CMWKSD -Chapter 205 One Word—Conviction!

At a glance, the civil officials and the silver being chased behind were about to lose their protection.

Jiu Yue fixed her gaze on a man not far away—one look was enough to tell he was the boss.

And he was wearing a little leather skirt!

Do you have any sense of decency?!

Is a leather skirt something you can wear?

Unbearable. Especially the boss in a leather skirt—utterly intolerable!

Jiu Yue weighed the long spear in her hand.

One hand tightened on the reins; with the other, she treated the spear like a javelin.

And just like that—she hurled it straight at the leather-skirt-wearing boss!

She really threw it???

The mountain bandits running at the front suddenly heard a bone-chilling whistle of wind tear past their ears.

There wasn’t even time to think.

Only a dull thud.

The boss in the leather skirt felt a sudden, icy chill at the back of his head.

Bang!

Man and spear were nailed together onto a large tree not far ahead.

The butt of the spear even trembled slightly.

And that spear—had pierced straight from the back of his skull through his eye socket…

When he was pinned to the tree, he was still alive.

That single move shattered the courage of every remaining bandit.

No matter how desperately they might have wanted to flee, none of them dared anymore.

They couldn’t fight her. They couldn’t outrun her…

It was too—too—too terrifying!

One after another, bandits fell from their horses.

Jiu Yue advanced, casually picking up weapons as she went.

Truly casual—throw one, kill one.

The officers behind hurriedly rescued a few of the bandits.

They had no choice.

If they didn’t save some now, they’d be completely wiped out!

With Jiu Yue killing like this, if everyone died, where would they find the bandits’ lair to wipe it out entirely?

The remaining dozens of bandits were gathered together by the officers.

They didn’t even dare lift their heads to look at Jiu Yue.

Yet Jiu Yue seemed to think the intimidation still wasn’t enough.

What could she do? If it happened again later, did she really have the stamina to kill like this all over again?

Don’t joke.

Out of fewer than three hundred bandits, she’d killed at least sixty or seventy.

Even swinging a blade made her tired.

The bandits were tied up in strings.

And just like that, they watched helplessly.

The killing god—who had been riding leisurely back toward the encampment—every time she passed a bandit corpse so mangled it no longer looked human, she would suddenly stop her horse.

Then she’d pick up a long spear stuck in the dirt, use it like a polo mallet, and whoosh—smack some part of the corpse flying.

Immediately after, piercing screams rose and fell from the direction of the camp.

A group of grown men—sure, they were civil officials, but still grown men!

They screamed noisily, like hundreds of ducks being raised at once.

But really—who wouldn’t scream upon seeing hands or feet or legs, or worse, heads, noses, ears…falling like rain to the ground, piling up into heaps in no time?

Those who couldn’t take it had already fled far away to vomit.

Ji Yiqing and Ji Chaomian exchanged a glance—then went pale.

No need to think. This was definitely Jiu Yue’s handiwork!

Absolutely.

Ji Youqin and the other two girls had gone weak in both hands and legs, crying in terror.

Yet even like this, they vomited while digging medicine out of the medical chest to give everyone.

They had to be strong. They couldn’t cry.

They couldn’t let Second Sister-in-law see their useless, incompetent side.

The useless and incompetent would be eliminated.

Ji Yiqing and Ji Chaomian looked at each other—then vomited.

Ji Weizhou clung to Ji Zhouye’s leg. He couldn’t help it—his legs were so weak he couldn’t even stand.

Ji Wanqiao nearly vomited straight onto Ji Weizhou’s head.

Thankfully, he barely managed to turn his head aside.

Then the three of them vomited together in a heap.

But soon, something seemed to stir deep in the bones of the five brothers.

Before long—everyone saw the Ji brothers frantically digging pits.

This place wasn’t far from the official road.

Sure, these bandits deserved to die, and they felt no pity.

But the people passing through here were ordinary civilians, right?

With a scene like this…

Wouldn’t it scare one person to death after another?

Anyone who didn’t know better might think some mysterious ritual had taken place here.

Just imagining it was enough to scare a whole crowd to death.

By the time Jiu Yue and the officers herded the remaining bandits back like livestock, the entire camp…

Well, how to put it?

It was a bit… bizarre.

Jiu Yue frowned.

A group of people who looked utterly incapable of even tying a chicken—yet in truth were all masters of the Six Arts of a Gentleman—civil officials, young and old alike, were all at the edge of the camp, sleeves rolled up, frantically digging pits.

It could truly be called a Great Qi oddity.

Shocking! Shocking!

Great Qi’s civil officials, drenched in sweat, digging with their bare hands—why?!

…

The entire camp was filled with an indescribable stench.

The foul smell of medicinal smoke Jiu Yue had used, the sour stench of vomit everywhere—

But…

Jiu Yue sealed off her sense of smell with practiced ease.

If she couldn’t smell it, it had nothing to do with her.

Some officers had been injured too.

But such minor wounds didn’t warrant Jiu Yue’s personal attention.

There were imperial physicians traveling with them.

Ji Youqin and the others could also handle simple wounds now.

As everyone began the cleanup—

And “cleanup” meant:

Those who needed to dig pits and bury corpses did so.

Some heads were cut off intact.

If the head wasn’t intact, they kept the right ear…

It could be exchanged for silver!

The moment Jiu Yue learned this, she felt like she’d lost several hundred million!

Heads could be exchanged for silver—and ears too!

Why did she only find out now?!

Those who needed treatment treated wounds.

Others checked whether the escorted goods had suffered any losses…

Everyone busy, each performing their own duties.

Jiu Yue’s duty was to… sleep.

As Jiu Yue closed her eyes to rest, she heard quiet sobbing.

Opening her eyes, she saw several officers who had fought beside her, gathered together.

She didn’t know what they were doing.

Jiu Yue got up and walked over.

Ji Yiqing glanced over and pulled Jiu Yue’s medical chest out of the baggage.

When Jiu Yue approached,

she saw an officer lying pale-faced on a crude stretcher made of branches.

It turned out he’d been torn across the front of his body by a bandit’s spiked mace.

The sight—blood pouring, flesh mangled, not a single patch of intact skin—deep wounds exposing bone, making it seem at first glance that death was inevitable.

Jiu Yue frowned.

When everyone saw her come over, they immediately made way for her.

“Your Highness!”

“Your Highness!”

Calls rang out one after another.

This was recognition—heartfelt recognition—from the officers.

Perhaps at first, they had yielded to Jiu Yue because of her status.

Or perhaps it was the many abilities she’d shown along the journey, earning their reluctant respect.

But that was all it had been.

This battle, however—made every single officer feel it in their bones.

Toward Jiu Yue, there was only one word: conviction.

People admire strength.

With Jiu Yue’s capabilities, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say they’d follow her lead from now on.

She was too strong.

So strong that they didn’t dare utter another unnecessary word.

Only reverence remained.

At first, Shao Qing had worried that others, seeing Jiu Yue like this, might fear her—or even slander her.

But when Shao Qing saw the unhidden respect in everyone’s eyes, he understood.

When you stand at a certain height, all slander, curses, and jealousy…disappear.

Who dares say that in the tenth year of Emperor Fengyuan’s reign, when the Son of Heaven raged and corpses floated for miles, that case where thousands were killed was wrong?

Who dares say Emperor Fengyuan was cruel and bloodthirsty?

No one.

Just like Jiu Yue now.

Who would dare slander her—even a single word?!

She killed only those who deserved to die.