Longevity starts with eating monsters

Chapter 29: Do you still care about the people in this city?
"You can't kill me!"

Lin Chi kicked his feet weakly. Lu Chen grabbed his neck and lifted him up in the air. The strong feeling of suffocation made his eyes go dark.

He wanted to struggle, but his internal energy and blood were cut off by Lu Chen, and he had no power to resist.

"I was personally conferred the title of a military scholar by the Emperor in the 31st year of the Qingli Period!"

"I am still the county lieutenant of Xiayuan County! A ninth-rank official! Even if you are a demon catcher in the prison department, you are not qualified to kill me. Killing me is killing an official, and killing an official is treason!"

Lin Chi gritted his teeth and said in a hissing voice.

The Prison Department is a self-contained system that captures demons throughout the world and is independent of the imperial court. However, with great privileges come great restrictions.

This was also determined after Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty established the Prison Department, that is, the Prison Department had no right to kill any official. Even if the official colluded with evil spirits and committed crimes while in office, he must be dealt with by the court, which was also to avoid the situation where the Prison Department had a monopoly.

But rules are dead and people are alive.

With his neck in someone else's hands, Lin Chi didn't dare to gamble with his life. After all, what if this guy was a fool and really killed him when he got angry?

Therefore, he was not speaking to Lu Chen, but to Song Kui.

On the other side, Chen Zhubu was also panicked.

"Master Song, please say something!"

Song Kui did not reply. Instead of speaking to stop Lu Chen, he took a few steps back and then put his hands in his sleeves, looking as if he didn't care about anything.

Lin Chi, who was held in Lu Chen's hand, seemed to have a premonition of something and his expression suddenly turned crazy.

"伱"

Click!

Without giving Lin Chi a chance to speak, Lu Chen exerted force with his five fingers and crushed his throat directly. The body was thrown to the ground like a piece of rotten meat.

Seeing this scene, Chen Zhubu's voice stopped abruptly.

Even Mr. Huang next to him closed his mouth. The smile on his face completely disappeared, leaving only a chill in his heart and a bit of indescribable fear.

When he heard that Lu Chen was the culprit who attacked the City God Temple last night and caused the fire in the City God Temple, he just thought that Lu Chen was a little courageous, but it was normal for young people to be courageous. However, another way of saying courage is recklessness, which is not worth being too afraid of.

But now, his opinion has changed.

He took action in front of everyone, killed Lin Chi, who had mastered the Yin Fu Dacheng, and killed the county lieutenant of the county government. This was not courage, it was simply madness!
What's more terrifying is that he has crazy strength.

"The demons in the City God Temple are determined to kill me."

Lu Chen kicked Lin Chi's body in front of Chen Zhubu and said calmly, "In revenge, they attacked you on your way here. You were outnumbered and killed by the demons. I tried my best to get back a corpse. Please accept my condolences, Chen."

Such a blatant distortion of facts left everyone stunned.

"Why? Master Chen, don't you believe me?"

Lu Chen smiled slightly, but there was no warmth in his smile: "My Lord, you'd better trust me. Be careful on the way back to the city. Don't let anything unexpected happen."

"you you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhubu opened his mouth wide and a meaningless roar came out of his mouth, and then he couldn't control himself and fell to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chen retreated back to Song Kui's side.

As for what Lin Chi said before he died, he didn't take it to heart at all.

After all, in Lu Chen's opinion, Lin Chi had besieged the prison department last night, so he was obviously an enemy, so how could he stay? Naturally, he had to kill him as soon as possible to prevent future troubles.

On the other hand, Song Kui was also happy to see it happen.

The reason why he decided to let Lu Chen temporarily take over as the Chief Justice was because he was completely disappointed with the county government. He thought that the county government was just like him and was forced to compromise. However, the fact was that when the demons besieged the prison last night, Chen Zhubu and the other two actually chose to cooperate.

Even if they just stood by and watched, Song Kui could understand.

But cooperating with demons?

In fact, if Lu Chen hadn't taken action first, Song Kui would have been about to take action.

But now, compared to Lin Chi's life or death, Song Kui is more concerned about the strength shown by Lu Chen, or the talent he has shown.

".Prison Suppression Power?"

Song Kui looked Lu Chen up and down and whispered, "Have you mastered it?!"

Lu Chen nodded: "It's not difficult."

