"Are you saying my sister isn't even qualified to recruit someone as a personal attendant?" Qin Zijing's expression turned icy, causing Lin's mother to take a few steps back. "It seems you really don't understand the current situation."

"My lord, she's mentally ill. Let alone her daughter, it would be a blessing from Miss Bai to let her whole family die." Pan Sheng immediately stepped forward to plead with Qin Zijing.

“I know what you’re afraid of,” Qin Zijing looked at the group like a lion toying with its prey. “The people of that village attacked Bai Yueyue, the mayor’s adopted daughter. According to the imperial law, everyone in that village must be executed.”

"Wait, sir! It was the village chief who attacked Miss Bai. It has nothing to do with us! We did not attack Miss Bai!" Lin's father was also frightened. He could tell that Qin Zijing was serious.

"Your defense is meaningless. If anyone attacks the mayor's family, including his adopted daughter, then his entire lineage and everyone in the area must be executed." Qin Zijing's words were like a death warrant, causing Pan Sheng, who knew the family best, to faint from fright.

Bai Yueyue was very glad she hadn't drunk the tea, otherwise she would have spat it out. She now realized that Hu Meier's earlier statement about killing them all wasn't a joke, but the truth.

Qin Zijing felt that it was convenient not to involve the mayors and their families from other higher-level cities; all that was needed was to kill them all, without the need for negotiations, meetings, or even alarming the imperial family.

No, Brother Qin Zijin, Godfather, and the Imperial Clan, are you all really that terrifying?