Courtyard House: Starting by inheriting the tradition and suppressing the barbarians.

South of the city, the ghost market.

Three o'clock in the morning is the time of day when the yin energy is at its strongest.

But the place was teeming with people, though it was shadowy and crowded.

Li Xuan was dressed in all black, wearing a mask and a baseball cap pulled very low.

Like a ghost, it moves through the shadows of the alleyways.

Based on the location information that they had just extracted from Lao Ding.

In addition, there is a precise scan of mental energy.

He quickly located a dilapidated but heavily guarded courtyard house deep in the alley.

"This is it."

Li Xuan stood in the shadows on the wall, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

His mental energy instantly covered the entire courtyard.

There were two large wolfhounds in the yard, sleeping in their kennel.

The main room was filled with smoke, and a group of people were playing dominoes, with money piled up on the table.

There seemed to be several people still locked up in the east wing, and the sound of weeping could be faintly heard.

"It really is a den of thieves. It seems they've done quite a few heinous things before."

Without further hesitation, Li Xuan flicked his finger lightly.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two small pebbles flew out with a whooshing sound and struck the two wolfhounds precisely on the head.

The two vicious dogs didn't even utter a sound before passing out.

After eliminating the sentry, Li Xuan drifted into the courtyard like a falling leaf and strode towards the main house.

"Who?"

One of the guards at the gate heard the commotion and was about to turn around.

Li Xuan delivered a swift chop to the back of the guard's neck, and the guard collapsed limply to the ground.

"Bang!"

Immediately afterwards, the main door of the house was kicked open.

The two doors collapsed with a crash, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Inside the room, Scarface Liu and his men, who were in the middle of a great time, were startled and grabbed whatever weapons were at hand.

"Who dares to trespass on Third Master's territory?"

"Are you looking for death?"

Scarface Liu, his face full of scars, held a machete in his hand and roared fiercely.

Li Xuan stood at the doorway, backlit, his eyes indifferent as ice.

"I'm here to collect a debt."

"Collect debts? What debts?" Scarface Liu was taken aback.

"Someone paid me to buy one of my legs, and I'm here to take your lives in return."

Before he finished speaking, Li Xuan made a move.

He gave the group of desperados no chance to react, and raised his hands.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Several streaks of cold light traced eerie arcs in the dim light.

That's a Grade A alloy throwing knife, a reward from the system!

Under the control of his mind, the throwing knife seemed to have eyes, accurately piercing the wrists or thighs of the thugs wielding knives.

"what!"

"My hand!"

"I have broken my leg!"

A scream instantly echoed throughout the room.

In just one exchange, seven or eight thugs who usually swaggered around were all lying on the ground groaning in pain, incapacitated.

Scarface Liu was terrified.

In all his years in the underworld, he had never seen such a miraculous skill!

Is that a throwing knife?

This must be sorcery!

"Hero! Great hero! Spare my life!"

As Li Xuan approached step by step, Scarface Liu's knife clattered to the ground.

He even knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"I have money! I have lots of money! It's all yours!"

"Please don't kill me!"

"money?"

Li Xuan walked up to him, kicked him to the ground, and stepped on his chest.

"I can take it myself."

After saying that, Li Xuan unleashed his full mental power and conducted a thorough search of this den of evil.

This search really surprised him.

Scarface Liu truly lives up to his reputation as the tyrant of the Ghost Market; his family fortune is quite substantial!

Hidden in a secret compartment under the bed was a small iron box containing twenty gold bars neatly stacked inside!

There were even a bunch of Yuan Shikai silver dollars and US dollars.

The wall's inner lining was stuffed with large denomination bills and various receipts wrapped in oil paper, roughly estimated to be several thousand yuan!

Besides.

There are also some antique paintings, calligraphy, and jewelry of dubious origin.

"These ill-gotten gains will only bring trouble if kept, so I'll reluctantly accept them for you."

Li Xuan sneered inwardly and waved his hand.

"receive!"

