“We don’t have to go with one hundred, let’s go with three hundred,” Li Hao breathed out. “I’ll save you the trouble of having to choose and fighting or disagreeing about it. It’s all just a formality and there may not be a Li Hao tomorrow, wouldn’t you say so?” He laughed and looked at Mu Xiaorong. “Why aren’t these documents stamped by the nine ministries?”1

“Ah… that’s not needed, is it?” Her eyes widened. What did Li Hao mean by that?0

“Forget it, it’s fine,” Li Hao laughed. “I’ll visit Yellow Dragon and have him stamp the documents. That makes it so that the Night Watchers have agreed to execute them. That will be all, you guys can rest well tonight. When we walk to the plaza tomorrow, those who are to be executed will walk in front and those who are not can walk in the back.”0

“Commander Li, didn’t you say you’ll spare the rest?” someone asked with alarm. There might be a massive battle tomorrow, who wanted to be in the thick of things? As for those on the list… they were the unlucky ones!0

It was hard to say if everyone’s safety could be guaranteed. Misfortune would arrive for some, at least; a certain number would be dragged into the mess. The others didn’t want to be present...0