Chapter 58: Beheading

  "I heard them say that Viscount Mask is the guardian of Dongmen City, and I thought I misheard it. I didn't expect it to be you. When did you get promoted to viscount?" Li Xiangfei asked with a red face.

  "How did you come to Fenghuacheng, are you alone? Is there anyone protecting you?" Bai Cangdong wanted to find out if Hong Lian Furen had really come to Fenghuacheng.

  Li Xiangfei thought that Bai Canghai was concerned about her safety, and sweetly said: "Don't worry, this time I came to Fenghua City with the Silver Armor Knight uncle, it's for a transaction with the Earl of Fenghua."

  Bai Cangdong let out a slight sigh of relief. Hong Lian Furen was Li Xiangfei's aunt, and her status was even higher than that of the Silver Armor Knights. If she had come, Li Xiangfei should have mentioned her first. Since Hong Lian Furen hadn't arrived, Bai Cangdong put his mind at ease.

  "This isn't a place for conversation, let's go upstairs and have a cup of tea." Bai Cangdong led Li Xiangfei to the city tower, sat down on the second floor, poured her a cup of tea, and asked in a soft voice: "What kind of transaction is it that would trouble both the Silver Armor Knights and you to come out together?"

  Li Xiangfei seemed to have no guard against Bai Canghai, and replied casually: "The Duke of Fenghua wants to exchange a batch of Jingzhong with us for the True Fire of the Sun."

  Bai Cangdong heard the four words "Taiyang Zhenhuo" and his hand, which was pouring tea, trembled slightly. His heart beat rapidly as he thought of his Xianque egg, which required Taiyang Zhenhuo to hatch.

  "What is it? I've never heard of it before?" asked Bai Cangdong with a pretentious calm tone.

  "The material for making the Dan furnace is Shi Zhong Jing, which I heard is quite valuable. Our city, Jian Rong City, does not produce Shi Zhong Jing, so the Dan masters need to trade with other places to get it. Tai Yang Zhen Huo is a flame extracted from a plant called Tai Yang Hua on top of Gu Tian Ya, and its uses are very broad. I don't know what the master of Feng Hua City wants to use it for." Li Xiang Fei asked in a low voice after finishing: "Why do you want to leave Jian Rong City and come to Feng Hua City? With your strength, if you're willing, you can get a position better than Dong Men Cheng's in Jian Rong City."

  "I have some things to take care of in Fenghuacheng, and after I'm done, I'll be heading back to Daolun City."

  Li Xiangfei's eyes lit up, then she lowered her head and asked softly: "Is there anything I can help you with?"

  "Everything is going smoothly now, is there any danger in this transaction of yours?" Bai Cangdong still had the Sun Zhenhuo's matter on his mind.

  "There shouldn't be any danger, Earl Fenghua and my father have a good relationship, we're just exchanging some materials which were previously agreed upon, we're only in charge of transporting the goods, there shouldn't be any problems. The transaction will take place tomorrow, and I'll return to Dalun City the day after."

  The two of them chatted for a while longer before Li Xiangfei reluctantly left.

  "The Sun's True Fire, if only I could get my hands on it, but unfortunately it fell into the hands of Countess Feng Hua, there's no way to think about it, unless Countess Feng Hua is willing to take it out herself, who knows what she wants with the Sun's True Fire." Bai Cangdong can only put this matter aside for now.

  "Lord of the Castle Guard." As night was about to fall, a viscount came before Bai Cang, who was one of the five commanders of the Eastern Gate's garrison, Viscount Yu Mian.

  "Are you on night watch tonight?" Bai Cangdong flipped through the documents, but saw that it was supposed to be Viscount Fengyinzi who was on duty tonight.

  "Wind Whispering Viscount has a banquet to attend tonight and can't make it, so he asked me to take his shift," said Jade Face Viscount.

  "I didn't see him come to ask for leave from me." Bai Cangdong said lightly.

  Bai Cangdong had already become the guardian of Dongmeng City, but the five leaders did not show much respect for him.

  The previous four city guards were all from the Knights' Order, and these leaders also came from the Knights' Order, which was considered to be the direct lineage of the Earl of Fenghua, so they didn't think much of Bai Cangdong, an ordinary viscount from a foreign land.

  "Wind Whisper Earl is going to attend a banquet at the Earl's residence, and he was in a hurry, didn't have time to personally ask for leave from Your Excellency, so let me ask on his behalf." Jade Face Earl said casually.

  "Hmm, then I'll trouble you again. Please tell Viscount Feng Yin that if he doesn't show up here during his shift tonight, he won't need to come anymore." Bai Cangdong said calmly.

  The Jade-Faced Viscount's expression solidified as he looked at Bai Cangdong and said seriously, "Sir, for such a small matter, must you do it this way?"

  "If defending the city is just a small matter to you, I don't know what's important for the garrison troops." Bai Cang looked through the documents of the garrison troops without raising his head: "You can go down now, remember my words, if I don't see Viscount Feng Yin tonight, he won't need to come again in the future."

  "I will definitely pass on the adult's words to Fengyinzi without missing a single word." Yumianzi looked deeply at Bai Cangdong, then left the East City Gate.

  Bai Cangdong was on the city wall looking through documents. After finishing, it was already midnight, and still no sign of Feng Yinzi coming to take over.

