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Chapter 114 You've Arrested the Wrong Person

Rumble!
Several more claps of thunder.

With a bang, the door was suddenly pushed open roughly from the outside, and several people dressed in the official robes of the Six Doors rushed in. The leader was dressed in blue, which indicated that he was a fifth-rank Blue-Clad Captain.

The once noisy inn fell silent for a moment.

A fifth-rank martial artist is a rare master even in the martial arts world, let alone a Blue-Clad Captain of the Six Doors.

It is common knowledge that within the Six Doors, martial arts cultivation level is not necessarily equivalent to rank. In fact, the vast majority of fifth-rank captains are only fourth-rank cultivators.

Cheng Ruiwu and Junior Sister Lu immediately became alert.

Unexpectedly encountering such a person in a remote inn is hardly a good thing.

Within the Six Doors, there is an open rule: if you get too close to powerful families or factions, you won't get promoted. The more you oppose a powerful family or faction, the faster you rise in rank.

Because the Six Doors was a powerful tool used by the imperial court to check and balance local power.

For small families like Cheng Ruiwu's, which specialize in martial arts and have never produced a third-rank expert, their elders would remind them that the people they needed to be most wary of when traveling the martial world were from the Six Doors.

If the Six Doors (a government agency) caught you doing something wrong and gave you a severe beating, you would lose all face.

Sure enough, the blue-clad captain glanced in their direction, his eyes filled with deep malice.

He shouted, "The Six Doors are apprehending wanted criminals. Everyone, hand over your travel documents and travel permits. I will check them one by one."

coming!

Cheng Ruiwu and Junior Sister Lu both felt a chill. Checking travel permits was the most common method. If they couldn't produce one, it would give them an excuse to cause trouble.

Fortunately, I had prepared all these things before this trip.

They quietly revealed their respective paths.

……

The blue-clad captain seemed to have noticed their movements. Instead of rushing towards them, he first checked the travel permits of the other people.

"Where are your travel permits? Why don't you take them out?"

When they found a vendor, a constable from the Six Doors noticed that he was empty-handed and shouted, his hand already on the hilt of his knife.

This sound immediately drew everyone's attention.

Cheng Ruiwu recognized the man as the merchant who had just been boasting about "Mad Blade's" exploits. He was somewhat surprised and suspicious. Judging from the reaction of these Six Doors members, it really did seem like they were there to apprehend a wanted criminal...

The "vendor" remained calm and said in a deep voice, "I am not the person you are looking for. Don't waste your time here."

The blue-clad captain sneered, "Whether it is or not, we'll find out when we get to the prison."

As he spoke, he drew his sword, and his men followed suit.

In an instant, the people nearby scattered to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

A flash of anger crossed the vendor's eyes, and he cursed, "Fool!"

The blue-clad captain had already made his move; the moment his long sword appeared, everyone felt a chilling aura emanating from it. Even from a great distance, they could feel a stinging sensation as if their skin were being cut.

As expected, he's a fourth-rank official!
Cheng Ruiwu's palms were sweating profusely. Just from this one strike, this person's strength was no less than his grandfather's.

The merchant also made his move, flipping his hands to reveal a short knife, which transformed into a flash of light.

He's actually a fifth-rank official?
Cheng Ruiwu was taken aback. From his demeanor to his clothing, this person looked nothing like a street vendor. Who would have thought that he was actually a fifth-rank master?

Just now, his sister threatened to kill him. Fortunately, he didn't hold it against her, otherwise, he would have been in big trouble.

"This person is disguised as a merchant; he must have a purpose."

The thought had barely crossed his mind when he saw the blue-clad captain slash the merchant with a single blow, then hold the sword to his throat and capture him alive.

The difference between a fifth-rank and a fourth-rank official is still too great. He was captured alive in just two moves.

Two constables in blue robes stepped forward and handcuffed the merchant's hands and feet. They then took out a dragon-locking needle and sealed his vital acupoint, the center of his chest.

Cheng Ruiwu and Junior Sister Lu were startled. After this series of actions, the merchant with the fifth-grade cultivation level instantly became weak and completely lost the ability to resist.

The Dragon-Locking Needle is a torture device specifically used by the Six Doors to deal with prisoners at the True Qi Realm. Once pierced into the body, the prisoner's true qi can no longer be used, making it extremely vicious. People in the martial arts world turn pale at the mention of it.

The vendor's face was full of anger, and he kept shouting, "I told you, you've arrested the wrong person."

The blue-clad captain sheathed his sword, pulled up a chair, and sat down. He said, "You say we've arrested the wrong person? Then tell me, what's your name? What school do you belong to? Why are you behaving so suspiciously? Why would a dignified fifth-rank official pretend to be a merchant?"

Everyone else in the inn pricked up their ears; they were just as curious about this question.

By this time, it had gotten dark and the light had become dim.

