Zu An looked at Yang Shen: "You haven't answered my question yet."
Yang Shen laughed loudly: "I, Scarface Yang Shen, am a figure in this martial arts world. I have spent my whole life resisting this damned imperial court. I hate those traitors who surrender to the court the most. Now that I have fallen into your hands, how could I wag my tail and beg for mercy, making myself a laughing stock among the heroes of the world!" With a few bursts of laughter, he shuddered and died, his head not bowing even in death.
As he lay dying, many things flashed before his eyes. In fact, he was from an official family; his father had been a local magistrate who was impeached for a heinous gang rape of a woman during his tenure, after which the perpetrators cruelly chopped off the woman's feet. The imperial court was furious and ordered the county to conduct a thorough investigation.
County officials came to investigate and discovered that the truth of the case was that a young lady from a wealthy family got separated from her family at a temple fair and was kidnapped by several thugs. Her family found her the next day and claimed that she had only lost her shoe.
Those thugs had already been executed for other crimes. Now that the murderer is dead, if the case is thoroughly investigated, the young lady's reputation will be ruined. Since her family is very strict, she will have no choice but to commit suicide, which would be completely pointless.
In order to protect the young lady, the father devised a plan to cover up the case, which ended up becoming a handle for his political enemies.
After the county learned of the case, they returned to report it, but the imperial court did not believe them, thinking that they were protecting each other, and ordered a continued thorough investigation.
The county had no choice but to send another person to investigate. In order to give an explanation to his superiors, the new official asked his father to spend money to buy peace of mind.
My father was an honest and upright official, but things had come to this point, so he could only borrow money from all over the place and go bankrupt to scrape together a sum of money to send as a filial tribute.
They thought the matter was over, but soon after, an order came down that the father had been dismissed, investigated, and imprisoned for dereliction of duty. Being a strong-willed man, he could not bear this humiliation and died in grief and indignation.
The mother collected evidence of various previous correspondence, intending to appeal to the county officials. However, the county officials colluded with a close friend of the father to steal and destroy the evidence, causing the mother to die of depression.
Having witnessed the darkness of officialdom, Yang Shen harbored a seed of hatred in his heart.
He wandered the world, enduring countless hardships and teetering on the brink of death countless times, before finally mastering a set of skills.
Upon returning to his hometown, his first act was to seek revenge. He killed the county officials who had deceived them, as well as his father's old friend, and exterminated all those involved.
He was naturally wanted by the imperial court, and without hesitation, he became an outlaw, hoping to overthrow the court and completely cleanse the darkness of officialdom.
Unfortunately, none of this can be done now...
Zuan hadn't expected him to be so fierce, giving him no chance to negotiate.
After a long silence, he instructed his men: "Give him a proper burial. Pass down the order that this matter must be kept secret and no word should be leaked."
At the same time, he became increasingly curious as to why the other party would rather die than reveal the purpose of capturing Xie Daoyun.
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