Dragon Gate Swordsman

What’s more serious is that once I fell down, I never got up again…

not good!

Chongxiao hurried forward to help the girl up, and found that her eyes were closed and she had fainted.

Tsk...it really seems familiar, right, Texas?

……

The simple battle is simple, but the subsequent series of tasks is complicated.

The Green Lake Bandits have been able to stay entrenched for so many years and even develop an astonishing scale, which is definitely not due to ruthlessness... How many people in the surrounding villages and towns are secretly colluding with them, and even whether the officials in Jiangqi City are involved, these are all questions.

In addition, the prisoners captured in the battle also needed to be carefully identified. Among them were bandits who simply threw away their weapons when they saw the situation was not good, family members who were taken to the island to live, and coolies who were captured after robbing ships.

Yin Yang and Lin Huang's troops will definitely not care about these, so the police team sent by Jiang Qi will still need several days to complete the finishing work.

Of course, none of this had anything to do with the girl lying in the hospital.

At least not yet...

As the sun reached high in the sky, the sunlight coming in from the window gradually shifted to the girl's face, causing her eyelashes to tremble and she slowly opened her eyes.

The first reaction is naturally the classic one: an unknown ceiling.

The second reaction was to stand up suddenly, then quickly jump out of the bed and observe the surrounding environment nervously.

The noise naturally attracted the attention of the nurse on duty outside. However, just as she was looking at the girl in surprise and was about to speak, another person suddenly appeared behind her.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! This is my seventh uncle's granddaughter. She has had little contact with the outside world since she was a child. I'm sorry to trouble you!"

Chongxiao's eloquent words stunned the nurse, who forgot what she was going to say.

But since the patient was accompanied by his family, there was no need for her to do anything unnecessary. She just walked out after reminding them not to damage the supplies in the ward.

So, only Chongxiao and the nervous girl curled up at the head of the bed were left here...

"You can continue to lie down. The doctor said that your condition is worse than it looks. You need to stay in the hospital for at least three more days to recover."

"…Why…save me?"

"A death god in the East once said that you may need a reason to kill someone, but you don't need a reason to save someone."

Chongxiao pulled the only chair in the ward very familiarly and sat down. "Don't worry, no one here knows about your situation. I'll tell them that you were a naughty kid who fell into the water because you were playing."

The girl's expression twitched a little, she noticed two flaws in these words... Why would the god of death say such a thing, and why did she turn into a naughty child?

Under Chongxiao's calm gaze, the girl hesitated for a few seconds and finally pulled the quilt over and leaned against the head of the bed in a normal posture.

Good, at least she's willing to talk.

"Can you tell me what your name is?"

silence.

"You live on an island in the lake?"

silence

"Where do you want to go after you run away?"

silence.

Shit... this is not as good as Texas back then!

Just when Chongxiao was considering whether to use a tougher attitude to get her to speak, he suddenly heard...

"How much did it cost you to send me here?"

"Money? I didn't pay attention to that. Besides, you still have to get injections and apply medicine, and the cost will be calculated at the end."

"I...I will work hard in the future and pay you back."

Chongxiao raised his eyebrows.

The girl wasn't just saying this casually, because that kind of firm tone was hard to fake, and the emotions in her mind were even more irrefutable.

At such a young age, he has followed the principle of repaying a favor. He is definitely a future hero of the underworld. It is said that Cheng Lufeng, who leads the Green Lake Bandits, is a leader with a strong underworld aura. This child cannot be...

"Instead of working, maybe you should think more about how you're going to live in the future."

The girl was speechless.

Now she is alone and has to worry about whether the police will come to her house. There is really no possibility for her to work and pay back the debt.

"Don't think too much about it for now. The most important thing is to heal your injuries. Just stay in the hospital honestly for the next few days."

After saying that, Chongxiao stood up and prepared to go out.

But just then...

"White."

"……what?"

"You can call me... Bai."

Tsk tsk, what’s your relationship with that androgynous person in Zabuza’s family?

Chongxiao smiled and nodded as a response.

"Okay, Xiaobai."

Chapter 88 Qing said, the sinner's daughter

The police officer in charge of consultation looked at Chongxiao's ID and remained silent for a long time.

Judging from his slightly frowned brows and hesitant look, he must be thinking about how to verify the other party's identity.

But Chongxiao, who had a clear conscience, didn't want to waste time here...it would be troublesome if Xiaobai from the hospital took the opportunity to slip away.

"Is there something wrong, officer?"

"…I'm sorry, sir."

The police officer returned the ID to Chongxiao and said, "I don't want to question your identity, but this is Jiang Qi's jurisdiction after all. I cannot agree to your request."

Unsurprisingly.

The credentials of the Special Inspection Team of the Imperial Guard Bureau are naturally authoritative enough in Longmen, and they can check wherever they want. However, they are not so useful once they leave Longmen.

Perhaps this is a side effect of the mobile city being given a high degree of autonomy.

Chongxiao's request to the Jiangqi police was to talk to the bandit leader Cheng Lufeng and copy his information... The reason was that nine months ago, a batch of goods ordered by Longmen from Biyou was robbed when passing through Green Lake. According to eyewitnesses, the robber at that time should be Cheng Lufeng.

He was able to do this because after the suppression operation, the Jiangqi police used the temporary command center as a base to set up a place to handle prisoners and rescued persons.

Despite the huge scale of the pirates, in reality, less than one-fifth of them actually need to go through legal procedures and be tried. The vast majority of the others are young and energetic hooligans who just hang out with the gangs. It is unrealistic to throw all of them into jail.

