Zhao Yuanzhou's eyes narrowed, and there was a cold light gathering silently in the depths of his pupils.
From Huang Laosi's words, he clearly read a subtext.
Whether he admits his "guilt" or not today, it is a dead end.
The other party came with soldiers, tied up his guards, put knives on the necks of his relatives, and had no intention of leaving him alive from the beginning to the end.
This is a fight to the death...
"What? You can't bear to part with this official uniform?" Huang Laosi looked at Zhao Yuanzhou's gnashing teeth, furious but seemingly "hesitating" look, and felt happy.
He threw the long sword back to the soldier, rubbed his hands, and once again his eyes were fixed on the girl's slim figure, his eyes almost bursting with fire.
"It is such a pity that such a beautiful little lady died in vain!"
He shook his head, smacked his lips and sighed, then waved his hand and shouted at the top of his lungs to the soldiers behind him:
"Come here! Drag this little lady down for me and clean her up!"
"I want to have a good time today!" The four soldiers responded and strode towards the girl who was trembling with fear.
"Huang Laosi!!" A roar like thunder exploded in the back hall of the county government office.
Zhao Yuanzhou's entire figure was like a ignited powder keg, with cold murderous intent reflected in his eyes.
He raised his right arm, and a dazzling cold light bloomed from his palm without any warning, and the Xiuchun knife exuding a bit of coldness appeared in his hand instantly.
At the same time, yellow, purple, purple, black, and black, five Soul Ring quietly emerged from under his feet!
"This...?" Huang Laosi's ferocious smile froze on his face. He pointed at Zhao Yuanzhou and said tremblingly, "Zhao, Zhao...Zhao Yuanzhou, you... you are the soul, Soul Master?"
"Soul Master?!" The old man who had been keeping his eyes closed finally opened his eyes.
However, it's too late.
"Buzz--!"
After a clear and long sword cry, Master Huang and his uncle in first-class official robes, together with the four soldiers, six heads left their necks almost at the same instant.
In an instant, blood shot up into the sky, and the six headless corpses stood frozen for a moment before falling to the ground like puppets with their strings cut off, throwing up a cloud of dust.
Zhao Yuanzhou glanced at the trembling outer hall with cold eyes, immediately picked up the knife and killed towards the outer hall!
About five minutes later.
Dozens of corpses wearing armor lay scattered in the county government compound.
The smell of blood was so thick that it could not be dissolved. It steamed up with the summer heat, making people almost unable to open their eyes.
Two brothers, Xiong Da and Xiong Er, were sitting back to back in the middle of the yard, with blood dripping down their arms.
The two men gasped, their chests heaving violently, and large beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads, leaving several white marks on their blood-stained faces.
They stared blankly at the mess in the yard, with the word "unbelievable" written all over their faces.
Is this still the gentle and gentle county magistrate they knew?
The speed and method of killing...
Isn't it really a demon that escaped from some dungeon?
Xiong Er opened his mouth, swallowed, lowered his voice and asked Xiong Da: "Brother, what did we do before?"
"I don't know." Xiong Da shook his head numbly.
"Xiong Da, Xiong Er." Zhao Yuanzhou's voice came from behind.
"Sir!" The two brothers stood up in unison.
Zhao Yuanzhou supported his godmother and little sister and walked out:
"You guys pack up and go your separate ways."
Xiong Da and Xiong Er looked at each other, and then Xiong Da took a step forward, clasped his fists and bowed, and said in a sincere tone:
"Sir, we have killed the imperial officials, and Heaven Dou Empire has no place here anymore."
"Everyone is dead, so just let us continue to follow you."
"Yes, sir!" Xiong Er also took a step forward, "We killed Huang Laosi's bunch of bastards. If this news reaches Heaven Dou Emperor's ears, he will definitely send heavy troops to encircle and suppress us."
"Anyway, both sides will die, why not..." He gritted his teeth and said decisively, "Why don't we rebel?"
"Reverse?!" Xiong Da was so shocked by his brother's words that he suddenly turned his head and stared at Xiong Er, his eyes almost flying out.
"That's right! It's the other way around!" Xiong Er's tone became more determined, "Heaven Dou Empire is rotten to the core!"
"Since Xue Ye came to the throne a few years ago, what kind of life have the people been living?"
"Not to mention food and clothing, we can hardly even drink water now."
"Even if the heat doesn't kill them this summer, when winter comes, the biting cold will freeze them alive into lumps of ice!"
The more he spoke, the more vigorously he spoke, and his spit almost flew into Xiong Da's face:
"My eldest brother and I have reached the realm of Soul Elder now, and you, sir, are even more of an Five-Ring Soul King. Why don't we just occupy this place and become kings on our own?"
"This can at least save the people on this side, which is better than watching them starve to death and freeze to death!"
Xiong Er's words were rough and unreasonable, and they came out like a barrage of firecrackers, scattering some of the remaining murderous aura in the yard.
Zhao Yuanzhou was silent for a moment after listening.
After a moment, he slowly shook his head. "You think about things too simply."
He turned around, his back to the two brothers, and there was a deep helplessness in his voice. "With our current strength, the empire only needs to send one Soul Saint level master to massacre us all."
"This is why the empire has never been afraid of rebellions everywhere. Because those who have secured their positions in the court don't care at all."
"Even if ordinary people rise up, they are just a bunch of crops waiting to be harvested in front of the real Soul Master strong men."
"After the killing is over, things will be settled."
"My lord..."
"Okay."
Zhao Yuanzhou raised his hand and stopped Xiong Er who wanted to say something else. He walked towards the house without looking back, leaving only a tired sentence floating in the yard:
"Pack up and leave as soon as possible. I have to leave here too."
"Remember, don't make this matter public, so as not to implicate innocent people."
"But, my lord!"
"No need to say any more!" Zhao Yuanzhou's figure disappeared into the shadows of the house.
Xiong Er clenched his fists, and the veins on his neck jumped again and again, and finally his shoulders drooped like a deflated rubber ball.
Xiong Da reached out and patted him hard on the shoulder. The two brothers looked at each other speechlessly and could only sigh heavily.
Half an hour later, an inconspicuous green cloth carriage quietly drove out from the small gate of the back office.
The carriage circled three times along the most remote path in the county. After confirming that no one was following it, it drove out of the north gate of Dengfeng County under the cover of twilight and disappeared into the dust at the end of the official road.
Xiong Da and Xiong Er stood in the shadow under the city wall, watching the carriage go further and further until it disappeared.
"Brother, where are we going?" Xiong Er asked in a muffled voice.
"Hide it first," Xiong Da replied in a low tone, "Let's talk about other things later..."