21 The Monarch Holds His Sword! (2/2)
Mu Chengbai's legs started trembling. He took a deep breath and said, ”Ye Xiao! I know you don't have the guts to kill me!”
Ye Xiao spoke with half-closed eyes, ”You mean you have distinguished blood?”
Then he followed, ”Or special status?”
He didn't stop, ”Or powerful backgrounds?”
At last he said, ”None of that will work on me.” He pointed at the sharp and bloodstained blade, ”And neither on this.”
Mu Chengbai gnashed his teeth, ”I am from the Mu clan! I am Mu Chengbai! I am Mu Chengbai...”
Ye Xiao moved his ear forward, ”Never heard of them.” He held the sword and stepped forward.
”I am the brother-in-law of the crown prince! I am the older brother of his wife!” Mu Chengbai was sweating. As Ye Xiao stepped closer to him, he couldn't help but step back and say, ”If you kill me, the Ye clan will suffer repercussions for your actions. But if you let me go today, I promise you, Ye Xiao, I will make you rich and powerful in the government!”
Ye Xiao straightened his back and said after thinking, ”Did you know me before today?”
”No, I didn't.” Mu Chengbai shook his head and answered, ”We have nothing against each other. You can't just kill me.”
”Nothing?” Ye Xiao frowned, ”Then... what did you do all this for?”
He was truly confused about this.
”Wang Xiaonian! It was Wang Xiaonian!” Mu Chengbai nearly shouted out, ”That bastard, he... he... he was angry because you had robbed something from him. He asked to come along with me today and happened to see you there... So he encouraged me... Then I... I...”
”Oh...” Ye Xiao narrated, ”It was Wang Xiaonian... Hmm, so you went after me? You bullied me and then tried to kill me... Right?”
Mu Chengbai was scared to death, ”NO! NO! NO! Noooo...”
Ye Xiao ignored him and said softly, ”Several days ago, I got poisoned... You know of it, don't you?”
Mu Chengbai was confused, ”Poison? No please... It wasn't me.”
Ye Xiao looked right into his eyes and frowned, ”It wasn't you? You know nothing?”
If the brother-in-law of the crown prince didn't know... Then who did it? Wang Da-Nian was surely a suspect and he was with the crown prince... But now Mu Chengbai said that he didn't know anything about it...
This case was getting extremely complicated and confusing.
”I don't know. Please. It truly wasn't me...” Mu Chengbai was willing to take out his fresh heart to show his honesty.
”It wasn't you... and you know nothing... then what should I keep you alive for...” Ye Xiao frowned.
”I am useful! Please! I truly am... Lord Ye, listen to me please... I... I can help you in anyway... The government businesses, the wealth, the martial world...” At the moment, if there were pills for regret, Mu Chengbai would spend every penny he had to buy them all. But there was no such thing in existence.
He now had to beg for his life, and he had even started promising one beautiful thing after the other.
Ye Xiao was too vicious at the moment! He was making Mu Chengbai feel so stressed that he felt unable to control his bowels - he was almost certainly going to suffer from incontinence.
[If I can get through this alive, I swear I will figure out ten thousand ways to torture Ye Xiao and and that father of his, Ye Nantian, to death!]
Mu Chengbai was already planning his revenge, but even so, he kept on making promises to Ye Xiao in hopes to get him to change his mind. He was hoping that Ye Xiao would let him go.
But he also knew that his chance of survival was truly too slim...
If Ye Xiao hadn't killed the guards, he might have considered sparing Mu Chengbai. But since he had already killed the guards, he couldn't stop anymore.
Ye Xiao sighed, ”I really want to trust you, but... I can't. I know that if I let you go, it will bring me unending troubles. You are begging, that's true. But I can also feel that you've already started planning your revenge... People like you, they are always standing high and never get humiliated. What happened today must have already created a seedling of burning shame deep inside your heart. If I were to let you go, your revenge would arrive at my doorsteps shortly, right?”
Mu Chengbai shook his head fearfully, ”No! No... Absolutely not... You must trust me. Please, trust me...”
Ye Xiao was nonchalant, ”Besides, I always do things cleanly... In many situations, things will just change when I speak one word extra...”
”Ahhh... Ahhh...” Mu Chengbai gasped weirdly and strange sounds came out of his throat, even though he didn't know why. His eyes turned wider and wider in fear as he stared at Ye Xiao. Then he suddenly screamed and started running away, as if the devil himself was chasing after him.
Ye Xiao's eyes flashed as he slightly flicked his wrist. The steel sword flew out of his hand straight for Mu Chengbai. PUFF! It managed to penetrate his back and quickly cut through his heart!
Mu Chengbai's body still ran for several steps before falling down.
His eyes were inanimate but still seemed to be looking forward. There was no hate in his eyes, only fear and regret.
He had messed with the wrong guy.
”The brother-in-law of the crown prince?” Ye Xiao looked down at the dead body and shook his head, ”How can a dead man be the brother-in-law to anybody... Dead men are sharing the same title... corpses.”
”Don't worry, I will avenge you.” Ye Xiao stared at the body, ”I will punish Wang Xiaonian soon enough.”
After saying these words, he walked away steadily and did not spare a second look. He made his way out of the forest while stepping on the fallen leaves.
A calm man could be seen walking casually out of this forest, as if he had just enjoyed the sunset followed by the appearance of the moon and the stars.
From start to finish, not a single drop of blood nor a single speck of dust had stained his clothes.
Three bodies remained on the forest floor, silently waiting to be devoured by the hungry wildlife.
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