Starting as The Young Master of A Pharmacy, He Trained Swordsmanship in Seclusion For Twenty Years - Chapter 139

He Yan’s calm voice sounded to Luo Jinghe like the terrifying wail of a ghost coming to claim his life.

“What do you Black Swan Guards want from me!”
“What crime have I committed!”

Luo Jinghe panicked. Losing his composure, he adopted a posture of defiance.

“Does the Prefect know you Black Swan Guards are here to arrest me?”
“My father is the tutor to His Highness Prince An, and he is also the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner of Anzhou!”
“You Black Swan Guards dare lay hands on me without evidence!”

With just two sentences from He Yan, Luo Jinghe was scared out of his wits.
Luo Jinghe even laid bare all his family connections, wanting to remind He Yan that he had immense backing.
Without evidence, even the Black Swan Guards couldn’t arrest him so brazenly.

“Luo Jinghe, come quietly with this old man, spare yourself the pain.”

In the next second, a terrifying surge of blood essence erupted from Luo Jinghe’s entire body, causing the ground beneath his feet to crack and splinter.
The aura of one who had reached the pinnacle of the Blood Refining realm!
“Hmph!”
“Overestimating your own strength!”

Faced with this powerful blood essence, He Yan paid it no mind. He simply shot forward, his hand forming a claw shape as he reached for Luo Jinghe.
Luo Jinghe had no intention of fighting He Yan. Instead, he bolted towards the lake surface, attempting to seize a chance to escape.
However, the speed he was so proud of was insignificant before an Inner Energy realm martial artist.
Before Luo Jinghe could even reach the shore, a strong, forceful hand instantly clamped onto his shoulder.
Immediately after, that hand clenched powerfully, its five fingers sinking into Luo Jinghe’s flesh like razor-sharp blades.
As Luo Jinghe cried out in pain and tried to turn and retaliate against He Yan,
an unstoppable force of energy surged from He Yan’s hand, wildly rushing into Luo Jinghe’s body.
Luo Jinghe’s blood essence was like a small animal encountering a flood or a ferocious beast.
Wherever that strand of He Yan’s inner energy passed, Luo Jinghe’s cultivated blood essence was completely shattered and dispersed.
Seeing that Luo Jinghe’s entire blood essence had been shattered by him, leaving him with no strength to resist, He Yan spoke coldly.
“Come with this old man!”

Black Swan Guard Headquarters!
“What do you Black Swan Guards want? I didn’t kill Huang Shi. You need to produce evidence.”
“Otherwise, my father will not let you off, and His Highness Prince An will not let you off either.”
“Don’t think your Black Swan Guards can do whatever they want!”

At this moment, Luo Jinghe was imprisoned in a hidden underground dungeon.
Inside the iron cell, Luo Jinghe’s limbs were shackled with special chains made by the Black Swan Guards.
Outside the iron door, two elder Black Swan Guards sat at a wooden table, quietly sipping tea.
As for Luo Jinghe’s threats, it was as if the two hadn’t heard them at all.
The two of them had guarded this Black Swan Guard dungeon for who knows how many years.
They were long accustomed to people who, even after entering the Black Swan Guard dungeon, still wouldn’t stop their endless chatter.

A moment later, two figures approached from down the dungeon corridor.
The newcomers were none other than Deputy Commander He Yan.
“You two, step outside!”

The two Black Swan Guards watching Luo Jinghe saw it was He Yan and respectfully stood up.
“Yes, Deputy Commander!”

After the two left, a complex, flickering light shone in He Yan’s eyes.
“Ah, who knows how big a storm this will stir up.”
“Old Li, you’re going to have to bear the brunt of this again!”
“This Commander Lu truly has the makings of a formidable leader!”
“Remarkable, truly remarkable.”

After arresting Luo Jinghe and imprisoning him in the dungeon, He Yan had immediately gone to find Lu Xuan, who had just returned from Lanshan County.
What He Yan didn’t expect was,
this Commander Lu, without a moment’s hesitation and without even looking at this White Path Prefecture Assistant Prefect Luo Jinghe, had directly sentenced him to death!
And it was the kind of death sentence that didn’t even require a trial!
And the person to carry out the order to execute Luo Jinghe—who else could it be but him?

