Chapter 120: Is there still law? (120k)

“Are you looking for me?”

Chen Jin walked out leisurely, looking calm and composed.

Seeing this, Chen Shizhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He didn’t want things to get so awkward tonight that they couldn’t be cleared up.

Now, Chen Jin took the initiative to open the door and show up, allowing the two sides to talk face to face, which at least gave them some room to turn around.

Taoist Chidan looked over and in his eyes, there was not much magical light or blood on Chen Jin’s body. He was just a good-looking scholar.

But I don’t know where such a person gets the confidence from and why he is not panicking at all.

He immediately said coldly, “Are you the one who came from the countryside to the city to take part in the provincial examination?”

He particularly emphasized the word “countryside”, which showed his contempt.

“So what?”

“I am the Taoist priest of Changsheng Temple. I came here tonight to ask you a few questions.”

Chen Jin narrowed his eyes: “What?”

Taoist Chidan suddenly took out something from his pocket and held it high in his hand: “Since this interrogation is of great importance, I must be cautious. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Zhenyan Pill refined and produced by Changsheng Temple. After a person takes it, every question and answer will be true. Now I am going to let this Mr. Chen take this medicine and then interrogate him.”

Hearing this, there was an uproar all around.

Chen Shizhen immediately protested loudly: “Mr. Chen is not a prisoner, why would he take your pills carelessly?”

Taoist Chidan said coldly: “If you don’t dare to eat it, it means you are guilty of a crime.”

Chen Jin glanced at it and said, “What is the Manifestation Pill? It’s just a poisonous insect wrapped in a medicinal skin. After you eat it, your life and death will be in your hands. What a good plan.”

Taoist Chidan was startled. He did not expect that the nature of the medicine in his hand would be revealed by him in one sentence: “That is not a Gu worm, but a Danling. In short, you must eat it this time.”

Chen Jin laughed: “When did I say I would answer your questions?”

Taoist Chidan became angry and said, “How dare you tease me, you little brat? Let me see if your sword is as sharp as this one.”

After saying that, he suddenly jumped up, spread out the five fingers of his left hand, and grabbed Chen Jin.

There is a rune drawn on the palm of its hand, like a suction cup, which can easily control people.

“Don’t be so arrogant, I’m here to meet you!”

Ye Yanke stepped forward, drew his heavy sword, and slashed in the air.

He rushed to fight, not to show off his strength, but to be the first to fight. It was a way to test the opponent and to practice his swordsmanship.

The greatest advantage of a warrior swordsman lies in close combat. But the Taoist Chidan is not one of those low-level sorcerers. He is experienced and he showed a whisk in his hand like a magic trick. With a flick of his wrist, thousands of threads spread out like a net, quickly entangling Ye Yanke’s heavy sword.

Fortunately, Ye Yanke held the hilt of the sword tightly, so the sword was not taken away.

This face-to-face confrontation immediately made the other party pale in comparison and exposed their weaknesses.

In fact, he is not suitable for using the heavy sword because it is too slow.

Ye Yanke’s face flushed red, and he pulled hard, but he couldn’t break free from the other party’s whisk, and it was obvious that he couldn’t hold out for long.

“it is good!”

Chen Guizhong, who was scout-ing for Taoist Chidan, shouted loudly, and the retainers behind him started to make a noise.

In their view, Ye Yanke was Chen Jin’s right-hand bodyguard. As long as they captured him, Chen Jin would be the only one left and they could do whatever they wanted with him.

Taoist Chidan’s eyes flashed coldly. He used his whisk to restrain Ye Yanke’s sword, and at the same time, he put his left hand together to form a finger sword and stabbed it into Ye Yanke’s eyes.

At this moment, the Taoist already had murderous intent in his heart.

Ye Yanke regarded the sword as his life and refused to let go to dodge.

At this moment, Chen Jin suddenly stepped forward. His movements seemed slow, but in a flash he was beside Ye Yanke, and then he stretched out his hand and flicked the hilt of the heavy sword.

hum!
This flick of the finger, with the help of the sword handle, immediately transferred to the sword blade. It was sharp and unstoppable, and immediately cut off the strands of whisk entangled on it.

The Chidan Taoist, who had been showing a smug look on his face, suddenly changed his expression. He was filled with anger and sorrow. “How dare you destroy my magic weapon? I will kill you!”

The heavy sword was freed, and Ye Yanke knew that Chen Jin was going to take action himself, so he quickly stepped back.

“I also have a sword, please look at it!”

Chen Jin said, unsheathing his sword and quickly tapping the opponent’s face.

Taoist Chidan felt a sword force as strong as the wind.

The bitter north wind!
The north wind blows on my face, with a sharp and stinging feeling like it cuts my skin.

What a powerful sword intent…

The Taoist felt a chill in his heart, knowing that he had been careless this time. He did not dare to defend himself directly, and retreated immediately.

However, no matter how fast he retreated, he could not be faster than the sword intent.

Then the sword intent turned into light, and a human figure was wrapped in the light and shadow.

