Mai Bao Xiao Lang Jun

Chapter 148 Thorns in My Back

Chapter 1 Evidence of Yuanshi Tianzun's Wrongdoings?

Such a request stunned the evil professionals present, unable to understand its purpose.

Find evidence of Yuanshi Tianzun's crimes, and then report him to the Five Elements Alliance to have him sanctioned by the authorities? Wouldn't it be simpler and more convenient to find him directly and kill him? Why go to all that trouble?

Aunt Xiao Yuan in the crowd raised her hand and said indifferently, "The Yuanshi Tianzun you mentioned, is that the one who killed Li Xianzong? Why collect evidence of his crimes? Wouldn't it be easier to just kill him?"

The Devil Eye Heavenly King looked over and smiled, "You don't need to know. Just do as I say."

Aunt Xiao Yuan nodded slightly and asked, "What kind of evidence?"

An evil professional on the side chimed in, "He killed Li Xianzong, Ou Xiangrong, and Hei Wuchang. Wouldn't that count?"

"No, no, no!" The Devil Eye Heavenly King shook his finger, revealing a bright smile, "That's not a crime; that's punishing evil and promoting good. The evidence I want is receiving bribes, abusing power, bullying the weak, and sexually harassing or raping women. Anything illegal, I want it all."

The evil professionals looked at each other, wondering if the new leader of the Soldiers of Light was out of his mind. They had only heard of evil professionals committing murder and arson, not collecting evidence of the enemy's crimes. What was the use of that?

"What's the reward?" someone asked loudly.

"Two hundred thousand for each piece of evidence, and five hundred thousand for particularly serious crimes," the Devil Eye Heavenly King, with a sports headband on his forehead, said with a smile.

It seemed that the Soldiers of Light were targeting Yuanshi Tianzun because of the Li Xianzong incident. They were sore losers. However, evil professionals hunted orderly professionals regardless of the reason. Even without the Li Xianzong incident, the Soldiers of Light would still hunt Yuanshi Tianzun. Aunt Xiao Yuan pondered, then raised her hand again and asked in a cold tone, "What's the reward for directly killing Yuanshi Tianzun?"

The Devil Eye Heavenly King shook his head, "No reward at all. I only require you to collect evidence. Whether you kill him or not is my business."

After a satisfying meal, Zhang Yuanqing and Xie Lingxi left the restaurant side by side and arrived at the elevator entrance. He took the opportunity to say goodbye, "Lingxi, when are you going back to San Zhuang Province?"

"What would I do back in San Zhuang Province?" Xie Lingxi said pitifully, "If I go back, I'll miss Brother Yuanshi. I can't bear to leave you, Brother ~"

Xie Lingxi said, "I plan to stay in Songhai until autumn and go back when the crabs are fat. The Xie family holds a crab feast every year. Brother Yuanshi, will you accompany me to the Xie family this autumn? My mom and dad want to meet you."

As she spoke, she showed a shy expression, as if she were inviting her lover to meet her parents.

Her tea ceremony skills are truly advanced... You're lucky you're only 17. If you dare to talk to me like that next year, you'll see how terrifying a 'seize every opportunity' older brother can be! Zhang Yuanqing complained inwardly.

As he was speaking, his phone rang. The caller ID showed "Magical Aunt Xiao Yuan"!

Zhang Yuanqing declined the call and stepped into the elevator with Xie Lingxi. As the elevator descended, Xie Lingxi reached her floor. She stepped out of the elevator, turned her head, and waved, "Bye-bye~"

Zhang Yuanqing "Mm-hmm'd" and closed the elevator door.

After leaving the hotel, he took out his phone and called Xiao Yuan back. "Aunt Xiao Yuan?"

"Someone from the Soldiers of Light is looking for you, offering a reward for evidence of your crimes."

What? Zhang Yuanqing didn't react for a moment. It wasn't that he was surprised that the Soldiers of Light were offering a reward for him; that was inevitable. But what was with the reward for evidence of crimes?

What criminal evidence could a weak college student who felt guilty even farting in public have? Zhang Yuanqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What's going on?"

