Zhuang Chao's head had been chopped off by Xia Pingan, but his eyes were still wide open, as if he couldn't believe that the newly-appointed provincial governor of Dao state would really dare to kill him.
The blood from the headless body's neck spurted out a foot high. After swaying twice, it fell to the ground and smashed into a cloud of dust.
The servants of the Changyun villa who were holding knives, swords, and clubs were scared out of their wits when they saw this.
The officials in the provincial governor's office were also shocked. They had thought that Xia ping 'an was a civil official who had been demoted to Daozhou as a Remonstrant. They had not expected that Xia ping' an would be so decisive that he was not inferior to a general.
Xia ping 'an had already killed two people on the way back before they had even returned to the provincial governor's manor.
