With tempers flaring and afraid Jiang Wanlou would be left unable to save face, turning things into an awkward standoff, Zuo Chengfeng raised a hand to stop them. He then said to Niu Youdao, "You came to save people. You don't want anything to happen to the County Princess and the others either, do you? It's a small matter. There's no need to dwell on it. What's past is past. Let's discuss the serious business."
Niu Youdao said, "Sect Master Zuo, I'm not an unreasonable man. County Princess Shang has long resided at Thatched Cottage Manor, so she can be considered one of Thatched Cottage Manor's people. I said those words before so many people. If I raise the matter high only to let it fall lightly, what will Thatched Cottage Manor's people think of me? The County Princess was humiliated in public. If I don't bring back an explanation, wouldn't I become a laughingstock? The words have already been spoken, and I have already come. Today, either let me die here, or give me an explanation!"
Zuo Chengfeng said, "If you get your explanation, then Brother Jiang, as a Sect Master, won't even be able to protect his own disciple. How will he explain himself to those below?"
Niu Youdao said, "Protect? Protect what? You'd protect even this kind of beast? Is Origin Return Sect a den of rapists?"
"Impudence!" Jiang Wanlou thundered.
Niu Youdao's words remained fierce. "Everything has its cause and effect. If anyone is to blame, blame that dog paw of his. A dignified disciple of Origin Return Sect, with two armies facing each other, before an ocean of troops and beneath countless watching eyes, actually dared to publicly violate a woman. Does he have no shame at all? Killing someone is no more than a