in the edge

Chapter 543: Captain Du is Kind-hearted

As a punishment for Fire Deity playing tricks on him, Du Chengfeng became more strict in his supervision of Fire Deity.

Perhaps with his current status, it is not easy for him to do something to the Fire Deity, such as putting him in a sack or beating him up, but he can at least make the Fire Deity unable to do anything - just like now, after knowing that he will be locked up for half a month, the Fire Deity wants to just rely on cultivation to get through it.

Not to mention the powerful ones, even ordinary masters of evil spirits would often practice for ten days or half a month. Time would pass in a flash, and they might even gain something.

But how could Du Chengfeng let the Lord of Fire live so well?

Not to mention practicing, he even didn't let the Lord of Fire to sleep.

"Get up! What are you doing!"

Seeing that the Lord of Fire was about to close his eyes quietly, Du Chengfeng kicked the prison door.

The kick was light and the prison door was very solid, but the chains on the door were rattling. It was this harsh sound of metal clashing that interrupted the train of thought of the Fire Star Lord, who had just entered the state.

The Lord of Fire raised his head angrily and glared at Du Chengfeng.

There are only two options before Lord Fire. One is to stop hiding his identity, break out of the cage on the spot, and fight with this bastard tin man - but it is obvious that this kind of venting is not without cost.

When your practice is interrupted, you have to take back what you said and break the rules you set for yourself. This will tarnish your state of mind and subsequent repair may become more troublesome.

But if he doesn't do this... then there is only another way, to endure the torture in front of him with a fearless attitude. This will naturally be beneficial, and can make his state of mind more resilient, and his perseverance stronger.

But there is also a disadvantage to doing this, which is that the more you endure, the angrier you will get.

"What are you doing! Did it distract you?!"

Just as the Lord of Fire was still thinking, the iron chain at the door was kicked again.

The iron chains rattled as they were kicked, and Fire Star Lord's thoughts were interrupted again, forcing him to raise his head and look at the culprit who caused all this.

"Really..."

Thousands of words finally turned into a sigh.

"Who can be worse than you... Can't I just close my eyes?"

"No."

Du Chengfeng shook his head decisively.

How dare Old Deng say that he was a bad guy? He still remembered how Old Deng had fooled him before. If he hadn't reacted in time, he would have been brainwashed by this old guy on the spot.

Especially the theory of good and evil that sounded quite reliable. Even now, he still felt that this theory made sense, and even thought at one point that what the Lord of Fire was saying was right.

But this is a problem in itself.

For ordinary people, this kind of thing is actually okay. It is normal for one person to acknowledge another person's ideas - but for the powerful, this is very abnormal. If he acknowledges the ideas of the Lord of Fire today, does he have to acknowledge the Lord of Fire's orthodoxy tomorrow?
When he acknowledged the lineage of the Fire Virtue Star Lord, what was he then? A boy under the Fire Virtue Star Lord?
"There is no possibility of peaceful coexistence between the powerful."

Du Chengfeng, who had been in heaven for some time, had gradually begun to understand this.

Perhaps everyone will maintain harmony on the surface, but in fact all the powerful are in competition with each other - after all, everyone has his own school of thought and his own methods, and in this weird idealistic world, only by having strong faith in one's own school of thought can one become stronger and go further.

Admitting that other people's Taoism is correct means admitting that one's own Taoism is not good enough. This can even be said to be a prying of one's own fundamental strength, which is a self-destructive approach.

Therefore, Du Chengfeng was not quite sure whether the Lord of Fire did it intentionally or unintentionally. After all, firm belief in one's own Taoism was something that every powerful person would do. From this perspective, his torture of the Lord of Fire did not make sense. After all, the old man was just habitually exuding his influence. The reason he was affected was mainly because he was not firm enough.

Simply put, the food was the original sin. You can’t blame the old man for this. If you really want to blame someone, you should blame yourself for not being firm enough.

