Chapter 136: My Sin-Dispelling Office Are All Honest Men

As soon as the horse began to bolt, Xu Yuan immediately shouted, "Riding horses at full speed within the city is forbidden! Quickly stop them!"

The fat Inspector was a Wu Xiu, stronger than the horse beneath him, and was struggling to control it, roaring, "No one is to interfere..."

Watching the Inspectors and Captains of the Sin-Dispelling Office flounder in panic, there were actually a few people who gritted their teeth and rushed forward, risking being kicked by the horses, to grab the reins!

"How is it that the Sin-Dispelling Office is filled with such honest men like the eldest Young Master Fu?"

Xu Yuan cursed inwardly and had to act himself.

The tendon cord shot out with a whoosh, skimming the ground like a living snake, slipping between the two horses, gaining a few steps ahead before suddenly pulling across!

A horse-tripping rope!

The white light on the calligraphy sheet on the saddle flared again, shielding the entire bodies of both horses, but did not prevent them from being tripped; with a boom, they crashed to the ground.

The two Inspectors on the horses let out a cry of shock, then followed, smashing solidly onto the ground.

The fat Inspector was a Wu Xiu with impressive skills; he actually straightened his waist, preparing to land steadily.

Zhou Leizi treacherously tossed out two soybeans.

The soybeans hit the ground and grew rapidly.

Vines wrapped around the fat Inspector's feet.

The fat Inspector instantly lost his balance, crashing headfirst onto the ground with a thud, smashing a large pit into the blue bricks of the road!

The other Inspector fared even worse, falling directly from his horse and sliding several zhang away, his face and body scraped raw with blood!

Zhou Leizi's other soybean landed on his horse, instantly growing and sucking the horse dry into a desiccated corpse!

Xu Yuan and Zhou Leizi exchanged a silent glance.

Regardless of how much Zhou Leizi previously distrusted these "outsiders," and regardless of the fact that Xu Yuan had already marked Zhou Leizi in his mind last night... now these two sinister fellows felt a mutual appreciation rising between them!

After that glance, a look of panic immediately appeared on Zhou Leizi's face, and he waved his hands repeatedly, explaining, "I, I wanted to stop the mad horse..."

The two Inspectors of the Shanhe Office were not seriously injured, but falling like that in the middle of the street meant their faces were also smashed to pieces on the ground.

The fat Inspector leaped up, and the vines wrapped around his feet were torn to shreds.

If the two truly fought, Zhou Leizi's level was too low; the Farming Method could not trap the fat Inspector.

But in that special situation just now, Zhou Leizi's sneak attack caused the fat Inspector to suffer a solid loss.

"You—" he raged, yet restrained himself again and again.

Similarly, he did not dare to truly engage in a street brawl with the Sin-Dispelling Office.

Moreover, there was a Vice-Inspector opposite; this would be an act of insubordination!

Even if they fought, the Vice-Inspector's level would likely crush him, and he would still suffer a loss.

Xu Yuan walked forward with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, hands behind his back: "Are the two of you seriously injured? This official has a medicinal pill here that can treat you."

The Sin-Dispelling Office and the Shanhe Office are brother offices; mutual help is only right.

For instance, just now when your horses were startled, the entire Sin-Dispelling Office stepped in with righteous intent!"

As Xu Yuan spoke, he raised his hand, a medicinal pill emitting black qi resting in his palm.

The fat Inspector's face turned red with anger, giving the impression that white steam was about to喷 out from both his nostrils and ears.

"It seems the two of you are so seriously injured you cannot speak."

Come, come, this official will treat you right now!"

Xu Yuan spoke enthusiastically and moved to approach.

The fat Inspector stepped back sharply: "No need, we only have superficial injuries."

Is that a medicinal pill of yours? It is clearly a poison pill!

Damn, the people of the Sin-Dispelling Office have truly black hearts!

If they did not admit that he was just helping to stop the startled horses, this fellow would force treatment upon them.

Although the fat Inspector was very certain that this fellow would not dare to poison two Shanhe Office Inspectors in the middle of the street to death—this fellow still couldn't stand the idea of using a poison pill to tamper with something inside his body.

