Dominating the Pugilistic World With My Detective Skills

Chapter 12: Zhang Cuishan Ran Away

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

Strained Noodles Steamed Bun seemed to have a high authority among the players from Shaolin. After he came forward, the rest of them instinctively took a step backward. They were giving him the right to make the final decision.

Strained Noodles Steamed Bun kept quiet and maintained his amiable smile on his face. However, from the ever-changing expressions on the other Shaolin players, it was obvious that they were discussing something in their team or clan channel. After quite some time, Strained Noodles Steamed Bun finally opened his mouth again. “Brother Weiming, from your words just now, you are here to investigate the truth of the Dragon Gate Escort massacre too. The evil and ruthless culprit is him!”

As he was speaking, Strained Noodles Steamed Bun pointed to the young man who was fighting with seven opponents at one go. “This person is ‘Vigorous Touch and Fine Strokes’, Zhang Cuishan, of the seven swordsmen of Wudang. He had a grudge against the Dragon Gate Escort because they failed to protect Yu Daiyan, causing all of his limbs to be crippled by the bad guys. He had an ample killing motive.”

“Also, this person can fight with three of Shaolin’s eminent monks with the surname Yuan. He had the ability to massacre the entire Dragon Gate Escort. When he was committing the crime, he admitted his identity to Uncle-Master Yuan Yin… Thus, Brother Weiming, let me apologize to you for our reckless actions before this. However, we are on the same side. What do you say?”

Following Strained Noodles Steamed Bun’s words, the Wudang players, who were led by Yin Bukui, started looking at Ye Weiming vigilantly.

Just like what was said before, at this moment, all the players had only just entered their clans, so the difference in everyone’s ability wasn’t so vast yet. Hence, the number of people was the factor that decided which side would be at an advantage.

However, Ye Weiming’s condition was a little special.

First, he finished his mission outstandingly and managed to gain items from burying the corpse. This allowed him to increase his level of expiration exercise and Sword of the Yue Maiden to level 6. As for the other players that just entered their sects, they could only practice the most fundamental martial arts technique of their clans. The grade of their martial arts might have been higher than Ye Weiming’s by a rank, but their levels weren’t high. Most of them were at level 2 or level 3.

As for the martial arts that they learned in the Novice Village? In ‘Eternal Justice’, the power of different styles of martial arts wouldn’t add on to one another.

Thus, Ye Weiming, who had been using special sword techniques all this while, had an advantage over the other people. His ability might not have been the strongest among everyone, but he was definitely one of the strongest. He could fight with three to four normal players alone.

In addition, the lightness kungfu he displayed a moment ago was above everyone else’s level. In the hearts of all the players, although he didn’t have the capability to become a third party all by himself, his attitude would definitely affect the chances of each side winning.

“Brother Weiming.” Yin Bukui learned from Strained Noodles Steamed Bun and changed the way he addressed Ye Weiming. At the same time, he said, “All of us came to Dragon Gate Escort along with Uncle-Master Five. When we arrived, the people at this Escort Agency were already dead. We can prove that Uncle-Master Five isn’t the culprit.”

“Hmph!” When facing Ye Weiming, Strained Noodles Steamed Bun wasn’t as polite as he was when he was talking to Ye Weiming. He scoffed in contempt and said, “You’ve already called him Uncle-Master Five. It’s normal that you will help him.”

“Bullshit!”

“Are you getting angry because you’re embarrassed?”

…

Strained Noodles Steamed Bun and Yin Bukui had already started arguing with each other.

Ye Weiming didn’t care about their argument. Instead, he turned and looked at Zhang Cuishan, who was fighting with seven opponents all alone. He shouted, “Swordsman Zhang Five, did you kill everyone from Dragon Gate Escort?”

The moment he said this, everyone looked at him as though he was an idiot.

Was it too much of child’s play to ask this question so directly?

As for Zhang Cuishan, he opened his mouth and shouted, “I didn’t kill anyone!”

“Okay, I understand!” As he was speaking, Ye Weiming had already taken out the token of authority that represented his identity. He rushed between the people who were fighting and said, “I’m Ye Weiming from the Dragon Gate Escort. I came on orders to investigate the Dragon Gate Escort massacre. Everyone, please stop for a moment and listen to what I have to say.”

Zhang Cuishan heard this and waved his judge pen multiple times. He left the Chinese word ‘Dragon’ in the air. It could be seen clearly. The powerful and swift energy within the strokes forced the seven swordsmen from Shaolin to move backward. Zhang Cuishan opened his mouth and said, “Eminent monks, why don’t we listen to what this official in front of us has to say?”

