The two men, one had given a timely warning, the other had come to his senses in time.
In short, the meaning was quite clear. From now on, the kidnapping of personnel from Youjiao Bu had nothing to do with them.
Truly swift action, a clean break on the spot.
Yu Qing of course knew what they meant by this. It was also what he had been most worried about before, so he had not dared to reveal Xiao Hei’s identity from Youjiao Bu at the start, fearing that this side would do something like murder to silence him or destroy the corpse to erase the evidence. He had not expected that what he feared would come to pass, and even more had not expected that this bunch of fellows could actually swallow back the words they had just spoken on the spot.
Nan Zhu and Mu Aotie could not help but show anger on their faces.
Seeing Yu Qing’s speechless expression, Wang Wentian put his hands behind his back, looking extremely pleased with himself, as if to say, “I simply won’t admit it. Do you have evidence? What can you do to me?”
Little did he know that Yu Qing was sweating coldly for him, sweating coldly for his words.
First of all, regardless of what the other party thought of him, he wanted to turn a big matter into a small one, and a small matter into nothing.
To put it bluntly, he did not dare to offend the other party too severely either, otherwise he would be offending the entire Zheluo Mountain. Besides, he had heard that they were relatives of the Earth Mother. The power of Zheluo Mountain was not something that people as few and weak as their martial brothers could oppose.
He had found people from Youya to put on this show, only wanting to absolutely guarantee Xiao Hei’s safety. He had not wanted to drive Wang Wentian to his death.
After the other party admitted to the kidnapping, he had brought out Youya to frighten them, hoping that the other party would say they had not known that Xiao Hei was a person from Youjiao Bu. Then, since they had not known, they were not guilty, and they would release the person, turning a big matter into a small one and a small matter into nothing. Who would have thought that the other party had not gone along with this, but instead had started playing tough, actually swallowing back the words they had spoken? Did they really take the people listening in as fools?
Some words had to be considered in terms of who heard them. If the listener was the wrong person, then it was wild talk. He truly was sweating coldly for Wang Wentian. He immediately advised in a kindly tone, “Brother Wang, I think you probably did not know before that that child had the identity of someone from Youjiao Bu, so a misunderstanding occurred. Since you did not know, you are not guilty. As long as you release the person, this matter will be over.”
He had truly lowered his stance, just to give the other party a way out, so that the other party could smoothly roll past this hurdle.
However, Wang Wentian did not think this way. Seeing him like this, he thought he had been rendered helpless by himself. Seeing the famous Tanhua Lang softening before him, he felt delighted, not to mention he had the mentality of striking a drowning dog, wanting to fully pursue that sense of pleasure. He denied it again on the spot, saying, “What misunderstanding, what not knowing means not being guilty? I don’t understand what you are talking about. I will say it again. I don’t know any child, and I definitely did not kidnap anyone.”
At the same time, Gu Qingzhao’s figure appeared again. In her hand, she was leading a beautiful woman with jade pendants and ornaments tinkling. Her skin was as fair as snow, her eyebrows and eyes like paintings, her bright eyes like waves, her appearance enough to topple a city. Only her expression was unsettled, looking around in alarm and suspicion.
She clearly looked as if she had been hurriedly pulled over by the former.
Indeed, this was the case. Gu Qingzhao had received a message passed on by Qing Ya. As soon as she asked about the situation, she knew that the prepared twists and turns were unnecessary, and she needed to bring the girl over to forcibly throw dirty water.
Sure enough, as soon as Qing Ya saw her bring someone, he immediately gave a look, indicating to aim at Yu Qing.
Gu Qingzhao understood. She immediately whispered something in the girl’s ear, “That little moustache.” Her hand conveniently pushed the girl’s lower back, urging her on.
That girl was indeed a pure entertainer who sold her art but not her body, and also one of the top girls of Jinghong Hall.
