The truth is revealed

The guards at the entrance were full of confusion, unable to utter a single word.

City Lord Xiao understood that the guards were just afraid to speak, and couldn't help but say to them, "Go ahead and speak, I, the City Lord, won't do anything to you."

Hearing City Lord Xiao say this, the guard took a deep breath: "We heard many people at the entrance saying that the young master is a dissolute fop who bullies people."

Xiao Feng had just returned to the City Lord's Mansion and hadn't expected the flames of war to spread to himself. With a face full of surprise, he pointed to himself: "Me?"

He honestly felt he hadn't done anything, and had even almost been thrown into the dungeon himself.

City Lord Xiao looked at Xiao Feng with a bewildered face. He didn't believe that Xiao Feng would do anything like a dissolute fop in his city.

City Lord Xiao then pointed towards the entrance: "Xiao Feng, come with me to the entrance and take a look. If something really happened, we can't afford the consequences."

As a power in Evernight City, even a small problem could potentially affect their status.

Xiao Feng saw that City Lord Xiao wanted him to follow, readily agreed, and followed behind City Lord Xiao to the entrance.

When the people at the entrance saw them come out, they all picked up the rotten vegetable leaves they had prepared beforehand and threw them onto Xiao Feng's face.

Xiao Feng didn't stop them, nor did he use his Spirit Energy to defend himself, letting them throw the rotten vegetable leaves onto his face.

Zhou Wei saw Xiao Feng being treated like this, came out with a face full of anger, blocked him, and looked vigilant.

No matter what, he considered Xiao Feng his captain, and there was no reason for him to be hit like this.

However, he patted Zhou Wei's shoulder, signaling him to stand behind.

Xiao Feng then took a few steps forward, glanced at them, and said, "I don't know what I did wrong, please tell me clearly."

He honestly felt that he hadn't done anything wrong to them since coming to this city and shouldn't have to endure such treatment.

Suddenly, a student from the academy walked out and pointed at Xiao Feng: "Bah, hypocrite."

Xiao Feng's brows furrowed slightly hearing them call him that: "Hypocrite? What did I do? Could you please explain clearly?"

The student looked at Xiao Feng's bewildered face and felt that Xiao Feng really seemed to know nothing.

The student then came before Xiao Feng and couldn't help but say to him, "Why did you arrest Li Dehua? Just because he offended you?"

"Exactly, is it because Li Dehua arrested you and took you to the County Yamen that you're taking revenge?"

Xiao Feng listened to them take turns accusing him and took a deep breath: "I have never arranged for anyone to arrest your people."

He had just returned to the City Lord's Mansion with General Xiao and hadn't done anything.

To verify the information, Xiao Feng glanced at Zhou Wei behind him: "Go to the County Yamen and check. I need to know if that person was really arrested."

He couldn't arrange for General Xiao to go and check, otherwise the County Yamen might think he was dissatisfied and might even kill Li Dehua.

At this point, he had basically determined that the County Yamen must have acted on their own initiative and taken Li Dehua to the dungeon.

Because Li Dehua made a mistake and arrested him, the County Yamen likely wanted to use this method to arrest Li Dehua, thinking it would appease him.

But he hadn't expected that the matter between Li Dehua and himself was beyond normal people's understanding.

In just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Zhou Wei walked back from a distance, his face ashen, and came beside Xiao Feng, whispering, "According to the yamen runners, someone was indeed arrested."

As for who exactly the arrested person was, he had no way of finding out.

Zhou Wei had never seen that person from the academy before, so he didn't know who that person was.

Although Zhou Wei's voice was relatively low, sounds kept coming from the people below: "Did you all hear? He's the one who had Li Dehua arrested, and now he's pretending."

As soon as these words were spoken, the public anger around them was instantly ignited.

They then took out all the eggs from their baskets and threw them all onto Xiao Feng's face.

Xiao Feng endured everything, walked up to that student, and showed a smile on his face: "Let's go, I'll take you to release the person now to make you believe me."

City Lord Xiao also walked out and glanced at the people outside: "I, the City Lord, can tell you clearly, I have never ordered the arrest of Li Dehua."

He had no reason to arrest a student from the academy, after all, his status was clear.

Originally, they thought that releasing Li Dehua would resolve the matter, but no one expected that these people simply didn't believe Xiao Feng would release Li Dehua.

On the contrary, those people felt that Xiao Feng was deceiving them, and his goal was to lure them into the dungeon and imprison them all.

Xiao Feng watched as City Lord Xiao stood up to speak for him, took a deep breath, and walked in front of them.

"City Lord Xiao has personally come out to testify for me, are you still unwilling to believe me?"

Zhou Wei heard Xiao Feng say this and slowly walked out.

At this moment, he was already planning to reveal the matter of the Qing Sect.

Just as he was about to speak, Xiao Feng's voice came out: "Wait."

He then came beside Zhou Wei and whispered, "Zhou Wei, we cannot involve the Qing Sect in this matter, understand?"

Currently, it's just the relationship between the Xiao Family and them, so they only place their hatred on the Xiao Family.

If they were to place their hatred on the Qing Sect, he, as a direct Disciple, might reach his limit.

Xiao Feng then came before the students again and pointed towards the County Yamen: "Let's go, I will release the person in front of all of you. You can believe me this time."

If the Magistrate personally vouched for them, he believed they would definitely be willing to believe.

However, the students present no longer trusted Xiao Feng and all shook their heads: "You just want to trick us into the County Yamen and lock us up."

The others all nodded: "Right, absolutely don't go with them, otherwise your life will be over."

Xiao Feng looked at them with a face full of helplessness, completely unsure how he should explain himself.

Because Xiao Feng was too anxious, he kept pulling people to go outside.

The people outside saw Xiao Feng's actions and quickly blocked him, afraid that he would take the person away.

Many people then pointed at Xiao Feng: "Stop them, absolutely don't let them leave here, otherwise we're dead."

As soon as the words fell, everyone surrounding the place pressed in.

Xiao Feng realized his actions were a bit off and quickly let go of his hand: "What do you need us to do to forgive us? We'll listen to you."

At this point, they had no other options but to see what these people wanted and try their best to meet their demands.