Joy of Life: I, a man, became the Queen of Northern Qi?

Chapter 178: Take you into the palace to identify the person who should be killed.

Under the moonlight, the Iron Judge's skin seemed to reflect light. The beautiful face and shiny skin inherited from his original body might be the real reason why he chose to wear a face-covering robe. It was similar to that of Lanling King. How could a self-proclaimed law enforcer be disturbed by his appearance?

He didn't seem to think there was anything wrong, and his expression was always very calm. "What's wrong?"

The shadow behind Chen Pingping let go of the hand pushing the cart, walked a few steps to the front, and asked, "Are you here to kill someone?"

"Why ask when you already know the answer?"

The Iron Judge silently put on the iron mask in his arms, leaving only his thin lips and eyes exposed, and said coldly: "Fan Xian has not done anything evil yet, so it is not the right time to kill him. However, this will not be enough to lure out Chen Pingping."

"It seems you are here to see me."

Waving his hand for the shadow to move aside, Chen Pingping adjusted his body a little in the wheelchair and asked with a smile: "You mentioned Fan Xian's name so bluntly. Are you not going to hide your relationship with Queen An of your country?"

"I am impatient with all this pretense."

The Iron Judge's tone became colder. He had seen Shadow's intention to take action. He stroked his hand behind him and held the Judge's Pen in his hand. "I came here just to join the Overwatch Council so that I can kill people more easily. With your intelligence, how can you not see that I can accurately find those who should be killed? There must be a force behind me that collects intelligence to support me."

"You should know the Queen's methods. Anyone who can be called powerful in Northern Qi cannot escape her control."

"That's all I have to say. I have no interest in the power games you people in power play."

"You can join the Supervisory Council. This is part of the deal. I won't object even if you two want to fight." Chen Pingping's eyes revealed a sinister look, which was a manifestation of his extreme anger.

This person should never, ever use Fan Xian as bait to lure me here.

If the other party cannot survive in Shadow's hands, then what he said just now is nothing but arrogant talk.

"There's just one more thing I want to ask you."

Seeing that the Iron Judge had stopped, Chen Pingping calmly asked, "I wonder what you think of Northern Qi, and what do you think of Qing? They are all killing those who should be killed. Could it be that there are more corrupt officials and bullies in Qing than in Northern Qi? Queen An's words alone can make you come thousands of miles away from your hometown. So what is the name of 'Judge' that you insist on?"

"A little trick to provoke."

The Iron Judge's eyelids moved slightly, and his true energy was already circulating throughout his body.

He could sense that Wang Qinian, whom he had been chasing a few days ago, had quietly gone out of the arena to hide, and Fan Xian had also crossed the river to arrive.

"Heaven's law is reincarnation, good and evil are rewarded, this is the law of nature. I am a judge and I don't know anything else. The laws of Da Qi have been around for less than a hundred years. What I rely on and uphold is naturally the law in my heart."

"In my opinion, Northern Qi and Southern Qing are no different. Both are filled with evil people, which makes people hate them."

"If you were not still useful, you would be the one who deserves to be killed the most!"

Chen Pingping smiled with joy when he heard this, as if he agreed with the other party's point of view. He was not annoyed at all, but was savoring it carefully.

Fan Xian, who was getting closer, could no longer bear it. He took out a dagger and asked in a deep voice, "What about you? Countless people have died in your hands along the way. It sounds better to say that you are robbing the rich and killing the greedy, but in reality you are just venting your hatred and anger!"

"I am the embodiment of anger, so I am naturally guilty of great evil."

After saying something that no one understood, Iron Judge glanced at Fan Xian. If one did not care about the power and involvement behind him, Iron Judge would not take it to heart. Fan Xian had all the resources in his hands, but had accomplished nothing. He did not dare to fight upwards, and only exerted his strength recklessly downwards.

Fan Xian's justice was served, but more people died as a result than he saved. It was actually not as quick and effective as using fear to subdue everyone.

"When there are only minor evils left in the world and no major evils, this judge will naturally disappear."

For some reason, Fan Xian became even angrier. He clenched his fist holding the dagger and growled, "It seems that you still know that the evil in this world cannot be eradicated, but where did the money you took from the people go? Did you rob the rich to give to the poor?"

