Chapter 233: Harboring Filth and Violating the Emperor’s Command—Do You Know Your Crimes?
“The Jinyiwei’s arrest quota?”
When Qian Shengcai heard this strange phrasing, he was somewhat dumbfounded for a moment.
But as the owner of Harmony Tower, he had to face all kinds of customers every day and read their expressions.
Naturally, he knew that what Cheng Yu had said was no compliment.
His eyes turned slightly cold.
“If this lord has something to say, why not say it directly? Why speak in words no one can understand?”
Cheng Yu ignored Qian Shengcai and instead instructed the Jinyiwei beside him,
“Go and check what kind of people are inside this Harmony Tower. Since they are so bold, do not let anyone escape.”
“Yes!”
Xiao Qi and the other subordinates with the best strength accepted the order and rose one after another to leave.
Su Wei’s Vital Blood power had only just begun to rise and was not yet fully stable.
When he passed by Qian Shengcai, he even bumped into him so hard that the man was left dazed and dizzy.
“What are you trying to do?”
After being knocked aside, Qian Shengcai finally realized that things had become troublesome.
Cold sweat appeared on his forehead as he stared fixedly at Cheng Yu.
What were these Jinyiwei planning to do to his guests?
“Boss Qian, do not worry. I bear no ill will. I merely want to give all these refined guests a gift.”
“What gift?”
These honored guests all came from great households. What could be given to them?
The smile on Cheng Yu’s face deepened.
“I will give them a lifetime free from worries over food and clothing. They can eat state-provided meals. Not bad, is it?”
How could food and clothing without worry count as a gift?
Qian Shengcai grew even more puzzled. What did this Jinyiwei mean? Why was he giving the guests lifelong food and clothing without worry...
Suddenly, he reacted.
What place could take care of a person’s food and clothing and also be arranged by the Jinyiwei?
Was that not the Great Qian’s Imperial Prison?
There would be more than enough prison meals!
Qian Shengcai’s expression instantly turned vicious. The Jinyiwei were provoking him, and they had even sent people to arrest Harmony Tower’s guests!
Audacious!
Did they not even look at who stood behind Harmony Tower?
He clapped his hands, and a powerful aura erupted at the entrance of the private room. Several fierce-looking burly men appeared.
They were all Sixth-Rank Martial Artists with considerable strength.
They were Harmony Tower’s hired thugs, responsible for keeping order and dealing specifically with anyone who intended to cause trouble.
Qian Shengcai ordered coldly, “Go and invite those Jinyiwei lords back. I will have a talk with this lord.”
After the thugs left, he looked at Cheng Yu again.
“My lord, I hope you are joking. If you are not, then I advise you not to bring suffering upon yourself!”
The people behind Harmony Tower’s true owner happened to have quite a deep connection with the two Lords Zhang of the Jinyiwei.
If this Jinyiwei brat did not know what was good for him, Qian Shengcai would definitely make him suffer!
After saying those threatening words, Qian Shengcai’s expression changed extremely quickly. In the next moment, he immediately revealed a smile that did not reach his eyes.
He casually raised a cup of wine toward Cheng Yu.
“I, Qian, have always believed in the principle that harmony brings wealth. My lord, why not accept this cup of wine and let this matter be treated as though it never happened?”
Cheng Yu propped one hand on his thigh and rested the other on the table, making no movement at all.
“What if I do not accept it?”
A cold, fierce light flashed through Qian Shengcai’s eyes, and the hand holding the wine cup trembled.
If Cheng Yu refused to give him face, then...
At that moment, a burst of noise suddenly came from somewhere nearby in the restaurant. Curses, smashing, and crashing sounds rang out without end.
The thugs had clashed with the Jinyiwei!
A pleased look flashed through Qian Shengcai’s eyes. Once those little Jinyiwei small fry were dealt with, he wanted to see whether the man before him could still remain so arrogant!
He once again handed the wine toward Cheng Yu.
“My lord, whether you accept it or not, you had best think carefully!”
“Heh.”
Cheng Yu sneered and shook his head, then suddenly stood.
“Think carefully? Then let’s serve it cold!”
He seized the entire table and flipped it over. Fine wine and dishes scattered all across the floor.
Clang, clang, clang!
The Jinyiwei beside Cheng Yu abruptly rose and drew the Xiuchun Sabers at their waists in unison.
