Chapter 61 of 100

Chapter 61

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At this moment, a powerful force suddenly came from the tattoo on Liu Yao's left arm, forcefully pushing him more than a meter away. This made the arrow graze past his body and fly out.

Liu Yao, who had narrowly escaped death, was drenched in cold sweat. He was momentarily stunned. This was the first time he had felt the threat of death, and even Liu Yao found it hard to react.

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong looked at everything in surprise. They had not seen how Liu Yao had avoided that arrow.

However, these things were not too important as long as Liu Yao was unharmed. The two of them couldn't help but sigh in relief, but their anger grew even more, filled with self-reproach. After all, it was because they had not protected Liu Yao well that he had almost been in danger. In a moment, the two of them became furious and vented all their anger on those household slaves.

"Ah!!!" With the last household slave's scream, the more than fifty household slaves were all killed by the two of them. Only Zheng Jian was left.

Liu Yao was startled awake by that scream, instantly knowing that the tattoo had saved him. But he didn't dwell on it. This time, Liu Yao was really angry. If it weren't for the tattoo's help, he would have been seriously injured or even dead. However, there was no trace of anger on Liu Yao's face. He looked calm, but this made people shiver.

"Please forgive me, my lord. It was my negligence." After dealing with the enemies, Zhao Yun and the other two directly knelt down to apologize to Liu Yao.

"It's fine, get up. This is not your fault, I was the one who was careless." Liu Yao said indifferently. Then he walked step by step towards Zheng Jian with his sword in hand.

Seeing the three killing gods in front of him, Zheng Jian was terrified and collapsed on the ground. He kept moving backward, shouting in fear, "Don't come over, don't come over, I am the head of the Zheng family, you can't kill me."

Liu Yao sneered. The head of the Zheng family, what is he? At this moment, a person with over a hundred soldiers ran over.

"Magistrate Zhang, Magistrate Zhang, save me quickly." Seeing Magistrate Zhang, Zheng Jian felt like he had seen a savior and crawled over to him.

"Are you the head of the Zheng family?" Magistrate Zhang looked at the disheveled figure in surprise. He had received a report that someone was killing people on the street, but he didn't expect that the one who was killed would be Zheng Jian, the head of the Zheng family. The Zheng family in Yingchuan was just barely considered a major family, far inferior to the Xun family where Xun Yu was from. But it was definitely an existence that Magistrate Zhang had to look up to.

Seeing the more than fifty corpses on the ground, Magistrate Zhang broke out in a cold sweat. He asked, "Head of the Zheng family, what exactly happened here?"

Zheng Jian pointed at Liu Yao and the other two and said, "It's them, they are all bandits who rob and plunder. I discovered them and wanted to arrest them and send them to the authorities, but they killed all my men. Arrest them quickly."

Liu Yao couldn't help but sneer. He didn't expect that Zheng Jian was good at distorting facts and accusing the innocent. He then looked at Magistrate Zhang, wanting to see what he would do next.

"Seize these three bandits." Magistrate Zhang ordered without hesitation. This was a good opportunity to curry favor with the Zheng family, and he naturally wouldn't let it go.

"Ridiculous, do you know that my lord is the Northern General of the Han Dynasty, the Governor of Youzhou, and the current Crown Prince Liu Yao? To dare disrespect my lord, are you tired of living?" At this moment, Zhao Yun stepped forward and shouted loudly.

Zheng Jian and Magistrate Zhang were immediately frightened by the series of titles. If this was true, they would definitely have no place to bury their bodies.

Then Zheng Jian gritted his teeth and shouted, "Nonsense, how could the Crown Prince come here? You must be an impostor."

Magistrate Zhang, hearing this, thought it made sense and said, "That's right, you must be an impostor. Seize this impostor who pretends to be royalty."

Both of them were brainless and naturally didn't know that Liu Yao had come to Yingchuan to quell the unrest.

Liu Yao looked at Magistrate Zhang and Zheng Jian coldly. "The Han Dynasty has become like this because of scum like you." Liu Yao wasn't the least bit panicked by the more than a hundred people in front of him. He had already sensed the footsteps, and his personal guard was almost here.

Sure enough, before the soldiers could act, a loud voice came, "I am Shi A, the commander of the personal guard of the Northern General of the Han Dynasty. Who dares to harm my lord?"

Following the voice, Shi A and the thousand-strong personal guard arrived. "Put down your weapons, do you want to rebel?"

All the soldiers immediately dropped their weapons without hesitation. If they were labeled as rebels, their entire families would be exterminated.

Zheng Jian and Magistrate Zhang were dumbfounded by the heavily armed soldiers in front of them. They couldn't help but believe it. How could someone without such an identity bring so many troops with them?

"Your Highness, spare our lives. We are blind and ignorant, please spare us our lives." The two immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

Liu Yao walked up to them, looking down from a high position, and said indifferently, "Now you know to beg for mercy?"

"Your Highness, please spare us our lives." The two continued to kowtow.

"Too late." Liu Yao coldly said two words, and then the sword in his hand flashed, and the two heads fell.

"Shi A, these two are suspected of treason. I don't want to see their families tomorrow morning." Liu Yao said indifferently. He understood the principle that if you don't kill a snake, it will bite you back. He didn't want to leave any trouble for himself, even if they were just two small pests.

"Understood." Shi A responded. He and Huang Zhong didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Anyone who dared to harm Liu Yao deserved to be exterminated.

The soldiers were all stunned. They didn't expect Liu Yao to kill people so easily and exterminate their entire families. Everyone looked at him in fear, afraid for their lives.

"What about them?" Liu Yao said, looking at the soldiers who had put down their weapons. For a moment, everything was completely silent, and even the sound of a needle falling could be heard. All the soldiers were waiting for Liu Yao's judgment. Finally, after making them sweat coldly, Liu Yao said, "Let it be, they were just following orders."

"Phew!!!" Everyone sighed in relief. As long as their lives were spared, that was enough.

Liu Yao looked at everything with a cold smile. With his status, he didn't need to argue with these people. Then he said to Zhao Yun and the others, "Han Sheng, Zilong, let's go, find an inn to rest for the night."

"Understood." The two followed him.

When the three passed by Xu Shu, Liu Yao looked at the now stunned Xu Shu, untied his ropes, and said, "Friend, are you interested in having a drink?"

Xu Shu finally came to his senses, feeling honored. Being invited to drink by the current Crown Prince was a great honor. He bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for saving my life. If you are interested, I will certainly accompany you."

Liu Yao nodded and then walked forward. Xu Shu and the others followed Liu Yao at a leisurely pace.

As for Shi A and the thousand-strong personal guard, they naturally went to deal with the remaining trouble, which meant that tonight would be a bloody one.

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