Chapter 150:
The next day.
Qiao Mu left the house and headed directly towards the marketplace in Imperial Capital.
The marketplace was always bustling, especially in the early morning when people gathered.
As Qiao Mu got closer, the number of pedestrians on the road gradually increased, making it lively.
Qiao Mu walked at a slow pace and didn’t disguise himself, deliberately showing his true appearance to the world.
While walking, he also paid attention to the people around him, expecting that so force would not be able to resist jumping out to confront him.
However, after walking for a long ti, he didn’t sense any strong individuals. Instead, relying on his exceptional hearing, he heard people whispering around him.
"That person over there is Qiao’s family, the sowhat famous Qiao Shuanglin, right?"
"I heard he is a heartless old man, but very concerned about his reputation. Yesterday, even if soone just blocked his path in front of the clinic of that famous doctor, he would order his followers to beat them up."
"Quiet, it seems like he’s looking over here?"
"…."
Qiao Mu didn’t pay attention to the whispers of the common people. He was just curious about how fast these rumors spread, which indeed exceeded his imagination.
Hai Wuya’s guess was probably true. Soone must have been fueling the fire behind the scenes. After all, Imperial Capital is not a small place like Yan City, where even trivial matters can spread throughout half of the city overnight.
"Hmm… Is that Dao Zhen from the Great Dao Sect?" Qiao Mu spotted a slightly familiar figure from the entrance of a tea house on the side of the road.
The other person was enjoying morning tea, but when he noticed Qiao Mu’s gaze, he smiled and nodded, appearing friendly and approachable.
Qiao Mu’s gaze hardened, but he only nodded slightly.
His current identity is the father of Qiao Zhong, a prisoner in the heavenly prison, so he naturally doesn’t know this Dao Zhen.
He can see through Dao Zhen’s uniqueness at a glance, and can explain it with Qiao Mu’s extraordinary insight. If he were to chat with him for a few more sentences, it would go against the setting of not having t before.
Qiao Mu turned his head and continued walking as if nothing had happened.
Soon, they arrived at the market street in the Imperial Capital, and the pedestrians around them beca gradually dense, coming in a continuous stream.
"Why hasn’t anyone co to challenge
yet? With this great head of mine, who will be able to chop it off this ti?"
Qiao Mu rubbed his head with his palm, feeling slightly disappointed.
Apart from Dao Zhen from the Great Dao Sect, he didn’t notice the presence of any strong individuals that would impress him.
Since there were no disturbances, he shifted his attention to the execution ground at the market entrance in the far distance.
On one side of the execution ground, there was a sharpened wooden stake, where Qiao Zhong’s head was impaled as a deterrent.
This head seems to have been specially preserved by the governnt officials, and it still looks very lifelike with all its facial features intact, frozen in the mont before Qiao Zhong’s death.
The people at the vegetable market are already used to seeing such things, they didn’t pay much attention to the head.
Only so children who co to the vegetable market for the first ti would look at it for a bit longer, feeling both shocked and scared, then they couldn’t help but look at it again.
"They should take my head." Qiao Mu whispered.
Just as his attention was focused on his own head in the distance.
But suddenly, a figure behind him intentionally or unintentionally approached.
Qiao Mu sensed sothing and slightly moved to the side to avoid it.
However, this figure stubbornly approached, and then suddenly exclaid, sounding like a frightened woman’s voice.
He turned his head to look and saw a woman in her early twenties, with a plump figure, looking at him with a mix of surprise and anger on her face.
"How dare you!" The young woman scread, blushing with anger, standing at the side of the road.
Her voice was sharp and loud, piercing through the bustling market.
In the Imperial Capital market, there were many idle onlookers who enjoyed the excitent. On any other day, they couldn’t get enough of the beheading shows. But now, upon hearing this scream, many people turned their heads to look.
"What happened?"
The butcher at the nearby stall, who was slaughtering a pig, placed his cleaver on the chopping block and strode over.
He glanced at the young woman’s curvaceous figure, instinctively wiping his hands on his apron before approaching.
"Miss, what’s wrong?" he asked gruffly.
The young woman, with teary eyes and a mix of anger and embarrassnt, pointed at Qiao Mu standing next to her.
"This old man, just now… he… he…" She couldn’t finish her sentence, as tears stread down like beads, wetting her blouse and evoking pity in the hearts of those who saw her.
At this ti, more and more people gathered around and ford a small circle, enclosing Qiao Mu in the middle.
"You shaless person, don’t even think about running…" The butcher shouted loudly and bravely stepped forward to grab Qiao Mu.
But just after taking two steps, they saw Qiao Mu standing there, without any intention of running at all.
Moreover, this old man seed aged, but stood tall and straight like a pine tree, with sharp eyes. With just one look, the butcher instinctively withdrew his hand.
"He almost embarrassed
with these tricks… but I won’t be fooled." Qiao Mu sighed softly in his heart, his gaze falling on the young woman’s face.
He faintly felt a sense of familiarity in the appearance of this young woman. Upon careful thought, it seed that she appeared among the crowd that blocked him outside the clinic yesterday…
"This old man is Qiao Shuanglin, I rember him! He’s the one who fought outside the Apricot Forest Clinic yesterday!"
"Right, is he the one from Qiao’s family in Nan Province? How dare he act so arrogantly in our Imperial Capital?"
"Seeking fa and stirring up trouble, Qiao Shuanglin couldn’t hold back after fighting with the nobles yesterday, huh?"
In the crowded market, a brave person stepped forward to point out Qiao Mu and explain to the curious crowd who Qiao Shuanglin was and what happened.
"Are you done yet?" Qiao Mu beca a little impatient listening to all the gossip around him.
Now, he beca even more certain that soone had been instigating the crowd at the clinic yesterday.
The events from yesterday and today were very similar, both involving soone manipulating the public from behind the scenes…
"This job was really poorly done," Qiao Mu smirked to himself.
The incident at the clinic yesterday was forgivable, as he voluntarily paid the dical bill for soone else, giving the other person an opportunity to take advantage of it.
And today’s job was to fra him, a highly skilled martial artist with sharp senses?
Although Qiao Mu’s attention was focused on his own problems, he didn’t notice the approach of an ordinary woman beforehand. However, he knew that he hadn’t touched her body just now, and instinctively avoided any contact.
Even if he was distracted, present-day Qiao Mu, being a martial artist, was not soone an ordinary person could take advantage of.
So, the truth is obviously clear… It can be easily seen by people who are knowledgeable, they can see through the mystery in it.
"Old fellow, your cheek is really thick. You did such a shaless thing, but you still have a carefree look on your face?"
"He is old but won’t die, he must be a thief! Surround this shaless old man, don’t let him escape, quickly report to the authorities!"
The noise around grew louder and louder as the angry crowd surrounded Qiao Mu, just like the commotion at the clinic’s entrance yesterday.
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