Chapter 188 : Chapter 188
Chapter 188: Spread the Word: Lord Zhang Guarantees Young Lord Ning with His Life
Song Nian’s efficiency was even higher than Cheng Yu had imagined.
The words had only just been spoken.
Zhang Fen had not even reacted to what had happened yet.
A small pouch of strange powder had already been scattered over Ning Cen’s battered body.
The unbearable itch and agony erupted like a volcano.
Ning Cen twisted his body madly and screamed miserably, “Ah! What did you put on me?! Hurry and take it off!!”
The sharp scream was incomparably piercing.
In the next moment.
A teacup flew into Ning Cen’s mouth and jammed it shut, swelling his face into a liver-red color. He could only make muffled, whimpering sounds.
“Have the two of you gone mad?!”
When Zhang Fen saw Ning Cen reduced to such a miserable state again, he was badly frightened.
He hurriedly ran forward, removed the cup from Ning Cen’s mouth, untied the ropes, and lowered him down.
“Young Lord Ning! Are you all right?”
Ning Cen was held by Zhang Fen, trembling all over from the pain, with tears and cold sweat mixing together.
In his daze.
He recognized the Jinyiwei before him. Assistant Commissioner Zhang Fen. He had met him several times.
“Lord... Lord Zhang, save me. Have my father come and kill them...”
Before he could finish speaking.
A hand suddenly reached out, seized Ning Cen, and lifted him away.
Cheng Yu revealed an incomparably chilling smile.
“What are you muttering about, Young Lord Ning? The experience is not over yet.”
“Ah! Let me go!”
Ning Cen struggled madly, but he simply did not have the strength to resist him.
He stared at Cheng Yu with wide eyes, only feeling that the other party’s face was as savage as a demon’s.
“Do not kill me! Lord Zhang, save me!”
Zhang Fen was dumbfounded. Was this still that arrogant and domineering Ning Cen?
He had actually been frightened into this state!
“Cheng Yu, have you gone mad? Hurry and let him go!”
If Ning Cen was truly killed, how would the Jinyiwei give Duke Dingguo an explanation?
“Lord Cheng, perhaps that is enough...”
When Song Nian saw that Zhang Fen, an Eighth-Rank Assistant Commissioner, was protecting Ning Cen, he immediately became worried.
Lord Cheng had stood up for him.
But he could not let this affect his own official career because of that.
Cheng Yu paid no attention to Song Nian. He was standing up for the dignity of the Jinyiwei.
Not for Song Nian as an individual, even if the other party was a highly promising talent.
“I have gone mad?”
He raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhang Fen, revealing a puzzled expression.
“Managing the Imperial Prison and interrogating criminals is part of my duty. There is nothing wrong with it. Does my lord have any objections?”
As he spoke, the Internal Energy in his hand suddenly surged out.
Ning Cen, who had only just managed to speak and struggle again, rolled his eyes and fainted once more.
“Or is it that in my lord’s eyes, the Jinyiwei are inferior to a mere prisoner?”
“You!”
Zhang Fen had already been anxious when Ning Cen fainted. When he heard this question, he froze on the spot.
The Jinyiwei were inferior to a prisoner?
That man was the dignified young lord of Duke Dingguo’s Estate!
His only heir!
Even if he was imprisoned in the Imperial Prison, how could he be tortured and interrogated casually like other suspects?
Zhang Fen said angrily, “He is the young lord of Duke Dingguo’s household! He is a man of noble blood and aristocratic rank. How can he be tortured, beaten, or scolded?”
Cheng Yu pinched Ning Cen’s neck, looking utterly indifferent.
“A prince or noble cannot be beaten? I have never heard of such a rule in the Jinyiwei. In the Imperial Prison, all criminals may be beaten! Could it be that Assistant Commissioner Zhang’s words are more useful than the rules?”
The Jinyiwei’s rules?
Zhang Fen had not expected that when he spoke to Cheng Yu about background and status, the other party would bring up rules and regulations instead.
What a rigid fool!
A fierce light flashed in his eyes, but there was nothing he could do.
As long as the Lu Family still controlled the Jinyiwei, the Zhang brothers had to follow the Jinyiwei’s rules in public.
He could only grit his teeth and say, “Young Lord Ning’s case is still under investigation. He has not already been convicted. He cannot be beaten casually!”
