Chapter 146: Chapter 133 The Intelligence of a Bootlicker_1
"Uncle Lu..."
Tofu’s face showed an expression of surprise and joy.
"Tofu, are you okay?"
Lu Yan asked.
"Uncle Lu, I’m fine. But, it seems like my dad’s leg was broken. Can he still walk in the future?"
Tofu expressed worriedly, choking up as he spoke his fears, tears swirling in his eye sockets.
"Did he do it?"
Lu Yan pointed to the stout man.
Tofu nodded vigorously.
At this moment, the stout man had recovered from his shock, and a glint of fear passed through his eyes as he looked at Lu Yan.
Obviously, Lu Yan’s strength was far superior to his own.
However, when he saw the two muscular men in purple shirts with a sword pattern sewn on their cuffs and collars standing nearby, he immediately regained his courage.
Just now, Lu Yan had noticed these two and hence, had only slapped and admonished the stout man instead of dealing a heavy blow.
Martial Hunters!
This was the power the Zhao Clan used to maintain law and order, similar to the Liu Family’s Red-clad Guards, or the Li Family’s Baicao Guards.
Only that their titles hadn’t changed, carried over from the times of the Da Chu Dynasty.
During the pinnacle of the Da Chu Dynasty, every city had constables made up of martial artists, also known as Martial Hunters.
"Are you the Martial Marquis living in this house?"
The stout man glared at Lu Yan, his eyes full of hatred.
"Yes."
Lu Yan nodded, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, not understanding what was happening.
The man had come to his door uninvited, bringing along Martial Hunters. What had happened?
He hadn’t done anything recently.
And with his current identity, he hadn’t offended anyone either.
"That’s right then. Officers, it was him, he killed my junior sister."
The stout man pointed at Lu Yan and shouted.
The two Martial Hunters also had serious expressions as they slowly approached Lu Yan.
"Gentlemen, there seems to be a misunderstanding."
Lu Yan frowned and asked the stout man, "Who is your junior sister?"
"My junior sister’s name was Lin Qiuyu. She lived right next door to you. Today, I came to see her only to find her dead in her house, her clothes torn and death making her appearance extremely pitiful."
The stout man gritted his teeth, his hatred billowing like a tumultuous river, his face slightly distorted, his eyes slightly red.
"Wait, the beautiful woman next door is dead?"
Lu Yan was taken aback, completely surprised.
They had met just a few days ago and she was fine. Could it be that she had played with fire and got burnt? Or possibly crossed the wrong person?
But that woman was also at the Martial Marquis Level Four. Killing her wouldn’t have been easy.
"Even if we live close to each other, you can’t just assume that I killed her."
Lu Yan spoke.
"My junior sister was not weak, she had reached Martial Marquis Level Two. Killing her wouldn’t be easy, the culprit must be stronger than her. And you, you’re very strong and fully capable of killing my junior sister."
The stout man spat out angrily.
"Martial Marquis Level Two? Wasn’t she at Level Four?"
Lu Yan wondered to himself.
Perhaps, the fact that the woman cultivated the Yin-Yang Replenishing Method, a heretical martial art of gathering men’s Qi-blood, was unknown to everyone else, and this stout man wasn’t aware of it either.
And that martial arts technique allowed her advancements to skyrocket, which is why she hid her cultivation level from others.
Lu Yan speculated.
"So just because I’m strong, I’m the killer? What kind of logic is that? There are plenty of skilled fighters in Lingwang City, doesn’t every one of them become a suspect?"
Lu Yan sneered.
"Is this clothing yours?"
At this moment, one of the Martial Hunters produced a piece of clothing.
"This clothing was found in your bedroom. Don’t try to argue your way out."
The stout man shouted loudly.
Lu Yan nodded, "Yes, it’s mine."
The Martial Hunter then produced a small strip of cloth, saying, "This small piece of cloth was found in the victim’s house, and there’s a piece missing from your shirt sleeve. The two pieces match perfectly."
"You entered the victim’s house and had a conflict with her. You two fought. What else do you have to say?"
Lu Yan fell silent.
That night, he had exchanged a few moves with the enticing woman, and a small piece of his shirt had been torn off. The next day, he had changed his shirt. The shirt he had changed out of had been left in his bedroom ever since.
He hadn’t considered this a big deal initially.
Because he had never anticipated that the enticing woman would suddenly be dead, murdered in her house.
And that piece of fabric could become damning evidence.
"You’ve run out of excuses, haven’t you? Tell us, why did you kill my junior sister? Were you lustful because of her beauty, speak..."
The stout man roared.
It was evident that this stout man had feelings for his junior sister that went beyond a simple sibling-like relationship.
But it was normal. Which man wouldn’t have designs on such a captivating woman?
"Around ten days ago, I did enter her home and exchanged a few moves with her. But that was all. I didn’t kill her."
Lu Yan stated.
"The evidence is irrefutable, there’s no use lying."
The stout man roared again and continued, "Moreover, my junior sister and you were strangers. Why did you enter her house and fight with her? You must have had ulterior motives."
The two Martial Hunters and the people around them looked at Lu Yan with suspicion, obviously not believing Lu Yan’s words.
They were pushing him to reveal more.
Feeling resigned, Lu Yan said, "Because your junior sister practiced the Yin-Yang Replenishing Method, she absorbed the Qi-blood from men at night. That night, I heard strange noises and went into her room to check. I saw her extracting Qi-blood from a man. She attacked me because I discovered her secret, and we exchanged a few moves. However, she couldn’t get the upper hand on me. I also didn’t want to meddle in other people’s business, so I left."
