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After a long pause, one of the yamen runners finally got up.

He bent over, clutching his stomach, and approached the official in the yellow robe, whispering, "Prefect Qin, this man should be a martial artist."

As the constable spoke, he glanced furtively at Wu Xu, who had made the move.

He glanced at it only once before quickly looking away.

"He's a martial artist?"

The official in the yellow robe looked at Wu Xu with suspicion.

He didn't understand why a warrior from Northern Wei would attack the government office.

It's important to know that the Northern Wei Dynasty treated its warriors exceptionally well.

Not only were farmlands allocated to martial artists according to their rank, but they were also exempted from taxes.

Not only that, but they would also receive a monthly subsidy of twenty taels of silver from the martial artists, and they would also have free servants to use.

However, after witnessing Wu Xu's formidable strength, the official finally toned down his tone and asked in a gentler manner, "May I ask what rank of martial artist you are?"

Wu Xu glared at him coldly and silently returned to Chen Nan's back.

From beginning to end, there was no intention to answer.

Seeing this, the official's face flushed red: "Even if you are a martial artist, do you really think that the Northern Wei Dynasty can't do anything to you?"

"To tell you the truth, my Northern Wei has more than two thousand martial artists of the fifth rank or above."

"I advise you to face reality sooner rather than later, and not to make things difficult for yourself."

Suddenly, he realized that Wu Xu, who had just made the move, had been standing behind Chen Nan the whole time.

The doubt on his face deepened.

After a moment of eye contact with Chen Nan, he asked, "May I ask if you are a citizen of Northern Wei?"

Chen Nan countered, "Your surname is Qin?"

The man was taken aback, but still nodded honestly: "My surname is Qin, what's wrong?"

Chen Nan nodded, pointed to the couplet on the wall, and asked again, "Do you know what these two lines mean?"

The man was even more bewildered and looked back at the words written on the pillar.

He shook his head: "What you mean has nothing to do with me?"

Seeing that Chen Nan did not answer his question, he angrily said, "Who exactly are you? What business do you have at the government office?"

Chen Nan still did not answer his question.

Instead, he sighed, turned to look at Wu Xu behind him, and said with a sigh, "It seems that the Prefect of Weidu is rotten."

Hearing Chen Nan's words, Wu Xu revealed two rows of white teeth and replied in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Your Highness, this humble general doesn't understand those things. I'll do whatever Your Highness tells me to do!"

Chen Nan patted him on the shoulder and chuckled, "You little rascal."

The two men completely disregarded the official in the yellow robe, which made him even angrier. He shouted, "All the yamen runners, come out here!"

At that one shout, over a hundred people rushed out of the government office.

The hundred or so constables had appeared and tacitly surrounded Chen Nan and his group in the center.

Suddenly, Chen Nan chuckled and muttered, "A government office with over a hundred yamen runners on duty shows that it's rotten to the core."

The official glanced at the difference in numbers and sneered, "I'll let you laugh then, let's see if you can still laugh later."

"So what if you two are martial artists?"

"I refuse to believe that over a hundred people are no match for the two of you!"

After uttering those harsh words, the man raised his right hand.

"Come on!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his right hand, which was in mid-air, was lowered down.

At his command, the constables simultaneously drew their swords and gradually tightened their encirclement.

"Stop standing there! Quickly take down these two thugs!"

The officials hurriedly urged them on.

Just then, a series of heavy footsteps came from afar.

Following the sound, everyone looked and saw a neat column of soldiers, all clad in armor, running towards the government office in the distance.

In an instant, the group of yamen runners didn't dare to move forward at all, and instead shrank back behind the official.

The official, with a solemn expression, gave a few instructions to a yamen runner to his side.

Then they saw the yamen runner turn around and run into the yamen.

A thousand soldiers came up behind Chen Nan and shouted in unison, "Commander Chen!"

The sheer number of a thousand men was so overwhelming that the official was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

He managed to stand up with the help of the constables.

Chen Nan waved his hand: "Surround them!"

In an instant, a thousand soldiers, shields in their left hands and swords in their right, surrounded the group of yamen runners.

The official had never seen such a scene before. After being helped up with great difficulty, he was so frightened that he squatted down on the ground again.

However, even with someone helping him, he still couldn't stand up this time.

Not only did he fail to stand up, but a pool of yellow liquid also oozed from his crotch.

For a moment, the air in front of the government office was filled with the stench of urine.

Chen Nan slowly walked up to him, looked down at him, and said calmly, "What is your relationship with Qin Qingmin?"

"I am from a branch of Qin Academy."

The official stammered as he revealed the relationship between the two.

She looked up at Chen Nan, mustered her courage, and asked, "Who...who exactly are you?"

Just as Chen Nan was about to answer, a thin man walked out of the yamen.

The newcomer was dressed in a red robe, his face was covered with pockmarks, and he had a tuft of hair growing from the lower corner of his head. Every move he made was orange, like a little man.

The man strode up to Chen Nan, bowed, and said, "I am the Registrar of Weidu, temporarily serving as the Prefect. May I ask who your superior is?"

"Are you the Registrar of Weidu?" Chen Nan squinted at the other person and said coldly.

The clerk was merely responsible for the daily records of the household.

Even if one were to serve as acting prefect, the position of registrar would never be given to a mere clerk.

"I am the registrar. May I ask who you are, sir?"

As the person answered, cold sweat dripped down their forehead.

Chen Nan glanced at Mo Bai.

The latter understood, stepped forward, and began to introduce the topic loudly.

"Listen carefully, the one standing before you is Prince Chen Nan of Northern Wei, the Prince of Zhennan, General Zhennan, and Left Chancellor, who also serves as the Prefect of Wei Capital, enjoys the privilege of wearing a sword and shoes to court, is awarded a nine-clawed python robe, and is bestowed with a golden staff!"

With each official title Mo Bai mentioned, the faces of the yamen runners and the two officials paled a little more.

After the entire introduction was finished, the registrar who had just come out also squatted down on the ground.

His face was deathly pale, his hands braced against the ground, and his lips were slightly parted: "It's over, it's all over, it's completely over..."

Without further hesitation, Chen Nan shouted, "Take these people to jail and await their fate."

A group of soldiers escorted the constables away.

Chen Nan walked up to the old man who was completely terrified.

With a slight smile on his face, he said in as gentle a tone as possible, "Sir, you can tell me what you want now."

The old man stared blankly at Chen Nan, unable to utter a single word.

Left with no other choice, Chen Nan could only look at the girl kneeling beside him.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that, despite it being late autumn, the girl was wearing a cloth garment with several holes in it.

He was wearing a pair of dried straw sandals.

"Lift your head up!" Chen Nan said softly.

The girl raised her head.

Two streams of hot tears streamed down her face, and her pale, frozen face was covered in something that looked dark.

"Sigh, take them downstairs to wash up and change their clothes."

After leaving a message, Chen Nan took the lead and went into the government office.

Wu Xu followed closely behind and entered the government office.

Mo Bai arranged for soldiers to guard the entrance before leading the old man and the young man into the government office.