HPDBC Chapter 35: 34: Kill
Chapter 35: 34: Kill
Chapter 35: Chapter 34: Kill
Lin Rui did not know that, as he once again left the County Magistrate’s office, someone in a nearby tavern indeed harbored a murderous intent towards him.
It was a middle-aged man around thirty years old, dressed in the attire of an arrest officer.
He stood behind a window in a private room on the third floor of the tavern, peering outside. His nose, sharp like an eagle’s beak, appeared sinister and harsh under the sunlight filtering through the window lattice: “That’s Lin Twelve, a small constable under Zhang Tianchang who has been on the job for only three months. That man just stayed on the second floor of Zuihua House with Zhang Tianchang for a short while before coming downstairs.”
He smirked with a hint of mockery, “It seems the County Magistrate has no one else to rely on. Not only did he promote him to deputy arrest officer, but he also put him in charge of Hanhua Alley.”
Surprisingly, though he had left Zuihua House with Jiang Hanzhang earlier, he knew all the County Magistrate’s arrangements and movements.
At this moment, Government Official Jiang Hanzhang was sitting in the corner of the room, enveloped in shadows.
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He poured himself a drink and pondered with the cup at his lips, “So, does this imply that this man has the County Magistrate’s trust? How strong is he?”
“He’s fit to be a dark yellow-belted constable.” The eagle-nosed arrest officer shook his head slightly, thinking how cautious their Government Official was: “He’s said to have quite a talent for martial arts, having entered the Meridian Opening realm. This morning, he killed a third-realm demonic creature that was seriously injured. However, in my estimation, he must have just entered the Meridian Opening realm not long ago. The Thousand Thread devil he killed had previously been struck by a punch from Zhang Tianchang and was already close to death.”
Jiang Hanzhang then narrowed his eyes, “Then let’s send him on his way.”
His tone was casual, as though he was simply instructing someone to take out the trash.
The eagle-nosed arrest officer turned around with a sly smile, “Thinking of killing a chicken to warn the monkeys now might be too late. I’ve said before that Constable Zhuang and the others are unreliable, and that County Magistrate is a tricky figure to deal with.”
Jiang Hanzhang’s face turned cold. The betrayal of the three major arrest officers indeed caught him off guard and dealt him a heavy blow.
He snorted, “Officer Li, just do your job. There’s no need for so many words.”
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“I can do the job.” The eagle-nosed arrest officer fixed his gaze on Jiang Hanzhang, “As far as I know, the County Magistrate will be stationed at Zuihua House in the next few days.”
Zuihua House was at the entrance to Hanhua Alley, so acting against Lin Twelve at this time was extremely risky.
Since the County Magistrate appointed Lin Twelve as deputy arrest officer in charge of Hanhua Alley, he probably also intended to provide oversight.
“Isn’t that even better?” Jiang Hanzhang sneered coldly, draining the wine in his cup, “You don’t need to worry about the County Magistrate; when the time comes, someone will naturally keep an eye on him.”@@@@
This was exactly the effect he wanted to see.
In Yinyue County, he and the County Magistrate were the heavens!
Even the County Magistrate of the same county, if he became their enemy, could only watch helplessly as his confidants perished.
The eagle-nosed arrest officer fell into thought, then smiled, “Perfect, I have someone to deal with today, I might as well take him along. But I suspect he won’t live that long—those demons around Hanhua Alley don’t subsist on veggies.”
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“Boom!”
As evening approached, at the tail end of the street in Hanhua Alley, in the wine cellar of a tavern’s backyard, with over a dozen wine jars suddenly exploding, a booming sound erupted, and streams of black wine merged in mid-air, forming a four-meter tall water giant.
He was muscular, ugly, and fierce-looking, with eyes that were dark and muddy, bellowing with rage at Lin Rui, “You damned scoundrel, why prevent me from drinking? I haven’t troubled you—”
The two exchanged a glance in midair, then ran out like madmen, and just as they barely escaped the wine cellar, another earth-shattering boom occurred behind them, the sheer force of it blasting the dome of the wine cellar clean off.
Lin Rui was once again thrown to the ground by the blast wave, and only after the surrounding dirt rain had fallen did he climb to his feet.
Lin Rui, annoyed, wiped his face: “Damn it, I forgot that the vile wine ghosts have the ability to purify liquor, capable of distilling high-proof alcohol.”
“How much high-proof liquor would that take?” Wang Sen was also shaken, his face pale as he pondered in bewilderment: “Vile wine ghosts are obsessed with liquor; why wouldn’t it drink all this liquor rather than go to the trouble of purifying it to such a high degree?”
Upon hearing this, Lin Rui raised an eyebrow, a thoughtful expression crossing his face.
He then brushed aside his thoughts, putting a chunk of frozen ice into the pouch around his waist.
This was a piece of the vile wine ghost’s body frozen by Wang Sen, which they could take to the Government Office to exchange for money.
About seven days ago, a group of brothel and tavern owners had urgently implored the county government to kill this vile wine ghost, offering a bounty of seventy taels of demon silver.
Although due to Blood Blade Ji’s affairs, one of the owners had died and the rest had gone into hiding, the bounty they offered for the vile wine ghost had already been paid in advance.
The vile wine ghost’s combat strength wasn’t strong, but it possessed keen sensing abilities and a certain degree of water escape ability, so the constables previously assigned to Hanhua Alley had been unable to catch it.
Lin Rui, fortunately, had a Grandmaster level Concealing Breath Skill, and his derivation of the Red Thunder Palm into electromagnetic sensing was incredibly refined.
The Ice Wind Palm and Red Thunder Palm they’d learned were particularly restrictive to the vile wine ghost, making it quite easy for them to find and slay it.
As for why the vile wine ghost wanted to distill so much high-proof liquor, Lin Rui couldn’t figure it out and didn’t bother to think about it.
Afterward, he pulled out the stack of arrest warrants from his sleeve, flipping through them by the last glimmers of daylight.
Wang Sen watched this scene, his gaze filled with genuine admiration.
Before the vile wine ghost, by leveraging Lin Rui’s exceptional sensory abilities, they had together hunted down a ‘Faceless Ghost,’ a ‘Demon Wing Ghost,’ and that morning’s ‘Thousand Silk Demon.’ This was already the fourth demon.
Looking at Lin Rui’s manner, it seemed he was still ready to press on.
No wonder he was called Brother Rui, his perseverance was terrifying indeed.
Wang Sen was also focusing on regulating his breath, fortifying his energy and spirit.
According to the three-to-seven split agreed upon with Lin Rui, Wang Sen had already earned eighty-five taels of demon silver, which left him eager for more, hoping to earn another fortune.
Wang Sen hadn’t forgotten the instructions given by Yu Feicui before their descent.
Every so often, Wang Sen would look through the group chat history and the word ‘understood’ that he said before descending.
This made him feel deeply ashamed and conflicted; he was constantly struggling internally.
The problem was that money was coming too easily. With Brother Rui’s powerful electromagnetic sensing, they easily located hidden demons.
Moreover, this couldn’t really be considered dangerous for them, right?
Together, the two of them easily handled second-realm demons with neither strain nor danger.
It was clear that the risks were still within a controllable range! He shouldn’t have let down Feicui’s trust.