Punishing the Assassin

While everyone was focused on Huli and her dowry, Pei Ziqi had not forgotten about the assassin, and when Hui Yue and all the other elders had left, she stayed behind to converse with the patriarch about the problem.

"Kill him," was the patriarch's only order as he looked at the bound assassin. "Make sure that his soul is shattered so that he will never again cause trouble for us, the Celestial Sword Sect."

Pei Ziqi looked at the patriarch surprised for a moment but then nodded her head. She said no more, but it was clear that the order had confused her.

Seeing the young-looking woman acting like this, the patriarch sighed, "You want to know why I would allow him to die an easy death instead of trying to make him tell us who is behind this?" he asked as if he had read Pei Ziqi's mind.