radiating heat.

No wonder... they dared to cause trouble; it turned out to be a trap.

At this moment, an old woman rushed out, lay on the ground, and cried out, "Heavens! Our Zhao family has always been kind and benevolent, so why have we been branded as traitors by these corrupt officials? My poor grandson was taken to the army camp and never came back."

Li Lin looked at the old man, smiled, and then slammed the gavel down heavily.

Snapped!
The entire courtroom fell silent.

He then said to the guard, "Roar in court, slap him."

Upon hearing this, Ya Jiang immediately went over.

A look of panic flashed in the old woman's eyes.

Ya raised his hand and slapped the old woman across the face.

The old woman thought she could withstand it, but little did she know that the general was also armored. With his chainmail leather gloves, a slap left several purple marks on her cheek.

Another slap, and the teeth will loosen.

When the third slap landed, the old woman screamed, collapsed to the ground, vomited blood, and stopped breathing.

At that moment, many people were watching the play outside, and they were all stunned when they saw this scene.

A frail old man was beaten to death like that?
Their eyes were filled with fear and hatred as they looked at Li Lin.

Ya Jiang was also frightened, and really thought he had beaten the old man to death.

Li Lin laughed and said, "Keep smoking. Pull him up and keep smoking."

These words sparked outrage outside the courtroom.

Even after the person is dead, they still slap him. This barbarian military officer from the south is truly inhuman.

(End of this chapter)