"Sir!"
Jiang Feng once again stood at the door of Wang Qisheng’s prison cell.
"Have you found any trace of the ’Five Poison Grass’?"
Wang Qisheng, concerned with only one thing, hurriedly asked.
"Yes!"
Jiang Feng nodded.
"Where is it?"
Wang Qisheng stretched his hand out of the cell.
Jiang Feng summoned his courage and said, "Sir, after an investigation, I finally found a trace of the ’Five Poison Grass’ in a bookstore. However, my status is insignificant, and the shopkeeper refused to give it to ."
"Did you not tell him that it was I, Wang Qisheng, who wanted it?"
"I did tell him, but without evidence, how could he possibly believe ."
"Go and fetch Cao Zhengyang, I’ll have him accompany you."
"Sir, Commander Cao is busy with official duties and is not currently at Zhenbei Prison."
Jiang Feng explained to Wang Qisheng.
Upon hearing Jiang Feng’s explanation, Wang Qisheng paced a few steps within the cell.
Thinking of the riddles in his mind, needing ’Five Poison Grass’ to solve them.
Wang Qisheng imdiately took out a token from his person and handed it to Jiang Feng, saying, "Take this token, it’s the identity token bestowed upon by the Second Prince. Even Senior Officials of the Court have to give so face when they see it. Show it to the shopkeeper, I bet he wouldn’t dare refuse you then."
"Sir... this..."
Jiang Feng was shocked, holding the identity token with both hands.
"Keep it safe, if you lose it, I will annihilate your entire family!"
Wang Qisheng warned.
"Yes."
Jiang Feng quickly put the token into his pocket.
He then stood at the cell door, dithering.
"What are you waiting for? Go quickly!"
Wang Qisheng angrily said.
"Sir, I’m afraid the shopkeeper might not recognize the importance of your identity token."
Jiang Feng knelt on one knee and said.
"He dares!"
Wang Qisheng shouted angrily.
"Sir, could you write a note for to give to the shopkeeper? With your handwriting and the identity token as proof, the shopkeeper will surely comply. Otherwise, if he hands over a fake, I might not detect it."
Jiang Feng expressed his concern.
"You make a fair point. Wait a mont."
Initially upset, Wang Qisheng heard Jiang Feng expressing his worry about retrieving a fake ’Five Poison Grass’, so he suppressed his anger.
He promptly wrote a note within the cell.
After writing, he also stamped his identity seal on it, then tossed the note to Jiang Feng.
"Hurry up, don’t keep waiting!"
He urged.
"Yes!"
Jiang Feng picked up the note and hurried away.
Once outside, he glanced at the note’s content.
It read as follows:
"This is Wang Qisheng, master of the Second Prince. I order you to hand over ’Five Poison Grass’. If you dare defy or delay, I will see you and your family to ruin!"
"What a madman, threatening entire families just like that. But that’s good, the harsher the words, the better the effect."
Jiang Feng thought to himself, carefully storing the note.
He then left Zhenbei Prison and headed back to the black market.
This ti.
Jiang Feng did not change his clothes.
Wearing Zhenbei Prison’s official uniform, with his sidearm blade, he arrived at the black market.
His outfit.
Drew the attention of many upon his arrival.
It was already night.
During the spring equinox.
In Dragon Capital, the temperature was still quite cold.
Snow often fell.
Yet in the black market, the later it got, the more people gathered.
But Jiang Feng did not enter; he walked towards the guards at the entrance and said, "I want to see the person in charge here."
"Hehehe."
The guards snickered upon hearing this.
The black market had been around for a long ti.
It’s not like governnt officials had never been here before.
A re Prison Chief from Zhenbei Prison wasn’t anything special, so they paid him no mind, snickering from the side, unwilling to deal with Jiang Feng.
"I’ll say it again, I want to see the person in charge here."
Jiang Feng insisted.
"Open your eyes and see what this is."
Seeing that they still weren’t moving, Jiang Feng had no choice but to show Wang Qisheng’s identity token.
"This... Sir, please follow !"
The token, bearing clear identity information, shocked everyone. A Seventh Grade Martial Artist among them quickly led Jiang Feng down a small path into the black market.
Jiang Feng followed him into a courtyard next to the black market.
The courtyard was heavily guarded.
People ca and went.
Everyone running a stall or shop in the black market had to visit regularly, paying a monthly inco proportion in silver taels.
The man led Jiang Feng inside, to the door of a room where a man was leaning against a window, gazing at the moon and drinking. He whispered a few words to him.
Upon hearing,
The man hurriedly got up and ca out of the room.
He bowed to Jiang Feng and said, "Brother, I am Wu Tianxiong, the person in charge here. How may I assist you?"
"I’ve co on behalf of Teacher Wang to obtain a book!"
Jiang Feng presented Wang Qisheng’s identity token again.
Wu Tianxiong leaned in to inspect it closely and, realizing the token was real, smiled, "Which book does Teacher Wang wish to see?"
"Five Poison Grass."
Jiang Feng stated bluntly.
"What?"
Wu Tianxiong’s face changed.
He said with difficulty, "Brother, ’Five Poison Grass’ is a forbidden book, the very source of the Red Lotus Sect’s ’Demon Slaying Skill’. The black market has everything except this book."
"Bang!"
Jiang Feng slapped Wang Qisheng’s note onto the table.
He commanded, "Then explain it to Teacher Wang yourself."
Wu Tianxiong opened the note to read.
After seeing the content.
He wasn’t frightened, rather an anger surfaced on his face.
But he held it back.
With a stiff smile, he said, "Please go back and tell Teacher Wang to calm down. We really do not have ’Five Poison Grass’ here."
"Alright, I’ll relay your words exactly, be warned!"
Jiang Feng snorted coldly.
And turned to leave.
"Hey..."
Wu Tianxiong hadn’t expected Jiang Feng to be so straightforward.
Seeing Jiang Feng about to leave the courtyard.
He rushed out and said, "Young brother, the black market is vast, beyond the Wu Family’s support alone. Please convey to Mr. Wang to reconsider."
"Teacher Wang’s identity token and his note are both here. His attitude should be clear to you.
I am rely a Little Prison Chief at Zhenbei Prison, here to convey a ssage for Teacher Wang. As for what you do and how Teacher Wang responds, that’s between you.
Rest assured, I will relay your words to Teacher Wang. Farewell!"
Jiang Feng said this, cupping his hands towards Wu Tianxiong before leaving the black market.
Wu Tianxiong looked displeased.
Jiang Feng had co transparently on Wang Qisheng’s behalf, leaving him helpless. Making things difficult for Jiang Feng ant making things difficult for the governnt office.
But as he looked again at Wang Qisheng’s note, his anger flared, and he told his subordinates, "Prepare a cart, take to the Imperial City!"
"Yes!"
A subordinate responded.
Thus, Wu Tianxiong and Jiang Feng left the black market almost simultaneously.
Wu Tianxiong went to the Imperial City to find the person behind, while Jiang Feng returned to Zhenbei Prison. However, he didn’t rush to find Wang Qisheng early; instead, he first sought out Cao Zhengyang.
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