Chapter 7: Honorable Alchemist
The two family members walked in front of the arch-backed old man with their hands tied, Shen Wande and Shen Li walked behind, and several people walked towards the Wancheng Public Security Yamen.
As soon as he entered the yamen, an official who seemed to have some status greeted Shen Wande.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, Shopkeeper Shen, I've missed you a little."
"Mr. Wang, you often go to the store to sit when you have time, I will prepare good wine for you, so we can be common." Shen Wande also teased.
"Haha, I'm busy with official business, how can I have time to go to your place to eat and drink, Shopkeeper Shen also has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, right?" Chief Wang looked at the arched old man who was being pressed.
"The day before yesterday, this person entered my Shen family and wanted to steal, but was bumped into by my son, and chased and beat my son, but was tied up by my family." Shen Wande said unhurriedly.
"Oh? If there is such a thing, let's go to the reception room and talk about it. Chief Wang led the way, and several people came to a big room with a big table in the middle.
The two housekeepers did not enter the house at the door, and the two officials took the arch-backed old man and pressed into the house.
Chief Wang motioned for an official to loosen the tie on the bow-backed old man.
"You old lamp, you are still burglarizing when you are old, are you guilty?" Mr. Wang slapped the table with his hand.
"The old man doesn't disdain to steal, but robs openly!" The hunched old man was right.
Except for Shen Li, several people present were confused, feeling confused.
Chief Wang shouted: "Do you know that the punishment for robbery is more severe than that for theft? Why did you rob? What do you want to rob? ”
"Hmph, you don't deserve to ask the old man, let your city lord come over!"
"Pretty sideways? If it weren't for your age, I'd whip you twice! ”
Chief Wang took out the leather whip pinned to his waist and held it twice with his hand.
"Chief Wang, don't be angry, fortunately, my Shen family has nothing to lose, just lock this person up for a few days, there is no need to be punished." Shen Wande saw that Chief Wang was a little moved, and hurriedly persuaded him.
"No, I have to do business, you old thing, what's your name? Where do you live? Are there accomplices? Chief Wang questioned the arch-backed old man again.
"Don't you kid understand people? The old man wants to see the city lord! If anyone dared to speak to the old man like this before, the old man would have cut out his tongue! The hunchbacked old man was furious.
Shen Li stood aside and was silent, and he had the right to watch the play.
"Yo, the cowhide is blowing very loudly, the city lord can see you if you want to?" A young official standing next to the old man directly slapped a big mouth at the old man.
The hunchbacked old man touched his swollen face and said, "Yellow-haired child, you dare to beat the old man!"
"You madman, how about beating you?" The young official slapped another big mouth on the other side of the old man's face.
The old man who was sitting suddenly stood up, angrily pointed his finger at everyone and shouted, "Your Chuyun Empire is really against the sky!" I am Sima Xiang, the Royal Alchemist of the Vermilion Bird Empire! You're all waiting for me! When I get back, I'll let the Suzaku Empire's army set foot on the city! ”
After the hunchbacked old man finished speaking, he took out a document inlaid with a golden-yellow leaf badge from his body and threw it on the table.
Chief Wang hurriedly took the certificate and read it out loud.
"Name: Sima Xiang's Hometown: Vermilion Bird Empire, Rank: Bronze-level Alchemist, printed by the Alchemist Association."
Mr. Wang looked at this certificate carefully, it was not like a fake, but he was not sure, after all, it was the first time he had seen this kind of certificate.
Chief Wang shouted sternly: "You said that you are an alchemist, you are an alchemist?" If you dare to pretend to be a noble alchemist, the crime will be added to the crime! ”
"You two take him down and lock him up first." Chief Wang commanded two officials.
The two officials replied in unison: "Yes!" ”
Then the two of them pressed the arched back, and the old man was about to go out of the house
"Hmph, you're going to regret it!"
The hunched old man struggled twice, but was still restrained.
