SBCEJM -Chapter 115 Beating Scum and Getting Rich! Two Million Gossip Points Instantly Credited!

“It was us who poisoned them!”

Zhang Shan’s voice sounded especially shrill in the night.

The words were like a boulder crashing into a still lake, stirring up towering waves.

After a brief moment of dead silence, the crowd of commoners erupted like a volcano.

“What?! It was you two?!”

“You damned bastards!”

“My child almost died because of you! I’ll kill you myself!”

The furious crowd surged forward, eyes bloodshot as they glared at the kneeling couple, fists clenched so hard they cracked.

Just as things were about to spiral out of control, Feng Zexuan merely lifted a hand, and the raging crowd stopped three steps away from her.

“Let them finish talking.”

Her voice was not loud, yet it steadied everyone like a pillar holding up the heavens.

Li Hua lifted her head. Tears and blood streaked across her filthy face, leaving her looking utterly miserable.

“I thought… my son was trampled to death by Great Xia’s warhorses…”

Suddenly, she thrust a trembling finger at Zhang Shan beside her. The hatred in her eyes was so intense it seemed capable of burning through flesh.

“But I only just found out!”

She screamed, her voice shrill like a cuckoo crying blood.

“My son was killed by this damned beast… kicked to death by his own father!”

“He killed his own son just to cover up his affair with a widow!”

“And then he lied to me… tricked me into taking revenge on the people of Great Xia!”

Zhang Shan trembled in terror under the accusation, not daring to refute a single word. He only hunched his neck lower and lower.

The entire place exploded into chaos.

He killed his own son for an affair? Then framed someone else and poisoned so many innocent children?

That was beyond beastly.

“Even tigers don’t eat their own cubs! You’re worse than animals!”

“Filthy adulterers! You’re not human!”

“Beat them to death!”

This time, Feng Zexuan did not stop the crowd. She merely stepped aside silently and opened the way.

“Go ahead and hit them. Just leave them breathing.”

The man who had been holding his child earlier charged forward first. Eyes red with rage, he raised a wooden club he had picked up—then suddenly paused and turned back.

“Your Highness, why not just kill them? A beating’s too light for scum like this!”

“Death is mercy. Too easy.”

Feng Zexuan’s icy voice rang out across the crowd.

“Let them live. Send them back to Tingxia so their king and people can judge them themselves.”

She paused before adding:

“I believe the newly crowned King of Tingxia will punish them far more severely than we ever could. No need for us to dirty our hands.”

【If Xiao Mingyu doesn’t skin these two pieces of trash alive, I’ll personally teach him why flowers bloom red! Let him experience what a diplomatic crisis looks like!】

The people instantly understood.

Killing someone was nothing. Being judged and destroyed by one’s own people—that was true punishment.

“His Highness is right! We can’t let them die so easily!”

With a roar, the crowd rushed forward together.

Fists, slaps, and stones rained down on the pair like a storm.

“You heartless monster!”

“Take this punch, poison woman! Poison man!”

Zhang Shan and Li Hua disappeared beneath the crowd, reduced to nothing but pitiful screams and desperate attempts to shield their heads.

Standing beside the firelight, Feng Zexuan silently watched the public execution she had personally ignited.

【Sheesh, those punches sound painful even from here.】

【But for some reason… watching these scumbags get beaten up feels kind of satisfying?】

【System, do I have violent tendencies?】

The system immediately replied in righteous indignation:

【Host, this is called an overflowing sense of simple justice! Mercy toward evil is cruelty toward the innocent!】

The crowd beat harder and harder. Zhang Shan had begun foaming at the mouth, while Li Hua’s screams grew weaker and weaker.

Figuring it was enough, Feng Zexuan finally called out in a deep voice:

“That’s enough.”

At her command, everyone immediately stopped. Panting heavily, they stepped back, though the fury in their eyes still burned fiercely.

She turned toward the city guard commander nearby.

“Prepare prison carts tomorrow morning. Send an elite escort to take them back to Tingxia.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

“Bring me brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.”

The commander immediately ordered someone to fetch them and set everything up on a temporary table near the city gates.

Facing the flickering firelight, Feng Zexuan personally took up the brush.

The wolf-hair brush, soaked with thick black ink, moved like a blade across the paper, leaving behind fierce and murderous strokes.

“…The actions of these two criminals have extinguished all humanity within them, disgracing the dignity of Tingxia and earning the hatred of all people.

