Chapter 31 (1/2)
Translator: CKtalon Editor: CKtalon
Eight days later.
Mirror Lake Meng Manor.
“Young Master, Jadesun Palace sent us a copy of the dossier after they closed the case.” Qian Fang carried twelve thick dossiers over. “I’ve brought all of them here.”
“Uncle Qian, tend to your matters. Just leave the dossier here.” Meng Chuan nodded.
“Alright.” Qian Fang placed the thick dossiers there and left.
Meng Chuan picked up the dossier on top and started to read it. It was a brief description of the entire development.
The eight-year-old Ironborn wanted to save his sister, so he begged Zhou Qian. Zhou Qian was stopped by his father, Zhou He, and was unable to rescue her in person. Thus, he sent Ironborn to beg his eldest senior brother, Meng Chuan. Meng Chuan, who had a good relations.h.i.+p with Zhou Qian, interfered in this matter. Yan Jin, on the other hand, had intervened out of anger…
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After Zhou He learned of the matter, he brought his son to Meng Manor to seek forgiveness. Meng Dajiang was furious, but Meng Chuan pleaded on behalf of his junior brother, thus sparing him…
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In these few sentences, it describes how close my relations.h.i.+p with Zhou Qian is. It’s as if it was because of him that I went to save Red Rain. I even pleaded for mercy on his behalf so that Father would spare them. Meng Chuan chuckled softly. Zhou He is really smart. He tried his best to hook up with my Meng family, probably because he’s afraid that the Bai family would seek revenge.
He could completely understand.
An ordinary family clan would be terrified when pitted against a G.o.dfiend family like the Bai family. Therefore, they thought up ways to guide the narrative, such as using the siblings’ statement, such as Zhou He’s answers when interrogated by the Jadesun Palace… There was no need to lie. As long as the main points changed slightly, outsiders would believe Meng Chuan’s relations.h.i.+p with Zhou Qian to be extraordinary.
The Bai family would also be fearful, because the person most furious about the situation was Fairy Meng! The Bai family was unwilling to anger the Meng family.
No one wished to really fight a G.o.dfiend who only had six or seven years of life left.
When they found out that Meng Chuan and Zhou Qian had a close relations.h.i.+p, the Bai family no longer bothered dealing with the Zhou family anymore. Dealing with the Zhou family was not beneficial. It was just to vent their anger. Instead, they might anger Meng Chuan and the Meng family.
Hence, the Zhou family managed to escape disaster.
The Zhou family’s Zhou He does have some tricks up his sleeve. It’s just that he’s a little sad. Meng Chuan could tell that the Zhou family was facing a dangerous situation. Taking a step forward led to a precipitous cliff, and a step backward a bottomless abyss! The Zhou family couldn’t afford to offend any of the parties involved—the Bai family, the Meng family, and the Black Wolf Gang… If they were not careful, they would fall to their deaths.
According to the dossier, investigations on the Black Wolf Gang in Idle Stone Garden revealed five people related to the Skydemon Sect. Three were captured alive, one went missing, and the last committed suicide. According to the three’s separate interrogations, the Black Wolf Gang is innocent.
Meng Chuan didn’t find it odd.
There was no need for the Black Wolf Gang to collude with the Skydemon Sect. They would definitely die if they were found out.
After all the Black Wolf Gang higher-ups were captured, their cultivation was probed. None of them cultivated any demonic arts. After investigations, the Black Wolf Gang was determined to be innocent.
As the Black Wolf Gang had violated the Imperial Court’s laws, Gang Leader Liu Chang was sentenced to serve at Qinyang Pa.s.s in a suicide squad for three years. The deputy gang leader, Cong You, was sentenced to ten years of hard labor…
As Meng Chuan read, he shook his head gently. The Black Wolf Gang has nothing to do with the Skydemon Sect, but this thorough investigation discovered several things. The leaders naturally can’t escape.
The Black Wolf Gang was quite unlucky.
There were many hooligans among the lackeys in the gang. Even if the gang strictly abided by the rules, the hooligans under them could still commit all kinds of violations.
This time, they had angered the Meng family and Jadesun Palace. Meng Chuan and Yan Jin were seriously injured and were nearly killed by the Skydemon Sect expert. Therefore, the Black Wolf Gang naturally had to take the blame, but the punishment wasn’t too severe.
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These G.o.dfiend family clans can turn their backs at a moment’s notice. Even after serving as a loyal dog for so many years, they still threw me under the carriage. Thankfully, I have strength at the Seamless realm. I was only sentenced to join a suicide squad in Qinyang Pa.s.s. Liu Chang had been escorted to Qinyang Pa.s.s. Qinyang Pa.s.s was only ninety kilometers from Eastcalm Prefecture City, and nearly all mortal soldiers from the city came here.
Liu Chang even felt a little relieved. Thankfully, I killed Ah Quan. No one knows that I had long suspected something was wrong with Idle Stone Garden. I managed to escape death.