The scene at this moment is very much like the two major gangs in Hong Kong dramas fighting each other, and then the sir comes out to smooth things over.
However, Zhai Qingyi's biggest characteristic is that he has a dagger hidden behind his smile. He can turn hostile and want to arrest someone while chatting and laughing.
Shen Yingjie was almost stunned and asked, "Wait, what do you mean? Why do you want to arrest me?"
"The night watchmen must have reasons to arrest people. You'll know when you come back with us for tea." With a gesture from Zhai Qingyi, two night watchmen grabbed Shen Yingjie from both sides and took out a rope.
This rope is made of special material and is specially used to torture practitioners. It was used to capture Xiao Chen and Yi Wude before.
Tianyue Zhenren was anxious and said, "Captain Zhai, is there a misunderstanding here? My disciple has always been law-abiding and comes from a famous family. How could he be suspected of a crime?"
"Being born in a famous family means you won't commit crimes? Are you kidding me?" Zhai Qing looked at Tianyue Zhenren with an idiot look.
Tianyue realized that he had said something wrong, and changed the subject: "To catch a thief, we must seize the stolen goods. If Captain Zhai cannot come up with a reasonable charge, I cannot accept the enforcement of the Night Watch. If this matter were to spread, my colleagues in the cultivation world might mistakenly think that the imperial court is deliberately cracking down on our unofficial cultivation organizations."
"If the imperial court really wants to crack down on your wild cultivation organizations, a piece of official document will be enough. It's as easy and simple as banning off-campus training institutions. Why go through so much trouble and arrest a small minion?"
Zhai Qingyi's words were well-reasoned and irrefutable. "Whatever, we still have to go in and search for some evidence, so I'll let you see it for yourself."
Tianyue Zhenren said angrily: "Are you going to break in and search again?"
"No way?" Zhai Qingyi sneered, "Or is there really something shameful in there?"
"How is that possible? But according to the rules, if the night watchmen want to search our places, they must have a search warrant or solid evidence." Taoist Tianyue argued.
"There is a witness, but I can't tell you now." Zhai Qing turned around and said to Cang Yun, "Anyway, Cang Yun seems to want to go in and take a look, so we can be witnesses to each other and supervise each other. You won't have anything to say, right?"
Although Master Cang Yun had a lot of resentment towards Zhai Qingyi, he cared more about whether his beloved disciple Bai Xuanxiao was really in Haotian Sect, so he simply turned to Zhai Qingyi.
"Cang Yun, you... are so confused!" Tian Yue Zhenren was furious, but under their double pressure, he had to compromise: "Okay, I allow you to go in and check, but not too many people can come in, and I'll make it clear in advance, if you don't find anything, you must release Ying Jie, and I will reserve the right to complain to the court!"
Zhai Qingyi ignored him and said, "Let's go to Shen Yingjie's residence first."
Upon hearing this, Zhenren Tianyue looked at Shen Yingjie immediately with a questioning look.
Shen Yingjie also gave him a reassuring look, as if to imply that his residence was clean.
As mentioned before, the closed-door disciples all live in the row houses in the backyard, which are not only clean and tidy, but also heavily guarded.
Zhai Qingyi and his group came to the backyard. As soon as they entered, the disciple in charge of guarding behind them suddenly asked, "What are you, a student, doing here?"
Everyone turned around and found that Shen Yingnian was stopped at the door.
"Yingjie is my cousin. Now he has been framed and suffered. Of course I have to share the hardships with him!" Shen Yingnian said righteously.
Upon hearing this, Master Cang Yun's expression suddenly changed. He took a closer look at Shen Yingnian's pretty face and asked, "Are you Shen Yingnian?"
Without waiting for Shen Yingnian to answer, Cang Yun Zhenren drew his sword again and said angrily: "You harmed my apprentice, I am going to settle the score with you!"
"Brother Cang Yun, calm down!"
"Cang Yun, do you want to kill someone?"
Tianyue and Zhai Qingyi warned in both hard and soft ways.
Master Cang Yun hesitated for a moment, and finally put down his sword in dismay, gritted his teeth and said, "We'll talk about it later!"
Of course he wanted to cut Shen Yingnian into pieces, but he couldn't do it in public, otherwise he would also be invited to have tea with him.
The biggest characteristic of Master Cang Yun in the original novel is that he is protective of his disciples and defends them indiscriminately. In the eyes of readers, he is a good master, but now it seems that he is a scum who cannot distinguish right from wrong!
Shen Yingnian would not tolerate his bad habits. He followed him happily and said to Cang Yun Zhenren with a smile, "You must be Xiao Chen's master. Xiao Chen is said to be digging coal recently, and he is doing quite well. It seems that you have trained him well."
This is clearly exposing someone's scars!
Cang Yun Zhenren was furious for a moment, and was about to lose his temper when he suddenly remembered something. He glanced at Zhai Qingyi, then at Tian Yue Zhenren, and said, "Didn't Shen Yingnian join the Night Watch? How did he become a student of Haotian Sect?"
Master Cang Yun had wanted to seek revenge on Shen Yingnian before, but Zhai Qingyi spread the word that Shen Yingnian had joined the Night Watch, so Cang Yun had to endure it.
Upon hearing this news, everyone from Tianyue Zhenren to Shen Yingjie was stunned and asked in a lost voice: "He is also a night watchman?"
"Yes, what's the problem?" Young Master Shen remained calm.
"Since you are a night watchman, why do you want to join our Haotian Sect?" Taoist Tianyue was both shocked and angry.
"Please, you were the one who invited me to join. You never said that the Night Watchmen cannot enter the Haotian Gate." Young Master Shen's words were well-reasoned, leaving them unable to refute.
He has an arrogant attitude of "I'm undercover, but I don't feel sorry."
Taoist Tianyue's face was blue and black, and he looked extremely solemn. He especially recalled what Shen Yingnian had just said at the apprenticeship ceremony that he was able to communicate with the spirits of Grandmaster Haotian.
"This guy said that our Haotian Sect is hiding a lot of filth, and it's in the back mountain. I'm afraid the Night Watch has discovered something, right?"
Taoist Tianyue thought in panic, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat when he found that Zhai Qingyi was also looking at him with amusement. He suddenly realized that he might have fallen into a conspiracy trap.
This damn undercover!
This is such a bummer!
But there shouldn’t be any evidence in Shen Yingjie’s room.
After all, this kid usually does those things in a secret room.
With a glimmer of hope, Zhenren Tianyue accompanied them to the door of Shen Yingjie's room.
When I opened the door, a bloody smell hit me in the face.
Shen Yingjie suddenly turned pale and was at a loss.
Zhai Qing and his companions immediately entered the house and followed the smell of blood into the bedroom, where they were shocked to see two half-naked men lying on the bed!
They are Chang Wei and Bai Xuanxiao!
"Xuan Xiao!"
Master Cang Yun's eyes were red with anger, and he rushed over to check.
When I saw this, my heart immediately turned cold!
Bai Xuanxiao still has breath, but his true energy is almost gone!
"I, I don't know... How come they are here with me... I don't know anything!" Shen Yingjie made three excuses.
Cang Yun was so angry that he glared with bloodshot eyes and shouted, "You are still quibbling! Everyone knows that your Haotian Sect's nickname is Longyang Sect. How dare you do such a cruel thing to my apprentice? I will fight you to death!"