The Woman in the Room

"Who told you to move things around here? Where are the Iron Scale Gang people?"

Guo Feng shouted sharply.

"Stop yelling. Every last one from the Iron Scale Gang is dead."

Chen Baisha, the Giant Shark Gang's leader, appeared with a gloomy expression, carrying the corpse of Zhao Tiecheng that he had found inside a room as he walked out.

"It was Lu Chen again. He committed murder after murder, yet instead of fleeing the city at once, he actually stayed here and killed again!"

Chen Baisha casually threw Zhao Tiecheng's corpse to the ground with a muffled bang, gritting his teeth in fury.

"What?" Guo Feng's face filled with shock and anger.

The yamen had been hunting for Lu Chen everywhere, searching high and low.

Yet Lu Chen still dared to keep killing?

And he had wiped out an entire gang!

He truly had no regard whatsoever for the yamen!

"Where is Lu Chen?"

Zhao Hu, the master of Rising Sun Martial Hall, rushed over after hearing the news, his face frantic as he let out an angry roar.

Lu Chen had killed his only son.

He had spent the entire afternoon searching for Lu Chen like a madman.

He only wished he could slice Lu Chen into a thousand pieces and tear his corpse to ten thousand fragments, so that he could offer them to his son's spirit in heaven.

"Lu Chen actually killed everyone in the Iron Scale Gang for the sake of a group of poor commoners..."

Chen Baisha's face darkened as his snake-like gaze swept toward the terrified poor commoners. "He killed again for a group of poor commoners?"

Zhao Hu's face suddenly twisted slightly. His eyes reddened as his gaze fell upon the poor commoners, a vicious glint emerging within them.

"Good, very good. This Lu Chen has truly made me see him in a new light!"

Zhao Hu suddenly let out a savage laugh. With a whoosh, he lunged forward and seized one of the poor commoners. Grinning viciously, he said, "Speak! Where is Lu Chen?"

"I don't know! I don't know Lu Chen. I only saw lots of people moving things around here, so I followed them over. The Iron Scale Gang owed me more than half a year's wages. I only wanted my wages back..."

The poor commoner said fearfully.

"You don't know Lu Chen?"

A fierce light appeared in Zhao Hu's eyes as he struck out with his palm.

With a bang, the poor commoner's entire head exploded like a smashed watermelon.

Red and white splattered everywhere.

"Zhao Hu!"

Guo Feng's expression changed as he barked out a rebuke.

He still dared to kill someone right in front of the yamen. What would everyone else think of them?

"Constable Guo, my own son was murdered. Must you interfere even if I kill one lowly commoner?"

Zhao Hu turned back, his voice icy. "Besides, I have a way to lure Lu Chen out for certain."

"You have a way to draw Lu Chen out?"

Guo Feng's pupils contracted.

Even Chen Baisha, leader of the Giant Shark Gang, flickered his eyes and instantly looked over.

"That's right." Zhao Hu sneered. "But this method requires Constable Guo's consent..."

His lips moved as he suddenly employed a secret sound-transmission technique, sending his voice directly into Guo Feng's and Chen Baisha's minds.

Guo Feng's expression changed again. "You..."

Even Chen Baisha could not help clicking his tongue repeatedly, stunned by Zhao Hu's audacity.

"Constable Guo, you take the credit, Lu Chen bears the blame, and as for me, I only want revenge for my son. Are even such terms unacceptable?"

Zhao Hu snorted coldly.

Guo Feng took a light breath, waves surging through his mind.

In that instant, it was as if countless thoughts had flashed through his head.

"Fine. We'll do it this way!"

Guo Feng nodded, then suddenly waved his hand and shouted, "Arrest them!" A group of constables received the order and swiftly charged out.

The people from the Giant Shark Gang and Rising Sun Martial Hall wore savage grins as they surrounded the area, preventing anyone from escaping.

The place once again descended into chaos.

Early the next morning.

A piece of news shook the entire city, leaving everyone stunned.

A disturbance had occurred in the South City slums the previous night.

Lu Chen had appeared again, killing the Iron Scale Gang's leader. He had even incited countless poor commoners to rise in rebellion and attack the Iron Scale Gang's main headquarters, resulting in the deaths of more than a hundred people throughout the gang.

Fortunately, Constable Guo of the yamen had arrived in time, propping up the sky as it threatened to collapse, and suppressed all those rioters.

More than a thousand rioters had now been arrested.

The yamen's prison cells had all been crammed full.

