Chapter 1233: Death Without Blood

The prison visit ended. As Wang Shi walked out of the prison, the sunlight felt warm on her body.

Chen Guanlou asked out of curiosity, "Are you really going to dip mantou in blood?"

He suddenly thought of Brother Xun, feeling a sense of trance. He was watching history, yet he was also living within it.

"Naturally, it's true. My old Liu isn't in good health; he has consumption. I heard eating this is useful." Wang Shi smiled, looking just like a kind-hearted auntie. Who would dare believe that this woman could kill without shedding blood? Her words were gentle and soft, yet they were all like dull knives cutting into flesh. Every single word stabbed straight into the heart and lungs!

He could imagine that Old Guan Xia was likely dying of anger at this moment.

He clicked his tongue. "I won't stop you from dipping the blood, but don't let anyone notice you."

"Don't worry, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, I have a sense of propriety. Many thanks to Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen for making things convenient for me. This commoner woman is deeply grateful!"

"No need for such courtesy. Do you have a place to stay?"

"Many thanks for your concern, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, I have a place to stay. My younger sister from my maiden family is in the city."

"Alright! Remember, the day after tomorrow, early in the morning, go directly to the execution ground and find the Heavenly Prison guards. I will instruct them to make arrangements for you."

"Is the Warden not going to the execution ground?"

"It's not anyone important, so I won't be going."

Upon hearing this, Wang Shi nodded in understanding, feeling a weight lift from her heart. She had too much to do and did not want a sharp-eyed Warden watching from the sidelines.

After arranging matters for the day after tomorrow, Chen Guanlou paid no more attention to the affair.

By the time he heard news of the Xia family again, the second son of the Xia family was already dead. It was said he died bleeding from his seven orifices, right in his own home. There were no suspicious points whatsoever. The only thing that could be called suspicious was the presence of a few centipede carcasses by the bedside. They were not ordinary small centipedes, but ones as long as a palm.

At the scene, a young man who had just started his job was so frightened he jumped.

For a time, this case was shrouded in clouds of suspicion.

They suspected Ji Chengqi, yet Ji Chengqi was still locked in the Heavenly Prison, and no one had visited him during that time.

They suspected the killer who had wiped out the entire Xia family, but the killing method was clearly different. The Xia family had all been killed with a single strike of a blade. The second son of the Xia family had clearly died of poison!

A person has their own habits, and killers are no different.

A person who uses a blade suddenly switching to poison did not quite fit the logic.

The Liushan Sect had made no progress.

Chen Guanlou, however, knew that the second son of the Xia family had been killed by Wang Shi. Wang Shi had said she would wipe out the entire Xia family, and she had indeed succeeded.

He summoned Huang Ye. "On the day Old Guan Xia was beheaded, what did Wang Shi do?"

Huang Ye hesitated for a moment before saying, "Reporting to my lord, after Old Guan Xia was beheaded, Wang Shi took out two mantou and dipped them in the blood."

"Any other movements?"

"I saw her speaking with a young man."

"Was it the second son of the Xia family?"

"It should be."

"Before Old Guan Xia died, did he say anything?"

"Because we were worried he would spout nonsense, before he went to the execution ground, we asked Mu Yiguan for some medicine. Old Guan Xia couldn't speak at the time."

Chen Guanlou nodded. This was standard procedure in the Heavenly Prison.

The execution official did not want to hear prisoners crying out their grievances, yet some prisoners would start shouting the moment they saw people. Therefore, for different prisoners, different measures were taken before they reached the execution ground.

Old Guan Xia being forced to shut his mouth was a matter of course.

In that case, the second son of the Xia family did not know what Wang Shi had done, and Old Guan Xia had no chance to speak out. Perhaps he even mistakenly thought Wang Shi was affectionate and righteous, coming personally to the execution ground to see Old Guan Xia off on his final journey.

