I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#574 - Officials blocking the road

At this time, turning around and running away would not be a wise decision. Such an action would be equivalent to admitting guilt without being accused. How could Zhang Chen do such a stupid thing?

Besides, even if he were to escape, he would have to see if he had a chance to fool them. If he couldn't fool them, he could always use thunderous methods to kill them and then break through the encirclement.

"Travel permit!" The officer waved at Zhang Chen and his group.

Zhang Chen took out the travel permit and said to the officers, "Greetings, officers. This is the travel permit for my family."

The officer was stunned when he heard Zhang Chen's accent: "A northern accent?"

He lowered his head to check Zhang Chen's travel permit and immediately confirmed that the travel permit in his hand was exactly the same as the information passed down from above. He couldn't help but be overjoyed: "It seems that I, your grandfather, am destined to receive credit today! Seize them! They are the rebellious traitors who have left the northern lands without permission. Lord Master has ordered that their travel permit is exactly the same as the information passed down by Lord Master!"

"Boy! You've been exposed! How dare you defy the laws of the Great Victory Dynasty and leave your place of service without authorization? You're finished! I advise you to surrender obediently, otherwise our swords and sabers have no eyes. If we accidentally chop off your heads, the superiors won't blame us."

Accompanied by the officer's order, the other officers took out their weapons and surrounded Zhang Chen and his group. However, before the officers could act, the ground suddenly collapsed, and all the officers fell into the ground. Then, the ground closed, directly fixing the waists of several people in the mud.

"God! You are a god!"

The officers, with their waists buried in the ground, looked at Zhang Chen and his group with horror, emitting terrified roars.

For mortals, gods represent the incredible and the inviolable.

Hearing the other party's words, Zhang Chen tilted his head and looked at the soldiers who were pale with fright: "Are you specifically here to arrest me?"

The leading officer said, "Sir, spare me! I am only acting under orders."

Zhang Chen ignored the officer and stopped the carriage in place. He walked towards the table not far away and saw several documents pressed on the table. The documents actually contained information about Zhang Chen and his group's fake travel permits.

"Strange, how does the imperial court know our information? My mother and I came from the chaos, hiding our identities and never exposing them. No one checked our travel permits all the way south, so how could we suddenly be exposed?" A trace of confusion appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes. He turned his head to look at the constables, waiting for their explanation.

The leading constable was pale with fright: "Sir, I heard someone say that a few days ago, someone sent information, and Lord Master had no choice but to issue the order."

"Who sent the information?" A trace of cold light appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes.

The yamen servant said with a mournful face, "I am only responsible for handling affairs, how would I know the ins and outs of it?"

Hearing this, Zhang Chen folded the documents in his hand, put them into his sleeves, and then led the carriage away, without killing the officers.

Are the officers guilty?

Of course not!

They obtained the decree issued by the yamen, and we are the criminals. It is their duty to search for us.

It is a matter of course for officers to arrest criminals. The guilty one is the imperial court and the person who issued the decree.

"You are kind-hearted. I thought you would take their lives," Cheng Yu said with surprise, looking at the scenery receding into the distance.

"Debts have debtors, and they are just innocent yamen servants," Zhang Chen said.

He is now enlightened and will not rashly kill indiscriminately.

The previous massacre at Hupo Pass was purely a matter of necessity. If he didn't kill, he wouldn't be able to pass the majestic pass.

"I'm afraid there will be trouble next. Our travel permits have been leaked, and I'm afraid there will be countless officers blocking the way ahead. Even the Great Victory Dynasty will be alarmed!" Zhang Chen felt very troubled.

"What should we do then?" Cheng Yu's eyes showed a look of worry.

"What to do? Just find a way to get a few more travel permits," Zhang Chen turned his head to look into the distance: "What I want to know most now is, who leaked the secret of our travel permits? If we don't figure out this problem, it's useless to get more travel permits."

Zhang Chen recalled all the experiences along the way and confirmed that the only place he left a flaw was the little boy who handled the travel permits. If the other party passed on his family's travel permits, it would inevitably cause trouble.

But after thinking about it, Zhang Chen felt it was impossible. He had no hatred with the little boy, so there was no reason for him to ruin his own reputation, right?

The family stopped in a dense forest. They simply hid and cooked a meal. Then, after Zhang Chen ordered Zhang Fei to guard the carriage, his figure flashed and disappeared in place.

When he reappeared, he had already arrived at the original Guangji Prefecture.

At this time, the sky had already darkened. Zhang Chen stood outside Guangji Prefecture, took out the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, and shone it on Guangji Prefecture. The little boy appeared in the mirror. Then, after Zhang Chen locked on the other party's position, he used the Earth Escape Technique and disappeared in place.

