If They Can Kill Me, Let Them Come

"You..."

Huiming's face was full of disbelief.

If not for his senior brother saying they had to give the Demon Suppression Bureau some face, why would they waste their breath here?

Yet not only did the other party fail to appreciate it, she even dared lay hands on his senior brother!

"Do you know who he is?! Do you know who we are?!"

"You're finished! You're truly finished!"

Huiming pointed at Jiang Yuechu and roared, "Jeweled Temple will never let today's matter rest! Just wait! Under heaven and on earth, no one can save you!"

Jiang Yuechu did not understand his roaring. She merely slowly swept her gaze over her subordinates, whose expressions all differed.

"Interfering with a Demon Suppression Bureau investigation without authorization and obstructing official duties—under the Great Tang Code and Bureau regulations, what is the punishment?"

"..."

They looked at one another, all unable to tell what medicine this newly appointed Team Leader was selling from her gourd.

Especially Liu Ke.

His heart was already churning like stormy seas.

Earlier, when the surname Jiang had ignored the commoners' tearful pleas, he had assumed she was hard-hearted as iron and stone, cold-blooded and merciless.

But how had she suddenly started fighting the monks of Treasure Monastery?

Why was that?

Could it be...

They hadn't reached an agreement?

Seeing no one answer, Jiang Yuechu's brows drew together slightly.

"Hmm?"

A burly man standing in the corner was swept by her gaze and shuddered, answering instinctively.

"R-Reporting, my lady, according to Bureau regulations, if the circumstances are severe... they may be executed on the spot!"

"Very good."

Jiang Yuechu nodded, turning her gaze back to the two monks.

"Then why haven't you seized them for me?"

The moment her words fell.

The courtyard remained deathly silent.

No one moved.

Compared with Jiang Yuechu's matter-of-fact indifference, Liu Ke only felt his scalp go numb.

Seize them?

These were men from Jeweled Temple!

Jeweled Temple, whose roots ran deep through Longyou Circuit, a place even the former Commander had to give three parts face to!

Earlier, when he had matched Huiming needle for needle and barbed word for barbed word, it had merely been youthful bravado. Relying on the skin he wore, he had only spoken some formal words.

But now, Team Leader Jiang actually intended to make it real?!

Alarmed beyond measure, he hurriedly stepped forward, intending to dissuade her.

"This matter... this matter must be considered carefully! Jeweled Temple has deep foundations in Longyou. If we offend them rashly, it may bring down monstrous trouble! Better to..."

Before he could finish.

A crisp, resounding slap exploded through the courtyard.

Everyone froze.

The fat, hulking monk Bujie had somehow already reached Huiming. With one enormous slap, he struck the young monk squarely across the face.

Huiming was slapped senseless. Clutching his cheek, he stared at Bujie in disbelief.

"You... you dare hit me?!"

"Amitabha."

Monk Bujie withdrew his hand and recited a Buddhist invocation, his face filled with compassion for all living things.

"This humble monk saw that you were possessed by inner demons, so I helped clear your head. No need to thank me."

That slap directly stunned everyone silly.

Chen Tong's eyes lit up. As though he had instantly found his backbone, he roared and charged forward first.

"Fuck you, bald donkey! You dare throw your weight around with us!"

He kicked Huiming to the ground, his fists falling like raindrops.

The other burly men in the courtyard seemed to awaken from a dream as well. Howling, they pounced forward.

"Hit him!"

"Let him put on airs before us!"

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For a time, fists and kicks flew through the courtyard, while screams rose without end.

Huiming had some cultivation, but how could he withstand being ganged up on by this pack of men, fierce as wolves and tigers?

In the blink of an eye, he had been beaten black and blue, with no strength left to fight back.

Magistrate Qian lay sprawled on the ground, utterly at a loss as to how this could end.

Only Liu Ke remained frozen where he stood, blankly watching the chaotic scene before him, not knowing what to do.

Jiang Yuechu slowly walked up to him.

"Weren't you the one shouting the loudest just now?"

She looked at Liu Ke's flushed face, a trace of mockery in her eyes.

"So when it's time for you to actually make a move, you're standing here yammering at me instead?"

"I..."

Liu Ke opened his mouth, but a word lodged in his throat, and he could not say another.

Jiang Yuechu could not be bothered to hear his explanation. She turned away without saying a word.

She said nothing, yet that silence was more painful than any cutting remark.

Soon, the two monks were bound hand and foot and escorted before Jiang Yuechu.

Chen Tong and the others had been ruthless. The two monks, who had looked so solemn and dignified moments before, were now black and blue, their robes covered in footprints, utterly bedraggled.

"Let me go! You bunch of dogs who bully others by relying on power! Do you know who I am?!"

Huiming continued roaring stubbornly, his eyes filled with venom. "My master is the chief of Jeweled Temple's Discipline Hall! You touched me today—I guarantee none of you will live!"

"Junior brother, shut up!"

Huiming struggled to raise his head from the ground and sternly stopped him.

He finally understood completely.

The woman before him was nothing like the Demon Suppression Bureau officers they had dealt with before.

She did not follow rules, did not care for personal ties, and did not yield to threats.

He had merely shown the slightest hint of threatening intent in the room earlier, yet she had kicked him out with one foot, not even giving him a chance to react.

The suppressed hatred in his heart nearly burst through his chest.

But now, they were the fish on the chopping block, at another's mercy.

Enduring the searing pain in his cheek, he forced a smile at Jiang Yuechu, uglier than weeping.

"My lady... please calm your anger. My junior brother is young and hot-blooded; he spoke without thinking and offended you. This humble monk... offers apologies on his behalf."

"Today's matter was Jeweled Temple's fault. We will no longer interfere. Please, for the Buddha's sake, show mercy and allow my junior brother and me to leave. Everyone at Jeweled Temple will surely remember your kindness, and there will be generous repayment in the future!"

So long as they could return alive and report today's humiliation to their sect.

Hmph...

A mere eighth-rank Team Leader, even if she had some skill, was only a slightly larger ant before a colossal being like Jeweled Temple.

However.

Jiang Yuechu merely looked at him coldly and slowly drew the Horizontal Blade at her waist, inch by inch.

Clang—

Huiming's expression stiffened as he instantly understood.

This...

This woman truly intended to execute them on the spot?!

"You... do you truly intend to fight Jeweled Temple until the fish dies and the net breaks?!"

Huiming could no longer maintain his pretense. "Jeweled Temple has stood firm in Longyou for hundreds of years. There are no fewer than dozens of Bone Resonance Realm experts within our sect, and Core Formation Realm elders oversee it! If my junior brother and I die here today, within three days, experts from our temple will come in person to demand your life!"

"The skin you wear may protect you for a time, but it cannot protect you for a lifetime! If you have the ability, then hide in the Demon Suppression Bureau for the rest of your life and never come out!"

Jiang Yuechu said nothing.

She merely raised her eyes.

What kind of eyes were those?

There was no anger, no killing intent.

There was not even the slightest ripple of emotion.

Sunlight fell across her cold, pale face, like winter wind and snow.

Her thin lips parted, and her voice was calm.

"If they can kill me, let them come."

The instant her words fell.

Blade light flashed.

Splat.

Two fine heads soared into the sky.

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