Feng Yun stared fixedly at my face, as if flowers had bloomed on it.
"Mr. Jiang, I hope you'll reconsider." Her voice carried a trace of pleading.
I said flatly, "It would have been one thing if he had merely brought people to arrest us, but he also branded us as spies. Elder Feng, to be honest, if we hadn't had the means to protect ourselves, our lives would no longer be in our own hands by now. Wouldn't you have been free to handle us however you pleased? I'll treat this as a confrontation between us. We were merely fortunate enough to gain a slight edge in this clash, so I don't think our demands are excessive. You have to accept the consequences of losing. Besides, we aren't asking for much. We only want you to hand over a deputy leader. We have no intention of pursuing this matter any further. If you can't do that, then there's nothing more to discuss."
Ye Jinghong cut in, "As for that Pompeii City law you mentioned, bullshit! Your people brought us here, and they sought the Elder Council's approval at the time. After we arrived, the Elder Council even hosted a banquet for us. Now you're saying we're spies and claiming you're acting according to Pompeii City law? Elder Feng, do you really take us for three- or four-year-old children?"
Jiang Xiaohui nodded vigorously. "Then you must hand him over. He has to die!"
A Tai said nothing, but I saw his expression shifting unpredictably. Perhaps he was thinking about Ancient Shu City. If all this had happened there, how would they have dealt with it?
Feng Yun sighed. "Fine. I'll discuss it with my other two sisters."
Naturally, she meant Lei Su and Dian Ling.
"Fine, but you'd better be