Chapter 50
Burning with Rage, An Eye for an Eye!
Ten days later, Gu Lin returned to Chu City.
This trip will take a total of one month.
Completing both tasks was a very rewarding achievement.
He advanced his martial arts cultivation to the third level of the Profound Realm and mastered the "Square Inch Thunder".
He advanced his Confucian and Taoist cultivation to the first level of the Confucian Scholar's Spiritual Realm and mastered the "Heavenly Net and Earthly Net".
In addition, I also obtained the first-stage Gu Seeking Demon Gu.
The next goal is to focus on selecting files related to witchcraft practitioners and to quickly establish a path of witchcraft cultivation!
Gu Lin rode his horse into Luoxia City.
Just got home.
Upon seeing Yan Shouxu, Wei Xuan, and Lin Yan'er, their mother, Zhou Man, was filled with worry.
Gu Lin immediately felt a sense of foreboding.
"Lord Gu!"
"Lin'er..."
Gu Lin asked urgently:
"Where's my dad?"
He looked at his mother, Zhou Man, whose eyes were red and choked with sobs, and said:
"Your father, Chief Escort Lin, and Wang Mu have all been detained in the state prison for nine days now."
Gu Lin was instantly enraged.
Yan Shouxu immediately reassured him, "Your Excellency, I visited them yesterday, and Uncle Gu and the others are not in any immediate danger."
Gu Linping composed himself and asked in a cold voice:
"The whole story?"
Wei Xuan sped up her speech and finished in one breath:
"Reporting to Your Excellency, half a month ago, Uncle Gu and his two companions opened a security escort agency. Unexpectedly, they were investigated by the Pingzhun Bureau, which claimed that the agency was suspected of violating regulations regarding the transport of goods and detained Uncle Gu and his companions."
"The Pingzhun Bureau is a sixth-rank government office that oversees commerce and trade order in Chuzhou and stabilizes prices. The head of the bureau is named Sima Chongguang, a sixth-rank official from the direct line of the fourth branch of the Sima clan."
"Zhao Can of the Martial Peak Palace is engaged to Sima Zhishu, the eldest daughter of the fourth branch of the Sima clan!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Lin's face turned icy cold.
He first comforted his mother with a few words, and then led the three of them to the Pingzhun Bureau prison.
Yan Shouxu said in a low voice:
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"Sir, the Pingzhun Bureau has been investigating for several days, but they have not found any evidence of wrongdoing by the escort agency. They can only continue to detain them on suspicion of violating regulations regarding the transport of goods."
Gu Lin reined in his horse, his anger barely contained.
Fortunately, our time in Chuzhou was short, and the escort agency had just opened; otherwise, my father and Wang Mu would have been dead in prison long ago!
If a security escort agency has been operating for six months or a few months, and carelessly overcharges the goods by even a tael or two, or fails to properly stamp the official documents for escorting goods, the Pingzhun Administration will make a big fuss about it and accuse it of an unforgivable crime!
An hour later, the four arrived at the prison under the jurisdiction of the Pingzhun Administration, where merchants engaged in business were imprisoned.
Upon arriving at the prison, they met Gu Changchuan and the other two.
Gu Changchuan and Chief Escort Lin, despite having advanced Qi Condensation cultivation, were still only emaciated and their prison clothes were stained with blood. The chubby Wang Mu was beaten until his skin was torn and his face was bruised and swollen.
"Jingming!" Upon seeing his son, Gu Changchuan scrambled to his feet, gripping the iron bars tightly, and cried out urgently:
"The escort agency is innocent; they have not violated any regulations!"
When Gu Lin saw the scars on his father's hands, he tried his best to control his emotions.
Gu Changchuan withdrew his hand, realizing he had caused trouble for his son and also implicated Brother Lin and Wang Mu.
Upon seeing Gu Lin, Wang Mu burst into tears, wailing in a sobbing voice.
Gu Lin commanded:
"Get the jailers in here and release the people!"
Yan Shouxu and the other two immediately went to do it.
A moment later, a portly ninth-rank official arrived with a group of prison guards.
