C10 Arrest of criminals
It was almost noon. The blazing sun recklessly scattered invisible flames in the air, causing the heads of the pedestrians outside to burn painfully.
Supporting the hot weather, he walked through the bluestone path and out of Ba Zhong County City, then over a piece of grassland. Under the guidance of the brothers from the intelligence department, Mu Tu finally led a group of yamen runners onto the cobblestone road in front of Yellowsand Gang's headquarters' stronghold.
Although the Yellowsand Gang Headquarters was built on a small lone mountain outside of the Ba Zhong County, it was possible that the Sect Leader was in charge.
The black city gate at the headquarters was locked, and the door knocker was engraved with two yellow sand colored beads. Somehow, the two guards guarding the city gate were dressed in uniform, with their hands always on the hilt of the long sword hanging at their waists, it was obvious that they knew some martial arts.
The walls of the city were so high that it was difficult to see the inside without climbing. From time to time, the top of the wall would shine with a cold silver light, as if the owner had scattered a lot of iron filings on it to prevent people from climbing up.
Mu Tu led the normal class of yamen runners to the gates of the Zhu Hei City and was about to speak. The two guards started shouting themselves, "Who has the guts to barge into my Yellowsand Gang."
It must be because these guys were used to not looking at others, they couldn't even recognize such a handsome constable. They were truly fearsome.
"Take him down," Mu Tu waved his hand and ordered the bailiffs under him.
The constables looked at each other, a look of hesitation on their faces, but after looking at Mu Tu's somewhat impatient face, they anxiously went forward to draw their swords and point at the two guards, this was their boss, if he did not perform well, his performance prize would be deducted, in the end he was just a group of tyrants, offending was offending, and the job would be done for.
When the two guards saw that these idle yamen runners had actually drawn their sabers, their intuition told them that something bad was going to happen. They hurriedly pushed open the door and entered the room without caring about the yamen runners, leaving behind the shadows of the yamen runners. All that was left was a bulky black city gate, which stood in place and could not be escaped.
"Chase", Mu Tu immediately took the lead, followed the two guards with the Twilight Knife in his hands into the courtyard of Yellowsand Gang.
The constables looked at each other. Seeing that Mu Tu's figure was about to disappear from the door, they clenched their teeth and closed their eyes before rushing in.
Upon entering the gate, Mu Tu felt that the surroundings were too quiet, something was not right. The entire interior of the Yellowsand Gang was like a small city. Other than the fact that there were no trading shops and there were less residences, the rest were not much different.
Without waiting for Mu Tu to think, the yamen runners caught up to him.
After all the officials had entered the mountain stronghold city, "shua shua", a group of Yellowsand Gang Gang members who had been lying in ambush surrounded Mu Tu and the other bailiffs. These disciples of the Yellowsand Gang were all extremely tall and sturdy, wearing long yellow robes with various types of coarse weapons in their hands, and staring fiercely at Mu Tu and the others with their large eyes.
Not long after, the second leader, Huang Shashi, who was dressed in a light green scholar's robe, suddenly walked out from the pile of yellow people, and with a gentle and gentle voice he said: "With the guts you guys have here, you dare come to my Yellowsand Gang to act presumptuously."
Hearing that, Mu Tu frowned. The Yellowsand Gang seemed to be accustomed to being lawless. They must have always been acting arrogantly, but there was no one to treat them, making them forget the unspoken rule of not fighting against officials. To actually have such an attitude towards officials, it really was like lifting a lantern in the bathroom — You're courting death. Impudent! I am a constable of the Ba Zhong County, following the orders of the County Governor Lord Jiang, I am here to capture and kill a criminal, Huang Shahu! Mu Tu endured his anger and continued speaking. Although what he said might not have any use in this world, but as a polite little constable of the underworld, he still had his reasons.
Huang Shashi could not help but burst out laughing, "So there was actually a young master taking the lead, no wonder things are like this. However, to be able to capture a prisoner in my Yellowsand Gang, this is the funniest joke I have ever heard. "Although I am just a commoner, I have at least read a few years' worth of books and know that everything requires proof. If little lord has no proof, then don't blame us for being presumptuous."
Without hesitation, Mu Tu took out the cold jade pendant from his bosom. "This is an object from the hands of the dead, a possession from your Yellowsand Gang's three sect masters, Huang Shahu. What else do you have to say for yourself?"
