Chapter 534: I Not Only Want to Kill Him, I Also Want to Kill You

"Lord Shen, you!"

Clutching a wine cup in his hand, his fingers turned white from the force; despite being furious, He Yuan had to appear extremely calm at this moment.

If this had happened in the past, anyone who dared to give him such a cold shoulder would have long been dragged out, hacked to pieces, and fed to the dogs.

But facing Shen Yu, he dared not, and he didn't even dare to speak a single harsh word.

Taking a deep breath and forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, He Yuan's face turned to reveal a naive and endearing expression once again.

"Lord Shen, this must be a misunderstanding, it is absolutely a slander! Just now, Lord Wu also said that it was done by those jianghu travelers."

"These jianghu people do not respect the king's law and act recklessly. They have harmed so many innocent young girls, which truly makes this official's heart ache!"

The expression of heartache came on cue; in the blink of an eye, He Yuan's face was filled with grief and indignation, as if he were at odds with those people.

"Over these years, this official has also sent troops to surround and suppress them many times, but all returned without success. This official has failed the people of Xichuan, and failed those innocent young girls who were harmed!"

"Lord He, at this point, is there any point in pretending?"

"Lord Shen, every word this official says is true. This matter has nothing to do with my son; if you don't believe me, Lord Shen, you can go and investigate!"

"But Young Master He has already confessed!" Suddenly, a voice came from outside. Immediately after, Liang Ruyue pushed the door and entered.

Walking up to Shen Yu, Liang Ruyue handed over a stack of depositions directly, "My Lord, this is He Shaoxiu's confession!"

"You bastard, he deserves to be hacked into a thousand pieces!" Flipping through the items in his hand, Shen Yu was furious.

The matters stated in the confession were all shocking; it turned out that this Young Master He had such a hobby since he was a youth, and he particularly liked to torture young girls.

At first, it was just torture, but later he became obsessed with torturing them to death directly.

Moreover, such a hobby intensified; from torturing one person to death every month or two, it eventually became one every few days, and sometimes even several in a single day.

The methods of torture were also bizarre; whatever came to mind, he would experiment on those poor girls to obtain that perverted pleasure.

Not only did he do it himself, but he also dragged others to do it with him, under the high-sounding excuse that the law cannot punish the masses.

In fact, he succeeded; indeed, the law could not punish the masses. He Shaoxiu was the only son of the Governor, and those who hung around with him were all either rich or noble.

It could be said that the children of the families present were all more or less involved. Some might have been forced by circumstances, while others might have already become addicted to it.

So many young girls had gone missing among the common people, and there was much criticism among the populace. The reason this matter escalated was not that these people didn't want to suppress it, but that they couldn't suppress it at all, because too many people had been lost.

These people had no choice but to find some random bandits to fool the public.

However, the addicted He Shaoxiu would not restrain himself and only became more unscrupulous. More young girls went missing, and the matter could not be suppressed again, so they found others to fool the public again.

This cycle of deception repeated; some things can be done once or twice but not three or four times. Did they really think the common people were fools who could be deceived like this?

But no matter how much the common people complained, it was useless, because the one doing this was the Governor's son, and no one dared to interfere. Moreover, their own families were involved, so they dared to interfere even less.

Just as Shen Yu had expected, it was precisely because he was coming to Xichuan to replace He Yuan as Governor that He Shaoxiu was severely reprimanded by He Yuan not to do it again, and he helped him tie up the loose ends of those matters.

But He Shaoxiu really couldn't help himself and could only go to the Brothel. In their eyes, the women in the Brothel were just there to be beaten or killed at their whim.

Regarding this, He Yuan also just turned a blind eye; he clearly knew, yet he said nothing!

"Impossible!" Slapping the table, He Yuan could not stand the gazes cast from all around, stood up directly, and glared at Liang Ruyue.

Facing Shen Yu, he dared not be presumptuous, but facing a Black-Clad Guard, he, a dignified high-ranking official of the imperial court, did not feel intimidated in the slightest.

"My son has never done such things; it must be you Black-Clad Guards abusing your power and using torture to extract a confession!"

Facing He Yuan's questioning, Liang Ruyue just smiled lightly and then said indifferently, "Does Lord He not understand his own son well enough?"

