Chapter 438 Xiaoyun Sword Killing People in the Street
Chu Li smiled faintly, "Grandpa Zhou, the previous emperor used female officials and opened the precedent for women to take the imperial examinations. If there are female officials, why can't there be a female crown prince? Listen to what you are saying. You are old and confused, and your mind is not clear. Only when your brain and body are separated can you think clearly about what you are saying."
Old Master Zhou raised his arms and looked toward the sky. "My ancestors of the Chu State, look at what the Chu State has become now. The Chu State is now ruled by women!"
"What's wrong with being a woman? You were not born by a woman, but by an animal?" Chu Li tilted his head and looked at Old Master Zhou.
The people tried to hold back their laughter, and Old Master Zhou was so angry that he was shaking all over.
"Our Duke's Mansion has been loyal and selfless for generations. Today, even if it costs our life, we will demand justice!"
Chu Li sneered, "You, the Zhou family, should first return the land you have occupied and the wealth you have plundered from the people to the people. Besides, you have been loyal and selfless for generations. I am not the late emperor, and I will never allow your Duke's Mansion to abuse its power under my nose!"
How did Chu Li know that Old Master Zhou's eyes were evasive?
They did it very secretly.
People kept kneeling down and accusing the Duke's Mansion of crimes.
"Your Majesty, the Duke's Mansion has occupied my farmland. Please help me!"
"Your Majesty, the Duke's Mansion has occupied my ancestral home."
"Your Majesty, the Third Master of the Duke's Mansion bullies men and women and does all kinds of evil. Please, Your Majesty, make a decision for my dead daughter..."
Chu Li raised his hand, "Everyone, please stand up. I will definitely give you justice!"
The people in the Duke's Mansion were panicked. How could it turn out like this?
She looked at the Zhou family members who were puzzled. "What is the Remonstrance Department for? What is the purpose of opening up the channels for people to express their opinions? The Great Chu belongs to the people, not to privileged people like you. You are lying on the merits of your ancestors like maggots on the heels, doing things that are shameful to others. How can you say you have no selfish motives?"
She stretched out her hand and Li Jinglan handed her a stack of complaints.
Chu Li raised it high, "The Ministry of Remonstrance has received a total of 107 complaints about the evil deeds of your Zhou family, and each one is filled with blood and tears."
With a slap, Chu Li slapped Old Master Zhou in the face.
Old Master Zhou's face was so painful from being slapped that it turned blue instantly. He had never suffered such a great humiliation before.
Chu Li had the audacity to throw the complaint in his face, yet even the late emperor was respectful to him.
He was just about to raise the Xiaoyun sword in his arms, but Chu Li's hands kept pointing at the Zhou family.
"You, you, you, and you, each of you has a life on your body. The river water is icy cold, and you just destroyed a life like that."
The Zhou family members who were called out were terrified and kept falling to their knees.
"Your Majesty, I am wronged!"
Chu Li's voice was icy. "It's only been a few days since I issued the decree, and the four of you bullied a young girl by the river. She was only fifteen years old, in her prime, and she was just a little pretty, but you allowed her to be treated so badly. You are worse than animals, and you even drowned her!"
Zhang Zhilong ordered his men to bring over the coachman and servant who had accompanied the Zhou family on the trip that day.
They also brought the woman's hair and bloodstains found in Zhou Sanye's carriage.
Several servants and grooms trembled as they told what they had witnessed, and Mr. Zhou San's face changed drastically.
Xue Yi, the Dali Temple Minister who came in a hurry, looked grim when he saw this scene.
Zhang Zhilong is directly handling the case again. Is Her Majesty deliberately distancing herself from him because she is resentful of him for targeting her in the past?
One of the four had already wet his pants. "Your Majesty, this is none of my business. They, they did it!"
"No, no, no, it wasn't me, it was all done by the Third Master!"
Several people pointed their fingers at Mr. Zhou San.
Mr. Zhou San sneered and explained lightly.
"Your Majesty, the young lady was naked and we thought she was a prostitute. When we were having sex, she didn't resist. Who knew she was a good girl? How did she fall into the water later? We have no idea."
