Chapter 68: 68 Trading Locations

Chapter 68: Chapter 68 Trading Locations

Wang Ping was startled, then chuckled lightly,

“Chen Yuan, with the relationship the two of us have, you can’t just help me out once, right…?”

Chen Yuan glanced at Wang Ping and said,

“Wang Ping, remember, those who can give you a hand are brothers.”

Wang Ping: “And what about those who help me a lot?”

“They’re women!”

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Wang Ping: “???”

He was confused. Why could Chen Yuan always say strange things that somehow made sense upon reflection?

He was supposed to have attended more private schools than Chen Yuan.

Watching Wang Ping standing there dumbfounded, Chen Yuan smiled but didn’t explain, after all, Wang Ping had not received nine years of compulsory education. Naturally, he couldn’t be as excellent as him.

“Alright, the Wang Family should now be powerless to resist. Let’s see how this utterly heartless fellow has been colluding with the horse bandits.”

Chen Yuan’s lips curled into a cold smirk. Daring to steal from him was really asking for trouble!

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“You are the Family Head of the Wang Family?”

Chen Yuan sat at the top of the hall, and below him knelt two people, their bodies bound by ropes, with traces of blood seeping from beneath their clothes.

Wang Qian took a deep breath and squeezed out a sycophantic smile: “Lord Chen, I am indeed the Family Head of the Wang Family, Wang Qian.”

“Now tell me, how have you been colluding with the horse bandits?”

Chen Yuan was not surprised that Wang Qian could recognize him. Times had changed, and after a few days of developments, most of the forces in Ping’an County had already gotten a rough understanding of him.

Internally, Wang Qian became anxious. As expected, but he feigned ignorance:

“Lord Chen, what do you mean? Colluding with horse bandits? Heaven and earth are my witness, how could I possibly commit such a vile act? I hope you investigate thoroughly!”

“Do you think you can hide the evidence just because you won’t confess?” Chen Yuan’s expression remained unaltered.

“Lord…I…”

“Since I dared to order a house search, it means I already have concrete evidence. Now, I am giving you a chance to live. Confess quickly or else…”

“Lord, the Wang Family really hasn’t colluded with horse bandits, I am willing to swear…”

“Swearings are the least valuable thing. Are you really not going to speak?” Chen Yuan stared at Wang Qian with cold eyes.

“I really don’t know where to begin, Lord, the Wang Family is truly being framed.”

Chen Yuan nodded, glancing at Wang Ping:

“I heard that Young Master Wang once abducted a civilian girl, Wang Ping, castrate him!”

Wang Ping chuckled, stepped forward, and with a kick, knocked down Wang Qian’s son, Wang Xuan, to the ground, then assured Chen Yuan,

“Don’t worry, Chen Yuan, we’ll definitely let the young master enjoy it thoroughly…”

As he spoke, he directed two White Servants to lift Wang Xuan and were about to carry him out of the room.

“Dad…Dad, save me!”

Seeing that they were serious, Wang Xuan panicked instantly. In the face of such an ordeal, no one could remain indifferent; to die would be preferable to being castrated, for what would be the point of living as a man then?

Wang Qian’s expression tightened as he looked toward Chen Yuan:

“Lord Chen, are you trying to force a confession by torture?”

“Yes, so what?”

Chen Yuan nodded seriously.

“You…” Wang Qian choked on his words, finding Chen Yuan’s blunt response unexpected, as if there was nothing wrong with it at all.

“Arrest officer Chen, forcing a confession is against the law, how can you knowingly break the law? Are you not afraid of repercussions reaching the higher-ups?” Wang Qian took a deep breath.

Wang Ping dragged Wang Xuan into the courtyard and instructed his men to pull down his pants.

“This one…this Lord, live castration?”

Wang Xuan’s face was ashen, his legs trembling, his eyes filled with terror.

Wang Ping covered his nose and mouth, gave a few careful looks, and said,

“You two, rummage around and see where that thing was hidden.”

The two White Servants stifled their laughter, not particularly harmful but immensely insulting.

Chen Yuan approached closer and with one kick flipped Wang Qian over, pressing his foot on his face, he whispered:

“In Ping’an County, I am the law!”

“You have three breaths’ time, and after the third breath, you will have one less son and one more daughter…” Chen Yuan extended a finger:

“One breath!”

“Two breaths!”

Wang Qian’s face on the ground flickered uncertainly as he opened his eyes:

“Lord Chen, I have spoken, please spare Xuan.”

“Of course, I, as an arrest officer, promise you.”

“Good, I trust you.”

Wang Qian said very seriously.

The main reason was that he had no other choice, knowing the arrest officer Chen Yuan’s ruthless style and complete disregard for any bad consequences.

In broad daylight, he dared to command men to force their way into homes and even have his only son castrated.

He felt, even if he chose to die rather than speak, disregarding Xuan’s safety, the Wang Family would basically be ruined, and what awaited him next would definitely be torture.

“Speak…”

Chen Yuan settled back into the chair, his gaze fixed on Wang Qian.

“Seven days ago…”

After hearing Wang Qian’s story, Chen Yuan’s expression flickered uncertainly; it turned out that five days ago, the Wang Family’s caravan had already encountered a group of bandits who had drifted into the vicinity of Ping’an County.

Originally, Wang Qian thought he would certainly die, but unexpectedly, the leader of the bandits did not kill him but wanted to collaborate with him to establish a foothold inside Ping’an County.

The Wang Family worked inside and out with the bandits, secretly passing on various intelligence channels discovered by the Wang Family to the bandits, who also wanted to buy some cultivation resources through the Wang Family.

Unfortunately, the Wang Family did not have the capacity to access these resources yet.

Having escaped death, Wang Qian carefully weighed his options and decided to gamble; while the bandits wanted to use the Wang Family, he similarly hoped to leverage the power of the bandits to make the Wang Family the leading clan in Ping’an County.

But, he had not expected that during their first collaboration, an issue would arise; the bandits did not stick to the agreement to attack only the Tie Family’s caravans but took advantage of the situation and captured several other clans’ caravans as well.

They left no survivors.

Those bandits had double-crossed the Wang Family!

“Do you know the location of those bandits?”

Chen Yuan tapped his finger on the table.

After a moment of thought, Wang Qian cupped his hands and said:

“Those bandits come and go without a trace and didn’t reveal their actual foothold.”

“How did you relay information to them then?”

“My people had to go to a location they designated.”

“What location?”

Chen Yuan’s brow furrowed tightly; these bandits were quite cautious, never revealing their base of operations.

“Near a forest close to Cien Temple, that was the meeting place agreed upon last time.”

“And the next time?”

“It’s Ping’an Town.”

“Ping’an Town?”

Chen Yuan’s gaze intensified.

“Yes, the place agreed upon after the last meeting is Ping’an Town.”

Chen Yuan let out a heavy sigh; the distance between these two places wasn’t short, making it impossible to investigate them one by one.

Moreover, since those bandits had betrayed the Wang Family this time, it was highly unlikely they would stick to the agreement for the next transaction.

This was proving to be quite troublesome!

Chen Yuan’s eyes slightly moved.