northernbook Chapter 269 You only know you're going to die
Chapter 269 You only know you're going to die
Tang Yu, carrying Zhao Zhe whose arms and legs were broken, slowly walked towards the inn where he was staying with the little girl.
Zhao Zhe was in so much pain that he was almost fainting.
However, he looked at Tang Yu with extreme fear and horror.
"Who...who are you? Why do you dare to do this?"
“Let me tell you, I, Zhao Zhe, am a nobleman in Handan, and my father, Zhao Yun, will not let you get away with this.”
Seeing Zhao Zhe's posture, Tang Yu smiled but said nothing.
He simply held the little girl's hand with his other hand and walked forward at a leisurely pace.
When Zhao Zhe saw Tang Yu's actions and the ruthlessness with which he had killed all his bodyguards with just a few shots, he finally realized that he seemed to have kicked a hornet's nest.
Do not!
To be precise, it should be stainless steel sheet.
How can an iron plate be this hard?
Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat.
It seems like I'm doomed today.
He immediately began to beg for mercy.
"Please, let me go. I was wrong. I know I was wrong."
"I will never break the criminal law again."
"I will never oppress the people again, and I will never do such a thing again."
Tang Yu glanced at Zhao Zhe, who had been arrogant but was now begging for mercy, and said nothing. He simply carried Zhao Zhe forward.
He listened to Zhao Zhe's constant buzzing in his ear all the way, and, extremely annoyed, slowly spoke.
"You don't know you're wrong, you just know you're going to die."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhe, who had been wailing, immediately shut up.
Because he knew that no matter what he said, he couldn't move the man in front of him.
At this moment, he was silently led by Tang Yu into the inn.
Tang Yu also performed emergency treatment on him according to modern medical manuals to ensure that he would not die.
Because this guy will play a very important role in the future.
At this moment, the little girl standing next to Tang Yu finally spoke.
"Who...who are you? Why are you protecting me?"
Upon hearing her words, Tang Yu turned around to look.
I noticed that her youthful face was filled with shock, and a little excitement.
Tang Yu said.
“Girl, I am not protecting you, but protecting the people of Qin and the laws of Qin.”
The little girl listened to Tang Yu's words with an expression that seemed to understand but not quite.
However, she looked at Tang Yu and said somewhat anxiously.
"But you can't afford to offend this man. He is a nobleman among the people of Handan, and many officials dare not oppose him."
"I heard that if you offend him, you'll be thrown into the moat and drowned the next day."
"is it?"
Tang Yu smiled coldly and patted Zhao Zhe, who was almost unconscious.
"Wow, you're so impressive!"
"No, no, I... I was wrong."
Zhao Zhe shook his head vigorously, his attitude extremely sincere, hoping Tang Yu would let him off the hook.
However, Tang Yu gave a cold smile and carried him into the inn.
Then Tang Yu picked up a large cloth bag, put Zhao Zhe inside, sealed his mouth, and walked towards the inn.
Sitting on his bed in his inn, Tang Yu finally raised his eyes to look at the little girl in front of him and slowly began to speak.
"Tell me, who exactly is Zhao Zhe? And what is your connection with him?"
"And what about the deaths of your father, and many other people in Handan?"
Hearing Tang Yu's series of questions, the little girl displayed a reaction and intelligence completely different from that of a twelve-year-old.
She looked at Tang Yu and slowly began to speak.
“Big brother, I thought you were sent by the nobles in Handan to probe our intentions, so I didn’t speak.”
"But now it seems I misunderstood you, big brother. However, I don't know much about the situations you mentioned either."
"As far as I know, Zhao Zhe's identity is exactly the same as what others know."
"His connection with me was that he saw me on the street and wanted to take me home, but my father protected me."
"My father died not long after, and I never had any contact with him again."
"As for the strange cases in Handan, I think I do know a bit about them."
"After all, my father died because of this."
Seeing the little girl's almost tearful expression, Tang Yu quickly tried to calm her down.
"Don't worry, let's talk about it slowly. Everything can be resolved, and everything will pass."
The little girl looked at Tang Yu, nodded, and then began to tell the story in detail.
"The first civilian death occurred in Handan City twenty days ago."
"He had a conflict with a nobleman in our city of Handan, and was found dead at home the next day. It was clearly a murder."
"At the same time, the dagger that killed him was extremely sharp, forged from metal, and definitely not the kind of farm tool used by ordinary people like us. The wounds caused by inferior iron were not caused by it."
"And we all knew that the murderer who killed him was definitely the nobleman who had a conflict with him."
"It was thought to be an accident, but a day later, two more people who had disputes and quarrels with nobles died suddenly in their own homes, although no evidence was left at the scene this time."
"But when the two nobles learned that these commoners had died, they were quite pleased with themselves and even shouted loudly."
Tang Yu nodded slowly upon hearing this.
Regardless of how this matter unfolded, based on the evidence presented on the surface, the nobleman is indeed highly suspicious.
Then the little girl slowly began to speak.
"At that time, the people dared not speak out against their anger. Although the new criminal law had been promulgated for a long time, it was not effectively implemented in our area, unlike in Xianyang City."
"Therefore, the nobles have always had a rather casual attitude towards the lives of commoners, and we have just swallowed our anger and endured it."
"But what I didn't expect was that this incident wasn't over yet."
"After that, cases of families dying suddenly after conflicts with nobles sprang up one after another like mushrooms after rain."
"To this day, more than sixty people in my city of Handan have died as a result."
"What? Sixty?"
Tang Yu stared at the little girl in shock.
I never imagined things would turn out so seriously.
Sixty commoners is no small number in any dynasty.
Tang Yu, however, asked with a solemn expression.
Do you know why these sixty people died?
The little girl nodded.
"When this kind of incident happened for the twentieth time, we ordinary people finally couldn't sit still any longer..."