“Then he is innocent? In that case, he indeed cannot be touched.”
Cheng Yu nodded, as though he vaguely understood.
“Correct! Innocent!”
When Zhang Fen heard this, he hurriedly followed the opening. In any case, in the end, Duke Dingguo definitely would not allow the charges to fall upon Ning Cen.
For now, it did not matter how he said it.
He had to protect Ning Cen from Cheng Yu first!
“Did you hear that? Young Lord Ning is innocent. Hurry and release him first, then find a physician to treat him!”
Cheng Yu no longer argued and nodded seriously.
Then he looked at the nervous Song Nian. “Go outside and find a physician...”
Song Nian stood to the side. Seeing that Cheng Yu finally seemed to have yielded.
While he relaxed in his heart.
He also felt a trace of disappointment.
There were always people protecting evil men like Ning Cen. As for the innocent people who had no one to protect them, who would speak for them?
But in the next moment.
Cheng Yu’s faint voice continued, “By the way, go to Duke Dingguo’s Estate and notify his family. Tell them that Young Lord Ning Cen is innocent, and Assistant Commissioner Zhang can guarantee it with his life and official post.”
When Song Nian heard this, he froze.
In the next moment, sparks of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he smiled as he looked at Zhang Fen. “Good! I will go right away!”
At this moment, Zhang Fen fell completely into a daze.
What did it mean that he could guarantee Ning Cen’s innocence with his life and official post?
There were many witnesses, and the material evidence was all present.
In a case with conclusive evidence, Duke Dingguo could think of ways to operate behind the scenes for his son, and no matter how much he paid, it would not count for much.
But how could Zhang Fen, a mere Jinyiwei Assistant Commissioner, be dragged into this recklessly?
This was a man whom the Great Qian Emperor had personally ordered arrested and thrown into the Imperial Prison.
Was he afraid Xiao Wuji would not kill Zhang Fen’s head?
“Do not!”
Zhang Fen hurriedly stopped Song Nian. He absolutely could not let him go speak nonsense.
His expression became incomparably vicious as he stared fixedly at Cheng Yu. This brat was toying with him and threatening him!
“Cheng Yu, I will give you one final chance! Hurry and release Young Lord Ning. Do not fail to appreciate my kindness!”
As he spoke.
A powerful, sinister Internal Energy from the Jinyiwei Cultivation Method emerged from his body. Strange black light and vapor rose, circling wildly near the cell.
The Phantom Projection of Internal Energy formed from black mist madly swung a cold great saber.
“Roar!”
Its pressure swept outward. Merely the air wave alone.
Slammed the weaker Song Nian hard against the wall. Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth as he stared fixedly at Zhang Fen.
Early Eighth Rank!
Zhang Fen was going to tear away all pretenses. Lord Cheng was in danger!
He immediately looked at Cheng Yu in worry, only to be shocked by the scene before him until his mouth fell open.
Extremely pure Internal Energy coiled out around Cheng Yu.
Behind him appeared an extremely complex translucent phantom. Its exact form could not be seen clearly, yet it gave off an incomparably majestic sensation.
Faint Dao sounds echoed, and brilliant light flared.
“Mm?”
A dignified cold snort rang out, and an unimaginable force swept open.
It directly dispersed the phantom behind Zhang Fen.
The surrounding cold black mist completely scattered, leaving only dazzling light behind.
Cheng Yu raised his head and looked at the trembling Zhang Fen.
“What did you just say? Say it again now.”
Zhang Fen’s eyes widened, and he stood as still as a wooden chicken.
In his heart, he felt both shocked and afraid. Cheng Yu’s terrifying strength from the rumors was actually true!
He could crush a Late Seventh Rank, fight a Ninth Rank, and had even killed one...
If he faced Cheng Yu, he would definitely not be his match.
Zhang Fen’s eyes reddened as he roared, “You think I am afraid of you? Just wait!”
He left behind the most arrogant words.
At the same time, his body was very honest, fleeing at the fastest speed.
Cheng Yu watched him flee and shook his head with a cold smile.
He could not be bothered to chase.
He casually pinched Ning Cen’s neck, jolting this young lord awake from the pain.
“Ah! Who is it? I will kill—”
Ning Cen watched Zhang Fen flee at full speed, and despair erupted completely in his heart.
“Lord Zhang, do not leave! Save me!!”