Xu Hang, who had always looked non-threatening, suddenly rushed forward, grabbed one of the Japanese man’s arms, pressed it down with great force, and swept his leg across his knee, causing the man to fall to his knees.
Although this took him by surprise, his martial arts training allowed him to quickly roll over. However, he did not expect Xu Hang’s movements to be as fast as lightning. By the time he could see clearly, Xu Hang had already pressed one knee on his chest!
The air in his chest was squeezed out all at once, causing his vision to go dark. The Japanese then realized that he had hit the critical spot, which is probably what the Chinese call the acupoint, causing his hands and feet to go numb.
What’s even more terrible is that Xu Hang immediately picked up the broken wood, aimed the sharp end at the Japanese man’s face, and was about to stab him in the face!
That look, that movement, there was no hesitation at all! The naked threat of death made the Japanese man panic as if his soul had left his body, and he froze in place, not daring to move!
Just as the wood was about to pierce him, Yuan Ye was so scared that he shouted, “Xu Hang!”
As if a soul had been revived, Xu Hang’s eyes gleamed, and with a slight movement of his hand, he adjusted the angle just enough to drive the pointed end into the mud right beside the Japanese man’s head.
Just an inch away and someone would have been killed.
Even so, a little of his hair was still cut off. The Japanese man was covered in cold sweat, as if he had just returned from the gates of hell, his clothes were wet, and there was no self-righteous expression on his face at all, only a sense of fear.
Xu Hang picked up the wood again, pinched the Japanese man’s jaw, and stuffed the dirt-covered wood into his mouth: “You can’t afford to offend the Chinese.”
The Japanese waited until the suffocating feeling of death finally disappeared, then he belatedly spat out the contents in his mouth and cursed at the three people’s backs, “You… cough, cough, cough… you actually dared to insult the samurai of the Great Japanese Empire… stop right there…”
At this time, someone finally stood up from the crowd and said in a strong tone, “Kenji, that’s enough.”
Xu Hang glanced over and saw a woman wearing a black jacket. To his surprise, she was the same woman he had seen at the Buddhist temple. Unexpectedly, she was also Japanese, though her accent was indistinguishable, and she appeared to be a Chinese woman.
The man named Kenji was very dissatisfied: “Keiko! What they are doing…”
“Shut up!” Keiko took off her gloves and slapped that man hard, leaving five finger marks on his right cheek. As soon as he turned his head back, Keiko slapped him again, “What a shame.”
Kenji was unwilling, but he lowered his head and looked at Xu Hang with hatred.
After Keiko finished hitting him, she put on her gloves again and walked up to Xu Hang: “This was just an accident. Please leave, gentlemen. This small amount of money can be used to cover the medical expenses for the injured man.”
Xu Hang didn’t take it: “No need.”
After returning to Heming Medical Hall, Xu Hang asked the medicine boy to report to Xiaotong Guan and ordered Qiao Song to seal off those black arenas. As for the big man, Xu Hang asked Physician Li, who specialized in bone treatment, to stretch his left leg for a while and then gave him a few packets of blood circulation and pain relief medicine. After listening to his many thanks, he sent the man away.
Yuan Ye was also applying some ointment there. Because the wound was on his back, he took off his shirt and waited for the ointment to dry before putting it back on. He was still thinking about what happened just now, so he couldn’t help but say, “I didn’t expect you to be so good at it.”
Xu Hang pounded the ointment: “It’s just that that Japanese man wasn’t prepared.”
Yuan Ye nodded. “Thank you, you helped me a lot.”
“I haven’t asked you yet, why are you in that place?”
Yuan Ye put on his shirt: “Oh, isn’t it because I want to investigate the Governor’s matter? There are no clues anywhere. I want to go to some places that I usually overlook, maybe I can find something.”
Xu Hang poured the ointment into the bottle: “You really care about the Governor’s matter. Have you found any clues?”
“No, I just think that the murderer must still be in Hezhou City.”
“Why did you say this?”
“First of all, this was not a spur-of-the-moment murder, but a premeditated one. Ruan Xiaodie had never left the mansion before, and the person who could do this with her must be someone she often interacted with. Furthermore, inserting the golden hairpin is such a ritualistic act, it must hold some significant meaning for the murderer. But in the end, it’s just my intuition.”
Xu Hang nodded: “Then I hope you can find the murderer as soon as possible.”
The ointment on his back dried, and Yuan Ye put on his clothes. When he was buttoning his clothes, he suddenly remembered, “I feel like I’ve seen that woman somewhere before.”
“A Japanese woman who appears in China must be an important figure. Maybe you’ve seen her in the newspaper.”
“Recently, the Japanese elites have been seeking to cooperate with the warlords, so many Japanese spies and politicians are roaming around. The Military Control Commissioner has just arrived, and the Japanese are also here. Hezhou will not be peaceful in the future.”
Xu Hang handed him the ointment: “This is what you should worry about.”
After leaving Heming Medical Hall, Yuan Ye got into his car, leaned his head on the back of the chair, and thought for a long time.
The scene on the black ring kept replaying in his mind. Xu Hang, wielding a sharp piece of wood with the force of the King of Hell, exuded an instantaneous killing intent that was impossible to forget. He believed that Xu Hang’s actions were not executed so skillfully out of mere anger. Moreover, the Japanese man named Kenji must be a martial artist, considering he dared to shout in the ring.
To defeat the enemy with one move, one must have real skills.
That wasn’t the usual Xu Hang, yet a voice in his heart kept insisting that this was the real Xu Hang.
A shocking guess suddenly popped up in Yuan Ye’s mind. Even he himself was frightened by this guess. He shook his head repeatedly, thinking it was impossible.
At this time, the driver in the car turned around and smiled with his fangs showing: “Young Master, where are you going?”
“Xiao Jing?” Yuan Ye was very surprised. “Why are you here?”
Xiao Jing is the child of Yuan Ye’s nanny and grew up alongside him. Xiao Jing pouted: “Young Master, you are being unkind. You didn’t even tell me that you had returned to China. This time, Master came to Hezhou, so I followed him. If there’s anything in the future, just tell me!”
“You will be a great help then. It will be hard work in the future.”
“No problem!”
Xiao Jing asked him where he was going. Yuan Ye struggled for a while and finally gave a place name.