This Wang Shi really knew how to exploit loopholes and understood how to seize the timing. No wonder the second son of the Xia family fell into her trap; before he could even begin his path of revenge, he had been wiped out by Wang Shi.

Wang Shi is impressive!

Avenging her daughter—truly formidable!

With the danger removed, it was time for Ji Chengqi to be released from prison.

The officials of the Ministry of Justice were indeed partial to those surnamed Ji; they personally ran to the Heavenly Prison to deliver the release documents and even went into the prison to personally encourage Ji Chengqi, telling him to study hard and look forward.

"The Ji family's future depends on you; you must pull yourself together. Your parents and brothers in heaven would also hope you can pull yourself together, start a family and establish a career soon, and continue the family line!"

Ji Chengqi wept uncontrollably, having a good, thorough cry, only then walking out of the prison to see the sun again.

Chen Guanlou personally saw him out of prison. "The haze has dispersed. In the future, when conducting yourself and doing things, don't play little tricks. They value you because you are a seed for study. If you take the wrong path, this support and protection today will turn into steel blades stabbing at you tomorrow. So, young man, study hard, establish yourself uprightly; this protection today will become the assistance for you to gain a foothold in the officialdom tomorrow."

"Many thanks, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, for your care during these days. I understand everything; I will study hard!"

"If you have this realization, you won't do badly in the future. In a few years, perhaps I will even have to call you 'Lord Ji'. Work hard!"

Ji Chengqi gave a subtle smile, bowed slightly to offer a salute, and hurried away from the Heavenly Prison.

The feud between the Ji and Xia families had temporarily come to an end.

Ji Chengqi returned home; the seal on the door had already been torn off.

He glanced at the Xia family next door and saw a woman standing at the Xia family's entrance, so he walked over out of curiosity.

"May I ask, who are you..."

He saw the expression on the woman's face, which looked like she was crying yet smiling, and immediately shut his mouth.

Wang Shi wiped the tear stains from the corners of her eyes and turned to look at him. "Are you the younger son of the Ji family?"

"You know me?" Ji Chengqi was very surprised.

Wang Shi began to smile. "I saw you when you were small."

"May I ask how to address you?"

"My surname is Wang! I was passing by here today and heard about the matters of your two families. Please accept my condolences!"

Grief welled up in Ji Chengqi's heart. He paused for a moment before saying, "It's all in the past!"

"Yes, it's all in the past!" Wang Shi smoothed the hair at her temples. "I heard the two daughters of the Xia family have both married out. Do you know where they were married off to?"

Ji Chengqi answered absent-mindedly; as a neighbor, he naturally knew the addresses of the two married-out Xia daughters.

Wang Shi gave a grateful smile. "Many thanks! You... please take great care! You have a bright future, you must pull yourself together."

"I know, many thanks, Auntie Wang!" Ji Chengqi returned home, lay down, squinted his eyes, and recalled the warmth of his home in the past. Thinking and thinking, he fell asleep.

Wang Shi wiped away a tear and, following the addresses, went to seek out the two married-out daughters of the Xia family.

Chen Guanlou never stopped people from seeking revenge, even though he was a worker in the penal system.

When he learned that Wang Shi was still in the capital, he gave a knowing smile, non-committal. He did not show his face, did not offer advice, and let her be. Killing without leaving a trace and not being tracked down by the Liushan Sect was her own ability.

If one day she were caught by the Liushan Sect, he would not pity her either. That would be her own fault! A life for a life—it had always been so. It all depended on whose methods were higher and whose heart was blacker!

The black-hearted Chen Guanlou went to the Grade A prison to look after Wu She and the other three.

"You have to go to court in two days. Have you all prepared?"

"Just tell the truth!" Wu She looked slightly displeased.

Upon hearing this, Chen Guanlou rolled his eyes to the heavens. "Tell the truth? How exactly are you going to tell the truth? Where is your brain? Bai Yushu, is this how you've been advising them?" ===== CHAPTER 1234 =====