Your Majesty, Please Stop!

Chapter 108: Xin Zhuo, the Typical Sinful King

December 2nd.

It is auspicious to start construction, build embankments, and make beams. It is inauspicious to get married, attend funerals, or kill living beings.

The light rain has stopped.

Heavy snow has arrived.

In the courtyard of Dongyu, the snow is falling heavily. The rooms are warmed by stoves. The people in Qiugong Pavilion and Shuiyue An are sitting in meditation with Huiruqing.

"...Enter the Qi Sea, cultivate the Five Aggregates, if one's body is noble, then all phenomena are like me. The Martial Dao flourishes, this is the pure and profound path to transcendence! It can reach the first rank, surpassing... excellence!"

After saying the last word, Xin Zhuo's mood began to grow heavy.

Just like the beginning of a fateful decision.

Lifu Zi, Pu Jing, and Qin Yuli listened to the entire martial arts technique, feeling a sense of melancholy. This martial arts technique is truly profound and secretive, capable of directly reaching the realm of Earth Immortals in the first rank.

"Let's go!" Huiruqing opened her eyes and looked at Xin Zhuo, her expression filled with relief and coldness.

"Do we still need to carry out the punishment openly and justly?" Xin Zhuo asked.

"Of course!" Qin Yuli spoke, his expression solemn. "You have caused many troubles and have been possessed by the evil dragon's aura. You are truly a rebel, a bandit, and a king of crimes. The Qiugong Pavilion and Shuiyue An are responsible for guarding the fortune of this region. If we don't officially carry out the punishment openly and justly, how can we face the truth? How can we enlighten the court? How can we maintain order and ethics?"

"Then let's go!" Xin Zhuo smiled and walked towards the heavy snow outside the room.

The others glanced at him and followed suit.

At this moment, the square under the disciplinary monument of Qiugong Pavilion was filled with students.

The students of Yikui House stood in the corner. When the twenty of them arrived, they already knew about Xin Zhuo's situation. Not to mention Bai Xuanji and the other three, even Su Zefeng, Yuan Yourong, and Murong Yunxi felt a sense of loss in their hearts.

Regardless of Xin Zhuo's identity as a bandit, the scriptures, military strategies, and poetry he taught them were all genuine. Even the most critical person knew that they had benefited greatly.

"The Tao Te Ching will become a lost masterpiece, The Art of War by Sun Tzu may also be lost, who knows the Thirty-Six Stratagems?" He Liansheng looked up at the heavy snow in the sky and sighed deeply.

Bai Xuanji's eyes were slightly red as she murmured, "Xin Master has no parents or family. At such a young age, he hasn't done much wrong, but his life has been full of hardships..."

On the other side, Cui Ying'er and her group, dressed in tattered clothes, were bound by ropes and escorted by a group of palace guards. They stumbled and walked, their faces pale and filled with helplessness, despair, heartache, and indescribable desolation. Then they stood in the corner, as if they were being forced to watch the execution.

Until the small path in the eastern pavilion, a tall figure wearing thin clothes walked towards them in the snow, calmly.

"Boss..." Han Qiniang and Bai Jianxi and the others were already in tears.

"Boss Xin is actually quite good. He hasn't done anything wrong!" Among the students of Yikui House, Murong Yunxi leaned against Yuan Yourong, tears streaming down her face.

Yuan Yourong patted her head, his gaze fixed on Xin Zhuo. Even though Xin Zhuo had "rejected" his sister, Yuan Mo'er's marriage proposal, he already knew about it. Even though he had suffered a great loss at Xin Zhuo's hands before, at this moment, all of that had vanished into thin air, and his nose couldn't help but feel a little sour.

Xin Zhuo had already arrived under the "Disciplinary Monument," his expression calm as he stared blankly at the monument.

He suddenly felt that this was somewhat absurd. The bandits didn't die at the hands of the government, but were executed by the academy and the nunnery on baseless charges.

They could arbitrarily determine a person's fate, even disregarding the law.

No! Bandits have no law to speak of.

"Master!" Bai Xuanji, He Liansheng, Li Xiyue, Feng Sanbao, and Yuan Yourong, all the students of Yikui House, performed the most respectful teacher-student ceremony, even though Xin Zhuo was far away and couldn't hear.

