"Wait!"
Du Feng's aura burst out, abruptly shocking the city guards who were about to make a move. Seeing him come in, Qin Yongjie's pupils shrank sharply. Because the aura that Du Feng burst out just now was very strong, somewhat beyond his expectations.
Previously, he heard from his nephew that Du Feng's Cultivation had advanced to the fourth level of the Ascendant realm, which was already scary enough. But Qin Yongjie felt that Du Feng must have had some kind of adventure, or obtained some kind of elixir. Although Cultivation improved quickly, the instability of the foundation did not pose a threat to him.
Now it seemed that this was not the case. The aura that erupted from Du Feng was much more tyrannical than the average martial artist of the same level. The more this was the case, the more time had to be taken to get rid of him. The people of the Ding family would not have an easy time, even Qin Yongjie and the deputy city lord may not be able to deal with this situation.
"How dare you come to the city defense office to kidnap a criminal."
Qin Yongjie reacted quite quickly and directly put a big hat on Du Feng's head. He said that he used his aura to suppress the guards at the city defense office to break in and kidnap a criminal. One must know that the crime of kidnapping is much more serious than theft. This Qin Yongjie actually wanted to take this opportunity to take down Xiao Hui and Du Feng together.
"Master Qin really knows how to joke, I came to visit my brother, how can I be called a kidnapper?"
"You kidnapped my family at will, is there no law in the Cloud Capital?"
Du Feng did not fall for this trick. If you want to incriminate someone, you can always find a way to frame him. He wanted to put a hat on his head, no way. What do you mean by a kidnapper, it was clearly you who bullied my family, can't you do justice?
"Yes, why does Master Qin want to kidnap Mr. Du's family, he is a great hero of our Cloud Capital."
Cai Kangyong saw that Du Feng valued Xiao Hui so much, and immediately supported him. Why did he say that Du Feng was a great hero of the Cloud Capital, because Du Feng's shop paid a lot of taxes to the City Lord's Mansion, even the City Lord knew about this. If he wanted to make a move against Du Feng openly, he would have to consider the pressure from the City Lord's Mansion.
"What a load of nonsense. You're an outsider, how could you have any family in the Cloud Capital?"
"But if your employees break the law, as the boss, you have to take responsibility."
Qin Yongjie knew that Du Feng came from Southern City, and he hadn't been in Weiyang Continent for long. He had just met Xiao Hui not too long ago, so he wasn't family at all. However, as a boss, if he connived at his own employee's theft, he could be charged with a crime.
"Do I need to ask Master Qin for permission to adopt a younger brother?"
"You said he stole. Take out the evidence first. Could it be that the City Defense Department can arrest people without evidence?"
Du Feng didn't fall for this. He wanted to recognize Xiao Hui as his younger brother, and no one could stop him. Now that you've captured my brother, you have to give me an explanation.
"Alright, I'll give you the evidence."
Qin Yongjie had already prepared for this. He had the shopkeeper, the shop assistant, and a few customers come out as witnesses. He even took out the hairpin as evidence. Du Feng saw that these people were really willing to spend a lot of money. They actually used a mental defense equipment as bait. Not to mention Xiao Hui, even eighty percent of the martial artists in the outer city of the Cloud Capital couldn't afford such an item.
"What do you think? What else do you have to say?"
The shopkeeper, the shop assistant, and the customers had already come up with an excuse. According to the method they had agreed upon, he recounted all of Xiao Hui's theft.
"I want to hear what Xiao Hui has to say."
Qin Yongjie was aggressive, but Du Feng wasn't in a hurry. He let Xiao Hui tell the story himself. Xiao Hui's story was the same as what he knew. He went to the shop to buy something and thought the hairpin was pretty. Therefore, he bought it for five black crystals and wanted to give it to his sister so she could wear it and dress herself up nicely.
Xiao Hui could afford five black crystals and didn't think it was expensive, so he bought it happily. But as soon as he put it in his pocket, he was wrongly accused of theft. Then, a group of enthusiastic people came out of nowhere and helped catch the thief.
"Then what does Mr. Qin think about the punishment for the theft?"
Du Feng didn't defend Xiao Hui, instead, he asked how to punish him. Even Cai Kangyong and Captain Yan were confused by this question. What did he mean? Was he not going to protect Xiao Hui? Based on past practice, theft didn't seem to have a heavy punishment. Maybe he didn't want to have a falling out with Qin Yongjie, or maybe Mr. Du was at his wit's end.
"Because there have been a lot of burglaries in the city recently, I've decided to punish him heavily as a warning."
Who was Qin Yongjie? He was an old fox who had been in the city defense department for a long time. Of course, he knew that theft didn't have a heavy punishment, but it didn't matter. He could find a reason to increase the punishment. He could say that the Cloud Capital was trying to catch thieves and punish them heavily.
"How heavy is the punishment? Mr. Qin, please explain."
Seeing Du Feng's attitude, Qin Yongjie was already very pleased. Looks like this kid is going to lose to me. Today, I must punish Xiao Hui severely to vent my anger.
"Break the tendons in his hand, abolish his Cultivation, and put him in prison for ten years."
Qin Yongjie rattled off a bunch of punishment methods, all of which were quite harsh. Not to mention breaking the tendons in his hand and abolishing his Cultivation, even if he was put in prison, Xiao Hui would be tortured to death in a few days. There was no need to wait for ten years.
"Okay, if that's the case, then Mr. Qin, abolish his Cultivation first."
Du Feng suddenly changed the topic and pointed at one of the city guards next to Qin Yongjie.
"What do you mean? Why should I punish him?"
Qin Yongjie was a little confused. What does destroying a theft have to do with my subordinates?
"The knife in his hand was stolen from my shop."
As soon as Du Feng said this, the crowd went into an uproar. Everyone recognized that the knife was indeed a product from his shop. As the boss, Du Feng obviously wouldn't make a mistake.
"Nonsense, I bought it for one hundred and fifty black crystals. Everyone knows that."
The city guard was right. The knife was indeed worth one hundred and fifty black crystals. For an ordinary guard like him, it would take him years to save up to afford it. Now that someone said it was stolen, of course he felt wronged. In order to buy this knife, he even quarreled with his wife and spent all of the family's savings.
"He clearly bought it, how can you say he stole it?"
Qin Yongjie felt that Du Feng was being unreasonable. Even he knew the price of this kind of saber because many city guards liked this type of saber. Not only was the blade sharp, but it was also sturdy and durable. Currently, it was very popular in the Cloud Capital.
"Yeah, Xiao Hui clearly bought it, how can you say he stole it?"
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