Chapter 100 Settling Accounts (2) How dare you take your own life?
At midnight, under a sparse starry sky and a pale moon, the atmosphere on the cobblestone-paved open space was tense. Waterproof oil-paper lanterns flickered in the autumn breeze. Five palace maids and eunuchs who had intentionally or unintentionally leaked information to Feng Tan beneath the Golden Terrace were bound to gallows by the Rakshasa Army, their bodies secured tightly with hemp ropes in a row. The Rakshasa Army then stood boldly behind the gallows, awaiting orders.
Xiao Yinshi was right. For the past month, Feng Tan had never stopped trying to step out of the palace and return to Dahuang. She would go out for a long walk every day and had thoroughly figured out the layout of the palace. She also asked the eunuchs to find out the fixed time for the Imperial Guards to patrol and change shifts. She also went to the Imperial Hospital and pretended to have a stomachache. When the imperial physicians were not paying attention to preparing medicine, she smuggled the medicine powder.
Xiao Yinshi saw all her actions but didn't react. Was he waiting to finish dealing with state affairs before giving her a hard time? No, it was probably not as simple as giving her a hard time.
Feng Tan looked at the undisguised ferocity in his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the five figures bound to the gallows, and said, "What do you want to do... no, whatever you want to do to them, you don't need to. I used sweet words to get them to do things for me. If you want to fight or kill, come at me. There's no need to make things difficult for them."
"If you want to fight or kill, come at me. I'm coming at you right now. You're a tough nut to crack, no matter how hard you try; you're also smart, sending the entire Imperial Dragon Army out of the capital before you were captured." Xiao Yinshi smiled, but his eyes were filled with sinister intent. "I can't hit you. Since you don't have anyone you care about by your side, I'll try a different approach today. I'll teach everyone who helps you a lesson, so that everyone in the palace will learn what they should and shouldn't do."
After saying this, the man waved his hand, signaling the Rakshasa Army to raise the gallows. The five eunuchs and palace maids, whose mouths were gagged, began to slowly lift their feet off the ground, their faces gradually turning bluish-purple.
"Stop!" Feng Tan quickly took a few steps and stood in front of the railing of the Golden Platform. Looking at the scene below, her heart grew colder. When she turned back to look at Xiao Yin, her eyes were no longer calm as before. She said, "If you wanted to use this to intimidate me, then you have achieved your goal. Am I not afraid?!"
The bound palace maids and eunuchs were lifted off the ground very slowly, which was obviously something Xiao Yin had deliberately instructed him to do. He wanted to discipline Feng Tan and make her remember that the price of escaping would not be paid by her, but by the lives of everyone connected to her.
If Feng Tan were a heartless person who only cared about escaping and disregarded the lives of others, this tactic would naturally be useless; but Feng Tan is not like that. She is compassionate and righteous. If innocent people were to die because of her, she would be devastated. She is unwilling to bear the burden of others' lives.
Her feet left the ground at a constant speed, and an indescribable emotion gripped Feng Tan's heart, making her feel as if her seven spirits were running through her head and her three souls were running down her spine. She didn't have any light-body skills, so she couldn't fly such a distance. In fact, even if she did fly down, it would be of no use, because the culprit in front of her remained unmoved.
Her previously pale face was now flushed with anxiety. Feng Tan, who was usually calm and collected, was now experiencing the feeling of being on a hot tin roof. Meeting Xiao Yinshi's cold gaze, she leaned heavily against the railing. There was nothing she could use to threaten Xiao Yinshi, but she could use herself. "Xiao Yinshi, if you want to play such a cruel game, fine, I'll play along. If they die because of me, I'll give my life for them. I'll jump off this building!"
"Slap! Slap! Slap!"
The sound of three hands clapping together rang out. Xiao Yinshi looked at Feng Tan's resolute face and revealed a slightly amused yet disdainful smile. "Anyone in this world might take their own life, but you won't. Your life was bought by your husband, how dare you take your own life?"
Xiao Yinshi always had the ability to hit the bullseye. As they rose higher than the ground, there were hardly any gaps left in the rope. Feng Tan's eyes flashed with a fierce light. She took out her sniper rifle, quickly loaded it, and fired a burst of fire in Xiao Yinshi's direction.
