Colluding With Demons!

Normally, the death penalty was rare, let alone what the town mayor said about Tang Tianhao being publicly executed in two days. This immediately made Tang Jie want to know what crime Tang Tianhao had committed.

The town mayor swallowed and coughed before saying, "I heard... it was about colluding with demons."

"Colluding with demons?"

Tang Jie's body trembled instantly.

Demons were creatures that had existed since ancient times. It was said that in the ancient era, this land was ruled by demons. Nowadays, demons were enemies of humanity, and every demon was ferocious and cruel, with their favorite food being human hearts and brains.

The amount of bloodshed caused by every demon could be described as monstrous. Once a demon's trace was found, it was bound to be exterminated and eradicated!

However, demons could disguise themselves as humans and could not be distinguished from the outside. Therefore, demons posed a great threat to humans. Anyone who dared to collude with demons would face the death penalty!

"My father couldn't possibly have colluded with demons!" Tang Jie gritted his teeth. He knew that Tang Tianhao was by no means a great person who accumulated virtue and did good deeds, but he had his own moral bottom line and definitely wouldn't collude with demons. There must be some misunderstanding!

Seeing Tang Jie's expression, the town mayor comforted him, "I've already asked True Person Heyun to go to Lingyue City. He is an immortal... he will surely be able to speak to them."

Tang Tianhao was from Qingyuan Town and had lived there for twenty to thirty years. Therefore, after he got into trouble, the town mayor immediately asked True Person Heyun for help.

After all, in the eyes of the town mayor, True Person Heyun was like an immortal, a reclusive master. If he went to Lingyue City and clarified the situation, and if Tang Tianhao was truly wronged, it might not be impossible to save his life.

But Tang Jie knew very well that since they were going to execute him publicly, there was no way it would change because of a few words from True Person Heyun.

Within the Great Xia Dynasty, the strongest force was not any immortal cultivation sect, but the Great Xia Dynasty that made the rules!

As for immortal cultivators? The Great Xia Dynasty and the official immortal cultivators were numerous. Tang Jie had also come into contact with some immortal cultivators, and he knew that True Person Heyun was just an ordinary Qi Refining Stage immortal cultivator among them, and he could not influence the government's judgment at all.

"I understand. Town Mayor, you should go back first. I want to be alone," Tang Jie said to the town mayor after thinking a lot, maintaining his composure.

"Okay, you wait for news at home," the town mayor sighed and left Tang Jie's house without saying much.

The town mayor secretly shook his head. Tang Jie was usually very low-key, staying at home all day and never coming out. Even he, the town mayor, rarely saw him. Now that trouble had befallen Tang Jie's family, he could only do his best.

After the town mayor left, Tang Jie quickly tidied himself up. He went to the warehouse, awakened the two Corpse Puppets, Tie Yi and Tie Er, prepared himself, and with his saber, he quickly headed out of Qingyuan Town.

A glimmer flashed in Tang Jie's eyes. Whether Tang Tianhao had colluded with demons or not, Tang Jie couldn't completely deny it in his heart. Tang Tianhao often went out, and he never told Tang Jie what he was doing outside, so it was not impossible that what he was doing was not a benevolent act.

But, stepping back, even if Tang Tianhao had indeed colluded with demons, now that he was to be publicly executed by the Lingyue City government, Tang Jie would never stand by and watch!

"Father... I won't let you die." Tang Jie recalled the scene when Tang Tianhao took him to visit True Person Heyun and taught him martial arts when he was a child. He said firmly in his heart.

Tang Jie rushed to Lingyue City overnight, arriving the next morning.

Outside the government office of Lingyue City, fully armed soldiers stood like pine trees. The gate of the office was open, and on both sides of the entrance were two giant stone lions, watching visitors with great dignity.

Lingyue City was one of the 108 major cities of the Great Xia Dynasty, and the authority of the Lingyue City government was extremely high, possessing the power to convict and execute criminals.

Tang Tianhao was to be publicly executed tomorrow. He was definitely imprisoned in the Lingyue City government's jail. Tang Jie came here to see Tang Tianhao and clarify the situation.

"Halt, unauthorized personnel!"

As Tang Jie approached, several soldiers at the gate immediately shouted.

Tang Jie took a deep breath and said, "I'm here to visit the prisoner."

"Who do you want to see?"

A middle-aged man wearing bronze armor, who seemed to be the captain of these soldiers, asked.

Tang Jie immediately replied, "I want to see Tang Tianhao. He should be locked up here, right?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man and the other soldiers all showed cold expressions. The bronze-armored soldier captain said impolitely, "Tang Tianhao colluded with demons, and no one is allowed to visit him. If you want to see him, you will have the chance to see him at the execution ground tomorrow!"

Tang Jie clenched his fists but said nothing, striding towards the gate of the government office.

"Kid! Stop!"

The soldier captain shouted, but Tang Jie acted as if he hadn't heard him.

"Kid, are you trying to force your way into the government office? Get out!"

Seeing this, the soldier captain's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he pushed Tang Jie's shoulder, intending to push him out.

"Bang!"

As soon as the soldier captain's hand touched Tang Jie's shoulder, he felt an irresistible surge of power from Tang Jie's body, which made him stagger back uncontrollably, almost falling to the ground.

This shocked the soldier captain, and his face turned red. "You brat, you want to force your way into the government office? Take him down!"

"Clang!"

With a series of sword-drawing sounds, several other soldiers drew the weapons at their waists and stared intently at Tang Jie.

Tang Jie scanned the surroundings, his expression cold. It would take him no more than three seconds to kill all these soldiers!

"This kid..."

Tang Jie's gaze carried a powerful pressure that made these soldiers feel a chill, as if the opponent could take their heads at any moment.

"Wait, wait!"

At this moment, a voice called out from the county office.

"True Person Heyun?" Tang Jie looked up, somewhat surprised. He saw an old man in a long robe walking out of the office, who was precisely True Person Heyun.

Tang Jie remembered what the town mayor had said earlier. True Person Heyun had indeed come to Lingyue City.

"Everyone... it's all a misunderstanding," True Person Heyun said with a fawning smile to the other soldiers who had drawn their swords. Fighting with these soldiers in the county office was no joke. It was disrespecting the authority of the Great Xia Dynasty, and even immortal cultivators would be hunted down if they did so!

The soldiers' expressions finally softened. They knew that True Person Heyun before them was no ordinary person, but an immortal cultivator.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the status and position of immortal cultivators were extraordinary.

"Let's go, we'll talk somewhere else."

True Person Heyun pulled Tang Jie along. Tang Jie hesitated for a moment before following True Person Heyun. He understood that forcing his way into the yamen had been too impulsive, and he didn't even know where Tang Tianhao was being held.

After they were far from the yamen, True Person Heyun said to Tang Jie, "Tang Jie, I've done my best, but I can't save your father."

"Did you see my dad?" Tang Jie asked.

True Person Heyun nodded slightly. "In the yamen of Lingyue City, I have a fellow disciple. For his sake, I was able to see the imprisoned Tang Tianhao."

Speaking of this, True Person Heyun shook his head. "According to my inquiries, your father has always been a member of a gang called the Six Peaks Gang, and he was even the deputy leader. The Six Peaks Gang engaged in shady business, and originally, it wasn't a capital offense."

Changing the subject, True Person Heyun continued, "However, the leader of the Six Peaks Gang is actually a demon. When the authorities came looking for them, the demon sensed something was wrong and fled. Your father was captured because he was the deputy leader of the Six Peaks Gang. He was thus convicted of colluding with demons, and that's not an unjust sentence at all!"