“Get me down, quickly!” Su Wu Ming saw that the ambushers were Lu Ling Feng, and immediately said.
Lu Ling Feng coldly snorted:
“Su County Lieutenant isn't investigating cases over there, what are you doing causing trouble here?”
Su Wu Ming naturally said:
“Of course I'm here to investigate!”
“Investigate? Have you figured anything out?”
Su Wu Ming sheepishly smiled: “Still investigating! Still investigating!”
“Today at the Dou family, I really thought you had some skills, but now it seems that you're only better than me at reading people. You should just watch how I catch the adulterer!”
Lu Ling Feng thought of the things that happened during the day, and was angry.
Su Wu Ming said:
“I don't mind, but can you release Old Jia and the others first? They're either old, about to become fathers, or have bad eyesight, and can't withstand the rough treatment!”
Lu Ling Feng coldly said: “Drag them up!”
Su Wu Ming spun around above, feeling like his internal organs were about to shift, while Old Jia and the others angrily yelled:
“You dare treat the Chang'an County Lieutenant this way!”
Xiao Wu sneered from the side:
“Is a County Lieutenant even considered an official? Not even as good as a cat that catches mice, yet he thinks he’s a tiger!”
As they spoke, a roar of a tiger came from the outside.
Everyone was surprised, and someone said:
“Tiger?! Is there really a tiger here?”
“Nonsense! This is in the middle of the city, where would there be a tiger?”
But in an instant, a white-browed tiger with a hanging eye strode in, its vicious gaze fixed on everyone.
Then, it charged forward.
Lu Ling Feng was thrown back by the force of the tiger, like a mountain crashing down.
Xiao Wu held his knife, but was knocked back in panic, breaking the ambush trap, allowing Su Wu Ming and the others to fall to the ground.
The other Jin Wu guards were scared and paralyzed.
The tiger charged again.
Seeing the merchant he had captured jump out the window, Xiao Wu gritted his teeth and jumped out as well.
At that moment, the platform Lu Ling Feng was standing on collapsed, and he also intended to jump out the window, but Su Wu Ming stopped him.
“Don’t jump! Lu Ling Feng, take the knife and slay the tiger! Fan Yang Lu clan, a renowned family for five hundred years. But now you hesitate in the face of a tiger? You really are a disgrace to your ancestors!”
Lu Ling Feng was provoked.
Gritting his teeth, he took a step forward, charging towards the tiger. His blade slashed fiercely, and the tiger turned into a phantom.
Guo Zhuang and the others were puzzled:
“Where did the tiger go?”
Su Wu Ming got up and panted: “What tiger? Look at that!”
Everyone looked, but saw that the tiger was just a tiger skin!
“It was an illusion!”
“An illusion?”
Seeing the scene before him, Lu Ling Feng immediately felt tricked.
“To think that I, the Honorable Captain of the Jin Wu Guards, was fooled by an illusion? It’s a disgrace!”
Lu Ling Feng felt humiliated.
“Quickly go and bring back Xiao Wu and that tea merchant!”
Guo Zhuang accepted the order: “Yes.”
“Wait!”
Su Wu Ming broke free from his restraints, stepped forward, and said seriously: “Captain, the reason I didn’t let you jump out the window earlier was because I was afraid that those who jumped out the window were in danger.”
Lu Ling Feng's face changed upon hearing this.
“What are you saying?”
“That demon used an illusion to force you to jump out the window!” Su Wu Ming explained.
Lu Ling Feng didn’t believe it, and went to look for himself. He opened the window and froze.
Everywhere he looked, there were shards of glass, broken arrows, and pieces of machinery.
“Was it you?”
Lu Ling Feng was surprised, because there was a person standing outside. It was Zheng Qing! He was carrying the tea merchant in one hand and Xiao Wu in the other, and smiled at him.
“Captain, I guess you owe me a favor this time. If I hadn’t arrived in time, I’m afraid you’d be hosting Xiao Wu’s memorial service in seven days.”
Lu Ling Feng coldly snorted: “Xiao Wu is skilled, even if you hadn’t saved him, he wouldn’t have been in any danger!”
Zheng Qing came inside through the window and threw down Xiao Wu and the tea merchant.
“Is that so? Then I guess I was being overprotective this time.”
【Lu Ling Feng’s favor +300 Reputation Points.】
Zheng Qing laughed inwardly, thinking that this guy was a tsundere—stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside. Interesting.
Xiao Wu’s face was pale, and he trembled as he said: “Captain, we really owe this to Inspector Zheng this time. I saw arrows flying, and if it weren’t for him, I really… really would have died.”
【Xiao Wu’s favor +200 Reputation Points.】
【Tea merchant Huang Da’s favor +150 Reputation Points.】
Lu Ling Feng angrily said: “As a member of the Jin Wu Guard, you are so afraid of a tiger! How can you bear the responsibility of protecting the safety of the people? I’m giving you three days off. Go and rest.”
Zheng Qing was surprised. He hadn’t noticed before, but Lu Ling Feng was strict with outsiders, but he was actually quite good to his subordinates.
A strange smell came, and everyone frowned. They realized that the tea merchant had fainted from fright and lost control of his bowels.
Su Wu Ming said: “Help him down quickly.”
He was about to ask something, but saw Zheng Qing holding a broken lampshade and smashed it against the attic above.
In an instant, hidden arrows rained down like raindrops, turning the area in front of them into a sieve!
Lu Ling Feng was stunned, and stepped forward: “How did you know there was an ambush here? And… ”
He had many questions. First, Zheng Qing appeared at a very opportune time, as if he knew they would be in danger here. Second, this person had never been here before, but he knew that there was a hidden arrow mechanism in this attic?
Su Wu Ming also fell into deep thought.
He didn’t really want to doubt Zheng Qing, after all, this person had paid and helped him solve the problem of the staff at the County Office during the day. Otherwise, he and Su Qian would be hanging up there now! The latter's old bones wouldn’t have been able to withstand the rough treatment!
But this person’s ability to predict things was astonishing.
Zheng Qing said casually: “When I went to Dou Mansion to ask questions during the day, I questioned their coachmen and others, but I clearly felt something was off about them. So I questioned them separately, and I accidentally discovered that a girl named Ling’er was having an affair with Dou Yu Lin, and she also claimed that she had told you two about Yin Shi Lang. I’ve been to the Ghost Market before and I know how dangerous it is. One must be prepared.”
This explanation sounded reasonable.
Su Wu Ming’s eyes narrowed. He saw that Zheng Qing’s insight was very sharp.
Lu Ling Feng scrutinized him from top to bottom: “I never thought that Inspector Zheng, being an inspector, would have such extraordinary skills and strength. Why are you a civil servant and not a military officer?”
Zheng Qing asked back: “Captain, when you investigate a case, is skill more important or is common sense more important? And in our Great Tang Dynasty, the ranks and power of civil servants seem to be generally higher than military officers, right?”
Lu Ling Feng was speechless. Moreover, he had just saved Xiao Wu, so if he continued to pick on him now, it would make him seem petty.
“Please don’t take offense, Inspector. I was just being impatient.”
【Lu Ling Feng’s favor +300 Reputation Points.】
Su Wu Ming also stepped forward: “Thank you for making arrangements in advance, Inspector. Otherwise, we would have had a lot of trouble.”
Zheng Qing repeatedly said it was nothing.
But soon he realized something was wrong. This kid Su Wu Ming said thank you, but he didn’t get any reputation points! He said one thing, but did another!
“The immortal has ascended!”
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