Chapter 124 Book 2 Chapter 22
The madam said: "Sir, please save me!" As expected of a Qi Practitioner, she did not faint from just this level of pain.
Upon looking at the bloody scene and hearing that she would be next, Fu Rong shouted “Save me …” and without being able to finish her sentence she was strangled.
"Stop, let go of Fu Rong!" The pavilion was once again getting rowdy.
Not only downstairs, even the balconies above were filled with people. Seeing that it was a rare bustling moment, everyone was busy chatting.
"Isn’t the Eagle Wolf Guard the backer of the pavilion? What’s going on today!?" There are no walls in the world that would never let the wind pass through(a Chinese idiom meant to symbolise that the walls have ears), the pavilions actions in the city were simply scandalous, if not for the approval and protection of the Eagle Wolf Guard, they would have long closed down. This world will always have someone who knows the truth about these situations.
"That punk hit Fu Rong!"
"What? He really dares to!" A lot of people clenched their teeth. To many of them, Fu Rong was their dream goddess. Even if they could not have her to themselves, they would not be willing to let others bully her.
"Look, Fu Rong is currently being strangled by him!" This caused a burst of public anger. In their eyes, Fu Rong’s pained expression made them only feel saddened and hurt.
"Ah Ning!" Even though Diao Fei was smacked awake by Qing Shan and saw Fu Rong’s true looks, he was still somewhat confused and seduced. Only by biting down on his tongue did he finally resist the seduction.
Fu Rong’s cry for help attracted a lot of martial artists, who began to take action. Even the non-martial artists started cursing and scolding Qing Shan. Throughout the pavilion, a sea of voices were raging at Qing Shan : “ Put down Miss Fu Rong, if not we’ll not let you die a good death!”
"Hmph, nothing but a group of fools!" Li Qingshan coldly harrumphed. His voice was not loud but it easily overwhelmed the surrounding noises, shocking the public into silence.
He only looked at Zhao Liang Qing: "Are you going to release her now?" The knife in his hand already placed horizontally against the Madam’s neck.
Zhao Liang Qing shook his hands as he released Qing Xiu. She rubbed her sore shoulders and quickly trotted over to Li Qing Shan’s side, careful to avoid the large pools of blood on the ground. Looking at the Madam’s bloody situation, she felt bad for her despite knowing that plenty of evil deeds and deaths of her sisters were the result of the Madam’s actions.
As she stared at Qing Shan, he showed no sign of emotional fluctuation. Instead, he slowly displayed a cruel grin. Since he was going to become a hero, then he would need to have greater ambition than that of normal people. Punishing criminals and rooting out evil was after all one of the world’s most satisfying things to do.
"Li Qing Shan, what are you doing here?" Zhuo Zhi Bo angrily rushed in, followed by Qian Rong Zhi and other members of the Eagle Wolf Guard. Seeing the situation at the pavilion, they were quickly taken aback.
Zhuo Zhi Bo thought that his conspiracy’s perfection lied in the fact that even if Qing Shan did not take the bait, he would not be blamed either way. Given my kind-hearted gesture to let my men bring you to the Pavilion, you can’t say that I didn’t treat you well right? Even if he really had some relation with Gu Yan Ying, he could not say that he was harmed when he was visiting a place like the pavilion. Li Qing Shan would only end up walking a path to death if he fell for the trap, and even if he did not he would still have to keep quiet and admit this loss. Taking all this into account, this plan could be considered nothing short of perfection.
In fact, if not for Qing Xiu, he could only slap Fu Rong in the face. Li Qing Shan could originally only endure and wait to get revenge, but with Qing Xiu, he would be able to stir up a whole mess of trouble for Zhuo Zhi Bo. Since he dared to set a trap, then I will just ruin the whole setup!
Zhao Liang Qing said: "Commander Zhuo, is this the way your Eagle Wolf Guard does things? If you do not pay for our services then so be it! You lot still dare to meddle into our business and seek trouble!"
"Is that so? That is simply overly bullying people!"
“Pavilion leaders, what are you going to do?"
"Quickly release Fu Rong! If Fu Rong suffers a single injury, I’ll cut you into a thousand pieces! "
Not paying for escort services? What a bad reputation to have. If he had to bear such a bad reputation, Qing Shan would not be able to continue living in Jia Xing City. Zhuo Zhi Bo also gave a solemn look: "Qing Shan, is that so?" Acting as if he was not the one who ordered Ge Jian to bring Qing Shan here in the first place.
"No it’s not true! They …” Qing Xiu tried explaining the truth while behind Qing Shan, but was slowly overwhelmed by the sea of voices.
Li Qing Shan didn’t bother spouting nonsense. With a pop, he inserted the long knife into the Madam’s heart and then pulled it back out without a single bloodstain on it.
You scold me, I hit the madam. You hit me, I also hit the madam. You ruin my reputation, then I’ll simply kill the Madam.
"You ... ..." Zhao Liang Qing became furious. Li Qing Shan then leisurely placed the knife on Fu Rong’s neck, and said to himself: "One down, one to go!" He then kicked the huge body down the stairs. One person killed is forever a person lost.
The entire pavilion knew of the madam. Who did not know of this ruthless and flexible fat woman? She operated in the city of Jia Xing for many years, from ushering to entertaining guests, she has always been in charge of operations in the pavilion, a famous person to say the least. Yet now she was just killed with a knife, becoming another corpse.
The environment instantly turned quiet. Everyone wanted to ask, who is this youth? Why was he so ruthless?
