397: Little old man, don't be naughty, enter the Demon Prison

Hiss…

The people around him gasped.

Beheaded?

They didn’t mishear, did they?

This was Longxi Earl, a man with a noble title. No matter how down and out he was, he was still an Earl, not someone ordinary people dared to provoke.

They thought he would be given Face, a minor punishment, but… he said he would behead him and did it.

This Chu Jiang was truly lawless.

However.

Longxi Earl, hearing this, became furious:

“I am an Earl personally appointed by the Imperial Court. Without an imperial decree from Your Majesty, who dares to touch me? In principle, you, a Three Provinces Inspectorial Envoy, do not have the authority to kill me!”

He secretly thought that Chu Jiang was too lawless. He merely retorted a few sentences, and Chu Jiang wanted to behead him.

A group of guards understood and immediately shielded Longxi Earl behind them.

“I’m sorry, the principle you speak of is in this official’s hands!”

Chu Jiang said with a faint smile.

When he finished speaking.

With a flip of his single hand, the Tai Zu Golden Saber appeared in his grasp, shining with golden light, like a Dragon soaring across the four seas, its Aura overwhelming.

“You…”

Longxi Earl was speechless for a moment, trembling with anger. This principle was indeed in his hands. It was one thing for His Majesty to give him the great authority over the Three Prefectures, but why did he also give him the Tai Zu Golden Saber?

Didn’t this mean he could kill whoever he wanted?

Let alone an Earl like him, even a Marquis could probably be executed.

“The Lord has commanded: Longxi Earl harbored a traitor and is therefore an accomplice. Execute without mercy!”

“Arrest him and behead him immediately!”

Fu Yunxuan waved her jade hand lightly.

A group of Demon Suppression Guards swiftly charged forward, quickly disarming Longxi Earl, stripping off his luxurious clothes, crippling his cultivation, and forcibly putting him in a prisoner’s uniform.

“I won’t wear it! This old man won’t wear it! Get away from me! I am an Earl personally appointed by the Imperial Court; you cannot treat me like this!”

“I am innocent, damn it…”

Longxi Earl roared. One moment he was an Earl, the next he became a prisoner, losing everything. Who could accept this?

“Old man, I warn you, don’t be so naughty. Behave. If Shao Si says you committed a crime, then you committed a crime!”

“Put it on!”

A Demon Suppression Guard Centurion coldly shouted, ordering the other Demon Suppression Guards to forcibly put the prisoner’s uniform on him and escort him to the temporary execution ground.

Bang!

Longxi Earl fell to his knees, nearly shattering his old bones. His Face was ashen, and he trembled all over.

Whoosh!

A Demon Suppression Blade was raised high.

“No…”

Longxi Earl despaired.

Pfft!

Blood splattered, a head rolled, its Face contorted in agony, and blood stained the ground.

Longxi Earl, deceased!

The entire scene fell into a deathly silence.

This Chu Jiang had just entered Yue Province City and had already suppressed the Yue Province Pacification Commissioner and several major forces associated with him. Now, he had even executed an Earl.

This progress was something previous Inspectors couldn't accomplish in several months. They either died mysteriously midway or were forced to leave.

Chu Jiang did it in one day.

At this rate, it seemed that before the big bosses behind the Three Prefectures could arrange an “accident,” Chu Jiang would push through, killing his way across Yue and Lan Prefectures, directly reaching Wu Prefecture.

The corrupt this officials and wicked bureaucrats in Yue Province before were also like this, arbitrarily convicting people without a second thought, and it was no different now.

However, now, the tables had turned. They had gone from persecutors to victims.

An unprecedented Inspector, Chu Jiang, had arrived in the Three Prefectures. He was decisive in his actions, never procrastinating, killing whenever he said he would.

His skill at fabricating charges was also top-notch.

If there were no other crimes, he would simply accuse you of contempt for His Majesty and collusion with demons, leaving you utterly frustrated and unable to voice your grievances.

You didn’t follow the rules, but Chu Jiang followed them even less.

He killed his way through, never stopping, striking fear into countless hearts.

They speculated that His Majesty sent Chu Jiang to inspect the Three Prefectures and quell the unrest because the previous hardliners weren’t hard enough.

