Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 711 - 651: Are You Planning a Rebellion?

Chapter 711: Chapter 651: Are You Planning a Rebellion?

At this moment, the Crown Prince’s eyes widened as he stared at the fallen Cui Wenjun on the ground, feeling that his life had been shattered by Wang Junwu’s punch.

His original plan was to use the marriage alliance with Princess Qionghua to draw in the Cui Family.

But now, not only did he fail to win over the Cui Family, he had even caused Cui Wenjun’s death.

Even worse, Cui Wenjun died right before his very eyes.

Especially since Wang Junwu now looked as if Cui Wenjun was a thug who, with others, had attacked Princess Qionghua, and he had heroically rescued her.

Even this incident had been instigated by him.

While the Crown Prince was thinking about how to shift the blame onto someone else, a patrol suddenly charged over from a distance.

The leader was the recently famous Ghost Consort, Xin Daoyin, known in the Capital.

Xin Daoyin had a good relationship with the Crown Prince; seeing him present, he immediately dismounted and bowed to the Crown Prince, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince, what has happened here..."

Xin Daoyin glanced around, not sure what exactly had transpired here.

The Crown Prince’s mind was spinning rapidly with thought.

Although Wang Junwu was reputed for his General Star status, he was still affiliated with the Centrist Faction of Jin River.

The only influential person from that faction in the royal court was the old general, Yuchi An.

And since the Centrist Faction had always been on the fringe, sacrificing Wang Junwu wouldn’t be a big problem.

After all, if anything happened to Wang Junwu, only Yuchi An would intercede on his behalf.

But the incident with the Cui Family needed an explanation.

And that explanation would be Wang Junwu!

"How audacious, Wang Junwu! How could you murder Cui Wenjun, the Second Top Scholar, in the street!?"

Following the Crown Prince’s rebuke, the Imperial Son-in-law Xin Daoyin immediately understood what the Crown Prince intended.

Even though he had heard that Wang Junwu, like himself, had been given the title of General Star and enfeoffed, Xin Daoyin regarded him as nothing more than a pawn for others, just like himself.

The difference was that he had chosen to follow the Crown Prince, and thus could rest easy in the future.

This man had clearly offended the Crown Prince in some way, so now, he was as good as dead!

Xin Daoyin stood up and gestured to the soldiers of the patrol behind him, who immediately rushed forward and surrounded Wang Junwu, who was still kneeling on one knee before the Crown Prince.

Wang Junwu immediately realized that the Crown Prince didn’t want to shoulder the black mark of Cui Wenjun’s death, so he intended to handle him.

Because as long as he died or was captured, the Crown Prince could go to Emperor Kaihuang and claim that he had killed Cui Wenjun in jealousy over Princess Qionghua, leaving him with no defense.

Furthermore, the battle on Longyun Path had just ended, and he was already a member of the Centrist Faction, not well-regarded.

Now was a prime opportunity for those who had always been at odds with him to eliminate him.

But just then, two figures emerged from the crowd in the distance.

At the same time, a familiar and comforting voice rang out.

"The Cui Family has colluded with the patrol to assassinate the Crown Prince and Princess in the street, quickly signal for reinforcements!"

It was Zhang San!

At that moment, the gazes of the Crown Prince, Wang Junwu, and Princess Qionghua all fell on Zhang San, who had just stepped forward and called out.

Meanwhile, Prince Wang Ziteng took the opportunity to send out the Town Martial Office’s distress signal.

Normally, the Town Martial Office sent out distress signals when executing missions in various areas to apprehend Martial Artists who had broken the law, and they encountered formidable opponents that they could not handle.

Because to release a distress signal meant facing a formidable enemy, unable to resist, it was necessary to call for help.

Although not sending for help was preferable, releasing a distress signal admitted that you were overpowered by the enemy, indeed a sign of weakness.

But at this moment, the distress signal lit up in the skies over Daxing City.

The Martial Artists of the Town Martial Office patrolling in the Capital were stunned upon seeing this signal.

"This is the Capital, for heaven’s sake!"

Just this morning, someone had provoked the Town Martial Office, resisting arrest—a Spiritual Platform Realm and a Purple Mansion Realm practitioner were involved.

Now, the entire Capital is buzzing about this incident.

