Death-Claiming Copper Coins

"Did you hear?"

"Hear what? You're giving me nothing to go on. Did your wife give birth to six fat boys in one go?"

"Bah! What would that make her, a sow? I'm talking about—" The Wine drinker glanced around, lowered his voice, and leaned closer. "The One-Coin Hero!"

The wine drinker across from him nodded in sudden understanding. "Of course I've heard! Who hasn't by now? I bet the news has reached Jinguan City! The One-Coin Hero uses Copper Coins as hidden weapons and kills with just one Copper Coin. He's killed plenty of notorious bullies and bandits these past two or three months. Who in Yi Province hasn't heard of him?"

"But I bet you don't know the One-Coin Hero has come to Bashan Commandery!"

"What?!" The Wine drinker's eyes widened. He cried out, then dropped his voice to a whisper. "Is that true?"

"Every word! Last night, he slipped into Tiger-Perched Balcony Luo Liao's house and killed Zhang Baisheng, Green Pine Mountain's second chief, with a single Copper Coin. Luo Liao's life was saved, but he nearly pissed his pants from fright..."

"He may fear his wife like a tiger, but he's a formidable martial artist. Why would being saved scare him that badly?"

"You don't know what happened. Zhang Baisheng had thrown dozens of punches in a row, leaving Luo Liao's muscles limp and his bones weak. He was about to die of exhaustion. Then a cold flash brushed past his ear and struck Zhang Baisheng between the brows. Zhang Baisheng dropped on the spot. Only then did Luo Liao see that it was a Copper Coin bearing the words 'Peace Under Heaven'..."

The wine drinker with the news took a sip and grinned. "Think about it. The One-Coin Hero, who kills Greenwood champions like chickens,