"Compensation? What kind of compensation? Silver? What else can you do besides throwing silver at people?"
"That's right. We don't care. We just want Zheng Zhixing to die a miserable death."
As soon as the words fell, everyone rushed up together.
Seeing this, Shangguan Wanning subconsciously wanted to protect Zheng Zhixing's coffin, but was pushed away and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Zhengzhong was so furious that he could no longer control himself.
He drew out his steel knife and rushed over, shouting, "If anyone dares to mess around again, don't blame me for being rude."
"We are afraid of you."
The group of relatives of the deceased remained unyielding and were not afraid of the steel knife in Zhengzhong's hand. They continued to rush forward one after another.
Zhengzhong couldn't really kill anyone, so he could only push them away one by one.
The crowd trampled over Shangguan Wanning again before she could get up. Zhengzhong wanted to go over to help her up but couldn't squeeze through.
At this time, a figure came over and used his lightness skills to push everyone away with his internal force, and pulled Shangguan Wanning up to protect him behind him.
"Are you okay?"
Mu Jingrui looked at the footprints on Shangguan Wanning's clothes, and when he thought of the scene just now, he felt like a burning flame was about to erupt in his chest.
He glanced around, his sharp eyes were so cold that they made those people stop involuntarily.
"General Mu, are you... also going to protect this beast Zheng Zhixing?"
Mu Jingrui clearly felt that when Shangguan Wanning heard the word "beast", her body trembled.
"I just think that after death, everything ends. Zheng Zhixing once defended his country and saved many lives. Now that he is gone, you can let his coffin return to his hometown."
Everyone looked at each other. They were unwilling to let Zheng Zhixing's coffin leave like this, but they dared not disobey Mu Jingrui's words.
Mu Jingrui's words sounded as if he was asking for their opinions, but in fact his attitude was very tough, and it was meaningless for them to continue insisting.
If they made him unhappy, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers behind him would trample them to death one by one.
"General Mu, you killed Zheng Zhixing..."
"Um?"
This sentence made Zheng Zhong tremble all over. When he was in the capital, he vaguely knew something about Shangguan Wan Ning and Mu Jing Rui. In addition, Mu Jing Rui had just come to their rescue, so he always thought that Mu Jing Rui was on their side.
Who would have thought...
"...But now you are protecting him, why is that?"
Faced with the questioning from many of the deceased's families, Mu Jingrui's heart sank to the bottom.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a serious, doubtful and resentful look.
Mu Jingrui didn't want to explain. He looked down at the scar on Shangguan Wanning's arm and said gently, "I have arranged a carriage for you in front. You go there first. I will take care of this."
Shangguan Wanning raised her head and stared at Mu Jingrui for a long time, still feeling confused.
"How should we deal with it? Should we use force?" Shangguan Wanning gently shook off Mu Jingrui's hand that was supporting her, her eyes full of indifference, "This is my own family matter, I don't want General Mu to worry about it."
"Ning'er!"
The more resolute Shangguan Wanning's attitude was, the sadder Mu Jingrui felt.
"Let's deal with the current situation first. The fight between Zhixing and I that day... I'll explain it to you when I have the chance..."
Shangguan Wanning started ignoring Mu Jingrui without waiting for him to finish his words.
She slowly walked to the front of the angry crowd, looked around, and slowly said: "My cousin killed someone. He made you lose your loved ones. I understand your pain. But he was used by someone..."
"No matter what, he murdered the person. This is an undeniable fact. Now, I just want to take his coffin back to my hometown. Please be kind and let us pass."
Shangguan Wanning lowered her posture and bowed deeply to everyone to express her apology.
"You will never understand our pain. We can let Zheng Zhixing's coffin pass, but he must accept our punishment."
The family of the deceased wanted to pull Zheng Zhixing out of the coffin and crush his bones, but Mu Jingrui was standing next to Shangguan Wanning after all.
They also know that they cannot confront each other head-on, otherwise they will be the ones who suffer.
"How...to punish?" Shangguan Wanning asked with sobs.
Many of the deceased's family members dispersed, only to return not long after.
Each of them had something in their hands, rotten vegetable leaves, rotten eggs...all kinds of things.
"If Zheng Zhixing wants to leave, he should leave from here."
The deceased's family members were divided into two factions, staring at Zheng Zhixing's coffin with eager eyes.
When Zhengzhong saw this situation, he knew that his master would be humiliated, and he could not tolerate this.
He moved his wrist slightly and said coldly, "Don't even think about it. If you don't get out of the way, don't blame me for being ruthless with the sword in my hand."
Zheng Zheng's attitude angered everyone again. Seeing that the two sides were on the verge of a fight, Shangguan Wan Ning stood up again.
"Uncle Chong, please step back."
"Cousin..."
"Back off!" Shangguan Wanning shouted, her scarlet eyes showing a bit more determination.
Zhengzhong was helpless and stepped back with a sigh.
Shangguan Wanning walked silently to the side of the coffin and held up Zheng Zhixing's spirit tablet in both hands.
"Zhixing, I know you are a kind and reasonable person. I also know that you are brave and responsible. You killed so many people because you had no choice. I believe you. I will take you home. One day, I will let the world see that you are a warrior who defends your country."
Shangguan Wanning finished speaking and walked forward.
"Miss cousin," Zhengzhong hurriedly went over to greet her, "Let me do this kind of work."
“No need…”
Shangguan Wanning walked forward holding Zheng Zhixing's spirit tablet, and each of the deceased's family members threw the things in their hands at her.
She clenched her teeth, covered the tablet with her sleeves, and walked forward bravely without shedding a single tear.
"Zhixing, don't be afraid, your cousin will take you home... We will be home soon."
Until a stone hit her forehead, and bright red blood slowly flowed down, blurring her vision.
She still didn't cry, and didn't even stop.
Mu Jingrui couldn't bear it any longer and rushed over quickly.
"It has nothing to do with you." Shangguan Wanning glanced at Mu Jingrui indifferently and continued walking forward.
Mu Jingrui suddenly became extremely calm.
Shangguan Wanning's four simple words seemed to have explained the relationship between the two of them.
At this moment, he clenched his fists.
One of the family members picked up a bucket of feces and poured it at Shangguan Wanning.
Mu Jingrui leaped to Shangguan Wanning and held her in his arms.
Shangguan Wanning struggled for a while, and heard Mu Jingrui say gently in her ear: "No matter what you think, I have determined that you are my woman, and I will definitely... protect you for the rest of your life."
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