Chapter 552: Beating Up the Nursing Home on Nanshan Mountain

Outside the city, the sounds of battle cries and war drums shook the heavens and moved the earth!

Inside the city, the common people were in a state of panic, hiding in their homes and not daring to move.

On the streets, head detectives led yamen runners on patrol, specifically to suppress those causing trouble and to search for spies!

At this time, it was basically impossible to find a room to stay in.

Aaron did not go looking for an inn either; instead, he casually found a civilian house and played the part of a gentleman on the roof beams for once.

With his martial arts, that couple, who were merely ordinary people, could not detect him at all.

Every night, he could even listen in on their private conversations as a bonus.

"Disaster, it's a disaster! How did these Yellow Ant Thieves manage to attack all the way here?"

On this day, Aaron was listening as usual to the master of the house sighing and lamenting.

On the streets, the night watchmen, detectives, and yamen runners who had been barely holding on while carrying torches seemed to have made a pact, scattering in all directions one after another...

Among them, there were perhaps also internal agents of the Refugee Army mixed in, making the situation in the city even more chaotic.

"Jin Qing?"

Jin Rusong's pupils constricted; knowing he had encountered a truly ruthless person, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I have made countless enemies in my life, and I won't ask who you are. All my life savings are in this bundle. Please... please... spare my family!"

He tidied up the scene, wiping away clues and evidence. Although it was a great chaos now and it was unlikely anyone would come to investigate, Aaron just habitually played it safe.

"To be famous in a region, at the very least, one must have been a Dark Energy Expert back then... but this person is sixty or seventy years old; he really can't fight anymore..."

These techniques were said to have been extracted through torture from a notorious bandit. This bandit loved to disguise himself as a woman, infiltrate the homes of wealthy families, and engage in both flower-plucking and theft, succeeding no fewer than a hundred times!

"Don't go out to the streets recently; there is still rice in the rice jar at home."

He had a premonition that he might often do this kind of thing in the future.

Night fell.

What tempted Aaron the most were the techniques for Disguise and Bone Shrinking recorded within.

Immediately after, the other party exhorted: "There are too many reckless people taking advantage of the situation to loot and kill on the streets now. The yamen even called back the retired 'Eye-Piercing Catcher', but they still can't suppress it..."

The 'Eye-Piercing Catcher'—Jin Rusong!

Slap!

This palm landed solidly on his spine, and even the vertebrae seemed to have been broken.

Last time, the 'Golden Fish Gang' had invited this old man out of retirement to capture Lao Yutou.

Before he could finish his sentence, he couldn't catch his breath and died on the spot, his eyes wide open in death!

But it was already too late!

Just as he was catching his breath, another figure had already vaulted in through the window and struck out with a palm!

Jin Rusong subconsciously wanted to block, but that previous punch had already exhausted his meager remaining strength. At this moment, his old eyes were dim and his stamina was failing; he simply could not defend against it!

Those fleeing, those crying out, those looting...

Although he was old, his experience remained!

He had already seen that this person was using the Black Sand Palm and was a Dark Energy Expert at Great Success!

Against such an opponent, even if he were to face him head-on, he would be no match, yet he actually resorted to such base tactics and a sneak attack!

This old man had also emptied his family fortune, exchanging it for gold leaves, ready to run at any moment.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a commotion at the city gate.

"A night raid?"

He was a Gold Medal detective after all, and he sensed something was wrong.

His hair was gray, and his face was full of wrinkles and age spots.

The door shattered, and a figure lunged in.

Furthermore, his body had long undergone some drug resistance training; the dosage that would knock out an ordinary person was still something he could endure.

Aaron's eyebrows twitched as he listened.

In short, it was just one word—chaos!

Only then did Jin Rusong realize that the person he had hit was actually his foster son who had been keeping watch outside, and he immediately felt that things were going poorly!

Aaron confirmed that Jin Rusong no longer had the strength to resist, and only then did he slowly speak: "As for using incense? I just didn't want to wake your family, lest I have to kill your whole family to silence them..."

The oil lamp popped, and Jin Rusong yawned: "Sigh... one has to admit one is getting old. Twenty years ago, when I was capturing the Caihuafeng, I could go three days and three nights without sleep, and I would still be full of energy..."

Aaron silently noted in his little book: "On the contrary, the 'Golden Fish Gang' leader Duan Datong is only in his forties now and is also a Dark Energy Expert; his condition should be able to hold for a few more years... plus there is also a son, Duan Lang, who will have to be dealt with later..."

He never expected to run into Aaron.

Aaron frowned, and then he heard the cry, "The city has fallen!"

Aaron secretly recorded the valuable experience of beating up an elderly Martial Master.

"Consider it my luck..."

Jin Rusong subconsciously threw a punch, his Dark Energy erupting!

Bang!

This punch landed squarely on the figure's chest, hitting it so hard that the opponent's sternum caved in, and he slammed into the wall, slowly sliding down like a painting.

"Who is it?"

Meanwhile, the thugs and hooligans who had been waiting for a long time all ran out, looting and plundering in broad daylight, making a fortune.

Jin Rusong stood up abruptly, like an aged lion!

Crack!

It was enough to show how powerful this Disguise skill was!

"This Eye-Piercing Catcher—if he were in his prime, I really wouldn't be able to take him down. But after getting old, he only has the strength for one or two strikes left... After two or three strikes, his essence, energy, and spirit are drained, and he can only be left to be slaughtered!"

"This is..."

Besides self-aggrandizement, the booklets also recorded some methods for Investigation and pursuit, as well as experience on how to deal with low-down tricks.

"This person..."

Jin Rusong collapsed on the ground, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, looking at the Shadow that had entered: "You... you have no martial virtue, ambushing an old man like me... and you even used incense!"

Aaron flipped through the two small booklets casually and discovered they were Jin Rusong's autobiography; perhaps when people get old, they just reminisce about the past and want to leave something behind.

Aaron slipped out of the house silently, ambushed a Detective along the street, and interrogated him directly to find out Jin Rusong's residence.

Aaron walked over, carefully opened the bundle, and found that there wasn't much inside; besides a few sets of spare clothes, there were only ten thin gold leaves and two books.

"It's not his Secret manual for Dark Energy... a bit of a pity."

This person was once a famous expert in the prefecture city, but later, due to old age and infirmity, he retired and returned home to teach some disciples.

The Jin family.

Jin Rusong was packing his bags.

He was not a die-hard loyalist to the Imperial Court, and since things had reached this point, he naturally had to make preparations.

"Who told me that in ancient times, cities could be besieged for months or years without falling? It's only been a few days? I'm afraid there must be an inside man."

After flipping through a few pages at random, Aaron shook his head: "Even if it were, I couldn't practice it anyway, forget it..."

Is there still justice? Is there still the rule of law?

"Stop pretending. Although an old Martial Master might not be able to fight, they often have one or two trump cards... there are plenty of people who claim they are too old to fight while simultaneously launching sneak attacks on young people."

"Hm? Not right? It's incense!"

Otherwise, even if the matter were leaked, with Lao Yutou's shrewdness, he would have run away long ago!

Finally, he stuffed the gold leaves and the books into his bosom and prepared to head out.

Aaron made a snide remark and stopped pretending, walking out onto the street with a swagger; sure enough, no one bothered him.

"This city wall is confidence, and it is also the bottom line. Once the city wall is broken... all the authority of the Imperial Court, the hearts of the people... will be gone!"

(End of this chapter)