Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 589 - 568

Heavenly Might Hall hadn’t been opened for several years, and hearing it was to reopen, the residents of Wild Horse City were very excited, showing great enthusiasm.

Those qualified to enter Heavenly Might Hall for a public trial were either extremely vicious criminals or individuals from influential backgrounds. Either kind would attract great attention from the masses, because the former were universally despised, and the latter were even more hated.

Which noble family didn’t have a few unworthy descendants? No matter how many good deeds a noble family did, just one unworthy descendant could spoil everything, like a rat ruining a pot of porridge! Besides, which noble family would do good deeds?

Therefore, the common people in the city harbored a resentment towards the wealthy families.

It was said that today in Heavenly Might Hall, the Situ Family was defending the one whom the Fu Family detested, naturally giving rise to a sensation of watching a heated drama — a case of a dog biting a dog, a mouth full of fur, no matter whether that person was judged guilty or innocent, people didn’t care. What they cared about was what spectacle the two noble families would make of themselves.

That day, although not exactly deserted, the streets were definitely two to three times less busy than usual. People were sitting in front of special formations that transmitted the proceedings of the Heavenly Might Hall trial in real-time.

That’s why it was called a public trial!

Seeing that it was about time, Zhou Heng, accompanied by the Moon Shadow Saintess and Yang Lanxin, swaggered into Heavenly Might Hall.

As there were special formations everywhere transmitting the trial, there weren’t many people crowded outside Heavenly Might Hall, so Zhou Heng and his party walked in without any trouble.

Heavenly Might Hall indeed lived up to its name, being a massive and spectacular hall, supported by twelve hundred-foot columns—this hall had no walls on all sides!

Since Zhou Heng and his companions had arrived right on schedule, almost everyone else was already there. A crowd of about a hundred people sat around, most from the ruling families of Wild Horse City, but the majority of them were only there to observe. Only about fifteen families had the real power to make decisions.

These fifteen families were the most powerful forces within Wild Horse City, having weathered countless years. Although there was a significant gap between the strongest and the weakest among these, they were all beyond the reach of other families.

Zhou Heng could only recognize a few people: Situ Ling and Situ Yaofang from the Situ Family, and a few old men from the Fu Family; he didn’t know anyone from the other families, nor did he want to.

"Kneel down now!" bellowed a Moonlight Emperor from the Fu Family, who was indeed the Fu Family’s true Old Ancestor, a Seven Wheels Moon Peak Moonlight Emperor named Fu Zhihui. As this public trial was concerning the face of the Fu Family, he had forcefully interrupted his retreat to appear.

—Without the presence of a Peak Moonlight Emperor, they would undoubtedly be suppressed in terms of aura.

"Fu Zhihui, what are you being so aggressive for?" Situ Yaofang looked plump and easy to talk to, but his words were anything but polite, "Today is a public trial, and only if the public trial verdicts him guilty does Zhou Heng become a criminal. Currently, he is just a suspect, and there’s no need for him to kneel!"

The clash between the two great families was immediately fiery and direct!

Fu Zhihui’s gaze hardened as he couldn’t understand why the Situ Family was so uncompromisingly protective of Zhou Heng. What was so special about this young man?

Could it be, this kid was the illegitimate son of the Situ Family?

Although the Fu Family was among the top five in terms of strength in Wild Horse City, they didn’t control the city like the Situ Family did, meaning they hadn’t heard about incidents involving the Pharmacists Association.

How could Fu Zhihui possibly guess the real reason?

Convinced that Zhou Heng was the Situ Family’s illegitimate son, he inevitably felt aggrieved. Your Situ Family members are untouchable, and my Fu Family members can just die in vain? Your Situ Family’s power is indeed formidable, but you still want to cover the sky with one hand? Wishful thinking!

"This child, he killed three of my family members, witnessed by many in my Fu Family. Are you saying that could be false?" said Fu Zhihui coldly.

"Ha ha, Old Brother Fu, like you said, those were your Fu Family people who witnessed it, and the dead were from your Fu Family, so of course, you can say whatever you want!" Situ Yaofang, determined to get closer to Zhou Heng, even blurted out such a skewed logic.

Fu Zhihui’s mustache bristled with anger, his chest heaving rapidly. He really wanted to throw caution to the wind and have a go at Situ Yaofang, this shameless old man. But he forcefully suppressed that urge.

It was clear Situ Yaofang was stirring up trouble without reason, and talking nonsense with him was pointless!

"Zhou Heng, I ask you, did you kill Fu Zewen, Fu Liding, and Fu Wenbo?" The old man sharply redirected the question to Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng looked lazily at the old man and said indifferently, "So what if I did?"

"Hmph, Yaofang brother, you heard it yourself, this young man admitted it himself!" Fu Zhihui immediately turned to Situ Yaofang.

"So he admitted it, so what? Aren’t we here to publicly try this case today? Why the surprise?" Situ Yaofang’s mouth could almost be compared to Black Donkey’s.

Surprise? Surprise my ass!

