Disguise Technique! I Ate My Brother-in-Law's Family Out of House and Home? Please Read On

For intelligence item eight: Old Madam Chen's legs were ulcerating. Qin Wang ignored it.

That old hag had probably done too many evil deeds and was finally suffering retribution.

"Snow Lotus Sect's Snow Lotus Emissary Yue Quan had taken control of the Lin Family? Would his next step be to take control of the Su Family? The Lin Family, or even the Chen Family?"

Qin Wang looked at intelligence items nine and ten, his eyes thoughtful.

The Snow Lotus Sect appeared to wield considerable influence, but news had already spread that the Chen Family's youngest son had been taken away by an elder of an immortal sect.

He did not know whether the Snow Lotus Sect would dare provoke them.

If it was possible...

Perhaps...

He could use the intelligence to drive a wedge between the Snow Lotus Sect and the Chen Family, bringing about the Chen Family's downfall.

Only once the Chen Family fell would he have the chance to rescue his elder sister, Qin Xuemei.

"This time, the haul is truly enormous!"

"But an even greater haul lies in Du Xiang's treasure vault in Liangzhou!"

Qin Wang took stock of what he had obtained from Du Xiang.

One booklet was a map leading to Du Xiang's treasure in Liangzhou, while the key was meant to unlock it.

A complete manual for the twelve forms of the Flying Eagle Movement Technique.

Twenty-five fifty-tael banknotes, totaling 1,250 taels of silver.

"Set out for Ding Dian's home!"

"While I'm at it, I'll expose Zheng Kecheng's filthy scheme to wipe out his brother-in-law's family, then see if I can stir up trouble between the Chen Family and the Snow Lotus Sect!"

Qin Wang hid away the manual and banknotes, took out the intelligence on Zheng Kecheng that he had prepared long ago, added the information about Old Madam Chen being poisoned, then took the Soul Gathering Bowl, dressed in black, and stealthily headed for Ding Dian's home.

Ding Dian rented a place in a courtyard behind East Street in the eastern part of the city.

He lived alone as well.

At two thirty in the morning.

Ding Dian sat on his bed, clutching his crotch with both hands, pain written across his face as he muttered, "Damn it, it's all that slut's fault! Ah... ah, it hurts like hell!"

"How could this happen? Don't tell me it's ruined? I haven't even gotten married yet... hiss... ah."

Ding Dian rolled around on the bed in agony. Even hot compresses had done nothing.

"Ding Dian, this is what you get for all the evil you've done. Retribution has come for you!"

Just then, Ding Dian suddenly heard an icy voice behind him. His entire body jolted. In the dead of night, could it be a ghost?

"Who's there?"

Ding Dian's expression changed. He tried to turn around, but an iron-like arm clamped tightly around his throat. He tried to cry out, but all he could make were muffled "ah, ah, ah" sounds.

A disgusting filthy rag was stuffed into his mouth, followed by a rope binding his hands and feet. Lying on the ground, he looked like a shrimp stranded ashore.

"Ding, weren't you looking for me these past few days to offer me to Li Hongfei as a virgin boy?"

Qin Wang held a dagger to Ding Dian's throat and chuckled. "I'm here today just to rob you. Hand over the silver, and I'll spare your miserable life."

"Mmph! Mmph! Mmmph!"

Upon hearing Qin Wang's words, Ding Dian's eyes widened. He remembered—the boy Qin Wang who had applied to be a medicine apprentice!

"Where's the silver?"

Qin Wang pressed the dagger forward. Ding Dian's throat immediately stung as blood began to seep out.

Under Qin Wang's coercion, Ding Dian handed over his savings: thirty-seven taels of silver, hidden in the straw padding beneath his bed. Qin Wang opened the small bundle and discovered a dirty, tattered book inside. His eyes immediately lit up. "Disguise Technique?"

Qin Wang flipped through the battered book. Its pages were smeared with colorful substances resembling paint and rouge paste. It was clearly a guide teaching one how to conceal one's tracks and transform into another person.

"This is like a pillow arriving just when I'm falling asleep!"

Qin Wang looked at the tattered book, tucked it into his robes, then turned to Ding Dian with killing intent in his eyes.

With this, buying Qi and Blood Pills would become much more convenient in the future.

"Mmph! Mmph! Mmmph!"

Seeing Qin Wang pocket the thirty-seven taels of silver and the Disguise Technique, Ding Dian saw the killing intent in his eyes and immediately began struggling. He did not want to die. Qin Wang had said that if he handed over all his savings, he would be spared.

He had acquired this Disguise Technique from a wandering martial artist.

"Don't worry. You won't die!"