The man follows the sword, man and sword become one, and they rush forward.

“Is he going to kill me?”

At this moment, Taoist Chidan actually felt the threat of death. He could not help but roar in anger and raised his half-shaved whisk to block in front of him.

Click!

The sword light seemed invincible, cutting the whisk in half at once, and then chopped off his body.

With one sword strike, blood splattered ten steps away.

“what!”

Some timid people screamed.

“what?”

Everyone was shocked and their faces changed drastically.

You have to know that Taoist Chidan came to Chen Jin to question him, but who would have expected that they would start fighting after a disagreement.

It would be fine if we just fight to decide the winner.

But how did it decide life and death?
In full view of everyone, Chen Jin dared to kill someone!
The tip of Chen Jin’s sword dropped, and drops of blood were still rolling down, dripping onto the ground and splashing into a red plum blossom.

The visual impact of this scene was so shocking that Chen Guizhong pointed his finger over and shouted, “Look! Look! Uncle, you still said he doesn’t know swordsmanship?”

Chen Shizhi: “…”

At this moment, I am thinking more.

On the one hand, how would the situation end after the Chidan Taoist was killed? On the other hand, it was self-evident how powerful Chen Jin was that he was able to kill the Chidan Taoist of the fifth realm.

What should we do when faced with such a person?
Chen Jin raised his sword again and said loudly: “Everyone heard it just now. This Taoist was shouting that he wanted to kill me. I had no choice but to defend myself.”

The sword turned and pointed at Chen Guizhong: “So, is there anyone who wants to ask me questions now?”

“He’s coming to kill me…”

Chen Guizhong’s heart was filled with fear and courage, and he turned around and left.

The dozen or so retainers and servants behind him immediately scattered like birds and beasts and fled.

A large area outside Chen Shizhen’s door was quickly cleared.

“It seems that no one comes to ask me questions anymore.”

Chen Jin was talking to himself, sheathing his sword, and turned to the stunned Chen Shizhen and said, “Master Chen San, do you still dare to invite me for tea?”

Chen Shizhen swallowed his saliva with a “gulp” sound and recovered a little from the shock, but his legs were stiff and he still couldn’t walk.

Before this, Chen Shizhen had actually long suspected the deaths of Taoist Song and Chen Shicheng, suspecting that it was Chen Jin who was responsible.

After all, there is no such coincidence in the world.

But suspicion is suspicion, and it is difficult to convict without real evidence.

This approach is quite clever and can be used to advance or retreat.

But now Chen Jin stopped pretending and took action. In front of everyone, he killed Taoist Chidan with a single sword and overturned the table.

Chen Shizhen didn’t believe that Chen Jin was the kind of reckless person. In other words, if he dared to overturn the table, he must have the strength and means to match it.

There is no doubt that he is a person with great supernatural powers!
Thinking of this, Chen Shizhen couldn’t help but get excited, and quickly made a decision: “Mr. Chen, the door of my house is always open to you.”

Ye Yanke went forward and began to touch the body with skillful techniques, then returned to the house. Seeing this, Chen Shizhi and others were very nervous.

Then the servant Awu quickly closed the door.

Chen Shizhi: “…”

Chen Guiwen: “…”

The people who were left outside looked at each other in bewilderment.

What does this mean?
Simply unworthy of a son of man.

Chen Shizhi had no choice but to order people to bury the body of Taoist Chidan, and then he took the leaders of several families back to the clan meeting hall to start the meeting.

“This boy committed a crime in public. Does he still have the law in his eyes? Does he still have rules?”

Soon, a white-haired old man said indignantly, hitting the floor heavily with his cane.

He is an elder of the Chen family in Changletang.

“There is a conspiracy, there must be a conspiracy!”

Someone else spoke up. It was Chen Shimou, the head of the Sixth House.

“What conspiracy?”

“He deliberately killed Taoist Chidan in front of everyone to drag us all down. When Changsheng Temple comes to question us in the future, they will naturally blame us.”

“That’s true.”

“Yes, this boy has a very evil mind…”

Everyone agreed.

“What are you afraid of? When the people from Changsheng Temple come, we can tell them the truth. It’s the Third Brother who is asking for trouble. Just wait to bear the wrath of Changsheng Temple.”

This is Chen Shiliang, the head of the Fifth House: “Boss, is that right?”

Chen Shizhi’s eyes flickered, and he suddenly said, “If there is a chance, we can let Chen Jin recognize his ancestry and include him in the Changle Hall family tree. What do you think?”

“Boss, are you confused?”

“This is tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house. We must not do this!”

“I think this boy is ambitious and reckless, and he is a disaster.”

A chorus of opposing voices.

Chen Shimou said dissatisfiedly: “Boss, why do you say such unreasonable things?”

Chen Shizhi lowered his eyes and said, “Actually, the third brother came to me a while ago to discuss the possibility of this matter.”

Chen Shimou sneered and said, “Chen Jin is his guest, so he will naturally run around and lobby for him, but it’s just wishful thinking.”

