Chapter 586: Chapter 185: Trace of the Witch Immortal! Signs of Turbulent Times Beginning to Emerge! (Request for Subscription for the 10,000-Word Mega Chapter)_2
He kicked the peasant twice more.
Listening to the relentless cries from beneath his feet, he satisfiedly puffed out his belly and snorted, "Disciples of the Blood Gu Sect like you deserve a harsh beating!"
Then, he glared at the two government officials, "What are you staring at? Strip off his pants!"
"Ah? Constable Sir, are we really going to administer twenty hefty board strikes right here?"
"Hmm?" The arrest officer narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you questioning me?"
"No, no, not at all!"
"At your command!!"
One government official pinned down the peasant from Neihai County on the ground, while the other looked around and then ran to a nearby spot, fetching a wooden stick thicker than an arm.
"Wait!" The Neihai County arrest officer snatched the stick and said, "Damn it, I’ve dutifully captured disciples of the Blood Gu Sect, and you, suspected of being one of them, dare to insult me? I need to vent this rage myself!"
He raised the stick high above the peasant laying on the ground, ready to smash it down upon him.
However.
Just at that moment.
The sound of dense, rapid hoofbeats and the noise of wagon wheels rolling on the ground echoed.
It caused the arrest officer’s action to involuntarily pause.
He and the other two officials cast a doubtful and astounded glance towards the source of the noise.
The trio saw several horse-drawn carriages approaching from that direction.
"Constable Sir, these carriages look unfamiliar," one government official whispered after collecting his thoughts, "They don’t seem to belong to any family or business from Neihai County."
"Oh?" The Neihai County arrest officer asked, "How many suspected disciples of the Blood Gu Sect have we captured today?"
"Almost a hundred, I suppose? Around eighty or ninety," replied one government official after a moment’s thought.
Oh?
Doesn’t that mean we are nearing the target set by the Magistrate Sir?
The corner of the Neihai County arrest officer’s mouth curled up, "Stop those carriages for me. I suspect these outsiders have unspeakable ties to the Blood Gu Sect disciples!"
"It’s better to arrest one wrong person than to let one go! Missing even a single disciple of the Blood Gu Sect could cause an irreversible crisis for Neihai County!"
"Yes, Constable Sir!"
The two government officials were well aware of their own constable’s motives.
Despite this.
They held no significant objections.
Who knows, maybe the other party really had connections to the Blood Gu Sect? Anyway, arresting them and throwing them into jail, followed by a little interrogation, would reveal the truth.
With swords drawn, the two government officials stood in the middle of the road, blocking the carriages.
One of them shouted, "Stop! Halt! Halt your advance!!!"
"Whoa—"
The tall horses pulling the carriages, seeing someone on the road ahead, briefly slowed their pace.
And then came to a gradual stop.
"Wow..." As the carriages neared, one Neihai County official couldn’t help but gasp in surprise, "These horses look so big. How many silvers... would it take to afford such horses?"
However, this thought was quickly dismissed as the two officials screwed up their faces, exuding a ferocious and diabolical aura.
Add to that the sharpened long swords in their hands.
And the uniforms of the yamen they wore.
It was usually not a problem to intimidate the common folk.
Just as they had done with the peasant from before.
They had scared him witless.
With a grim look, the officials approached the carriages and then froze... Their attention had been solely on the tall horses before, completely overlooking the drivers of the carriages.
Now that they saw him.
They were stunned.
For the man was tall and burly, beyond their imagination; just sitting on the carriage, he exuded an immense oppressive aura, resembling a bandit Mountain King who had descended from the hills.
No, not just any Mountain King—this man seemed even more fierce than those bandits, especially considering the exaggeratedly large sword casually leaning against the carriage, taller than the men themselves.
They suddenly realized that the people they had stopped were not simple travelers, not mere outsiders.
The situation.
Was slightly incorrect!
"What’s the matter?" Fan Wu looked at the peasant lying on the ground with a calm gaze, then slightly turned his head to address the two Neihai County officials, asking in two words.
"There is... there is, of course!" The two officials were slightly flustered, but considering it was broad daylight,
And that this place was Neihai County, their turf, and they were government officials.
With that thought,
They found their backbone.
"I suspect you have ties with the Blood Gu Sect!" One official declared abruptly, "Now get off the carriage so we can inspect you thoroughly!"
"Oh?" Fan Wu found this rather amusing, and, looking at the official, he retorted, "How have you determined that I am connected to the Blood Gu Sect?"
Truth be told,
If you really had to draw a connection, he did have a bit of a relation with the Blood Gu Sect. Of course, his ties with the Blood Gu Sect were anything but friendly.
"Why all this pointless talk?" the official snapped, "Step down when you’re told to! If you refuse, it means you’re guilty of a guilty conscience, and that gives us every reason to suspect that you’re disciples of the Blood Gu Sect!"