The yamen was now notifying the entire city that the bandit leader Lu Chen had to turn himself in and confess within one day. Otherwise, they would give these rioters the full treatment, and these rioters would all die because of Lu Chen.

The news caused an uproar throughout the city.

"Didn't they say Lu Chen had been possessed by demons? Why is he now inciting people to rebel?"

"Who knows what's going on?"

"Lu Chen really has a lot of nerve. He killed so many people in broad daylight yesterday, and then wiped out the Iron Scale Gang at night... Lu Chen truly has no regard for the yamen at all..."

"All crows under heaven are black. What good people could those yamen officials possibly be? They say they arrested more than a thousand rioters, but if you ask me, most of them are probably innocent."

"They must be innocent. I recognized some of those so-called rioters. They're poor commoners from South City. I'd believe that they endure hardship and work diligently, but I absolutely would not believe they rebelled."

"The yamen is trying to force Lu Chen to show himself..."...

Many people saw through the yamen's true intentions.

Within all of Panshi City, if one had to name the greatest malignant tumor, then aside from the yamen, no one would dare claim first place.

The yamen gate faced south; without money, even the righteous could not enter.

Since ancient times, how many yamen had truly done decent work?

The Panshi City yamen was a malignant tumor among malignant tumors. No one knew how many people it had harmed.

County Magistrate Lin Mingyuan was even known as "Three-Foot Lin."

It meant that he had scraped even the ground three feet lower.

One could imagine how ruthless the County Magistrate's methods were.

Now, at long last, someone dared to stand up and resist in this damnable age. Even if the yamen called him a bandit chief or claimed he had been possessed by demons, the people simply did not believe it.

Even if he truly was a bandit chief, he had to be the sort of hero found in storybooks—a hero who would not harm ordinary people! Constable Guo could never have imagined that his mass arrest of poor commoners would not stir the city's hatred toward Lu Chen, but instead deepen the residents' disgust for the yamen.

At this very moment.

Deep within the yamen.

Inside a secluded room.

Several naked women with vacant eyes lay on the bed, no breath remaining in their bodies.

To one side, Lin Yun, the County Magistrate's son, straightened his clothes. As though he had swallowed a miraculous tonic, he was brimming with energy, his cheeks flushed as he walked out of the room.

"Find an alley and throw them in there. Keep your hands and feet clean."

Lin Yun said indifferently.

"Yes, Young Master!"

A servant answered respectfully. "How are things outside?"

Lin Yun suddenly called over another person and asked.

"Reporting to Young Master, Constable Guo arrested over a thousand poor commoners to lure out that Lu Chen."

The man replied.

Lin Yun's expression froze slightly. "He arrested more than a thousand poor commoners? Has Guo Feng gone mad?"

A moment later, as if he had thought of something, he pondered briefly and smiled. "Good. The more chaotic the city is, the better. I like chaos."

"Young Master, someone outside wishes to see you."

A servant suddenly hurried over, holding a dark-red token. "He told me to give this to you."

Lin Yun accepted the token, his eyes flickering slightly. "Where is he? Go bring him in at once!"

"Junior Brother Lin..." Before his words had faded, a light laugh suddenly rang out.

A man and a woman appeared in the courtyard without warning. The man was handsome and wore a black robe, while the woman was breathtakingly beautiful in a white dress, smiling as they looked toward Lin Yun.

"Senior Brother Zhang, Senior Sister Mei..."

Lin Yun's eyes lit up as he quickly went to greet them.

"Why have you come?"

"Master was worried that you would be unable to complete the task here alone, so he sent us to help."

Senior Brother Zhang smiled. "But on our way here, we heard some news. Your Panshi City has actually fallen into turmoil. A fellow named Lu Chen has stirred the entire city into unrest, and they even say he was possessed by demons. It's rather interesting."

"I only just heard of this Lu Chen as well. He only committed his first murder yesterday."

Lin Yun smiled. "Junior Brother Lin, the unrest in the city may not be a bad opportunity for us."

Senior Brother Zhang suddenly smiled and transmitted his voice. "Master needs a large number of blood sacrifices. We can take advantage of this chance to capture them, then place all the blame on Lu Chen. Wouldn't that be wonderful? He already bears so many crimes that one more means nothing. As long as we silence him forever, even the Town Suppression Bureau will find nothing!"

"To be honest, Senior Brother, that was indeed what I was thinking."

Lin Yun smiled and transmitted his voice. "However, this man has a small secret on him. We might as well uncover that secret first."

"Oh?"

Senior Brother Zhang and Senior Sister Mei's eyes flickered.