Chapter 286: Coming for the Marquis's Wife

"Shen Yu, do you dare?"

Facing Shen Yu's undisguised killing intent, Mou Qing was truly panicked; usually, he thought he was domineering enough, but he hadn't expected to encounter someone even more domineering than himself.

Killing without evidence, without reason, killing whenever he pleased, just like some wild martial artist.

Many years ago, he managed the Ministry of Revenue, working diligently and painstakingly for so many years to maintain the imperial court's finances, ensuring everyone had money to spend—was it easy for him?

At most, he just skimmed a little bit from those flowing funds as a service fee to reward himself; what was wrong with that? Wasn't that a matter of course? What was incorrect about it?

He was only taking what he deserved; it wasn't as if he were the only one taking—everyone was taking!

"Lord Shen, I am a dignified Changguan Hou, a First-Rank Marquis of the imperial court. If you kill me without evidence, where do you place the national law? Where do you place the imperial court!"

"If this continues, and everyone learns from you to ignore the national law and kill at will, wouldn't this world fall into chaos?"

Forcibly suppressing the fear in his heart, Mou Qing roared righteously. He had said such impassioned words years ago when facing Chen Xing.

Their Lord Chen Xing also bought into this; facing someone like him who gave no opening, even if Chen Xing had anger, he had to swallow it.

To arrest a First-Rank Marquis without evidence—such an act of trampling on national law was something they, who prided themselves on being upright, would not do.

Shen Yu was the same kind of person as their Lord Chen Xing; he believed the other party would at least have to show some restraint.

But in reality, he had bet wrong; Shen Yu did not care at all.

Until the long sword slashed across his neck, Mou Qing wore a look of disbelief. He had not expected that Shen Yu would really kill him; was he not afraid of the wagging tongues of the masses?

Wiping the blood from his sword, Shen Yu then looked at the crowd who were completely terrified, a curve forming at the corner of his mouth.

Originally, he had only intended to kill Mou Qing, but he hadn't expected there to be so many corrupt officials present; it would be a waste not to kill those who delivered themselves to his doorstep.

Probing his Mental Power into their minds, their deeds appeared before his eyes one by one, and then Shen Yu became even more amused.

This bunch of bastards, every single one of them, there wasn't a good person among them, so there was no fear of killing the wrong ones.

It stood to reason; if they had even a shred of a bottom line, they wouldn't be eagerly coming to kiss the feet of someone like Mou Qing, whom they knew to be a corrupt official.

As for what Mou Qing said about fearing that others would learn from them to kill indiscriminately without evidence, Shen Yu was not worried at all.

In this high-martial World, to be honest, there are many who perform chivalrous acts and use officials as stepping stones every year; which of them ever cared about evidence?

Sometimes, national law is just there to restrict honest people. Honest people won't do this unless it's a last resort, but dishonest people will do it no matter how much they are restricted.

As for the precedent he set, if anyone learns from him to kill the innocent without evidence, he will go and kill them; he doesn't believe these martial artists aren't afraid.

The way to solve problems is just that simple: kill to intimidate. I can do it, but you can't. It's just "only the magistrate can set fires while the commoners are forbidden to light lamps"—what can you do about it? If you have an opinion, keep it to yourself!

"Lord Shen, we really have nothing to do with the Changguan Hou—no, with Mou Qing!"

Seeing Shen Yu reveal killing intent toward them, the group was completely panicked. They hadn't expected that before they could even latch onto a powerful backer, the leg was already gone, and they had provoked such a master.

Their hearts were filled with bitterness; they truly had words they couldn't speak, and now they just wanted to leave safely.

"That's right, Lord Shen, there is no relationship between us; you must investigate thoroughly. The only reason we came is entirely because Mou Qing is the Changguan Hou, and we couldn't refuse!"

"This man Mou Qing is insatiably greedy, a major corrupt official; Lord Shen, well killed!"

Facing such a panicked group, Shen Yu kept looking at them expressionlessly, and in the end, he pointed his sword directly at them.