Aunt Xiao Yuan simply explained the reopening of the 'Black Market' and the Soldiers of Light's leader offering a reward for the Killing Lord and Yuanshi Tianzun.

A young man with a sports headband? Offering a reward for evidence of my crimes? Zhang Yuanqing suddenly thought of something, and his smile slowly disappeared.

The Devil Eye Heavenly King seems to have come to Songhai recently. He has a vertical eye on his forehead, and he's a fanatic, a die-hard zealot. Zhang Yuanqing swallowed and a thought kept running through his mind:

What should I do? A Dominator is offering a reward for me! I'm waiting online, help!

Although he knew that the Devil Eye Heavenly King would definitely cause him trouble, he didn't expect it to be so soon, and not just with an "I'll kill him if I see him, but if I don't, then forget it" attitude, but with a focused reward.

Being targeted by such a big figure put a lot of psychological pressure on him.

"Aunt Xiao Yuan, I think I know who that person is," Zhang Yuanqing said. "Who?" Xiao Yuan frowned, hearing the unusual tone in his voice.

"It's the Devil Eye Heavenly King of the Soldiers of Light."

"Him?!" Aunt Xiao Yuan's voice was a little shrill.

Zhang Yuanqing let out a "Mm-hmm" of despair, "I killed Li Xianzong. He wants to take revenge on me."

Aunt Xiao Yuan was silent for a long time, then said in a complicated tone, "You truly are a genius. You've experienced more hardships in two months than others do in two years."

He had just escaped Li Xianzong's hunt and finally turned the tables, only to have the bigger one come after killing the smaller one. "Aunt Xiao Yuan, please don't mock me," Zhang Yuanqing said with a bitter smile.

The corners of Xiao Yuan's mouth couldn't help but turn up in a smile, which quickly disappeared, and she said indifferently, "This is just the beginning. The more famous you become, the more evil professionals will want to kill you. This is the destiny of every genius, unless you can be like Fu Qingyang."

"Like what?"

"Kill until no one dares to cause you trouble. There are only a handful of Lord-level Adepts. They usually don't hunt low-level Adepts. As long as you can become invincible in the Wonderland realm, as long as you don't provoke a Lord, you'll basically be fine."

That's too difficult. There are so many Spirit Realm Adepts. How many are like Fu Qingyang? Zhang Yuanqing said, "Aunt Xiao Yuan, can Master Wu Hen defeat the Devil Eye Heavenly King?"

"I don't know!" "You don't know?"

Aunt Xiao Yuan said annoyed, "I've never seen Master Wu Hen take action. Besides, he can't easily take action. You've met him a few times. You should know that his condition isn't right."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yuanqing perked up, "What's wrong with Master Wu Hen's condition?" "You don't need to know, and you're not qualified to know," Aunt Xiao Yuan resumed her cold and aloof demeanor.

Zhang Yuanqing didn't ask any further, and instead said, "Aunt Xiao Yuan, I want to report the Black Market's location to the branch's higher-ups and let the elders deal with him. What do you think?"

"Bad idea!" Xiao Yuan harrumphed.

"First of all, since the Devil Eye Heavenly King appeared there publicly, he won't show up directly in the short term. He's most likely controlling things from the shadows. Don't underestimate the wisdom and caution of a Dominator.

"Secondly, the evil professionals invited this time are all on the Black Market's contact list. Once the Devil Eye Heavenly King discovers that the Black Market has been taken down, the people he suspects will definitely be the ones who were there today. That would put me in danger.

"Finally, how do you know the Devil Eye isn't just fishing?" Zhang Yuanqing frowned in thought.

Xiao Yuan changed the subject, "Ambushing him isn't out of the question, but we need to wait for an opportunity."

The current stage isn't suitable. Zhang Yuanqing said, "I understand. Aunt Xiao Yuan, how's the gang thing coming along?"

Xiao Yuan acted coy for a moment, "Let me think about it. To be honest, I'm not very willing, and Master Wu Hen doesn't want me to be too close to you either."

Master Wu Hen doesn't agree? Sigh, these kinds of big shots aren't easy to please, but if I can please him, I'll be secure in the future.

Zhang Yuanqing thanked her and hung up the phone. Wu Hen Hotel.