"Nonsense, my daughter's body is covered with wounds, how could she have volunteered!" A lame old man walked out of the crowd, his fists clenched, his body trembling as he looked at Mr. Zhou San.
Chu Li kicked the Third Master of the Zhou Family in the chest, and said in a cold voice, "She was just washing clothes by the river, and the water got her clothes wet. Is this a reason for you to abuse her? You deserve to die!"
The woman's father cried inconsolably in the crowd.
Zhou Sanye covered his chest and huddled up in pain. He had done this more than once before, and Emperor Qingyuan never asked about it. What was Chu Li!
He raised his eyes and said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty, is this little thing worth mentioning? The late emperor didn't ask about our Zhou family's affairs. Our Zhou family is an aristocratic family. In terms of seniority, I am still your Majesty's elder!"
Old Master Zhou frowned and told the third brother to shut up if he couldn't speak.
"You are worthy!" Mu Feng picked up the third master of the Zhou family and punched him hard. The third master of the Zhou family groaned, his face was twisted, and his teeth fell out with blood.
Mu Feng punched Zhou Sanye several times again. Zhou Sanye wailed and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty...please take care of Mu Feng!"
Chu Li looked at the "brutal" Mu Feng, well, very good, uncle fought well.
As expected, he was a martial arts champion. He punched hard and beat the third master of the Zhou family so badly that he looked unrecognizable.
Zhang Zhilong stood up and held the coroner's autopsy results. "He tortured widows and miners, and forced women of good families into prostitution. Each of these crimes deserves death."
Old Master Zhou's face was already looking very unhappy. Normally he turned a blind eye to the miscreants in the clan, but he never expected that they would cause so many deaths.
"You four, kneel down!" Mu Feng couldn't stand anyone disobeying Chu Li.
He drove the four people to the corner like sheep.
When the other three saw that the third master of the Zhou family was beaten with blood all over his face, they shrank like quails.
One of them was extremely aggrieved, "Your Majesty, it was all done by Lord Zhou San, we are just accomplices. The girl is not strong enough to endure the torture, if it weren't for me, she would have died..."
His voice stopped abruptly, and the other three looked at him fiercely. It’s over, hasn’t he confessed?
"Beasts!" The people's anger reached its peak and they threw stones from the roadside at them. Several people were beaten black and blue, but they did not dare to resist.
Chu Li's joints were cracking and his face was extremely gloomy.
She walked step by step to the front of Old Master Zhou, who trembled with fear. The moment the Xiaoyun sword fell to the ground, Chu Li caught it.
She drew out the Xiaoyun sword with a ringing sound and said loudly: "The law of the Great Chu states that anyone who rapes a woman and brutally kills her shall be put to death!"
She was extremely agile and with one slash of her sword she slashed through the bodies of the four men, causing them to bleed to death on the spot.
The four of them fell down at the same time with their eyes wide open.
The Zhou family screamed in fear. His Majesty actually used their Zhou family's Xiaoyun sword to kill people in the street. It was so horrible!
People who dared to watch and those who didn't all felt relieved.
Finally someone came to clean up the Zhou family.
The girl's father cried inconsolably. His daughter's revenge was finally avenged and he could finally rest in peace.
Old Master Zhou was so frightened that his legs went weak and he had to be supported by someone to avoid kneeling down.
Chu Li played with the bloodstained Xiaoyun sword and said, "Nice sword, thank you, Duke."
Chu Li held up the sword and pretended to return it to Old Master Zhou. He looked at the bloody tip of the sword, smelled the blood, and took two steps back in fright.
Chu Li said helplessly: "Since you don't dare to ask for it, forget it."
Old Master Zhou felt extremely painful as he watched his third son die, and cursed in his heart: Chu Li is so cruel, he must not die a good death.
He cursed with his mouth, but his body was very honest. He was afraid that Chu Li would stab him with the sword, so he took another step back.
Chu Li inserted the bloodstained sword into the gap between the tiles with one hand, raised his eyes full of oppression and asked: "Do you want to speak for the rest of you, or do you want me to speak for you?"