Meng Zhao Was Not to Be Provoked (Please Subscribe)

Meng Zhao had not wanted to concern himself with a mere young girl, but Han Lu's words piqued his interest.

He examined the girl closely. Her bright eyes were lovely, her teeth white as pearls, and her little face—suited equally to smiles and pouts—was full of panic and unease. Her looks were indeed quite good; compared with Han Lu and Zhu'er, she was not much inferior. No wonder Han Pu had fallen for her.

Meng Zhao then looked at his trusted subordinate, Han Pu. Sure enough, the man's usual aura—steady as a mountain, sharp as a blade—really was somewhat different. Meng Zhao listened intently and even noticed that the boy's heartbeat was unlike normal, frighteningly fast, exactly like a green youth experiencing his first stirrings of love.

Yet from where the girl stood, he could tell that she was likely a legitimate daughter of the Wang Family. He just did not know what relation she had to Wang Xuanjing.

If Han Pu wanted to make this work, it probably would not be easy.

After some thought, Meng Zhao did not rashly launch another indiscriminate tirade at the Wang Family. Instead, he smiled at the girl and said,

"Little girl, killing someone in public is indeed a crime under the Great Yong Six Statutes. However, those provisions protect only ordinary commoners with no martial training.

"Matters of the martial world are settled within the martial world. The Great Ancestor made that clear at the very beginning of the Six Statutes.

"Unless you have that boy's family report me to the City Lord's Mansion. If the City Lord's Mansion accepts the case, then perhaps it can convict me.

"Furthermore, I am a Subordinate Third Rank Heavenly Dipper Guard of the current Great Emperor. I represent the Emperor's dignity and bear the Heavenly