Chapter 103 Paying an Accusatory Visit to the County Government

Shortly, all the culprits were executed.

Li Mu let out a sigh of relief and threw aside the broadsword he was holding.

On that day when he was infuriated and massacred the Shennong Faction, numerous disciples of that faction were directly killed by him, and many were smashed by the crumbled rocks. At that time, Li Mu was too enraged after he saw the mother and daughter filing the suit were both murdered in the Shennong Faction, so he let his fury take the best of him and soon lost self-control in all the fighting and killing.

When he calmed down later, he also did some serious self-reflection.

He told himself that men were not pigs in the slaughter house. Everyones life was precious, and no one could live twice.

Therefore, since that battle, Li Mu had seldom gone for the kill. In most cases, he drew the line at justified punishment.

However, today, he lost control of himself again.

But he did not regret it.

He could imagine how many innocent men had been tortured or killed as the dishonorable and ruthless officials like Ning Zhongshan and Chu Shufeng climbed up the social ladder. It could be said that those ruffians were standing on a heap of skeletons. Further, even if he could put aside their previous crimes, what they did in the past few days in Taibai County was already unforgivable.

Hence, he had no regrets killing those men.

When he slapped that Supervisor Xu to death, he suddenly figured everything out.

The pet phrase of a very popular character called the Separated Buddha and Sword in a hit TV series on Earth crossed his mind: killing is a kind of protecting; destroying crime is not destroying life.

That Separated Buddha and Sword was a very eminent monk. He had a profound knowledge of Buddhism and also excelled at martial arts. Through his life, he had abhorred evils as his deadly foes and never showed mercy to wrongdoers. He had killed countless wicked men who had committed foul crimes and put the evil in such fear that the criminal would freak out even at the sound of his name.

As his name conveyed, he believed that Buddhas and swords had different functions Buddhas helped the good, while swords eradicated the evil. Killing the wrongdoers was for the sake of the innocent men. From that point of view, sending the bad guys to hell to repent their crimes was still compliant with the Buddhist doctrines.

Unlike other monks or characters in the cruel world portrayed in that teleplay, the Separated Buddha and Sword was peerlessly favored by the audience, though he was not the leading role. That could be attributed to his unique personal charisma.

Now, staring at the corpses of Ning Zhongshan, Chu Shufeng, and Qian Cheng that were sprawling on the ground, Li Mu felt no twinge of guilt.

He knew put those scourges to death would protect more innocent lives from their harm.

Then, he set his eyes on the remaining two deputy generals and the black-armor soldiers behind them.

His gaze scared the hell out of the two deputy generals at once. But they dared not flee. Desperately, they dropped to their knees and began to beg for their lives while shaking uncontrollably.

Feeling Li Mus burning gaze, the 100 black-armored soldiers also knelt down, their weapons tossed sideways and their head lowered to show their obedience.

You can go now. All of you, leave Taibai County within half an hour. Li Mu announced.

Although he was hot under the collar, he was not as mad as to want to kill every man from the Changan government.

He pointed at the bodies on the ground and added, Clean up my county office and take the bodies away with you. When you get back, tell the magistrate of Changan to leave me alone. If he picks on me once more, Ill not let him or the matter get away so easily.

After hearing Chu Shufengs confession just before his death, the plots the magistrate of Changan devised did not sit well with Li Mu. Considering his current cultivation and strength, Li Mu was clear that he did not need to fear a magistrate of a prefecture anymore. Thus, he had no worry about sending out such a threatening message.

For the two deputy generals, the verdict Li Mu reached was as relieving as sounds of nature.

They figured this time Li Mu would definitely kill them all. But much to their surprise, this county magistrate suddenly turned merciful and decided to let go of them.

When were back, we will certainly put in a good word for your honor. One of the deputy generals offered, reckoning he was making a clever move.

However, Li Mu snorted and refused, No need. Just tell him the truth.

That deputy general instantly blushed with shame.

Following the instructs of the two deputy generals, those black-armored soldiers started to clean the battlefield and put away the corpses.

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