"Why bother to make hypocritical excuses for your own selfish desires?"

He had read the information about the Iron Judge in the academy, and with a simple calculation, he knew that the money in this man's hands was probably as much as 10 or 20 million taels! Such a huge sum of money could be regarded as the annual tax revenue of several states. Where did all this money go?
"The money should naturally go to where it should go. In the hands of the right people, it can play the greatest role and bring peace to the people."

Surprisingly, the Iron Judge's face showed many more expressions. I don't know if it was because he met this fellow from the new era. He sneered silently and said, "As for what you said about robbing the rich to help the poor? What is that? Are you talking about doing charity?"

"Fan Xian, you come from a special background so you should understand what I am talking about."

“Is there any essential difference between charity and crime nowadays?”

When Fan Xian heard this, his heart was shaken violently. He unconsciously took two steps back with an expression of disbelief on his face.

It was not until this time that he was able to fully confirm that the Queen of Northern Qi was indeed a complete time traveler like himself, and not a lucky person who had inherited the legacy of a "predecessor".

He murmured, "Did Queen An tell you these words?"

"Charity and crime don't mix!!"

"But the essence is the same!" Iron Judge did not argue with Fan Xian. He knew that the other party could understand, so he simply said bluntly: "I originally planned to become friends with you, but now it seems that you have been seriously assimilated by this world."

"I still say that as long as I don't kill the wrong person, no one can judge whether I am right or wrong!"

Chen Pingping did not interrupt the conversation between the two people. He just accepted the cultural shock from a foreign country, even from the temple, with great interest. It was not until this time that he asked his own question with a somewhat academic research mentality:
"If we kill the corrupt officials who are leading the charge, what if the next successor is the same or even worse? How will you deal with it?"

"Then kill them again! Kill them until they dare not commit the crime again! Kill!" The Iron Judge's response was sonorous and powerful, with murderous intent overwhelming, "One word of judgment is worth a thousand gold."

"There is a great terror between life and death. It is indeed a pity to lose one's life for yellow and white things." Chen Pingping pushed the wheelchair back slowly, leaving the space for a few people.

Looking up, the Liujing River, which was bustling just now, was now silent, with only many ships still drifting on the river.

The true energy passed through his ears, and he listened carefully. He saw that the people from the Supervisory Office had already surrounded the place.

"But you know, Excellency, that wealth and honor are achieved through risk. For the sake of profit, what does life mean?" As Chen Pingping said this last sentence, the figures of several people disappeared from the scene at the same time!

Fan Xian raised his toes slightly, and the poisoned dagger in his hand drew out a gust of wind, and swept towards the masked Iron Judge with the momentum of running. Seeing the latter pick up the pen, he knocked it away, and instantly kicked the opponent in the chest with a kick like a street dancer. His move was extremely brutal, without any trace of his usual friendliness.

He was also angry and had to vent it!
The Iron Judge had only placed his palm where it should be in advance. With a dull sound, he had already firmly grasped Fan Xian's calf. He raised his right hand slightly, and the Judge's Pen fell fiercely.
It can be said that the auspicious time has come, and the crime deserves execution!
puff!
The tip of the pen changed direction midway, and the Iron Judge turned and pointed backwards, the tip of the pen colliding with the tip of Shadow's sword, emitting a flash of fire. This was a rare opportunity, and Fan Xian's strength was bursting, his domineering true energy hurting others and himself, while his own meridians were pierced, he also shook off the opponent's restraints, and pretended to kick again, and it seemed that he was about to kick the Iron Judge's internal organs to pieces.

That’s not all, he supported himself on the ground with his right hand and rotated his whole body, then raised his left arm and shot a crossbow arrow straight into the target’s eyes!

The Iron Judge had a blank expression on his face. Although his palms were stinging, there was no danger of the true energy invading his body.

Using a pen instead of a sword, Yi's sword techniques were performed one after another - it was the first move to seize Tianyuan, the chain of picking up the thousand eyes to kill!

The crossbow arrow was broken into two and fell into the unknown night, not only resolving the brief crisis, but also fighting with the shadow for more than ten swords in an instant!

