I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 166: The Killer of the County Lieutenant, Xie Yuan
When Yu Chunsheng saw Xie Yuan finally reveal himself and his aura completely locked onto him, his expression was both solemn and relieved.

Compared to the current situation, the strange situation just now, where he didn't know where Xie Yuan came from inexplicably, made him even more frightened.

Glancing at the increasing number of people gathering in the long street, Yu Chunsheng straightened up, dusted off his robe, put his hands behind his back and puffed out his chest, and said calmly:
"Xie Yuan, you killed Chen Su, the owner of Yidao Martial Arts School, and now you want to attack an official of the imperial court in the street? Do you not take the Dali imperial court seriously?"

Xie Yuan stood on the street, looking at Yu Chunsheng without saying a word.

Seeing this, Yu Chunsheng thought he was shocked, smiled slightly, and raised his voice:
"How powerful was Shen Longteng back then? He was still polite to me. I just want to wear this robe..."

He stretched out his hand, pinched his chest and shook it, shaking the auspicious cloud pattern on his official robe like waves:

"It represents the Dali court! Xie Yuan, think it through. You are still young, don't make mistakes!"

Yu Chunsheng's loud shout made the whole street silent. The people on the long street were frightened by his official authority and looked nervously at the two people standing in the middle of the street.

Xie Yuan remained motionless, just staring at Yu Chunsheng quietly, his dancing and joy reflected in his bright eyes.

Yu Chunsheng felt a little uncomfortable under Xie Yuan's calm gaze, but when he saw that he did not move, his arrogance gradually recovered and he sneered:

"It's good that you understand! A warrior is a warrior after all. How can an escort agency or a martial arts school compare to the imperial court? If you use your brain more, you won't dare..."

When he reached this point in his words, a flash of cold light passed by and interrupted him.

Yu Chunsheng opened his eyes wide and swung the knife hastily.

With a bang, he felt a swift force hitting his own knife, which suddenly swung his arm away, and his chest opened wide, and a sharp sense of force came over him.

Yu Chunsheng stared with his eyes wide open, a yellow light flashing from his body. He used all his strength to mobilize the Vajra Sect's famous hard skill, the Rock Skill, and finally blocked the sharp attack. However, he took several steps back and felt a tightness in his chest.

He covered his chest, coughed twice, and pointed at Xie Yuan:

"Blade Qi! You...you dare to attack me?"

Yu Chunsheng was somewhat shocked and angry, yet also slightly afraid.

How can he cut with sword energy when his qi and blood haven't transformed yet!
I didn't believe that he killed Chen Su with one strike, but now it seems that it is true. If he had this kind of strength, I would have a hard time resisting him... He actually did it.

Yu Chunsheng felt uncertain in his heart and gritted his teeth and said:
"Xie Yuan, think it through! It's Shen Longteng and the others..."

"The chief escort and his men thought too much, which is why they were tricked by you time and time again."

Xie Yuan interrupted him and finally spoke.

He shook his head and said:

"There is no other way. If you want to open a security agency, you, as a county lieutenant, are really sitting on the door of fate, unless you don't want the security agency anymore..."

He took a step forward and looked at Yu Chunsheng with a mocking smile:
"But now the escort agency has been ruined by you, right?"

Yu Chunsheng couldn't help but take a step back and said in a hoarse voice:
"Don't be impulsive. Although the escort agency is gone, you are still young and have a bright future. After all, you were not raised by the escort agency. As an outsider, why would you risk yourself for the escort agency?"

"I'm not entirely trained by the Escort Agency, but have you forgotten why I joined the Escort Agency?"

Xie Yuan snorted, and suddenly swung his knife again from a distance.

Yu Chunsheng held the knife horizontally to block the knife energy, his arms trembling slightly.

He was horrified. This force was almost beyond his ability to resist. However, looking at Xie Yuan's appearance, it seemed that he hadn't exerted any strength yet!

Yu Chunsheng said in a shrill voice:

"What realm are you in?"

"Just four practices, just like you."

Every time Xie Yuan took a step forward, Yu Chunsheng took a step back.

The sounds of "ding ding ding" continued to ring out, and the sword energy collided with Yu Chunsheng's long sword one after another, causing Yu Chunsheng's arms to shake violently.

Suddenly there was a clang, and Yu Chunsheng lost his grip on the knife, and the long knife fell to the ground.

He was horrified, raised his hand quickly, and said in a trembling voice:

"Stop! Xie Yuan, it was just a misunderstanding at the beginning. It was Zhang Xuefeng who misled me! He wanted to harm you, it has nothing to do with me! Look, I didn't do anything to you afterwards? Even if you killed him, I didn't pursue it..."

"That's not just burning his house to the ground. You don't have evidence, otherwise you would have come to his door long ago."

Xie Yuan hit the nail on the head.

"There is no evidence, but everyone knows that it was you who did it... That's right, there is no evidence, and you didn't kill him in the first place. Xie Yuan, you are innocent, and it's not too late to stop now."

Yu Chunsheng was startled when he saw Xie Yuan's eyes, and quickly changed his words.

Xie Yuan looked at Yu Chunsheng and grinned:

"It was indeed me who killed them. I killed the yamen runner Zhang Yufeng and his brother myself."

Yu Chunsheng shook his head repeatedly:
"No, there is no evidence, you didn't kill him!"

"I killed him. I admit it myself."

"You didn't kill him, don't talk nonsense!"

"I killed him, and Chen Su as well. Didn't you just say that I killed Chen Su in the street? There are witnesses all over the street, and the evidence is irrefutable."

Xie Yuan said with a smile.

Yu Chunsheng said with difficulty:

“They may not have seen it.”