"But I am already a bad person, and bad people are bound to do bad things."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng simply kicked the prison meal that the jailer had just brought to the Lord of Fire.

This also made the Fire Star Lord even more angry.

"Are you so free, kid?"

Seeing that the tin man was really determined to fight him for half a month, the Lord of Fire felt a little annoyed.

"Don't you have your own practice? Why do you have to trouble me?"

“This is my practice.”

Du Chengfeng had no intention of leaving.

This wasn't even something he said in anger, but a thought that he captured from the bottom of his heart - although this kind of thing had nothing to do with fighting, or even with the good life he longed for, he was surprised to find that he got some strange happiness from it.

It’s like when I was a kid, on sunny summer days, I would use a magnifying glass to burn ants, or break off the legs of an insect to see how far it could crawl on its own.

This is a simple yet pure joy.

It is a long-lost happiness.

"But doing this is too cruel."

Du Chengfeng caught this thought and shook his head immediately.

Yes, there is nothing wrong with using this method to deal with insects, but using this method to deal with people is a bit too much - from this point of view, what the Fire Star Lord said is really correct. If he allows this thought to develop, sooner or later he will start to torture people like he tortures insects.

After all, Du Chengfeng is a kind-hearted person and he can't bear to see this.

"But what's the saying? There are only useless people, not useless technology."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but look at the Fire Star Lord in the prison.

Yes, just like he said just now, there is no such thing as useless technology, only people who don't know how to use this technology - cruel torture is definitely not suitable for ordinary people, but it is just right for an old bad guy like Fire Deity.

The same torture, if applied to ordinary people, would be a destruction of humanity, but if applied to the Fire Star Lord who is no longer a human being, the intensity would be even greater.

After all, Du Chengfeng was too kind-hearted and he couldn't bear to see those evil masters suffer.

"So you have to suffer."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng simply pushed the door and walked into the prison, then put the shackles made of iron from his own body on the body of the Fire Star Lord.

"That's almost it."

Seeing that the Lord of Fire had been hung in mid-air in such a twisted posture that he couldn't even concentrate, Du Chengfeng felt inexplicably more at ease.

"You're right, I really should go out and practice. See you later."

"you……"

The hung Fire Star Lord was speechless for a long time. The way he was tied up like a pig made it impossible for him to even breathe normally.

"Wait until I get out, wait until I get out..." "Wait, you can be released in ten days or so."

Du Chengfeng patted Fire Star Lord on the shoulder to encourage him, then turned and left the cell.

Although from a standpoint, he could not acknowledge the Taoism of the Lord of Fire, he also admitted that the Lord of Fire would occasionally say a few reliable words - for example, the sentence that he also needed to practice, which gave him some inspiration.

He really wanted to practice cultivation, and he even had some goals in cultivation.

Although it is just a small goal, Du Chengfeng is still very motivated.

"Let's see if we can fill the cell first."

This is Du Chengfeng’s small goal.

Of course, he set this goal not to force a confession under torture, but because there were too many people worth arresting in this chaotic small county - just like those chivalrous knights walking on the street, who didn't have a few murders on his shoulders? If you really counted them, they should all be thrown into jail.

Of course, considering that some homicide cases have reasons, Du Chengfeng did not intend to massacre them all at once. In addition, many crimes were not necessarily committed locally, so he could not trace the source even if he wanted to. So after thinking for a moment, he simply made a division.

That is, the past is the past, and the present is the present.

He didn't know about the crimes that had happened before, so he naturally couldn't do anything about it. Even if he did, it would only cause a mess. But he would never tolerate new crimes that had happened in his jurisdiction. Anyone who dared to kill someone in this county would not be able to escape, and all crimes would be brought to justice.

"What? You said there's no legal clerk in the county?"

When Du Chengfeng ran all the way to the county government with this idea in mind, ready to take a look at the local laws and regulations, he heard a shocking answer.

