Chapter 199: Unusual
Li Musheng did not even glance at Mei Yan and his wife, and simply asked casually, "What does Commissioner Hu think should be done with them?"
Hearing this, Hu Rui'an was quiet for a brief moment. His gaze swept over Mei Yan, whose eyes had gone blank from the torment, and Mu Qingxia, still held in place, and then he said with a pondering expression, "Mei Yan's position is a delicate one. He is the Queen's own younger brother, a true member of the imperial family by marriage, and Mu Qingxia is the beloved daughter of Mu Tianxing, the Martial Saint of Yuming Mountain. This matter is without question extremely difficult to handle."
Hearing this, Li Musheng raised an eyebrow, "Difficult to handle?"
Then he waved a hand, saying, "If it is difficult to handle, then do not handle it."
At those words, Hu Rui'an's expression froze, and then he looked at Li Musheng with considerable unease. Seeing that Li Musheng was busy playing with the black cat on the ground and did not seem displeased, he ventured carefully, "Leaving the matter aside is indeed not a bad choice. Though Mei Yan has already admitted to his collusion with Falling God Peak, to dispatching the Tianjin Guards to help Falling God Peak slaughter villages and towns, and to defying and obstructing the court's orders, with the involvement behind all of this connecting to the First Prince's own ties to Falling God Peak as well..."
Partway through, Hu Rui'an found he could no longer continue. Everything he had just listed was enough to bring the complete extermination of Mei Yan's entire household.
Yet because of the identities of the husband and wife, and certain presences connected to them behind the scenes, he found from the bottom of his heart that he truly did not dare touch any of it.
At that point, seeing Hu Rui'an stop, Li Musheng looked up at him, saying, "I imagine Commissioner Hu has misunderstood me. When I said do not handle it, I meant do not waste time on this matter. Kill them and be done with it."
He scratched the large black cat on the head and said, "After tonight, we leave first thing tomorrow morning. Who has time to deal with these things?"