Chapter 40 Vigilante Justice
"Qin Jinzhi, don't be ridiculous. Wei Xueyi is backed by the Wei family of Jingzhao. Many officials in the court are protégés of the Wei family. If you really hurt him, it will definitely not end well."
Cui Ying whispered in Qin Jinzhi's ear, feeling as if the sky was about to fall!
What kind of chivalry or righteousness does she have!
How could I possibly fall into the hands of this devilish devil!
She realized that Qin Jinzhi probably didn't mean her any harm.
But how could someone cause such a huge disaster!
They framed the Kyoto Prefect for stealing.
Seeing the huge "thief" character on Wei Xueyi's face, she felt her own face burning with embarrassment!
Qin Jinzhi turned around and looked at her with a slightly mocking smile, "The Cui family calls themselves the number one clan, are they trying to take my life?"
Cui Ying rolled her eyes. Why did this bastard always stab people in the heart?
Even when her father and the officials forced the emperor to abdicate, he did not relent and put Qin Jinzhi's life in danger.
Wei Li was also subdued and forced to kneel on the ground by the soldiers who had been blocking his way.
"If you dare to touch my master, even His Majesty cannot protect you! You accuse my Wei family of stealing valuables, but how can you prove that these valuables belong to the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion? I would also say that you forcibly broke into my Wei family mansion and robbed them!"
Qin Jinzhi chuckled softly, rubbing her forehead. She thought everyone in the capital was more cunning than monkeys, yet there were actually fools who took the bait themselves. She hadn't thought she'd hear those words at the Wei residence today.
"Slaughter the game!"
Tu You picked up a bracelet and placed it in front of Wei Xueyi. "The gifts given by Her Majesty the Empress and His Majesty all bear the name of the Princess."
The firelight illuminated the bracelet, revealing two small, clearly visible characters inside.
Golden Branch!
Qin Jinzhi laughed even louder as she watched the master and servant stare wide-eyed. "Interesting, so very interesting."
She stood up and drew the sword from the guard closest to her.
Wei Xueyi's hands were pressed firmly to the ground by the guards.
Qin Jinzhi squatted down next to him.
"I'm very happy, so I've decided to do it myself. Don't worry, Lord Wei, my skills are top-notch."
"ah!!!!!!!"
"But it hurts a lot!"
Qin Jinzhi didn't chop, but slowly cut off Wei Xueyi's hand.
The pain is intensifying every second!
Blood splattered everywhere instantly, even landing on Qin Jinzhi's eye.
"ah!!!!!!!!!!"
Wei Xueyi rolled on the ground, clutching his bleeding severed hand.
The people of the Wei family were dumbfounded!
Everyone says Qin Jinzhi is ruthless, but no one says she's this vicious.
She's a monster!
Cui Ying vomited instantly.
"Qin Jinzhi!!!! You'll die a horrible death!!!! I won't let you get away with this!!!!"
Qin Jinzhi said with some confusion, "What's with that expression, Lord Wei? Don't you love taking revenge? Let me think, yesterday, or the day before yesterday, or the day before that, didn't you almost beat an elderly couple who filed a complaint to death with your own torture?"
Cui Ying suddenly opened her eyes wide.
The elderly couple who hanged themselves in front of the Kyoto Prefectural Government Office after having no way to appeal their case!
Qin Jinzhi, is she avenging them?
Wei Xueyi's eyes widened. "Who are they to you?!"
Qin Jinzhi shrugged. "I don't know him."
"You tricked me! I won't let you get away with this! I'll make sure Qin Ye suffers the consequences!"
Qin Jinzhi clicked her tongue. "Tu You, why haven't you picked up that severed hand yet? What if he secretly takes it back after I leave?"
Tu You picked up the severed hand with some disgust, saying, "Even the dogs in our Zhenbei Prince's Mansion wouldn't eat this."
