Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

Chapter 153: Private Deal

Translator: derekliang

Feeling this person’s strong desire to live, Du Chuxuan smiled. He was not afraid of this person’s disagreement. In fact, he was really worried that this person might show a strong will of cooperation, which would attract others’ attention.

“Those who suit their actions to the times are wise. I’m merely seeking for justice for all practitioners in the martial art communities. Once you tell me the identity of your owner, I would regard you as a hero.”

Some endurance could be found in that rapist’s eyes. He frowned because he really didn’t know what Du Chuxuan wanted him to confess. But in the eyes of the others, his puzzled look was exactly showing his hesitation and struggle. So all civilians took a deep breath and were really curious to know if this rapist really had a master behind him.

Yuxing Wei felt uneasy in his heart and he immediately stood up, “Lord Luo, this person’s skill seems to be quite special. You might have thought too much. This case might be just a result of his mere evil thoughts.”

At the same time, the rapist suddenly heard an echo in his ear, “Just say this case has something to do with Manlou. I would certainly keep you alive.”

The voice came from Du Chuxuan. That rapist’s eyes suddenly widened and he was lost in a trance. He did hear of this kind of sound transmission skill, which required a huge consumption of internal force. Without profound martial art, no one could acquire such skill. So only some peculiar experts or talented geniuses could really master it.

In this way, he developed a greater trust in Du Chuxuan. His master who had passed away once said to him that he would have to go through a great calamity in the future. Once he could successfully make the most use of this calamity, he would soon make his way to the top-level martial art masters. Was this person in front of him the best person to help him?

“Manlou!” The hall fell silent as soon as he uttered the answer.

The rapist took a deep breath and said, “But I’m unlucky to have met someone like you in my life. It’s all right since I’ll die anyway. But I didn’t really kill anyone. I’m really unwilingly to accept your accusation!”

Yuxing Wei’s fingers slowly cleneched in his sleeves. He didn’t really understand why the case had such a dramatic change. He could see that the beggars and the scholar were telling the truth. So he thought that the person they had caught last night was Luo Xuan. That was why they were having an open interrogation here at the moment. But based on what both of them had said, Luo Xuan should have no time to communicate with that rapist at all!

Why, at this moment, this person would claim that his owner was Manlou? Did that mean Manlou took a part in this case? When thinking of this, Yuxing Wei became a bit uncertain. He had once cooperated with Manlou because his mother had some connections with the owner of Manlou.

But he was merely an intermediate manager in the hierarchy of Manlou. His power in Manlou was not enough to let everyone listen to him. It was possible that the chief culprit of this case was in fact Manlou.

As expected, no one had noticed Yuxing Wei’s nervous look except Yuxing Tianrui, because Yuxing Wei was exactly standing beside Yuxing Tianrui. Upon finding Yuxing Wei’s nervous look, Yuxing Tianrui couldn’t help but frown, thinking, ‘Does my third youngest brother has anything to do with Manlou? If so, that would be a really surprising bonus to me!’

Yuxing Tianrui silently withdrew his gaze, pretending to know nothing. When he went back to the palace, he would have plenty of time to deal with his third youngest brother. But now was not really a good time.

“Manlou?” The city official knew nothing about Manlou. If Manlou was one of the martial sects, he might knew something about it, because he heard about the recent championship for the most powerful Kungfu Master in the martial art community. But Manlou didn’t seem to have participated the championship.

“Yes, it is Manlou exactly. I believe that their people must be hiding nearby. I think I would soon be killed once I’ve told you the secret.” People in the outdoor couldn’t help but sigh upon hearing this. They were quite curious to know what a terrible force that Manlou was, how come it dared to kill the rapist, not to mention their ruthless act.

“They caught those girls to refine a martial skill. They were not quite satisfied with the girls I caught. So they caught the last missing girl by themselves.”

If Du Chuxuan didn’t know any of the inside story, he would have been deceived by this person. However, this was what Du Chuxuan expected, so that Du Chuxuan would save more time and effort. Du Chuxuan believed this rapist was in fact a talent.

“I’ve heard a little about Manlou. But it never showed up in the Central Plains before. So I took for granted that it must be an external power.”

The corners of Du Chuxuan’s mouth slightly raised and he looked at Yuxing Wei unconsciously. Through years of study, Sect Luo had drawn the conclusion that Manlou’s force came from an external power. Even though Du Chuxuan was not really affirmative about this, some civlian people would certainly force Yuxing Wei to report this matter to Emperor Han as long as people started to have any speculations.

Once Emperor Han noticed this affair, Manlou would have nowhere to hide. By then, Manlou would become an evil force that everyone could eliminate.

Yuxing Wei’s face turned pale suddenly. He could feel some guilt. He was immediately put into a difficult situation. He didn’t have to bother turning his head. He had already heard some noisy calls from the outdoor crowd in requesting to eradicate Manlou’s force in the state.

In the past two years, Shenglan State was constantly having warfare with outbound forces. Fortunately, no major event had taken place. But civilians of Shenglan State had developed a natural hostility towards any external force, because people from the other states had come up with a new plague. The plague soon prevailed in the Central Plains, so that starving people could be found everywhere in the continent. That was why people in the Central Plains still haboured hatred towards outbund forces after so many years.

“Since the matter is so complicated, leave this person to me. After I go back to the capital, I would certainly report this case to the Emperor and ask the rest regions to remain vigilant.”

Yuxing Wei gritted his teeth while saying so, but his talk had already received countless appaluses from the crowd outside. In their opinion, without a prince here, this matter would certainly be suppressed and the superior level would never know the case. This result was indeed satisfactory and their safety would be guaranteed.

The rapist became a bit nervous. He looked at Du Chuxuan eagerly and heard a voice in his ear, “Don’t worry. Since you’ve done what you have to do, I’ll never let you receive any other sufferings. Just wait for me when you are staying with the third prince, I’ll send someone to save you.”

Now at this moment, everything had been settled. Even the master had no room to say anything else.

“This is exactly what we are expecting. I think the third prince can also represent the imperial court. Our martial field would have more peace in the days to come. I’d like to extend my gratitude to you.” Du Chuxuan saluted to the third prince gently by holding his fists. But Yuxing Wei could only feel bitterness in his heart.

Manlou, his biggest support in the fight of the throne, was even going to be eliminated by someone else. What could he do about it?