Fu Zhihui felt another surge of fury wanting to lash out, this Situ old dog was truly abhorrent. His family had lost three members, two of whom were pillars, what was there to be happy about?

"Zhou Heng, since you admitted to killing them, are you ready to confess?" another old man said. He was Sun Shangyuan from the Sun Family, also a Peak Moonlight Emperor. The Sun Family had long formed an alliance with the Fu Family to overthrow the Situ Family since the Emperor was rotational.

He was naturally helping the Fu Family.

"Admit to the crime? What is there to admit?" Zhou Heng shook his head, "Fu Zewen publicly harassed women, and after I stopped him, he ordered his subordinates to kill me! Since he wanted to kill me, what crime did I commit by killing him? As for the other two, they tried to kill, but lacked the strength and were slaughtered by me!"

Slaughtered!

Everyone’s mouths twitched at this remark. Did this kid think the Moonlight Emperor was a dog to be butchered, daring to use the word "slaughtered"?

"Nonsense!" another ally of the Fu Family, Yu Tian of the Peak Moonlight Emperor from the Situ Family, shouted angrily, "Clearly, it is your ferocious nature and murderous instincts, yet you still try to shift the blame! Bring in the witness!"

A witness?

Zhou Heng couldn’t help grinning, letting them play, to see what sort of schemes they could concoct.

The witnesses arrived quickly, and not just one but five, all bystanders who had been drinking at the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion that day. Naturally, all five were men; three looked to be in their twenties, while the other two appeared older, in their thirties.

"You all witnessed what happened that day, didn’t you?" Fu Zhihui said calmly, his emotions completely under control.

"Yes, sir, we indeed witnessed the events of that day!" the five men answered in unison, bowing.

"Then tell us one by one what you saw!" Fu Zhihui’s voice remained cold.

"Let me go first!" A young man stepped forward, bowed to the crowd, and then began, "This is what happened: that day when Brother Fu, Fu Zewen, entered the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, two seductive women approached him. Brother Fu ignored them, but they persisted annoyingly, even making physical contact. Just then, the felon Zhou Heng appeared out of nowhere and falsely accused Brother Fu of harassing his women!"

"Brother Fu tried to explain, but Zhou Heng wouldn’t listen and unreasonably attacked Brother Fu!"

"Zhou Heng is naturally ferocious and extremely powerful; Brother Fu and his followers, although they resisted fiercely, could not withstand the Moonlight Emperor with Eight Wheels, and they were robbed of their young lives!"

"Next, Brother Fu’s father, Uncle Fu, Fu Liding, arrived at the scene and earnestly pleaded with Zhou Heng to lay down his weapon and clear things up at the Fu Family’s home, but Zhou Heng completely ignored him and even clashed with Uncle Fu, resulting in..."

"Ultimately, even the elder Fu Wenbo died at the hands of that felon!"

The young man must have rehearsed many times; his lies flowed smoothly, emotionally charged, his face filled with righteous indignation, as if he was about to leap forward and fight Zhou Heng to the death.

The second, third, fourth, fifth, the next four people told a similar "truth".

Zhou Heng had already admitted to killing three people of the Fu Family. The key now was why he killed and who was at fault! Judging by the current "testimonies," it clearly looked like Zhou Heng, relying on his strength, had slaughtered the three members of the Fu Family, utterly tyrannical!

The truth is always in the hands of a few. The townspeople, through the special Teleportation Array, having heard and seen the events, now viewed Zhou Heng as a murderous Demon King—of course, Fu Zewen’s reputation as a playboy was well known, and in their view, it was just two spoiled rich brats squabbling.

Fu Zhihui observed Situ Yaofang expressionlessly; today’s public trial seemed less about judging Zhou Heng and more a power struggle between the Fu, Sun, Yu Families and the Situ Family.

They had made their move; how would the Situ Family respond?

Situ Yaofang seemed to be asleep, actually closing his eyes, with no intention of speaking.

What’s going on?

Was the Situ Family just going to fold?

This gave Fu Zhihui the frustrating feeling of throwing a punch into the air, suffocatingly uncomfortable!

Ha, the Situ Family didn’t dare to respond, which was fine; they had already lost the morale battle, and this round was won by their Fu Family!

Yet Zhou Heng was furious. He didn’t mind being portrayed as a great demon of slaughter, but to throw dirty water on his women and slander them as lascivious!?

This crossed his bottom line!

Zhou Heng looked coldly at the five men and asked, "Are you sure that this is what you saw, what you heard?"

"Zhou Heng, you dare threaten the witnesses?" Fu Zhihui showed a sudden fury, "Guards, arrest him!" freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Although he called for guards, who besides his family members would heed his command? Immediately, someone darted forward from behind him, a Moonlight Emperor with Six Wheels attacked Zhou Heng.

"Get back!" The previously feigning Situ Yaofang suddenly opened his eyes, reached out with his right hand, and grabbed the Moonlight Emperor with Six Wheels, stopping his charging body abruptly.

Zhou Heng, however, paid them no mind and merely stared at the five men, his eyes brimming with murderous intent. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)