Chapter 924: Chapter 116: The Truth (Part 1) (1/2)

Although this courtyard is located in the Mountain Yue District, the interior is luxurious, rivaling the wealthy households and merchants in other district markets, even slightly surpassing them.

Wang Anfeng strode forward and searched through the many rooms, finding a hidden door in the backyard, but it had already been destroyed by a mechanism. When he saw that even the traces had been completely obliterated, Wang Anfeng’s expression turned slightly grim.

Li Qidao glanced at the destroyed mechanism passage ahead, raised his white eyebrows, and said in surprise:

“This… what exactly happened?”

He was only brought here by Xue Qinshuang as reinforcements and knew that Wang Anfeng seemed to be caught up in some trouble. However, it now appeared that the trouble was more complicated than they had imagined. That Pillar of the State, seeing the scene before him, felt his heart sink, knowing that Wuxin might indeed intend to catch someone.

Wang Anfeng was silent for a moment, then turned back and explained the situation to Li Qidao and Xue Qinshuang, but only gave a brief account, omitting everything related to the Shaolin Temple and his own plans. The main events remained unchanged.

After listening, Li Qidao first looked surprised, then showed a gloating expression, squinting at the silent Pillar of the State, said:

“Foreign experts, heh, it seems it’s that thing from the exotic Jianghu called the Qunxing Pavilion. Tell me, do these two owe you a favor?”

“If it weren’t for you, this Great Qin Pillar of the State, that Wuxin cub would have nearly closed the net. How could it be possible for them to escape in the nick of time? Oh, tell me, is there foreigner blood running through your veins, doing these inhuman acts?”

The Pillar of the State’s expression remained unchanged, and he said indifferently: “I don’t care if he’s trying to catch a major criminal, but if he’s in Liangzhou City and breaks Liangzhou City’s laws, then I have the right to give that Capital City wolf a proper lesson!”

After speaking, seeing Li Qidao’s mocking expression, he further said:

“I will report this to His Majesty. General Li, you have been retired for a long time, it’s better to say less about officialdom matters.”

Li Qidao sneered but indeed stayed silent. He had no good feelings towards the old man in front of him or the Ministry of Punishment, only coming out for Wang Anfeng. If it weren’t for knowing the cub outside was acquainted with Wang Anfeng, he wouldn’t even bother speaking, now happy to save energy and watch the show, taking a sip of wine, he leisurely said:

“That’s best, I enjoy watching the show.”

“A dog’s fight, filled with fur, it’s rare to see such a play outside Heaven Capital City.”

The Pillar of the State’s brows creased with anger, his Qi Mechanism fluctuating, seemingly intending to act, but upon glancing at Li Qidao’s aged face and white hair, ultimately just heavily flicked his sleeve, huffing coldly, turning his body aside, refusing to look at him. This left Li Qidao feeling rather disappointed, clicking his tongue and turning his gaze to Wang Anfeng.

The latter was now frowning deeply, his mind filled with chaotic thoughts.

Xue Qinshuang’s eyes glanced around before she gave a light “huh”, walked to the hidden door, flicked a sleeve to sweep away several pieces of rubble, picked something up from among the stones, dusted it off, and walked to Wang Anfeng’s side, handing over the item:

“Anfeng, take a look at this…”

“What?”

Suppressing the chaotic thoughts in his heart, Wang Anfeng looked up to see the young girl holding a shimmering jade pendant, crystal clear, with a bizarre design of an Exotic Beast on it, resembling a bird yet a beast with wings, quite peculiar, causing him to pause slightly.

Xue Qinshuang said: “This was found under the mechanism earlier, I suppose you rushed straight to the mechanism when you came in, in a hurry, overlooking this item.”

She placed the item into Wang Anfeng’s palm, it felt cool and pleasant, clearly of excellent quality, not something an ordinary servant would possess. Wang Anfeng turned his head to look at the destroyed mechanism passage, thinking:

“Could it be that those two left in a hurry, hence dropped this, and because the mechanism collapsed, buried it, leaving no time to retrieve it?!”

Rubbing the jade pendant in his hand, it changed in various ways under the moonlight, increasingly proving it was no ordinary object. Despite some doubts in his heart, this was the only clue left behind except for those two unconscious individuals.

Considering that those two would likely remain silent for a long time, even if they spoke, they must have anticipated their master already being safe, rendering their words useless. With this in mind, the jade pendant in his hand became the most crucial clue.

With these thoughts, he couldn’t help but grip the jade pendant tighter, making it impossible to hand it over to that Pillar of the State.

Since no other clues could be found here for the time being, everyone had to withdraw. Wang Anfeng originally planned to discuss discoveries with Wuxin, but that Pillar of the State, upon coming out, sealed Wuxin’s acupuncture points.

Wuxin’s martial arts were not bad, but how could he compare with someone of the Pillar of the State’s seniority? With his entire body’s points controlled, he was at the mercy of others, only having time to glance at Wang Anfeng, his lips moved twice, and he was taken away.

This place was then guarded by people from the Ministry of Punishment, with an experienced old arrest officer personally going in to investigate, looking for the remaining trails.

The Pillar of the State consistently showed a calm demeanor, but his speed was notably fast when leaving. Li Qidao disdainfully spat, cursed twice, but the Pillar of the State never looked back, instead increasing his speed even more, leaving directly.

Li Qidao, having cursed to his satisfaction, turned back to Wang Anfeng, gave a light cough, and said: “Feng’er, what are you planning to do now?”