The Dominance of Martial Arts: Starting from the Tiger Roaring Golden Bell

Chapter 413 Tavern
Private room on the fifth floor of Changxing Building.

"Something strange?"

Shen Dong and Sun Shun looked at Qin Zhiming who asked the question.

"Yes, strange things that you can't solve."

Shen Dong lowered his head and thought: "Yes, there is, why does the young master want to hear these things?"

"It's just pure curiosity." Qin Zhiming said with a smile.

Curious? I'm afraid it's not that simple.

But it doesn’t matter if I talk about these things, since everyone knows about them recently anyway.

Thoughts emerged, Shen Dong slowly spoke:
“Since the immortal disappeared, strange things have been happening in Chaomu City and even in the nearby mountains and fields like mushrooms after rain.

Someone in the alley heard inexplicable sobbing repeatedly.

Some people saw faceless vendors hawking their wares on the street.

Someone was in a tavern and found that all the dishes on the table had turned into severed limbs.

Some people also saw the same beautiful woman entering the room with different men in the inn.

But every time, only the woman walked out alone, and the man was nowhere to be seen. "

"A weird creature or an evil being? Or maybe it's an evildoer."

Qin Zhiming stared at Shen Dong with a smile on his face.

Shen Dong shook his head and smiled bitterly:
“To be honest, we really don’t know.

Ever since the immortal disappeared, the ashes in the incense burner have lost their function and can no longer dispel those things.

In order to prevent the brothers from suffering heavy losses, Wang Dutou issued an order that unless there were martial artists from large martial arts schools to cooperate in the investigation.

Otherwise, all officers and soldiers are not allowed to investigate those strange things without authorization."

Hearing this, Sun Shun complained:

"When the immortal disappeared, the nobles in the inner city immediately invited the powerful martial artists from the big martial arts hall to guard the house.

Nowadays, in the big martial arts halls, there are only a few marrow-training warriors who can move freely.

These people alone cannot handle all the strange things in the city.

As a result, our government can only deal with some serious and strange things first.

The problem is that there are some oddities that could have been dealt with sooner.

As a result, due to insufficient manpower, the situation escalated and caused casualties that should not have happened!!!"

When mentioning this incident, Sun Shun was so angry that he couldn't help but slam his right fist on the table.

Bang!
The plates on the table were shaken and collided by the punch, making a sharp clanging sound.

Rumeng and Ruhuan, who were standing behind Qin Zhiming, saw this and frowned and were about to scold, but Qin Zhiming raised his hand to stop them.

"Sun Shun!"

Sun Shun, who came back to his senses after hearing his companion's roar, immediately realized that he had lost his composure. He quickly stood up and bowed to Qin Zhiming.

"I'm sorry, sir! I lost my temper!"

Qin Zhiming smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

“It’s a good thing to lose your composure, it shows that you care about the safety of the people.

What happened to make you so angry?"

Seeing that Qin Zhiming was not angry, Shen Dong and Sun Shun breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, at the signal of his companion, Sun Shun sat back at the table and began to talk about what made him angry.

"I often go to a tavern to drink and I am very familiar with the owner there.

Two months ago, the shopkeeper told me that there had been strange noises coming from the wine cellar in their tavern.

However, I went to look and there was nothing unusual in the wine cellar.

A few days later, when I went to have a drink, the shopkeeper said that their dog had gone missing in recent days.

This was originally a trivial matter, but I didn't expect that when I went to the tavern again, he told me that the dog had been found. The dog actually appeared in a closed wine jar.

He was pouring wine for the guests and when he took off the cloth covering the jar, he discovered there was a dog inside.

Because this matter was strange, I immediately reported it to Wang Dutou.

However, this incident is indeed not surprising compared with the strange incidents that resulted in casualties.

So, Wang Dutou put it aside along with other strange incidents that had not caused any casualties.

He planned to wait until the serious weird things were dealt with before dealing with these weird things.

During that period, I was very busy and had no time to go to the bar to drink. I was so busy that I forgot about it.

until...."

Sun Shun sighed, raised the teacup in front of him and drank it all.

After seeing this, Shen Dong continued speaking along with what he said.

“Until someone reported it to the authorities, many people disappeared without a trace.

After our investigation, we found that these missing people had one thing in common: they all liked to go to a bar to drink.

Later, the authorities found the missing people in the wine cellar of the tavern where Sun Shun often drank.

Those people and the shopkeeper's family were all dead. After the coroner's examination, they were all drowned by alcohol."

"What's the reason?"

Qin Zhiming's question left the two speechless for a moment.

After a moment of silence, Sun Shun lowered his head and slowly shook his head.

“I don’t know. The martial artist who assisted us in the investigation said that the troublemakers in the tavern have already escaped.

He also said that if the matter had been dealt with immediately after the dog's death, there would not have been so many casualties.

Shen Dong frowned and looked at the listless Sun Shun:
"He's not blaming you, he's just being fair.

Moreover, similar incidents have happened more than once, all due to lack of manpower.

This is not your fault, so don’t dwell on it.”

Sun Shun, who had been staring at the teacup, nodded stiffly:
“I know, but I always wonder, if I hadn’t forgotten about it and reminded Wang Dutou from time to time, wouldn’t the storekeeper’s family be safe?
I held the shopkeeper's daughter in my arms, but she was not even as tall as my knees.

I always let her call me brother, but I couldn't protect her life."

"Sun Shun!"

Shen Dong shouted angrily, reminding Sun Shun not to say any more.

He and Sun Shun were officers and soldiers of Chaomu City, representing the Daqian Imperial Court.

Sun Shun's current appearance will make outsiders mistakenly believe that the government is incompetent.

Sun Shun came to his senses instantly and was suddenly at a loss as to what to do.

He didn't know what was wrong with him. Why did he behave so depressed in front of others?
Qin Zhiming withdrew the power that was influencing Sun Shun's mind, and continued to drink tea in silence.

It seems that these two people did not lie, and there are indeed many strange things in Chaomu City.

The thought flashed through his mind and Qin Zhiming stood up.

"Are you full? Come on, take me to the tavern."

Before the two could react, Qin Zhiming and others had already walked out of the private room.

"What should we do now?"

Sun Shun, at a loss, looked at Shen Dong.

"Well, now that things have come to this, let's take him to see it."

Not long after, a shabby carriage arrived in front of a tavern with its door closed.

Qin Zhiming got off the car, looked around and smiled slightly.

"Yes, but not far."

In his eyes, a large amount of black air was lingering on the threshold of another tavern not far from the tavern.

"You two can go there and ask, maybe there will be some unexpected surprises."

Sun Shun and Shen Dong looked in the direction Qin Zhiming pointed, looked at each other, and quickly walked towards the tavern.

Since Qin Zhiming wants them to go and ask, then they can go and ask. They won’t lose anything anyway.

Unexpectedly, this question actually brought out something strange.

"Strange thing? There was a strange noise in my wine cellar a few days ago. It seemed like a rat was digging a hole.

Is this weird?”

The shopkeeper said uncertainly.

Zheng!
As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Dong and Sun Shun drew their swords at the same time and walked towards the wine cellar.

The next moment, a voice sounded from behind them.

“We’ll go down with you and take a look.

(End of this chapter)