Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

138. Ruthless Tactic

Translator: 飞弹

Yuxing Tianrui didn’t have good night vision. After the door behind him closed, he was next to impossible to see anything. If he hadn’t heard the voice of Luo Yi in front of him, he might have only been able to stand there and do nothing.

He stretched out his hand quietly in order to pass slowly against the wall but suddenly touched something very soft.

“Ah!”

The scream frightened the shopkeeper who just wanted to leave immediately into opening the door. It was not because they were not vigilant, but that the scream was really close to them.

With the light flooding in, Yuxing Tianrui who was still in a state of shock realized that it was Du Chuxuan’s hand and his expression immediately changed. He turned to look at Luo Yi who was expressionless, then Luo Er who was obviously unable to restrain himself, his face blushing scarlet.

“Why did you have to frighten me? Couldn’t you just go your way?” He snorted angrily and asked Luo Yi to change the position with him. Just as he was about to take a step, he was held back by Du Chuxuan.

“Stop sulking, okay?” Du Chuxuan sighed helplessly and gave Luo San a look as a sign for them to close the door. As for himself, he quickly pulled Yuxing Tianrui into his arms. “It’s a bumpy dirt road. Be careful not to fall.”

His words were right, especially Yuxing Tianrui was a little scared. When he saw the tunnel was in darkness again, he became silent. Alright, he would endure it for a while. And he was still in the fortunate position that the “idiot” still knew a bit about being gentle, right?

Du Chuxuan really protected the person in his arms very well. The whole tunnel could accommodate one person to go through, but there were some rocks that were not smooth, protruding from the wall that were easy to bruise the body. Now with a person in his arms, it was more difficult for him to go through.

In such a situation, he didn’t moan in pain, which made Luo Yi feel somewhat surprised. When he looked at him again, he resumed his poker face. However, one thing was for sure, Du Chuxuan was received with more recognition.

The secret room below was not very big. And the light of the candle illuminated the dark space. There were a few people roped by the side in the shape of a rice dumpling. Seeing that there was light, Du Chuxuan’s first reaction was to shield the eyes of Yuxing Tianrui until he could adapt to the light.

Hearing someone came, the first person who realized was the burly guy hanging on the iron frame. Du Chuxuan didn’t even look at this person and sat directly on the chair by side with Yuxing Tianrui in his arms.

“Officer Chen, long time no see,” he gently placed Yuxing Tianrui beside him. He knew Yuxing Tianrui was thin-skinned, so he was also not eager to feel him up. As for this chair, he had already had its edges and corners covered in furs.

When he heard Du Chuxuan’s words, Yuxing Tianrui also looked up at Officer Chen. When he saw this person, he was so intelligent that he immediately figured everything. He subconsciously frowned. Even though he knew that there had always been the entanglement between the imperial court and the Jianghu, he had never imagined that these entanglements would happen to him one day.

“How dare you? I am at least an official appointed by the imperial court. And you got a nerve to bind me secretly and take me here!” Officer Chen had a lot of pent-up anger, and now that he saw the one who did all this to him, he naturally had to vent it all out.

No matter how this matter was explained, he was in the right, and he naturally wouldn’t miss such a good opportunity. Since he couldn’t take them to Patrol Office for what happened last night, he was confident to catch them according to the current situation. Naturally, he was not worried about anything.

Seeing that he was full of righteous indignation, Du Chuxuan naturally knew what Officer Chen was thinking. He casually took off his cloak, wrapped it around Yuxing Tianrui and slowly walked off the chair, “Officer Chen, why do you think that I will let you out?”

Du Chuxuan said the words with just a suggestion of a smile, as if he was asking what the weather was like today. Although his tone was very gentle, it made the burly man feel even uneasier.

“What do you mean? I know you are the master of Sect Luo. But so what? I am appointed by the imperial court. If anything happened to me, you would provoke the conflict between the Jianghu and the imperial court!”

“What an unwarranted label you put on me!” Du Chuxuan’s voice suddenly became cold. His tone was still gentle, but it was enough to make one feel the anger in his voice, “I wonder who stirred up trouble. Is it you, Officer Chen, or I who have to do it?”

“You’re just a petty official that I guess you’re totally not important in Xiangyang City, let alone in the capital.” Yuxing Tianrui couldn’t help but retort with a frown.

“Sit still, please.” The moment Yuxing Tianrui spoke, Du Chuxuan quickly turned around and pinned him back down the chair. “It is too cold down here. You can’t be careless about your health now.”

Hearing what he said, Yuxing Tianrui, who was originally angry at Officer Chen, blushed with embarrassment. He looked at the seriousness in Du Chuxuan’s eyes and felt pleased by the concern from this person. Unconsciously, he nodded meekly.

“Tut-tut, you’re just a young lad. How dare you blame me…” Before he could finish his sentence, he was kicked to the corner, flying three meters away, which was enough to see how much energy the person spent kicking.

“If I were you, I would never have needled others at such time.” Landing slowly from the air, Du Chuxuan moved his feet and said, “Officer Chen, I was just reminding you that I have power of life and death over you. If you think it’s not enough, your whole family could also die with you.”

“You bastard!” Officer Chen coughed up some drops of blood and went instantly white as a sheet. He had been working in Patrol Office as an officer in charge of arresting, so he had naturally experienced many cases

In order to achieve their goals, it was already as common as drinking water to implicate the criminal’s family in the crime or threaten them. But he just didn’t expect that one day, he would be the one whose family would be implicated.

“It’s funny,” Du Chuxuan smiled, but there was no delight in his eyes. “You’ve already humiliated me. So what does it matter if I killed one or two of your family?”