Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 387 - 72: Where Is Justice Under the Strong Arm of Authority? (Two-in-One)_2

“Bought?” Xu Zhengnan sneered, “You’re lucky you remember that. You paid the money, but it never reached him; instead, he was left exposed in an unmarked grave outside the city.”

At that moment.

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Jiang Ning watched the two, ready to continue their verbal sparring.

He immediately spoke, “Head Arrest Officer Xu, there’s no need for more words, let’s make the arrest!”

“Commander Jiang is right; let’s arrest him and investigate. If he has violated the laws of Great Xia, he should be judged accordingly!” Xu Zhengnan immediately responded.

“Let’s see who dares?” Liu Zhaonan half-drew his sword, glaring furiously: “I have already sent someone to inform Commander Yuan Hua, Commander Ye Qiu, and Master Hong. They will soon be here to ensure justice. I want to see who dares to touch me without their orders?”

“Commander Jiang, you see…” Xu Zhengnan said, a hesitation in his gaze towards Jiang Ning.

Liu Zhaonan’s words clearly intimidated him.

Normally, only the Inspection Office could judge its personnel when they committed offenses.

And the county government was not entitled to judge.

That was the reason for the exceptionally high status of the Inspection Office.

It was an independent system with its own authority to enforce laws.

Other law enforcement parties, unless principles were violated, were required to cooperate.

Not to mention, the Inspection Office personnel also had the authority to execute first and report later.

Such stacked privileges were what gave Inspection Office personnel an extraordinarily high status.

So, this was the reason for Xu Zhengnan’s hesitation.

Although he held the evidence of Liu Zhaonan’s crimes, and according to the laws of Great Xia, Liu Zhaonan’s offenses warranted death.

However, Liu Zhaonan was no longer an ordinary man but a Standard Ninth Grade officer of the Inspection Office.

This status meant that even though he was a head arrest officer of the county government, a rank of Eighth Grade, he could not touch him or punish him.

Among all present, only one person truly had the authority to deal with Liu Zhaonan, and that was Jiang Ning, also ranked Eighth Grade and a Deputy Commander of the Inspection Office.

At that moment, Jiang Ning saw Xu Zhengnan’s hesitant look.

He then spoke, “Since you mentioned Yuan Hua, Ye Qiu, and Master Hong are coming, I will wait for a while!”

Hearing this, Liu Zhaonan felt at ease.

Not to mention Ye Qiu and Master Hong, as soon as Yuan Hua arrived, with his support, Liu Zhaonan could consider this crisis over.

In his view, Jiang Ning was alright.

But so what?

Commander Yuan Hua was a heavenly talent of Martial Arts, born from an academy in Guangning Prefecture.

He was also early into the Seventh Grade of Martial Arts.

Coming from the academy in the prefecture city, his background was extraordinary.

Academy students all receive orthodox inheritance from the Martial Saint Mansion, practicing unique Martial Arts Skills.

People like them, at the same level, could fight two or three opponents alone.

Such was the power of an orthodox inheritance.

In Liu Zhaonan’s view, given Yuan Hua’s Seventh Grade Martial Arts strength,

Among those in Luoshui County, excluding foreign Martial Artists like the Four Great Commanders, Master Hong, and members of the Yellow Heaven Sect,

Yuan Hua’s strength was definitely among the top three.

As soon as Yuan Hua arrived, with his strength, what could Jiang Ning possibly fear?

However, what Liu Zhaonan did not know.

Yuan Hua had already fallen unconscious.

The internal injuries caused by Jiang Ning’s Water and Fire True Strength within Yuan Hua’s body were extremely severe, requiring months of recovery before any hope of healing.

…

In the light snow.

Everyone continued to wait where they were.

As for other parts of the city, with the full force of the government troops and the leaderless state of the Black Tiger Gang, whose leader had already been killed,

The Black Tiger Gang was eradicated within a few hours.

Caught if caught, dead if dead.

The majority were dead; not even one in ten survived.

Because among the government troops, instructions had already been given in secret.

If rules allowed, kill them.

Only in cases where it did not comply with the regulations and under public scrutiny, they resorted to making arrests.

As time passed.

What started as a light snow gradually became a heavy snowfall.

The sky also grew darker.

After a while, the government troops started lighting their torches.

The bright flames illuminated the surroundings of Liu Mansion.

Though the wait was prolonged, not a single person made a noise.

Because the person everyone was waiting for held the highest authority in Luoshui County, even the County Lord of Luoshui County was insignificant compared to Hong Minghu.

“There he is!”

Jiang Ning suddenly spoke.

“Is it Master Hong coming?” Xu Zhengnan leaned toward the direction of the Inspection Office and couldn’t help but ask.

“And Commander Ye Qiu!”

As soon as Jiang Ning finished speaking, Xu Zhengnan’s eyes narrowed.

“Master Hong and Commander Ye are both here!” he said, looking at Liu Zhaonan with a hint of complexion in his eyes.