At this moment, she truly wanted to speak but stopped. However, after all, she was in a place of fireworks. When it really came to the point where even the proprietress would not protect her and was going to force her, she was also beyond her control and had no choice but to obey. She could only bite her lip and slowly walk towards Yu Qing, her ten fingers intertwined at her abdomen.
Yu Qing did not pay much attention to their arrival. He merely glanced at them. To be honest, today, especially at this very moment, he was really not afraid of anyone in Jinghong Hall being able to do anything to him. Since leaving the mountain, this was truly the first time he had had such ample confidence.
He was more speechless about Wang Wentian. He really wanted to directly tell Wang Wentian that not knowing something was one matter, but knowingly committing an offence was another matter entirely. He should not seek death like this.
Nan and Mu, however, noticed something was wrong. Seeing that as soon as Wang Wentian finished speaking, a woman appeared out of nowhere and was heading straight for Yu Qing, the two martial brothers immediately leaped out from behind the table, blocking Yu Qing. Their hands gripped their sword hilts, ready to draw at any moment, staring at the girl in a threatening posture.
Yu Qing was still pondering and brewing what words to use to persuade Wang Wentian. His gaze moved slightly, and he noticed that Gu Qingzhao was coming over again.
Gu Qingzhao saw that the person she had pushed onto the stage was being blocked by Nan and Mu. She immediately took the stage herself, quickly stepping forward. Walking to the girl’s side, she directly made a move. She suddenly grabbed the girl’s collar and pulled it with a tug.
Rip! The girl’s clothes tore, and her snowy white chest was almost fully exposed. She clearly had not expected this sudden attack either. Fortunately, her own subconscious reaction was quick, and her hands urgently covered her chest, her face showing extreme embarrassment.
Gu Qingzhao was not finished. Her hands pulled and tugged, directly messing up the girl’s hair, and tearing her skirt and dress even more ragged. The girl had a refined charm, but at this moment she was clearly put in an extremely awkward situation.
Qing Ya smiled slightly, then bent down to pick up the wine cup on the table, slowly savouring it.
Wang Wentian was already watching with raised eyebrows. He seemed to greatly appreciate Gu Qingzhao’s actions, and found the dumbfounded reactions of Yu Qing and his three martial brothers even more amusing.
Immediately after, Gu Qingzhao waved her finger and pointed at Yu Qing, angrily denouncing, “Master Yu, I have repeatedly told you that Miss ‘Qingqian’ is an entertainer who sells her art but not her body. This rule is known to everyone in Jinghong Hall. Why must you drag her into a side room to rape her?”
This was forcibly framing him. Wang Wentian smiled and muttered, “Well done!”
He felt that the money spent this time had not been wasted.
Yu Qing and his three martial brothers were indeed a bit dumbfounded by this, but they were not stupid. They immediately reacted and understood what kind of dirty trick was hidden in this banquet.
Nan Zhu drew his sword, pointing it at Gu Qingzhao, and angrily shouted, “Bitch, do not speak nonsense here!”
Qing Ya, who was playing with the wine cup in his hand, spoke up, “What, after molesting someone’s daughter, you still want to murder her to silence her? Are you bullying Jinghong Hall for having no one?”
Yu Qing raised his hand to stop him, and also reached out to pat Nan Zhu’s sword hand, indicating for him to sheath his sword. Then he said to Wang Wentian, “Brother Wang, I roughly understand what you want to do. Nothing more than wanting to ruin my reputation. How about this? As long as you release that child, I will let you throw this dirty water!”
He still wanted to yield, still wanted to turn a big matter into a small one and a small one into nothing. He truly had no other way. The spirit plant sects ranked within the top ten of Jinguo were not merely wealthy. Their power was also not child’s play. There was really no need for the three of them, martial brothers, to make an enemy of them.
To put it another way, he could handle anything happening to him alone, but he could not drag the seventh and ninth brothers along to be hunted endlessly.
