Watching the two constables leave, leaving only himself in the cell besides the prisoners, Jing Zhe smiled with relief.

Turning his head and glancing around, he discovered that the cell where Master Kongjing and the others were being held was in the corner diagonally opposite. Although it was some distance away, it wasn't far.

So Jing Zhe prepared to go.

"stop."

He had only taken two steps when the bald man spoke.

Jing Zhe stopped and looked at him with some confusion.

"Kid, who are you?"

The bald man didn't hear Jing Zhe's conversation with Prefect Xu and the others very clearly because their voices weren't very loud. He could vaguely hear Prefect Xu and the others calling Jing Zhe "President Jing," but the bald man had been imprisoned for a long time, and this place was far away in Jiangling. He had never heard of the Da'an Newspaper, let alone President Jing.

I thought it was just a name.

However, both the constable and Magistrate Xu were very polite to the young man in front of them, who was called "Chief Jing". The bald man wondered if this young man was a young master from some family.

So I'm going to ask and see if I can get anything out of it.

Jing Zhe stopped, glanced at him, and said, "Who I am is none of your business."

"..."

Despite his seemingly harmless appearance, he spoke even more rudely than he had, leaving the bald man stunned.

After realizing what had happened, he instantly flew into a rage.

"You bastard! Do you even know who I am? How dare you talk to me like that?"

"Do you even know who I am? How dare you talk to me like that?"

"..."

The bald man was panting heavily. In all these years, no one had dared to speak to him like that, because those who did had all died tragically!

The prisoners in the adjacent cells watched this scene with bated breath. They had experienced the bald man's methods before, and they all felt that Jing Zhe must be tired of living.

"Kid, do you think I can't do anything to you because I can't get out? Believe me, even if I don't get out, I still have countless ways to make you suffer?"

The bald man said with a cold laugh.

The prisoners in the cell believed him without a doubt.

The prisoners who shared a cell with Baldy had long been either beaten into submission or killed by him. Later, the constables had to give Baldy a separate cell, but not being locked up with Baldy didn't necessarily mean that they would be at peace.

Some people thought that if they didn't lock him up with them, they could scold him a few times and he wouldn't be able to do anything about it. But a few days later, that prisoner learned that his family had been murdered outside. At that time, all the prisoners learned about the bald man's methods. This is why he was sentenced to death, but the government never dared to kill him!

So when they heard this, most of the prisoners felt that Jing Zhe was in grave danger this time!

To everyone's surprise, Jing Zhe shook his head innocently: "I don't believe it."

"..."

The bald man's eyes were bloodshot, and he was breathing heavily. He was truly enraged this time. He stared at Jing Zhe and said, word by word, "You deserve to die, everyone around you deserves to die, everyone will die!"

Jing Zhe stared back at him, calmly saying, "Is this your reason for killing people? Everyone who offends you, and the innocent people around them, will also suffer your wrath, right? Whether she's a woman or a baby less than a month old, right?"

"Yeah, you're scared, aren't you?"

The bald man, far from being ashamed, was actually proud and sneered, "Telling you is too late! It doesn't matter if you don't tell me who you are, because I'll have people find out who you are, who your relatives are, and then I'll have people kill you all—of course, the men will be killed outright, and as for the women, I'll have my brothers play with them until they die!"

"You do this kind of thing often, don't you?"

At this moment, the bald man was already excited. He thought Jing Zhe was scared, so he didn't notice Jing Zhe's bloodthirsty eyes and his completely cold tone.

"Yes, we do it all the time. You're so young, you're probably already married, aren't you? That's for the best. I'll have my brothers play with your wife until she dies, and then kill them all in front of you!"

Jing Zhe took a deep breath and stared at him, saying:

"So, you deserve to die."

"What did you say?"

The bald man was somewhat surprised, then burst into laughter: "Did I hear that right? You want to kill me?"

In his observation, Jing Zhe had a delicate face and a slender build, dressed like a scholar. How could he be the kind of person who would kill someone? He could kill several scholars like that by himself!

"It's only because I'm locked up in jail that I'm doing this; otherwise, I would have killed you with my own hands!"

"Smack!"

As soon as the bald man finished speaking, the lock on the cell door clicked shut. The bald man saw a flash of white light, and when he looked at the cell door again, he saw the chain connecting it to the lock…

It actually broke!

He immediately looked at Jing Zhe's hand and found that he was holding a sharp, golden blade.

Is this... a trained martial artist?

This is what the bald man is thinking right now.

Although the locks in this prison were quite old, the iron chains were exceptionally thick. Even if he were given a large axe, let alone a dagger, the bald man wouldn't be confident in breaking them.

But the boy in front of her only raised his hand slightly, and the iron chain broke, which shows that he is a trained fighter!

The bald man panicked for a moment…

At this moment, Jing Zhe had already walked into the bald man's cell under the watchful eyes of all the prisoners, and closed the cell door behind him.

"I'm in, kill me."

"..."

The bald man looked at Jing Zhe as if facing a formidable enemy, then glanced at the sharp dagger in his hand, but did not move.

Are you kidding me?

With a sharp blade in his hand and himself unarmed, how could he dare to make the first move without knowing his opponent's skill level?

Jing Zhe caught his gaze and said, "Oh, you think it's unfair that I'm carrying a weapon, right?"

With that, Jing Zhe put the Emperor's Sword back.

However, the bald man still didn't make a move; instead, he cautiously took a few steps back.

Seeing this, Jing Zhe sneered, "I thought you were some tough guy, but you're just a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong? You only dare to kill women and children, and you become such a coward when you encounter a man? Who are you trying to fool?"

These words were an instant slap in the face to the bald man, especially in front of all the prisoners. These people were usually terrified of him, but now they watched him being humiliated like this. Even though the bald man was wary of Jing Zhe's mysterious nature, his anger flared up.

"Kid, do you really want to die?"

"Then let's see if you have the ability."

"court death!"

When anger reaches a certain level, it completely overshadows fear. So after shouting those two words, the bald man raised his fist and charged directly at Jing Zhe.

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