C136 (1/2)
He looked at his nineteen men who had died a miserable death, and then looked at Hong Ling. Gritting his teeth, he said: ”I am the second son of the Liu Family of the Eight Great Families of Tianqi City, the son of General Liu Chao of the Great Chu, the nephew of Imperial Concubine Liu, Liu Ji!”
Just as Liu Ji was speaking, a commotion broke out in the distance as a group of officials rushed towards the Marquis' Mansion. Hong Ling's eyes focused. He looked at the rapidly approaching group of men and snorted coldly. The Great Chu Ministry of Justice? He wanted to see what these people actually wanted to do! There were a lot of people from the Board of Justice. With a sweep of Hong Ling's gaze, there were nearly fifty people. The one leading the team was a cultivator who had already stepped into the Spirit Refinement realm. He was no more than thirty years old, and his aura contained a faint trace of a bloody aura.
However, Hong Ling knew that these people were actually just outposts. The truly heavyweight figures were the few figures slowly riding over from the back. Hong Ling and the rest were still drinking their tea slowly, ignoring the arrival of these people. These officials quickly surrounded the door of the crown prince's residence. Clang clang. The blades of ice and snow were instantly unsheathed and pointed at Hong Ling and the rest.
”I don't know which one of you is His Highness Unique Noble Heir, but I am a constable of the Ministry of Justice. There were clues pointing out that the person who had taken one of Liu Ji's Earth Grade magic tools was hiding among the many servants in the crown prince's mansion. ”Prince, please hand over the servants in your house and have us bring them back to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation!” The middle-aged official said in a clear voice. He was using the Authentic Qi and his voice transmitted across several streets.
Hong Ling frowned, looks like this guy wanted to make a big deal out of this!
”Who are you?” He took a sip of tea and asked coldly.
”The Ministry of Justice's Fifth Grade Divine Catch, Yan Heng!” Yan Heng said coldly, ”Are you Noble Heir Hong Ling?”
”So it's the head constable of the Yan family. Please excuse me!” Hong Ling said with a sense of respect, but didn't have the slightest hint of wanting to stand up, ”I am Noble Heir Hong Ling! I wonder from which evil person did Constable Yan hear that my Unique Noble Heir's servants would go as low as to steal an Earth Ranked Spirit Weapon? ”
Hm? Yan Heng was instantly stunned, Unique Noble Heir's mouth was truly poisonous. Stealing an Earth Grade magic tool was considered low. Who did this crown prince think he was, and who was his servant? How could he not put an Earth Grade magic tool in his eyes?!
”Noble Heir doesn't need to know about this. Just hand all of the servants in the manor over to me and I will take them back!” Yan Heng shook his head as he looked at the corpses on the ground, his eyes filled with fear. [It seems that young master Liu Ji is cruel and merciless. He actually killed more than ten people from the Crown Prince's Palace. How dare he!] How could he have known that these broken corpses were all under Liu Ji's command?
”What if I don't hand over my servants?” Hong Ling's gaze turned cold as he stood up slowly and said.
”Could it be that Your Highness wants to disobey the law? You have to know that according to the laws of Chu, all the servants in your residence are suspected. Please obediently cooperate with my Ministry of Justice so that it won't be too difficult for me!” Yan Heng narrowed his eyes, looked at Hong Ling who was currently standing on the steps of the crown prince's residence and coldly said.
Hong Ling suddenly laughed, looking at the arrogant Yan Heng in front of him, his face filled with disdain, and said: ”Master Yan Heng, as far as I know, if the Ministry of Justice wanted to touch a person with an identity as a son, he would have to have an inspector from the Ministry of Justice present. May I know which supervisor's history it is? ”
”There is no need for Your Highness to worry. This old man is the supervisor of the Ministry of Justice. Feng Xi greets Your Highness!” Amongst the five cavalrymen that the Board of Justice had sent over, a middle-aged Confucian Scholar slowly rode towards the crown prince's residence. He cupped his hands towards Hong Ling, and greeted him courteously.
”Your Highness, Lord Feng Xi is here. I hope that Your Highness can order someone to clean up the corpses before leaving the mansion, so that Master can dismount!” Yan Heng took a step forward and said coldly. He looked at the people still sitting on the chairs, and his eyes turned cold, ”The Ministry of Justice's Supervisor, Lord Strange, is here. Who are you? How dare you sit down? Stand up for me!”
”Yo, Lord Yan Heng is truly impressive. You dare to scold my guest in front of me?” Hong Ling sneered, then casually condensed a ball of Tianhuang Lightning Fire. With a flick of his finger, he flicked it into the air. With a thought, the Tianhuang Lightning Fire instantly exploded into countless of sparks, landing on every single corpse and every severed limb, igniting them ablaze.
”Master Yan Heng, we cannot let him burn these corpses. These corpses are the members of the General's Mansion!” The Body Refinement Realm cultivator protecting Liu Ji shouted out a reminder. If Hong Ling managed to obliterate all traces of the Refinement Realm cultivator, then the nineteen Soul Refining Realm cultivators would have died in vain. This was a group of 19 great cultivators that were not even at the Spirit Refinement realm. They were not ordinary slaves, and each one of them was raised by spending a huge amount of resources. Currently, these people had all been killed by Hong Ling alone. If their corpses were to be destroyed, they would die with no proof.