Chapter 48: Kill

"If people do not offend me, I will not offend them; if people offend me, I will surely offend them." Meng Yifan spoke with ironclad certainty, his words ringing with force.

Meng Dayong was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Yifan, what are you planning to do?"

"I will set off in a moment to kill that Lv Laotou." On the way back, Meng Yifan had already made up his mind; that old man dared to send people to kill him, so he was an enemy, and when dealing with an enemy, the natural thing to do was to kill him and earn Experience Value.

Meng Yifan had a Game Panel; as long as he had enough Experience Value, his strength would advance by leaps and bounds.

He was not a reckless person; the reason he chose to finish off Lv Laotou was because the strongest combat power of the Luolong County officialdom was merely the Third Grade Lower Tier Zhang Butou.

Meng Yifan had held an Elm Cannon and killed even a Third Grade Middle Rank Demon Beast, the Flying Tiger Demon, so even if he had a direct confrontation with Zhang Butou, he would not be intimidated; if a real fight broke out, it was hard to say who would emerge victorious.

"Kill Lv Laotou? Yifan, that won't do." Meng Dayong was greatly startled; he had thought about climbing over the wall to escape under the cover of night, and had even thought about sending silver to apologize, but he had never thought about killing Lv Laotou.

This was because behind Lv Laotou stood the County Magistrate Lv; if they killed Lv Laotou, they would completely tear their faces off with the County Magistrate Lv.

Since ancient times, the common people have not fought against officials, because the forces that officials can mobilize are too great.

The County Magistrate Lv's own strength was not great, but he held the official seal of Luolong County and could mobilize the Dynasty Luck of Luolong County, allowing him to unleash terrifying combat power.

The County Magistrate Lv was an official; he did not need to do it himself at all, he only needed to issue an Order Arrow, and there would be yamen runners and constables coming to make arrests?

These yamen runners and constables represented the government; if you dared to resist, that was rebellion.

According to the Great Wu Iron Law, rebellion was a grave crime punishable by the execution of one's nine generations; if the rebellion failed, let alone the two of them, even all the villagers of Qinghe Village would be slaughtered.

Meng Dayong had served as a soldier in the Divine Machine Battalion and knew that the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty could awe the world because it had elite legions; if they provoked a siege by a great army, neither of them would escape death.

Therefore, unless it was an absolute last resort, Meng Dayong did not want to rebel; that was a road of no return, and once stepped upon, there was no turning back.

Meng Yifan did not want to rebel either, but he did not want to kill, yet others came to kill him; this was all forced by that Lv Laotou, and if he truly walked down the path of rebellion, he would not regret it.

Meng Yifan had not been transmigrated for long, but he was already very disappointed in the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty.

Qinghe Village had been sealed off by monsters for a month, yet Luolong County clearly had the strength but did not send anyone to rescue them, allowing the monsters to slaughter the common people; if the government did not act for the people, what use was this government?

Outside the city of Luolong County were refugees waiting to be fed, yet the powerful and wealthy inside the city did not provide disaster relief, instead thinking of driving up prices to make a fortune from the national disaster; such a government was not worth Meng Yifan's loyalty, so if they rebelled, then so be it.

As for the possibility of facing suppression by the government, Meng Yifan was not afraid in the slightest; at worst, it would just be a great slaughter.

To kill one is a crime, to slaughter ten thousand is to be a hero,

To slaughter nine million, is to be a hero among heroes.

Meng Yifan had a Game Panel; killing enemies granted experience, and the more he killed, the more Experience Value he would have.

If Meng Yifan's cultivation broke through to the Martial Saint realm, even the Emperor would have to be polite, let alone killing a relative of the County Magistrate Lv; even if he twisted off the head of the County Magistrate Lv to kick like a ball, no one would dare to say a word of dissent.

"Father, there is nothing that won't do; that Lv Laotou is clearly a petty man who seeks revenge for the slightest grievance, and we simply did not accept his malicious price-gouging, yet he sent people to kill us."