His left hand was slightly bent, and his elbow met Fan Xian's kick. There was a loud explosion in the air, and Fan Xian seemed to be paralyzed all over, and was about to fall to the ground.
Suddenly, an eye-catching scene happened!

At this moment, Fan Xian seemed to be possessed by Xu Xin. He used the move of Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow to temporarily stabilize his body. At the same time, the dagger in his hand shot in the opposite direction and stabbed towards the waist of the Iron Judge.

Suddenly, Judge Tie's eyes narrowed, as if he was serious.

The iron pen in his hand also gave up defense and turned to offense, and he instantly used the sword technique integrated from Ye Liuyun - Cold Moon and Sad Wind!
The sword drew an arc, stabbing out an invisible crescent sword energy, and the vortex of sword wind drowned the enemy! Before the poisoned dagger broke through the jungle of sword blades, it turned into countless fragments and flew around the field.

Shadow was frightened!

He has never fought a battle at such a disadvantage!
Even with two against one, they still couldn't defeat the opponent. Now, the opportunity that Fan Xian had created with great difficulty might be the only chance!
He didn't care about whether there would be any accidental injuries, nor did he bother to hide his true sword moves, he immediately used the Four-Looking Sword Technique. That was the first move that the Sword Master learned from the "Nameless Sword Technique" - Hole in the Sky and Pierce the Earth!
Fan Xian retreats again!

Although he lost his dagger, he still had a soft sword on his waist, which was usually hidden as a belt and no one could see it. It was a great weapon to intimidate others. After barely withstanding the first wave of attacks from the Judge's Pen, he felt the blood surging in his chest and his arms were paralyzed as if they were not his own. It was extremely difficult!

The Judge's Pen changed its moves again, and after kicking Fan Xian away, it spun the sharp weapon in its hand at a very fast speed, making it like a silver shield when defending and a windmill blade when attacking, trying to crush Shadow's limbs!
At this moment, the Iron Judge was filled with murderous intent, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he wanted to add one more soul to the Judge's pen!
Although he had not collected enough emotions of all living beings and his cultivation was still in the ninth level, how could Fan Xian and the others resist his sword moves that were close to the grandmaster level?
The phantom attacked him, and Shadow was frightened as if he had seen a dead soul. He knew that he could not withstand this attack, but he became even more ferocious and shouted in his heart: I only care about the front and not the back!
We have already made plans to die together!
“Stop it!!!”

Chen Pingping's voice rang in the ears of the three people. It was obvious that he had used his true energy, which made him cough violently for a few times. He raised his hand and whispered: "If you attack again, the Qing Kingdom will not be able to keep you, and the archers of the Supervisory Council outside will also shoot arrows at the same time!"

If there really were two ninth-rank strong men of the same level who were willing to risk their own lives to hold back the Iron Judge, and with the help of the crossbow improved by the Overwatch Council, it might be possible to save the Iron Judge's life.

But Shadow is one, but what about Fan Xian?

Without those complicated means, even half of it would be quite a stretch.
He is so unstable that his Qi cultivation has reached the ninth level, but the control of his moves is only at the fourth or fifth level at most.

Not to mention the hidden dangers that the domineering true qi brings to the physical body!

The Iron Judge had a blank expression on his face and ignored Chen Pingping's words. Instead of slowing down, the speed of his pen increased, smashing the shadow of Gu Qian into pieces. Even the sword was broken into pieces and could not be put back together.

After the move, the iron pen fell due to gravity, and the blood streaks on it gathered together and slowly formed into blood beads, which were about to fall.

In the horrified eyes of everyone, the Iron Judge had a cold and frosty face and a grim look in his eyes. However, the opponent's shadow fell to the ground, his right hand drooping weakly, unable to even stand up.

Under the wound he was covering, there was a bloody hole that was shocking.

The wind died down, and the Iron Judge slowly turned sideways to look at Chen Pingping's right hand, which had not yet lowered its command to release the arrow. He said calmly, "You just said that wealth and honor can only be achieved through risk?"

"hehe."

"If you only know one thing, you don't know the other. Do you know that wealth and honor are sought in danger, but also lost in danger. You get it one out of ten times, but lose it nine out of ten times?"

