Chapter 194: What If I Killed Them?

Jin Feihai was startled upon hearing this.

How could this be? How did this matter actually involve him? He had thought that by coming here, he was merely going through the motions and watching a show, but he never expected the fire to burn him.

This matter actually had to do with Ma Suxuan?

"Grand Division Chief, actually..."

He braced himself and stepped out from the crowd, wanting to explain.

"I don't want to hear your explanation; I only want to ask you what exactly happened during this time? Tell me clearly and honestly!" Xuan Dao's expression was icy.

He had long known that Jin Feihai and Ma Suxuan were on very bad terms.

But he had not expected that this Jin Feihai would be so bold as to take advantage of his seclusion to attack Ma Suxuan, frame her with such a charge, and even cause him to provoke a mysterious powerhouse for no reason.

Jin Feihai gritted his teeth.

He knew that he absolutely could not tell the truth, otherwise he would surely be beaten to death on the spot by the furious Grand Division Chief; lying might allow him to live a little longer, so he still insisted that Ma Suxuan had performed a Blood Sacrifice on a county.

The wanted poster he had issued could not possibly be wrong!

Xuan Dao sneered upon hearing this; who was he trying to fool?

"I am asking you, where is Ma Suxuan being held now!"

Jin Feihai was silent for a moment upon hearing this, then spoke.

"In the Heavenly Prison."

Xuan Dao was suddenly enraged upon hearing this; he pressed his large hand directly onto Jin Feihai's shoulder, and as an infinite, immense force pressed down, one could only hear the sound of Jin Feihai's bones cracking, his body sinking a head shorter and embedding into the ground.

It was fortunate that this Bell Tower was of good quality, otherwise it would have collapsed by now.

"Jin Feihai, is this how you treat your comrade, locking her directly into the Heavenly Prison? You truly have great audacity! You truly have great official authority; do you want to take over this Grand Division Chief position for yourself?"

Jin Feihai endured the pain in his body, his expression unchanged.

"This subordinate is also acting according to the law."

He believed that he had covered his tracks very cleanly; even if Xuan Dao investigated carefully, he would absolutely find no evidence pointing to him, so he refused to admit it, gambling that Xuan Dao would not beat him to death on the spot.

Xuan Dao's aura calmed down, and he furrowed his brows.

Then he turned his head to look at Li Heng.

"I wonder what your relationship with Ma Suxuan is..."

"An old friend of hers," Li Heng smiled slightly.

Xuan Dao suddenly realized upon hearing this; so that was it.

"How about this, I will release Ma Suxuan immediately. I know her character; she would absolutely never do such a thing. Someone is definitely framing her!" He looked coldly at Jin Feihai.

"I wonder what you think of this, Excellency?"

Regardless of whether this matter had anything to do with Jin Feihai, Xuan Dao currently had a very low opinion of him. After all, if not for this matter, the Jinhua Bell would not have fallen into the hands of others.

"How you deal with it is your business."

"I have only come to seek justice," Li Heng replied with a smile.

Xuan Dao frowned upon hearing this; there was more to these words than met the ear.

"If I release Ma Suxuan and lift the wanted order against you all, I presume this grievance will be resolved, right?" he said, testing the waters.

Li Heng shook his head slightly upon hearing this.

"Aside from these matters, there are other things to be done." He looked at the silent Jin Feihai, causing Xuan Dao to knit his brows tightly.

After a long while, Xuan Dao spoke.

"This matter is quite strange; there is currently no evidence pointing to Jin Feihai. How about I investigate it after this and then deal with Jin Feihai?" He really did not want to provoke Li Heng, so he proposed this.

As the Grand Division Chief of the Jinhua City Demon Suppression Division.

He could not follow Li Heng's words one hundred percent.

Otherwise, what would become of his dignity as Grand Division Chief?

Jin Feihai sneered inwardly upon hearing this, knowing that his life was no longer in danger. No matter how much Xuan Dao investigated, he would not find evidence pointing to him; at most, it would be mere hearsay.

Moreover, this old friend of Ma Suxuan was also quite unwise; to dare to say such things in front of so many people and threaten Xuan Dao had already caused Xuan Dao to be displeased.

Before, he might have investigated with all his might.

But now, he would likely just be going through the motions.

"Hehe, what a fine show this is."

At this moment, a Second Heaven expert in the crowd suddenly spoke, causing everyone to be stunned and cast their gazes over. It turned out to be a Wang Family Second Heaven named Wang Huanian.

Everyone was somewhat confused; what did this have to do with the Wang Family?

"Since you helped me injure a Ye Family Second Heaven, then my Wang Family can reveal a piece of information to you. Back then, this Division Chief Jin Feihai sent people over to ask my Wang Family to put in a good word."

"Guess what those words were?" Wang Huanian gave a Weird smile.

Jin Feihai's expression changed upon hearing this, and he spoke abruptly.

"Wang Huanian, your Wang Family must not speak nonsense! This official upholds the principles of openness and fairness in establishing a case to investigate Ma Suxuan; everything is in accordance with regulations. How can I allow you to spout nonsense here?"

He cursed inwardly, what was this Wang Family trying to do?

They took the benefits before, and now they were turning their backs?

"Tsk tsk, why is Division Chief Jin in such a hurry? I haven't even said what the words were yet," Wang Huanian chuckled, as if he had said nothing, yet as if he had said everything.

"Grand Division Chief, these words are merely hearsay."

Jin Feihai's expression was ugly as he bowed to Xuan Dao.

Seeing this, Wang Huanian stopped speaking and watched this show with a smile. The reason he spoke up about this matter was naturally not because Li Heng had injured a Ye Family Second Heaven, and he was thus returning the favor.

