Dominating Martial King
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474: Chapter 252 No More Pretending (Please Subscribe) 474: Chapter 252 No More Pretending (Please Subscribe) At daybreak, at the corner of the Vegetable Market Street in Jiangnan County.

Here, hundreds of men and women had gathered, buzzing around a wall, completely blocking the street.

This wall was plastered with a large number of yellowed papers—the Imperial Mansion Reports and Wanted Posters excerpted by the Jiangnan County government to inform the public at the vegetable market.

What drew these people’s attention was a wanted poster posted on the wall by the East State Inspection Department—

[Iron Banner Gang’s Flag Leader, Chu Xisheng, 15 years old, Martial Arts Primordial Skill of Seventh Rank Lower, skilled with both the single and twin blades, known worldwide for his fast sword, with agile and swift movement technique.

He is currently ranked ninety-first on the Qingyun General List and occupies the ninth seat among the Shenxiu Ten Masters.

The East State Inspection Department has ascertained that this man incited his gang members to raise an army of over 70,000 in Xiushui County to resist the government, committing rebellion.

Since Chu Xisheng’s uprising, he has taken over dozens of places and led an army of tens of thousands to invade Xunyang County, with his force aiming directly at the State City.

During this time, he has slaughtered over 30,000 county soldiers, executed over seventy scholar families, and butchered tens of thousands of civilians.

The evidence is conclusive; his crimes are grievous and against heaven, meriting the execution of his entire family!

From today onwards, the East State Inspection Department issues a territory-wide warrant for Chu Xisheng within the whole realm of Daning.

A bounty of ten thousand taels of Demon Silver is placed on Chu Xisheng’s head!]

[Iron Banner Gang’s Deputy Flag Master Tie Xiaosheng, 38 years old, Martial Arts Primordial Skill of Fifth Rank Lower, skilled with the heavy sword and heavy armor, practicing the Iron Armor Mixed Element Skill.

He is currently ranked forty-second on the famous Hero List of East State.

The East State Inspection Department has ascertained that this man has followed Chu Xisheng in rebellion, leading tens of thousands of ship workers to invade Xunyang, and has fought several fierce battles with the Jiangnan County Navy Camp, killing numerous government soldiers.

The evidence is conclusive; his crimes are monstrous and too numerous to record!

From today onwards, the East State Inspection Department issues a territory-wide warrant for Tie Xiaosheng within the whole realm of Daning.

A bounty of eight thousand taels of Demon Silver is placed on Tie Xiaosheng’s head!]

The people looked at these two wanted posters with differing expressions.

“Over 70,000 men?

This is a great rebel.

Do we really have a rebellion of such a scale within Xiushui County?”

“Slaughtered over 30,000 county soldiers?

I did hear that the government forces were heavily defeated in Xiushui.”

“Executed over seventy scholar families?

Butchered tens of thousands of civilians?

Is this even real?

The most wicked devil wouldn’t be so brutal.”

“The court would never make false charges, right?

Doesn’t it say there that the evidence is conclusive?”

“Terrifying!

It says here that the Iron Banner Gang’s force is heading straight for the State City—could it be that they will really fight their way to Jiangnan County?”

“It’s possible; the State City has been moving troops around a lot these last few days.”

However, among the crowd, there were also some Jianghu travellers who knew the details, and they were filled with indignation.

“What do you all know!

Iron Banner Gang’s young hero Chu Shaohua is chivalrous and magnanimous, honorable and upright.

He’s only avenging the death of the previous Flag Leader.

I just came from Xiushui, and the tale of the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of civilians is utterly baseless!”

“Chu Shaohua is a young hero from our East State!

Back in the day, the Xiushui County Magistrate was summoned by the court for questioning and was escorted to the Capital City.

Chu Shaohua risked his life against all odds to escort his friend to the Capital, where he made a great name for himself.”

“Ha!

In today’s world, where the government officials are corrupt and lawlessness abounds, these dog officials have done too many absurd things.

They invert right and wrong, say that deer are horses, and black is white, causing many civilians to suffer.”

“How great was the Iron Banner’s former Flag Leader, Iron Madman!

A heroic figure who single-handedly held up the sky, protecting tens of thousands of ship workers and many fishermen from the government’s poison.

Just because he was in the way of some dog officials in Xiushui, he was set up and murdered by the government.

Chu Xisheng defied the government and raised an army to avenge Iron Madman; truly his righteousness reaches the clouds, his spirit pierces the rainbow!”

Most of these Jianghu people were filled with righteous anger, expressing their indignation, and defending Chu Xisheng.

Yet the surrounding commoners mostly wore looks of half belief and half doubt.

The heroes and brave figures recognized by the Martial Arts World and Jianghu heroes were largely seen as troublemakers by these commoners, hardly better than those devils and great evildoers.

By comparison, even though the government was corrupt, it was still far more believable to them than these Jianghu travellers.

In the crowd, many were also curious about Chu Xisheng’s appearance.

“Chu Xisheng has such handsome features, he’s only 15 years old, right?

How could there be such a young rebel?

And he even looks so good.”

“Born to be a beauty, how did you become a thief!”

“I had seen Chu Xisheng from a distance before.

Why doesn’t this feel right?

The facial features are not incorrectly captured, but it’s only the shape without the spirit.

This artist’s skills are lacking.”

Meanwhile, not five miles from Vegetable Market Street, on the top floor of the East State Martial Arts Tower headquarters.

The Tower Master of the East State Martial Arts Tower, Fourth Grade Divine Mechanism Scholar Wang Chaoyang, was standing with hands clasped behind his back, watching the crowds near the Vegetable Market Street from afar.

Such scenes were not only at that location but also in many places throughout Jiangnan County.

The Jiangnan County and State Offices had set up more than thirty noticeboards along the main roads and densely populated areas throughout the city.

These locations all posted the wanted poster of Chu Xisheng simultaneously.

“The Inspection Department’s actions are quite major; they have posted over two hundred warrants in both Jiangnan and Xunyang Counties at the same time.

It is said that the artists of the Inspection Department are also hurriedly producing more wanted posters to be sent to the eight counties, fifty-eight districts, and various towns and villages of the East State,” said a young ‘proofreader’, one of Wang Chaoyang’s few trusted subordinates in the East State Martial Arts Tower.

He bowed respectfully and continued, “However, I heard that Mr.

Governor was thunderously enraged by this and flipped over the tea table in front of him during breakfast.”

Wang Chaoyang figured that the Governor would indeed be angry.

The Governor’s Mansion wanted to maintain calm and certainly did not want ‘rebels’ stirring up trouble in East State, lest it affect their political achievements; yet the East State Inspection Department did exactly the opposite, widely posting warrants in Jiangnan and Xunyang Counties, elevating the issue.

This was clearly an attempt to establish a fait accompli, pressuring the Governor to define the civil unrest caused by the Iron Banner Gang as an act of rebellion.