Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 891 - 240: The First Wave of Sensation! Muscle Collides with Muscle! _6

"Two moves? Damn it... How come the more you people talk, the more absurd it gets? Two moves to take down Yan Dahu—are the heavenly immortals finally unable to bear someone maligning the National Master and descending to the mortal world to teach those brothers a lesson?"

"Uh, it shouldn’t be an immortal descending, after all, that Fan Wu, after exchanging moves with Yan Dahu, the two of them even shared drinks and seemed quite chummy."

"Hisss! They’re actually in cahoots? The one who can defeat Yan Dahu must be more formidable than him, right? Plus a Yan Dalong. These three guys teaming up—who could possibly take them down?"

"I heard it’s not just three people; that Fan Wu has two other associates, one female, one male."

"Mother of god! That’s five people?!"

"Just one Yan Dalong and one Yan Dahu, and the government couldn’t capture them, add Fan Wu and two more... who knows if they’re formidable or not. If those five make a commotion in Kaihai County, won’t they turn everything upside down?"

"No way? Is there really someone who can knock out Yan Dahu? It’s said that Yan Dahu is a very powerful Cultivator; could it be this is an even more powerful Cultivator?"

"Who knows... What we should be most worried about now is probably our own Kaihai County government." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Who is Yan Dalong? Who is Yan Dahu? And who is Fan Wu?"

"You must be a stranger here, not to know even Yan Dalong and Yan Dahu, those two brothers?"

"Hisss! If those three people join forces with those two brothers, wouldn’t there be three more fugitives with a bounty of two thousand silver each?"

"Wouldn’t that not be enough, then? That’d be ten thousand pieces of silver!"

"Tch, if you have the guts, you can take ’em."

"Uh, never mind then!"

"..."

Naturally, such news traveled to the government office of Kaihai County. The first reaction of the Magistrate upon hearing this was to immediately order the capture of those two guys. But then he turned his head and realized he didn’t seem to have the manpower to command. This was because several arrest officers in the Kaihai County office were all injured!

The remaining constables and government officials were similarly wounded. Even hundreds of people were lying in the medical hall, and it would be very difficult for them to get out of bed without recuperating for ten days to half a month, or even several months.

Under such circumstances, what could he, the Magistrate, use to capture those two guys on such an opportunity? Besides, he had heard that the knocked-out Yan Dahu had already woken up.

"Master! Master!" the Magistrate of Kaihai County shouted at the top of his voice, then a middle-aged man wearing a Confucian robe, hurried over.

The middle-aged man in the Confucian robe, with an expression full of respect, asked the Magistrate, "Magistrate, what are your orders?"

The Magistrate of Kaihai County couldn’t wait to ask, "Is there any news from General Tuoba? A few days ago... when he just came back, I sent him a message. I asked him to deploy the naval forces to help Kaihai County capture those two fugitives. Has General Tuoba sent a message back? How did he respond?"

The middle-aged man in the Confucian robe promptly replied, "Replying to the Magistrate, General Tuoba said that he is aware of the matter and that you need not worry too much. The naval forces are already preparing soldiers and horses, and then they will launch an operation to surround and capture those two fugitives."

"Good! Hahaha!" The Magistrate of Kaihai County burst into joyful laughter, a look of relief on his face: "With General Tuoba taking action, how could we not capture those two thieves?"

Saying this, he shook his head with regret: "What a pity that capturing those two thieves will be entirely credited to General Tuoba, with no connection to myself."

"Alas," the Magistrate sighed, "if such credit were to fall on me, would the National Master value me? Then, just a casual word might elevate me to a position which I currently can hardly imagine."

"Eh, do you think if I speak with General Tuoba he might share some of the merit with me? How many pieces of silver would it take to persuade General Tuoba?"

"Uh..." The middle-aged Confucian’s mouth twitched, he felt that the Magistrate was being overly fanciful.

The middle-aged man in the Confucian robe could only say helplessly, "Magistrate, it would be better not to do so. You also know the character of General Tuoba. To put it harshly, he is someone who likes to take all and cut off ties after crossing the bridge. He might take your silver and do nothing. And he’s a general with military power; you wouldn’t be able to do anything to him then."

Hearing this... The Magistrate of Kaihai County could only look up to the sky and heave a sigh, reluctantly giving up the idea: "Forget it, better not to get entangled with General Tuoba. Otherwise, end up cleaned out by him and still have to count the silver for him."

He, a Magistrate, had not easily embezzled this silver. If he gave it away and got nothing in return, he would feel heartbroken.

"However..." the Magistrate of Kaihai County frowned, "I heard that those two crazy brothers are taking those foreigners to the Imperial City. If they leave Kaihai County within a few days, then wouldn’t General Tuoba’s preparations be in vain?"

The middle-aged man in the Confucian robe chuckled, "On this point, you can rest assured, Magistrate. During the times those two brothers and those foreigners discussed some utterly treasonous matters, they made no attempt to conceal it, and many people heard their conversation."

"General Tuoba has many underlings in this small place of Kaihai County. I think he’s long since known that those two brothers and those foreigners are about to leave."

"Perhaps... General Tuoba has already started making preparations for their route. Or he might set an ambush on their way, and capture all those madmen in one fell swoop."

"Also true..." The Magistrate of Kaihai County muttered, "What a pity, this accomplishment has no damn relevance. Had I known, I wouldn’t have bothered mobilizing so many people to capture those two brothers."

"As a result, not only did I fail to capture them, but so many were injured. The cost of their recuperation will be substantial."

Saying this, he felt a pang of distress.

"My lord, the cost of medicines for those people’s recuperation can totally be requested from the Imperial Court," the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe said with a smile. "After all, they were injured while trying to capture fugitives for the Imperial Court. The Imperial Court surely must allocate some silver for their treatment, right?"

"The amount of silver might be several thousand or tens of thousands, and the specific amount depends on a reasonable figure you suggest, one that the Imperial Court would accept."

The Magistrate of Kaihai County had a sudden realization: "Hahaha! You, Master, indeed have a point!"

The two exchanged a knowing smile.

And left it unspoken.

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