Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
None of the villagers wanted Mu Yao to put down her sword. After all, she was the only one who would fight for them.
But there was something else too.
This lady did not seem to be as bad as the rumors made her out to be. If she was truly a demoness who only brought trouble to the country, why did she raise her sword to help the villagers earlier on?
They knew very well that this girl wasn’t a bad person, but they were at the mercy of the men in black. As such, no one dared to speak up for Mu Yao.
They all knew that they would die if they said another word.
All of a sudden, the pain in Mu Yao’s eyes vanished. In its place was intense coldness.
Since this was the case, there was no need for her to think about familial relations anymore.
The once-loving family had gone their separate ways, and were now enemies. Their relationship had once been almost unbreakable, yet now, her sister was calling her a demoness!
Xia He was now filled with hatred, anger, and killing intent.
Since that was the case, why should Mu Yao care about their relationship now?
Mu Yao smirked. “You want me dead? Xia He, you’ll have to kill me yourself then.”
Xia He was furious when she heard that. “Do you think I wouldn’t dare to do it?! Or do you think I’m stupid?”
Then, Xia He drew the knife closer. In an instant, Zichun and Zimo’s innocent faces were filled with terror as they cried out, “Mommy!”
“Mommy! Mommy!”
At this moment, someone finally stepped forward.
“Miss Mu! You’re going to get us killed!” It was the old woman’s son.
The old lady’s son spoke first, “Young lady! Put down the knife! Haven’t you caused us enough suffering? If not for you, would we have been caught? If not for you, would so many villagers have died?”
After saying that, he turned to Xia He and asked eagerly, “My Lord, will you let us go as long as we can make her put down her sword?”
As soon as the man finished speaking, his wife chimed in, “That’s right, my Lord! It’s all her fault. Not only did she…”
She glanced at the man, who then reminded her, “She caused the soldiers to die tragically in battle.”
The woman nodded, then continued, “That’s right, that’s right. She caused the deaths of the soldiers. She’s really a demoness! We can’t wait for her to die. My Lord, please be kind. We’re not like her. If we get her to put down her sword, can you be magnanimous and let us go?”
At this moment, the old lady was being held captive and could not move at all. Even as she watched everything unfold before her eyes, she could not say a word. Her slightly turbid eyes were glistening with tears.
When Xia He heard this, she shrugged and raised her eyebrows as if she was watching a good show. She said lazily, “You guys can try it out first.”
Mu Yao frowned and tightened her grip on the silver sword, but she didn’t say anything.
As for the son and daughter-in-law of the old woman, they naturally thought that the woman had agreed to their request. They immediately knelt down, kowtowing while thanking her profusely, “Thank you, my Lord! Thank you! We will give it a try right now.”
Right then, the villagers’ eyes lit up. The moment the couple spoke, they could not help but sweat because they feared for their fellow villagers’ lives. They were pretty much tempting fate by speaking to the lady in this manner!
Unexpectedly, the boss of the men in black had chosen not to kill these two people. In fact, she had even laughed and told them to take a shot at saving themselves.
Of course, Mu Yao’s life meant nothing to them now that their lives were at stake.
The villagers also spoke out because they hoped that they could live too.
“Erm… My Lord, I have something to say too.”
Once one person spoke, it would always encourage even more people to speak up.
“Well, I have something to say too.”
“Me too!”
“My Lord, we don’t know this demoness. She has nothing to do with us at all. We are just ordinary commoners living in this village. We didn’t do anything wrong. You can’t kill us!”
After hearing this, the old woman’s son immediately responded. “Are you all stupid?! She has nothing to do with us?! It’s this demoness that caused our villagers to suffer like this. It’s because she’s a demoness, you bunch of idiots! If she didn’t come to our village and tip over that bamboo basket, would we have suffered like this?! Look at the people who are dead right now? They could have been alive! Why did they die? Don’t you understand?!”
The man and his wife were emboldened, and they continued, “That’s right! Just now, we advised her not to go out! We were kind enough to save her family, but look at us now. Our entire family has been captured by the soldiers. Why?! It’s because she insisted on going against those people that so many of us died in vain!”
Upon hearing this, the old woman closes her eyes.
A lone tear fell from the corner of her eyes…