Terrifying Heavens: I Slay Demons by Painting Faces

Chen Hengyi shouted, "Fellow villagers and elders, you have all seen who these people are. You don't need to know who I am."

"But!" Chen Hengyi paused, then took out a small notebook.

He approached a middle-aged man who was kneeling on the ground.

"Ren Wu, seven years ago, raped and killed the daughter-in-law of the Li family. The eldest son of the Li family tried to report it to the authorities but was instead beaten and had both legs broken. Later, the entire Li family was wiped out... Two years ago, when Chen Yongqian from Niuhe Village went to the provincial capital..."

Chen Hengyi was unhappy, so he made good use of his acting skills.

In traditional Chinese opera, singing, recitation, acting, and martial arts are all essential skills, but dialogue is a fundamental skill.

Everyone heard it clearly, and thus the crowd gathered around the entrance to the market understood what was happening.

After Chen Hengyi finished reading, he raised his hand and wiped away a drop of blood from between Ren Wu's eyebrows. The latter immediately woke up, but that was all.

He was still unable to move, only his eyes were rolling around.

Chen Hengyi, however, smiled and asked, "What do you all think should be done with Ren Wu?"

The crowd was agitated as soon as he finished speaking.

"Kill him!"

"Behead them! Behead them!"

Although Renjia Town appears peaceful on the surface, there are brothels and opium dens in the town. How many people are forced into prostitution, and how many have become addicted?

In normal times, the Ren family is like local tyrants, with guns, men, and money, making them impossible for ordinary people to resist.

But now they see hope.

Amidst the overwhelming public outcry, Qiu Sheng, wearing a mask, stepped forward and handed Chen Hengyi a cleaver.

The reason Qiu Sheng concealed his identity was because they would continue to live here afterward, unlike Chen Hengyi who would run away after committing the crime. Therefore, Uncle Jiu would not show up.

Even if something happens afterward, let's pin the blame on Chen Hengyi.

After Qiu Sheng handed the knife to Chen Hengyi, he went to wipe the bloodstains from the foreheads of the others, and then carried Ren Wu to the front of the crowd.

Although all the kneeling people were unable to speak or move, they could clearly see Chen Hengyi raise his knife.

Swish!

A flash of light, blood splattered everywhere, and a head fell to the ground!

A life was so easily lost in his own hands. Although Chen Hengyi was mentally prepared, he was still stunned for a moment.

Especially the warm blood that splattered on your hands, sticky with a metallic smell.

"They're no different from those highway robbers."

The onlookers fell silent for a moment, staring wide-eyed at the rolling head, their expressions blank, as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing. Some of the more timid even instinctively took a half-step back.

The powerful and tyrannical officials who had committed numerous evil deeds were actually executed in public.

Immediately afterwards, a deafening shout erupted, and some people even rushed up with steamed buns, trying to dab the blood flowing from Ren Wu's neck.

Contrary to the sentiments of the masses were those kneeling on the ground, unable to move or speak.

They watched this scene unfold before their eyes, and foresaw their own fate.

At this moment, Chen Hengyi had returned to the other person's side, struck a gong, and then continued to read out the evidence of his crimes.

Less than half a minute later, another head fell to the ground.

At this time, more and more people gathered here.

With each strike of the gong, a head falls to the ground.

Among everyone, Ren Fa and Ren Zhi were the ones who had the hardest time.

They were kneeling at the very front, but according to Chen Hengyi's order, they were actually at the very back.

So the two of them could only watch helplessly as one acquaintance after another was beheaded. The scattered bloodstains splattered on them, and little by little, they had stained them with blood.

The feeling of watching yourself die step by step, the despair in your heart lingers.

As time went by, Chen Hengyi had already changed his knife twice.

It's still because of a lack of experience; sometimes I'll cut into bone, and the knife will chip.

When his hand got tired, someone offered him hot tea, but Chen Hengyi declined just in case.

Finally, it was the turn of a person wearing a security guard uniform.

Chen Hengyi bent down and smiled at the man: "Captain Awei, are you ready?"

At this moment, Captain Awei looked ashen-faced and was soaked through.

Without waiting for a reply, Chen Hengyi looked at the booklet and began to read aloud the evidence of their crimes.

"...colluded with the Ren family, oppressing the people and acting arrogantly in the countryside. He himself had no talent whatsoever, and in order to quickly close cases, innocent people were wrongfully killed, and the murderers were falsely accused, while the real culprits remained at large... He was lecherous, lazy, and greedy, and on more than one occasion forced women into prostitution and raped them..."

With each line he read, Captain Awei's expression grew increasingly grim, and a myriad of emotions surged within him.

fear death.

When Chen Hengyi was halfway through his reading, a commotion suddenly broke out in the crowd.

A middle-aged man in a long robe pushed through the crowd, his face contorted with rage, and roared at Chen Hengyi, "You audacious madman! Setting up a private torture chamber in broad daylight is utterly lawless! Guards, seize him!"

Before he finished speaking, several servants who had followed him were about to step forward with sticks in hand.

Some people even raised guns!

When the onlookers first saw the gun, some of them hesitated to leave.

A hint of smugness flashed across the middle-aged man's face.

Captain Awei breathed a sigh of relief; he saw a glimmer of hope for survival.

However, before the group could even get close, a roar suddenly erupted from the onlookers: "That Zhao fellow is no good either! He's helped the Ren family drive so many people to their deaths!"

"Kill him! Kill this dog of the Ren family!"

In the blink of an eye, the angry crowd surged forward like a tide. The middle-aged man's face changed drastically, and he turned to run away, but was grabbed by the collar and dragged back by several burly men.

Several servants were overwhelmed by the crowd, and clubs and fists rained down on them, their screams quickly drowned out.

Before they could even fire, the Four-Eyed Taoist, hiding in the crowd, knocked them to the ground with stones.

Chen Hengyi watched this scene coldly without intervening.

He was just curious.

"Where did this guy come from? Doesn't he have a brain?"

Seeing this scene, how dare they show up? Anyone with a modicum of common sense would run far away, right?

Or perhaps, he simply overlooked this person...

"They must be too stupid to have the opportunity to do evil."

However, he slowly raised his hand and waved it gently.

Qiu Sheng, wearing a mask, immediately understood and pulled out a spare machete from behind him, tossing it to one of the men leading the group.

The man took the knife, his eyes bloodshot, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Zhao Manzhu! You'll die today too!"

Having said that, he raised his hand and brought down the knife, blood splattering everywhere!

At the same time, Chen Hengyi also swiftly brought down his knife.

Chen Hengyi struck the gong again and called out loudly, "Gentlemen, please continue!"

He turned and walked toward the next person kneeling—Ren Zhi.

Chen Hengyi read out the crimes as before, and when he mentioned the Nanhua Class, the crowd immediately erupted in commotion.

The crowd was so enraged that Chen Hengyi didn't even have time to react before the stones and sticks rained down on him.

Chen Hengyi didn't understand the situation.

Then, before Ren Fa could even read out the evidence of his crimes, he was swept away by the crowd.

He quickly shouted, "Don't rush! Let me finish reading before you hit me!"

However, none of these people intended to pay any attention to Chen Hengyi.

Seeing this, he quickly pulled over a fishmonger who reeked of fish: "Brother, everything was fine before, why is everyone suddenly so angry?"

The fishmonger was about to get angry, but when he saw it was Chen Hengyi, he put on a smiling face: "Great hero, you are from out of town, you don't know about the Nanhua Troupe."

A great hero?

Chen Hengyi was taken aback; this was a rather martial arts-style title.

"you say."