Chapter 439

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

"Child, this Immortal Xiao is a xian of Liyue; you can tell him about your friend's matter."

The Lawrence Zhang Zhang patted the dust from sweeping off the boy's body, his tone carrying a hint of encouragement.

"Xian... Informant......"

Seeing Xiao's extraordinary bearing, the boy could tell at a glance he was no ordinary mortal, and subconsciously stared dumbfounded.

"Mm, speak." Xiao did not hesitate, nodding in agreement.

The General had instructed him: when out on business, identity and reporting were most important.

"O... okay." The boy mustered his courage, then spoke: "Half a year ago, my friend and I fell for the same girl."

Xiao frowned: "Get to the point."

He did not want to listen from the creation of the world; otherwise the General would grow impatient waiting on that side, and he would not get to eat the almond tofu the General made with his own hands.

"Immortal Xiao, it is like this."

The Lawrence Zhang Zhang hurriedly interjected upon seeing this.

"This child and his friend fell for the same person, but the two agreed to each work and earn money, to see who could buy a gift for that girl first."

"Yes." The boy nodded.

"I came to the Lawrence side; my friend was originally coming too, but the dean called him away alone, saying there was higher pay."

"Right, that is how it is."

The Lawrence Zhang Zhang nodded; the reason he knew so clearly was because this love triangle was rather amusing.

But today, personally witnessing Qie Gesi's crime, he recalled this old matter.

So he did not hesitate in the slightest; since all of Mondstadt looked unfavorably on the Lawrences, they would relocate the whole clan to Liyue to develop.

People climb upward, water flows downward; he could distinguish this clearly.

Xiao nodded; it seemed the true witness was that dean.

"Immortal Xiao, you take this child and go; I will wait here for you."

The Lawrence Zhang Zhang bowed respectfully, knowing this xian was about to go seize someone.

"Good." Xiao did not speak further, directly taking the boy and vanishing from the Lawrence Ancestral Manor.

Seeing the people had left, the Lawrence Zhang Zhang turned to look at his clansmen and the others.

"Whichever family has a suitable woman, not yet married, all step forward."

"Older Brother, what is this?"

The Lawrence Zhang Zhang's younger brother asked this with his mouth, but his body was very honest; he waved his hand and had the crowd bring out all the marriageable young women.

The Lawrence Zhang Zhang did not speak, merely sweeping his gaze over this group of pure-blooded Lawrence women.

After sweeping a circle, he unconsciously furrowed his brow: "Is our Lawrence food perhaps a bit too poor?"

How could they all be flat at a glance, not a single large one among them?

This sentence stunned everyone present for a moment; no one understood what the Zhang Zhang wanted to express.

As the Zhang Zhang's younger brother, he reacted extremely fast; the singing girl taken away by the Divine Might General instantly surfaced in his mind.

He nodded in sudden realization.

No wonder he lost to his older brother when competing for Zhang Zhang back then; his older brother's vision was truly too far-reaching, able to think of even this sort of thing.

"Forget it."

The Lawrence Zhang Zhang impatiently waved his hand, then ordered:

"If the Lawrences survive today's matter, from now on any female of the clan's bloodline must be raised well."

"Yes." The surrounding clansmen all assented respectfully in unison.

Inside the Mondstadt Knights' Hall, Xiao took only about ten minutes total to bring back both witness and evidence.

"General." Xiao first bowed, then threw the orphanage dean onto the ground.

"This is the direct executor of human trafficking; he has already confessed, everything was at Qie Gesi's instigation."

Xuan Ge did not open his mouth to ask, merely raising a hand to grasp the dean remotely in midair.

When causality threads faintly emerged, one end connecting to Qie Gesi, the other linking to that accomplice still pleading for his daughter, the temperature of the entire grand hall plummeted.

Seeing the General had truly moved to real anger, Fu She did not waste a word, directly signaling the Shen Wu Corps that they could move.

Immediately two Shen Wu Corps members stepped forward and dragged Qie Gesi straight out.

"General! General! My daughter is innocent, my daughter...."

The man's words were not yet finished when his head was already slapped flying by Fu She.

"Ah!!"

A noble closest to that headless corpse was sprayed full of blood, instantly scared into losing bladder and bowel control, frozen in place not daring to move a muscle.

