Above the Galaxy
Chapter 345 - 225: Borrowing the Princess’s Tiger Skin!_2

Chapter 345: Chapter 225: Borrowing the Princess’s Tiger Skin!_2

"Today is New Year’s Eve, we were having our New Year’s Eve dinner..." Tang Fei explained, "There are no criminals in my house, just us two brothers."

"You say there aren’t any just like that?" The Imperial Guard sneered, "We won’t know until we search."

The Monitoring Bureau was extremely aggressive in its approach. Whenever they went out on a case, officials, big or small, were afraid of them; there were very few people they feared.

"I can let you search..." Tang Fei’s face also became embarrassed as he spoke, "But can you pay attention to your own attitude? Is this how you ask for cooperation?"

He still hadn’t received that phone call; he needed to keep stalling for time.

"Maybe you’re the one with the attitude problem... we’ve been ringing your doorbell for ages, and you’re reluctant to open it. Are you hiding criminals inside?"

"I’m telling you, if you don’t open the door, my brothers will smash it down..."

"Captain, why waste so much breath talking to him? If this kid doesn’t let us in soon, we’ll just force the door open..."

"Deliberately obstructing the Monitoring Bureau’s case work, throw him in jail to reflect properly..."

"They’re inside eating and drinking extravagantly, while we brothers are freezing outside like dogs... and this brat still dares to bare his teeth at us? Damned thing, does he not want to live?"

"Smash the door!"

"How dare you!" Tang Fei stood at the threshold, looking down on everyone from above and shouted angrily, "I want to see who dares to smash the door of Great Grandmaster Xuanyuan Mingjing’s house..."

Silence fell over the place.

Only the sound of wind blowing and snow falling could be heard.

Indeed, the name of Great Grandmaster Xuanyuan Mingjing was still very intimidating.

Those dispatched on tasks to capture criminals were certainly martial artists; higher-ranking officers must be cultivators.

Whether martial artists or cultivators, in their world, Great Grandmaster Xuanyuan Mingjing was an existence akin to a deity.

Mentioning other people was not as effective as this name.

Zhong Jiayuan came over from behind the crowd, his gaze cold as he measured up Tang Fei and asked, "Is this the residence of the Great Grandmaster?"

"Of course." Tang Fei confidently replied, "I am a disciple under Great Grandmaster Xuanyuan, and Shen Xinglan is my senior brother..."

Never mind what the relationship between Shen Xinglan and himself was, for now, he needed to use this influence.

He would use any resource available to him without being picky.

Besides, he wasn’t lying; Shen Xinglan was indeed his senior brother.

"Is the Great Grandmaster at the residence?" Zhong Jiayuan, momentarily unclear on the distinction between Tang Fei’s residence and the Great Grandmaster’s abode, asked aloud.

"Master is cultivating on White Crane Mountain and doesn’t care to celebrate these mundane festivals," Tang Fei said.

"We are capturing an important criminal of the Empire, and we need to search anyone involved..." Zhong Jiayuan said, looking at Tang Fei.

At that moment, the ringtone of Tang Fei’s phone on his wrist went off.

Tang Fei was overjoyed but kept a composed expression, glancing at the inspectors in front of him, he said, "Wait a moment, I need to take this call..."

He pressed the answer button, and Phoenix’s virtual image appeared before him.

Princess?

The Monitoring Bureau’s Imperial Guards exchanged glances, what was going on?

They just wanted to search the place, and this kid had brought the Princess into it?

Tang Fei looked at Phoenix, his face full of guilt, and said, "I’ve run into a bit of trouble here, so I’m going to hang up now, and I’ll call you back in a bit..."

Tang Fei was about to hang up the call, showing an urgency as if he didn’t want to trouble her.

Phoenix, having seen the many Monitoring Bureau Imperial Guards in front of Tang Fei, tensed up and asked, "What happened?"

"I’m not sure myself," Tang Fei said with an aggrieved expression. "Today is New Year’s Eve, and I was having dinner with Little Fatty... They suddenly burst in, saying they were capturing some important criminal and needed to search my house..."

"I said they could search, but could they watch their attitude? They said I was unwilling to cooperate and even wanted to smash the door..."

"I told them they couldn’t smash the door, and they said I was obstructing the Monitoring Bureau’s work, and they wanted to throw me into the Monitoring Bureau’s jail for reflection..."

It’s best to voice grievances and accusations on the spot.

Tang Fei was not the type of man who liked to hold grudges.

Sure enough, Phoenix’s eyes grew sharp as she called out, "Zhong Jiayuan?"

She had seen Zhong Jiayuan standing in front of everyone; he was the only person she recognized.

"Your Highness," Zhong Jiayuan bowed respectfully.

Even though his surname was Zhong, and he should be related to the Princess.

By seniority, the Princess should call him ’Brother’...

Unfortunately, his status was still far from that of the Princess.

"Is that what happened?" Phoenix asked.

"There seems to be some misunderstanding..." Zhong Jiayuan said as he explained.

"Misunderstanding? Were you planning to search my friend’s house?"

"Yes?"

"Was your attitude really bad? You wanted to smash the door? Take someone to jail?"

"...It’s not easy for the subordinates to do their job... We’ll pay attention to it in the future..."

Zhong Jiayuan didn’t want to offend Phoenix but also didn’t want to dishearten the brothers doing the work for him.

After all, he depended on these brothers to risk life and death for him.

"Hmm, remember to use tact in your actions and consider the impact," Phoenix said with a gentle voice, devoid of any aggressive aura, "We must not let a single villain escape, but we absolutely cannot mistreat a good person."

"Yes," Zhong Jiayuan responded respectfully.