After they finished fighting, the waiter came out with a candle and lit the lamp on the wall.

……

The vendor simply sat cross-legged on the ground, looking utterly dejected. He knew that if he didn't explain himself clearly, the people from the Six Doors wouldn't let him go.

"My name is Xiao Qianhao, and I am from Huangshi County. My father is Xiao Zhiyuan. A month ago, a madman came to challenge my father, and he was utterly defeated. Victory and defeat are common in war, but this madman's arrogant words humiliated my father, causing him to suffer a mental breakdown and aggravate an old injury, leaving him bedridden." The merchant's face was filled with hatred as he recounted the incident. "I was originally in Jiangzhou City, but upon hearing the news, I rushed home and saw my father's miserable state. I vowed to bring that madman's head to my father's bedside to avenge him. Ten days ago, I finally caught up with the madman, fought him fiercely, and wounded him."

"Unfortunately, he managed to escape by jumping into the water. He has not been seen since. I had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure, disguising myself as a merchant and spreading his story along the way in order to find out where he is... but I was in such a hurry this time that I did not bring a travel permit."

Upon hearing this, the blue-clad captain's expression turned somewhat grim. Based on his experience, this didn't seem fabricated; it appeared they had indeed arrested the wrong person.

He asked in a deep voice, "The madman you're talking about, is it the Mad Blade who's recently emerged?"

"It's this thief."

"Rumor has it that this person is only at the sixth rank of cultivation, yet he managed to escape from your grasp?"

This is the only unreasonable part.

Xiao Qianhao's expression was gloomy. "This young man's true energy is extremely yin and cold, and his swordsmanship is also quite remarkable. He is not easy to deal with. I was caught off guard and almost suffered internal injuries."

……

After hearing what this person said, Cheng Ruiwu and his sister were both surprised and delighted.

The good news is that they finally found out the thief's whereabouts, and what's more, the thief's enemies are not just their own family.

To everyone's surprise, the thief was much stronger than they had imagined, managing to escape from a fifth-rank expert.

Even if those few of them find the thief and avenge their sister, it will be very difficult.

Xiao Qianhao said, "My lord, I have said everything I need to say. Please let me go, so as not to delay your business."

At this point, his tone finally softened.

The blue-clad captain snorted coldly, "Who knows if you're telling the truth or not? You'd better come with me to the prison in Yujie City and I'll notify your family to come and pick you up."

"you--"

Xiao Qianhao was shocked and furious, but there was nothing he could do.

……

Cheng Ruiwu, who was standing to the side, was familiar with the way the Six Doors operated and knew that this blue-clad captain would never release the person.

If we release the person, and it turns out later that the person really had a problem, then he will be guilty of dereliction of duty.

He felt a pang of regret, for this person shared a common enemy with him and could have been a ally.

Just then, a constable suddenly collapsed to the ground, and after one person fell, others followed suit.

what happened?

Just as Cheng Ruiwu was wondering, he suddenly heard the blue-clad captain shout angrily, "Oh no, it's poisoned!"

Then, he clapped his hands together, and invisible true energy shot through the air, shattering the door. The lamp hanging on the wall was also extinguished.

In an instant, the entire inn fell into darkness.

The wind and rain outside rushed in, chilling everyone in the inn to the bone.

The moment Cheng Ruiwu heard "poisonous," he tried to circulate his inner energy, but felt it become stagnant. Alarmed, he immediately held his breath and took out an antidote pill from his pocket.

Then, he warned those around him, "Be careful, it's poisonous!"

……

Meanwhile, in the room behind.

Enraged, Wang Yumei was about to kill the traitor with a single blow when she suddenly felt her inner energy stagnate and become unable to circulate.

She was greatly alarmed, realizing that she had been poisoned.

"poisonous!"

She gave a reminder, then sat cross-legged on the ground and began to circulate her internal energy to expel the poison.

Xiao Zhuyun's expression changed drastically. She suddenly felt weak in her limbs and couldn't muster any strength. Her eyes widened as she looked at Zhu Xixi, who was sitting on the bed, completely unaffected. She stammered, "It's...it's you?"

Gu Xixi slowly stood up, looked at the two poisoned people, and calmly said, "That's right, it was me."

She walked up to Wang Yumei, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed several times. "Master, please forgive your unfilial disciple. I will repay your kindness in the next life. Please consider me dead."

After saying that, she stood up, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, took the sword from Xiao Zhuyun's hand, and turned to leave without looking back.

Wang Yumei, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, trembled, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, and murmured, "Traitorous disciple..."

Feeling weak and sore all over, Xiao Zhuyun watched her departing figure with a complex expression.

Among her many junior sisters, Gu Xixi was the most obedient and well-behaved, always following her master's every word since childhood. She never imagined that Gu Xixi would poison her master and herself for the sake of a man.

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