The People of the Central Plain Are Crazy (Part 2)

　　Sharing the same duty as Tie Hanyi, Dugu also embodied the former's astute and calm traits, evident from the results quickly produced thanks to his strategy.

　　The pursuers gradually gave up pursuit. The legs on the pursued eventually gave in. They weren't adepts who could run for ages. Once the adrenaline wore off, they went limp on the ground.

　　Ye Luo climbed to higher ground and scouted out the leaders using her keen sight. Su Xiao demonstrated the power of his immense luck, locating Ma Jun and Chubby Qian in no time. The two were too weak to avoid more than three of Ye Luo's shots.

　　Dugu brought the two leaders out to the plaza and announced the two leaders' surrender, quickly quelling the riot. Horse Divine a.s.sociation was a small group, but Tea Lake Manor and Qian Clan were recognisable factions in Jiangnan. As such, their subordinates were conscious of right and wrong. If they weren't punched into stupidity, they probably wouldn't even have fled. The two leaders had yet to explain what was going on, while the spark that triggered the fire was missing along with his dozen or so subordinates. Apparently, they ran helter skelter as soon as the riot broke out. Strangely, someone so tall and lanky should've been easy to spot, yet there was no sign of him.

　　The escort reported that peace had been restored. Glad to hear that, Emperor Yuansheng stated, "Let's be on our way once Young Master comes back."

　　Su Xiao: "Your M-, M-Master, Big Brother Ming had a pigeon deliver a notice, informing us he was going after the culprit behind the setup. He told us to go on ahead."

　　"Oh?" The Emperor delightfully fiddled with his beard: "All right, then. He knows where we are heading, so let's go."

　　A big group was soon spotted coming toward the town.

　　In Dugu's mind: "I thought they had another plan. I wonder who it is this time."

　　Emperor Yuansheng exclaimed, "Huh? Imperial troops?!"

　　There were four teams. According to the dynasty's laws, a town was only permitted to have one hundred imperial troops, which equated to one team. Four teams meant four hundred imperial troops were there.

　　Imperial troops weren't fearsome fighters as individuals. The four hundred troops might've struggled against Emperor Yuansheng's group of thirty; there were roughly a thousand more pugilists in the town. Though those in the pugilistic world could brush off civil servants' systems, a.s.saulting imperial troops spelt serious trouble. n.o.body in Jiangnan would dare to offend the imperial court. Picking a fight with the imperial court was picking a fight with Qilin Guards and the Seven Champion White Princes.

　　"How dare you thugs vandalise my town?!" raged the bearded leader of the imperial troops.

　　The leader was dressed in a civil official's uniform, yet he carried a military official's broadsword at his waist. That indicated he was a civil and military official. It wasn't a strange status to hold in the imperial court since the majority of civil officials did value martial arts. However, seldom was there ever one so far away from the capital. That was mainly because the dynasty's military gear was light and simple. The bearded official was part of them.