SWNOVELXO Chapter 11: (ADE) Chapter 11: Reckoning
"So now... tell me, who is the mastermind."
The sky was almost dyed blood-red. The blasted houses and countless debris were scattered everywhere. And among them, Hong Yu was single-handedly pinching the neck of someone who looked most like the leader, his hand exerting force, maintaining a stage where the other person was in pain but not unable to speak.
"You... can't kill me... you know my dad is..." the person struggled in Hong Yu's hand, and was about to say a few threatening words to Hong Yu, but was "crack" and had his neck broken by Hong Yu.
"Your dad? If your dad doesn't know what's good for him, I'll kill him too," Hong Yu flicked the blood off his hand, frowning.
Speaking so loudly? Who gave you the confidence to yell at me? No matter how awesome your dad is, can he be more awesome than the Grand Tutor, the Prefect, and the Grand Marshal?
Hong Yu sneered at the corpse on the ground.
"Jie, let me send you back first. I'll take care of this matter," his tone was not good. "From today onwards, at least during this emperor's reign, none of you will ever experience this kind of thing again..."
These guys had set up a really good ambush... almost all the commoners in this area were disguised soldiers. They even knew that Jie was most vulnerable when using her authority. Attacking at that time would only require about half the casualties to kill Jie...
Not long ago, Hong Yu had thought that this could at most injure Jie. He didn't expect them to be serious, to really want to kill Jie, and even use a lot of Originium Art-triggered bombs that were rare in this era...
If he hadn't taken this ambush and betrayal seriously, there was a high probability that Jie would have died on the spot here. And after that, if the other members of the Sui family found out, what kind of chaos would ensue?
He didn't know about the others, but Wang would probably be the first to turn into a family-obsessed avenger.
The more he thought about it, the little bit of anger in Hong Yu's heart gradually magnified. His furrowed brows did not relax for a long time.
"Master..." Jie had never seen Hong Yu have such a large emotional fluctuation. She seemed to want to say something, but in the end, she silently held it back.
"Go back and tell Wang to get more familiar with the Sui Regulator in the future," Hong Yu of course heard Jie's unspoken words, but in that instant, he returned to his usual smiling appearance.
Jie nodded. She knew that the Master she was familiar with would not change. He was still omnipotent.
Although in this scene, the picture of a person with blood on his face smiling at you was a bit too "beautiful."
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That day, all of Yan was shaken.
The reason was none other than that in the imperial city of Yan, hundreds of people were sentenced to death and taken to the public execution grounds. Some were beheaded, some were hanged.
And all of these people were ministers who had participated in the plot to harm Jie.
Hong Yu watched all of this with cold eyes. He had given this generation's Yan emperor a Command Spell—to never commit any acts harmful to the Sui family.
He was willing to give Yan another chance, so he didn't kill him directly, but chose spiritual control.
After all, Shuò was still traveling through Yan. If he heard the rumor that the emperor was killed by the Prefect, it would be bad if he got worried.
Not many people knew about Hong Yu's actions. They only knew that a group of fools tried to ambush Jie, and then were almost completely killed by Lord Prefect, leaving only a few to be judged by Yan.
They only saw the furious emperor sentence the remaining few to death, and the appearance of the ministers who had opposed him before dying with their eyes open.
For a time, Hong Yu's prestige reached its peak.
See! Those who didn't understand the greatness of Lord Prefect and tried to ambush him all came to a bad end! Even His Majesty the Emperor trusts Lord Prefect so much!
Those fools are truly blind.
After learning of this, Hong Yu just spread his hands and smiled, because what those people didn't know was that if Hong Yu wanted, it would be no problem at all for the emperor of Yan to abdicate and for him to take the throne.
What? You say people like the Grand Tutor wouldn't agree?
No, I mean, even if it's a true dragon, it would only take a glance for me to hypnotize them. Those people would at most require Hong Yu to look at them twice, right?
But Hong Yu didn't have such thoughts, so the court of Yan had escaped a disaster for now.
However, the impact of this incident was still too great. A lot of information also secretly spread to the common folk and began to spread rapidly.
Even Shuò, who was far away somewhere, took the time to send a letter to express his concern.
Then Hong Yu teleported to Shuò's side in an instant, telling him to continue his journey and not to worry about home every day. After all, he wasn't so old that he couldn't walk or talk yet.
Shuò, who was startled by the suddenly appearing and quickly disappearing Hong Yu, just nodded numbly after he left, and then pinched his own arm, deciding to rest a little earlier today.
Since there were rumors that were favorable to Hong Yu, there were naturally also a series of slanderous rumors like "the Prefect is a mass murderer," "the Prefect is the next one to subvert the royal family," and even more ridiculous ones like "the Prefect is actually 'Sui,' and the others are just a smokescreen..."
Although Hong Yu didn't care, because if he wanted to solve these things, it would only be a matter of a glance. But Wang, who had been handling documents for Hong Yu at the Sui Regulator these few days and had therefore received more information, was so angry.
He, who had always had good manners, directly ran to the imperial city and launched a 360-degree, no-blind-spot verbal assault centered on the parents and relatives of the people who spread these rumors.
If it weren't for Wang's loss of composure today, Hong Yu probably would never have known that Wang's verbal skills were so formidable.
Out of concern for Wang, Hong Yu went to the imperial palace again, and then the homes of those who spread the rumors were raided by the emperor's order the next day...
After that day, the atmosphere in the imperial palace became countless times more amiable than before.
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"Big Brother, the Master seems to have never told you about the matters concerning the imperial palace at that time, right?" At this time, Wang had come to Yumen Gate, still handling documents in his hand.
Now the two of them were in Chongyue's own tent in the barracks, with no one else around.
"At that time... you mean when all of Yan was spreading rumors about the Master and us?" Chongyue pinched his chin. "No, the Master had already told me everything long ago. Whether it was him placing a spiritual command spell on the emperor at that time, or raiding the homes of a number of ministers out of consideration for your safety..."
"Although I don't quite agree with the Master's method of killing... it's also understandable. I don't blame the Master. If I were to look at it from the perspective of a family member, perhaps my actions would be even heavier."
"...What did you say? Out of consideration for my safety?" Originally, Wang just wanted to chat casually with Chongyue, but he didn't expect to uncover such a thing.
"..." Chongyue was stunned. He seemed to have said something he shouldn't have again, but since it had come to this, he had to chat with Wang in detail.
"When you ran to the imperial city alone to scold the ministers at that time, did you not consider that the assassination that happened to Jie could also happen to you? The Master, out of this consideration, directly investigated the entire imperial palace at that time..."
Wang hurriedly stopped Chongyue from continuing the topic. Then the two just chatted for a few sentences before Wang was called back to work overtime by his assistant.
On the way, Wang's unexpected feelings were amplified in his heart. He just didn't expect that all of us were constantly causing trouble for the Master in one way or another...
Including me...
Tsk, how could I have been so stupid at that time...
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