The loud gunfire shook the curtains on the Golden Platform, causing them to flutter and fall. From the stands below, all the light and shadow became ambiguous and blurred. When Feng Tan fired the first shot, Xiao Yinshi dodged to the side. After her fierce burst of fire, he was nowhere to be seen on the Golden Platform.
Shot down from the Golden Platform? There's no such thing as a free lunch. Feng Tan didn't care what happened to him. He turned around to lift the curtain and shoot the ropes holding the palace maids and eunuchs, but someone appeared out of nowhere behind him and grabbed him by the arm of the towering golden pillar.
The cool, woody scent enveloped them. Her fingers, which she was about to strike again, were gripped tightly by Xiao Yinshi. He spoke softly behind her, like lovers whispering sweet nothings. But no lover would say such things to their beloved, "You've got guts, Feng Tan. You dare to be so presumptuous in my hands. I really want to kill you by any means necessary."
Feng Tan twisted her body violently in his arms, trying to escape his grasp, and cursed, "Weren't you already doing it, you bastard?!"
The man chuckled, his thin lips uttering a deep, melodious voice, "This is nothing. I've already been very lenient with you."
Having said that, he lifted the curtain while still embracing Feng Tan from behind, his long, slender fingers firmly gripping the fingers of the sniper rifle that Feng Tan was holding, controlling her strength to reload the bullet, and then slowly aimed it at the person being tortured below.
Realizing what Xiao Yinshi was about to do, Feng Tan struggled and twisted in his arms, but his index finger, still on the trigger, was being pressed down repeatedly. The mechanism clicked open, and Feng Tan cried out, "Stop! Stop! I'm begging you!"
Xiao Yinshi was clearly unmoved. He glanced at Feng Tan's red earlobe from the side while still in this position, and his hot breath swirled into it. "A country has its laws, and a family has its rules. Everyone in the palace has been warned not to do anything. This outcome is in accordance with the palace rules, and it is also what they brought upon themselves."
As soon as he finished speaking, he pressed the trigger forcefully while holding Feng Tan in his arms. The steel bullet spun at high speed and accurately pierced the forehead of the first eunuch.
With a loud bang, blood splattered everywhere, spraying blood from the skull onto the hard face of the Rakshasa soldier who stood still with his knife. His eyes didn't even blink, while the eunuch beside him was so frightened that his legs trembled and urine flowed from his bladder.
Feng Tan's eyes were already very red. Although she never showed mercy when killing, the innocent people who died because of her were an unbearable burden. The man gently moved the sniper rifle between his fingers and aimed it at the center of the second person's head. Feng Tan turned her head and bit his arm hard. As the smell of blood filled the air, the second shot was fired.
Hearing the sound of bullets entering flesh, Feng Tan bit down with the force of a chunk of flesh, her teeth sinking deeper and deeper. Xiao Yinshi glanced at her coldly, curled his lips mercilessly, and the remaining three bullets entered the brains of the other three without missing a beat.
The sharp-tongued wolf cub was at it again. He looked into Feng Tan's bloodshot eyes, grabbed the back of her head and tried to pull her away, but Feng Tan endured the tearing pain and did not let go. Blood from her arm flowed little by little onto the golden floor tiles, both alluring and scorching.
Xiao Yinshi let out a cold laugh, snatched her rifle away and threw it aside. Taking advantage of her biting him tightly, he turned her around and pulled her into his arms. He used his internal force to grip her back, and the sound of her clothes tearing rang out. Except for a thin inner shirt that was half-undressed, Feng Tan's other clothes were scattered on the ground.
The autumn leaves and cool breeze stirred the crimson curtains, revealing glimpses of the stage interior that allowed the audience to get a general idea. However, given that an army was stationed below, Feng Tan felt embarrassed. She relented and squatted down to pick up her clothes, but just as her fingers were about an inch away from them, the man grabbed her and threw her onto the soft couch.
Xiao Yinshi followed closely behind. He had already taken off his clothes, revealing his strong body. He leaned down and pressed himself on top of her, restraining Feng Tan's arms with one hand and touching her cold face with the other. He said, "You have the strength to run away as soon as your injuries have almost healed. Then let's fuck you until your legs are so weak you can't get out of bed."
Author's Note: I have training tomorrow, so I'm taking the day off. I'll send out a small red envelope as compensation tomorrow night. This chapter is a bit short, and I haven't finished writing this part yet, sob sob, I'm sorry. I hate taking time off in lieu. Goodnight, everyone!
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