The seven Shaolin NPCs couldn’t take down Zhang Cuishan within a short period of time, so the leader among them signaled for the others to stop their attacks even though their expressions weren’t pleasant.

Both parties stopped fighting temporarily. The leader of the Shaolin team, the NPC that was holding a khakkhara turned towards Ye Weiming and asked, “May I know what opinions you have?” When he spoke, he didn’t bow to Ye Weiming. The tone of his voice wasn’t polite either. He didn’t even introduce himself to Ye Weiming.

Hence, we could see that when Zhan Zhao said that the people from the pugilistic world didn’t like imperial court officials, he wasn’t exaggerating!

Ye Weiming didn’t express any unhappiness because of the other person’s attitude. Instead, he replied casually, ” Swordsman Zhang Five said that he didn’t kill the people from Dragon Gate Escort. Hence, I feel that Shaolin Temple is a little assertive when you claim that Swordsman Zhang Five is the culprit.”

The monk holding the khakkhara was furious at the reply. “Did you just believe whatever he said? Is this how the officials from the imperial court investigate a case?”

The smile on Ye Weiming’s face didn’t change. He asked the monk back, “Didn’t you think that Swordsman Zhang Five is the culprit just because he admitted his identity?”

The monk with the khakkhara paused for a moment. But, soon, he started speaking again. “Coincidentally, when Du Dajin’s entire family was killed, Zhang Cuishan was here. How do you explain that? Also, Hui Feng saw him killing these people personally. How do you explain that too?”

“I didn’t say that Swordsman Zhang Five has no suspicion at all. I’m just saying that there’s not enough evidence to prove that he’s the culprit.” Ye Weiming moved beside a corpse while speaking and pointed to the concealed weapons on the corpse’s neck. He said, “This escort died because of concealed weapons…” Then, he pointed to another corpse. “This escort’s neck was broken by a hand. This escort…”

For 10 whole minutes, Ye Weiming commented on the injuries of all the victims from Dragon Gate Escort. In the end, he concluded, “There are 67 people from Dragon Gate Escort. The escorts who practiced martial arts were mostly killed by concealed weapons. A small portion of them were killed by the force of a palm. As for the weak, the old, the ladies, the children, and the escorts who couldn’t fight, they died from a claw technique.”

Everyone nodded in agreement. Based on the ways these people were killed, it didn’t seem to tally with Zhang Cuishan’s martial arts techniques.

On the other hand, the monk holding the khakkhara said, “Every clan has their own concealed weapons techniques. Wudang isn’t an exception. As for the claw technique, the Tiger Claw Ending Hand of Swordsman Yu Two from Wudang makes everyone tremble in fear. Even if Swordsman Zhang Five never practiced this technique before, we can’t deny the fact that there might be a disciple of Swordsman Yu Two among these people here.”

What he meant was that Zhang Cuishan still fulfilled the requirements to commit this crime.

Ye Weiming replied calmly, “First, Swordsman Zhang Five didn’t admit that he’s the culprit. Hence, his confession in the past doesn’t count. Second, the ways these people died don’t match with Swordsman Zhang Five’s martial arts techniques. Of course, these two points aren’t enough to clear Swordsman Zhang Five’s suspicion. There’s not enough evidence to prove that he is or isn’t the culprit.”

The monk with the khakkhara opened his mouth at this moment. “That’s why we want to capture Zhang Cuishan to ask him what exactly happened.”

“The crux of the problem is this.” Ye Weiming shrugged as he said, “Can you capture him?”

The monk holding the khakkhara snorted and stopped speaking. If they were able to capture Zhang Cuishan, they would have done it a long time ago. Why would they have to listen to a small constable who talked so much?

Ye Weiming smiled. This was why he had the confidence to ask both parties to stop. “Since no one is able to defeat the other party, why don’t we sit down and discuss this calmly? Everyone can be reasonable and we might find some clues that we didn’t notice before this.”

“Who’s there!?” At this moment, Zhang Cuishan suddenly shouted. He lifted his toes up off the ground and his body suddenly flew up. His figure turned into a lingering shadow as he disappeared from the courtyard of the Dragon Gate Escort.

Zhang Cuishan actually flew away!

Ye Weiming almost stomped his feet and cursed in anger. I am helping you to get out of trouble but you just flew away. We don’t normally betray our teammates like this.

Ye Weiming wasn’t the only one who was stunned. The other players from Wudang were flabbergasted too. Disappointment from being abandoned could be seen on everyone’s faces.

It felt as though they had all given their hearts to the other party, but in the end, they met a man who didn’t want to be responsible for them.