For the sake of preserving relations between our two nations, this king hereby returns the criminals, so that the wisdom and fairness of Tingxia’s ruler may be displayed before the world.”

At this point, her brush turned sharply, the ink almost piercing through the paper itself.

“However, both this king and the countless citizens of Great Xia shall be watching closely.

Should justice not be served, this king shall personally come to ask whether the name ‘Tingxia’ is still worthy of Great Xia’s protection.”

The system could not help laughing.

【This letter looks polite on the surface—like you’re respectfully giving them face and letting them handle it themselves. But in reality, it’s a naked threat!】

【Hehe, not at all. It’s clearly full of trust and expectation!】

Inside her mind, Feng Zexuan’s tiny mental self stood proudly with hands on her hips, laughing wildly.

【So? Isn’t it domineering enough?】

The system immediately showered her with praise.

【Host is mighty! This is called “courtesy before force.” Even that black-bellied emperor would praise you for this move!】

After finishing the letter, she blew the ink dry herself, sealed it into an envelope, and handed it to the escorting captain.

“Make sure it is delivered personally into the hands of Tingxia’s king.”

“Yes, ma’am!”

Watching the bruised and barely conscious pair get dragged onto the prison cart, the hostility in Feng Zexuan’s heart finally eased.

【Anyone who dares touch Great Xia, no matter how far away they are, will be destroyed!】

【Xiao Mingyu, let’s see how you receive this “great gift.”】

With the matter resolved, the townspeople gathered around her once more, kneeling in waves across the ground.

“Long live the Prince!”

“Your Highness saved the future of our entire village!”

“If not for Your Highness, all our families would’ve been ruined!”

One woman clutched her child, who had just escaped death, sobbing uncontrollably.

“Your Highness, you are our savior! A living bodhisattva!”

Feng Zexuan waved her hand and rubbed her aching temples.

“It’s late. Go home and take care of your children.”

【Sigh… I originally wanted a nice vacation, and somehow I ended up working overtime again.】

【Still, saving these kids made it worthwhile.】

1【System, don’t you think I’m incredibly kind-hearted?】

【Host, you are practically the reincarnation of a bodhisattva!】

【Hahaha, I think so too!】

The system suddenly announced in an exaggerated tone:

【Surprise!!!】

【Ding! Major gossip-related good deed detected: saved fifteen poisoned children, stabilized the border region, and upheld Great Xia’s national prestige!】

【Crunch! Huge sweet melon reward dropped: 1,000,000 gossip points!】

Feng Zexuan’s eyes lit up instantly.

Before she could celebrate, the system spoke again.

【Ding! Special plot gossip detected: “Murdering one’s son and shifting the blame.” The plot twist was thrilling, and the gossip audience response was overwhelmingly positive!】

【Crunch! Plot twist bonus reward dropped: 1,000,000 gossip points!】

【Updated balance: 2,923,000 gossip points!】

【HOLY SHIT!!!】

Feng Zexuan nearly jumped off her horse.

【Two million! I spent one and a half million and earned back two million! That’s a massive profit!】

The pain she had felt over spending money vanished instantly beneath the joy of sudden wealth.

【System! Love you, mwah mwah! You really are my little cotton-padded jacket!】

The system snorted proudly.

【Host, please maintain your dignity. This system does not accept verbal bribery.】

【Hehe, got it, got it. I’ll shop at your store more often from now on!】

【Wonderful, Host! The system store’s doors shall forever remain open to you!】

Feng Zexuan’s mood soared.

She mounted her horse again and waved toward the soldiers and townspeople at the gate before riding into the pass.

Under the night sky, Yanmen Pass had shed the daytime bustle, becoming especially tranquil.

Instead of entering her portable space to rest, she suddenly found herself curious about the inns along this ancient frontier.

Leading Mo Feng by the reins, she wandered along the stone-paved streets until she finally stopped in front of an inn called “Moonwatch Tower.”

The inn stood four stories high. Lanterns cast a warm yellow glow that looked especially inviting in the chilly night.

Seeing her handsome black horse and noble appearance, the waiter hurried out with a respectful bow.

“Honored guest, dining or lodging?”

“Lodging.”

Feng Zexuan casually tossed him a small silver ingot.

“I want your best upper room. Prepare hot water, and bring me all your signature dishes.”

“Right away! Please come inside!”