Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?-Chapter 27 - This is a Gentleman_1

Chapter 27: Chapter 27: This is a Gentleman_1

Chapter 27: Chapter 27: This is a Gentleman_1

Three minutes later, Li Xuan reluctantly walked to the front of the steps. Jiang Hanyun was giving him a sidelong glance on the side: “Why are you so anxious? All you need to do is try. There are so many elders here, no one will laugh at you even if you lose.”

“Xiaowei is correct.” Ma Chenggong clasped his hands in front of his chest with a stern face, desperately trying to hide his bitterness: “Qianzhi, you’ve done many shameless things, aren’t you afraid that this beast will reveal your secrets? This is called fighting poison with poison!”

His logic is that for someone who is inherently depraved and doesn’t care about face, the privacy attacks of Tingtian Ao naturally amount to nothing.

Li Xuan’s lips twitched, but he stepped up and stood on the first step with a thick skin.

He had already decided that once ‘Tingtian Ao’ started talking about him being a time-traveler, he would immediately retreat.

Seeing the personality of this spiritual beast, it doesn’t seem too excessive, and it shouldn’t cling to him uncontrollably.

After taking his position, Li Xuan closed his eyes, waiting for the judgement of Tingtian Ao.

However, to his surprise, for the next ten breaths, he did not hear Tingtian Ao speaking. Li Xuan opened his right eye and looked forward, only to see the ‘Tingtian Ao’ silently looking at him with a complicated look.

After waiting for another twenty breaths, ‘Tingtian Ao’ still didn’t speak. Li Xuan thought for a moment, and then tentatively asked: “Mr. Ao, if you don’t speak, can I take it as if I have cleared the first level? From now on, you can’t back out!”

Then he plucked up his courage and stepped onto the second level.

Tingtian Ao was still staring at him, with no other reactions.

Not only Li Xuan but also the people below were confused.

Everyone was wondering what was going on? It makes no sense that Tingtian Ao would treat Li Xuan differently. This notorious playboy of Nanjing City couldn’t possibly have no dirty secrets.

The smile on Ma Chenggong’s face was gradually stiffening.

This was not what he had imagined. He was expecting that the subordinate who caused him to be beaten up by his wife would also be publicly executed in front of everyone.

The so-called joy shared is more than solitary joy. This kind of socially fatal experience, how could he enjoy it alone?

“Mr. Ao?” Li Xuan nervously stepped onto the third level, maintaining a posture that he could jump down at any time: “This is you not speaking, not me being greedy. Mr. Ao, I am a considerate person. If you can’t stand it, just make a sound, please be kind.”

Tingtian Ao on the steps was like a clay sculpture or a wooden sculpture. Even when Li Xuan stepped onto the fourth level, it still turned a blind eye to his actions.

Li Xuan’s heart was beating fast. He was worried that Tingtian Ao was going to use a big move, waiting for him to step onto the fifth level, and then kill him in one shot.

Just at this time, Li Xuan found that there was not only surprise and astonishment in the eyes of Tingtian Ao, but also a bit of fear and respect.

Something’s not right!

After careful identification, Li Xuan realized that Tingtian Ao was not looking at him but at a spot about a foot behind him.

When Li Xuan turned his head, he saw the red-dressed female ghost following him. She was also looking at Tingtian Ao with her bloody eyes that had no pupils.

Li Xuan felt that, judging by the expression and angle, it looked more like a one-sided oppression and condescension.

One minute later, Tingtian Ao retracted his gaze. Then it wagged its tail, its body floated up: “Consider me beaten, let’s stop here for today. But my master said, if you dare to destroy his temple again, it won’t be so easily settled. Watch out for yourself, Liudao Division.”

Ma Chenggong was stunned, and then called out somewhat reluctantly: “You are just leaving? He has surrendered without saying a word? This is not fair. How did you get defeated? You must give us an explanation.”

Tingtian Ao looked down at Ma Chenggong, then said jokingly: “This person is a rare gentleman. He may appear unruly and rebellious, but he actually is upright and just, knows when to stop and has rules to follow. I have checked his past privacy and listened to his inner voice, and found him impeccable, hence my retreat.”

Then, as soon as its words fell, its figure blurred and suddenly disappeared.

Ma Chenggong was a little dumbfounded, then looked at Li Xuan with disbelief: “A gentleman named Li Qianzhi?”

He thought that this is not correct. Why is it that the same act of attending brothels can make this guy a gentleman?

At this moment, not only Ma Chenggong, but also Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue in the distance were looking at each other. If this guy is considered a gentleman, then it wouldn’t be too much to say that we are as pure as jade?

Li Xuan’s face turned slightly red. He waved his hand somewhat embarrassedly: “I’m truly ashamed! I hid it for so long, yet Mr. Ao discovered my true character. I’m overwhelmed, overwhelmed!”

He was overjoyed. Not only did he get a great achievement for free today, but he also got the chance to enter the 7th floor of the book collection building, which is something many people dream of.

As for the monetary rewards, they were the least important to him.

At the same time, he was also curious about the scene where Tingtian Ao and the red-dressed female ghost looked at each other.

Li Xuan was wondering why Tingtian Ao was scared? There must be a reason for this.