"Are you done? If you're done, then it's time to hit the road!"

"You, run!" Seeing that Shen Yu was about to strike, the group immediately scattered like birds and beasts, crazily trying to escape.

But a streak of Sword Qi swept past, piercing directly through them, and a sheet of blood splattered inside the room.

If you were just corrupt officials, that would be one thing; having some bottom line would be fine, but one by one, they didn't even have a bottom line.

Deceiving superiors and deluding subordinates, engaging in graft and breaking the law, only knowing how to bully the good and squeeze the common people—whenever he encountered such people, he had to kill them!

Walking with large strides toward the outside, at this moment the Huwe of the Changguan Hou Mansion had already rushed over, and countless experts surrounded Shen Yu.

"Marquis, Marquis!"

"No need to shout, the person is already dead!"

"What?" Hearing Shen Yu admit it directly without any pretense, the group of Huwe immediately tightened their grip on their blades; it had been a long time since they had seen someone so arrogant.

"Audacious! Who are you to dare assassinate the Marquis?"

"Assassinate? You think too highly of him; I killed him openly and honestly!"

"You!" The group of Huwe only surrounded Shen Yu but did not immediately make a move; even if Shen Yu said he had killed the Marquis, without seeing the body, they could not be certain of the Marquis's Life and Death.

Moreover, the person before them was unfathomable; the Marquis was not someone without the strength to truss a chicken, and his family's inherited martial arts were superb, yet no sounds of fighting had come from inside.

If the dancing girls hadn't fled the room in a panic just now, screaming as they ran, they wouldn't even have known what was happening here.

The Marquis was hosting guests, and all the Huwe had temporarily withdrawn. These guests, including the Marquis himself, were experts; ordinary people couldn't get close, and they didn't need guarding.

"He is Shen Yu!" At this moment, someone among the Huwe recognized Shen Yu and exclaimed in shock.

"Shen Yu!" Shuddering in fear, the weapon in their hand almost fell to the ground. No wonder the Marquis didn't even struggle; it turned out he was facing Shen Yu.

"All stop, withdraw, all withdraw!" At this moment, some of the elders of the Hou Mansion had arrived and immediately ordered everyone to withdraw.

Since Mou Qing was dead, he was dead; these ignorant Huwe were pointing their blades at Shen Yu—was that someone their family could afford to offend?

If it were an ordinary person who killed their Marquis in broad daylight, such an act would be no different from slapping their faces, and their Hou Mansion naturally wouldn't let it rest.

But that was Shen Yu, the merciless Shen Yu who gave no one face when he killed.

Whether one person dies or the whole family dies depends on whether the other party is in a good mood.

"Lord Shen, since it was Lord Shen who acted, it proves that the Marquis had reasons to die. Our Hou Mansion has always been impartial; even if it is the Marquis, since he violated national law and harmed the common people, then he deserved to die!"

"Heh!" Sneering, they suddenly appeared so righteous and virtuous. Those who didn't know might really think they were destroying their own kin for the sake of justice and were truly great.

When Mou Qing was insatiably greedy and using money obtained through graft for your enjoyment, why didn't you have any objections?

Forget it, Shen Yu didn't have time to chat with them. Since he had acted, it proved that everyone knew his attitude, and the problems within the Changguan Hou Mansion would naturally be handled by others.

When the time comes, anyone in the Hou Mansion with any stain will be arrested.

He killed the Changguan Hou, which instead forced the imperial court to deal with these people in the Changguan Hou Mansion to give him an explanation. In a high-martial World, one person can suppress a nation; sometimes it is just that unreasonable.

"Next, Minister of Rites Chen Wenyue!" His figure vanished directly from the Hou Mansion, and the next moment Shen Yu headed straight for where Chen Wenyue was.

Every one of those on the list Liang Ruyue gave him was a person of high position and great power. The greater their power, the greater the harm they caused.

Only if they die can more people live well!