The Look in His Eyes Could Really Kill

The Look in His Eyes Could Really Kill

"Wang Zheng? What does he want with me?"

"That's Commander Wang you're talking about. Calling him by his full name is a grave sign of disrespect!"

Bai Yan had merely called Wang Zheng by name, but Liu Fengshan instantly flew into a rage like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, his voice turning shrill.

Bai Yan met his gaze expressionlessly.

"Names are meant for people to call. What, calling him by name makes me guilty of grave disrespect?"

"Then tell me—exactly how have I been disrespectful?"

Liu Fengshan was rendered speechless. After choking on his anger for a long while, he finally spat out resentfully:

"In any case, you must show respect to Commander Wang! And enough nonsense. Come with me to pay your respects to him!"

Liu Fengshan spoke from on high, as though meeting Wang Zheng were some tremendous honor.

He wasn't passing on a message. He was issuing an order, as if Bai Yan had no choice but to obey the moment he opened his mouth.

Bai Yan suddenly let out a cold laugh.

"When did I ever say I was going to see him?"

Liu Fengshan's eyes flew wide, his face filled with disbelief.

"Commander Wang summoned you, and you dare refuse?"

"Why wouldn't I dare refuse? I'm not his subordinate. Why should I obey his every command?"

Bai Yan raised a brow, then spoke with some impatience.

"Besides, I'm currently carrying out an important task on Commander Zheng's orders. I don't have time to waste here with you."

With that, Bai Yan lifted his foot to leave, but Liu Fengshan once again reached out and blocked his way.

Liu Fengshan stared fixedly at Bai Yan, his gaze turning cold and sinister.

"Bai Yan, do you know who Commander Wang is? He's the eldest grandson of Grand Secretary Wang!"

"Anyone he summons must appear before him. No one has the right to refuse!"

"You don't want to anger Commander Wang, do you?"

"The matter of you injuring Captain Zhao hasn't blown over yet. He's summoning you this time to give you a chance to apologize. Don't be so blind to favors!"

"Heh! Give me a chance?"

Bai Yan looked as though he had just heard the greatest joke in the world and gave a cold laugh.

"Do I need him to give me a chance?"

"To the best of my knowledge, I have nothing to apologize to him for."

"As for Zhao Gaozhong, he was injured because he brought it upon himself. What does that have to do with me?"

"Even Commander Zheng hasn't said I was in the wrong. What is Wang Zheng supposed to be, that he has the right to say I'm wrong? Does he have more authority than Commander Zheng?"

Liu Fengshan was choked into silence.

Zheng Haihan was publicly acknowledged as the foremost commander in the Northern Commandery Investigation Bureau, while Wang Zheng was nothing more than a man who had entered through the back door.

His backing might be powerful, but compared with Zheng Haihan himself, he was utterly insignificant.

Zheng Haihan was someone even Wang Qingquan had to show a measure of respect.

Liu Fengshan's face darkened until it seemed capable of dripping water.

"Bai Yan, I'll ask you one last time. Are you truly refusing to go?"

"Do you know that refusing to go today means showing Commander Wang no respect? From this day onward..."

"Are you threatening me?!"

Bai Yan cut him off directly, his voice turning stern.

"Threatening a fellow officer in broad daylight—Liu Fengshan, you're openly violating the rules of the Imperial Guard!"

"You're wary of Wang Zheng's background, so you're willing to curry favor with him, fawn on him, and be his dog. But don't drag me into it!"

"I, Bai Yan, may have nothing else, but these bones of mine are hard enough. I can't learn to bow and scrape!"

"Besides, don't make Wang Zheng sound so arrogant and overbearing, as though offending him means you won't be able to survive in the Northern Commandery Investigation Bureau."

"He's only a commander, not the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard!"

"You make him sound so powerful that, taken together, your words seem to suggest the Imperial Guard belongs not to the Imperial Court, but to the Wang Family."

"What is the Wang Family trying to do? Secretly control the Imperial Guard?!"