Xie Yuan was amused by Yu Chunsheng's antics, pointed his knife at him, and laughed:
"Hahaha! Look, this is the official who is the parent of our Yunzhao County."

The onlookers all had complicated expressions and said nothing. They all looked at Yu Chunsheng with silent eyes, which inexplicably put heavy pressure on him. But Yu Chunsheng couldn't care about these things at this time. He just wanted to save his life. He raised his hand to dissuade him:

"Xie Yuan, if you stop now, I will forgive you and keep your name clean. You are a genius and you will have great potential in the future. If you are labeled a wanted criminal now, you will not be able to move forward no matter how big the world is."

He gritted his teeth and said:

"Xie Yuan, let me remind you that the detective from Chunyu Tower is investigating a case in Yunzhou. If you kill me, he will definitely come to investigate. Once the master detective arrives, you won't even be able to escape the cloud's range before you'll be caught! Don't be reckless!"

Xie Yuan smiled faintly and slashed back with a knife.

"what!"

Yu Chunsheng screamed, flew out and fell to the ground.

His chest was torn apart by the sword energy, and blood immediately seeped into his official uniform woven with fine silk, turning it scarlet.

"You, you really dare to do that!"

Yu Chunsheng screamed. Seeing Xie Yuan raising the knife again, he raised his hand with difficulty:

"Don't! Don't kill me! If you kill me, you will be a wanted criminal who killed a court official!"

"Are you deaf? I've just been talking for a long time. I'm a murderer."

Xie Yuan laughed and stabbed again.

The sword energy slashed at Chunsheng. A yellow light flashed, blocking part of the power, and the rest slashed at him, just like a blunt knife cutting meat.

"what!"

He screamed again, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, half lying on the ground, backing away repeatedly, shouting:

"Xie Yuan! Just let it out! Leave me alive, there's still room for maneuver later...ah——"

Xie Yuan did not react, but just slashed out with his sword again and again.

The power of his sword was not as strong as a real knife, and he deliberately reduced his strength, hitting Yu Chunsheng again and again like a whip.

Yu Chunsheng was hacked back and forth, and finally he turned around and crawled forward, trying to get away from Xie Yuan, but how could he escape?
He dragged a long trail of blood on the long street, and his screams and pleas for mercy gradually became fainter:

“… Spare me!”

“Stop! Stop chopping…”

"Xie Yuan!"

"Xie Yuan! How dare you...how dare you kill me! I am...from the Vajra Sect...I am an official appointed by the imperial court! Don't you dare to kill an official appointed by the imperial court!"

Yu Chunsheng could no longer climb, so he turned and stared at Xie Yuan. He seemed to have a moment of clarity, and shouted loudly:
"Look at the official uniform I'm wearing! I'm an official of the Dali Dynasty! I'm the county lieutenant of Yunzhao! How dare you kill me!"

Xie Yuan walked in front of Yu Chunsheng, the sunlight shone from behind him, and the shadow completely covered Yu Chunsheng.

Yu Chunsheng only felt the glare of the sun behind Xie Yuan, and could not see his expression clearly, only a silhouette. He squinted his eyes and raised his hand slightly, only to see the silhouette slowly raising the knife in his hand.

Yu Chunsheng's eyes widened with anger, and he shouted shrilly:
"Xie Yuan, you can't kill me!!!"

The long sword fell down with a whoosh and a snap, beheading Yu Chunsheng cleanly and neatly.

Xie Yuan leaned over and lifted up the head with wide-open eyes. They stared at each other for a while, then he held the head high and looked at the dark crowd around him, and said loudly:

"The one who killed the county lieutenant was Xie Yuan from Xiaoshi Village!"

During the long process that seemed like an execution, almost half of Yunzhao’s people gathered on this street, making it impossible to move forward.

They looked at Xie Yuan in silence. No one knew who started the applause, and the applause gradually became as loud as thunder, deafening.

Xie Yuan nodded slightly, glanced at the county magistrate who had been standing in front of the crowd, and said loudly:
"The land deeds and shops belong to each other and should not be occupied. Otherwise, you will end up like him."

He threw the head out and it rolled to the feet of the county magistrate.

The guards around the county magistrate were all as nervous as if they were facing a great enemy, pointing their swords at Xie Yuan.
The gentle county magistrate was calm and unconcerned, not caring about his hidden threat, and nodded:

"As long as you obey the laws of Dali, it should be so."

Xie Yuan looked at him deeply, then looked to the side, which was the entrance of Yu Chunsheng's mansion.

There stood a pale-faced woman and a young man with fear and resentment in his eyes.

When the woman saw Xie Yuan looking at her, she screamed, then quickly covered her mouth and hugged the young man tightly in her arms, like a hen protecting her chicks.

Seeing this, Xie Yuan sneered and withdrew his gaze, not bothering to take another look.

He looked around, nodded slightly to the excited old friends from the escort agency such as Qin Hai in the crowd, and then walked away.

As Xie Yuan approached, the crowd seemed like a river split by magic, revealing a passage in the middle for crossing the river.

Amid the silent gaze, Xie Yuan walked and walked, blended into the crowd, and disappeared.

Half a day passed.

The crowds on the long street have dispersed, but people are still talking about it in the streets and alleys.

The county lieutenant who had been domineering and tyrannical for many years was beheaded in the street. This kind of thing will probably still be a hot topic in restaurants and teahouses many years later.

Amid the discussions on the street, a pair of flying cloud shoes stepped into the street.

A young-looking captain of the police came over, squatted down at the bloodstain on the ground that had not yet dried, and examined it carefully.

(End of this chapter)