Xiao Yuan parked her car in the parking space outside the hotel, took out her keys, and unlocked the U-shaped lock.

She entered the changing room behind the counter, took off her casual clothes. There was a full-length mirror in the changing room, reflecting her plump figure in a black lace bra and panties.

A wasp waist, shapely buttocks, round and slender beautiful legs, and a bra that lifted her deep, creamy cleavage, plus her cold and beautiful features.

Any man who still had an interest in the opposite sex would be moved by it, but Aunt Xiao Yuan didn't care at all, and didn't even glance at the full-length mirror. She quickly changed into a hotel waitress uniform, and only then did she look at the mirror and straighten her collar.

Leaving the changing room, Xiao Yuan walked out of the front desk, picked up her employee card, and took the elevator upstairs.

The elevator stopped on the third floor. She walked out of the elevator and swiped open the door to room "306". The moment she gripped the doorknob, Aunt Xiao Yuan's expression changed slightly. She listened for a few seconds, then rushed in.

The guest room was empty. The white bedding was neatly arranged, like an uninhabited room. Xiao Yuan looked around, and on the small table by the window, a bottle of mineral water was pressing down a note.

She walked to the table with a serious face, picked up the note, and saw neatly written on it: "Xiao Yuan, I've gone to Songhai to take revenge. Don't look for me, and don't stop me. I'll prepare carefully this time. I'm not going to die."

"That fool who doesn't know what's good for him..."

Xiao Yuan's chest heaved violently. She took a deep breath for a long time before suppressing the surging anger and worry. At dinner, Zhang Yuanqing glanced at his cousin, who was preoccupied, and said:

"Cousin, if you frown any harder, I'll have to call you grandpa." As soon as he finished speaking, he was smacked on the head by his grandma.

"Did you encounter a case?" his aunt, who was eating heartily, interjected. Chen Yuanjun frowned and sighed, "Recently, I did receive a case. Someone reported that our director was embezzling and taking bribes, providing protection for some financial companies that specifically target students and people who need money... Uh, it's high-interest loans.

"Over the years, six people have already been driven to their deaths, and they've also coerced female students who can't repay the money into prostitution... Never mind, never mind."

Zhang Yuanqing frowned and said, "Report it to the higher-ups. What's so troubling about that?"

Chen Yuanjun glanced at him without saying anything.

"You've already reported it, but it's useless, right?" His grandpa, who didn't talk much, sneered.

Chen Yuanjun nodded, "Yuanzi, your grandpa used to do this kind of thing before. He didn't succeed in reporting it, and he was even given the cold shoulder by his superiors."

Zhang Yuanqing recalled it, and it seemed there really was such a thing. He was young back then, and didn't understand the ins and outs of it. He only remembered his grandpa cursing at home once, and he smashed all the bowls at home several times.

His grandpa said lightly, "What Yuanjun said is probably the lightest of it. There must be more serious cases behind it. The report didn't succeed because there are multiple channels of interest transfer... That's just the way it is."

His grandpa said it plainly, but Zhang Yuanqing heard a sense of discouragement in the last four words. His grandpa, who had worked in the Public Security Bureau for most of his life, knew the inside story best.

"Cousin, what's the name of your Public Security Bureau director?" Zhang Yuanqing asked casually. "Zhou Yan."

"Oh!"

He lowered his head silently and ate, remembering the name.

Although the Five Elements Alliance and the Public Security Bureau belonged to different power structures and were governed separately, it was almost impossible for him to investigate this Director Zhou through official channels.

But he could use the abilities of a Spirit Realm Adept to investigate secretly and collect evidence. Unfortunately, he had to stay at home recently and couldn't go to work.

After dinner, his uncle came to knock on the door. The nightclub old man was still dressed in his flamboyant outfit. "Yuanzi, come over here for a moment."

His uncle beckoned his nephew to sit down at the dining table, took out his wallet, and pulled out a stack of red bills, "This is from your aunt. I don't know what's gotten into her. She suddenly said she wanted to treat you better, and said it was my suggestion. It's strange. I clearly didn't say that."