Whether it was gold bars, cash, or antiques, they all vanished instantly, entering his Purple Cloud Space.

It was a complete rip-off; they weren't left with a single coin!

After looting the place, Li Xuan looked at the thugs rolling on the ground, a hint of disgust flashing in his eyes.

These people all have murder cases against them, so their deaths are not a pity.

But he didn't intend to get his hands dirty; it was better to leave that dirty work to the police officers.

You can also boost your reputation while you're at it.

He found a rope and tied the group of people together like rice dumplings, binding them all tightly.

Then, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and wrote a few large characters crookedly with his left hand:

[Hiring thugs to injure people, kidnapping and extortion—a heinous crime—left by a concerned citizen]

Stick the note on Scarface Liu's forehead.

After doing all this, Li Xuan vanished into the night in a flash.

……

Half an hour later.

Li Xuan found a deserted alley and took off his night clothes.

She changed back into her old clothes, which were a bit worn but clean.

She even deliberately made herself look a bit disheveled, with her hair messy and her clothes covered in dirt.

He ran all the way, panting, and rushed into the local police station.

"Officer! Help! I need to report a crime!"

Li Xuan rushed into the duty room in a panic.

The police officer on duty immediately stood up when he saw it was Li Xuan.

"Li Xuan? What are you doing here?"

"What happened?"

At this moment, Xu Guodong, who was sleeping in the inner room, was also woken up and came out wearing his clothes.

"Xiao Xuan? What happened?"

"Uncle Xu!"

Li Xuan grabbed Xu Guodong's hand, his voice trembling as he spoke, channeling his inner Oscar-winning actor:

"On my way home just now, someone tried to break my leg with a stick!"

"I ran for my life, and they were chasing after me..."

"I...I heard them say that it was sent by 'Scarface Liu'."

"It's over in Dahuaishu Hutong in the south of the city..."

"I just saw what looked like they tied someone up while I was trying to hide from them!"

"What? You dare to touch the family members of a martyr?"

"Is there no law anymore?!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Guodong flew into a rage.

This Li Xuan is a model youth who just made a great contribution, yet someone dares to hire someone to injure him?

Is it still that infamous Scarface Liu?

"Assemble! Everyone assemble! Bring your weapons!"

Xu Guodong made a decisive decision and blew the emergency assembly whistle.

……

When Xu Guodong led a large group of men into the courtyard in Dahuaishu Hutong, everyone was stunned.

All the ruthless bandits in the courtyard were bound up like dumplings.

They were all bruised and battered, with broken arms and legs, groaning on the ground.

Meanwhile, several trafficked women and children, locked in the east wing, were trembling and waiting for their rescue.

"Who...who did this?"

Xu Guodong's lips twitched as he looked at the note on Scarface Liu's forehead that read "Helpful Citizen".

Isn't that a bit too "helpful"?

This is practically acting on behalf of Heaven!

Although we don't know which mastermind was behind it, that doesn't change the fact that this is a sensational case!

Taking down a criminal gang that had been entrenched for many years and rescuing hostages is a greater achievement than catching a spy!

"Li Xuan, you've done another great service!"

Xu Guodong patted Li Xuan on the shoulder excitedly, "If it weren't for the clues you provided, we wouldn't have been able to find this group's hideout!"

"Well done!"

Li Xuan scratched his head with a simple smile: "Uncle Xu, I'm just lucky."

"I'll be relieved as long as you catch the bad guys."

But in my heart I was thinking:

I took the money, I beat up the person, and I got the credit.

This blunder by Bohe was absolutely perfect!

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have successfully dismantled a criminal gang's hideout, punished the tyrants, and rescued the innocent!]

[Gained a large amount of merit points: 2000 points!]

[Special Reward Received: Master-Level Reconnaissance Skill!]

Hearing the system notification, a smile flashed in Li Xuan's eyes.

Scarface Liu is finished.

Next, it's the turn of the good neighbor who paid for the murder.

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