Make Him Tremble, Make Him Known!

"You want instructions? Very well."

Zhao Cheng did not waste further words with County Magistrate Liu, turning and walking out, leaving the magistrate with nothing but a cold, retreating back.

"I give you the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to gather all the involved officials and bring them here to meet their deaths."

"If you do it well, I might spare the elderly, the weak, the women, and the children of your households. But if the time passes and I do not see them..."

"Then for all involved, their three clans shall be eradicated, leaving not even a chicken or a dog alive."

County Magistrate Liu finally realized the gravity of the situation.

Everything he had done was calculated; whenever someone came to investigate, he could always cite the laws of Qin State to twist the narrative and clear his own name.

But he had not accounted for this Blood Butcher, who ignored all reason and intended to kill outright!

It was one thing to act this way toward an enemy state, but to be so tyrannical within the borders of Qin?

County Magistrate Liu was filled with suspicion and terror, sweat already beading on his forehead.

The time left to him was running out.

Yet, he remained seated in the county office, unmoving. A man like him—how could he possibly care about the women and children of his three clans?

Forget the three clans; even if it were his nine clans, how could they be more important than his own life?

Even if the Heavenly King himself arrived, he would not go out to meet his death. He was gambling that Zhao Cheng would not dare to violate the law and execute him!

As for the evidence on the desk, he did not even glance