Chapter 312: Redress

Chen Shiyi stood up and walked towards him step by step.

"Master Zhang, you are too conceited. You think I am just a little girl and never take me seriously. You condescended to come to see me today just to exert your pressure and make me withdraw the bounty order to avoid further trouble. But you don't think about it. I am a woman, but I can build a business in Daye and accumulate so much wealth. Can you get rid of me with just a few words?"

“You, you…”

He was breathing heavily.

"You are speechless now, right? This poison is called Soul-Severing Powder. It will first make you speechless, then your eyes will gradually become blind, your ears will also become deaf, but you will be able to feel the pain of your whole body being torn apart, making your life worse than death."

Chen Shiyi smiled.

"The people behind you are probably infected too, and they haven't come out yet. Oh, I forgot, you have a large group of people coming, I have to leave quickly."

After saying that, she couldn't help but punch Master Zhang a few times.

"You old thing, you dare to turn your face to my husband. I'm in so much pain, you old bastard."

The other guards who were standing not far away saw that something was wrong and rushed over at full speed.

Upon seeing this, Chen Shiyi pulled out the dagger hidden behind his shoe, quickly grabbed Master Zhang, held her in front of him, and placed the dagger on Master Zhang's neck.

"If you come again, I will kill him."

Chen Shiyi slowly moved his body and retreated to the side where they were not surrounded.

Behind him, a freezing wind swept up from the abyss, and Chen Shiyi shivered with cold.

"There is a cliff behind you. You have no way to retreat. Release the master quickly."

She sneered.

Cliff?

"Master Zhang, I want to stay alive. I would like to borrow your body."

After saying that, he jumped off the cliff with Master Zhang.

When Pei Luoshu heard Yue Zhi tell him that Chen Shiyi was missing, he almost went crazy.

"I asked you to add several layers of guards, why did you still let someone take her away? If anything happens to her, I will make sure you are all buried with her."

He calmed down and pointed at Yue Zhi and said.

"Quick, add more people, and bring her back unharmed."

Having said this, he mounted his horse and galloped towards the outskirts of Beijing.

All night long, the entire capital was in chaos, with soldiers coming and going everywhere, as if something big had happened.

Yue Zhi reported this to Pei Luoshu.

"Your Majesty, there are traces of Zhang Taifu's guards on Lubei Mountain. I sent people to investigate. There are fresh traces of people walking on the top of Lubei Mountain, but the traces disappeared at the edge of the cliff."

Pei Luo, who was riding on a horse, raised his hands to suppress the panic in his chest and took a deep breath.

"Quick, go find someone. Search the mountain inch by inch for me."

"yes."

Pei Luoshu followed them as they ran across the Lubei Mountain in the night, hoping to go faster and faster, hoping that nothing would happen.

On the top of the mountain, those messy footprints are well preserved.

He took advantage of the firelight to examine it carefully, then followed the footprints and walked forward. On the edge of the cliff of the octagonal pavilion, he saw a pair of slightly smaller feet, the front feet of which had disappeared.

His hands were shaking slightly, but he tried to calm himself down as he gave the order.

"Go search down there, and make sure to find the person for me, quickly..."

A large number of soldiers and soilders swarmed down.

The mountain is full of rugged sloping mountains, and further up the mountain, it becomes steep and straight, and further down, there is a rushing stream.

They searched inch by inch along the entire river bank.

However, there was no harvest for a long time.

Pei Luoshu stood by the river with a pale face.

As dawn approached, a soldier came running and knelt to report.

"Your Majesty, there is news about the Queen."

Pei Luoshu's stunned expression finally eased.

"Where is she?"

The soldier hesitated for a moment and said respectfully.

"She is in the western suburbs of Kyoto."

Pei Luoshu finally felt relieved.

"Okay, I'm glad you're alright."

The soldier added another sentence.

"Your Majesty, not only is the Queen in the western suburbs of Kyoto, but also Master Zhang. The Queen has killed Master Zhang. You should go and see for yourself."

"What?"

Kyoto, western suburbs, Hengning Street.

The sky was gloomy and gray, and pedestrians were hurrying on the street. Some shops that got up early to make a living should have been open, but this morning, they only took down a piece of the shop door in twos and threes, muttering with their heads down, and showing uneasy looks from time to time.

The cold wind blew the white paper on the ground, and the ink was clearly visible on the paper.

The literate one picked up one, his face suddenly turned pale, and he looked up.

White papers were flying all over the sky, covering the entire Hengning Street.

At the end of the street, there was a big locust tree, on which a man in black was hanging with a thin rope. Underneath was a young man in blue clothes. His clothes were completely wet, with blood spilling out in several places. His headband hung on his shoulders, making him look very decadent. He held a dagger in his right hand, and his face was pale, but calm and resolute. He stood there blankly, not moving at all.

More and more people gathered around, and everyone was talking about the thing on the paper.

"It's written above that Mr. Situ was wronged..."

"Also, and also, it's the crime of Master Zhang's family..."

"How heartless! All the disaster relief funds were embezzled by the Zhang family."

"That person hanging there, could it be Master Zhang?"

"It's a good death, it makes people happy..."

In the crowd, just like that, you said it and I listened, I don’t know how long it was passed around.

Suddenly, a group of soldiers surrounded them.

"Move aside, move aside, Jingzhao Prefecture clerk."

With just these words, the crowd on the street, which had been bustling just a moment ago, scattered in all directions like birds and beasts.

A man in black armor looked Chen Shiyi up and down, then looked at Master Zhang who was hanging dead on the tree, and waved to the people behind him expressionlessly.

"Take this man away."

When Pei Luoshu rushed over from the foot of Lubei Mountain, Chen Shiyi had already been taken to Jingzhao Prefecture and imprisoned in the government jail.

She killed Master Zhang and hung his body on a locust tree.

After hearing this, Pei Luoshu felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Outside the government prison, members of the Zhang family had formed a huge crowd, shouting and clamoring, demanding that the murderer be brought to justice.

Pei Luoshu was quietly taken into the prison by people from Jingzhao Prefecture.

At the end of the gloomy corridor, there is a small cell.

When Pei Luoshu walked over, he saw Chen Shiyi leaning against the wall and dozing off. His clothes were dirty and his face was pale and haggard, which made people feel distressed.

The jailer opened the cell door, Pei Luoshu walked in, squatted beside Chen Shiyi, and raised his hand to stroke her face.

Chen Shiyi slowly opened his eyes, saw Pei Luoshu, and smiled.

"A Luo, you are here."

Pei Luo sighed and hugged her in his arms.

“Why do you do this?”

Chen Shiyi said in a low voice.

"A Luo, I killed him. From now on, no one will dare to show off in front of you."