The Demonic World I designed-Chapter 74 - 71 Weichi Feihong

74: Chapter 71: Weichi Feihong

74 -71: Weichi Feihong

This Magistrate…

has he gone too far?

The usually composed second elder of the Shen Family had his brows tightly furrowed.

He admitted that the man in silver armor with the long spear in the city just now was troublesome—so troublesome that they had even considered taking the initiative to give the Magistrate a way out.

But this act of giving a way out was mutual.

Now that Weichi Feihong himself was acting as a mediator, it had turned into an excellent situation.

The Magistrate couldn’t really think that he had the Shen Family completely under his thumb, could he?

Weichi Feihong, however, was taken aback and looked at Chen Qing with profound meaning in his eyes!

“What would Lord Chen have us do?” Ninth Elder Shen watched Chen Qing with a malevolent gaze.

“Members of the Shen Family have brazenly attacked an Imperial Official.

According to the law, they should be sentenced to exile.

However, considering the Shen Family’s many contributions to Jiangnan and the Imperial Court, I can show mercy outside the law.

The Shen Family must pay Redemption Silver totaling one million taels; the three members of your family who offended me must parade through the streets for three days as a show.

Let’s consider the matter settled with this!”

Bang!

Ninth Elder Shen suddenly stood up, and his garments billowed out as if something was writhing inside them—extremely eerie.

The elder’s eyes flickered with blue runes as he took step after step toward Chen Qing.

“Lord Chen, do you really think my Shen Family can be so easily squeezed?”

Ninth Elder’s movements were too aggressive, but neither Murong Yunji nor the second elder of the Shen Family made any move to stop him.

Given the current situation, unyielding retreat was not the best option.

They could use the impulsiveness of Old Jiu to see the relationship between that formidable person from before and this Magistrate—to see if the Magistrate could truly summon him at will.

If that person really could command such a powerful being at any time, then the Shen Family would have to swallow this bitter pill today!

Seeing Ninth Elder Shen approaching, Chen Qing gritted his teeth and reached for the Official Seal inside his sleeve.

While hesitating, a tall figure suddenly stepped in front of Ninth Elder Shen.

Everyone was astonished, if not Weichi Feihong, then who?

But what surprised the Shen Family members even more was Weichi Feihong’s state at that moment.

His eyes had suddenly become as frenzied and bloodthirsty as those of a wild beast, completely different from his previous demeanor!

All of a sudden, Weichi Feihong, like a wild beast, lunged at Ninth Elder Shen, biting at him.

His momentum was ferocious, his movements bizarre, frightening Ninth Elder Shen, who had little combat experience, into standing frozen in place.

The next instant, a flash of blue light passed, and Weichi Feihong missed his lunge, snapping his teeth in the air with a loud clang, producing a sound more terrifying than the clash of weapons, which made even Shen Yiyun twitch!

“Does the Lord belong to the year of the Dog?”

The woman’s languid voice echoed in the hall as Weichi Feihong looked up, a violent fury in his eyes.

Murong Yunji was there before him.

Clearly, she had saved the shell-shocked Ninth Elder Shen at the critical moment.

Murong Yunji touched Ninth Elder Shen’s cheek, “My family’s Old Jiu may not be good-looking, but he is yet unmarried.

He cannot afford to damage his face.”

Her beautiful hand caressed Ninth Elder Shen’s still frightened face, and upon closer inspection, one could see a slight cut, as if slashed by a dagger—hard to imagine as a bite mark.

“Thank you, sister-in-law…” Ninth Elder Shen rarely thanked his family’s unruly sister-in-law.

Murong Yunji did not pay attention to Old Jiu but instead watched Weichi Feihong with caution.

For some reason, this person’s level of danger had suddenly increased substantially, becoming much more troublesome than before on the ship.

And behind them, Chen Qing was staring at the cut on Ninth Elder Shen’s face with an enigmatic glint in his eyes.

“If you don’t want to talk, then get out!” Weichi Feihong coldly said to the Shen Family members.

The members of the Shen Family had grim faces, but they were also puzzled, not understanding what exactly Weichi Clan’s representative meant.

Just now, he was guaranteeing their safety, but now he adopted this attitude?

“Does the Prefectural Governor share the same view?” Shen Yiyun asked Chen Qing with furrowed brows.

Chen Qing remained silent for a few moments, looking at Weichi Feihong and then at the members of the Shen Family, finally saying, “The fine remains unchanged, but the public parading can be canceled.

How is that?”

The people from the Shen Family were once again startled, completely unable to grasp the current situation.

Now that Weichi Feihong was clearly on their side, why was the Magistrate making concessions?

The Shen Family certainly didn’t care about the million taels of silver.

The power that the Magistrate held had already proven that he was qualified to negotiate with the Shen Family.

Only, the act of parading through the streets was too much of a slap in the face; even if one wanted to use the Shen Family to establish authority, it was going a bit too far.

The fact that he proposed it was unreasonable in the first place, and now suddenly withdrawing it…

made it even more so.

Faced with the current baffling situation, even the politically astute Shen Yiyun was momentarily at a loss and ultimately could only say, “We need to discuss this.”

“Good, you have three days!” Chen Qing hastily said.

Three days?

Shen Yiyun looked meaningfully at the other party.

He was not sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt the Magistrate was more eager to keep them for three more days than he was about the million taels of silver.

“Very well, please wait patiently, Lord.

We’ll take our leave now…” Shen Yiyun could only bow and take his leave with the situation unclear, needing to sort out his thoughts back home.

“Safe travels…”

Chen Qing rose and gave a perfunctory bow, as if reluctantly.