Qin Jinzhi threw the sword to the guard and said to Wei Li, "Why aren't you going to find a doctor? If you wait any longer, your master won't be able to file a lawsuit with the emperor tomorrow."
Wei Li crawled to Wei Xueyi's side, kneeling and sprawling, "Master, hold on, I'll go get the physician right away!"
Wei Xueyi's face was deathly pale as he stared intently at Qin Jinzhi.
His face was twitching from the pain.
Qin Jinzhi shook her head as he did so, "If the pain is unbearable, I wouldn't mind if you hanged yourself at the gate of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion."
"Return to the residence."
The people from the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion left in a grand procession.
For a time, everyone in the Wei family cried and wailed.
Back in the carriage, Yun Que and her three companions had been waiting for quite some time.
As soon as Yunshan saw Qin Jinzhi, she immediately came over to wipe Qin Jinzhi's face.
After cleaning Qin Jinzhi up, Qin Jinzhi said, "Send Miss Cui back to her residence."
Cui Ying's face was a little pale, and it took her a while to speak: "Why did you bring me to the Wei residence?"
Qin Jinzhi looked at her and asked, "What did you see today?"
For some reason, Cui Ying's tense back relaxed. She looked at Qin Jinzhi's beautiful face and sighed, "Evil people will always be punished by other evil people."
The Prefect of Kyoto colluded with the Duke of Shen's family, disregarding human life.
Meeting Qin Jinzhi was perhaps his just deserts.
She looked at Yun Jin beside her and said, "Could you pour me a cup of tea? I feel a little nauseous right now."
Yun Jin poured tea and placed it in front of her, then looked at Qin Jinzhi and asked, "Princess, did she see you kill someone?"
Cui Ying drank the tea in one gulp, slumped against the carriage like a rag doll, and didn't say another word until she arrived at the Cui residence.
Upon arriving at the Cui residence, Cui Ying only listlessly said, "I'm going back."
After Cui Ying left, Yun Jin approached Qin Jinzhi and asked, "Princess, are you just going to let her go like that?"
Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow. "Otherwise what?"
Yun Jin was even more puzzled, "The princess went to all this trouble just to scare Miss Cui?"
Qin Jinzhi looked at Yun Jin and sighed, "You should go and become sisters with Fei Yan."
They can only execute, not think.
Yun Jin pouted and sat down to one side.
Yunshan handed over a cup of tea. "Princess, the person has been rescued. She fainted twice from crying after hearing about her parents' passing. Will this delay your plans for tomorrow?"
Qin Jinzhi took a sip of tea. "If we can't even get justice for the murder of her parents, then we'll just throw her back into the Shen State Duke's mansion."
Yunshan nodded and said, "This servant understands."
...
Cui Ying returned to her courtyard but did not go to her room to rest.
She flew to the rooftop and quietly gazed at the moon.
Suddenly, she sighed.
She had never felt so frustrated.
Her previous acts of chivalry were nothing more than beating people up and giving some money to those in need.
But what she did was not even as effective as the notorious troublemaker that everyone wanted to kill.
If we're talking about wrongdoing and bullying others, Qin Jinzhi isn't the only one in the capital.
Shen Huan's abduction of women was not a one-off incident.
It's commonplace for innocent people to be driven to their deaths and for people to commit murder.
However, the various factions in the capital were deeply entrenched and intertwined.
The powerful and wealthy protected each other.
The phrase "to stand up for the people" is simply a pipe dream.
Just like when she wanted to teach Shen Huan a lesson, all she really wanted to do was beat him up.
She never even considered taking his life.
The Cui family behind her had a good relationship with the Duke of Shen's mansion.
For the sake of her family and for the sake of her family's interests, she could not disrupt the harmony between the two clans.
But wouldn't this contradict her ideal of chivalry and justice?
But Qin Jinzhi did it.
They were reckless and brazen, even using the flimsy excuse of catching thieves to barge in!
But why did Qin Jinzhi let her see all this today?
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