But then he suppressed his emotions, and bowed all around, “Brothers and sisters, I will book two hundred of the finest banquet tables at the Hongding Restaurant across from here today. If any of you are free and wish to eat, just mention my name!”

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When everyone dispersed, Li Xuan then moved to the side of the Zhuque Hall’s main gate and found Jiang Hanyun, who was still enraged and staring in the direction where Tingtian Ao had left.

“Major, let’s say I have gone through the motions.”

Jiang Hanyun finally turned around, looking at Li Xuan with complex eyes. She seemed a bit resentful, surprised by the fact that Li Xuan did not face public punishment, and there was also some residual shame and anger.

However, a few breaths later, Jiang Hanyun regained her composure, “You’re full of energy! You came to work on your first day after waking up and practiced two extra rounds today.”

Li Xuan was taken aback, “How did you know, madam?”

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He was wondering whether this woman had assigned someone to track him?

“Lei told me.”

Jiang Hanyun flicked her sleeve, and the three-tailed spirit fox crawled out, “Its bloodline is not as pure as Tingtian Ao, but it is a descendant of the divine beast, Baize. I had it keep an eye on you.”

Li Xuan was rather disappointed, considering that he had purposely moved sideways to try and expose the red-clothed female ghost behind him to Jiang Hanyun’s field of vision.

But neither Jiang Hanyun nor her spiritual beast have been aware of the female ghost’s existence till now.

He thought that this so-called Baize bloodline must be impure. The real Baize is known to understand the feelings of all beings, understand all of nature’s forms, foresee the future, and its divine skills are even above the Tingtian’s.

Look at this spiritual fox; it can’t even talk.

Then Li Xuan saw his counterpart, the three-tailed spirit fox, baring its teeth at him. This creature may not see the red-clothed female ghost, but it can sense Li Xuan’s contempt for it.

“I originally intended to give you a couple of days off, but Lei told me your wounds have healed and you’re fine. Conveniently, I’m short of personnel now.”

Without knowing what the three-tailed spirit fox said to its master, Jiang Hanyun, hand on her sword, looked at Li Xuan, “I will wait for a quarter of an hour, get everything you need, we have to go out of Nan City.”

“Out of Nan City? Is there a case? That’s not our jurisdiction, is it?”

Li Xuan was actually reluctant. His purpose for joining Liudao Division was for the red-clothed female ghost and to investigate the two Daoists, not to be on the clock and investigate cases.

“Didn’t I say we’re short of people?” Jiang Hanyun gave him a look, “It’s not a big case. Someone was killed by a wild wolf near Jiangjun Mountain on the outskirts of Nan City. Because there was a monster’s aura residue at the scene, Jiangning County sent a talisman paper to us, asking us to have a look.”

Li Xuan was helpless, he had to hurry to the not far away Hongding Restaurant, put down some deposit, and then rush back into the Zhuque Hall to pack his things.

Luckily, Li Xuan was already dressed in Liudao Division’s official uniform. And all the tools that an apprentice Lingwu needed were in a metallic briefcase— since the day this case was handed to him, he had not opened it.

Li Xuan’s original plan, along with his father Earl Chengyi’s, was to use Lingwu as a stepping stone to enter Liudao Division and then be a ‘Lishi’, a physically demanding role that didn’t require much thinking. They never intended to last long in the career of examining corpses.

The two of them did not ride horses this time, but instead, each led a giant lizard, more robust than a rhino, and rode away with a thunderous rumble from the stable outside Zhuque Hall.

According to his previous life’s memory, the so-called Dragon Colts are merely a bit of the dragon clan’s bloodline. But these creatures, which look like ‘lizards’, are true dragons, known as ‘Earth Dragons’, initially a hybrid of ‘coiling dragons’ and ‘dragon alligators’.

Li Xuan had a very nice driving experience. The Earth Dragon not only moved quickly, reaching speeds of over 160 miles per hour at its peak, but also very stable.

In just a little over a quarter of an hour, they arrived at Jiangjun Mountain, which was several tens of kilometers away from Zhuque Hall.

The crime scene was in a patch of grass at the northern foot of Jiangjun Mountain. Aside from a few Yayis from Jiangning County, the person in charge of the case was unexpectedly the Historian of Jiangning County.

The Historian is an assistant to the county lord, in charge of matters like arrests and prisons, and the Historian of Jiangning County is surnamed Liu.

“We pay our respects to Major!”

After doing his salute, Liu the Historian led them towards where the corpse was, “Our coroner has examined it. The victim is 42 years old, a wealthy merchant from Nanjing City. The time of death was between six and nine hours ago, and the cause of death was a pack of wolves.”

Jiang Hanyun puzzled, “What was a wealthy merchant doing in a place like this? Six to nine hours, wasn’t it in the middle of last night?”

“We asked the mountain people living nearby. They identified the victim as a medicinal businessman called Shi Laogen. He came to the mountain this time to negotiate a business deal with them about medicinal materials.”

Liu the Historian answered thoroughly, “There’s a Mountain God Temple not far away, where we found a fireplace and his luggage. It’s worth noting that the broken silver in his luggage has not been lost. It’s conjectured that this man missed his time, so he stayed overnight in the small temple and unfortunately encountered the wolves.”

“Did he not bring attendants and martial masters?” When Jiang Hanyun said this, her voice paused, because she and Li Xuan had seen the body.