182: Chapter 182 The Lu Family Scattered Like Birds and Beasts, Falling Apart
Magistrate Lu walked forward slowly, asking cautiously.
His third uncle had the backing of the Kyoto Lu Family, so his sources of information were extremely accurate.
This morning.
Inside the county office, it was already spreading like wildfire that he had been placed on a Six Fan Sect arrest warrant and was to be apprehended for trial at the Dali Ministry.
As for the crime?
Magistrate Lu did not yet know, but... when he rushed back to the Lu Family and arrived at the ancestral hall.
The expressions on everyone's faces seemed to indicate that his fate was already sealed.
At the head of the table.
Hearing Magistrate Lu's voice, Lu Yuan slowly opened his aged eyes and sighed.
He then tossed an unissued arrest warrant over to him.
Seeing this.
Magistrate Lu quickly grabbed it and slowly unfolded the arrest warrant.
Clatter!
When he saw the portrait on the warrant, he instantly collapsed to the ground, his face deathly pale.
"This... this is impossible!!"
"How could a dignified magistrate like me be wanted? Heh... how ridiculous, and for the crime of Human Mutilation at that!!"
"What does that have to do with me? It was Branch Leader Wen Liang and Young Master Fang Dalong!" Magistrate Lu's face was flushed with anger, and he furiously tore the arrest warrant in his hands to shreds.
He then turned his final gaze toward Lu Yuan and scrambled over in a panic.
He grabbed onto Lu Yuan's ankles tightly and shouted anxiously:
"I don't accept this, I don't accept this!! Third Uncle, save me, save me! Get the Kyoto Lu Family to intervene; I don't want to go to the Six Fan Sect or the Dali Ministry."
Sigh.
Listening to his nephew's shouting, Lu Yuan sighed and slowly closed his eyes.
But then, he suddenly opened his eyes.
Bang!!
He kicked Magistrate Lu hard in the abdomen and pointed at him, shouting angrily: "You don't accept it? You still don't accept it?! If it weren't for you indulging Young Master Fang Dalong... that little bastard wouldn't have gotten involved in such evil deeds like Human Mutilation."
"Heh, do you think only you are in trouble?"
"I might as well tell you... the Kyoto Lu Family has taken action and drawn a line in the sand with us!!"
Saying this, veins bulged on Lu Yuan's forehead, and he slammed his palm onto the nearby Eight Immortals table.
With a bang.
Wood splinters flew everywhere, but everyone present didn't dare to dodge or even breathe loudly!!
Hearing this.
Magistrate Lu, who had been in a state of madness, suddenly changed color. His voice turned sharp, and he shouted in disbelief: "What?!"
"The Kyoto Lu Family has cut ties with me too... this, this... how could this be?"
Magistrate Lu knew exactly how vast the background and influence of the Kyoto Lu Family were.
Yet now, because of a 'small matter' like Human Mutilation, they had cut ties. The 'storm' hidden within this was unimaginable to Magistrate Lu.
Lu Yuan swept a cold glance over him and snorted heavily:
"Hmph, the facts are right before our eyes... Our Shuangjiang County Lu Family provoked Luo Cheng. I truly didn't expect Luo Cheng's background to be so heaven-defying that even the Kyoto Lu Family is unwilling to make an enemy of him."
"Heh... so for the survival of the Shuangjiang County Lu Family, you!! Must be handed over to the Six Fan Sect for processing."
As he spoke, Lu Yuan's expression changed, and his right hand transformed into a palm strike.
Suddenly.
The temperature inside the ancestral hall plummeted.
"Oh no!!"
"Cold Ice Palm? Third Uncle, you..." Magistrate Lu's expression changed, as if he had realized something.
Just as he was about to react.
The next second.
With a bang.
A cold palm strike, carrying terrifying internal energy, buzzed as it instantly shattered his dantian.
"Third Uncle, you!! My dantian, my power."
Before Magistrate Lu could say anything else.
With a bang.
His head was struck heavily, and he passed out.
"Little Four, forgive your Third Uncle. I am doing this for the sake of the Lu Family." Lu Yuan murmured softly with a complex expression.