A hero does not suffer immediate losses!

We Wu Xiu are certainly not brainless brutes! This official can bend and stretch.

"Oh, the injuries are not serious then." Xu Yuan casually retracted the poison pill, waved his hand, and said, "Then there is no problem. Those on duty go to duty, those on shift change go to shift change."

Xu Yuan put away the pill, put his hands behind his back again, and walked openly between the two Inspectors of the Shanhe Office.

Squeezing the two men so they had to step back to make way.

Seeing Fu Jingyu and the others immediately followed.

After Zhou Leizi's squad, with stiff faces, stood by the roadside watching Vice-Inspector Xu leave, they turned back to the Zhan City Office.

The journey was not long, and no one spoke the entire way.

Everyone felt like saying something, yet felt they didn't know how to say it.

When they reached the office gate, everyone looked at each other, and suddenly couldn't hold it back, bursting out laughing with a chuckle.

This Lord Xu, you could say he is domineering... but he isn't.

But what he just did was truly very satisfying.

It wasn't the relief of spitting out a mouthful of bad temper, but rather that feeling which cannot be spoken, winding around in the belly, becoming more and more satisfying the more it winds.

"Zhou Leizi, you and that Lord from the Southern Office are very in sync."

Zhou Leizi shouted as if his tail had been stepped on: "Nonsense! I, Zhou Leizi, have iron bones and a righteous spirit; how could I be in sync with an outsider?"

Everyone burst into laughter; Zhou Leizi became even more anxious, saying things like "It was all coincidence," "I did not understand his intentions," and "There was absolutely no mutual appreciation," words that made no sense to the listeners.

The two Captains of the Shanhe Office also quickly returned to their own office. Those two horses were already useless; the two of them gave an order at the gate, and a Captain of the Shanhe Office pulled a cart to the street to bring the two horses back, taking them to the backyard to be slaughtered and eaten.

However, one of them had been hit by Zhou Leizi's Farming Method and sucked dry.

The entire Shanhe Office then cursed the Sin-Dispelling Office for being inhuman again!

Two Captains quickly entered the office, into a quiet and elegant courtyard.

"My lord, we have returned."

The two stood outside the door, clasping their fists and bowing.

A gentle yet slightly hoarse voice came from inside: "So soon? It seems you suffered a defeat."

The two felt ashamed and knelt halfway: "Your subordinates are incompetent."

"Come in and speak."

In the center of the room stood a zither table; on the west side was a writing desk and an antique shelf; on the east side was a tall, narrow side table with two vases, each holding a branch of red plum blossoms.

A woman dressed in a royal blue brocade robe sat lazily behind the table, flipping through a zither score; her long, pale-green sleeves revealed fingers as white as scallions, lightly plucking the zither strings.

The zither music was melodious, possessing an ancient charm.

A pale-green snake tail extended from beneath the robe, but no jade feet were visible.

Seeing the two enter, the woman lifted her gaze from the zither score to look at them, revealing a pair of gray-blue vertical pupils!

The two dared not look longer, lowered their heads, and saw that snake tail again.

In their hearts, they felt immense envy: within the Canal Office existed a special cultivation lineage—the Dragon Transformation Art!

It was bestowed by the Dragon King of the Canal.

But it could only be granted to those who had established great merit or received the favor of elders.

It was said that once cultivated to the Upper Three Ranks, one could truly "transform into a dragon"!

Moreover, as long as this cultivation method was successfully mastered, one could marry a prince or princess, or even an imperial son or daughter!

It was said that the Jing Wang, the Son of Heaven's favorite, had a Wang Fei who was a noble lady from the Canal Office who had successfully cultivated the "Dragon Transformation Art"!

There were also rumors circulating in the office that the Crown Prince, back then, was... precisely because the Crown Princess was not a cultivator of the Dragon Transformation Art.

And the Law Master before them had already achieved minor success in cultivating the "Dragon Transformation Art," and was now in the state of "Half-Transformed Little Dragon."

(End of this chapter)