Chapter 84: Dead Soldiers and Merit
On the west side of the capital city.
The plaque of the Kyoto City God Temple hung above the lintel, and the vermilion gates studded with eighty-one copper nails were wide open.
Pilgrims came and went in an endless stream. Inside the hall, the City God's golden statue had a face like purple crabapple, wearing a scarlet official robe and holding a jade tablet.
On both sides stood the Magistrates and Impermanence envoys, their expressions majestic and stern.
A tremor in the golden statue, unfelt by the common people, was followed by a low shout, "A court official with great merit has perished. Civil Magistrate, go there personally."
A Civil Magistrate wearing a cyan official robe appeared. He was half a head taller than the Civil Magistrate of Zhangnan County, and his facial features and body were distinct and clear.
Taking the image of a middle-aged man, holding a Magistrate's brush in one hand and a Book of Rewards and Punishments in the other, he bowed to the City God's golden statue, "Orders received!"
In the Minister of Revenue's mansion, the guards, dead soldiers, and assassins had fought red-eyed; no one held back.
Even though the other side had more first-rank martial artists, having one killed by Chu Xun first and being intimidated by his aura meant they were lucky to exert sixty or seventy percent of their strength.