So as long as the family can pay a fine, they can be taken away, otherwise they will be assigned to a construction team to work on road construction or water conservancy projects.

As for the rescued people, it is easy to deal with them. They will be given free medical treatment first, and then some money for the trip back home after they recover... As for those who have lost their relatives killed by the pirates and are homeless, they will be sent to the rescue station in Jiangqi City by the police after this series of work is completed, and they will find a way to make a living in the future.

In short, there were countless people coming to pick up people, recognize relatives, accuse people, and even collect corpses in the past few days, so the more than 300 police officers in Jiang Qicheng still had a lot to do...

But Chongxiao is the first one who came from afar just to investigate a case and recover the stolen money.

"I won't interfere with your work. I just need to talk to him and find out the whereabouts of the goods."

"Then please wait a moment. I will ask the leader for instructions."

The most classic lines from the Dayan government agency appeared, instantly shutting up Chongxiao, who was "plotting something evil".

He watched in silence as the police officer left his post and walked toward the command center at the back, feeling that there was no need to hold out any more hope.

The reason for coming here was actually for Xiaobai... The girl obviously didn't want to reveal her true identity, and considering the battle last night, Chongxiao didn't want to irritate her, so he came here to see if he could ask the Jiangqi police for help in the capacity of Longmen Inspector.

It would be best if Xiaobai had nothing to do with Cheng Lufeng. If she was indeed a relative of the bandit leader...

Then we need to investigate carefully whether she has done anything.

Age is not an excuse for committing a crime.

At this moment, Chongxiao had already thought of leaving for the time being and thinking of other ways, but out of courtesy, he decided to wait for the police officer to come back first.

But at this moment, Qing's voice suddenly came from behind.

"Chongxiao?"

Qing's eyes were blindfolded, and she couldn't see like a normal person. She relied entirely on her super perception as a child to carry out her daily actions... Even among all her brothers and sisters, she was extremely outstanding in this regard.

It’s a pity that the Sui descendants Chongxiao met were vague about the origins of their powers, so it’s likely that even Qing himself doesn’t know what’s going on.

"I thought you had already set out for Yumen."

"Uh... there's no need to be so anxious."

"Really? I thought... Never mind, maybe I'm just overthinking."

Qing smiled faintly, showing a hint of appreciation.

Obviously, she thought that after learning about Ling's whereabouts, Chongxiao would rush to Yumen to find her impatiently, but it was the second day and he still hadn't left... Compared with Mu Baisheng, whom she pretended to meet by chance as soon as she arrived here, he was much better no matter how you looked at it.

It’s a pity that Chongxiao couldn’t read Qing’s thoughts, otherwise he would have been very amused and helpless.

At this time, the police officer who went to consult his leader also came back. When he saw Qing standing with Chongxiao, he was stunned.

"Ms. Han, this...is your friend."

"Of course."

The police officer's eyes widened, but his lips were pursed together, and the expression of surprise he was trying so hard to hide was somewhat funny.

The current situation is like a small county magistrate who clearly expresses his impatience with a visiting scholar, only to find out that this scholar actually knows a prince from the imperial court.

"You want to ask about Cheng Lufeng?"

"Well... there's an old case at Longmen that involves him."

At this time, Chongxiao could only bite the bullet and continue to tell the lie.

But he didn't expect that this would be a lucky coincidence...

"Then just ask me, no need to bother them."

Qing waved his sleeves cheerfully, "Come on, let's find a place to sit down first."

……

Strictly speaking, Cheng Lufeng is not a completely bad person.

Based on his two criminal experiences in his early years, this man was extremely brave and stubborn. He could not only beat someone severely to stand up for his friend, but also set fire to the house of a local bully when he was out causing trouble...If it weren't for the unexpected disaster that killed his parents and wife, he might have become a country hero instead of the godfather of the Green Lake underworld.

After becoming the de facto leader of the pirates with his extraordinary courage and excellent brain, Cheng Lufeng did make some efforts to restrain his subordinates, but most of his efforts were in vain. Moreover, his starting point was probably not mercy, but to "distribute" the coming and going ships more effectively so that every pirate could get a share of the profits.

If he could really do it, then Chongxiao felt that he should be able to make friends with a certain 500 million inspector, but unfortunately, he failed...

"Wait, how do you know so much?"

"For someone I must kill, I will first investigate everything he has done in his life."

As he said this, Qing was sitting on a wooden chair holding a teacup. He had a light and elegant temperament, just like those otherworldly fairies from big sects in martial arts novels.

But for some reason, Chongxiao felt a chill rising from his back.

"...Cheng Lufeng is dead?"

"Of course, and he was beheaded when he was fighting me one on one."

His tone was relaxed, his expression was calm, and his breathing was even, as if the person being killed was not a living person, but an insignificant insect.

Chongxiao suddenly realized that the "justice" that Qing had always insisted on was probably not as beautiful and pure a belief as he had imagined... but a more iron-blooded and cruel law.

"I thought he was going to be arrested."

"That's wrong... Chongxiao, this should be your first time in Jiangqi, right?"

"Yes."

"Then you must not know how many passengers have died here in the past."

Qing's tone finally changed, like a thunderbolt that suddenly fell from the white clouds drifting in the wind. "Over the past twenty years, there have been no less than five hundred boats, large and small, and at least nearly ten thousand innocent people have been killed... Before Cheng Lufeng joined the village, he accepted the surrender of two fishermen, and later he killed dozens of people with his own hands."

Just like she said just now, for someone who must be killed, everything he has done in his life will be investigated thoroughly.

But if it happens in Longmen, those who can be arrested will be given priority, and then the court will hold a public trial and convict them, so that the death penalty can be carried out.