She Holds the World After Being Reborn-Chapter 589 - 588 This First Flame, Burns Comfortably
No matter what, this wench cannot be allowed to leave the Li Residence alive today!
The matter of the official silver isn’t just the doing of Li Weixian alone; it involves a colossal system that could directly shake the entire Qin State!
Therefore, no matter what, Qin Zhen cannot be allowed to live today.
The murderous intent in Li Weixian’s eyes was undisguised.
He had already ordered the gates to be blocked, and the courtyard was filled with Protectors wielding clubs, slowly advancing in a circle towards Qin Zhen and the coachman by her side.
"Oh Lord, whatever shall we do?" The coachman was so scared that his legs began to tremble.
Qin Zhen, on the other hand, was quite at ease, not showing any sign of panic.
"Li Weixian, you’re in a dangerous state like this."
Li Weixian sneered, "Little girl, you should know, the one in danger right now is you."
"Is that so?" She sighed softly, clasped her hands into fists in front of her chest, and made a frightened and pitiable gesture, "Big brothers, I’m just a frail girl who can’t even truss a chicken. With all of you wielding clubs at me, it’s really quite frightening."
Before the Protectors could even speak, a retching noise came from the air.
"Can you not be so disgusting?" The retching voice was filled with countless sighs of resignation.
Li Weixian’s face turned pale with shock, "Who’s there!"
He looked around, "Come out! Stop playing tricks and hiding!"
The air was filled with just a low, hoarse chuckle. Following that, a red figure spiraled down from above, the person wearing a black mask, revealing only a pair of narrow phoenix eyes harboring endless charisma.
"Sister, you didn’t need to be so rough to make your brother show himself," Wu Bie said, knowing that Yan Wanqing was currently posing as a clueless Qin Zhen in martial arts, so he deliberately sat in the tree to watch the drama unfold. He hadn’t expected the show to be unsatisfying, but his stomach ended up being churned quite a bit.
Qin Zhen shook her head, continuing to flutter her distinct black and white eyes, "What is brother talking about? I don’t understand."
Wu Bie: "!!!..." Enough is enough!
He had seen Yan Wanqing kill without blinking an eye, and now that she had taken on someone else’s face, she seemed like a completely different person.
But who didn’t know that inside she harbored a black heart!
"If you keep this up, I’m turning around and leaving," Wu Bie really couldn’t take it any longer.
Qin Zhen knew when to stop and coughed lightly, "Alright, you take action. Li Weixian wants to capture alive."
Wu Bie breathed a sigh of relief; he didn’t seem to take the circle of Protectors seriously, but the coquettish "Qin Zhen" was making him extremely uncomfortable.
Seeing that she finally stopped, Wu Bie clenched his fists, ready to fight, "Alright, brother will catch them alive for you!"
If Li Weixian still hadn’t realized that these two were in cahoots, then he would be a fool.
"No need for captives, kill them all! Kill them! There’s a reward!" he shouted loudly, continuously retreating towards a safe place.
Upon hearing there was a reward, the Protectors swung their clubs relentlessly, attacking the three people in the center of the circle. Wu Bie, without even blinking, leapt into action, quickly knocking down a group of them.
Qin Zhen and the coachman stood still, watching the drama from the most dangerous yet safest place.
As one Protector after another fell, Li Weixian realized he had encountered a tough opponent this time.
The Protectors in this courtyard were no match for the man in red.
With this thought, he slowly backed away, planning to leave.
"Where do you think you’re going, Minister Li?" A languid and lovely voice came from behind, and in an instant, all eyes were on Li Weixian. Qin Zhen clicked his tongue twice, "You’re not thinking of running away, are you? One might escape the monk, but not the temple, right?"
"Misappropriating official silver is a capital crime that implicates the entire family. By then, not to mention the position of Minister of Punishment, anyone related to you will be thoroughly dead. Li Weixian, can you escape?"
Qin Zhen’s words penetrated his ears, one by one.