He Yan let out a helpless sigh.
“Sir, have mercy!”
“It really wasn’t me!” Luo Jinghe, seeing that the newcomer was the Black Swan Guard deputy commander who had arrested him, immediately began to beg.
There was no other way. In this godforsaken place where cries to heaven went unanswered and calls to earth unheard, Luo Jinghe could only humble himself and plead for his life.
“Deputy Commander, I am a trusted agent placed in White Path Prefecture by His Highness Prince An.”
“If you dare touch me, His Highness Prince An will absolutely not let this go!”

In Luo Jinghe’s heart, His Highness Prince An was the heaven of Anzhou.
Even Commander Lu would have no right to defy His Highness Prince An.

His Highness Prince An…
Did he think this old man didn’t know his background?
He Yan also acknowledged the truth in Luo Jinghe’s words; he had even reported this information to Commander Lu.
Only, it had no effect at all!
“Lord Luo, regarding the Huang Shi case, Commander Lu has confirmed it and rendered his judgment.”
“No trial required. Immediate execution!”

He Yan’s words made Luo Jinghe’s eyes nearly burst from their sockets, unable to believe this outcome.
“I don’t believe it! You’re lying to me!”
“I want to see the Prefect! I want to see Commander Lu!”
“What grudge do you have against me, to treat me like this!”

Watching Luo Jinghe blame everything on him, He Yan had no intention of explaining.
He couldn’t very well say, ‘You offended Commander Lu yourself, so blame him.’

Clang!
A clear, ringing sound of a blade being drawn echoed, a cold glint flashing, carrying with it a sharp whistling wind.
A streak of cold light materialized from the void, slicing through the air as it shot towards Luo Jinghe.
In the next moment, everything before Luo Jinghe’s eyes turned upside down.
Then, a round object thudded as it hit the ground.

…………..
In the main hall, besides Lu Xuan, there was one other person present.
That was White Path Prefecture Prefect, Hong Zhi!
Facing Lu Xuan’s summons, Hong Zhi naturally dared not delay and hurried over immediately.

“Prefect, these are pieces of evidence this Commander had people search for at Luo Jinghe’s residence.”
“There are many letters here, all correspondence between that Luo Jinghe and various county officials.”
“Among them are the former Deputy Magistrate of Qingyun County, Huang Yangping, and the missing Black Swan Guard of the Human-rank, Huang Shi.”
“Explain this to me!”

Prefect Hong Zhi looked at the pile of letters beside him, his face covered in cold sweat.
Even the clothes on his back were soaked through with sweat, though he didn’t know when that had happened.
“Commander, I beg your forgiveness!”
“This is my failure in duty. I truly had no idea that Luo Jinghe harbored such wolfish ambitions.”

He was an Inner Energy realm martial artist, yet before this young Commander, he felt an unprecedented pressure.
Even Li Chengfeng had never given him such a dangerous feeling.
This sensation reminded Hong Zhi of the trembling fear he felt years ago when, as a Blood Refining realm practitioner, he faced an Inner Energy master.

“Is it that you didn’t know, or that you pretended not to know?”
“Prefect, you know the answer in your heart.”
“Very well, the reason I called you here is for you to take away Luo Jinghe’s corpse and, incidentally, to officially establish his crimes.”

Lu Xuan saw through Hong Zhi’s pretense at a glance, but he didn’t mind.
This time, Lu Xuan summoned Hong Zhi precisely to have him take away Luo Jinghe’s body.

Upon hearing this news, Prefect Hong Zhi immediately stood up right in front of Lu Xuan.
“Luo Jinghe is dead!”

Finally, Hong Zhi realized his own improper behavior and muttered quietly.
“Dead………”
“What, Prefect, do you question this Commander’s decision?”

Lu Xuan’s retort made Hong Zhi quickly respond: “No, no, I mean the Commander acted rightly.”
“Luo Jinghe, with his wolfish ambitions and treacherous designs, dared to harm a Black Swan Guard. He certainly deserved to die!”