Not a Good Person?

"The Li Family?"

Bai Ruoli frowned slightly.

That name had truly become a household name in Tianfu City lately.

Starting with the matter involving Jun Jingyi...

And now...

Bai Ruoli suddenly thought of something and sprang to her feet. Her expression shifted repeatedly, shock filling her heart.

The Li Family, the Eighth Prince!

Yet another incident involving those two parties.

For a moment, the image of a young man with a perpetual smile appeared in her mind.

"Was it him?"

Bai Ruoli frowned, but then shook her head.

No.

Impossible.

Jun Jingyi was only a young marquis. He shouldn't have had the nerve to scheme against a prince.

What had happened some time ago was proof.

The Li Family's affairs had implicated the Eighth Prince, and Jun Jingyi had been forced to give up on revenge.

And there was something else.

The Dragon Slaying Saber and the Heaven Reliant Sword.

If she had thought they were only legends before...

Then tonight...

It had been confirmed: they were indeed two divine weapons.

Setting aside whether they could truly command the world, they were unquestionably divine weapons. The fighting outside at that very moment was proof.

Even the imperial family would be tempted by divine weapons of that caliber.

Otherwise, the Eighth Prince would never have entered the game!

Yes, entered the game!

Bai Ruoli knew very well that this was a setup.

The traces of the scheme were all too obvious. She believed many people could see through it, but there was nothing they could do.

The bait was too tempting. This was an open scheme.

The person behind it was confident that even if everyone saw through his scheme, they would still have to step into it.

But Jun Jingyi couldn't have devised such a scheme. He was only a young master of a marquis's household; there was no way he could have possessed divine weapons like these.

To set up a scheme like this...

First, it required an extremely covert network for spreading information. He didn't have one. His status as a young marquis was his greatest source of support, but it was also a drawback.

Second, divine weapons. The Jun Family couldn't possibly have possessed them either, or there would have been some word of them in her previous life.

Third, an expert!

He did have one... but if he were scheming against a prince, would that person really be willing to help him?

Bai Ruoli shook her head.

That would be tantamount to rebellion!

And when it came to rebellion, whoever else might rebel, Jun Jingyi, a young marquis who enjoyed the benefits bestowed by the Yan Kingdom, should not have been the one to do it.

So it was impossible!

There was no reason for it whatsoever!

But that brought her back to the question: who was in Tianfu City, stirring up wind and rain here?

"The scheme targeted the jianghu, the Eighth Prince, and the Li Family, weakening the power of the person behind the Li Family!"

"And in the end, it even framed Jun Jingyi?"

Although anyone would know Jun Jingyi couldn't have done it, he had indeed been at odds with the Eighth Prince lately.

He was a suitable scapegoat, even if he had been terribly wronged!

"Could it be that he's here?"

Bai Ruoli frowned in puzzlement. In her previous life, that fellow hadn't come to Tianfu City at this time.

Weakening the Eighth Prince, the First Prince, and the jianghu all at once!

Such a terrifying scheme did seem like his handiwork.

At the thought, Bai Ruoli let out a soft sigh, her expression immensely complicated.

In her previous life, if that fellow had arrived a little earlier in those final moments when she was killed, perhaps she wouldn't have died.

"But..."

"Oh, well. Since you want that position, what harm is there in helping you fight for it this time? I'll consider it repaying a debt of gratitude!"

Bai Ruoli chuckled.

Outside.

By now, the battlefield of slaughter in Tianfu City had moved away from the Li Family.

But it was no exaggeration to say that the entire Li Family estate was now a hell on earth.

The Li Family head, who had hidden in the cellar as soon as he sensed something was wrong, had only just emerged. He stared at the sight before him in disbelief.

Corpses lay everywhere throughout the Li Family estate.

All his wives were dead, except for his nineteenth concubine, who had been with him that night.

Not even the bones of his children remained.

"This..."

"This..."

The Li Family head gasped for breath, fury raging in his heart.

Then he crumpled to the ground and began to cry.

"Ah... damn you to hell!"

"My wives!"

"My Li Family, my Li Family!"

His cries rolled out.

A faint sound rang out in the quiet night around him.

"Huh? Someone's still alive?"

A calm voice sounded.

The Li Family head and the few guards he had left instantly looked around on alert, cold sweat pouring down their faces.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Then Jun Jingyi walked out, dressed in a long black robe.

Behind him, Sikong Ye looked somewhat embarrassed.

Just moments ago, he had been telling Jun Jingyi that no one in the Li Family had survived.

If Jun Jingyi hadn't insisted on coming to take a look, this fellow really would have slipped past him.

"You... Jun... Jun, it's you!"

The Li Family head's eyes widened instantly.

He thought of something and turned to run.

But the next second, Sikong Ye grabbed hold of him.

The Li Family guards around them were all trembling with fear. Far from rescuing him, they wished they could drop to their knees and kowtow to Jun Jingyi, begging only to live.

"Young... Young Master Jun, this old man-no, I... I was wrong. I really was wrong!"

"Oh? What were you wrong about?"

Jun Jingyi smiled.

"I... I shouldn't have fathered that unfilial son. I shouldn't have turned a blind eye when he seized women by force. I..."

The Li Family head wore a fawning smile.

"All right, all right..."

Jun Jingyi waved a hand impatiently. "What does any of that have to do with me?"

"Uh..."

The Li Family head was dumbfounded.

No, this wasn't how things were supposed to go.

As he had guessed, Jun Jingyi should have been seeking revenge for that woman, which was why he had!

A person like that had to be a good man who valued love and loyalty, a gentleman.

Gentlemen were the easiest to bully. As long as he admitted his mistakes sincerely enough, Jun Jingyi had no reason to kill him. He was correcting his mistakes once he recognized them-that was the fine virtue scholars talked about!

How could he kill him?

He was a gentleman! He was a good man!

But what if he wasn't?

At the thought, he looked at Jun Jingyi's smile.

Cold sweat streamed down the Li Family head's forehead.

"What's the matter, Li Family Head? Nothing to say?"

Jun Jingyi chuckled.

"No, no, Young Master Jun, you can't kill me. You have no reason to kill me!"

The Li Family head argued in a trembling voice.

"A reason?"

Jun Jingyi smiled and blinked in puzzlement.

"That's right, you can't kill someone for no reason!"

The Li Family head seemed to feel he had found a reason to live. He grew confident, and his voice rose several notches.

"Oh, is that so? But who told you I need a reason to kill?"

Jun Jingyi asked softly.

The Li Family head felt his scalp go numb.

"You..."

"All right, send the Li Family head on his way!"

As Jun Jingyi finished speaking, the smile vanished from his face. Then he suddenly remembered something and looked at the Li Family head, chuckling again. "Oh, right. Since you want a reason, I'll give you one."

"The reason is that you're not as strong as me. That's how this world works. The weak have no right to cry injustice!"

Watching Jun Jingyi walk away...

The Li Family head froze.

An image came to mind.

A young woman had cried out for justice before him, and he had replied with a look of disdain, "The law? My Li Family is the law. Heaven's justice? My Li Family is heaven!"

Then he had thrown her to his second son to defile. Whether she had been buried afterward or fed to the dogs... he couldn't quite remember such a trivial matter.

"Weak, strong..."

The Li Family head suddenly laughed, and then he went mad!