"So how do you usually solve cases? Do you just rely on memory?"

"This...is a long story."

When the county magistrate heard the new captain ask this question, he felt a little overwhelmed for a moment.

"That's what happened……"

As the county magistrate told the story, Du Chengfeng gradually learned what had happened.

The county originally had the Da Chen Law. After all, this was the county government, so how could it not have even a set of Da Chen Law? But that was the problem. Not long ago, two evil masters were fighting nearby. The two masters fought all the way to the vicinity of the county government. Under the flashes of swords and sabers, even half of the county government was destroyed.

Although the county government office was renovated later, the Da Chen Law left by the county magistrate had been chopped into pieces.

"We have indeed ordered the new Dachen Law, but the journey is too long and it has not been delivered yet..."

"Ah this."

Du Chengfeng felt a toothache when he heard this.

It seems to be true. After all, there are quite a few bandits outside the city, and the logistics channels of this county are actually very unstable. This means that it is very troublesome to deliver many things - for example, the missing Dachen Law is currently stuck outside because of the blocked logistics.

"Well... never mind. Sorry for bothering you."

With a sigh, Du Chengfeng finally chose to give up.

Although it was a pity that he could not see the laws and regulations, it did not matter to Du Chengfeng. After all, in addition to his identity as the chief constable, he was also the national teacher of Da Chen. In short, if he really could not find any laws, he could just write one himself on the spot.

Anyway, he can just take it back to Jiankang City and ask the little emperor to stamp it. Everyone in the palace is an acquaintance and no one will deny his words.

"But if I write it myself...what should I write?"

As he picked up the pen and started grinding, Du Chengfeng felt a little confused for a moment.

This kind of thing was a bit too brain-burning for him, and he had never really thought about this aspect of the problem.

"How about something easy to understand?"

After thinking for a moment, Du Chengfeng began to write.

"Those who kill people should be locked up, and those who injure others and steal things should all be locked up... This should be enough."

That was almost it. If there were more, he couldn't think of any more at the moment. Although the current rules were rough, this simple approach was just right for him.

And after these are established, all that remains is to wait for someone to commit a crime.

This was not too far away for Du Chengfeng, as he encountered a murder case at noon that day - there was no need to investigate it, because while he was eating wonton noodles, the two murderous masters were slashing at each other with knives right in front of him.

How could Du Chengfeng tolerate such vile behavior? What's more, the swords of these two evil masters were flying towards him, which made it even more unbearable for him.

If you fight and don't pay attention to the aftermath, what would happen if this thing hits an innocent passerby on the roadside?
"Don't run!"

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng stopped eating the instant noodles and rushed over directly.

With a swing of the chain, one evil master was locked in mid-air, and then he tied the hemp rope around his waist and pressed another evil master to the ground - but to Du Chengfeng's surprise, the other evil master seemed to know him, at least the look in his eyes when he looked at him was obviously murderous.

"why is it you again!"

The evil master who was pinned to the ground had his eyes wide open with anger.

"Twice! You have ruined my practice twice!"

"Twice? What twice?"

Du Chengfeng didn't recognize who this person was for a moment. How did he suddenly say it twice? This was obviously the first time he saw this evil master. Why did this guy say it twice?

But this familiar tone, and that strange self-proclaimed title... he did seem to have some impression of it.

"……etc?"

Du Chengfeng vaguely remembered it.

"Are you the black tiger?"

"You... poof!"

The chivalrous warrior transformed from the Black Tiger Star Lord was pinned to the ground and was about to say something when Du Chengfeng stepped on him on the back.

"I'm looking for you!"

Du Chengfeng was overjoyed. Just looking at his happy expression, he was even more excited than if he had caught a master of evil spirits.

Du Chengfeng himself also keenly caught this idea.

He suddenly realized that the source of his happiness had never been maintaining law and order in the county.

He simply wanted to lock up all those powerful beings who were hindering his practice.

(End of this chapter)