Huang Shashi muttered to himself, isn't this Third brother's cold jade pendant, just when Mu Tu was thinking that he would surrender, his expression changed, he took out a steel pen and pierced it straight at Mu Tu, and spoke arrogantly: "Hand over your cold jade pendant, and I will spare your life."
One inch short, one inch dangerous. This pen tip was aimed straight at Mu Tu's armpit, and from the angle of the pen tip, if he was struck by this stroke, he would lose all his fighting strength within a short period of time, and if he was hit by the tip of the pen, he would lose his life.
This was rebellion! In a hurry, Mu Tu anxiously used the swimming movement that his master had bestowed to him to move away. But even if he reacted in time, Mu Tu's sleeves were still cut open by Huang Shashi's Lifesteal Judgement.
was immediately infuriated. He picked up the Twilight Knife and used a White Tiger Leaping into the ravine, flying straight towards Huang Shashi's face, under the sunlight, the heavy and heavy blade itself looked extremely ordinary, but the sound of the gold ring's clinking could be heard, it was obvious that this blade contained the power of the Bandage Technique.
Seeing Mu Tu coming at him aggressively, Huang Shashi anxiously waved the judge pen in his hand to block, initially thinking that he would not make much of it, but he never thought that this seemingly ordinary blade would actually cut the judge pen he painstakingly crafted into two.
This brush had accompanied him for many years, and he had fought in large and small fights for dozens of times. Although it looked ordinary on the outside, it was an integrated iron brush that had been poured into a crafting master by the Kunlun Coldsteel master that he had spent half his life saving.
What was chopped down was not a pen, but a huge amount of silver! Huang Shashi felt his heart ache.
After losing his iron brush, Huang Shashi found it hard to resist Mu Tu's attack. He used his own profound Qi to move his body left and right to dodge, and the situation became more and more serious. He took the opportunity when the momentum of Mu Tu's blade was too strong to stop and caused him to have some free time. Huang Shashi rushed to the side and shouted to the small fry who was watching the show, "All of you take action now, kill this brat."
Seeing that the Second Sect Master had taken the initiative to speak, the disciples of Yellowsand Gang knew that if they did not act now, their future days would not be good. They hastily drew their weapons and rushed over to save him.
The official yamen runners at the side did not need Mu Tu's command this time, and voluntarily drew out their long and unadorned swords and started fighting against the members of the Yellowsand Gang. Blades and swords flashed, fists and axes clashed.
Mu Tu saw that the thieves were approaching aggressively, holding his Twilight Knife, he began to practice the Eight Trigram Knife Technique Blind Elephant Dance to perfection, the beautiful blade edge protecting him, coupled with the movement of his movement, he was even able to draw back from time to time to give the surrounding Yellowsand Gang gang a ruthless slash. Very quickly, the disciples who were near him all received a red card warning.
"Shua!" It was as if the blind man had drawn a special prize, the gorgeous blade edge made contact with Huang Shashi's sword, and took the opportunity to slash at Huang Shashi's right arm, slicing a hole in it.
Just as Mu Tu was feeling a little bit proud, a white light flashed before his eyes, and then, he noticed that something seemed to have cut into his chest, causing him to feel a faint pain. Lowering his head, he saw that his Quick Armor had astonishingly been ripped open by something, and a slightly bleeding wound appeared on his stomach. And that cold jade pendant had somehow appeared in Huang Shashi's hands.
Currently, Huang Shashi's face was pale white, beads of sweat flowed down his forehead as he panted heavily. His right hand seemed to be trembling, and traces of blood dripped down his index finger onto the ground. But even though he was in such a sorry state, Huang Shashi still managed to force out a smile from the corner of his mouth. "This lowly one thanks sire, for returning Third Brother's Cold Jade Pendant, please forgive me for not giving it away." After saying that, a few lackeys who had escaped respectfully escorted Huang Shashi into the inner chamber.
After fighting for a long time, the Great Master of Yellowsand Gang and the criminal Huang Shahu still did not show themselves.
"All of you stop," Mu Tu shouted helplessly. From the technique that he used, he was afraid that he would not be able to capture the culprit, Huang Shahu. If this group of gangsters and officials really went against each other and attacked together, then he and this group of yamen runners would have to report it to the Yellowsand Gang Headquarters.