Shen Yiyun noticed but said no more, leading the other two out of the room.

“Oh, yes…” When they reached the doorway, Murong Yunji suddenly turned around and smiled, “The man who sparred with me in the city today, is he married?”

Chen Qing: “…”

“Enough, stop embarrassing us!” Shen Yiyun scolded his sister-in-law with annoyance, waved his hand, and with a flash of black energy, the three of them vanished without a trace.

And so, only Chen Qing and Weichi Feihong remained in the hall.

Chen Qing tensed up, tightly clutching the Official Seal in his sleeve, looking even more nervous than when he faced the Shen Family members earlier.

Weichi Feihong, however, stood with his back to Chen Qing for a long while, as if fermenting his emotions, or perhaps suppressing something.

“What does Lord Chen know of the situation in the West Sea?”

Chen Qing furrowed his brows and shook his head, “What has happened in the West Sea?”

Weichi Feihong turned and looked at Chen Qing, the previously violent crimson aura forcefully subdued, revealing the initial clarity.

This slight change relaxed Chen Qing’s heart a bit.

It seems this fellow… can still control himself for now.

“Does Lord Chen recognize the origin of that object on me?”

Chen Qing hesitated for a few moments before ultimately nodding, “I know a bit…”

“Then does Lord Chen know how to save me?”

Chen Qing fell silent once again.

“I understand…” Looking at the silent Chen Qing, Weichi Feihong nodded, “I only have two questions for Lord Chen.”

“Please speak, General…”

“That creature from the West Sea, will it come to attack Great Jin?”

“Normally, it shouldn’t…” Chen Qing frowned deeply but was somewhat uncertain, so he conservatively said, “That creature is imprisoned, its range of movement theoretically limited, but if…”

“If what?”

“If someone were to break the enchantment, then all bets are off.”

“I see…” Weichi Feihong nodded, “Does Lord Chen have a way to deal with that creature?”

“It’s not easy to deal with…” Chen Qing shook his head.

Upon hearing this, a rare spark of brightness flashed deep in Weichi Feihong’s eyes.

But he said nothing more, turning instead and walking towards the gate.

“Where is the General going?”

“To the military camp outside the city!”

“What are you doing at the military camp?”

At this, Weichi Feihong turned his head, his mouth stretching into a smile, his teeth still visibly stained with the blood from when he had bitten Ninth Elder Shen’s face, which made him look all the more terrifying.

“Lord… would you rather I stayed in the city?”

Chen Qing: “…”

After hesitating, Chen Qing still asked, “Why did you bite that man from the Shen Family just now?”

“Doesn’t Lord Chen want to keep the Shen Family here?” Weichi Feihong turned his head and quickly stepped out of the hall, “I was merely helping Lord Chen with that.”

Chen Qing stared fixedly at the other’s retreating figure until he was long gone, then slowly backed away two steps and sat down on a chair.

He brushed at his back, finding it covered entirely in cold sweat.

This Weichi Feihong doesn’t quite align with the recklessly exposed temperament from the rumors.

After some thought, Chen Qing got up and headed towards the back garden, straight to Wei Gongcheng’s room.

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“Have you come to an agreement?” Wei Gongcheng, organizing his documents, looked up at the hurried Chen Qing and was slightly startled.

Chen Qing’s trump card was mightier than he had imagined, being able to force the madwoman, once feared even by Weichi Peng, to retreat.

Thus, he was not worried about Chen Qing’s upcoming negotiations.

But seeing the color of Chen Qing’s face, he felt puzzled, could it be that things didn’t go smoothly?

That shouldn’t be the case…

“How many from North Street have returned?” Chen Qing asked directly.

“Um…

roughly one-tenth, I would say.”

“Only that many?” Chen Qing furrowed his brows.

Wei Gongcheng rolled his eyes, thinking that wasn’t enough?

Although Lyuzhou now had tax exemptions, commerce had been restored, and people like Gu Bei had been publicizing in every county and countryside, it was still a very short amount of time; to have so many return was actually very smooth sailing.

According to previous estimates, even with the Gate Deity’s fame spreading, it would be considered decent if the population started to return within half a year.

“Some couldn’t make it in time…,” Chen Qing’s expression became anxious.

“Lord Chen says… what couldn’t make it in time?” Wei Gongcheng asked curiously.

Chen Qing did not answer but instead asked, “Gongcheng, having been with the Weichi Clan for so many years, do you know what kind of person Weichi Feihong is?”

“Did the Lord’s negotiations with General Weichi collapse?” Wei Gongcheng frowned, “That shouldn’t be, General Feihong is clearly the most sensible man.”

“The most sensible?” Chen Qing was taken aback, “Isn’t he known to be arrogant and overbearing?”

Wei Gongcheng immediately laughed, “General Weichi is the head of the Imperial Guards, and General Weichi Peng had illustrious military achievements in the north; his rapid rise forced Your Majesty to transfer him to Jiangnan.

Now, another from Weichi Clan has gained another splendid military success.

If they’re not a bit arrogant and deliberately make some mistakes, would Your Majesty be able to sleep at night?”

Chen Qing: “…”

“What exactly is the matter?” Wei Gongcheng pressed.

“Um… if one from your Weichi Clan were gone, do you think Your Majesty could sleep at night?”

Wei Gongcheng: “…”

Before he could further inquire, he saw a fat man rush in hurriedly.

“Boss, something has happened!”

“Where has something happened?” Chen Qing’s heart skipped a beat, thinking to himself: It couldn’t be so soon, could it?

“The military camp, there’s trouble at the military camp!!”