Qin Wang drove his knife into Ding Dian's heart, speaking in a low voice as he took out the Soul Gathering Bowl.

Despair and terror filled Ding Dian's eyes as his gaze gradually dimmed.

At that moment.

Regret overwhelmed him. He had thought this youth was a soft persimmon, only to discover that he was so ruthless!

Qin Wang saw it.

A faint soul identical to Ding Dian rose from his body and was sucked into the Soul Gathering Bowl. Qin Wang dragged Ding Dian onto the bed, lit a firestarter, set the quilt ablaze, and vanished into the night.

Before long.

Flames soared into the sky from Ding Dian's house, illuminating the night.

The next day.

Qin Wang woke at seven.

After washing up, he went out to eat earthen-pot chicken soup noodles.

Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord, knowing all beneath heaven, understanding all within it

Zheng Kecheng, Chief Constable of Yan Yun County's Arrest Bureau: In order to seize the property and farmland of his elder brother-in-law Li Chunli, who had died unexpectedly, Zheng Kecheng killed Li Chunli's First Madam, Fei Feiyan, and his son, Li Tianyi, on the day before Li Chunli's burial. He then burned down the mourning hall, framed tenant farmers from Qingniu Town, tortured them into false confessions, and administered slow poison to his wife, Li Chunxia, so that he could inherit Li Laocai's fortune. Furthermore, Zheng Kecheng kept Qu Wan in a golden house and today went to the Divine Constable Bureau in You Prefecture to pull strings and offer bribes in hopes of joining the Divine Constable Bureau.

Old Madam Chen, Zhuo Qiumei, was poisoned with Soft Bone Poison at the River God Temple by men sent by Ji Zhang, leader of the Black River Gang. The Black River Gang has pledged allegiance to the Snow Lotus Sect, intending to swallow up and consolidate the forces of Yan Yun County's large and small families.

The Divine Constable Bureau has already dispatched divine constables to secretly investigate Chen Hao, Li Hongfei of Tongrentang Pharmacy, and the Black River Gang!

Last night, he had exposed three pieces of intelligence and posted fifteen notices in all.

His previous disclosures had all been made at teahouses and taverns. He feared people might still be lying in wait for him at those places, so this time, he only posted them on the outer walls at several crossroads.

"After more than ten days, the Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord has struck again! This time, he actually exposed Zheng Kecheng, the Chief Constable of the Arrest Bureau!"

"His elder brother-in-law Li Chunli died unexpectedly, and to eat his family out of house and home, Zheng Kecheng set fire to the place at night, burning Li Chunli's wife and only son to death. He even poisoned his own wife slowly! As Chief Constable of the Arrest Bureau, he did something so filthy—he's truly vicious!"

"As Chief Constable of the Arrest Bureau, he knowingly broke the law and even tortured people into false confessions. I truly feel for those poor tenant farmers!"

"Keeping a beauty in a golden house, offering bribes, eating his brother-in-law's family out of house and home, torturing people into false confessions—Zheng Kecheng's crimes reach the heavens. He's finished this time!"

"The Black River Gang actually pledged allegiance to the Snow Lotus Sect? Old Madam Chen's poisoning was done by men sent by Ji Zhang?"

Good news never left the house, but bad news traveled a thousand miles. The Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord had acted again, and the streets were already abuzz with the news.

"I wonder how crazed Zheng Kecheng will become when he sees his filthy deeds exposed?"

At the earthen-pot chicken soup noodle shop, Qin Wang gnawed on the chicken leg in his bowl while listening to the surrounding diners' discussions, feeling satisfied and expectant.

At the county yamen.

Zheng Kecheng sat in the main hall, reviewing the case files before him. He was about to be promoted to the Divine Constable Bureau, and he intended to dig out and clear away several old cold cases.

"Chief Constable, n-no, something terrible has happened!"

Just then, a middle-aged constable in dark uniform hurried in and respectfully presented a sheet of paper, his expression panicked.

"Lin Bao, what has you so flustered?"

Zheng Kecheng frowned deeply. There was a reason Lin Bao had reached middle age and remained an ordinary constable—he could not keep calm in the slightest and was useless for any important task.

His wife really was a flower stuck in a pile of cow dung.

"Chief Constable, please look."

Lin Bao respectfully placed the sheet of paper in his hand on the desk before Zheng Kecheng.

"What? The Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord exposed me for eating my brother-in-law's family out of house and home?"

"Bastard! Slander! Utter slander!"

"This infuriates me to death!"

After reading the intelligence, Zheng Kecheng flew into a towering rage. A powerful aura swept in every direction, instantly shattering the desk before him into pieces. Lin Bao was pushed back five or six steps by that aura!