Once a constable of the City Guard Department, always a constable of the City Guard Department. Some habits never die.

Before long, the Zhuang Fu couple arrived with the Hospital Martial Artists to report.

They had gathered all the Hospital Martial Artists and searched the entire Zheng Martial Arts Hall, but found no sign of Bing Cui’s accomplices.

Chen Cheng ordered the Hospital Martial Artists under him to move Bing Cui’s corpse and wash away the bloodstains on the ground.

After discussing it with the Zhuang Fu couple, they ultimately decided to report the case to the City Guard Department.

This was the Inner City District, after all. Moreover, the Zheng Martial Arts Hall now held significant influence, so the City Guard Department didn’t dare to be negligent and reacted with extreme speed.

An Official from the Inner City Guard Headquarters personally rushed over with his men to understand the case and took Bing Cui’s body away.

Of course, Chen Cheng had already tampered with Bing Cui’s corpse, making it look as if he had been wounded first before being beheaded.

The Zheng Martial Arts Hall also announced publicly that the Wind and Rain Tower assassin, Bing Cui, had forced his way into their grounds, where he was discovered and killed by the combined efforts of the Zhuang Fu couple.

...

News of a Wind and Rain Tower assassin forcing his way into the Zheng Martial Arts Hall quickly reached Mao Yong, the Linji City Guard Director.

Mao Yong personally went to the Morgue to inspect the corpse of the Wind and Rain Tower assassin, Bing Cui. After carefully inquiring about the details of the case, he rushed to the City Lord’s Mansion to report to City Lord Jiang Botao.

This time, Jiang Botao was not impatient. On the contrary, he took the matter very seriously and, like Mao Yong, was very concerned with the details of the case.

Jiang Botao sat on the large, luxurious City Lord’s throne. After hearing the report, he lightly tapped his fingers on the huanghuali wood tabletop and said impassively,

"The Wind and Rain Tower assassin, Bing Cui... isn’t he the one mentioned in our intelligence reports? The Yama of Death who has never failed against anyone below the Bone Forging Realm?"

"That’s him," Mao Yong nodded. "In Linji Prefecture, a total of fifteen people have died by his Qimen Weapon, the Scissors Ruler, over the past decade or so.

All of them were at or above Muscle Strengthening Realm Perfection. Two were even Small Success Bone Forging Realm Martial Artists, although they died ten years ago and seemed to have been caught off guard at the time of their deaths.

These were all cold cases before, but now that the murder weapon, the Scissors Ruler, has been found at the Zheng Martial Arts Hall, we can confirm that Bing Cui was responsible for all of them."

Jiang Botao nodded slightly, his gaze growing profound. He said slowly, "In that case, this Bing Cui’s Martial Arts Power was indeed worthy of the title ’invincible below the Bone Forging Realm’.

For him to die so obscurely at the Zheng Martial Arts Hall is rather interesting!"

Mao Yong said, "The two Instructors at the Zheng Martial Arts Hall are skilled in the Yin Yang Sword Stance. With the help of all the Hospital Martial Artists, it’s certainly possible for them to have killed Bing Cui."

Jiang Botao waved his hand dismissively. "A Wind and Rain Tower assassin is dead, so be it. Tell me, who was Bing Cui trying to kill when he forced his way into the Zheng Martial Arts Hall?"

Mao Yong thought for a moment and said seriously, "Wind and Rain Tower assassins have always only cared about money, not people. Bing Cui must have received a Hidden Flower contract and was ordered to carry out an assassination.

In my opinion, the only person at the Zheng Martial Arts Hall worth putting out a Hidden Flower contract on is Zheng Hun’s Closed-door Disciple, Chen Cheng."

"Chen Cheng?" Jiang Botao mused. With Mr. Zheng’s recent resurgence, he, as the City Lord, had naturally reinvestigated the Zheng Martial Arts Hall and was well aware of Chen Cheng’s background.

"This Chen Cheng comes from a Humble Family with no foundation, yet in just two short years, he has grown from a mere Prison Guard into a Purple-clothed Guard of the Demon Suppression Department. Truly extraordinary.

"His achievements are not only due to his extremely high talent in the Martial Dao, but also thanks to the patronage of that girl from the Shen Family.

"The tree that stands tallest in the forest is the first to be torn down by the wind. Clearly, someone doesn’t want Chen Cheng to grow any further and wishes to strangle him in the cradle.

"Spending ten thousand taels of patterned silver to issue a C Level Hidden Flower at the Wind and Rain Tower for a Small Success in Muscle Strengthening Realm Martial Artist... I have to say, that’s quite a lavish move.

"Only someone from the Four Great Clans of the Inner City could pull this off.

"Since Chen Cheng is being supported by the girl from the Shen Family, it naturally wouldn’t be them.

"As for the Jiang Family, those little bastards wouldn’t dare do such a despicable thing behind my back.

"So tell me, was it the Qin Family or the Wang Family who did this?"