"You!"

The moment those words left his mouth, Liu Fengshan's expression changed drastically.

That accusation was far too grave. He couldn't bear it.

The Imperial Guard was the Emperor's personal army, loyal only to the Emperor—a blade in His Majesty's hand.

And the Wang Family wanted to control the Imperial Guard? What were they trying to do?

Were they planning a rebellion?

If those words reached the Emperor's ears, the Wang Family might survive His Majesty's wrath, but Liu Fengshan would certainly die without even a grave to hold his remains.

Liu Fengshan hurriedly began to explain.

"No, no, Captain Bai, you've misunderstood. That isn't what I meant. What I meant was..."

"What you mean has nothing to do with me. I'm not your father, and I have no obligation to indulge you."

"If you're willing to be Wang Zheng's dog, then be your dog properly. Don't come provoking me."

"If you provoke me, I'll chop off your dog paws and then hack off your dog head!"

Bai Yan's eyes widened. Thick killing intent radiated from his icy gaze, frightening Liu Fengshan into stumbling backward again and again.

"Get out of my way!"

Bai Yan shoved Liu Fengshan aside and swaggered away with Ren Hong and Li Kaiyao.

Liu Fengshan stood frozen in place, his expression shifting between dark and pale as the venom in his eyes grew more and more intense.

To be humiliated so thoroughly in front of everyone—if he didn't win back his lost face, he would likely have no place left to stand in the Imperial Guard.

He suddenly shouted at Bai Yan's retreating back.

"Bai Yan, have you truly made up your mind to offend Commander Wang?"

"You'd better think this through. No one who offends Commander Wang ever comes to a good end!"

Bai Yan didn't turn around. His cold laugh drifted back from afar.

"If you dare spout one more word of nonsense, you'll be offending me. And people who offend me come to an even worse end."

"And don't think that climbing onto Wang Zheng's coattails makes you better than everyone else. You're still far from it."

"In Wang Zheng's eyes, you're nothing but a stray dog by the roadside."

"When he's happy, he might toss you a bone, making you grateful beyond words as you wag your tail and beg."

"When he's unhappy, he'll butcher you and eat you as dog meat."

Liu Fengshan's entire face flushed the color of pig liver. His fury erupted as he shouted.

"Bai Yan, you're too arrogant! Not long ago, you injured Captain Zhao, which already offended Commander Wang."

"This time, you refused to cherish the chance to apologize. You..."

"What about me?"

Bai Yan abruptly turned his head. His eyes narrowed, killing intent surging within them.

"Are you going to kill me?"

"Think carefully before you make a move. Once you attack, I won't show mercy."

Cold killing intent exploded like a tidal wave, sweeping across the entire courtyard in an instant and locking firmly onto Liu Fengshan.

With that killing intent fixed on him, nearly all the blood in Liu Fengshan's body froze. His body stiffened where he stood, unable to move, and even his thoughts briefly ground to a halt.

"A useless wretch who knows only how to wag his tail and beg!"

Looking at Liu Fengshan, who was too frightened to move, Bai Yan let out a disdainful cold laugh and strode away.

Only after Bai Yan had gone far did Liu Fengshan finally come back to himself.

His legs went weak, and he collapsed onto the ground.

His whole body trembled as he clutched his chest and gasped for breath, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

How terrifying!

In that instant just now, Liu Fengshan had truly felt as though he were facing death itself.

It was as if Bai Yan only had to form a thought for him to be left headless and dismembered.

A gaze that could kill.

For a Grandmaster, this was nothing unusual.

At its core, it meant using a Grandmaster's pressure to intimidate a weaker person's mind, then using killing intent to shatter their mental defenses and frighten them to death.

However, it only worked on timid people with poor mental fortitude.

The success rate was also very low. If one truly wanted to save effort, spitting in the other person's face and killing them with venom would probably be more convenient.

Seeing Liu Fengshan in such a wretched state, all the surrounding captains began gloating.