He glanced at the black xiezhi robe and said respectfully:
"I am Liu Shouji, the prison warden of the Pingzhun Bureau. I pay my respects to Lord Gu."
Gu Lin didn't even look at it, and said sternly:
"Release them!"
Unexpectedly, the prison warden remained unmoved, deliberately putting on a mournful face and repeating the same argument:
"Lord Gu, the release of prisoners from jail requires approval from the official document of the presiding official, Lord Sima. This is the rule, so please don't make things difficult for me."
"Difficult to handle?" Gu Lin walked towards him step by step, then suddenly swung his arm and smashed him down, knocking the prison warden to the ground, his face covered in blood.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Lin took out a pen and notebook, wrote a few lines of text with a swift slap, and stamped the end.
He slammed the official document on the prison warden's forehead and said in a chilling tone:
"You think the Equalization Administration is more powerful than the Tōji Bureau, that the Tōji Bureau has to obediently wait its turn behind the Equalization Administration Bureau?"
The prison warden, his face covered in blood, carefully put away the official document and said in a trembling voice:
"Release them!"
Several prison guards opened the cell, and Gu Lin carefully examined the injuries of the three men.
Wang Mu's tears flowed like a spring, and he choked out:
"Jingming, the prison...they beat me and torture me every day, but the escort agency just opened, what violations have we committed!"
"Get out of here first," Gu Lin instructed, leading them away from the prison.
"Wei Xuan, Lin Yan'er, go to the yamen of the knife-wielding master and get some medicine."
"Yes!" The two obeyed and left.
When Gu Lin returned to the house, his mother wept with joy, and Gu Changchuan, seeing the light of day again, also shed tears.
Yan Shouxu said in a low voice:
"Sir, the escort agency can't be opened anymore, otherwise the Pingzhun Bureau will be watching it every day and will eventually frame you for a crime."
After saying this, a gloomy look appeared on his face. He hadn't expected the Sima clan to get involved. He was going to have endless troubles from now on and had to be careful in his actions.
Gu Lin paced back and forth, his gaze growing increasingly cold.
Sima Chongguang, right?
Retaliation is necessary.
More than just an eye for an eye!
In this world, weakness and concession do not bring harmony, but rather more brutal oppression!
......
Sunset City.
The Zhao family mansion.
In the study, a woman in a gorgeous dress was elegantly preparing tea, while a handsome man beside her quietly perused a book on spiritual cultivation.
Knock knock knock.
Someone knocked on the door.
After the visitor entered, he respectfully reported on the matter of the Pingzhun Bureau's prison.
Zhao Can's expression was gloomy, but he recovered after a moment.
He knew all along that when the little beast returned, he would definitely use his status as a member of the Toji Temple to forcibly take the three of them away.
"Zhao Lang, you're in too much of a hurry." Sima Zhishu handed over a cup of fragrant tea and said softly, her lips slightly parted:
"After a year or two, when my third uncle's Pingzhun Bureau investigates the escort agency, they will definitely find clear charges against them. At that time, it will be legal and justifiable to kill that beast's father's friend."
Zhao Can remained silent.
How could he not be anxious?
His father was strangled to death by the little beast, his younger brother died tragically in the arena, and he had nightmares every night, dreaming that his father and brother in the underworld were angrily accusing him of letting the little beast live for the sake of his future.
Zhao Can suffered greatly and was in immense pain.
Sima Zhishu grasped Zhao Can's wrist and said slowly and deliberately:
"Zhao Lang, we must not act rashly. That beast surnamed Gu is not a swindler, but a member of the East Temple. Any attempt to seek revenge in private is extremely irrational."
"What does he have to compare to you? He'd risk his life for yours, do you think it's worth it? Do you think he deserves it?"
"Don't worry, the fourth branch of the Sima family will find ways to disgust the Gu family. As for that beast Gu Lin, he's arrogant and will eventually fall. When we find something to use against him, the Martial Peak Hall will deliver a thunderous blow!"
Zhao Can calmed himself down and took the hand of the woman he admired in return.
Sima Zhishu lay tenderly in Zhao Can's arms. As Zhao Can's future wife, she was naturally indignant. It was humiliating that such a nobody dared to insult her lover like that.