He sent someone even tougher, with extraordinary strength, capable of suppressing rebels.

Evil people are dealt with by evil people. If an old scholar had been sent, investigating every step, proceeding cautiously, fearing every misstep,

the unrest in the Three Prefectures would never end.

On the other side.

Xiao Bai and Long Teng went directly to the luxurious inner city to “procure goods.”

“Long Teng, come quickly, I already smell the Aura of treasure!”

The two rushed through the inner city, heading straight for the Pacification Envoy’s mansion.

Xiao Bai led Long Teng, avoiding the guards of the Pacification Envoy’s mansion. The two applied a mysterious rune and walked towards a certain room deep within the mansion.

There.

There was a strong Aura of treasure, not much weaker than the underground palace in the Soul Severing Mountain Range. There were definitely good things there.

“Do you feel a gust of wind? Is someone there?”

Deep within the mansion, a Demon Suppression Guard guarding Liu’s mansion looked at a certain spot with confusion, but found nothing.

“Your eyes are playing tricks on you. This is the mansion of Pacification Envoy Liu. Who would dare trespass here? Do they not want to live?”

Another Demon Suppression Guard retorted.

“Now that Town Supervisor Liu has gone to welcome the Three Provinces Inspectorial Envoy, I wonder if there will be any accidents. I heard that this new Inspector is not some great benevolent person!”

“Thinking about this is useless. In the struggles of these important figures, it’s already good enough for us to survive in the cracks and not be affected!”

Saying that.

The two also sighed slightly.

No matter how times changed, small figures like them could only drift with the tide, submitting to the arrangements of fate.

Life and death, each to their own destiny.

…

At this moment.

Yuezhou Demon Suppression Division, Demon Suppression Prison, first floor entrance.

Chu Jiang led the Demon Suppression Guards, breaking through several checkpoints of the Yuezhou Demon Suppression Division.

At the entrance.

A group of Demon Suppression Guards surged out like a tide. The Qianhu guarding the Demon Suppression Prison said coldly:

“This is the Demon Suppression Prison. Without Town Supervisor Liu’s order, no one is allowed to approach!”

He looked at Chu Jiang and advised:

“Inspector Chu, the demons imprisoned here cannot be touched!”

In reality.

Just a moment ago, several people from Earth Fiend Hall had entered and were selecting demons, as well as some powerful martial artists.

They were also trying to avoid being traced.

Waiting for the heat to die down before letting them leave.

After all.

The Demon Suppression Prison was a place where almost no one would come. It was the safest place in the entire Yue Province City.

He never expected Chu Jiang to come to a place like the Demon Suppression Prison.

It was illogical.

If Chu Jiang went in and discovered something fishy, he, as the person in charge of guarding the prison, would definitely be held accountable.

Dismissal from office, or even execution, was possible.

Moreover, to alleviate the demon plague, the Imperial Court issued a demon-slaying order in the Three Prefectures a few years ago. The more demons in the Demon Suppression Prison, the more resources were allocated.

There were a large number of demons in the Demon Suppression Prison; seventy percent of them were demons borrowed by the Three Prefectures Pacification Envoy from the three major demon forces.

They were well-fed and well-cared for in the Demon Suppression Prison, used to make up numbers and defraud the Imperial Court of funds.

Then, under the pretext that the Demon Suppression Guards needed demons for training, a large number of demons were killed, but in reality, they were secretly released.

As a result, the number of demons in the Three Prefectures increased, and by last year, the Imperial Court had already lifted the demon-slaying order in the Three Prefectures and stopped issuing rewards.

Now, a large number of demons in the Demon Suppression Prison were gone, either feigning escape or dying of illness, leaving only forty percent of the original quota.

Of these forty percent, eighty percent were solitary Loose Devils, demons with no background, who were imprisoned.

Therefore.

Neither the private release of cultists wanted by the Imperial Court nor the deficit in the demon quota of the Demon Suppression Prison could be easily explained.

“Get out!”

Chu Jiang said coldly, waving his big hand, causing everyone to spit blood and fly backward.

He ignored the group of Demon Suppression Guards blocking him and stepped directly into the Demon Suppression Prison.

Straight to the second floor…