Eternal Life: I Rely on Fortune Points for Improvement-Chapter 224 - 155: Uncle Fu, You Didn’t Blow Your Cover, Did You!

Chapter 224: Chapter 155: Uncle Fu, You Didn’t Blow Your Cover, Did You!

Chief Qiao frowned and said.

"Seal this place off and let Lord Chief of Prison decide."

Officer Zhao gave the order.

His expression looked grim.

Li Zhang and Lin Yuanfu, the Grand Commander and Vice Commander of Zhenbei Prison, both died just like this inside the prison, and in Li Zhang’s own room, too. Such dereliction of duty—these Supervisors could hardly escape blame.

"Lord Chief of Prison has arrived!"

Two quarter-hours later, Bao Longwei received the news and hurried over. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"Greetings, Lord Chief!"

Officer Zhao and the others quickly knelt in greeting.

Uncle Fu instead knelt silently in the corner of the room, head lowered without a word.

Bao Longwei waved his hand, signaling everyone to rise, then strode over to examine Li Zhang and Lin Yuanfu. Seeing both of them with eyes wide open in death, unwilling to rest in peace, it seemed as if something had deeply scared them before they died.

"What on earth happened here?"

"How did they end up like this?"

"Who did this?"

Bao Longwei fired off three questions in a row.

Li Zhang and Lin Yuanfu’s brutal deaths, Han Dong sent to the south to support the Second Prince in eliminating the Red Lotus Sect rebel faction—now, with something like this happening at Zhenbei Prison, if the Emperor held someone accountable, he, Bao Longwei, would be the first in line.

It had been no easy feat becoming Chief of Prison.

Bao Longwei had no wish to return to the way things were before.

"Reporting to Chief, we... know nothing."

Officer Zhao stammered, then braced himself to answer. After he finished, he knelt and awaited Bao Longwei’s reprimand.

"Know nothing? The Grand and Vice Commander both die inexplicably in the prison and you know nothing? Bring Chu Tianhe here at once!"

Bao Longwei was furious.

"Yes, sir!"

Chief Qiao immediately directed a Captain to fetch Prison Army Commander Chu Tianhe.

"This subordinate greets Lord Chief!"

Before long, Chu Tianhe hurried in.

"Tell me, how did they die? How do you guard Zhenbei Prison? Who killed them? Speak!"

Bao Longwei was fuming with righteous anger.

"Commander Li, Commander Lin—this... my lord, what happened?"

Chu Tianhe took one look—Li Zhang and Lin Yuanfu were already dead, mouths agape wide enough to fit several eggs inside.

"Bang!"

Bao Longwei, enraged, kicked Chu Tianhe, sending him flying from the room into the courtyard outside.

"Lord Chief, this subordinate is guilty!"

Ignoring the pain in his chest, Chu Tianhe rushed back in and continued kneeling before Bao Longwei.

"Useless fools!"

Bao Longwei simply couldn’t calm down.

But he still personally inspected the cause of death for Li Zhang and Lin Yuanfu.

Li Zhang was attacked during his use of magic, his spell broken and his soul power backfired. Even though his soul essence was protecting him, and he still had a last breath, Uncle Fu shattered his soul essence, causing him to die in a fit of rage.

However, with just his First Grade Qi Refining Realm cultivation, Bao Longwei couldn’t discern how Li Zhang had actually died.

As for Lin Yuanfu, Uncle Fu had crushed his heart—his internal organs had ruptured. This, at least, Bao Longwei could see clearly, and so he asked, "Before I arrived, did any of you touch Li Zhang or Lin Yuanfu?"

"Reporting to Chief, when we heard the commotion, we rushed over and saw Commander Li and Commander Lin lying unconscious on the ground. We all carried them to the bed to rest."

Officer Zhao replied.

"Anyone else?"

Bao Longwei looked at everyone.

"I was the first to hear Commander Lin’s cry. When I pushed the door open, Commander Lin was coughing up blood. I tried to wipe away the blood for him."

Yang Feng raised his hand and said.

"Anyone else?"

Bao Longwei felt something was off.

Uncle Fu, standing in the corner, bowed and said, "Reporting to Chief, there was also me. The two commanders were gravely wounded. Captain Yang dragged me over, but by then they were both at death’s door. I was powerless to help them. Please forgive me, Chief!"

"Other than you all, no one else?"

Bao Longwei frowned.

He hadn’t entertained any suspicions about Uncle Fu.

For one, Uncle Fu had worked at Zhenbei Prison for more than twenty years. He had always been diligent and had never made a mistake. His medical skills were exceptional and Bao Longwei valued him highly. Besides, Uncle Fu was elderly and frail—how could he, right in front of so many people, shatter Lin Yuanfu’s heart?

It seemed Lin Yuanfu’s heart had already been shattered from the very start.

"Go summon Director Si from the Demon Suppression Bureau."

Without any leads, Bao Longwei had to start with the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Both Li Zhang and Lin Yuanfu were transferred here from there—both died in bizarre circumstances. Perhaps the Demon Suppression Bureau had some clues.

Of course, Bao Longwei also carefully inquired about any unusual events in the prison over the past few days, especially concerning what happened in the final moments before Li Zhang and Lin Yuanfu died.

Officer Zhao and the others then detailed everything they had seen and heard to Bao Longwei.

For a time, people came and went throughout Zhenbei Prison.

The news of Li Zhang and Lin Yuanfu’s tragic deaths began to spread.

In the office.

Jiang Feng checked his Fortune Point changes.

Fortune: 43211

His Fortune Point had increased by over twenty thousand.

He couldn’t hide his smile.

Though Li Zhang and Lin Yuanfu hadn’t come for him, their investigation could easily have ended up involving him. The Loulan Slash he cultivated was itself a Demonic Technique. If Li Zhang had kept probing with his soul power, using talismanic magic, it was likely that one day he’d have slipped up.

But now, both were dead.

Even if the Seventh Prince refused to let it go and sent others to investigate, it would still be some time before that happened.

For now, Jiang Feng didn’t need to worry about the matter entangling him.

But as for what method Uncle Fu had used to break Li Zhang’s magic, Jiang Feng was actually quite interested.