"Two choices."
Su Mu's face was calm, his voice as tranquil as his expression. "First, you resist, and the Hu Family will be wiped out, down to the last dog and chicken.
Second, only the main culprits will be executed. The women and children can live."
As his words drifted through the air, the assembled Taiping Imperial Guard let out a synchronized, mighty roar.
The sound shook the heavens.
"Su Mu, you're using your public office to settle a private score! You act with such reckless abandon! Do you really think you can hide the sky with one hand?"
Hu Gongxiu's eyes blazed with boundless fury. He trembled with rage as he bellowed, "For what you have done today, I will go to the Capital City and beat the drum of grievances!
My son, Guang Shao, is a disciple of the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect! The Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect will never allow you to humiliate the Hu Family like this!"
