Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 127: Leaving with a Knife
Xuntianjian, a prison inside the big jail.

A prison van drove slowly and stopped in the direction of the gate entrance.

Zhao Guanxiang jumped out of the prison van and walked towards the prison gate.

The high servant behind him was opening the door of the prison van and shouting at the prisoners inside: "Get down, get down! The one over there, why are your legs shaking? Get down!"

The prisoners lined up to get off the prison van, their hands tied with hemp ropes, each of them with a look of fear on their faces. Some were so weak that they could not even walk, and had to be carried in by the accompanying policemen.

Zhao Guanxiang came to the prison gate. When several jailers saw him, they couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Master Cub Tiger, how many people have you sent here in the past few days?"

The jailer who was speaking glanced at the group of prisoners behind him and said, "Look, there aren't enough handcuffs in the prison for you. Can we use hemp ropes to tie you up? What if there are martial artists in there?"

Zhao Guanxiang smiled and said, "We've checked everything, don't worry."

"Alas, the cells in our prisons usually hold either high-ranking officials or criminals... But you are arresting all kinds of people."

It is understandable that the gatekeeper and the jailer could not help but complain.

The prison of the Astronomical Observatory is deserted, and such a large prison cannot hold many people.

After all, those who can enter the prison of Xuntianjian are either high-ranking officials or nobles, or warriors who have violated the law. Ordinary prisoners cannot enter.

But in the past few days, many people have been detained in this prison, more than ten people at a time, and sometimes nearly a hundred prisoners are arrested in a day.

Now the prison of the Astronomical Observatory is overcrowded and there is almost no room for everyone. This is all thanks to Zhao Guanxiang.

Zhao Guanxiang laughed and cupped his hands, "Excuse me, excuse me. Isn't this just related to the case I'm investigating? Don't worry, I'll finish the trial in the next two days, catch a few of the culprits, and send the rest to the prison of the Ministry of Justice. You guys will have to bear with it for a few days, and after I'm done, I'll treat you all to a drink."

"As for Master Cub Tiger's wine, I'll wait till the end of time."

The jailer at the gate muttered something in a low voice, then opened a small window on the gate and shouted inside: "Let them in!"

……

After all the prisoners were handed over, the prison van was returned.

Zhao Guanxiang and others walked towards the headquarters of the Astronomical Observatory.

On the way, General Gao couldn't help but ask, "Cub Tiger, you are amazing. The leader of the Qinglin Gang has left the capital and is hiding. How did you know that he is in the manor outside the capital?"

Zhang Pujiang was also curious and couldn't help but look at Zhao Guanxiang.

Facing the curious looks of the two, Zhao Guanxiang just smiled and said mysteriously, "I have an informant to report."

General Gao Pu was immediately dissatisfied: "If you don't want to talk about it, forget it. You always bring up your informant. How come I haven't seen him? You even hide it from the two of us."

"Really want to know?"

"Humph, if you don't tell me, I don't want to hear it."

"Let me tell you about that, Marshal Zhang."

Seeing Zhao Guanxiang approaching Zhang Pujiang and whispering, Gao Pujiang, who had originally been pretending to be indifferent, couldn't help but lean over to listen.

After Zhao Guanxiang finished speaking, both of them were stunned.

"Beggar? Prostitute? Is this the informant you mentioned?"

Zhao Guanxiang spread his hands and said, "Look, I told you, but you didn't believe me. I'm telling you, don't underestimate these people from all walks of life. They are the most well-informed."

Zhang Pujiang frowned, and suddenly he understood: "Oh, so you always go to brothels to borrow money, actually to get information?"

"You discovered this."

Zhao Guanxiang sighed, his face showing sorrow: "I have made many sacrifices, wasted money and hurt my body, but for the sake of official business, I can only put myself in a difficult position."

As he spoke, he shook his head and walked forward sighing.

Zhang Pujiang looked at his back with a look of awe on his face.