"I know you are innocent, but your family ate blood-soaked steamed buns with peace of mind."

Hearing Xuan Ge's words, Alan Delin's already hanging heart died completely.

Xuan Ge really intends to exterminate the entire clan, not leaving a single one....

The ones scared witless were not only Alan Delin; all nobles present turned completely pale.

The Lawrence Zhang Zhang was equally terrified.

But he was not afraid, because this basin of water had already been splashed out; even if he died today, he must lick the Divine Might General's heel.

Just as the crowd was too terrified to even breathe, Fu She released the deer he was leading, letting it walk to the center of the arena.

"Everyone, raise your heads and look at it." Xuan Ge ordered everyone present to look at that deer in unison.

"Mmph—!!!" Alan Delin's voice was hoarse; he could no longer guess Xuan Ge's methods.

Xuan Ge ignored Alan Delin and instead asked the crowd: "Is this a deer or a horse."

Alan Delin:!!!

"Th-this... this should be a deer, right....."

Someone in the crowd finally squeezed out a trembling voice.

The Lawrence Clan Zhang Zhang carefully observed Xuan Ge's expression; seeing his gaze had already swept over, he continued maintaining his silence.

"Oh?" Xuan Ge feigned confusion and raised an eyebrow, "But in my view, this is clearly a divine, extraordinary horse."

"Ge-General, th-this... this is indeed a horse."

"N-no, that's wrong, this is clearly a deer..."

The crowd instantly split into two factions; some eagerly echoed Xuan Ge saying it was a horse, while others stubbornly insisted it was a deer, and for a moment opinions were divided.

"Lawrence Clan Zhang Zhang, you say, is this a deer or a horse?"

The Lawrence Clan Zhang Zhang, who had been hiding in the crowd silently observing, heard himself named and immediately stood up without hesitation, striding to that deer's side.

"Reporting to the General, this is indeed a horse."

He reached out his hand, carefully stroking the fur on the deer's body.

"The fur is fine, the eyes spirited; truly a rare thousand-li horse."

"Heh heh." Xuan Ge laughed; no wonder emperors throughout history liked treacherous ministers — this bootlicking really sounds comfortable to hear.

The Lawrence Clan Zhang Zhang swallowed hard; the lives of their entire Lawrence Zong Zu now all hung on this one sentence.

"What industries does the Lawrence Family have right now?"

"Reporting to the General, the Lawrence Family is willing to offer up all family assets in their entirety."

"A fallen noble seeking a way out cannot only know how to be a treacherous minister."

Seeing he was so on the ball, Xuan Ge simply gave him a concrete opportunity; it just depended on whether he himself could seize it firmly.

"Reporting to the General, the Lawrence Family is willing to serve as the Emperor's vanguard."

The Lawrence Clan Zhang Zhang had not the slightest hesitation, still following along with the Divine Might General's words.

"Mm, withdraw for now." Xuan Ge waved his hand with a smile, then signaled the Shen Wu Corps that they could move.

"Xuan Ge!! You dare!!" Alan Delin violently broke free of his bonds, crazed, wanting to lunge forward and stop them.

Xuan Ge merely waved a hand casually; the airflow from the wave slammed his whole body directly into the wall.

Along with that deafening boom, the Shen Wu Corps unhesitatingly brought down their spear tips, beheading all those who had just pointed at the deer in unison.

Xuan Ge looked at Alan Delin, who could no longer rise, and reminded him: "You are too weak; power is originally the product of violence, I hope you can remember that."

Alan Delin coughed up mouthfuls of fresh blood, his lips trembling yet unable to spit out a single word.

He could only watch helplessly as those people had their heads chopped off, dragged out of the grand hall like livestock.

"Lawrence, I give you an opportunity."

"Ge-General!"

The Lawrence Clan Zhang Zhang forcibly endured his whole body's trembling, stepping out onto the floor full of rivers of blood.

"When the avalanche comes, not a single snowflake is innocent."

Seeing he had been frightened into this state, Xuan Ge patiently explained one more sentence.

These people who pointed at a deer and called it a horse, every single one participated in human trafficking and other heinous crimes.

He simply couldn't be bothered to try them case by case, nor did he want to hear those lengthy defenses and pleas for mercy.

So, pointing at a deer and calling it a horse was truly an excellent pretext for killing.