Huh? The Tyrant Cries After My Inner Thoughts Were Exposed!-Chapter 172: Ruthless Fiends

Su Juan clutched the sword, ascended to the second floor, and, after dismissing the two guards at the door, kicked it open. She threw the ring on the ground, pointed her sword directly at the people inside the room, her eyes fiery red, "Speak! Who touched that girl!"

The people, tortured all night, were terrified. They pushed and shoved until two men were forced forward, but a woman immediately protected one of them, pulling him back and shielding him behind her. It seemed he was her son.

The two men looked about thirty years old, kneeling on the ground, trembling and desperately kowtowing for mercy, with snot and tears covering their faces, "I really know I was wrong!"

"I just touched her hand, then I didn’t know anything else! It was him! It was him who did it!"

"It wasn’t me! I didn’t even take off her clothes before I passed out, it really wasn’t me..."

Su Juan stepped forward, one step at a time, her hand clutching the sword hilt suddenly tightened, her red lips pressed tightly together, as she swung the sword and chopped off the man’s arm. Blood splattered as the severed arm rolled to the ground, screams and pleas filled the entire room.

The man looked at his arm, his face turned pale, and he fainted from fear.

Only to see the woman protecting her son, shouting at Su Juan, "If you want to cut someone, cut me! I’m the one who sent him, cut me... don’t touch my son!"

The man, looking at the severed arm, was terrified and also feared that Su Juan would lay hands on his mother. Terrified to the point of snot and tears flowing together, he pulled his mother, "I know I was wrong! I beg you to spare me, I’m the only labor in my family... I’ll work like a horse for you..."

The long sword in her hand was stained with blood, looking even more terrifying in the dim room.

Su Juan looked at the scene before her, and let out a cold laugh, "What a touching display of motherly kindness and filial piety."

Once she finished speaking, she drove the sword through the woman’s neck, blood gushing out, soaking her entire garment, the man screamed in horror, no longer caring about his struggling mother on the ground, he kept crawling backward, trying to escape, crying for help.

As Su Juan lifted her sword to pierce the man’s neck, Yu Zhong barreled in, wielding a knife, stopping her, and everyone else poured in immediately.

By this time, the woman had already breathed her last, and the man with the severed arm lay on the floor, blood pooling everywhere, looking beyond saving.

Witnessing the scene before him, Xie Xun widened his eyes in disbelief, looking at Su Juan, who still held his treasured sword in her hand.

He had never seen his sword stained with blood, nor did he expect Su Juan, who seemed like a tender young girl, to have killed two people in one go, and now, she seemed ready to move on to a third.

The man cowered in the corner, desperately kowtowing until his forehead broke, pleading for Su Juan to spare his life.

The members of the Ministry of Justice were even more shocked. They had just left for a short while and two people were dead, and they mostly guessed the reason.

Yu Zhong furrowed his brows, "The law will punish them, if you kill them in personal vendetta, you will only ruin your own future!"

Working in the Six Ministries, already a Fifth Rank Minister at such a young age, with this trip to Xu State going smoothly, she would surely rise further. In Yu Zhong’s eyes, Su Juan had limitless potential and should not risk it for two scumbags.

Su Juan gripped the sword tighter, remained silent, her eyes fixed on the man, her intent to kill undiminished.

At this moment, Xie Xun noticed the ring on the ground and roughly pieced things together. He reached for the sword in Su Juan’s hand, "If Miaoqing knew you were ruining your future for her, she’d only blame herself."

Even he could see that Liu Miaoying had always thought highly of Su Juan.

Xie Xun struggled to wrest the sword from Su Juan’s hands, and hurriedly pushed her out.

As Su Juan left, she looked back at the man, murder burning even more intensely in her eyes.

Yu Zhong thought he had extinguished Su Juan’s murderous intent, but then he heard her confess her true feelings, "Let your head stay on your neck for a while longer, I’ll be back to claim your cursed life later."

He momentarily felt overwhelmed.

Having sent off Su Juan, Xie Xun returned to the room where Yu Zhong was already having his subordinates clean up the bodies. The man, surviving the ordeal, was crying over his mother, vowing revenge in her name.

This voice, these words, made everyone frown deeply.

Yu Zhong’s expression turned cold.

But before he could speak, Xie Xun drew his sword, the same long sword, and drove it through the woman’s corpse and into the man’s chest. His eyes bulged wide, blood flowing heavily, the strong smell of blood filled the entire room.

The few who hadn’t been taken away screamed.

Everyone stared at Xie Xun, stunned, seeing him pull back the sword without blinking an eye. In moments, the man ceased to breathe, falling lifeless to the floor.

The room had suddenly quieted down, but Yu Zhong felt doubled over from stress, thinking he had just dealt with Su Juan only to now deal with Xie Xun.

Xie Xun looked at Yu Zhong, "I killed all three, Su Juan didn’t have the skills for this."

Anyway, he was always a rogue, with little chance for success.

Yu Zhong and others were slightly taken aback, understanding Xie Xun’s intention to take responsibility for the deaths that Su Juan had also caused. They truly hadn’t envisioned that this Heir Xie could stand so assertively.

After Xie Xun left and the bodies were cleared away, Yu Zhong looked at the three corpses on the ground, furrowing his brows as he instructed his subordinate, "Make the announcement, these three died from fighting over their spoils. Leave one or two sensible people from those detained, the rest should not remain."

After a brief silence, the subordinate knew that Yu Zhong wanted to resolve the events of that day. With Heir Xie involved, the Duke Mansion held immense power, and the current empress being from the Duke Mansion, safeguarding one Xie Xun wasn’t difficult.

The subordinates who witnessed the events understood too that it was better to conceal the events of that day rather than antagonize the Duke Mansion. After all, those involved were only a bunch of scoundrels, and doing so would carry favor with the Duke Mansion.

"Yes, I will give the orders right away."

...

After learning about the subsequent events from Yu Zhong, Su Juan remembered this favor, both to Xie Xun and to Yu Zhong and the others.

Before setting off, Su Juan bowed to everyone, "If there’s ever a chance, I will surely repay today’s kindness."

This bow caught the big men off guard, and they embarrassedly scratched their heads, "Miss Su, you’re being too serious. You’re doing it for a close friend, and just for this loyalty, we won’t say a thing."

If it were them in this situation, they might not have had the courage to do the same. Su Juan and Xie Xun truly impressed them today.

Moreover, those people had many deaths on their hands and were guilty of heinous crimes.

Initially, several people had looked down on Xie Xun, thinking he was a burden, but their views of him had changed now.

A man outspoken yet righteous, generous, and charging at the forefront when trouble arises, making friends like these now was indeed rare.

The few people still tied up and trembling in the corner, afraid that their lives would end like the others, looked at those with big knives hanging from their waists, filled with fear.

These people were fierce, especially the woman and the big guy who had killed without blinking, they were the most terrifying!