Blade light flashed together, cold and sharp. The Jinyiwei’s unique, sinister Internal Energy erupted, and the temperature in the entire room even seemed to drop a little.
The Jinyiwei stared coldly at Qian Shengcai, each of them looking at him as though they were looking at a dead man.
“You... you are courting death!”
Qian Shengcai’s own martial realm was not high. Suppressed by the Internal Energy of so many martial artists, his entire body immediately began trembling, and cold sweat kept breaking out on his forehead.
“Men, throw these ignorant fools out!”
But the moment his words fell, a loud crash rang out.
CRACK!
Several tall figures smashed through the doorframe and flew inside, collapsing miserably onto the floor.
They were all Harmony Tower’s black-clad thugs.
Their bodies were covered in terrifying saber wounds, along with mangled flesh from heavy blows. They no longer possessed any fighting strength.
Xiao Qi came in with his saber raised and his brows sharp.
Behind him, Su Wei’s Vital Blood surged wildly.
The Jinyiwei erupted with considerable might, frenziedly crushing Harmony Tower’s thugs. The frightened guests also fled in panic.
“The Jinyiwei? What are they doing?”
“Hurry, hurry, leave! We were only having a good meal, and now we’ve gotten dragged into this!”
“Ah, my Little Jinmei! I had not even enjoyed her yet!”
Qian Shengcai was instantly dumbfounded. These men of Harmony Tower were all in the Sixth-Rank Realm. Looking across all of Great Qian, they were absolutely skilled fighters.
Yet they were actually no match for these Jinyiwei?
What were their identities and status?
Before he could think further, his vision suddenly blurred. Cheng Yu’s figure had already appeared before him.
He had not sensed any sound or fluctuation of aura at all.
So strong!
Qian Shengcai was so frightened that he collapsed to the floor. He pointed at Cheng Yu with his finger and stammered nervously, “You... what exactly are you trying to do? This place... this place is...”
“This place is the territory of Great Qian, and someone has violated the Emperor’s command.”
Cheng Yu looked down at him from above, his eyes filled with cold indifference.
He waved his hand.
Then he issued an order in a deep, majestic voice.
“Seal this place. No one is allowed to leave!”
“As you command!”
All the Jinyiwei accepted the order in unison and filed out of the private room, searching everywhere and taking control of the scene.
Some Jinyiwei even leaped directly out through the private room’s window.
They went outside to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to escape.
This sudden situation truly shocked many guests who had come to dine.
Among them were quite a few hot-blooded martial artists. The scene grew increasingly noisy, and the atmosphere became increasingly tense.
One irritable man slammed the table and stood, actually arrogantly drawing the weapon at his waist.
The Jinyiwei?
Those people under the Lu Family’s pack of cowardly tortoises dared throw their weight around here too?
Clearly, this was someone who had only recently arrived in the Great Qian Capital. His information was not very up-to-date, and he did not know about the major events that had happened recently.
When the people at the same table saw this, their expressions filled with terror.
They had just been about to pull him back, but it was already too late to stop his reckless words.
“What are the Jinyiwei doing? You have disturbed my meal—”
WHOOSH!
Seven or eight fierce arrows drew strange arcs through the air and pierced into the man’s chest.
Xiao Qi raised his token and shouted coldly,
“The Jinyiwei are handling official business. Those who refuse to cooperate will be arrested and thrown into the Imperial Prison. Anyone who obstructs us with weapons will be killed without mercy!”
Once blood was drawn, the other guests instantly lowered their heads, each of them silent as cicadas in winter.
The rumors were indeed not nonsense. The Jinyiwei were different from before.
Before long, Su Wei found a group of beautiful women in disheveled clothing.
Their faces all bore cautious, fearful expressions, as though caused by long periods of terror and anxiety.
The youngest among them looked only thirteen or fourteen years old.
Traces of abuse were not difficult to find on their bodies either.
“Reporting to my lord. More than a dozen private rooms were doing that kind of thing. Everyone has been brought under control. A few who resisted have already been killed on the spot!”
“Good. First clear out a private room and let them stay there.”
Cheng Yu nodded and arranged the women properly, then looked at Qian Shengcai with an expression as though he were looking at a dead man.
“Harmony Tower harbored filth and evil, violating the imperial command. Do you know your crimes?”