The changes happened extremely quickly. Everyone saw that in a split second, Lord Shadow nearly died and could no longer fight.

If it weren't for the timely shout from the dean, causing the unknown enemy to pause for a moment, it is possible that Lord Shadow would not have just died with a broken sword or injury, but would have gone to hell!

Although the soft sword in Fan Xian's hand was of good quality and could still be used, when he adjusted his state and suppressed the violent and domineering true energy in his body to rescue, he was frightened by the attack and stopped subconsciously. He blinked his eyes and could not believe that the shadow who was like a god of war in the Supervisory Council that day was defeated like this!
The Iron Judge stood there with a rage in his heart. Even what he said made some sense to everyone. He just stood there, as if waiting for the rain of arrows to fall.
Very handsome~
Fan Xian came back to his senses and took a tentative step forward. Seeing that the Iron Judge did not move, he walked up to the shadow, helped him up, took out two pills, fed them to him, and then checked his injuries.

Looking at the shocking wound, Fan Xian frowned slightly but was not too surprised.
I have become a doctor after being beaten by Uncle Wuzhu for so many years. Although this penetrating wound looks scary, it can still be recovered.

Shadow broke free from Fan Xian's supporting hand, steadied himself, and asked in a deep voice, "Your cultivation is stronger than mine, but the true energy you just used was very limited. This was not your full strength. As for your sword moves, they both contain the state of mind of a grandmaster. Why am I so far behind you?"

Thinking back carefully to the fight just now, it was simple and intuitive.

At first, the swordsmanship used by the opponent was mainly defensive, and each strike seemed to be rehearsed in advance, making people extremely uncomfortable. Even the claw strike that immediately restrained Fan Xian's kick contained chess sword moves. The grasp of timing proved that the opponent's vision was much stronger than his own.

However, the sword moves that followed gave people a feeling of being as light as a cloud and hiding a fierce dragon.

It is hazy and dreamy, making it hard to see clearly, yet it is full of murderous intent, danger and power!
"Your sword moves are full of hatred. Do you want to kill Si Gu Jian for revenge?" Judge Tie found it interesting, but sneered, "You even disdain to use Si Gu Jian's swordsmanship, forcing yourself to change. Do you want to defeat me by playing to your strengths and avoiding your weaknesses?"

"If Chen Pingping hadn't been here today, you would have been dead, considering the number of people you have killed over the years to eliminate dissidents for the Overwatch Council!"

There must be something hateful about this pitiful person, and this hateful person must be suffering a miserable life.

Over the years, Shadow had indeed killed people for Chen Pingping without asking any other questions, just because the latter had promised him that he would help him kill Si Gu Jian!

How could he forget the blood feud of his entire family being massacred and use the sword skills he learned from Si Gu Jian?

He is Si Gu Jian's younger brother (they have the same father but different mothers and a big age difference between them), and he is also Si Gu Jian's first apprentice.

For the sake of revenge, perhaps I shouldn't be so averse to the Si Gu sword technique.
"Although the mask exists to hide one's identity, you have trapped yourself in it." The biggest similarity between the two is that they both have a mask. "Everyone wears a mask, and I just made one myself."

The Iron Judge turned his gaze to Chen Pingping and asked softly, "Are you satisfied?"

"Your Excellency is a skilled warrior. You are the first among the nine ranks in the world. I am naturally satisfied."

Chen Pingping was of course very magnanimous, and he was not angry for not being able to stop the other party just now. He took out a token of the Supervisory Council and asked his subordinates to pass it to him. He just reminded him jokingly: "There will be a dinner party in the palace tomorrow. I will take you to recognize the officials of all ranks in the court. Don't kill the wrong person later."

The wheelchair turned sideways, and under the protection of the swordsmen from the Sixth Department of the Supervisory Council, Chen Pingping's figure slowly disappeared on the river bank.

Chen Pingping didn't care how much of tonight's story would be known to outsiders. At least as far as the result was concerned, everyone was satisfied. Even Fan Xian, who was passively involved, subconsciously understood many things, so it was not a complete loss.

Supporting the motionless shadow, Fan Xian took a deep look at the Iron Judge who left with the token in his hand.
It took me a long time to come back to my senses.

(End of this chapter)