"Thank you, Uncle!" Zhang Yuanqing happily accepted it, pretending not to hear the second half of his uncle's sentence.

His uncle said happily, "Let's go dance at my place... Oh, right, I don't know if I'm misremembering, but these days, I always feel like there's less money in my wallet. It's not enough."

His uncle was truly a sweet fool. He still hadn't realized that his wallet was being stolen every day. While feeling guilty, Zhang Yuanqing silently ridiculed his uncle.

"So, lend Uncle five hundred from the money your aunt gave you," his uncle patted his nephew's shoulder forcefully, "After all, Uncle raised you, and it was very hard work, too."

"I won't lend it," Zhang Yuanqing refused coldly and ruthlessly, and protected his money. His uncle glanced at him, "You already lent it."

He already lent it? Zhang Yuanqing was stunned, and suddenly realized that his aunt gave him a stack of five hundreds? This dog of an uncle had already scammed him out of five hundred?!

His uncle patted his nephew's shoulder with satisfaction, "Don't make that expression. I'll return it to you next month. I'm going back first. Come over and practice your dance skills when you have time."

No need to return it. My son will avenge me, Zhang Yuanqing thought through gritted teeth. Watching his uncle leave, Zhang Yuanqing walked to the door of his aunt's bedroom, knocked lightly twice, and said:

"Aunt, are you coming to my place to play games tonight?" "Okay, okay!" his aunt responded娇声.

His grandma, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, stuck her head out and glared at her grandson, then shouted at her daughter's bedroom door, "Yuer, take Mom with you, too."

"Ah?" his aunt said in surprise, "Mom, you don't know how to play games..." His grandma sneered, "You play games, and I'll beat you."

The room suddenly went silent. Zhang Yuanqing silently turned and left.

Returning to his bedroom, Zhang Yuanqing lay down on the bed, thinking about how to deal with the Devil Eye Heavenly King.

"It's not safe to let the Devil Eye stay in Songhai. I always feel uneasy, like he'll come knocking on my door at any moment."

Zhang Yuanqing rubbed his temples in headache.

Being targeted by a powerful Dominator was bound to make him feel unsafe. Although Songhai had a large population, so it shouldn't be so coincidental, what if it was?

That was a Dominator, after all. Who knew what methods he might have?

"There's only one chance to strike first, and that's when he appears at the Black Market. The five elders can swarm him and kill the Devil Eye together. With the Killing Lord, that madman, participating, six Dominators, killing a Devil Eye, shouldn't be a problem.

"If that doesn't work, I can borrow the Dream Jade Amulet from Little Green Tea and ask Master Wu Hen to come. With that, there's no reason for the Devil Eye not to die.

I need to contact the five elders in advance and make a detailed plan. Then, I'll just wait for him to show up. Fu Qingyang can take the lead on this.

"Sigh, damn it. It's already dangerous enough in the dungeons, but returning to reality is still like walking on thin ice. Being too famous isn't necessarily a good thing. It's easy to be targeted by evil people."

Puning District.

The night was deep and the evening breeze was gentle.

In an old residential building, a young man wearing a sports headband climbed the steps, arrived on the fifth floor, and knocked on the old anti-theft door.

"Who are you?"

The door was opened by a middle-aged man with graying hair and a gloomy expression. The Devil Eye Heavenly King smiled and said:

"You reported that Ms. Zhou Yan was embezzling and taking bribes, acting as a protection umbrella for loan sharks, controlling and exploiting dozens of students and people in society, right?

"In addition, she used her power for personal gain, giving her spouse and relatives the green light to sell projects and illegally make hundreds of millions." The middle-aged man's expression changed and he slammed the door shut, but the door was stopped halfway by a foot.

"You, what do you want? I'm telling you, the neighbors are all here. Don't mess around..." the middle-aged man shouted with a face full of fear, anger, and humiliation:

"My legs were broken by you. What else do you want? What else do you want? If you dare to touch me, I'll fight you to the death."

He showed the last bit of awareness of a small person.

The Devil Eye Heavenly King's smile didn't change, "I'm collecting evidence of Zhou Yan's crimes. If you don't mind, let's go inside and talk."

ps: Fix the typos after updating first.