Rather, he wanted to use this matter to force Xuan Dao to fight Li Heng.

From that, he could deduce Li Heng's strength.

In this way, it would be easier to carry out the subsequent plans.

As expected, Xuan Dao's expression became extremely unsightly.

Originally, he was sixty percent suspicious that Jin Feihai had done it, but now, after Wang Huanian's words, it had soared to eighty percent, just a hair's breadth away from being a certainty.

In truth, whether Jin Feihai had done this or not, his original intention was to temporarily smooth things over and deal with it later.

But now, after these words.

It left him in a bit of a dilemma.

If he dealt with Jin Feihai now, it would seem like he was rashly listening to others without having a mind of his own. But if he didn't deal with Jin Feihai, these words were enough to prove that Jin Feihai absolutely had a problem.

Not dealing with it now would embolden Jin Feihai's arrogance and might also make this mysterious powerhouse before him feel that he was shielding Jin Feihai, thereby fostering a grudge.

He cursed inwardly, damn it, these damned noble families.

Wanting me so badly to fight with this mysterious powerhouse.

Why don't you go up yourselves?

Naturally, he was no fool; he understood what the purpose of Wang Huanian's words was in fanning the flames.

Especially with Ye Zhangfeng of the Ye Family lying unconscious on the ground; it was clear that a conflict had broken out between the two sides before he arrived, and the strength of this old friend of Ma Suxuan had intimidated everyone.

That was why they wanted to choose a strong scapegoat to test the waters.

He remained silent for a long time, then sighed up at the sky.

"What a farce. What is your opinion?"

Xuan Dao spoke up, his gaze burning as he looked at Li Heng.

This person was no fool either and should understand what the current situation was; if both sides fought, it would certainly let these noble family Second Heaven experts watch a good show and reap the benefits.

"You ask for my opinion? That is simple enough."

"I will help you kill this Jin Feihai, how about that?" Li Heng seemed unable to read the room, his words shocking, and he smiled slightly.

Sure enough, once these words were out, everyone's expressions changed abruptly; they never expected this person to be so murderous. Just because he was on a wanted list and hadn't suffered any other losses, he wanted to kill Jin Feihai directly.

Where did this ruthless person come from!

Jin Feihai's expression turned cold.

"You want to kill me? I am a Division Chief of the Demon Suppression Division at the commandery level! If you have an official position and want to kill me, you must report it to His Majesty for his review. If you have no official position and are just a loafer, who exactly are you? Are you trying to kill an official and rebel?"

He directly slapped a massive label on Li Heng.

He was an official of the imperial court; was he someone who could be killed just because someone wanted to?

What a joke!

"Do you think I dare not kill you?"

Li Heng smiled slightly.

Although the words were brief, they were filled with a bone-chilling murderous intent, causing everyone present to feel a coldness in their hearts, as if they felt this person before them could truly do such a thing.

But doing so would be going against Great Li and going against the imperial court!

Is this person a madman?

"Watch your words. Jin Feihai is, after all, a Division Chief of the Demon Suppression Division. Even if he truly has faults, he should be dealt with according to the Great Li Law."

At this moment, Xuan Dao also had to speak up to state his position.

He had wanted to smooth things over, but the attitude of this old friend of Ma Suxuan was truly too overbearing, giving him no chance to choose, and he had to speak up for Jin Feihai.

If he really let Jin Feihai die in front of him.

Where would he, this Grand Division Chief, put his face?

"How does he have no faults? To benefit himself, he framed colleagues and concealed information about Bei'an County and Beiguo County, leading to half the people in Bei'an County dying and suffering a heavy blow, while Beiguo County was completely wiped out."

"All of this, all of it, is credited to Grand Division Chief Jin."

Li Heng said in an amused tone.

"Tell me, is this kind of crime worth his death?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Feihai's expression changed, and he spoke angrily.

"You are slandering me!"

If these charges were truly substantiated, he would lose a layer of skin even if he didn't die.

After all, he was not a noble family with some kind of immunity token.

Xuan Dao remained silent upon hearing this.

"Even so, it must be investigated first."

He continued to emphasize this point.

As an official, one must uphold procedural justice. If the procedure were broken, then it would truly be a case of knights using martial arts to violate the law, leading to chaos where anyone could claim to act on behalf of heaven.

"Boring." Li Heng shook his head.

Still investigating? With Jin Feihai's attitude, nothing would be found; he estimated that all traces had been wiped clean, which was exactly what Jin Feihai wanted, and there was nothing he could do about it.

In this way.

Procedural justice instead protected the criminal.

Of course, from the big picture, even so, procedural justice could not be broken for individual cases, otherwise, the disaster would be nationwide. After all, the law does not uphold justice, but order.

But he couldn't be bothered with these things.

He was not a person of this world.

The order of Great Li had little binding force on him.

Evil Demons and the Outer Path, if they violate my values and my heart, I kill them all!

I, this good person, kill when I should kill; who can stop me?

And so, Li Heng raised his finger.

Amidst the suspicious gazes of the crowd, a burst of Qi energy erupted, tearing through the air, crossing the space, and reaching the center of Jin Feihai's brow with lightning speed.

Jin Feihai did not react in time.

However, a golden protective barrier rose from his body, clearly his defensive measure. But the Qi force directly smashed this barrier to pieces, instantly tore through his flesh and blood, and sank into the center of his brow.

His entire skull was pierced through.

His body stiffened, and finally he collapsed powerlessly to the ground, with no further sound.

Under the gaze of all the Second Heaven experts, Jin Feihai died.