My Apprentice Is Too Diligent

Chapter 75: County Lord Missing? (Please Subscribe)

Su Dayong looked panicked, shouting and running towards Chen Wuji.

"What's the panic?" Chen Wuji said sternly.

He had just come out of Duan Zhen's room.

Nan Jinyu had broken through to the True Qi Realm, and the assistance treasure was no longer useful, so Chen Wuji gave it to Duan Zhen.

"Phew," Su Dayong took a deep breath and tried to stabilize himself. Then he quickly explained, "Master, something happened at Chen Ji! Just now, there was a conflict and a big battle broke out. Half of the restaurant was destroyed! One of the two people fighting even died!"

"The fight destroyed half of the building?" Chen Wuji raised an eyebrow. "The person who attacked was in the True Qi Realm?"

"It should be," Su Dayong swallowed and said dryly, "The guy who came to report said that the two people fighting were terrifyingly powerful. One palm broke a load-bearing beam, and one kick shattered the floorboards. If they hadn't dodged in time, they would have been dead by now."

"Not only that, but many people were affected. Inside and outside the restaurant, there are more than thirty people with minor and major injuries combined."

"So they really are in the True Qi Realm." Chen Wuji's eyes flickered as he walked quickly towards the door. "You stay here and take care of things. I'll go and handle it."

"Yes, Master." Su Dayong stopped in his tracks and watched Chen Wuji walk away.

Today was supposed to be the day he took the Treasure Pill.

Who would have thought that something like this would happen?

Chen Ji Restaurant was the core of the Chen Family and their only remaining business.

Now it was half destroyed and reopening would take at least one or two months.

"Ah..."

...

Chen Wuji walked quickly, steadily moving forward.

From a distance, he saw that the entire front side of his restaurant facing the street had been destroyed.

The exposed interior was mostly in ruins, with ninety percent of the tables and chairs broken.

There were at least three large holes between the floors, a shocking sight.

At this moment, the injured people inside and outside the restaurant were still there, groaning and wailing.

The street was crowded with people.

There were only a few people helping out.

Chen Wuji tiptoed, stepping on the heads of the crowd, and entered the restaurant.

"Boss!"

The shopkeeper who was cleaning up the ruins saw Chen Wuji and hurriedly ran over, full of grief and anger. "Boss, it's over. Chen Ji is finished!"

"I'm still here, so Chen Ji won't be finished," Chen Wuji said calmly. "Uncle Seven, tell me in detail, what happened?"

The shopkeeper of the restaurant was also surnamed Chen, a relative of Chen Wuji who hadn't reached the fifth mourning period.

"Yes, tell us in detail, who did this?" A deep voice sounded, and a tall and thin man in a constable's uniform, accompanied by a group of constables, walked into the restaurant.

"Captain Wang," Chen Wuji turned his head and glanced at the man, clasping his hands. "You came at the right time. Please help confirm that this incident has also victimized our Chen Ji. We are innocent."

"...," Wang Hu looked at Chen Wuji speechlessly and said impatiently, "Did I say that the incident had anything to do with you?"

"Thank you, Captain Wang," Chen Wuji thanked him with a clasped fist.

"Hey, hey, wait a minute." Wang Hu heard this and quickly said again, "Master Chen, although this incident has also victimized your Chen Ji, it happened in the restaurant. We are all fellow villagers. Master Chen, can you provide some money for medicine?"

"If Captain Wang says so, of course we can," Chen Wuji said seriously. "Chen Ji has been able to stand in the city for many years thanks to everyone's patronage. Today, we and Chen Ji have suffered an undeserved disaster together. Chen Ji is willing to provide each person with one or two silver coins for medicine to help everyone recover as soon as possible."

"Master Chen is righteous!"

Now it was Wang Hu's turn to clasp his fists and bow. "On behalf of the injured, I thank Master Chen for his generous help."

"Captain Wang, you're too polite. Chen Ji will have to rely on your care in the future." Chen Wuji smiled.

Upon hearing this, Wang Hu's mouth twitched, and he chuckled dryly without saying anything.

Giving some money for medicine is a small matter.

The key is, if Chen Wuji gives it directly, there might be someone who will play dirty and try to extort more from him.

With Chen Wuji's current strength, he naturally isn't afraid of dirty tricks and extortion.

But the restaurant is a business that caters to the public.

If its reputation is ruined, who would still come in to eat and drink?

No matter how powerful Chen Wuji is, he can't force everyone to come in.

With Wang Hu intervening, the problem becomes simple.

If someone takes the money and still plays dirty, there's no need for Chen Ji to step in, Wang Hu will take care of them first.

It can be said that from the moment Wang Hu spoke, he had already taken control.

Of course.

This is also Wang Hu's characteristic, being just and kind-hearted. Compared to Yang Qin, who was killed by Chen Wuji, he is more respected and recognized by the people in the city.

...

After settling the cost of the medicine.

Chen Wuji looked at the shopkeeper, gesturing for him to continue.

"We don't know the specific situation."

The shopkeeper sighed helplessly and said bitterly, "Just now, there was a sudden fight on the upper and lower floors. The two people who fought didn't shout or curse, they just suddenly started fighting without mercy."

"Everyone was still eating and hadn't reacted yet, and those two fought from the upper floor to the lower floor."

"Wherever they went, tables and chairs were shattered, and diners were sent flying."

"After landing, they fought from the lower floor back to the upper floor, completely destroying half of the building. One of them died, and the other quickly left."

"...Where is the dead person?" Wang Hu asked in a low voice after hearing this.

"He's in the ruins over there, untouched."

The shopkeeper hurriedly led the two of them to a corner on the first floor.

Pointing at a corpse buried under rubble and wooden boards, with only the lower half of the body exposed in the air.

"It's him!"

"You two, come over and remove the things on top." Wang Hu saw this and called over two constables to move the rubble and wooden boards.

Chen Wuji stood aside, staring silently.

It wasn't until the rubble and debris were moved away, revealing the face of the corpse, that his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

'How is this possible!'

Chen Wuji was astonished.

The person who died, he knew him.

It was the tall, thin-faced man with a hooked nose that he caught a glimpse of when he returned from outside the city last month!

'Isn't this guy a formal member of the mysterious organization?'

'He was actually beaten to death in a restaurant!'

'Who did this?'

'Is it a personal grudge? Or an opposing force of the mysterious organization?'

'Last time I saw this guy, I thought he was trying to lure me out to avenge Shi Jiang.'

'Now it seems that these people staying in the county have definitely other motives!'

Chen Wuji pondered in his heart.

On the surface, he remained calm and asked softly, "Do you recognize him, Captain Wang?"

"I don't recognize him."

Wang Hu shook his head. "A lot of outsiders have come to the city in the past two months, and each one of them is very powerful. But none of them caused any trouble until today."

He sighed and said, "Whether they live or die, it's all the same. Even the county lord hasn't been seen for several days. Who cares if these outsiders die? Especially if they're only in the True Qi Realm..."

"Wait a minute!"

Chen Wuji interrupted, "Captain Wang, did you just say that the county lord is missing?"

(End of this chapter)