Martial Master

With an awkward smile on his face, Tian Dan flattered, “Master Qin, what are you talking about? Before you are convicted, how could I throw you into a black prison? That would be a disrespect to you, Master, and a trampling of the laws of the imperial city.”

Tian Dan spoke with righteous indignation.

To throw Qin Chen into a black prison?

That’s a joke.

Even if he were to die, he wouldn’t dare to do such a thing!

He didn’t understand why Deputy Commander Geng had offended the Alchemy Pavilion by escorting Qin Chen over, but it was clear that there must be some unspeakable transaction involved.

If Qin Chen had no background, he could sell Geng Deyuan a favor, and that would be that.

But now that he knew that Qin Chen was someone whom even the master of the Alchemy Pavilion had to refer to as ‘Master’, how could Tian Dan dare to have any other thoughts about him?

If Deputy Commander Geng were to kill Qin Chen with a single blow, that would be fine, but if he ultimately failed to convict him and had to release him, would he still have a good ending in the future?

Although the Alchemy Pavilion couldn’t manage their City Guard Department, offending someone without any benefits was simply courting death.

Seeing the flattering smile on Tian Dan's face, Qin Chen immediately understood that the other party must have learned about his background, which was why he had changed his attitude. However, feigning confusion, he asked, “Team Leader Tian, it seems that was not the case before?”

“Ahem.” Tian Dan appeared embarrassed, then spoke with righteous indignation, “Master Qin, previously, I hadn’t seen your file and thought you were a malicious person who needed to be strictly punished. But after reviewing Master Qin’s file, I found many doubts and inconsistencies, so before the truth is clarified, I believe we should not treat you as a criminal.”

At this moment, Tian Dan even directly referred to him as ‘Master’, speaking with righteous fervor, “Our City Guard Department executes the laws of the dynasty, representing the face of the dynasty. How can we hastily convict someone before the truth is clarified?”

While speaking, Tian Dan glared at the two people beside him and said angrily, “You two, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and release Master Qin!”

“Really, you don’t have any insight at all. Master Qin hasn’t been convicted yet, and you tie him up like this. Is that appropriate?”

Tian Dan was furious.

“Release him?”

The two City Guards were startled, looking at Tian Dan in shock.

Although they knew Qin Chen was a distinguished guest of the Alchemy Pavilion, they also knew that this so-called master from the Alchemy Pavilion had just recently led a group to wipe out the Feng family, leaving almost no experts from the Feng family behind.

Deputy Commander Geng was probably worried that the other party might act, which was why he had restrained this person with a True Chain.

If they really released him, who here could handle him if things got violent?

“Team Leader, this doesn’t seem very good. Team Leader Guan Wei has specifically said that this case is being monitored by Deputy Commander Geng, and he instructed…”

“Deputy Commander Geng?”

Tian Dan's eyes widened: “What? Do you two think that just because that brat Guan Wei is backing Deputy Commander Geng, I would be afraid of him? This is the black prison area, my territory, and I can manage it however I want. Don’t say what Guan Wei has said; even if Geng Deyuan stood before me, I wouldn’t care about him at all. Hurry up and release Master!”

Kicking the two in their behinds, Tian Dan was seething with anger.

What’s going on? Did these two not listen to orders anymore?

“Understood, understood.”

The two wore bitter expressions and hurried over to start untying the True Chains from Qin Chen.

As the saying goes, a local official is more effective than a county official. Although they were extremely afraid of Qin Chen and didn’t dare to defy Deputy Geng’s orders, they were still soldiers under Tian Dan.