Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 175: The Guanzhong Hero Suffers Disaster

As soon as everyone gathered together and before they had time to report to the government office, Yan Xiaoliu and Lao Xing walked in. They also brought bad news -

"Ji Wuming's younger brother Ji Wubing, and his master Gongsun Wulong, have come to avenge their elder brother and apprentice."

Hearing this, everyone's expression became serious, and Bai Zhantang's face turned even paler.

No one present knew the strength of these two people better than him.

"During this period, you should remind Xiucai to pay attention to safety."

As soon as he finished telling the news, Old Xing noticed that everyone in the inn was silent and didn't say a word. He was very puzzled: "Aren't you surprised?"

Everyone answered speechlessly: "Surprised...Surprised..."

Bai Zhantang added: "Although I was surprised, it was too late."

"What do you mean by late?"

"It means exactly what it says. The scholar has been missing since yesterday. We were just about to go to the government office to inquire about the situation, but now we don't have to make that trip."

"Ah?! This, this, this...what should I do?"

Knowing that he was a step too late, Old Xing was immediately anxious: "A living resident of Qixia Town, and a Guanzhong hero appointed by the court, was captured by the Jianghu people right under our noses..."

"Oh my god, if this gets out it will affect your career."

"Master, cheer up!"

Yan Xiaoliu quickly supported Old Xing who was about to faint: "Let's think positively, maybe the scholar is lost."

Everyone was shocked and looked at Yan Xiaoliu in amazement.

There is actually an expert here? !
Old Xing sighed, "Xiao Liu, Xiucai has lived in Qixia Town for more than 20 years. Do you think it is likely that he will get lost?"

Yan Xiaoliu glanced around and lowered his head timidly: "Uh... not big..."

"What else do you say? Can you use your brain when handling cases in the future?!" Old Xing stretched out his hand and poked Yan Xiaoliu's head, his eyes full of hatred for Yan Xiaoliu.

Seeing this, everyone could only step forward to hold him back and persuade him: "Come on, Old Xing, Xiaoliu just has no experience, can't you just teach him more in the future?"

"I'm embarrassed to bring this good-for-nothing out to see other people!"

Old Xing was still chattering, and just as he sat down on the bench, he stood up again, "I can't stay here any longer, I have to go back to the government office and report it!"

Having said that, he rushed out with Yan Xiaoliu.

Lu Ping watched the whole process from the side and was secretly surprised.

It would be fine if Ji Wubing arrived, after all, it was around this time in the original drama, but Gongsun Wulong's appearance was obviously earlier.

Did he come here just to join in the fun?
In the play, Gongsun Wulong is an older, martial arts-savvy, murderous man. He is also the top-tier master in terms of combat power among all the characters. Basically, only Guo Juxia can compete with him.

Not long after, Lao Xing came back again.

Everyone stepped forward and asked, "How is it, Old Xing? What did the government say?"

"The government attaches great importance to this missing case. They have already sent Captain Zhuifeng to investigate, and have also issued a notice to warn the gangsters in the town. Look..."

A few people took the notice and saw that it said:

Notice!

According to enthusiastic citizens’ responses, the number of tourists in Qixia Town has been increasing day by day in recent days, which has had an impact on the lives of the residents in Qixia Town.

Our government attaches great importance to this matter and has immediately sent people to conduct an in-depth investigation, verify the situation, and take corresponding measures. We hope that all residents of Qixia Town will believe in the ability of the government and will definitely restore Qixia Town to its normal state as quickly as possible.

In addition, please be law-abiding if you are staying in this town. Fighting, spitting, kidnapping, extortion, burglary, etc. are prohibited. Otherwise, this yamen will punish you accordingly according to the laws of the Suzaku Dynasty...

The notice contained a bunch of irrelevant nonsense.

Not only did it not mention how the people from the underworld affected the residents of Qixia Town, nor did it write about how the government handled it, it even directly defined the influx of people from the underworld as "travellers" to whitewash their various behaviors.

It’s so shameless!

After reading it, Lu Ping was the first to voice his opinion: "They didn't even use the word 'warning', but 'notification' instead. Isn't that too gentle for a bunch of outsiders like us?"

Everyone heard his sarcasm and did not respond.

"Has Captain Chasing Wind gone to look for someone?"

"Yup!"

Old Xing nodded and took a sip of tea, then looked at Lu Ping and said, "You are Lu Ping, right? In fact, Captain Zhuifeng asked me to come here for another reason. I want to ask you... and Old Bai, to help me find someone."

Lu Ping looked at Lao Xing with some surprise, then understood after thinking about it.

It must be that Zhuifeng was afraid of Gongsun Wulong's strength and felt that he had little chance of winning alone, so he planned to ask me to help!

But it was obvious that he was the one who first planned to use the other party as a thug to deal with the gangsters. What is going on now?

But after thinking about it, Lu Ping still agreed.

