The entire scene fell silent.
Everyone stared at Jiang Qiao in utter shock.
This young man, who looked barely over twenty, had actually killed all the Prefectural Yamen constables with a casual wave of his hand!
It was simply unbelievable!
No one had seen how he had attacked.
Nor had anyone understood how the constables scattered across the ground had died.
Mysterious!
Powerful!
Ruthless!
One label after another was attached to Jiang Qiao. For a moment, no one knew how to deal with this smiling young man.
After a moment of silence.
Sun Bingwen finally came to his senses.
He clasped his fists and bowed, speaking with deep gratitude. "Thank you, Young Master, for stepping in out of righteousness and resolving my Sun family's crisis."
"May I ask your esteemed name?"
"If not for you, my Sun family's reputation would have been utterly ruined today."
As he spoke.
A look of shame appeared on his face.
He had already wavered earlier.
He had planned to let his second daughter-in-law leave with Ma Liu, buying them a few days. Then he would discuss the matter with the various great clans and find out exactly what was going on.
For the sake of his family's continuation.
Sometimes, he could only make certain helpless compromises.
Whether it was anger.
Or sorrow.
For an aristocratic clan to survive, it needed not only powerful strength but also the ability to submit after judging the situation.
Those clans that had never feared authority.
Had long since been reduced to ashes.
Still.
Bowing his head to a constable squad leader he had looked down on in the past would become an insurmountable obstacle for the Sun family, no matter what.
"No need to thank me."
"You great clans aren't exactly good people either."
Jiang Qiao did not