And just when that piece of gossip had died down, now there’s someone else stirring trouble?

What has gotten into the Capital lately?

Do these people have no fear of death?

Shock aside, the reinforcement speed of the Town Martial Office is still extremely fast.

After shouting, Zhang San immediately rushed in front of the Crown Prince and bellowed loudly, "Protect His Highness the Crown Prince."

The Crown Prince, who had been glaring at Zhang San, now appeared as if flames were about to shoot out from his eyes.

Protect my ass!

The biggest threat to my life is you!

However, the next moment, Wang Ziteng, understanding the situation, headed straight for the Ghost Consort, Xin Daoyin, to make his move.

Although the Ghost Consort had initially been a lazy idler, now that he had become an Imperial Son-in-law, aside from indulging in delicacies, he had also started to seek ways to improve his strength through Martial Styles.

He had already managed to break through to the True Core Realm.

While this Realm was more than enough for him to be a patrol leader within the squad, it was considered too pathetic for someone responsible for the entire patrol team, an important general.

However, the other generals were well aware that he was a person of connections and now an Imperial Son-in-law, so naturally, they all pretended to be no match for him during sparring.

This led the Ghost Consort, Xin Daoyin, to harbor a delusion—he thought he was a genius!

That’s right, I am a genius!

It’s just my poor family background that delayed my cultivation.

Otherwise, how could it be possible for me to defeat a Spiritual Platform Realm practitioner within ten moves at only the True Core Realm?

Little did he know, others were only pretending to lose within ten moves to him; if they were to actually fight longer, they were afraid they might kill him by accident.

So at this moment, feeling as though he was qualified to hold the position of a Principal Officer at the Town Martial Office, Xin Daoyin roared at Zhang San and the others, "Are you trying to kidnap the Crown Prince to stage a rebellion?"

As Xin Daoyin spoke, he suddenly noticed many martial artists rushing from all directions; these martial artists were clearly from the Town Martial Office.

Despite his overflowing self-confidence and belief that he could easily defeat all the martial artists of the Town Martial Office present, he realized there were simply too many people around.

He was confident in a one-on-one fight, but he had never tried facing a group.

Thus, Xin Daoyin pointed at Wang Junwu, who was standing in front of Princess Qionghua, and shouted to the surrounding Town Martial Office martial artists, "This man has committed violence on the street, killing the Second Top Scholar, Cui Wenjun! Now, he and his accomplices are attempting to kidnap the Crown Prince and the Princess. My fellows, lend me your strength to capture them!"

As he spoke, Xin Daoyin was ready to charge forward, only to realize that he was seemingly the only one moving forward, while the rest showed no intention of doing so.

Zhang San smirked coldly.

In front of his peers from the Town Martial Office, you still expect them to help you against me? Has Xin Daoyin spilled too much of his brains out with the Ghost Princess?

Zhang San gave Wang Ziteng a look, and Wang Ziteng, understanding Zhang San’s intention, immediately took hold of the Crown Prince and began to move inside, saying, "Your Highness, it’s not safe here; I will protect you."

Then, Wang Ziteng simply carried the Crown Prince inside, giving him no chance to resist.

Next, Zhang San pointed at Xin Daoyin and exclaimed angrily, "Today! The Cui Family has committed violent acts on the street, attempting to assassinate the Crown Prince and Princess Qionghua. The Patrol Team’s Xin Daoyin has contributed to cruelty and is suspected of plotting rebellion. Military officers of the Town Martial Office, join me in arresting them! Bring them before Emperor Kaihuang!"

"At your command!"

In that moment, the surrounding dozens of martial artists from the Town Martial Office all placed their hands on the Horizontal Blade at their waists.

Although Xin Daoyin thought of himself as a genius, he still felt panicked at this moment.

"I am the current Imperial Son-in-law; how could I possibly rebel, you... you’re slandering me!"

Then, Princess Qionghua stepped forward and exclaimed, "I am Princess Qionghua. This man has malicious intentions, and I fear he may be colluding with the Cui Family’s thugs!"

At the next instant, Zhang San had already drawn the Horizontal Blade from his Gluttonous Bag.

"In the name of Feng Huang, we govern martial actions for justice! Town Martial Office, draw your swords!"