Song Kui swallowed and was unable to speak for a long time.

Not difficult?

I haven't even mastered it yet!
The Prison-Suppressing Power is a martial art that can only be practiced by the Chief Judge of the Prison Department. After he obtained it, he practiced hard for five years, but he was just at the beginning and did not even achieve minor success.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been appointed to a position in a small county town. But what about Lu Chen?
Getting started in one night?

No, that's not right. If he was just getting started, there wouldn't be such a big change in strength. Lu Chen took down Lin Chi with one move, and his Prison-Suppressing Power might be even more powerful.

If I were to make a bold guess, Xiaocheng?

Thinking of this, Song Kui's hands were shaking with excitement. Genius! Absolute genius!
As long as he can continue to practice step by step, with Lu Chen's talent, he will have the hope of reaching the realm of transformation within ten years and becoming the Inspector of the Prison Department!
Such a genius must not be allowed to die here.

Thinking of this, an idea in Song Kui's mind became clearer.

At this moment, Master Huang suddenly spoke up, breaking the silence in the hall: "Unfortunately, County Magistrate Lin was killed. We will talk about this later."

"The most urgent issue is the food problem in the city."

"But.!"

Chen Zhubu couldn't help but speak when he saw this, but after being glared at by Mr. Huang, he swallowed his words and forced himself to sit back in his seat.

"Your Excellencies?"

Mr. Huang looked at Song Kui and Lu Chen, but did not mention what had just happened. Even Lin Chi's body was dragged out by several Huang family servants.

".Say it."

Speaking of food, Song Kui took the initiative to speak: "As for the Immortal Meat, I remember there should be some stock, enough to sustain for a while."

"Your Excellency is right."

Mr. Huang nodded, then showed a bitter look on his face: "But no matter how hard we try, it will only last a few days at most, and this famine has no end in sight."

"So? You sent me an invitation specially, it can't be just to complain."

"Your Majesty, it's clear."

Mr. Huang rubbed his hands, but what he said the next second made Song Kui's expression change drastically.

"In fact, I recently contacted a business that has some grain in stock and is willing to sell it. I have asked them to deliver the grain here."

"real!?"

Song Kui couldn't help but question, the food problem is the deadlock of Xiayuan County. If there is food, the situation of the entire Xiayuan County will be revitalized immediately.

Apart from anything else, with the support of food, Song Kui would immediately dare to turn against the City God Temple. Even if he could not defeat the monsters, he could invite experts from the Prison Warden's Office.

"Where is it? Has it been delivered?"

"not yet."

Master Huang shook his head: "In fact, their caravans dare not come in. After all, you know that there are monsters everywhere within a hundred miles of the county."

"The Lin's Company's previous experience is right in front of us."

"So, they hope someone from the county can pick them up and escort them here. After much thought, I think only the two adults from the prison department are suitable."

"As long as you two can bring back food, we can fight to the death with those demons in the City God Temple and restore order to Xiayuan County!"

"In this way, it will be worth it for my Huang family to endure humiliation for so long."

Having said this, Mr. Huang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, looking extremely excited.

"Meet up, escort?"

Behind Song Kui, Lu Chen suddenly spoke up: "You mean, you want us to leave Xiayuan County alone and risk being besieged by demons to meet the caravan?"

"This is also for the people in the city and the victims of the disaster."

Mr. Huang said in an inexplicable tone: "I was originally planning to hand this matter over to the county lieutenant, but the county lieutenant suddenly met with an accident just now."

"Why? Lord Lu doesn't want to go?"

At this point, Mr. Huang's tone suddenly became sharp: "Sir, you were so impulsive that you angered the City God Temple, causing the supply of immortal meat to stop. My Huang family spent a lot of effort to come up with a solution. In the end, the county lieutenant died, and my Huang family lost the candidate to pick up the caravan."

"This is all thanks to you, Lord Lu!"

"And now, Lord Lu, you are unwilling to take responsibility?"

"You seek only temporary pleasure, regardless of the consequences, but you are unwilling to take risks and are afraid of death. Sir Lu, do you still care about the people of this city?"

At the end, Mr. Huang's tone was powerful and righteous.

However, what made him feel cold in his heart was that he did not see the same guilt in Lu Chen's eyes as in Song Kui's.

Some are just indifferent.

(End of this chapter)