Besides, it was merely a matter of jealousy over a romantic rival. There was no need for him to fight for this breath of air. He did not want to get back together with Zhong Ruochen anyway. Back then in Xiaoyun Jian, Meng Po’s warning had always weighed heavily on his heart. Being able to use this to clear the relationship was just right.
Wang Wentian, however, sneered repeatedly, “What child? I said it has nothing to do with me. Can’t you understand human speech?” At the same time, he gave Gu Qingzhao a look, then sat back down, looking ready to watch a show.
Gu Qingzhao immediately shouted towards the door, “Someone come quickly…”
Yu Qing’s gaze immediately glanced towards the door. He could roughly guess what would happen next. This was clearly trying to utterly disgrace him. He estimated that the guests in the neighbouring rooms would all be startled over.
Boom!
The air window outside the roof brackets suddenly exploded with a loud noise, startling everyone into looking up. They saw the wooden fragments flying in all directions, and at the same time, two figures flashed out.
Gu Qingzhao had called for someone, and indeed someone had come immediately.
Two people wearing black cloaks and drooping gauze hats directly landed beside Yu Qing.
Fearing that Wang Wentian, who was sitting side by side in the first seat with Yu Qing, would encounter misfortune, Sun Jiu quickly flashed to stand in front of Wang Wentian, protecting him as he retreated.
Wang Wentian was indeed a man of courage. He sneered, “So this is where the guts to bargain with me come from. You brought helpers. Proprietress, the guards at your place are not up to par. Someone broke in and you didn’t even know. Be careful not to ruin Jinghong Hall’s reputation. Do you need Zheluo Mountain to send some experts over to help?”
Little did he know that Gu Qingzhao and Qing Ya were already quite shocked inside. Both of them knew how tight Jinghong Hall’s defences were. This was a place where wealthy guests threw away gold like dirt. How could they not ensure the safety of the wealthy guests? Not only were the defences tight, but even the various food and drink consumed by the guests had to be guaranteed absolutely safe.
Jinghong Hall had many guards, and also employed quite a few experts to hold the fort. How could they not detect someone sneaking in from outside? Moreover, two people had sneaked in at once.
The sudden appearance of the two uninvited guests had truly caused considerable shock in the two’s hearts.
Crack. Qing Ya crushed the wine cup in his hand. Staring at the two uninvited guests, he said, “Who are you two? Do you know the rules of Haishi?”
In a place where so many people gathered, order could be maintained because there were rules. Whether it was a residence or a shop, no one was permitted to trespass without permission. Once caught, the Zhenhai Office would punish severely.
The cloaks of the two hat-wearers moved together, and the seams in the middle of the cloaks parted together. Both revealed a weapon in their hands. In reality, they were two black metal tokens.
The two hat-wearers were clearly using this to reveal their identities, showing the designs and characters on the tokens for everyone to see.
On the dark tokens, cloud patterns curled and rolled.
On one side, the characters were: Boundless Heaven and Earth.
On the other side, the characters were: Yin and Yang Boundless.
These were the differences between the two tokens. On the other side of both tokens were the same four characters: Encounter Token, No Pardon!
The meaning of the designs need not be said, but the literal meaning of the characters was obvious. It implied that the token bearer could go anywhere. When acting under the token, no one’s face was of any use. It was called “Encounter Token, No Pardon!”
The two tokens, each with a brief eight characters, were yet grand and magnificent.
Seeing this token, whether it was Qing Ya, Gu Qingzhao, or the dishevelled girl, they were all intimidated on the spot.
Especially Wang Wentian, whose eyes were wide open. He was already stunned. He had not expected that he would also have the opportunity to see these two legendary tokens with his own eyes.
At the same time, the gauze veils of the two hat-wearers moved without wind, revealing their true faces. Two inhuman faces, two tabby cat faces, with large eyes. Their cold gazes were stern, and both their eyes were fixed on Wang Wentian.