Until Gao Pu bumped his shoulder against him and cursed, "Listen to his nonsense, let's go."

……

Zhao Guanxiang has been very busy and fulfilled these days.

Every day he is either sweeping away the evil forces in Kyoto City or trying prisoners in prison. He never has a single day off.

There are fewer ruffians and hooligans in Kyoto these days. Even those who have not joined the Gao family have chosen to keep a low profile these days to avoid angering the fierce official in the Astronomical Observatory.

On the third day, an invitation was delivered to the headquarters of the Astronomical Observatory and placed on Zhao Guanxiang's desk.

When Zhao Guanxiang came back and saw it, he opened the invitation and couldn't help laughing.

The content of the invitation was that the Gao family wanted to invite him to their home for a chat.

Is this a Hongmen Feast? Or is it a plea for mercy?

No matter which one it was, Zhao Guanxiang was obviously too lazy to pay attention.

At this point, what else is there for him to talk about with the Gao family?

Zhao Guanxiang crumpled the invitation into a ball and threw it into the trash can without thinking.

……

What he didn't expect was that the Gao family sent another invitation the next day.

The contents of the invitation are still the same as yesterday.

Only this time, there was a hair scarf included in the invitation.

Zhao Guanxiang picked up the hair scarf and looked at it, not understanding what it meant.

Apart from being able to tell that the head scarf was a women's style and was not new, but an old item that had been used by someone else and had a slight lingering fragrance on it... he couldn't tell anything else.

"Could it be that... the Gao family is trying to use a honey trap on me?"

Zhao Guanxiang was speculating in his heart.

Not to mention stuffing a beauty into his bed in the middle of the night, at least give him something charming and arousing.

Send a woman's used hair towel?

what do you think.

Zhao Guanxiang casually put the hair scarf aside and bent over the desk to write official documents.

But just as he dipped the pen into ink, his eyes fell on the hair towel in the corner of the desk and he frowned slightly.

He always felt that this headband looked familiar.

Zhao Guanxiang took the hair scarf again, turning it over and over in his hands, wondering where this familiar feeling came from... Wait, he remembered!

When Zhao Guanxiang recalled the origin of this hair scarf, his eyes revealed horror and he stood up from behind his desk.

The other people in the hall were all confused by his sudden action and cast puzzled looks at him.

But under the surprised and doubtful gazes of his colleagues, Zhao Guanxiang grabbed the hair scarf and rushed out.

As soon as he rushed to the door of the ministry, he bumped into Gao Pujiang who was coming in.

Gao Pujiang was directly knocked to the ground by him, holding his tailbone and howling:

"Hiss...Tiger cub, why are you mad?! Are you reincarnating?"

Zhao Guanxiang grabbed his shoulders, his face showing anxiety: "Where's General Zhang?!"

"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhang..."

General Gao was so frightened by his sudden action that he was stunned for a long time before he pointed outside and said, "Xiao Zhang is helping you to interrogate the prisoners, so those old people..."

When Zhao Guanxiang heard the whereabouts of Zhang Pujiang, he rushed towards the prison without waiting for Gao Pujiang to finish his words.

……

When he arrived at the prison, he finally managed to call Zhang Pu out of the torture room.

Zhang Pujun came out of the torture room, still a little unhappy: "I'm trying someone..."

But when he saw Zhao Guanxiang's ugly face and bloodshot eyes, he suddenly became serious: "What happened?"

Zhao Guanxiang asked, "Where is your wife?"

Zhang Pujiang: “?”

He was so serious that he even interrupted his official duties to ask about this?
However, seeing Zhao Guanxiang's serious expression, Zhang Pujiang still told the truth: "I went back to my mother's home to visit my relatives. When I came back to get something two days ago, didn't you run into me?"

He looked at Zhao Guanxiang suspiciously, not understanding why he asked such a question.

