Special Expert of Beauty CEO-Chapter 1644 - 1648: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

"You dare!"

"I'm going to kill you!"

"Get your filthy hands off! Don't touch me!"

"Wuwu..."

Facing Qin Tian's helpless action, the white-robed woman, unable to move, could do nothing but scream loudly.

At this moment, naturally, Qin Tian was "Iron Heart," unmoved by her plight.

He directly tore open the woman's clothes for a look, even compared it with another woman's, and after weighing, still felt this woman's figure was more masculine.

He removed the woman's outer garment in front of her, compared it, and said, "I mean what I say, look, I'm just borrowing your coat, absolutely not humiliating you."

Saying this, Qin Tian wore the white-robed woman's clothes, looked at her furious, tear-streaked face, and said, "Thank you, if we meet again, I will definitely repay you."

"When we meet again, I will kill you!"

The white-robed woman kept her eyes closed and shouted after hearing Qin Tian's words.

Then, she felt Qin Tian unblocking her acupoints, opened her eyes, and indeed saw Qin Tian not further humiliating her, wearing her clothes, swaggering away.

Looking at her clothes, and Qin Tian's awkward silhouette, the white-robed woman was stunned.

She wiped her tears, and after a while, shouted aggrievedly:

"Lunatic!"

...

Qin Tian with great difficulty got a piece of clothing from the white-robed woman, but it was women's clothing, though not obvious, Qin Tian still felt like somewhat of a cross-dresser.

Thinking along the way, after leaving the snow-covered woods, Qin Tian didn't hurry to return to the Imperial City.

He searched around the nearby villages, eventually finding one, and got a set of coarse cloth from a hunter's house.

After changing into appropriate attire, Qin Tian returned to the Imperial City from the South Gate (not daring to go through the East Gate, afraid of being recognized by soldiers).

...

"Whoa, boss, you…"

"Boss, what's up?"

"Young Master, I looked everywhere for you, where did you go? Why are you dressed like this?"

Avoiding subordinates at the East Gate, but when Qin Tian returned to the Qin residence, his fisherman outfit left Xiao Zhuang and Du Qiuniang dumbfounded.

Zhou Yang was laughing uproariously: "Boss, what did you go do? Dressed like this, like a beggar… you're the East Gate Great Governor now; if people see, they'll laugh their teeth off."

Facing everyone's smiles, Qin Tian seemed quite helpless: "An accident, purely an accident."

"Boss, this was an accident, but something else indeed caught us off guard."

Zhou Yang came over, suddenly looking a bit serious at Qin Tian, and said: "The forces at the East Gate Governor's Mansion are complicated. I just went for a few days and already uncovered some shady things. Boss, we're facing a tricky situation now."

Seeing Zhou Yang so serious, Qin Tian, not even changing clothes, sat with everyone to discuss, asking, "What on earth happened?"

Everyone knew the matter by then, so their expressions were somewhat grave.

Zhou Yang said, "Boss, we've gathered evidence, the East Gate Deputy Governor He Mingdong is suspected of violating Tianyuan Dynasty's laws and the East Gate Governor's Mansion rules, using his subordinates to secretly transport untaxed Cultivation Immortality Resources and Magic Artifacts into the Imperial City, making huge profits."

"Is that it?"

Qin Tian smiled faintly, "Such things surely exist in more or less every major door, right? He Mingdong is a deputy governor; his official capacity's judgment and punishment, I only have temporary execution rights, not final decision rights. For his punishment, it must be reported to the Ministry of War and the Martial King Palace."

"For such a small matter, I suppose the Martial King wouldn't bother to handle it, right? Moreover, I have heard that He Mingdong is a frequent visitor of the Ninth Prince's residence, even considered one of his trusted aides."

Zhou Yang nodded and said, "If it were only such a small matter, I wouldn't take it so seriously. But the key is, besides this, He Mingdong is also colluding with the Demon Clan, trafficking humans and transporting demonic poisons into the Imperial City for profit!"

Swoosh!

As Zhou Yang said this, Qin Tian's face changed instantly!

Collusion with the Demon Clan, that's a capital crime!

"Is this true? Do you have evidence?" Qin Tian sat up straight, realizing the severity of the issue.

Xiao Zhuang nodded: "Last night, the second in charge during a routine patrol happened upon He Mingdong's men and the Demon Clan's people brokering a deal to transport goods into the city. The second was curious, especially seeing one East Gate officer nervous, so he went up to check."

"The Demon Clan's people and the East Gate officer, seeing they couldn't avoid it, directly engaged the second, resulting in him being injured. But under the siege of soldiers, they killed over ten people, capturing two Demon Clan members and two of He Mingdong's subordinates alive, and now the second is guarding at the East Gate prison."

"Old Zhou and I have already interrogated them this morning; the Demon Clan members and He Mingdong's two subordinates confessed everything. This morning we came looking for you but you were not here, and feared He Mingdong might lose his temper and cause trouble, so now the second is still at the prison. Boss, what should we do about this?"

After Xiao Zhuang finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

If it were just He Mingdong alone, with such solid evidence, there is no escape; Qin Tian could submit the evidence to the Ministry of War, and He Mingdong would definitely face a severe sentence.

But the crucial point is, behind He Mingdong is the Ninth Prince, which makes it delicate.

First, regarding He Mingdong's illegal activities, Qin Tian was clear that before he came, the Crown Prince's faction, even the Martial King Palace people, surely knew.

Yet, why had they not reported He Mingdong, or taken action against him?

This is the key issue.

Qin Tian feared that if he dealt with He Mingdong and sent him to the Ministry of War's prison, he would be used by others as a weapon.

Amid the surface balance of several major powers in the Imperial City, undercurrents flowed, and Qin Tian, having not aligned with anyone, also didn't want to be used as a pawn, dragged into the conflicts among all powers.

However, turning a blind eye would also be risky.

Firstly, He Mingdong's subordinates and the Demon Clan people Lin Yu have already captured, if not handed over, how to deal with them is a technical issue.

Secondly, should the matter of He Mingdong be reported by others later, Qin Tian, as He Mingdong's superior, would also be implicated, bearing vicarious responsibility.

This is the headache of this matter, leaving Qin Tian somewhat at a loss.

Without a doubt, Zhou Yang and the others considering this matter so grave, naturally meant they anticipated this complexity.

"Has He Mingdong caused any trouble?"

After silence, Qin Tian asked.

Zhou Yang said, "He Mingdong went out hunting and cultivating outside the city yesterday, not returning overnight, but I suspect he must have gotten the news by now..."

"Governor, bad news!"

Just as Zhou Yang's words fell, a personal soldier of Lin Yu hurriedly ran in from outside!