Chapter 1040: Chapter 888: Chang Rongshun and Princess Shunhe Are Truly Divine

"Who are you? Why should I listen to you?"

"You must listen to me, otherwise even if you kill her, as long as I don’t agree, you won’t be able to take a step into the Celestial Prison today!"

"If I let her go and have no leverage, will you still listen to me?"

Ji Youzhi chuckled, "Go and ask around about my reputation as Divine Hunter Ji. Have I ever broken my word?"

"Divine Hunter Ji?"

"You’re Divine Hunter Ji Youzhi?"

The woman suddenly heard Ji Youzhi’s words, her eyes widened sharply, filled with hatred!

"Ji the thief, I want to kill you!"

The woman suddenly released Wei Wei’Er and rushed towards Ji Youzhi.

Ji Youzhi did not dodge, sidestepping to avoid her attack.

"With just this paltry skill, you want to break into the Celestial Prison?"

In mere moments, Ji Youzhi had her on the ground.

The onlookers saw all this and blinked. Fine! With Divine Hunter Ji around, there’s absolutely no surprises.

"Ji Youzhi! I want to kill you. You captured my father, I want to kill you!"

The woman got up from the ground and pounced towards Ji Youzhi!

Ji Youzhi glanced at her, neither dodging nor avoiding, extended his right hand, and firmly grabbed her wrist, rendering her immobile!

"Let go of me!"

She shouted angrily, glaring fiercely at Ji Youzhi!

"Let you go, so you can try to kill me again?

Am I that foolish?"

Ji Youzhi coldly shot her a sideways glance, his expression said it all.

"Release my father, he’s not a bad person! You caught the wrong man!"

Ji Youzhi said nothing, his aloof gaze made the young girl feel uneasy, and she stomped her foot in frustration.

"I’m telling the truth, Divine Hunter Ji, my father is not a bad person, and definitely not a notorious bandit! I’m begging you, please release him!"

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Notorious bandit?

Her father?

Searching his memory, it took him a while to recall that, indeed, before returning to Ling Village, he had traveled around and had indeed captured a notorious bandit.

That notorious bandit was very bold, having stolen from several noble families in the capital, even the Marquis Ting Sheng’s Mansion was visited by him.

After capturing the man, because he was in a hurry to get to Ling Village, he handed the man over to Shuntian Prefecture upon returning to the capital, leaving them to interrogate him! He hadn’t followed up on the matter since!

Hearing the girl mention ’notorious bandit’ now, he finally remembered the case!

"Your father is the infamous bandit Li Shunfeng from the Jianghu?"

"Yes, my father is Li Shunfeng, but he’s not a bandit. He’s not a bad person, he’s a good man!"

Hearing the name Li Shunfeng, the young girl became anxious and shouted loudly at Ji Youzhi.

"A good man, yet he became a bandit?"

What an absurdity!

"He stole from the rich to give to the poor, he’s not a bandit at all! My father used the stolen wealth to help the poor!"

The young girl felt wronged, tears began to fall.

Seeing her tear up, Ji Youzhi couldn’t help but think of Xiaosuisui, who also frequently shed tears like golden beans recently.

"Stop crying, there’re so many people watching, they might even testify for me that I didn’t bully you!"

He quickly let go and took a few steps away from the young girl!

"I... sob... I... my father is not a bandit! Sob... I miss my father!"

Ji Youzhi: "..."

"Hey, I say, you miss your father, then go miss your father. You want to kill Divine Hunter Ji, then go kill Divine Hunter Ji. Why do you harm my young lady?"

Cuicui, still shaken from earlier, finally snapped back to reality amidst the young girl’s cries and hurriedly checked Wei Wei’Er’s injuries.

"Young lady, are you okay? Do you need a doctor? 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

I’ll take you to see a doctor!"

Wei Wei’Er clutched her neck wound tightly, wincing in pain!

"If you got hit with a hairpin like this, would you be okay or not?"

Cuicui: "..."

"First take your young lady back to the Mansion, quickly find her a doctor!"

Ji Youzhi glanced at Wei Wei’Er’s neck, the wound wasn’t deep, just a scratch.

He felt relieved.

"But I still need to deliver meals to my father and Brother Xie!"

Wei Wei’Er said.

"Are you going in like this to deliver meals to them?"

Ji Youzhi pointed at her neck injury, his eyes narrowing slightly!

Only then did Wei Wei’Er realize that in her current state, she wasn’t suitable to appear before her father and Brother Xie.

"Then I’ll head back to the Mansion first. Trouble you, Senior Brother, to help take the food box in to my father and Brother Xie!"