Chapter 270 - Strange and Peculiar
Chapter 270 of "Red Heart Patrols the Sky" kicks off with action-packed scenes: âWith the epidemic escalating to this point today, if you as the Prefectural Governor of... Discover more!
âWith the epidemic escalating to this point today, if you as the Prefectural Governor of Sunshine County arenât responsible for this matter, then who the hell should be?âJiang Wang really wanted to put Longing against this old bastardâs neck and ask him that.
But he could only bear with it.
There was no other reason, simply insufficient strength!
No matter how you put it, the Prefectural Governor of Sunshine County was the ruler of an entire county, and in terms of strength and status, he was not someone the current Jiang Wang could shake.
All he could do was take advantage of the fact that this old guy hadnât turned against him yet, and hurriedly said, âGiven the way Bone Tao operates, the plague is likely just the beginning, and they must have further actions planned.
If you donât take precautions in advance, the consequences later will be unimaginable!
It could very well endanger the whole county!â
âTracing back the history of Bone Tao, it first appeared in Zhuang Country.
I grew up in Zhuang Country, I understand them!â
Upon hearing this, the Prefectural Governor of Sunshine County frowned, âYouâve come to Yang Country as a representative of the Zhong Xuan Family, yet you are from Zhuang Country?â
Jiang Wang was stunned for a moment, somewhat confused about this manâs focus: âI am indeed from Zhuang Country.
Thatâs why I know the terrible nature of Bone Tao.
TheyâŚâ
But the Prefectural Governor of Sunshine County stood up unexpectedly, without saying another word, and left with a flick of his sleeve.
Not until this old fool had left the reception hall, without turning his head even once, did Jiang Wang somewhat shockingly realize that he had actuallyâŚ
been discriminated against!
Just because he was born in a remote small country, the noble Prefectural Governor of Yang Country didnât deign to speak another word to him.
Zhongxuan Sheng, who came from a top aristocratic family in Qi Country, didnât discriminate against him for being from Zhuang Country.
Xu Xiangqian, who graduated from one of the top four academies in the world, didnât disdain him for being from Zhuang Country.
He really wanted to ask, what right did you have, a person born in a vassal state within Qi Country that doesnât even have its own political stance in the world, huh?
At the age of seventeen, Jiang Wang opened his meridians, skyrocketing through the Youmai and Zhoutian levels within a single year; by eighteen, he had reached the Tongtian Environment and could open the Heaven and Earth Gate at any moment.
He was designated for a position within Godâs Inner Mansion, qualified to contend for the title of the strongest Tongtian Environment of the age, had defeated Jiang Wuyong, had defeated Zhongxuan Sheng when he was in the Tongtian EnvironmentâŚ
Such a man, and yet he was still subjected to discrimination because of his country of origin?
If the Prefectural Governor of Sunshine County were just some ordinary old man, that would have been one thing, but this person was the ruler of a county.
How arrogant his mindset must be, how shallow his vision!
Living in a vassal state of Qi Country, and yet even more arrogant than the people of Qi.
Not waiting for the prefectural officials to drive him away, Jiang Wang left indignantly.
In the entire Yang Country, there are only three counties, and the Prefectural Governor of Sunshine County occupies one all to himself; one could imagine his status.
But such a figure, the shallowness and greed he exhibited, left Jiang Wang astonished.
With such a Prefectural Governor, itâs no wonder the Xi Family harboured ambitions.
Even a pig, living under such an old fool, would likely feel discontented!
He had originally planned to wash his hands of the matter, to watch idly as Bone Tao stirred chaos throughout the world, and then to see how this old fool would settle the aftermath.
But Bone Tao was a cult that he was determined to eradicate; to let it grow would only make his future efforts more difficult.
Acting out of momentary anger was not the right choice.
Besides, it may be that this short-sighted old man deserved to die, but those who would share his fate were countless innocent civilians.
What had the civilians done to deserve this?
Returning to the present, it seemed that no support would be coming from the side of the Sunshine County government.
Within the entirety of Yang Country, the area most severely affected by the epidemic was Sunshine County.
