Chapter 283 - 250: Chaotic Fight for Supremacy Under the Heavens
The rain continued without pause.
Wan Xifeng’s corpse was dragged out of the courtyard. Chen Yi glanced back and saw the elderly woman with white hair sitting dazedly in her chair, waiting for a son who would never return.
Wan Xifeng had deceived her, making her believe he was a wayward son who had turned over a new leaf. She was old, her eyesight gone, trapped within this courtyard, completely unaware of the heinous misdeeds Wan Xifeng had committed.
If not for his endless wickedness, serving as a thug for Ju Weng Pavilion, Wan Xifeng’s name would not have been reported by the government office to the two bureaus and one division.
Chen Yi, however, chose not to expose Wan Xifeng’s lies to the elderly woman.
Seeing Wan Xifeng’s corpse, Luo Nanwu and Wu Qingsheng both nodded slightly.
"I thought... you might show mercy and spare this villain’s life." Luo Nanwu, the steward of Stop War Division, spoke with some surprise in his tone.
He had believed that upon hearing Wan Xifeng speak of filial devotion, Chen Yi might have a change of heart. After all, sparing villains in a moment of compassion was not rare in the Jianghu.
The outcomes of such mercy... were almost never good.
Though there were occasional noble tales, the reason they were considered exceptional was precisely because they were so rare; in most cases, it was just another story of the farmer and the wolf.
Luo Nanwu, having little acquaintance with Chen Yi and meeting him for the first time today, didn’t understand his disposition. Wu Qingsheng, however, had some insight into today’s events. While not overly surprised, he still posed the question: "I had the same thought. Watching you on the journey, keeping silent, I wondered if you were moved to compassion."
"I was, but not much."