  It wasn't until the sky was about to brighten that Viscount Fengyin stumbled onto the city gate tower with a drunken expression, saw Bai Qingdong watching the sunrise, and walked over with a cold smile at the corner of his mouth: "Sir is really working hard, coming to inspect the east city so early."

  "I had Viscount Yumian convey a message to you; did you receive it?" Bai Cangdong said, gazing at the sunrise without turning his head.

  "Lord Jade Face told me, but at the time I was attending a banquet hosted by Earl-sama and couldn't leave early, please forgive me." said Viscount Fuin with a cold smile.

  "Alright, then can you tell me what the crime of dereliction of duty is in the Dongmen Garrison's military law?" Bai Cangdong turned around, his eyes fixed intently on Feng Yinzi.

  Being stared at by the pale and stern gaze, Feng Yinzi felt a chill in his heart, and his intoxication woke up more than half. However, he still stubbornly said: "Didn't I already ask Yu Mianzi to excuse me? Sir, you insist that I return then, but that was the Earl's banquet, how could I dare leave early? If you have any dissatisfaction, sir, you can go ask the Earl."

  "Since you don't know what dereliction of duty is, let me tell you." Bai Cangdong didn't say another word and directly summoned the Po Xie Sword, slashing it at Feng Yinzi.

  Feng Yinzi was completely unguarded and never thought that Bai Cangdong would dare to attack him. When he saw the Po Xie sword, it was already too late to dodge, so he could only quickly summon his own long knife to resist the Po Xie sword.

  Unfortunately, he only cultivated to the level of Bronze Divine Light, and only reached around 20th rank. Moreover, he was using inferior equipment. The Evil-Slaying Sword directly cut off his long knife along with his neck, his head rolled onto a nearby brick, and his headless corpse fell from the city wall.

  "Deserters will be beheaded..." Bai Cangdong coldly threw out a sentence, then sheathed his sword and returned to the city gate tower.

  The city's defenders were chilled to the bone, never expecting that a commander would be beheaded by Bai Canghai without any hesitation.

  "Lord Chengshou, what should be done with the body of Feng Yin's commander?" After a while, a small soldier came in and asked timidly.

  "Send it to the Knights' Order and tell Lord Four Cardinal that Viscount Feng Yin has abandoned his post without my permission and has been beheaded on the spot by military law." Bai Cangdong said casually.

  The Knights are in charge of the city's security, and almost all matters related to Fenghuacheng's security, big or small, have to go through the Knights. Bai Cangdong sent the body to the Knights, also following the rules.

  The news of Bai Cang's beheading Feng Yinzi's matter shocked the entire Knights Templar, and the other four leaders of the Dongmen City Garrison also came to the Knights Templar.

  "Commander, you must take charge for Feng Yin! Lord Feng Yin has been guarding the East Gate for over 30 years, fulfilling his duties and responsibilities. From a small soldier to the current leader, even if he didn't have any merits, he had hard work. Moreover, Lord Feng Yin also made contributions in several battles against the undead clan. That masked lord can just kill him with a word? This is basically not treating us as human beings!" The Jade Masked Lord and four other East Gate city guards cried out to the four-sided knights.

  "Jade Face, the east gate city guard said to let you pass on a message to Feng Yin, telling him to return to the east city gate during his shift, is this true?" The knight from the four directions asked.

  The Jade-Faced Earl hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to lie in front of the Knights of the Four Directions. Moreover, many soldiers were present at that time, and it would be easy to verify that Bai Cangdong had indeed said those words to him.

  "Yes, but Feng Yin was attending a banquet at the Earl's residence at that time and it was really inconvenient to leave. Moreover, Feng Yin had already asked me to excuse him to the city guard, but the city guard still did this, obviously not putting us, the leaders of the Knights' Order, in his eyes..."

  Bang!

  The four-sided knight slapped the viscount's face and shouted: "You still know you came from the Knights, but you've forgotten the most important duty of loyalty. What qualifications do you have to mention coming from the Knights? All of you get out! If anyone dares to leave their post like Feng Yin again, I'll behead you before Viscount Mask even moves."

  Yu Mianzi and others were scolded by the Knights of the Four Directions, and they left the Knights' Hall with a sad face.

  "Sir, although Feng Yin was wrong, he is from our Knights' Order after all. The new East Gate City Guardian doing this is indeed an insult to our Knights' Order." a knight said.

  The four knights let out a soft sigh: "Today is different from the past, and they don't even look at what time it is now. The Earl has been struggling to survive in this world for a long time, and the struggle between the two families of Feng Hua is at a critical juncture. They are provoking the new city guard at this time, isn't that just giving him an excuse to take power? Not to mention one of the Feng Yin, even if it were Yu Mian, those four people dare to cause trouble, I believe that Viscount Mask would dare to behead them all, and thus firmly control the entire East Gate Guard under his command."

  "This is also what the Earl wants to see, and that's why he chose five successors to compete, in order to select the strongest and most capable leader. Even if it gets out of hand and reaches the Earl, he will only say 'good' and won't have any sympathy for them." The Knight of the Four Directions sighed: "Tell your brothers, no matter what, don't interfere with the struggle between the five successors, otherwise, even I won't be able to protect them."