"Once he knows the assassin is dead, he will definitely use other, more sinister means to deal with us; rather than waiting for him to kill us, it is better to strike first and kill Lv Laotou."

"Moreover, I suspect that Lv Laotou has not yet told the County Magistrate Lv about sending people to kill us, so if we kill Lv Laotou this way, the County Magistrate Lv will not know immediately, and we will still have time to buffer."

Meng Yifan stated his thoughts.

"Yifan, you must think clearly; once the bow is drawn, there is no turning back." Meng Dayong's expression was grave; he did not want to kill Lv Laotou, as the consequences would be very serious, but if Meng Yifan insisted on doing so, he, as the father, could only accompany his son in this madness.

Meng Yifan nodded firmly; he did not want to kill indiscriminately either, but that Lv Laotou was truly too bullying, first price-gouging, then sending people to kill their father and son; since he struck first, he could not blame Meng Yifan for killing him.

Meng Dayong saw that Meng Yifan had made up his mind, so he stopped trying to persuade him, gritted his teeth, and said, "Alright, Yifan, then the two of us will go all out."

Meng Yifan took a Dagger and came before Shouhou, saying coldly, "Tell us where Lv Laotou lives, and I will give you a quick death; if you don't speak, I will slice your flesh off piece by piece."

Shouhou looked at Meng Yifan with disdain and remained silent; Meng Yifan was not polite, and with a few swift slashes, he sliced three pieces of flesh off his arm, blood flowing everywhere.

"My skill isn't great, but I have the confidence that I can slice you a thousand times and you will still be alive." Meng Yifan had been a mercenary in his past life, so of course he knew how to interrogate prisoners; if he had enough time, he had plenty of ways, and even without a knife, he could make Shouhou obediently listen, but time was tight now, so he could only use intense pain to make Shouhou submit.

Shouhou looked at Meng Yifan as if he were looking at a devil; he knew that if he kept resisting, he would only suffer, so he said, "On Luolong Street in the west of the city, the fifth house counting from south to north, the one with a pair of stone lions at the entrance is the home of Lv Fugui."

Meng Yifan stared into Shouhou's eyes and said, "You had better not be lying to me, otherwise I will make you taste what it is like to wish you were dead."

"I'm not lying to you, that's the place." Shouhou explained anxiously.

Meng Yifan fed Shouhou a packet of anesthetic to keep him unable to move for an hour, then arranged for the young men of Qinghe Village to watch over Shouhou, after which Meng Yifan and Meng Dayong rushed into the darkness, heading toward Lv Fugui's house.

The layout of Luolong County was: rich in the east, noble in the west, poor in the south, and lowly in the north.

The eastern part of the county was where the county government office was located, and the administrative agencies were all deployed in the east, while the western part of the city was the residence of many wealthy people; the houses here were very large, the interiors were very luxurious, and they even came with small gardens where various delicate flowers bloomed, and one could smell a refreshing floral fragrance from far away.

The night was already deep, but the lights in Lv Fugui's house were still on; he sat on a grand armchair, playing with a pair of steel balls, waiting for the reply from Guitou Dao Wang Lei.

During the day, because of Meng Yifan's shouting and yelling, Lv Fugui not only failed to make money, but also lost face completely, being mocked by the other shopkeepers of Wanxiang Tower for a long time, which left him with no place to hide his shame.

He did not know which bastard had gone to report him to the owner of Wanxiang Tower; the owner was very angry, called Lv Fugui over, scolded him severely, and if it weren't for the sake of the County Magistrate Lv, he would have been told to pack his bags and get out.

Lv Fugui returned home, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, so angry that he couldn't even eat, and even when his delicate concubine wanted to massage his back, he slapped her away.

The owner of Wanxiang Tower scolded him, and he could only listen obediently, but that pair of hunter father and son had offended him, so they had to bear his fury.

Lv Fugui had found Guitou Dao Wang Lei to kill that pair of father and son; why had it been so long, and there was still no reply? Could something have gone wrong?