The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, becoming a disciple of Yue Buqun.

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Traveling around."

Zhu Shou felt somewhat regretful.

"Brother Jiang, I don't know when we will meet again after this parting."

Zhu Shou added, "It's a pity, I still wish to share a drink and have some more fun with Brother Jiang."

Jiang Ning then said, "All good things must come to an end. If Brother Zhu has the opportunity to visit Mount Hua in Shaanxi, I will also show him the beautiful scenery of Mount Hua."

Zhu Shou smiled and said, "Is it a deal?"

Jiang Ning nodded: "It's a deal."

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

The two bowed and said goodbye.

Watching Zhu Shou's departing figure, Jiang Ning's eyes remained unmoved. After standing there for a while, he returned to the inn.

After returning to the inn, I packed my things and prepared to check out and leave.

It's almost dusk now. Although it's not dark yet, if we're going to keep going, we should probably start our journey early tomorrow morning. However, Jiang Ning doesn't plan to stay another night. He'll leave the capital city tonight after finishing his business.

When Jiang Ning arrived at the city gate and was about to leave the city, he coincidentally ran into the same city guard from last time.

Are you heading out of the city?

The soldier guarding the city recognized Jiang Ning immediately upon seeing him.

Although several days had passed, he still had a deep impression of Jiang Ning, after all, he had almost captured Jiang Ning.

"Ah."

Jiang Ning nodded with a smile.

This time, there was no need to check his travel permit. After showing the gold medal to the soldiers guarding the city again, Jiang Ning successfully left the city.

However, Jiang Ning did not leave the city for long before turning back after nightfall.

The tall city walls appeared eerie and silent at night, with soldiers guarding the tops.

Jiang Ning looked at the city wall facing him; although it was towering, it was no obstacle for him.

call out!call out!call out!

With a light tap of his foot, Jiang Ning flew towards the city wall.

At this moment, the soldiers guarding the city wall were discussing some rather trivial topics and did not notice Jiang Ning at all, only hearing a faint sound.

What's that noise?

One of the soldiers frowned.

The group stopped talking and began to search their surroundings, but found nothing unusual. Meanwhile, Jiang Ning was already in the city.

Jiang Ning hurried toward a certain place, his figure flashing and disappearing in the darkness.

In the past few days, he has not only toured the capital, but also thoroughly understood the residence of Lord Zhang. At the same time, he has also been investigating what Lord Zhang has been doing.

He bullied men and women, disregarded human life, acted tyrannically, and ordered his servants to beat ordinary people in the street. There was basically no one who was wrongly accused of this.

Jiang Ning moved quickly and arrived at a luxurious mansion with the words "Zhang Mansion" written above the gate.

Jiang Ning looked up and then turned and went into the mansion.

A secluded residence within the Marquis's mansion.

The bed shook violently, accompanied by the woman's moans and the man's heavy breathing. After a while, the bed stopped shaking after the man let out a low growl.

"My lord, you're so fierce!"

A woman spoke softly on the bed.

Lord Zhang, lying to one side with his chest heaving violently, smiled smugly.

"My lord."

The woman nestled against Lord Zhang's chest and said sweetly, "His Majesty has lifted your confinement; this is truly a cause for celebration."

Lord Zhang was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Of course, I am the emperor's uncle, how could he really confine me to my quarters?"

Today, his wife went to the palace to see the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager made it clear that the young emperor had been released from confinement at her request, and not only that, but his salary deduction was also waived.

Lord Zhang was beaming with pride.

So what if you're the emperor? Your own mother is my sister.

"Okay, I'm hungry too."

Lord Zhang patted the woman.

"Go and ask the kitchen staff to prepare some food."

Although the woman was also tired, she obediently got up, put on her clothes, pushed open the door, and went out.

After lying in bed for a while, Lord Zhang also started to get up and dress, but when he was halfway dressed, he suddenly heard a noise behind him.

As soon as Lord Zhang turned his head, he found that he could no longer move.

Jiang Ning withdrew his hand.

He had already struck Lord Zhang's pressure points, rendering him unable to move, though he could still speak.

"It's you?"

Lord Zhang's pupils contracted when he saw the man's appearance.

"Are you Chen Qingyuan's nephew?"

Upon seeing Jiang Ning's appearance, Lord Zhang was immediately enraged.

"What are you doing here at my Marquis's residence? Did Chen Qingyuan send you?"

"Sending you on your way."

Jiang Ning smiled, but the smile was somewhat cold.

"what?"

Lord Zhang's pupils contracted again. He instinctively sensed something was wrong and was about to shout for help when Jiang Ning pressed his mute acupoint, rendering him unable to make a sound.

Lord Zhang looked at Jiang Ning with a look of horror.

After immobilizing Lord Zhang, Jiang Ning could kill him at any time, but he didn't intend to kill him with a single sword strike; the crimes he had committed didn't warrant such a simplistic death.

Jiang Ning took out a tinderbox from his pocket, lit it, and set Zhang Houye's clothes on fire. The flames began to spread along the clothes.

Lord Zhang's eyes were filled with terror; he could already feel the burning pain.

At this moment, his pressure points were all sealed, rendering him unable to move or speak. He could only watch helplessly as he spontaneously combusted.

Chapter 423: Leaving the Capital

A burning sensation and excruciating pain washed over him, and Lord Zhang's eyes widened, veins bulging on his forehead.

The intense pain nearly made him faint.

why!

Lord Zhang roared inwardly.

The other party was Chen Qingyuan's nephew, so it must be someone Chen Qingyuan sent to kill him. He couldn't understand why.

How could a civil official be so ruthless? He even dared to lay a hand on someone who was a member of the imperial family.

Jiang Ning then set fire to several other places, fueling the fire, and spoke up.

"You think you're royalty and that no one dares to touch you, so you act recklessly, arrogant and domineering, bullying the people and killing countless individuals, and yet you've gotten away with it all these years, huh?"

Jiang Ning's voice was very soft, but it sent chills down Lord Zhang's spine.

What exactly do you want?!

Lord Zhang roared inwardly.

“I went to a family’s house. The family of three was originally happy and content. You forcibly took someone else’s wife and burned the husband, son and house to ashes. I’ll let you taste that bitterness too.”

Jiang Ning said.

The fire grew larger and larger, and soon Lord Zhang was engulfed in flames.

Jiang Ning took a step back, looking at Lord Zhang, who had become a human torch, with no emotion in his eyes.

After watching for a while, Jiang Ning set the house on fire. The fire spread rapidly and soon turned the room into a sea of ​​flames.

Jiang Ning prepared to leave, glancing back at the burning figure in the sea of ​​fire before walking away without leaving a trace.

Before long, the situation here immediately attracted the attention of the other people in the Marquis's mansion, and the entire mansion was thrown into chaos.

"Fire!"

"Quickly put out the fire!"

The servants of the Marquis's mansion rushed toward the fire when they saw it in the distance, but some of them were killed on the way, and others died before they could even leave the house.

However, these things went unnoticed because of the fire.

After Jiang Ning finished doing all this, he left.

After leaving the Marquis's residence, Jiang Ning headed towards the city gate, the same direction he had come from.

Before long, they arrived at the city gate. The same few soldiers were still guarding the city. Taking advantage of their inattention, Jiang Ning climbed down the city wall and left the capital.

call out!call out!

Jiang Ning's figure rose and fell in the night.

In fact, with his martial arts skills, killing an ordinary person wouldn't require such a complicated process, but the other party was, after all, a marquis, and this was the capital city, so he had to be cautious and careful.

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