But judging by his build, if he were a wandering jianghu hero, there seemed to be nothing unreasonable about it.
"Boy, what a big mouth you have!"
Chen Zui frowned. "I don't have bad breath. You do, though—you stink."
Bian Chunchou: ...Very good. That line had definitely been picked up from who knew where by Chen Zui-Zui. Now that was more like it.
There were more assassins than they had imagined. Last time, Wen Xu-Xu had been alone, with only three people pursuing him. Now, judging from the sound of footsteps alone, at least twenty had come. They truly... thought very highly of him.
What a pity. Let alone twenty people—even two thousand would all be knocked flat by Chen Zui alone.
"Monster! Monster—"
Back in the cultivation world, people had always called Chen Zui a monster. Now that he was in the Mortal Realm, even without spiritual power, plenty of people still called him a monster. Chen Zui thought about it and decided to accept the title calmly.
"How should they be dealt with?" Chen Zui had not the slightest interest in killing such weaklings.
Wen Xu set down the warm teacup in his hand. "Tie them up and send them to Shuntian Prefecture Yamen tomorrow. I'm a provincial graduate who came to the capital for the examinations, yet I was inexplicably assassinated. Isn't it only natural to seek out the authorities?"
Bian Chunchou: ...Here it came, here it came. Black water was starting to bubble out of Wen Xu-Xu's belly.
"Hey, where are you taking them to tie them up? The courtyard won't do!" Bian Chunchou immediately chased after him outside.
Chen Zui turned his head. "Why not?"
"It's winter. If they're left outside all night like this, they could easily freeze to death." Only after chasing him