"Fulong, the bandit leader Xin Zhuo, is full of evil, disregarding the law, disrespecting education and cultivation. He has captured Miss Su from the Su family and killed the four young masters. He is also plagued by evil qi. His crimes are unforgivable."

"I, Qin Yuliu, the Master of the Autumn Palace Pavilion and the Water Moon Nunnery, have the responsibility to eliminate thieves and suppress bandits. Today, I shall execute them and proclaim to the heavens and inform the people. Kill!"

Qin Yuliu spoke, while it was Lifu who took action.

He approached slowly, carrying a large sword that resembled a door panel.

In fact, he could have killed Xin Zhuo from a distance with a single strike. However... it seemed that he wanted to make a show of it, or perhaps he feared the so-called evil dragon's luck.

"How can you be so ruthless? When did Xin Zhuo commit a grave mistake? Haven't we helped the government by eliminating enemies? You can't do this! If you want to kill, then kill me first!"

Cui Ying'er desperately struggled against the soldiers' restraints. Her eyes were red, and she angrily shouted, completely devoid of her usual indifference, like a shrew.

However, it was all in vain. The soldiers beside her pressed her down forcefully, making her kneel in the snow, with a cloth stuffed in her mouth.

Murong Xiu and the others wanted to argue, but they had no idea where to start.

Xin Zhuo turned his head to look at his subordinates, then glanced at the gate, and finally looked at Lifu, who was getting closer.

Suddenly, he dared not hope anymore! If Su Miaojin made even the slightest mistake or delayed, everything would be in vain.

Ah! If only he had a few more years, he would not be humiliated like this!

He looked at the Code of Discipline Monument and wondered if he should leave something behind for the world. A Lime Poem? It didn't seem appropriate.

Huh? Daddy is not from your world at all? You are all NPCs, and Daddy won't even look at you properly!

Let it be, if he died, Daddy might just go back, lie in bed, play games, watch short videos, drive around, enjoy foot massages and hot pot, and have a great time.

All sorts of words came to his lips, but in the end, he only said, "Give my subordinates a way out. They are not inherently bad. Let them go down the mountain to farm or be sent somewhere else. Spare their lives, how about it?"

"Boss..."

Murong Xiu, Han Qiniang, and Huang Dagui shouted in anger, but they were all pressed down and forced to kneel.

"Good! I only need to kill you!"

Lifu replied coldly, raising the door panel sword in his hand. Dazzling True Qi surged out, faintly revealing a touch of red-hot flames that could roast a person.

Xin Zhuo closed his eyes.

"Escort the Master!"

Bai Xuanji, He Liansheng, and twenty other students sighed lightly and bowed.

Seeing that the long sword was about to strike, a stream of water rushed over from a distance like a sharp sword.

"Bang!"

With a single strike, it swept away Lifu's door panel sword, causing him to stagger back three steps. The flames and True Qi around him dissipated.

He couldn't help but be surprised, looking towards the source.

Everyone followed suit and looked over.

They saw three figures slowly approaching from the direction of the academy's gate, amidst the falling snow.

Graceful and enchanting, Su Miaojin wore a white fur coat, exuding an air of elegance. However, she also had the demeanor of a leader. Behind her were two old soldiers with strong Blood Qi.

Su Miaojin's expression was cold, and her tone was even colder. "Stop!"

Cui Ying'er and the others struggled to raise their heads and look at her. It was difficult for them to understand why this young lady, who had been captured by the bandits, would come to help. Moreover, why was her martial realm so high? She had actually repelled that terrifying Fatty with a single strike.

The other students from the Autumn Palace Pavilion were also puzzled.

Even Qin Yuliu and Pu Jing exchanged glances, equally perplexed. Did she really come?

"Half-step Small Great Master!"

A trace of solemnity appeared on Lifu's face as he coldly questioned, "Miss Su, are you truly disregarding the laws of the court?"

"Miss Su naturally dare not violate the laws of the court, but you do not represent the court, and I cannot find a reason for Xin Zhuo's death!"

(End of this chapter)