Li Weixian knew what Qin Zhen meant, and he sneered, "You think you can trick me, dream on! I’m not someone who was frightened into submission, besides, the official silver is in your hands, what does that have to do with me?! That Jiang Nian was already a person who committed all manner of atrocities; it’s not a big deal that he stole the official silver."
"Very well, very well, indeed. When people die, they cannot plead their own case. Looks like Jiang Nian will probably be very eager to have a chat with Minister Li tonight." Qin Zhen always assumed the worst of people without hesitation.
When it involves their own interests, even the best of people can become utterly unrecognizable. No one is an exception.
"Li Weixian, take all your nonsensical excuses to meet Her Majesty and see if she will believe you," Qin Zhen said, her eyes turning cold.
The malicious intent in Li Weixian’s eyes became even more intense: "What are you waiting for? Attack!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Qin Zhen felt a chill coming from her side, but who was she? A slaughtering deity on the battlefield, to whom such clumsy tactics were beneath consideration.
Without even looking, she raised her hand and grabbed the coachman’s throat.
"Is this all?"
With a dagger in his hand, the coachman thrashed wildly in midair, trying to stab Qin Zhen. He wriggled like a maggot suspended in the air.
"Don’t blame me, I had no choice," the coachman said, his eyes filled with a frightening madness.
Qin Zhen sneered: "If you have no choice, then go die." The dagger instantly plunged into the coachman’s body.
Nobody had expected that the coachman who had always followed Qin Zhen would become the second person to die that day.
The powerless Qin Zhen killed him with the coachman’s own dagger.
In front of everyone.
The Protectors no longer dared to move.
"Murder! Murder!" The Protectors clutched their clubs, standing in place, continuously swallowing their saliva.
Li Weixian was even more terrified, his complexion turning pale.
Qin Zhen, with her clear black and white eyes, curved her lips into an innocently malicious smile: "What’s the act for? Haven’t you killed before? I bet Minister Li’s hands aren’t clean of wrongful deaths either."
How could Li Weixian have reached such heights if he were a man of mercy and tenderness?
"Qin Zhen, you’ve committed murder right before this official’s eyes. If this gets to Her Majesty, you won’t escape punishment!" Li Weixian, having regained his senses, pointed at Qin Zhen and shouted loudly: "This is absolutely forbidden in the laws of the Qin State!"
"Since just now, Minister Li has been constantly referring to the laws of the Qin State; you must be quite familiar with them. Sadly, times have changed," Qin Zhen shook her head. "This matter, Her Majesty can’t control, and the laws of the Qin State can’t either."
"Do you intend to silence me?!" Li Weixian’s gaze instantly fell on Wu Bie, the only one present with the capability to kill everyone.
Wu Bie immediately raised his hands: "No, I don’t kill people."
He had promised Huai Yu not to kill easily and not to create more karma through killing.
Hearing Wu Bie wouldn’t kill, Li Weixian let out a sigh of relief.
"Do you remember at this morning’s court session, Minister Li, that Her Majesty had already appointed me as Prime Minister?" Qin Zhen looked at Li Weixian as if looking at a fool: "The Prime Minister is the chief among all officials. If a coachman tried to assassinate me first, and I had to kill him in self-defense, would Her Majesty punish me for surviving?"
"There’s no law in the Qin State that forbids fighting for one’s own life, right?"
"Since the beginning with that Jiang Nian, or with this coachman, Minister Li immediately concludes it’s a life for a life without inquiring into the reasons. I bet you’ve accumulated quite a few wrongful cases over the years. Great, that’s another charge I can add to my report against you."
Qin Zhen tallied up.
"Misappropriating official silver, bending the law for personal gain, scheming against Imperial Court officials, tsk tsk tsk, Minister Li Weixian, we’ve known each other for less than a day, and you’ve already violated so many laws. Each and every one could be grounds for your execution!"
At the end of her remarks, she couldn’t help but revel a bit in her personal grudge.
She truly enjoyed irritating the old man.
Watching these old men who manipulated intrigues in the Imperial Court, now being manipulated by her, tasting the flavor of utter powerlessness, Qin Zhen felt the exhilarating turn of fortunes!
This first act of revenge burned satisfyingly well.
