From the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry to Hunting Sins and Becoming Saints

Chapter 45

After hesitating for a moment, Fu Que nodded to Li Yao, then got up and left.

"By the way, the gang you set up in your spare time was probably for surveillance, right? After you became a trainee Tiger Rider, you can no longer attack and kill members of the Green Gang."

Now that they're no longer tasked with surveillance, they've set up some kind of fishermen's mutual aid association on their old turf, using your name to consolidate the fishing households in Guaizi Ferry. Are you aware of this?"

Fu Que stopped in his tracks.

"I let them do it. The double-crossing couldn't continue, and I wouldn't allow them to exploit me. If they don't find a new source of income, they'll eventually break up and go back to their old ways."

These people are relatively obedient; I don't want to see their heads stuck in stakes in the near future.

Li Yao nodded thoughtfully: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. That is indeed a good idea."

"Click."

Fu Que gently closed the door and went out.

The alternate artist gained 435 points of Sinful Cloud Ink, obtained the consumable magic weapon Azure Blade Storm, and gained 32 points of Sketching Essence.

The eccentric artist has acquired the soul of sketching.

[The Alternate Artist can consume enough Sinful Cloud Ink to combine the consumable artifact Azure Blade Storm with the Soul of Sketching to obtain temporary special effects components, allowing them to utilize elemental power ahead of time.]

Fortune favors the bold.

Fu Que couldn't help but sigh, this was just the benefit he got from looting the corpses, not even counting the merits he gained from killing the three bat demons and a traitor.

He strode through the courtyard of the Longtan front hall and met Hu Liangyu, who was waiting for him.

"Are you alright?"

Hu Liangyu, as always, looked Fu Que up and down a few times. Seeing that he was in good spirits, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked.

"It's alright. I explained the whole story and the reasons for my increased strength, and they let me out."

"How are your injuries?"

"When I came back, I was treated by the people from Qingshui Pharmacy. Then, when I was being questioned at Longtan, a man named Li Yao gave me a cup of tea, which he said was Xiangfei Bamboo Leaf Tea. Now my injuries are basically healed."

Fu Que moved his severely injured left arm, and it actually recovered. He no longer felt the sluggishness and lack of strength or blood circulation that he had experienced before.

"Let's go back first."

Hu Liangyu didn't say anything more and led Fu Que away from Longtan.

……

"grown ups."

Chen Ming hurriedly pushed open the copper door, his face gloomy. There were more than a dozen people in the large conference room, some standing and some sitting, the atmosphere heavy.

Nearly a third of the people in the conference room stood up in unison and nodded slightly when Chen Ming entered: "Commander."

The remaining people also greeted Chenming.

Chen Ming patted Qin Lie's shoulder, whose face was slightly pale and who smelled of medicine, and looked at Zhou Jing beside him with her eyes closed in deep thought: "What do you plan to do?"

"I'll grind those people to dust!"

It wasn't Zhou Jing's voice. The man speaking kept his eyes downcast, staring at the table. He was dressed in a pure black military uniform and didn't even greet Chen Ming when he entered the room.

His name is Peng Chi, the current Tiger Cavalry Commander of Gaoyang County, a White-striped Tiger Cavalryman, at the early stage of Qi Refining.

"no."

Chen Ming resolutely refused: "Without orders from Lord 014, we cannot act rashly."

"Damn it, in this wave alone, nearly a fifth of my men have been killed or wounded, and several of my old brothers from Blood Pass are gone."

If it weren't for him, would those people have been able to smuggle blood-eating armor and raise so many powerful demons?!

Peng Chi roared.

"Be quiet."

Chenming said softly.

"I'll gather my men tomorrow, first take down the Li family's Qing gang as a sacrifice, and then go into the mountains to slaughter those beasts."

(I told you to be quiet, didn't you hear me?)

The two spoke almost simultaneously. At first, Peng Chi's angry voice was stronger, but it was later suppressed by Chen Ming.

"call……"

Peng Chi irritably pulled out a handful of tobacco leaves, threw them into his mouth, chewed them, and sat sullenly in his chair, no longer speaking.

Chenming turned his attention back to Zhou Jing.

"My lord, you are the one who possesses the Dragon-Controlling Token. All the Dragon-Tiger Cavalry in Gaoyang County are acting on your orders. Now that these things have happened, please say something."

Chenming said to Zhou Jing.

Zhou Jing opened her eyes and faced the person in front of her: "To be honest, I don't know what to do either."

Chen Ming didn't say anything, he just stared into Zhou Jing's eyes.

"If you just want to kill them, it's very simple. You don't even need to lift a finger. While you're warming your wine here, I can go out and kill them all by myself."

Everyone present remained silent, because it was the truth.

"But it's no use. If we kill them, another group will soon emerge. Fine wine makes people blush, and money tempts people's hearts. There are no way to kill them all."

Chen Ming's face darkened. Ignoring the vast difference in strength between himself and his opponent, he questioned, "Indeed, we can't kill them all, but we can make an example of them to deter others from their rampage. Isn't that precisely His Majesty's original intention in establishing the Dragon Tiger Cavalry?"

"What if there was a chance to completely eradicate the very conditions that allow them to survive?"

Zhou Jing asked calmly.

Chen Ming was stunned, and even Peng Chi, who was silently chewing tobacco, looked over with his bloodshot eyes.

014 and everyone else sharing his codename bear a heavy responsibility. Until he declares defeat, everyone must carry out his orders, even if he stands still and lets you be killed, you must stand still.

Silence, a long silence, not because no one wanted to speak, but because almost everyone was very curious. However, Zhou Jing's words were filled with resolute determination.

"Okay, I'll just ask one question."

Chen Ming remained remarkably calm. He took a deep breath and exhaled for more than ten breaths: "If Lord 014 fails and we suffer a devastating blow, what will happen to Gaoyang County?"

"I admit defeat, and I will wipe out everything."

"I'm relieved to hear that."

Chen Ming nodded, then added, "There's one more thing."

"What?"

Zhou Jing asked.

"I arrested Pang Hai's deputy, and even his six squad leaders."

……

"Tsk tsk tsk, I've only just begun to show my face, haven't even done anything yet, and you've already thrown all your cards away?"

014 Through a specially made curtain, one could observe the deputy county constable and several squad leaders sitting cross-legged in the cell, eyes closed and motionless, their pale faces still bearing smiles.

"The Tiger Cavalry will be fine with Miss's help, but what about the county soldiers? The Dragon and Tiger Cavalry's salaries are directly under their command, but the county soldiers' aren't. The Dragon Cavalry arrested someone this time, so the county soldiers might..."

The old man in the pale red robe tucked his hands into his wide sleeves: "Besides, it's not just the county soldiers who have dirty hands. Those people exposed the transfer of benefits, forcing the Dragon Cavalry to arrest people."

This makes things very difficult. Gaoyang County is so large; we can't possibly win this conflict solely with the Dragon Tiger Cavalry.