“Yes, we should immediately drive them out of Boji Lane to prevent future troubles.”

The white-haired elder couldn’t stand people like Chen Jin. They were too unstable, like a spark. If you weren’t careful, it could start a big fire and get out of control.

Chen Shiliang’s face was gloomy: “The second brother may have been killed by him. Should we investigate it thoroughly?”

Chen Shizhi looked at him and said quietly, “If that’s the case, how about you, Lao Wu, go to Chen Jin’s house again and ask for his explanation?”

Chen Shiliang suddenly fell silent.

Are you kidding? Taoist Chidan went to ask questions and was hacked to pieces in public. Who would dare to go at this time?

Looking for death?
Chen Shizhi turned his eyes and looked at everyone: “If anyone among you is willing to question and investigate the murderer, you can go. As long as we find evidence, we will spare no effort to avenge Lao Er. What do you think?”

Everyone was silent.

Chen Shicheng’s death was caused by the rebellion and backlash of the family god. At least all the obvious evidence proves this.

A very typical cold case.

Where can I find evidence?
Of course, with the style of the wealthy families, some things do not require real evidence. They can just arrest people directly, torture them to extract a confession, get them to sign and seal their names, and then send them to the government office for conviction.

This is what Taoist Chidan did. He wanted to force Chen Jin to take the so-called “True Word Pill” which contained a poisonous insect.

Then he died on the spot.

Who wants to be next?
Observing their expressions, Chen Shizhi suddenly understood: Chen Jin’s killing of the Taoist in public had no conspiracy at all, but was a blatant deterrence and a display of his strength.

He actually said he was acting in self-defense.

It is the most difficult to deal with such lawless and rule-abiding people.

Because you never know when he will come to help you.

Moreover, Chen Jin’s abilities and means are obviously not just the sword in his hand, there are other things, so he can appear and disappear mysteriously…

I thought he was just a scholar who came from the countryside to take the imperial examination, but now it seems that is not the case at all.

There is a layer of mysterious fog shrouding Chen Jin, making it impossible to see through him.

Because of the mystery, it is full of unknown dangers.

Subconsciously, Chen Shizhi did not want to be an enemy of such a person. Deep down, he thought that it would be a good thing for Boji Lane to bring him over and become part of the same clan.

It’s a pity that other people don’t think so. For various reasons, they are unwilling to let Chen Jin return to his ancestral home, either because of short-sightedness, rejection, or worry.

Although Chen Shizhi is the head of the eldest house, he cannot make the final decision on such an important matter alone; he must get the support of the majority.

It had to be put on hold for now.

It’s better to wait and see whether Chen Jin can pass the exam or not; wait and see who will be sent by Changsheng Temple next time…

Before that, Chen Shizhi would not expel Chen Jin from Boji Lane.

If you do that, you will be taking sides too early, which is not a wise move.

……

Although he went back to drink tea, Chen Shizhen was still uneasy and worried.

Things have gotten to this point tonight and the situation has become very serious.

Not only did someone die, but the dead was a guardian of the Changsheng Temple. How could the other party let this go?

As for whether the scared Chen Guizhong would report to the police and alert the authorities, there is no need to worry about that.

People in the underworld and in Taoism are reluctant to deal with government offices to avoid getting into trouble.

The last time Song Daoren and Chen Shicheng died, no one in Bojiji Lane reported the case to the police. Instead, they chose to conduct an internal investigation and handle the matter.

This is basically the default rule.

If Chen Guizhong dared to report the matter to the provincial government, not only would he not get any good results, but he would also have difficulty staying in Bojiji Lane.

What Chen Shizhen was worried about was that the people from Changsheng Temple would come to seek revenge on Chen Jin.

This is almost inevitable.

There is no end to the grudges in the martial arts world.

In addition, Chen Shizhen was also worried about whether the attitude of the Chen clan would arouse public anger and attack Chen Jinqun?
A night passed without incident.

Chen Shizhen couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that the clan members were relatively calm and restrained, and did not act rashly.

After thinking about it, he felt that he should pay a visit to the boss Chen Shizhi to find out what he had to say.

So he took the old butler Chen Bo with him and picked out another gift.

On the way there, I met many people from the clan.

When these people saw Chen Shizhen, they all kept their distance from him and pointed fingers at him.

It’s not because of fear, but more likely to avoid trouble.

On the way, Chen Shizhen heard a piece of news that Chen Guizhong was very frightened and worried that he would be harmed by Chen Jin and repeat his father’s mistakes. So he fled from Boji Lane overnight and took refuge outside.

As for other families, they locked up the household gods they worshipped or hired someone to guard them to avoid any problems.

It seems that the influence brought by Chen Jin is indeed not small.

But when Chen Shizhen and Chen Jin were drinking tea and chatting, he knew that Chen Jin was by no means a person who killed indiscriminately, and that he killed the Taoist Chidan in self-defense.

Who asked Taoist Chidan to force Chen Jin to take the Zhenyan Pill?

(End of this chapter)