I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon novel Chapter 56

Chapter 56: Chapter 44: The Four Great Constables—Lin Jingzhu!

Boom—

Lead-colored heavy clouds loomed over Tiandu City, with muffled thunder rumbling within the layers of clouds. Swallows flew slanted across the roofs, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of moist earth.

"It’s going to rain!"

Street vendors hurriedly set up their canopies.

Children squatted by the roadside, watching ants move their nest, then were dragged back home by their ears, creating a bustling and noisy scene throughout the streets and alleys.

...

Drunken Moon Restaurant.

In the middle of the hall, a musician strummed the strings of a lute, producing melodious and pleasing sounds of silk and bamboo.

Shangguan Yunfei sat by the second-floor window, frowning at the sight of the woman in white, sipping her drink alone. "Lord Lin, drinking during duty hours isn’t quite proper, is it?"

The woman drained the wine from her cup, her cheeks a rosy flush, her tone casual as she replied, "Then go ahead and report me. My salary has already been fined until the end of next year. It’s not a big deal to not have it the year after as well."

"..."

Shangguan Yunfei looked helpless.

He was utterly at a loss when it came to this ancestor.

Lin Jingzhu, one of the Four Great Constables of the Six Gates.

Since she started her job, she only received her salary for the first month; the rest was all confiscated as fines. She had even paid hundreds of silver as penalties, earning the title of being the first in the Six Gates to have a reverse salary.

Being ranked as one of the Four Great Constables, naturally, she was no mediocre talent. Lin Jingzhu had a high success rate in closing cases, but the rate of death and injury was astonishingly high—

Criminals who fell into her hands often ended up either dead or crippled before even being put behind bars. Not to mention last month, she even broke the third leg of a philanderer...

Complaints piled up like a mountain at the government office, mostly from the suspects’ families, accusing her of abusing private punishment and disregarding human life.

If it weren’t for her significant background and capable skills, she would have been dismissed from office long ago.

"The Demon Clan’s murders inside Tiandu City are no trivial matter. The government office requires us to assist with the case. Do you also intend to defy the order?" Shangguan Yunfei frowned and said.

Lin Jingzhu curled her lip dismissively. "Don’t pressure me with the government office. This case doesn’t have any leads. Where do we start investigating? We’re just waiting for that demon to strike again."

"It’s better to drink some wine and listen to some music than flounder around like a headless fly... Tsk, beautifully played!"

She tossed an ingot of silver to the musician.

The musician stood up and bowed elegantly, smiling as she tucked the silver into her sleeve.

Shangguan Yunfei shook his head. She was clearly one of the Noble Ladies of the Capital, yet she always behaved like a headstrong Jianghu boss...

"By the way, is that Chen Mo really that remarkable?" Lin Jingzhu put down her wine cup and asked out loud.

Shangguan Yunfei nodded. "He is indeed skilled. The Tongxuan Jade couldn’t sense the Demon Energy, but with just one glance, he determined it was the doing of the Demon Clan. His eyesight is terrifyingly sharp. No wonder even Qin Wuxiang fell to his hands."

Lin Jingzhu’s eyebrows arched slightly.

Catching the Ten Great Demons had always been her fervent aspiration, yet Chen Mo had upstaged her.

It wasn’t so much jealousy, more curiosity, and unwillingness to accept it.

Clip-clop clip-clop—

"Ah!"

Just then, a sudden burst of horse hooves and cries of alarm came from outside the window.

Both turned their heads to look and saw a burly man furiously galloping towards them, brandishing a whip as he bellowed, "Get out of my way!"

Pedestrians on the street hastily dodged, some not quick enough and stumbling into stalls, scattering goods everywhere, and turning the whole street upside down.

A little girl, having just bought a sugar figurine and hopping down the street, didn’t react in time as the charging horse approached her.

"Nannan!"

A woman’s heart-wrenching cry came from the side.

"Damn it, courting death!"

Under everyone’s gaze, trampling someone to death on the street was not a minor matter.

The burly man didn’t want to unnecessarily cause trouble, pulling on the reins. The horse neighed, rearing on its front hooves, coming to a stop just inches from the girl, dangerously close.

Seeing the girl frozen in fear, the burly man’s expression turned displeased, and he raised his hand, swinging his whip toward her!

The whip whistled through the air, the force fierce and swift; if it landed, it would tear flesh and skin!

"How dare you!"

Seeing this unfold, Lin Jingzhu’s brows furrowed, and she leapt up from her seat, flipping out the window.

But it was too late. Just as the whip was about to strike the little girl’s face, a dark figure swooped in, picking up the girl with one hand and firmly grasping the whip with the other.

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