Uncle Huo nodded in agreent. He walked ahead, shoved the egg he’d applied to his face straight into his mouth, puffed out his cheeks, chewed a few tis, and swallowed it down.
"Well... all right!"
Jiang Feng was stunned for a mont, then gave a helpless smile, followed behind Uncle Huo, and together they arrived at Zhenbei Prison.
Third floor.
Jiang Feng, as usual,
gathered Chief Wang, Chief Ma, Chief Feng, and the little prison guards for a lecture, reiterating his reminders not to seek out trouble, and at the end even had them recite the "Four No’s" doctrine by heart.
He only dismissed the little prison guards once he was sure everyone rembered, then took the three squad leaders to start patrolling their jurisdiction.
These days, the Dragon Capital had been anything but peaceful.
Xiao Ran was hanging on by a thread, Xiao Zhan had returned from the National Gate and bloodily massacred the Beast Taming Sect. With nothing better to do, he went after surviving Dark Hall mbers, and when he couldn’t resist, he continued investigating other underground banks of the Second Prince, destroying every single one he could find.
On top of that, the Seventh Prince was taking advantage of the chaos, and the Second Prince’s faction had suffered heavy losses lately. Who knows how many people ended up in jail? The Dark Hall and Beast Taming Sect were now finished. Even Liu Jinhu, the Second Prince’s trusty aide, almost had his arm ripped off by Xiao Zhan.
Now, under Jiang Feng’s watch,
two familiar faces were still held in the cells.
One was the Chief Constable from the Dragon Capital Governnt Office, Huo Shangxiang.
As a mber of the Second Prince’s faction, Huo Shangxiang could’ve kept out of this ss, but with Xiao Ran at death’s door, Xiao Zhan refused to let it go. Using his influence, he found proof of Huo Shangxiang’s bribery, usury in collusion with underground banks, and oppressing the common people.
Two nights ago, Huo Shangxiang was taken away by the Dali Temple.
After a round of harsh torture,
she was now covered in wounds, her prison uniform soaked in blood.
When Jiang Feng arrived on patrol with the three squad leaders, she sat in the cell’s corner with listless eyes, lost in thought. She acted as if she didn’t see Jiang Feng and the prison guards at all.
As if she was silently hoping the Second Prince would co rescue her.
Unfortunately,
now even the Second Prince was under house arrest by the Emperor, much of his power stripped away. He could barely protect himself—let alone save Huo Shangxiang.
The other one, very familiar to both Jiang Feng and everyone at Zhenbei Prison,
was none other than Chief Hu—Hu Wenhai.
As the Second Prince’s lackey, Hu Wenhai was already on the edge. With the Second Prince now vitality injured, how could Hu Wenhai have escaped?
Han Dong personally dealt with him.
His cris: dereliction of duty, corruption, and taking lives!
At the mont, he was strung up in the torture chamber, and the prison guards he had exploited and abused were lined up, waiting their turn to "take care of him."
Afternoon.
Han Dong returned to Zhenbei Prison.
When she saw Jiang Feng, she gave a subtle nod—as if a superior acknowledging a subordinate, a nod of encouragent. After that, she returned to the courtyard, but soon left again, heading into the Imperial City, probably to look after Xiao Ran.
When the shift ended,
Jiang Feng went to the market to buy groceries.
When he got back with everything, Uncle Huo’s entire family was already waiting in the courtyard.
Aunt Huo rubbed her hands together, face full of embarrassnt, and said, "Xiao Jiang, I really don’t know what to say. Old Huo’s predicant isn’t your fault, he was just greedy for a drink last night. You treated him yesterday, and you’re inviting our whole family for dinner today—Auntie really doesn’t know how to thank you."
"Eating alone at ho feels so lonely. If Auntie can co over, it livens the place up a bit. Besides, who in the alley doesn’t know Auntie’s cooking skills?"
Jiang Feng knew Aunt Huo probably felt a bit awkward and didn’t want her to overthink things.
"Then tomorrow, you co to our place for dinner. The pickled cabbage I started the other day will be ready by tomorrow night."
Aunt Huo took the basket from Jiang Feng and headed into the kitchen to get busy.
"Sounds good."
Jiang Feng nodded, helping to look after Little Huowa. Uncle Huo and Aunt Huo were busy in the kitchen, and soon a table of steaming homade dishes was ready. After eating and drinking their fill, Uncle Huo and Jiang Feng sat in the courtyard chatting, while Aunt Huo took the kids ho for baths. Once Uncle Huo left, the neighbors all turned in for the night.
Jiang Feng tidied up his ho a bit.
Took a bath, then went straight to bed.
The next day.
Jiang Feng checked his Fortune Point changes again.
Fortune: 136,579
After one night, the Fortune Point had increased by nearly ten thousand.
"Sister Dong is helping take care of the Second Prince’s trouble for . Looks like it’s working. I wonder, when the trouble is completely resolved, how much my Fortune Point will go up in the end?"
Jiang Feng was filled with anticipation.
He knew very well—
The threat from the Second Prince, and from Xiao Zhan, were about the sa level. In fact, the Second Prince was even more terrifying. Even if Xiao Zhan was arrogant, he’d never dare, like the Second Prince’s side did, to have Liu Jinhu storm into Zhenbei Prison and snatch Han Dong away.
You have to realize, those are Court officials.
The consequences were far different from Xiao Zhan teaching Yang the Third a lesson in the Imperial City.
At the mouth of the alley, Jiang Feng and Uncle Huo t again, and the two of them went to Zhenbei Prison together.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
Jiang Feng followed the sa routine every day, just two points and a line.
At last, he enjoyed a spell of peace.
Han Dong went back and forth between Zhenbei Prison and the Imperial City.
Xiao Ran woke up a month ago.
But because she’d slept too long, and her Heart Vein had been burned by Jin Muchuan’s Primordial Fla, she still needed looking after after waking. She lay bedridden for a whole month before she could walk on her own again.
That day,
the Turkic invaded.
To avenge the massacre Xiao Zhan committed at the Border Defense Camp two months earlier.
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