Su Clan Enforcement Hall

Pfft...

Fresh blood sprayed out, splashing onto Su Yuexi's face.

With a dull thud, Su Yuexi released the dagger and collapsed to the ground, her face deathly pale beneath her veil.

The shrew's eyes bulged wide; she had already breathed her last.

Sikong Jing walked forward slowly. He was naturally unmoved by such a minor scene, but he had seen countless new recruits experience their first kill, and he knew it required courage.

Therefore, Sikong Jing asked with concern, "Su Yuexi, are you alright?"

Trembling violently, Su Yuexi rose to her feet. She swallowed hard as she faced Sikong Jing and said, "I, I am fine..."

"Now that Aunt Dou is dead, there is no proof. When we get to the Su Clan Enforcement Hall in a moment, you must not admit what you just did. Do not say that you were the one who severed her limbs, and certainly do not admit that you killed her."

"Everything was done by me, do you understand?"

Su Yuexi's expression was solemn, her gaze fixed firmly on Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing's eyes widened, and he stammered, "You killed this shrew to silence her for my sake?"

He had originally assumed Su Yuexi killed her simply out of hatred for the shrew's previous bullying. He never expected it was because of him, or that she feared he would face retribution from the Su Clan Enforcement Hall.

"Yes," Su Yuexi nodded in admission.

"Why?"

Sikong Jing had seen too many first-time kills; it required not just courage, but immense resolve.

Yet, Su Yuexi had acted solely because of him.

Su Yuexi lifted her eyelids and said earnestly, "Because you are my husband, and because I am a daughter of the Su Clan."

"No matter how great a mistake I make, they will not take my life. But you are different. You are a banished criminal, and everyone in the Su Clan wishes for your immediate death."

Sikong Jing asked again, "Even if they don't take your life, you will still face severe punishment."

The Su Clan could heartlessly force her to live in such a foul-smelling place and allow their servants to beat and berate her.

How could Su Yuexi possibly fare well after committing murder?

Beneath her veil, Su Yuexi smiled innocently. "That is still better than you being dead."

After speaking, Su Yuexi suddenly remembered something. She pulled Sikong Jing up and said, "Come with me..."

Without waiting for his answer, she dragged him toward the back of the thatched hut.

Behind it lay the Su Clan's pig farm, and further back was a small forest.

Jogging past the pig farm, Su Yuexi led Sikong Jing to a hidden cave in the woods before panting, "Hide here for now. You must not come out, do you hear me? Wait until I return."

Sikong Jing was stunned again and asked, "Why?"

"I am afraid the people from the Enforcement Hall will use this opportunity to strike you first. In any case, just do not come out." As Su Yuexi spoke, angry shouts echoed from the direction of the thatched hut; it was Su Yun arriving with the men from the Enforcement Hall.

"I must go immediately, or they will surely find their way here. Remember to stay hidden."

With that, Su Yuexi jogged back, disappearing from Sikong Jing's hollow gaze.

Only after Su Yuexi was out of sight did Sikong Jing slowly withdraw his gaze. A man of seven feet, a once-invincible divine general, felt his eye sockets redden and his lips tremble at this moment.

If the Ninth Princess, Yan Ruyu, was the extreme of heartlessness, then Su Yuexi was the warmest sunlight in this world.

"In nineteen years, this is the first time I, Sikong Jing, have felt truly alive." Sikong Jing took a deep breath, looked toward the direction of the hut, and said, "But how could I let my wife suffer for my sake?"

His words were iron-clad and resolute!

He then stepped forward, following in Su Yuexi's direction, the Emperor-Slaying Prison-Breaking Art circulating within his body!

The Su Clan Enforcement Hall was grim and murderous.

As one of the four great clans of Yunye City, the Su Clan had thousands of members. The Enforcement Hall was the place where the clan interrogated and punished its own, a place feared by all.

At this moment, a middle-aged man sat at the head of the Enforcement Hall—he was Su Yuexi's second uncle, Su Zhengtao.

His current position in the Su Clan was none other than: Master of the Enforcement Hall!

Standing beside Su Zhengtao was his most doted-upon daughter, Su Yun.

When the men from the Enforcement Hall brought Su Yuexi in, Su Yun barked, "Su Yuexi, where is that loud-mouthed, sickly criminal husband of yours?"

Su Yuexi replied in a low voice, "He happened to have another flare-up, so I sent him away for treatment."

"Treatment? With what are you sending him for treatment? I think he has run away!"

Su Yun refused to believe it. When Su Yuexi was thrown into the pig farm five days ago, all her wealth had been confiscated, and her parents had been ordered by her grandfather, the Clan Head, to stop interfering in her affairs.

Su Yuexi had neither money nor anyone to help her send that sickly man for treatment.

To this, Su Yuexi stubbornly replied, "I did send him for treatment."

"Fine, fine, fine. You dare to talk back to me now? I don't care if you sent him for treatment or if he ran away; he is a dead man regardless. Anyone who dares to hit me will not have a good end... Father, send men to capture him now."

As Su Yun finished speaking, she looked toward her father, Su Zhengtao.

Su Zhengtao did not hesitate and shouted, "Men, bring that criminal back to me. If he dares to resist, cut him down immediately."

Su Yuexi's heart trembled, praying that if Sikong Jing were found, he would not resist.

At this moment, Su Zhengtao's gaze returned to the center of the Law Enforcement Hall, and he shouted, "Su Yuexi, kneel!"

With a thud, Su Yuexi knelt down.

"You severed Aunt Dou's limbs, and now you have killed her as well, is that right?" Su Zhengtao interrogated her with a cold face.

Su Yuexi nodded, "That's right, I did all of it."

She had made up her mind to take full responsibility for this matter.