Immediately after.
Lu Yuan turned his head abruptly, looked around, pointed at two people beside him, and said: "The two of you, take him to the county office and say that the Lu Family is willing to hand him over!!"
"As for the rest of you, leave... save as many as you can."
"These old bones of mine are destined to die in Shuangjiang County."
Saying this, Lu Yuan slumped powerlessly into his chair, his eyes staring blankly at the ancestral hall and the ancestral tablets, lost in thought.
However...
No one in the Lu Family present was willing to step forward to ask questions, having already received the tacit approval of the family's only Fourth-Rank Martial Artist.
Without the Kyoto Lu Family as backing, and having offended the number one powerhouse in Shuangjiang County—Chen Yichuan.
These 'direct descendants' of the past scattered like birds and beasts in an instant, without the slightest hesitation.
If one day that god of slaughter, Chen Yichuan, were to get unhappy and slaughter the Lu Family, they wouldn't even be able to run.
Shuangjiang County.
The massive Lu Family disintegrated into nothingness in a single day; the great family collapsed with a crash.
...
Meanwhile, just as the earthquake occurred in the Lu Family.
Gao Changhe, who was at the Qingshan Martial Arts Hall, was overjoyed. He had received a secret order from Uncle Bao at the Qingfeng Inn.
It ordered him and Fan Changkong to hurry and apprehend Magistrate Lu.
"Hahaha, the tides have turned. Who would have thought that the seemingly glorious magistrate... would become a prisoner overnight!!"
"Should I inform Lord Yichuan of this news?" Gao Changhe muttered, but then shook his head. Better not.
After all, Lord Yichuan had said he would be in seclusion for half a month and could not be disturbed during that time.
He wasn't some reckless fool; if Lord Yichuan were at a critical moment in his cultivation, and he went around causing trouble, it would be disastrous if he messed things up.
"Do less, err less; do nothing, err nothing. Let's go find Old Fan first and capture that damn magistrate."
"Tsk tsk, showing off a few days ago, and a wanted criminal today."
"Right, and that damn Chief Clerk... capture him too." Gao Changhe muttered to himself, let out a long whistle, and used his Lightfoot Skill to rush toward the county office.
However.
When Gao Changhe arrived at the county office without stopping, the scene before him left him dumbfounded.
"Yo, Old Gao is here."
"Too bad you're a step slow. The Lu Family sent him over first. Sorry, I have to take this credit."
At the entrance of the county office, Fan Changkong raised his hand, his eyes full of smiles.
Who could have thought... the moment he received Uncle Bao's secret order, Fan Changkong had taken his Six Fan Sect subordinates and prepared to force his way into the Lu Family.
Who would have thought.
Just as they left the county office, two Lu Family members dropped this groggy Magistrate Lu.
They turned and ran at an extremely fast speed.
Even he, a Third-Grade Martial Artist, hadn't reacted in time. And look... they had just finished tying him up.
Gao Changhe arrived right on his heels.
"Damn it!!"
"Old Fan, your luck is just too damn good. A formal Six Fan Sect Constable position is now guaranteed. Damn it." Gao Changhe gritted his teeth and stomped his feet in anger.
He didn't even want to say anything about his envy.
"Old Fan, since you've already captured Magistrate Lu, do you dare to pull off a bigger job with me?" Gao Changhe swept an angry glance and said in a deep voice.
Hearing this.
Fan Changkong raised an eyebrow and motioned with his hand: "Let's hear it?"
"Remember that Chief Clerk who was following Magistrate Lu a few days ago? Although he's not on the arrest warrant, he's going to die sooner or later. Why don't the two of us execute him first and report it later?"
Gao Changhe made a beheading gesture and conspired loudly.
However.
Upon hearing this, Fan Changkong chuckled, the corners of his mouth curling upward: "(｡･∀･)ﾉﾞ Hey, you should have said so earlier. No need for the trouble; my men have already set up a net around Chief Clerk Zhao's house."
Thud.
Hearing this, Gao Changhe's brain instantly exploded; he stood frozen in place, looking at Fan Changkong with complex emotions.