And within Sunshine County, the hardest-hit places were Jia City and Yue City, other than Jia City.
The outbreak of the plague in Yue City, when traced back to its source, was also spread from Jia City.
The first person to contract the plague was surnamed Li, who had opened a filled-bun shop in Jia City.
After a trip back to Yue City, he brought the plague with him; then, after a trip abroad, he spread the plague to Rong Country.
These circumstances had already been investigated and made public by Jingye of the Yingguang Academy in Rong Country, and Jiang Wang was also able to learn of them.
Old Li was also one of Hu Shaomengâs secret agents in Qingyang Town.
With both Hu Shaomeng and Old Liâs deaths, no one knew this anymore.
Naturally, no one could imagine that Old Li had traveled all over the place in order to lure Jiang Wang into pursuit.
Even Jiang Wang himself hadnât thought of this, but it did not hinder his decision to list Yue City as the next destination on his journey.
One thing he was very clear about was that there must still be people from Bone Tao active in Yang Country.
The place where that man was located must be where the epidemic was the most severe.
So wherever the epidemic was the most severe, thatâs where he went.
Wu Yinquan was a prison head in Yuecheng, in charge of four prison guards.
Actually, this job was pretty easy.
Any danger was borne by the constables and the City Guard Army, who carried out the arrest missions.
If there was a danger they couldnât handle, it wouldnât even make it into the prison.
Moreover, within the scope of Qi Countryâs power, there were no significant outlaws to speak of.
Of course, Yang Country was included in this.
So things like jailbreaks were as distant as legends.
The authority of the government was absolute, with no other power daring to challenge it.
If one accidentally caused offense, there was no other choice but to bow and scrape aside from admitting fault.
Of course, there were still some perks in the prison.
Though those confined in the cells were not truly luxurious or influential people, there were still many willing to pay for a little less suffering in such a harsh place.
But there were exceptions to every rule, those who were obstinate and firm.
Just like the old man who was recently imprisoned.
He appeared to be a wealthy scholar.
His crime was unclear, something chaotic about spreading rumors and causing trouble.
Perhaps his family spent money, as the City Guard Army gave him a private room when they brought him in.
Of course, there were rules inside the prison.
Whether this arrangement could be upheld ultimately depended on whether they, the local snakes, agreed.
The City Guard Army officials had their bribes, werenât the prison rulers entitled to their share too?
According to Wu Yinquanâs experience, people like this were only so stubborn because they hadnât truly suffered yet.
After several fruitless hints and insinuations, Wu Yinquan ordered a move, and the old man was thrown into the large cell housing the serious criminals.
In the prison, this place had a name: âLand Number Suitâ.
It was a place feared by all the inmates.
It gathered the most ferocious criminals in the entire prison, where even a tiger would be conditioned to become a dog.
As for the âSky Number Suitâ, where the inmates sentenced to death were detained, Wu Yinquan still didnât dare to send the man there.
Because people often died there, and the wealthy scholar was registered by the City Guard Army.
If he needed to be brought out for interrogation later and had died, it would be very troublesome.
Having drunk too much the night before, Wu Yinquan woke up only after noon the next day.
Wu Yinquan slapped his forehead, worrying that something bad had happened.
He wasnât concerned about being late for roll call or anythingâno one cared about such things in prison and, being a prison head, coming late or leaving early was no big deal.
What he was worried about was being late to transfer the man.
If the wealthy scholar couldnât withstand the torment and died inside the âLand Number Suitâ, it would be a problem.
Forget about the heavy hopes he had placed on receiving silver, if the City Guard Army came looking, that would be another issue to endure.
Wu Yinquan almost ran to the prison, heading straight for the âLand Number Suitâ.
To his surprise, the cell was unexpectedly harmonious.
The normally fierce and vicious criminals were all behaving themselves, either sitting or lying down, staring blankly or delousing themselves.
Even those who were chatting kept their voices low, as if they were afraid of disturbing someone.
Wu Yinquan peeked inside and looked around.
On the second bed to the left, lying on his side and sleepingâthat bed, facing the air vent, was the only relatively cool bed in the large cellâwasnât that the wealthy scholar?