He immediately clamped his mouth shut and didn't dare say another word.
It was Zhaochen who, after a brief silence, spoke again:
"Zhuge Qianqiu is going to hold the coming‑of‑age ceremony for his son.
"These past days, people have often passed this way, intending to go to Weiyang Palace.
"I've been observing within the manor, and only these two before us intend to kill and murder in my estate, to rob others of their belongings.
"My Seven Emotions are absent; in doing things I must follow principle, so as not to lose my true heart and fall into Deviation when the Seven Emotions return.
"Thus, I cannot kill bystanders—but those who commit evil solely to sate their own selfish desire, what regret have I in killing them?"
"So there was this twist in the middle of it all."
Lord Ban Shu sighed at these words: "Even if you've cultivated the Seven Emotions Absolute Thought Method, in the end you're still that Guo Zhaochen of old who hates evil as if it were a sworn enemy.