"Lord He, before we even started using torture, your son had already confessed everything in detail."

"If you don't believe me, I have already brought your son here; you can see for yourself!"

"You!" Hearing this, He Yuan was completely panicked. As a Governor of a region, he had long heard of Shen Yu's temper.

Didn't he know what kind of character his own son had? If he were brought up here, how could he survive?

"Since you've brought him, then bring him up!"

"Yes, My Lord!" Giving He Yuan a deep look, Liang Ruyue turned and left, and in a short while, he brought He Shaoxiu up.

"Let me go, do you know who I am? My father is the Xichuan Governor!"

When He Shaoxiu was brought up, he was still arrogant and domineering, not taking anyone into his eyes at all.

When he saw He Yuan sitting there, he acted as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and his demeanor became even more arrogant.

"Father, hurry and take them down! They actually dared to tie me up, kill them all!"

"Lord He, your son is quite arrogant. Is this the gentle and refined person Lord He spoke of? Lord He, are you blind!"

"This, this... you unfilial son, kneel down!"

"Hey, Lord He, don't be in such a hurry!" Pressing He Yuan aside, Shen Yu picked up his deposition and walked forward.

"Young Master He, I am a colleague of your father, and I would never harm you without reason. Tell me, is this deposition of yours true?"

"This, I..." Looking at his father, He Shaoxiu, though arrogant, was not stupid, and he immediately realized something was wrong.

The reason he had been tricked by a few words earlier was that he hadn't expected anyone to actually dare to lay a hand on him, the Governor's son; he had been completely off guard.

Just after he had finished showing off and talking about his glorious deeds, these people immediately changed their faces, tied him up tightly, and made him sign and press his thumbprint while he was still confused.

Now he made up his mind not to speak; he believed that as long as he didn't talk nonsense, his father was fully capable of rescuing him.

But just as he wanted to open his mouth to refute and deny, he felt a wave of dizziness in his brain, and his vision became blurred.

Immediately after, some words blurted out from his mouth.

"Yes, I did all of these. Those lowly commoners had bodies that were too weak; they couldn't last long before dying."

"The jianghu heroines I met before were better; they could be tormented for ten days or half a month."

"It's a pity that those people around me are a bunch of trash. I told them to go catch some heroines, but they only brought some ordinary people to fool me!"

"Good, Young Master He, you really know how to play. Does your father know about these things?"

"He knows, how could he not know? But he only has me as a son; even if he knows, what can he do? He still has to clean up my mess."

"He even told me to restrain myself. What is there to restrain? He is the Governor, and I am the Governor's son. Below one person, above ten thousand; who can do anything to me!"

"Xiu'er!" Hearing this, He Yuan's face turned pale instantly. He didn't know what was wrong with his son today. Although he was arrogant before, he wasn't stupid.

"Liang Ruyue, the blade!"

"My lord!" Hearing Shen Yu's words, Liang Ruyue hurriedly handed over the blade in his hand. Shen Yu raised the blade, preparing to strike down immediately.

At this moment, He Shaoxiu's eyes had regained their reason, and he saw the blade raised in Shen Yu's hand right before him.

"Father, save me, Father!"

"Lord Shen, could you spare my son this once!"

"I apologize, I cannot. The matter has been investigated, and He Shaoxiu has already confessed. Having caused the deaths of so many people, your son's crimes cannot be redeemed even by a hundred deaths!"

The blade fell, bringing up a spray of blood. Shen Yu looked at him with a face full of disgust, "Death is not enough to atone for your crimes; it is truly letting you off too easily. You deserve to be sliced a thousand times!"

"Xiu'er!" Watching his only son die before his eyes, a heart-wrenching pain surged into his heart, causing He Yuan to completely lose his final shred of reason.

"Shen Yu, those lowly commoners are nothing but a group of ants. Even if they gather to cause trouble, they are merely a swarm of ants that can be wiped out in an instant."

"Even if they are killed outright, it is no different from mowing grass; it grows back every year without end. What does it matter?"

"You actually killed my son because of this; I will fight you to the death!"

"Based on what? Who do you think you are! Not only will I kill him, I will also kill you, you good-for-nothing scoundrel who occupies a position without doing any work!"