Chief Wang got up and whispered in the ear of an official: "This matter will be kept secret for the time being, and the private room will be closed." ”
After the two officials pressed the arched old man to leave, Chief Wang said to the Shen family's father and son: "This old lamp is really an alchemist, I have to take this certificate and hand it over to the top to see, the shopkeeper Shen will go back to listen to the letter for the time being, remember to keep his mouth shut about this matter." ”
Shen Wande wiped the beads of sweat from his head and said, "If you really mess with the alchemist, my Shen family will not be able to eat this time, so I will leave in a circle." ”
"It's okay, no matter how much he is an alchemist, he is not from his own country, and he doesn't look like an immortal cultivator, what kind of waves can a foreign mortal alchemist make in our Chuyun Empire!"
After the father and son of the Shen family left, Chief Wang went to the city lord's mansion with the documents, directly met the city lord, handed over the documents to the city lord, and explained the ins and outs of the matter.
It just so happened that an immortal cultivator was a guest in the mansion today, and the city lord handed over the certificate to this immortal cultivator to verify the authenticity.
"This certificate is real, this gold leaf badge cannot be faked, and the process is extremely difficult." The immortal cultivator stroked his long beard and said.
"How is this good, the alchemist of the Vermilion Bird Empire is now imprisoned in a cell by my subordinates, the alchemist is a noble person, how can he give up!" The city lord dressed in white brocade frowned.
The long-bearded immortal cultivator said: "The alchemists are all immortal cultivators, no matter how bad they are, they will not be captured by a group of mortals, unless they ......"
The white-clothed city lord continued: "Unless the alchemist is seriously injured and his cultivation is completely lost, even mortals can't beat him. ”
"You can't let him go back to the Suzaku Empire, otherwise the consequences will be serious! Gotta click him. ”
The immortal cultivator made a gesture of decapitation.
"This is a noble alchemist, is he really going to click him?" The lord of the castle seemed to be a little cowardly.
"Well, just find a reason, just say that it is a spy of the enemy country, pretending to be an alchemist, killing it, and there is no proof of death."
"Okay, I'll let my men do it!"
"No, I'm going to do it, if I can't clean it up, it's going to be a big problem."
"Okay, Lord Liu, you are one of the eight masters of my Chuyun Empire to protect the country, and if you take action personally, then I can't be more relieved." The lord of the castle saluted respectfully.
"It's a trivial matter, you don't have to be polite."
In the secret room, Lord Liu interrogated the arch-backed old man Sima Xiang alone.
"Venerable Alchemist-Master Sima, hello, my name is Liu Lin, Jindan Erzhongtian, and I am honored to meet you." Liu Lin said very complimentally.
"Is this the hospitality of your Chuyun Empire? Knowing that the old man is an alchemist, don't let the old man go quickly! ”
Sima Xiang was furious and shook the shackles on his hands twice.
"Hmph, you infiltrated my Chuyun Empire for no reason, and you have bad intentions! As an alchemist, he even broke into a private house and stole it? Shameless! ”
"You dare to talk to an alchemist like this in the early days of Jindan! Believe it or not, I'm looking for someone to destroy you! ”
"You can't destroy me, I'll kill you first! Tell me, what do you want? ”
Liu Lin directly pulled out several of Sima Xiang's teeth with a big pocket, and then took out a long knife and put it on Sima Xiang's neck.
"I said, I said, don't kill me!" Sima Xiang no longer has a hard mouth, because he has just lost a few teeth, and his speech has leaked.
"I went to Beihai this time to order a batch of medicinal materials for the Vermilion Bird Empire, passing through your country, I am the official alchemist of the Vermilion Bird Empire, for the sake of friendship between the two countries, you can't kill me!"
"Go on!" Liu Lin still put the knife on Sima Xiang's neck, and it was closer.
"I was resting in the inn, I smelled a medicinal fragrance, I judged that this medicine was absolutely extraordinary, so I followed the smell of medicine to find the Shen family, wanting to take this medicine, but I never wanted to return and be captured."
"How could you be captured by ordinary people as an immortal cultivator?"
"The boy of the Shen family has abolished my whole body cultivation! I can't mobilize my true qi, and now I'm no different from an ordinary person! ”
Speaking of which, Sima Xiangqi will not fight anywhere.
"Is the immortal medicine still in the Shen family?" Liu Lin asked.