The thugs froze the moment they saw the gun in Cheng Xiaofan's hand.
Just then, Xiang Wanli sharply raised her knee, jamming it into the lower abdomen of the thug beside her.
"Ouch—"
The thug let out a scream of pain.
Clutching his groin, he collapsed onto the ground.
His face was ashen, and sweat poured off him like water.
Xiang Wanli followed up with a spinning kick.
She sent another thug tumbling to the ground.
She then made a dash.
Running to Cheng Xiaofan's side.
It all happened so suddenly.
The thugs hadn't even figured out what was going on.
When the hostage they'd practically in their grasp had escaped.
At that moment.
Cheng Xiaofan's phone rang.
He took it out and saw it was from Meng Xizhi.
He pressed the answer button and asked, "Old Meng, what's up?"
"Ah—"
On the other end, Meng Xizhi sounded frantic.
He asked, "Your Excellency, where are you?"
"I'm so worried!"
His voice was close to tears.
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled and replied, "I'm over at the South Street Clothing City."
"Old Meng, the public security in your capital is really too poor."
"In broad daylight, a bunch of thugs kidnapped someone close to me!"
"I rushed over to save them!"
Meng Xizhi, hearing this, felt his vision go dark.
It felt like the sky had fallen, and he swayed, nearly collapsing.
At this critical juncture, why were people causing trouble?
Last time, a Morra appeared,
colluding with demonic cultivators to rob His Excellency.
Now, another group had kidnapped someone close to His Excellency.
Were they deliberately trying to make things difficult for me, their king?
Meng Xizhi hung up the phone.
He roared at the special police officers beside him, "Quick, escort me to South Street!"
Once inside the car.
Meng Xizhi felt utterly drained!
Just now, Fulan Li had said His Excellency jumped off a building.
He had been so terrified that his soul had almost left his body.
He hadn't expected His Excellency to jump off the building to save someone.
Where did these foolish thugs come from?
You could mess with anyone,
but why did they have to target the person he regarded as a heavenly deity, His Excellency!
...
"Oh no, let's get out of here!"
It was widely rumored throughout the capital now that His Majesty the King had a nickname, Old Meng.
And the only person who could call His Majesty the King "Old Meng" to his face.
Was Cheng Xiaofan, who came from Huaxia.
This was his exclusive privilege.
The thugs weren't fools.
Upon hearing Cheng Xiaofan mention "Old Meng,"
they knew the King would arrive soon.
Falling into the King's hands meant the end of their good days.
If they didn't run now,
when would they?
Who would have thought.
At this moment, Cheng Xiaofan burst into laughter.
He said, "You're not getting away!"
The thugs suddenly realized.
Their bodies no longer seemed to belong to them.
They were completely unresponsive.
They wanted to move their legs,
but they couldn't budge an inch.
"Ah, what's going on?"
One of the thugs shouted at Cheng Xiaofan in exasperation,
"What did you do to us?"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled and said, "Oh, I forgot to tell you."
"I just unleashed a burst of qi."
"And locked your bodies in place."
"I also forgot to tell you."
"This gun was also exchanged from that punk using qi, with just a stone."
Qi?
The thugs didn't know what qi was.
But one thing became clear to them.
This Mr. Cheng was an absolutely terrifying individual.
Someone they could never afford to offend.
Especially the thug who had held the gun. He was utterly dejected.
How could someone exchange the gun from his hand with just a stone.
And he hadn't even felt anything?
"Please let us go!"
"We'll never dare to provoke you again!"
"We don't want to fall into the King's hands!"
"Sir, please, have mercy on us!"
The thugs were completely cowed.
They all began to beg Cheng Xiaofan for mercy.
A crowd of onlookers had gathered.
Facing these thugs who had kidnapped someone in broad daylight, they were all furious.
But fearing retaliation from the thugs, they stood by, saying nothing.
Now.
Seeing the tables turned and Cheng Xiaofan easily subduing them.
They all started shouting.
"These thugs are too detestable!"
"Your Excellency, do not let them go!"
"These vile thugs are not to be pitied!"
"They even dared to provoke His Majesty the King, they're practically begging for death!"
Wuwuwu!
Wuwuwu!
Wuwuwu!
Just then, several police cars sirens wailed in the distance.
After the police cars stopped, over twenty special police officers swarmed forward.
They pinned each of the thugs to the ground, twisted their arms, and handcuffed them.
"Your Excellency, are you alright?"
At this moment, Meng Xizhi, supported by a special police officer,
walked towards Cheng Xiaofan.
Cheng Xiaofan shrugged and smiled, "What could happen to me!"
Meng Xizhi's eyes fell on Xiang Wanli, and he greeted, "Director Xiang, you're here too!"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled, "Those thugs were quite audacious!"
"The one they kidnapped was our Director Xiang!"
Meng Xizhi stumbled upon hearing this.
If not for the special police officer beside him,
he would have fallen to the ground.
His face turned so dark that it looked like it could crumble into dust.
"Take these thugs back,"
Meng Xizhi roared at a special police squad leader.
"Strip them naked and whip them for three days!"
"No—"
The thugs immediately screamed.
In the laws of this small country, there was no death penalty.
However!
There was corporal punishment!
Many heinous criminals,
in the execution of corporal punishment, couldn't survive for two days before they kicked the bucket.
It could be said!
Most criminals would wet themselves on the spot upon hearing a sentence of corporal punishment.
Just thinking about the scene of whips flying,
and flesh splitting open, with blood splattering everywhere,
was enough to make one feel faint.
"Your Majesty the King, spare us!"
The thugs knelt on the ground in unison, crying out.
"We know we were wrong, we'll never dare to provoke Your Excellency again!"
Meng Xizhi's gaze was incredibly cold.
He walked forward and kicked one of the thugs in the mouth.
The thug immediately bled from his mouth,
spitting out four front teeth.
"You dared to provoke His Excellency,"
Meng Xizhi said through gritted teeth,
"Do you have no regard for me either?"
"Your Excellency is the esteemed leader of our small country!"
"Anyone who dares to provoke His Excellency is disrespecting our nation's honor and shall be put to death!"
Shall be put to death!
Wasn't that the same as a death sentence?
For Cheng Xiaofan, Meng Xizhi had directly altered the law.
Of course,
this was modified for Cheng Xiaofan alone!
...
After the thugs were taken away.
Meng Xizhi approached Cheng Xiaofan and bowed deeply.
He said, "Your Excellency, I apologize!"
"I've caused you trouble again!"
Cheng Xiaofan waved his hand lightly.
He smiled dismissively and said, "Old Meng, it's nothing!"
Meng Xizhi thought to himself, you say it's nothing.
But do you know how immense the psychological pressure I, Old Meng, have to bear?
I wish I could find a place where no one is around,
and have a good cry!
Being king is really not easy!