Zhuo Zhi Bo did not think that Li Qing Shan would dare to be so daring in front of him. He was instantly angered, if not for considering a certain person, he would not let this be. Qian Rong Zheng also grew a shred of fear in her heart. That youth that killed people in the midst of chatting was not like the other men she met in her life, and was definitely not that easy to deal with.
When Li Qing Shan brought Fu Rong up, Zhao Liang Qing finally could not help but cry out: "You dare?" But that was his cash cow, the foundation of the entire pavilion, lied practically in her body. Even if the madam died, a replacement could be sought, but if Fu Rong died, the entire pavilion would be ruined.
Li Qing Shan turned to Zhuo Zhi Bo and said: " Commander Zhuo, this pavilion is filled with plenty of filth. Forcing young girls to become escorts! The young girl beside me is a witness, please take charge and administrate justice accordingly!”
Zhao Liang Qing also looked over, seemingly to say, I give you so many pills annually, you better handle this well.
Zhuo Zhi Bo felt greatly troubled. Amongst everyone, he was the one that dabbled into the most matters, afraid to harm his own interests no matter what action he took. He was originally planning on using his advantages to peacefully bide the rest of his life. Asking him to take the risk to kill Li Qing Shan was something he did not dare to do. But if he agreed with Li Qing Shan’s views, then he would only be hitting himself in his own face and cutting off a potential source of revenue.
Li Qing Shan saw through his mentality, fiercely him into a side. The reason he dared to take such a gamble under the threat of two strong Qi Practitioners held a very strong relation to his own personal strength.
Even in the worst case scenario, he could just escape with his own hidden strength. Simple releasing a bit of Demonic Qi would enable him to easily escape from this place. However, it seemed his concerns were excessive.
Zhuo Zhi Bo said: "Qing Shan, you are too impulsive, this case is up to the magistrate level, it’s not up to me to decide!”
Zhao Liang Qing looked at Zhuo Zhi Bo incredulously, because of your matter, my side has so many people that died, yet you claim it is only because of an impulsive moment?
Zhuo Zhi Bo immediately stared back fiercely, so as to let Zhao Liang Qing remember, the gap between the strength of each other, as well as who had the final say in Xi Ping city. This left Liang Qing to swallow his own broken teeth ( idiom to represent the unwilling acceptance of one’s injuries), what a great Zhuo Zhi Bo!
"This judge is here! What case do you have? Feel free to speak up!”
At this moment, Zhou Wen Bin stepped into the pavilion in his bright red ceremonial clothes.
"Lord Zhou!" "Lord Zhou has arrived!"
In the pavilion, no matter the civilians or the noble guests, they all kneeled before the man. In their eyes, there was not only fear due to his power, but also passionate respect for his conduct. They kneeled wholeheartedly.
Li Qing Shan then knew at this moment, that Zhou Wen Bin had this amount of respect from the citizens of the city. He instantaneously realised that the piece of paper that Qing Xiu had stuffed into his hand could possibly be for this Zhou Wen Bin to request for help.
Zhou Wen Bin alone earned more respect than that of Zhuo Zhi Bo and his group. He gently said: “Everyone please rise.”
Zhou Wen Bin glanced at Zhuo Zhi Bo, then looked at Qing Shan. For the pavilion to have such a mess occur, he would obviously know of it at the very first moment. Not only did he know, but he even deduced the events that occurred as well as the conspiracy that Zhuo Zhi Bo planned. Looking at Li Qing Shan, he thought to himself: "This kid is really a genius at seeking trouble, with such a small incident, he managed to make Zhuo Zhi Bo come down himself."
Zhuo Zhi Bo coldly said: "Lord Zhou sure came in at the right time!"
Zhou Wen Bin laughed: "That is true, that is true!" Waving his sleeves, he floatily came before Qing Shan and asked despite knowing: “Qing Shan, why are you doing this?”
"She had some grievances. I wanted to take her to the county to meet you my lord, but I did not think there would be villains blocking the road. I thought to myself, since I am an Eagle Wolf Guard, I should be honourable and just. Administering justice and punishing these villains so as to serve the people should be my responsibility, so why should I be scared of these bad people? Hence, I accidentally killed a few. My lord, please be the judge to this situation” Li Qing Shan then pulled Qing Xiu from behind him and passed the note in his hand to Zhou Wen Bin.
Those idioms instantly triggered Zhuo Zhi Bo who cursed and swore inside, wanting to do nothing but cut down Qing Shan.
"This one was simply a daughter of fishermen in a village. I was playing at a riverside seven years ago when I was kidnapped and brought here…” Qing Xiu respectfully bowed and talked fluently, obviously planning out this speech numerous times in her heart long ago.
Zhao Liang Qing said: "My lord, this is slander! We bought this girl for 20 silver, we even have a receipt as proof. She just simply wants to escape which is why she came up with such lies to deceive you.”
Qing Xiu then explained: "No that’s not true, I am not, you are the one lying…”
Zhou Wen Bin raised his hand to quell the dispute, "This lord will certainly investigate this case thoroughly and will not harm an innocent man nor let a guilty man off.”
Under his orders, 20 over men came in, clearly not Qi Practitioners, but also having a strong martial arts foundation. At Qing Xiu’s guidance, they went off to rescue the other girls, but after a while of searching, they found no one. They were quite clearly brought away earlier.
"My lord please oversee this matter!" Zhao Liang Qing then took a receipt from a slave which clearly showed that Qing Xiu was bought for 20 silver by the pavilion.
Qing Xiu then anxiously cried: "My lord, I did not lie!"
Zhou Wen Bin gently said: "Do not worry, I will send someone to your hometown to check." In his mind, he clearly understood that these filthy places were definitely not clean and that nobody would tell the truth