"Nonsense, you’re slandering her! In order to save yourself, you dare to tarnish my junior sister’s innocence and insult a female Martial Marquis’s reputation. You..."
The stout man almost jumped up, furious, his eyes wide and bloodshot, his face contorted.
If he hadn’t been sure he couldn’t beat Lu Yan, he would have already rushed in to fight Lu Yan to death by now.
Lu Yan looked at the brawny man as if he was looking at an idiot.
"A goddess shattered, lost your mind? You’re really like a sycophantic dog, licked until you’ve lost your sanity. A noble Martial Marquis who has become so brainless."
Lu Yan scorned in his heart.
Alas, it’s the same in any world.
Once one becomes a sycophantic dog, the brain shrinks and the IQ becomes zero.
"Whether there’s a slander or not, one can find out with an investigation. I believe, the person who fell victim to your junior sister, there must be more than one. And the bodies of those victims, most likely, are still in that house, buried somewhere. A thorough search would reveal everything."
Lu Yan said.
The two Martial Hunters looked on with skeptical expressions.
The brawny man remained furious, loudly accusing Lu Yan of defaming him and refusing to investigate.
Lu Yan didn’t bother with him and walked into the woman’s room.
The two Martial Hunters looked at each other and followed him in. The brawny man reluctantly followed.
In the seductive woman’s bedroom, Lu Yan saw her corpse.
She was naked on the bed, covered with a white cloth. Her eyes were still wide open, seemingly filled with a look of disbelief.
Between her brows, there was a bullet hole. A one-shot kill.
The perpetrator was definitely a Martial Marquis Level Five.
Moreover, looking at the color of the corpse, it hadn’t been dead long, probably in the last two days.
"Wait, the past two days..."
Lu Yan immediately thought of Zhao Hao, who he had seen rushing out of Lin Qiuyu’s room two nights ago.
Could it be him?
But Zhao Hao’s cultivation level was only Martial Marquis Level Two, how could he kill Lin Qiuyu?
Lin Qiuyu, who was a Martial Marquis Level Four, wouldn’t succumb to a sneak attack so easily, much less a one-shot kill.
Looking around, there were barely any signs of a fight.
It was known that a Martial Marquis had incredible destructive power. Once a fight broke out, the surrounding buildings would hardly remain intact.
"I live next door. If I had killed her, would I leave the body unattended to be discovered by someone else, leaving the clothes as evidence?"
Lu Yan said.
"Who knows what you were thinking? Not everyone else is as cautious as you are."
The brawny man sneered.
Lu Yan didn’t bother to deal with him.
They began inspecting the house and quickly noticed something unusual about the backyard.
The soil in the backyard, though camouflaged, was clearly turned over upon close observation.
The two Martial Hunters also noticed and started digging immediately.
Soon, a withered corpse was dug up.
A Limit Breaking Warrior, especially those who had broken through four or five times, had extremely powerful bodies, which decayed very slowly. So even if a body was buried for a while, it wouldn’t rot.
The brawny man’s face was dark as ink, extremely gloomy, as if he had suffered a tremendous blow.
They continued to dig.
Then, the second, third, fourth...
In the end, a total of five male corpses were dug up.
All died in the same way, their bodies withered. Two of the dead bodies had started to rot, emitting a foul smell.
However, everyone present was accustomed to such scenes and didn’t make a fuss about it.
"The two Martial Hunters, the evidence is here, proving that I wasn’t lying."
Lu Yan said.
The two Martial Hunters nodded in agreement.
"Even if my junior sister was practicing some evil martial arts, it can’t prove that you didn’t kill her. Perhaps, you are the killer."
The brawny man retorted coldly.
"If you say I killed her, provide the evidence."
Lu Yan said.
"Hmph."
The brawny man looked sullen, but he couldn’t provide any evidence. The clothes from before were no longer enough to prove Lu Yan was the murderer.
"Sooner or later, I will find the evidence and avenge my junior sister."
The brawny man said bitterly, then turned around to leave.
Lu Yan saw the resentment and hatred in his eyes, which were much more intense than before.
In other words, by revealing Lin Qiuyu’s secret, Lu Yan had made this guy hate him even more.
He took a step out, but Lu Yan had already blocked his way.
"After defaming me, you think you can just walk away without producing any evidence?"
Lu Yan said coldly.
"What are you trying to do? These two Martial Hunters are here, you wouldn’t dare touch me?"
The brawny man retreated a few steps in fear, shouting hesitantly.
"Please, within Lingwang City, killing is prohibited. Don’t make it difficult for us."
One of the Martial Hunters said.
"It is a grave insult to the Martial Marquis. If you two were slandered like this, would you just let it go and swallow such a bitter pill?"
Lu Yan said.
The two Martial Hunters fell silent. After a while, one of them said, "No killing is allowed in Lingwang City."
The implication being as long as no one dies, everything else goes.
The brawny man’s face paled. He leaped up, trying to escape from the side.
However, a large hand reached out towards him.
The brawny man’s cultivation level was far inferior to Lin Qiuyu’s. He was just a Martial Marquis Level One, he couldn’t dodge, and Lu Yan grabbed his face and lifted him up.
Crack! Crack!
Two kicks swiftly followed, targeting the brawny man’s legs. The sound of bones breaking rang out.
The brawny man’s legs twisted and deformed, his leg bones shattered. In pain, his body convulsed, and he struggled frantically, but like a small chick, it was all in vain.
Lu Yan just held him like that and walked out of the house.