This trip will take a total of one month.
Completing both tasks was a very rewarding achievement.
He advanced his martial arts cultivation to the third level of the Profound Realm and mastered the "Square Inch Thunder".
He advanced his Confucian and Taoist cultivation to the first level of the Confucian Scholar's Spiritual Realm and mastered the "Heavenly Net and Earthly Net".
In addition, I also obtained the first-stage Gu Seeking Demon Gu.
The next goal is to focus on selecting files related to witchcraft practitioners and to quickly establish a path of witchcraft cultivation!
Gu Lin rode his horse into Luoxia City.
Just got home.
Upon seeing Yan Shouxu, Wei Xuan, and Lin Yan'er, their mother, Zhou Man, was filled with worry.
Gu Lin immediately felt a sense of foreboding.
"Lord Gu!"
"Lin'er..."
Gu Lin asked urgently:
"Where's my dad?"
He looked at his mother, Zhou Man, whose eyes were red and choked with sobs, and said:
"Your father, Chief Escort Lin, and Wang Mu have all been detained in the state prison for nine days now."
Gu Lin was instantly enraged.
Yan Shouxu immediately reassured him, "Your Excellency, I visited them yesterday, and Uncle Gu and the others are not in any immediate danger."
Gu Linping composed himself and asked in a cold voice:
"The whole story?"
Wei Xuan sped up her speech and finished in one breath:
"Reporting to Your Excellency, half a month ago, Uncle Gu and his two companions opened a security escort agency. Unexpectedly, they were investigated by the Pingzhun Bureau, which claimed that the agency was suspected of violating regulations regarding the transport of goods and detained Uncle Gu and his companions."
"The Pingzhun Bureau is a sixth-rank government office that oversees commerce and trade order in Chuzhou and stabilizes prices. The head of the bureau is named Sima Chongguang, a sixth-rank official from the direct line of the fourth branch of the Sima clan."
"Zhao Can of the Martial Peak Palace is engaged to Sima Zhishu, the eldest daughter of the fourth branch of the Sima clan!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Lin's face turned icy cold.
He first comforted his mother with a few words, and then led the three of them to the Pingzhun Bureau prison.
Yan Shouxu said in a low voice:
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"Sir, the Pingzhun Bureau has been investigating for several days, but they have not found any evidence of wrongdoing by the escort agency. They can only continue to detain them on suspicion of violating regulations regarding the transport of goods."
Gu Lin reined in his horse, his anger barely contained.
Fortunately, our time in Chuzhou was short, and the escort agency had just opened; otherwise, my father and Wang Mu would have been dead in prison long ago!
If a security escort agency has been operating for six months or a few months, and carelessly overcharges the goods by even a tael or two, or fails to properly stamp the official documents for escorting goods, the Pingzhun Administration will make a big fuss about it and accuse it of an unforgivable crime!
An hour later, the four arrived at the prison under the jurisdiction of the Pingzhun Administration, where merchants engaged in business were imprisoned.
Upon arriving at the prison, they met Gu Changchuan and the other two.
Gu Changchuan and Chief Escort Lin, despite having advanced Qi Condensation cultivation, were still only emaciated and their prison clothes were stained with blood. The chubby Wang Mu was beaten until his skin was torn and his face was bruised and swollen.
"Jingming!" Upon seeing his son, Gu Changchuan scrambled to his feet, gripping the iron bars tightly, and cried out urgently:
"The escort agency is innocent; they have not violated any regulations!"
When Gu Lin saw the scars on his father's hands, he tried his best to control his emotions.
Gu Changchuan withdrew his hand, realizing he had caused trouble for his son and also implicated Brother Lin and Wang Mu.
Upon seeing Gu Lin, Wang Mu burst into tears, wailing in a sobbing voice.
Gu Lin commanded:
"Get the jailers in here and release the people!"
Yan Shouxu and the other two immediately went to do it.
A moment later, a portly ninth-rank official arrived with a group of prison guards.
He glanced at the black xiezhi robe and said respectfully:
"I am Liu Shouji, the prison warden of the Pingzhun Bureau. I pay my respects to Lord Gu."
