World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 352 - 195: Connect with Ye Jingfeng! Silence them by killing!

Chapter 352: 195: Connect with Ye Jingfeng! Silence them by killing!

"I have something I want to talk to you about," Nai’er said seriously.

"I’m listening," Suo Lun replied, his hands never stopping their motion.

"In the future, you absolutely, absolutely must not do what you did just now again," Nai’er said.

"What thing?" Suo Lun asked, "Kneeling and scrubbing the washboard?"

Nai’er didn’t know what a washboard was, but still nodded and said, "Because if you do that, I’m afraid you will... gradually start to dislike me. I don’t want to be seen as overbearing, and I don’t want you to feel guilty for having done something wrong, and then become afraid of me and distance yourself from me."

Suo Lun was taken aback, Nai’er was really very smart, people often distanced themselves out of guilt.

Nai’er continued, "The Silver Wolf Legion helped you take back Tian Shui City, which makes me worry even more. Because I’m afraid you’ll feel in debt to me, and that will create distance between us."

Suo Lun said softly, "I always want to be closer than close to you, but you always reject me."

Nai’er ignored his teasing words and said, "So, you must never kneel and scrub any washboards in the future, if sister finds out, there’d be no need for me to go on living."

Suo Lun said, "But what should I do the next time I make a mistake?"

Nai’er immediately felt frustrated. This damn rascal, just after making a mistake, he’s already thinking about the next time he errs.

She couldn’t help herself and pinched Suo Lun harshly.

Nai’er turned her body and said, "And I know that you did what you did to Zhi Ning this time for Heavenly Water Main City, and I shouldn’t act out. But I just couldn’t help it, because at that time, you abandoned me for her."

Suo Lun’s heart softened, and without a word, he just silently held her tightly.

"So, if you do something bad in the future, don’t let me find out, okay?" Nai’er said, "I know that the tighter you hold onto some things, the more they slip through your fingers. Anyway, you should know that I can endure being hurt once, but I absolutely cannot bear it a second time. If you dare to abandon me a second time, I assure you I’ll kill you with a single sword stroke, then take my own life."

Listening to her, Suo Lun’s heart felt like it was melting. Without saying anything, he just held her quietly like that, and the two of them lay on the ground, motionless, even falling asleep like that.

...

The next day, Yan Yan led his troops south, returning to Tianlang Pass. Suo Lun and Nai’er led four thousand troops back to Heavenly Water Main City.

In the following time, Tian Shui City was mired in exceedingly complex internal affairs.

The first thing to be carried out was the great trial.

It was a large-scale trial for high-ranking samurai lords like Nurdan, as well as mid to high-level military officers of the rebel army.

This trial involved thousands of people, and the vast majority of them would be executed.

The trial of Nurdan and others was swift, completing in just one day, and then they were to be publicly beheaded the next day.

When Duke Zhi Wei’s army of 100,000 approached Tian Shui City, Nurdan and other traitors were ecstatic, believing that the Suo’s end was imminent and their reversal of fortune was at hand.

But what they did not expect was that merely two days later, the grim news arrived: Suo Lun, bearing the King’s decree and Dragon King’s staff, flew from the capital, forcing Zhi Wei’s hundred thousand troops to retreat.

Then, Nurdan and others knew they were finished.

The next day, they would be beheaded for the public to see, by this time Nurdan was desperately eager to see Suo Lun just once.

Since being captured, Suo Lun had not come to see Nurdan even once. Tomorrow, as a show of execution to the public, even as a victor, he ought to see him at least one last time.

But still, Suo Lun did not come.

In the end, Nurdan had no choice but to take the initiative and request, "I would like to see Lord Suo Lun one last time, to speak my final words to him."

The samurai guarding him nodded and walked out.

Two quarters of an hour later, Suo Lun arrived at the cell.

Nurdan looked at him for a while, then knelt on both knees and said, "The rebel Nurdan, pays homage to my lord."

Suo Lun nodded, saying nothing, without any trace of triumph or pity.

"What I want to tell you is, the reason we rebelled, besides Zhi Ning’s long-term instigation and provocation, is more importantly because you previously seemed too incompetent, which made us restless and allowed ambitions to flourish," Nurdan said. "Had we known you were so competent, we would not have rebelled."

Suo Lun asked, "What kind of person was my father?"

After a moment of reflection, Nurdan replied, "An upright man to the point of almost being foolish, a brave man who feared nothing, a truly noble and selfless person, an oddity among lords. Most of the time during his reign, he led the Suo’s forces to sell their lives for the kingdom, but never gained any benefits; neither increasing an inch of domain nor rising even one rank in nobility."

Suo Lun asked, "Was he the only lord at the time who supported the king?"

Nurdan replied, "At that time, the King’s power was overwhelming, and he had not yet shown the flaw of having no heir. Thus, all the lords around the realm, despite their internaI hatred, had no choice but to fawningly lick the boots of power. But the only one who truly was loyal to the king from the heart and sold his life for the king was Lord Suo Long alone."

"Understood, thank you for the information. Farewell, and may your journey tomorrow be peaceful," Suo Lun said.

Then, Suo Lun left directly.

Nurdan kneeled once more, his forehead to the ground.

The next day, in the presence of tens of thousands of civilians, Nurdan and nineteen high-rank samurai lords, the rebel traitors, were publicly beheaded!

From then on, the great purge of Tian Shui City officially began.

All high-rank samurai lords, samurai lords, domain centurions, and so on, all were arrested, detained, and replaced.