"No, he escaped."
"He actually escaped? That's rare."
Lin Feng and the others had grown more cunning, and Zhai Le wasn't some naive fool either. He'd naturally guessed that Lin Feng would send word outside once she entered the country, so he'd had people watching her from the start. It was an unspoken understanding between both sides. Whether the message got through depended on one's own ability.
Yu Hai said, "That man's Martial Gall Totem is unusual."
The people pursuing him in secret had let their guard down and failed. By the time they tried to make up for it, it was too late. They couldn't exactly seal off the river in a grand show of force, so they could only abandon the mission and watch him go. Hearing this, Zhai Le didn't blame anyone. "If that's how it is, then perhaps it was heaven's will. Let the matter rest."
"What about those Imperial Guard soldiers..."
"Disobeying the King's command is a capital offense. The ones who died were simply unlucky; deal with the survivors as well. If anyone comes to protest and plead, ask them whether they're willing to take the dead men's places!"
Zhai Le settled the matter in just a few words. He didn't even send anyone to hold Lin Feng accountable. The men she'd killed were either from minor families with little influence or from clans whose officials were already on Zhai Le's blacklist. Lin Feng had used them to make an example of the others, and she'd done it with such thoughtfulness that it was almost touching. She'd vented her anger without causing Zhai Le any trouble.
So clever and tactful. What a pity she wasn't one of his own.
If she had been, she would surely have become a pillar of his daughter's future