Gu Lin didn't even look at it, and said sternly:
"Release them!"
Unexpectedly, the prison warden remained unmoved, deliberately putting on a mournful face and repeating the same argument:
"Lord Gu, the release of prisoners from jail requires approval from the official document of the presiding official, Lord Sima. This is the rule, so please don't make things difficult for me."
"Difficult to handle?" Gu Lin walked towards him step by step, then suddenly swung his arm and smashed him down, knocking the prison warden to the ground, his face covered in blood.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Lin took out a pen and notebook, wrote a few lines of text with a swift slap, and stamped the end.
He slammed the official document on the prison warden's forehead and said in a chilling tone:
"You think the Equalization Administration is more powerful than the Tōji Bureau, that the Tōji Bureau has to obediently wait its turn behind the Equalization Administration Bureau?"
The prison warden, his face covered in blood, carefully put away the official document and said in a trembling voice:
"Release them!"
Several prison guards opened the cell, and Gu Lin carefully examined the injuries of the three men.
Wang Mu's tears flowed like a spring, and he choked out:
"Jingming, the prison...they beat me and torture me every day, but the escort agency just opened, what violations have we committed!"
"Get out of here first," Gu Lin instructed, leading them away from the prison.
"Wei Xuan, Lin Yan'er, go to the yamen of the knife-wielding master and get some medicine."
"Yes!" The two obeyed and left.
When Gu Lin returned to the house, his mother wept with joy, and Gu Changchuan, seeing the light of day again, also shed tears.
Yan Shouxu said in a low voice:
"Sir, the escort agency can't be opened anymore, otherwise the Pingzhun Bureau will be watching it every day and will eventually frame you for a crime."
After saying this, a gloomy look appeared on his face. He hadn't expected the Sima clan to get involved. He was going to have endless troubles from now on and had to be careful in his actions.
Gu Lin paced back and forth, his gaze growing increasingly cold.
Sima Chongguang, right?
Retaliation is necessary.
More than just an eye for an eye!
In this world, weakness and concession do not bring harmony, but rather more brutal oppression!
......
Sunset City.
The Zhao family mansion.
In the study, a woman in a gorgeous dress was elegantly preparing tea, while a handsome man beside her quietly perused a book on spiritual cultivation.
Knock knock knock.
Someone knocked on the door.
After the visitor entered, he respectfully reported on the matter of the Pingzhun Bureau's prison.
Zhao Can's expression was gloomy, but he recovered after a moment.
He knew all along that when the little beast returned, he would definitely use his status as a member of the Toji Temple to forcibly take the three of them away.
"Zhao Lang, you're in too much of a hurry." Sima Zhishu handed over a cup of fragrant tea and said softly, her lips slightly parted:
"After a year or two, when my third uncle's Pingzhun Bureau investigates the escort agency, they will definitely find clear charges against them. At that time, it will be legal and justifiable to kill that beast's father's friend."
Zhao Can remained silent.
How could he not be anxious?
His father was strangled to death by the little beast, his younger brother died tragically in the arena, and he had nightmares every night, dreaming that his father and brother in the underworld were angrily accusing him of letting the little beast live for the sake of his future.
Zhao Can suffered greatly and was in immense pain.
Sima Zhishu grasped Zhao Can's wrist and said slowly and deliberately:
"Zhao Lang, we must not act rashly. That beast surnamed Gu is not a swindler, but a member of the East Temple. Any attempt to seek revenge in private is extremely irrational."
"What does he have to compare to you? He'd risk his life for yours, do you think it's worth it? Do you think he deserves it?"
"Don't worry, the fourth branch of the Sima family will find ways to disgust the Gu family. As for that beast Gu Lin, he's arrogant and will eventually fall. When we find something to use against him, the Martial Peak Hall will deliver a thunderous blow!"
Zhao Can calmed himself down and took the hand of the woman he admired in return.
Sima Zhishu lay tenderly in Zhao Can's arms. As Zhao Can's future wife, she was naturally indignant. It was humiliating that such a nobody dared to insult her lover like that.