Although they had been fighting busily for a long time, other than a few unlucky underlings who had been beaten up by Mu Tu and suffered light injuries due to the slaps, the rest of the soldiers were all safe and sound. The only ones who might have accidentally torn some of their sleeves were the yamen runners who had moved a little too violently. It was as if these two groups of random soldiers had only demonstrated their best martial arts to each other before being called to halt.
Mu Tu shook his head. This bunch of grandsons couldn't count on him anymore, so it seemed like they could only return to County Governor Manor to find some useful helpers to capture the real Huang Shahu together with him.
Yellowsand Gang had been so arrogant and despotic in Ba Zhong County for a long time that even the yamen runners below were so afraid of making enemies with him. Thinking about how they had bullied the common folk, they were probably even more afraid of these ruffians, and could not be blamed on County Governor Jiang who was born as a parent.
"Big brother, are we really letting these officials go?" Huang Shahu grumbled unhappily, "The brat at the front beat me up before, so no matter what, we should at least let him bleed, right?"
"Hmph, if not for your violent temper, killing people in Ba Zhong County City and getting caught by the officials. As for us brothers, we wouldn't even be able to eat or rest in the afternoon. This County Governor Jiang has always wanted to catch the weakness of my help, and you actually want to kill him? Do you want us to die with you? You know how to stir up trouble! " The Yellowsand Gang Sect Master angrily smashed his palm on the table, causing it to split into pieces.
"Didn't I hear that Old Shui went on a business trip to Yichang …" Huang Shahu lowered his head and pouted.
"You still dare to talk back." The leader of the Yellowsand Gang s, covered her face with her hands, and gave Huang Shahu a full beating from head to toe …
When he returned to County Governor Manor, County Governor Jiang was still working on the paperwork. It was as though he had always done it himself, so small and large cases required him to go through his eyes before he could feel reassured. As expected of a good cadre of the people, in County Governor Jiang, an indescribable feeling of respect rose up uncontrollably from the bottom of his heart.
Seeing that someone had entered the room, County Governor Jiang slowly put down the document in his hands, raised his head and looked at the other party, only to realize that it was Mu Tu who was in a slightly sorry state, and anxiously said: "Little constable Mu, have you caught Huang Shahu yet?" There seemed to be something that flowed in the corner of his eyes. County Governor Jiang stared at the corner of Mu Tu's mouth with red eyes, waiting for him to capture him.
Unfortunately for them, Mu Tu lowered his head in shame, and did not dare look at Lord Jiang with eyes filled with hope. The small girl held onto the handle of the Twilight Knife tightly, the veins in her arms bulged, and she was a little disappointed and sad: "Reporting to Sir, Yellowsand Gang is leading a large group of people to resist us, the officials, and apprehend the culprit. This subordinate is weak and does not have the ability to protect the evidence.
"How preposterous, these bunch of bastards actually dared to obstruct the officials from capturing the culprit, and even stole the evidence," County Governor Jiang slammed the table, while knocking Shi Wen Zhen, who was lying on the table onto the ground, trembling in rage.
This group of evil people would commit evil deeds on a daily basis, oppressing the commoners of the Fish and Meat Ba Zhong County. The people were forced to suffer due to their power and influence, so they couldn't speak. This time, they finally had a hold over them, so how could they let this go?
County Governor Jiang stroked his somewhat grey beard. He was a lot older than his peers who were in his forties, and had put in too much effort for the prosperity of Ba Zhong County.
After thinking for a while, County Governor Jiang raised his head to look at Mu Tu who was blaming himself, his eyes turned and smiled: "That's good too, the thieves in Yellowsand Gang dared to lead the group to resist the officials, and with that, things will become much easier. It just so happens that my inner disciple, Xiong Zifeng, is here on a tour of my Ba Zhong County and is currently dining in the canteen of my County Governor Manor. Go down and find him, and have him lend a hand. This time, we must definitely arrest the criminal and bring him back to justice today. "
Mu Tu clenched his teeth and replied solemnly. His bright and lively eyes flickered with a biting cold light, the Twilight Knife in his hand trembled, and he was about to walk out.
County Governor Jiang looked at the miserable looking boy and found it somewhat unbearable. "Kid, go change your clothes first and eat your fill before you go. This nephew of mine is somewhat extreme and does things according to his own set of rules. However, his kung fu is not bad, as long as he goes to the Yellow Sand Gang with his help, capturing a criminal won't be a problem. However, he has a stubborn personality, so if he is rude, you have to take it seriously.
Mu Tu's heart warmed as he heard this, and he bowed to take his leave.