Do you still want to make fun of yourself because of what happened that day?
Zhao Guanxiang didn't care what Zhang Pujiang thought. He took out the hair scarf from his arms and handed it to Zhang Pujiang: "Is this your wife's hair scarf?"

Zhang Pu took it with a confused look, and when he looked at it, he was surprised: "It really is."

He suddenly straightened his neck and looked at Zhao Guanxiang in astonishment: "No, why is my wife's hair scarf here with you?"

Zhao Guanxiang's expression became even uglier, and he asked, "Are you sure?"

"What's so uncertain about this? Look, there's a spot on it that has the wrong color. I was careless... No, it was my wife who accidentally ruined it when she was washing it herself."

Zhang Pu turned the hair scarf over and pointed to a small patch on it and said.

Immediately, he looked at Zhao Guanxiang with a strange look in his eyes: "Let me make it clear first, if you have any ideas, I can let my wife introduce her sisters in the village to you. They are all good at fighting... Oh, no, they are all beautiful and intelligent girls."

All hope Zhao Guanxiang had was gone.

While Zhang Pujiang was chattering on, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

When he opened his eyes again, his gaze was filled with frost and murderous intent could not be concealed.

He turned around and walked out.

But the moment he turned around, his wrist was grabbed.

He turned around and saw General Zhang with a serious face. He asked earnestly, "So, what happened?"

Zhao Guanxiang's lips moved slightly, but he couldn't say anything.

But in the end, Zhang Pujiang let go of his hand and said, "Remember to come back and tell me."

Zhao Guanxiang was very surprised, but he soon noticed that although Zhang Pujiang pretended to be calm, he clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh.

He said solemnly, his eyes becoming firm: "Okay!"

……

After Zhao Guanxiang left, Zhang Pujiang stood there in a daze for a long time, then slowly lowered his head to look at the scarf in his hand.

He suddenly thought that this hair scarf... was clearly the one his wife was wearing when she left home.

This shouldn't have happened in Zhao Guanxiang's hands.

Zhang Pujiang didn't know what was going on, he only knew that he was now... a burden.

Because his hands were shaking and his legs were weak.

His mind went blank and he couldn't think!
……

Princess Mansion, backyard.

Zhao Qi'an was counting some pills.

In order to help Master Chu clear the evil energy in his sea of ​​​​qi, he recently prepared to break through another purple line.

To this end, he selected some disciples and retainers who were close to a breakthrough, spent a huge amount of money to buy some elixirs for martial arts training, and prepared to take action personally to help them break through.

During this period of time, he can be said to have been busy with this matter.

It’s a pity that the harvest was somewhat disappointing.

With each additional purple line on the Yuantai, the difficulty increases exponentially. Tie Wuhen has been nurturing the fetus for forty years, and spent at least twenty years trying to break through from the eighth line to the ninth line, but he failed in the end.

And Zhao Qian'an wants to upgrade one more purple line from the more than 300 ones, which shows how difficult it is.

According to his estimation, in addition to the accumulation during this period, at least one of the disciples would have to break through to the Heavenly Man Realm before he could create another purple pattern.

Among his disciples, the one with the most hope is Zhao Nishang. She has been stuck at the peak of the fifth level for almost a year, and it is time for her to break through this chasm that stands in the way of all warriors.

In addition to these, there is Zhao Guanxiang, who is also at the peak of the fifth rank, but he reached the peak of the Zhoutian realm half a year later than Zhao Nishang.

Just when I was thinking about Zhao Guanxiang, a servant suddenly came to report.

"Master, a guard saw the fourth young master holding a knife and heading towards the Gao family. Should we send someone to inquire?"

Carry a knife? Go to Gao's house?

Zhao Qi'an was a little surprised.

But he quickly shook his head and sneered, "Let him go, and send some people to wait in front of the Gao Mansion."

"Yes."

The last two chapters today are both 3K chapters. Please consider it as me making up for the chapter I owed the day before yesterday. I kowtow to you all orz
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