Although He Zhongyun might appear pitiful and tragic, these are no excuses for his cruelty; he has no right to turn his own misfortune into the suffering of others.
Murong Fu and his party lingered in Yueyang for several days. With no sign of Yun Zhonghe, they lowered their guard slightly, only for their servants to begin dying in tragic accidents. The victims’ corpses were ghastly sights, all of them killed by having their skulls crushed in by brute force.
Murong Fu’s expression grew increasingly somber. Whenever he discovered a trace of Yun Zhonghe’s movements and rushed to apprehend him, the villain would have already fled, relying on his superior lightness skills. Furthermore, news arrived of the horrific fate of the guests who had been at the inn that day: their wives and daughters had been raped, and their entire families brutally slaughtered.
Chapter 37