"Of course no problem! Let's go." Lu Ping pulled Lao Bai and was about to walk out, but he never expected that he suddenly retracted his hand.

"Well... you should take Wushuang with you! She's smarter and can help. I'll stay in the store to prevent anyone from luring the tiger away from the mountain."

Bai Zhantang spoke righteously, his eyes firm and confident.

If he hadn't seen his legs trembling slightly, Lu Ping would have almost believed it.

Bai Zhantang was unwilling to go, not because he was not worried about Xiucai, but because he was once a thief king.

Even though he has stopped for two years, he is still extremely afraid of the people in the yamen. Every time he meets one, it's like a mouse meeting a cat. Not to mention that this person is now one of the four great detectives, it is normal for him not to want to stay with him.

Another thing is that he saw that Lu Ping had already agreed to show up, so even if he rushed over, he probably wouldn't be of much use. Even if he really needed more manpower, sending Wushuang over would be enough.

Naturally, several people saw what Bai Zhantang was thinking, but they didn't know how to comment. Finally, they found that they couldn't persuade him to make his decision, so Zhu Wushuang sympathetically took his place.

The three of them left Tongfu Inn and headed towards the government office under the guidance of Lao Xing.

At this point, the fact that 'the person who possesses the military manual is in Qixia Town' is no longer a secret, whether to the people in the martial arts world or to the people in the court.

Even many residents in the town got the news. More than 50% of the shops chose to close, and the bosses took their employees out for team-building, while ordinary people closed their doors to visitors and stayed at home instead of going out on the streets.

Only a small number of people, who are well aware of the principle that 'the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish', go the other way and not only continue to open their doors for business openly, but even hold events, raise their prices and make a lot of money.

Therefore, what the government notice said about "affecting residents' lives" is true.

As we walked along, we found the polarization between the bustle and depression in the town was very serious.

The entrance of the Yamen.

Looking at the constables in their uniforms coming in and out, Lu Ping couldn't help but ask someone beside him.

"Old Xing, you've never seen such a big scene in your life, right?"

Old Xing blushed and nodded, "Yeah...why did you three choose to stay here?"

In fact, until a few days ago, there were only two civil servants in the government office of Qixia Town, namely the chief constable Xiaoliu and the constable Lao Xing.

But since Lu Ping, Murong Jiu, Zhang Jing and others arrived and checked into Tongfu Inn, many people from the martial arts world also heard the news and followed them here. Following closely behind them, Zhuifeng also began to draw personnel from the entire Siguan County after he showed up.

At this time, there were about 500 constables, detectives, imperial guards, and spies in the area around Qixia Town.

Among them, there were more than a hundred people left in the town alone.

After entering the yamen, the first people Lu Ping saw were Zhuifeng and Xiaoliu.

The former was instructing other detectives to do their work - he had received an order from the court and was in charge of all the official business here; the latter was nodding and bowing, standing by, serving tea and water, and agreeing with him, with a fawning attitude on his face.

Lu Ping vaguely remembered that in the later period of the original drama, Xiao Liu displayed all kinds of bureaucratic behaviors that were criticized, and was therefore severely criticized by many viewers.

Looking back, Old Xing's face showed three parts of relief and seven parts of embarrassment.

Seeing this, Lu Ping didn't know what to say and walked forward.

"Captain Chasing the Wind, are you busy?"

“Brother Lu, you are finally here.”

After the two greeted each other, the topic turned to the scholar's disappearance.

"How is it, do you six gates have any news about the scholar?"

Zhuifeng replied, "According to our investigation, most of the Jianghu people around here are now gathered on Cuiwei Mountain behind Qixia Town. They have a temporary base there."

Lu Ping was stunned: "Cuiwei Mountain? I heard there are bandits there, right?"

"That group of bandits is gone. The temporary base was converted from the original bandit den."

Zhuifeng explained: "A few days ago, a large group of 'gangster alliances' formed by different forces wiped out the bandits who were originally entrenched there, and then took over the bandits' nest."

"According to the intelligence sent back by the undercover agent, the number of people in this alliance is at least over 300, and each of them is or was once a well-known master in the martial arts world."

"The most important point is that they all come here for the Military Scriptures!"

Lu Ping frowned: "So, this group of people have already arrived, so why not attack by force?"

"When there are more people, there will naturally be more conflicts!"

"Although the gang has formed an alliance, there are countless grudges between them. It will take some time to integrate them, so there has been no movement so far."

As he spoke, Zhuifeng glanced at Lu Ping and said, "Besides that, they are also worried that if they act rashly before they are fully prepared, they will alert the enemy and let you run away..."

"You're lucky to have stayed out of trouble until now, but your peaceful days are coming to an end!"

Lu Ping suddenly understood after hearing this.

"I see... The Black Alliance has occupied the bandit den in Cuiwei Mountain. What about the White Alliance?"

"It's not honorable to rob others of their martial arts secrets. Which white-collar person would openly reveal his identity?"

Boy, I can't argue with that!
(End of this chapter)