Inside Guangji Prefecture City

Inside a dilapidated courtyard, a young man was laboriously chopping firewood. After chopping a pile of firewood, the young man wiped the sweat from his body and walked into the house. He saw an old woman with white hair and blind eyes sitting in the darkness. The young man cooked rice porridge, carefully cooled it, and fed it into the woman's mouth. The mother and son talked and laughed in low voices, which was very harmonious.

After serving the woman, the young man helped her to the bed. When he returned to his own house and pushed open the door, he couldn't help but be stunned. The oil lamp in his hand almost fell.

"It's you? The guest from that day?" The young man was stunned when he saw Zhang Chen's face with the help of the oil lamp.

"It's me!" Zhang Chen said with a smile: "Are you surprised to see me?"

"Of course I'm surprised! Didn't you leave on the big ship at that time? Why are you here at my house?" The young man looked at Zhang Chen, his eyes full of vigilance.

"I'm wanted by the government, and the government knows my travel permit information accurately," Zhang Chen scrutinized the young man with his eyes.

"So you suspect that I leaked your information?" The young man frowned.

"If you colluded with the government when handling the travel permits and set up a trap, it's not without suspicion," Zhang Chen said.

Hearing this, the young man shook his head, but he didn't lose his mind. Instead, he said cautiously: "It's definitely not me. If I did something that ruined my own reputation, I would have starved to death long ago."

"Do you have any evidence?" Zhang Chen asked.

The young man's face was full of bitterness: "I don't!"

Zhang Chen slowly stepped forward. The young man's body was like he had been immobilized, unable to move in the void.

Zhang Chen glanced at the young man and walked through him towards the next room.

The young man's expression changed drastically: "What are you going to do?"

At this time, the young man regained control of his body and chased after Zhang Chen, but his speed was not as fast as Zhang Chen's. Zhang Chen had already arrived in front of the woman. The woman was lying quietly on the bed, already asleep under the influence of Zhang Chen's power.

Zhang Chen stood in front of the woman's bed. The young man was afraid that Zhang Chen would take excessive action, so he quickly stopped and said with a crying voice: "Please, don't hurt my mother! This matter really has nothing to do with me."

"I'll count to three. If you confess everything, then so be it. After I finish counting to three, if you still don't tell the truth, then don't blame me for being ruthless."

"One!" Zhang Chen counted in his mouth and raised his left hand.

"Don't, I really don't know! I beg you!" The young man knelt directly on the ground.

"Two!"

Zhang Chen pressed his palm down a bit, his voice still cold like frost.

"I beg you, I'm willing to use my life to extinguish your anger. But I really don't know who leaked your travel permit information!" The young man's eyes were red, the veins on his forehead were popping out, and snot and tears flowed down in an instant.

"Three!"

Zhang Chen turned his head and glanced coldly at the young man. The young man's face was desperate and he roared in grief to the sky: "I don't know anything, what do you want me to say? What do you want me to say? Mother!!! I'll fight you!!!"

The young man stood up and suddenly pounced on Zhang Chen, but at this time Zhang Chen's body disappeared into thin air. Where was Zhang Chen's shadow?

"Mother!!!" The young man roared helplessly at the air.

"Xuan'er, why are you shouting in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?" At this moment, the woman on the bed suddenly opened her eyes and said with surprise: "Eh, I can actually see? I can really see?"

Outside the house

Zhang Chen frowned: "It's not this young man, so where exactly did the problem occur? Could it be that during the few days I was unconscious, my mother and younger sister made a mistake?"

Zhang Chen was thoughtful, probably only that could be the case. As for the Pingbian Wangfu issuing a wanted order? That's completely impossible. The Pingbian Wangfu is already in chaos. The Pingbian Wang doesn't know the whereabouts of his family at all, and even thinks that his family has already died in the catastrophe. Why would he do such a thing?

"So I still have to go back and carefully examine the actions of my mother and others these few days," Zhang Chen's figure flashed and disappeared into thin air. As for the young man's mother's eye disease, Zhang Chen only gave her a wisp of innate spiritual energy, plus the Blood Control Technique to control her blood and open up the meridians on her body. It was just a small trick.

Although that wisp of innate energy cannot make her immortal, it has all kinds of incredible abilities, and even allows the old lady to directly obtain the power of blood, reversing her fate is not yet known.

The key is to see whether the innate power dissipates quickly or the other party absorbs it quickly.

"I am a great philanthropist," Zhang Chen muttered to himself. He gave the other party a scare, but also cured the other party's eye disease, and even allowed the other party to extend her life, and even obtain bloodline abilities. Isn't he a great philanthropist?