The King of Urban Mercenaries

"Aren’t you going to release me?" Lin Fei asked in surprise.

"Release you? It would be nice if you think so. If I release you and let people see it, how can we intimidate them? Don’t worry, this is your compensation, not much, but better than nothing, right? After all, our wages have been given to those poor families." Shang Ma Dao said, then called out, and the soldiers rushed in.

"Take him to the prison, and be sure to remember the time. Don’t let him exceed the time, otherwise I’ll question you!" Shang Ma Dao said.

"Yes! Big brother doesn’t trust our ability to get things done? Don’t worry, it won’t be a problem." The soldiers were evidently familiar with Shang Ma Dao.

"I’ve told you countless times, don’t call me big brother, I’m your leader, hurry up! Don’t waste time here." Shang Ma Dao said helplessly.

"Yes!"

A few soldiers led Lin Fei towards the direction of the prison in the city, and along the way, Lin Fei finally noticed the poor people singing in the corners of this prosperous city. They seemed afraid to come out, hiding in the corners, some already too weak, lying like bones on the ground, waiting for death.

It was hard for Lin Fei to imagine that such a powerful and prosperous city could let people starve to death. At this moment, he seemed to feel that what Shang Ma Dao said was true; otherwise, he wouldn’t have spoken to him like this.

Finally, after marching forward, Lin Fei arrived at the prison and was pushed inside, entering the dim corridor.

This prison, with its copper walls and iron barriers, unexpectedly led underground, which was truly incredible, increasing countless defensive capabilities, but then?

The result of this made the prisoners stuck in a place without the light of day, which doubled their torment.

Being unable to see the light would be something difficult to bear.

Lin Fei was brought to the head jailer.

"Lee the Jailer, drinking again? How lucky you are?" A soldier stepped forward, sat down, pinched a peanut, and popped it into his mouth.

"Liu Neng, why are you here again? I don’t like greeting you. Every time you bring someone to be locked for just a few days and released, it’s so annoying. It wastes my time!" Lee the Jailer complained, took a sip of strong liquor, inhaled deeply, feeling terrific.

"Hehe, isn’t this just a small mistake, so they make an example of it? So, you just be considerate." The soldier Liu Neng said, eating another peanut.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and leave the person here and go. My peanuts are almost all eaten by you, really, you guys are such good-for-nothings, even if you’d save some of your wages you wouldn’t live so poorly!" Lee the Jailer said.

Liu Neng laughed, we live better than those who are nearly starving; at least we can fill our bellies. They don’t even have enough to eat. Can we just ignore that?

"Tch, good-for-nothings are good-for-nothings, hurry up and go." Lee the Jailer said.

"Hmm, I’m leaving now, but Lee the Jailer, you must remember, he’s for ten days, definitely not any later. He can be released early, but definitely not kept for too long." Liu Neng said.

"Alright, alright, don’t worry, I won’t keep him for long. Go, go." Lee the Jailer said impatiently.

Liu Neng nodded, "Then we’re leaving." He said, grabbing a handful of peanuts from the plate and running outside, instantly prompting curses from Lee the Jailer.

Watching Liu Neng leave, Lee the Jailer spoke: "Sit down first, tell me about your wrongdoing, what happened?"

Lin Fei explained a bit and Lee the Jailer found it quite amusing.

"Officials and bandits as one? If that were the case, it would be fine, but unfortunately, officials are worse than bandits! Alright, enough said, someone! Throw this kid into the prison for ten days, release him then."

Lee the Jailer didn’t want to say much more, directly calling out to a prison guard.

Soon, two young prison guards came over, dragged Lin Fei, leading him into the prison, then brought him to the prison, throwing him inside.

Meanwhile, Lin Fei’s chains were untied.

In the dim light, Lin Fei saw there were more than ten people in the room, quite lively.

At this moment, as the newcomer, Lin Fei was naturally at a disadvantage and would surely be bullied.

"New here?"

One who seemed to be the leader among the ten-plus people asked.

"Yes, please take care of me." Lin Fei said, cupping his hands towards the prisoners sitting around the corners of the walls.

"What crime did you commit? How long will you be here?"

Another prisoner stood up, slouching as he walked towards Lin Fei.

Lin Fei chuckled, "Just spoke about those soldiers at the city gate, officials and bandits being one, so..."

"Hahaha! Officials and bandits as one? Indeed, but I have to correct something, officials are bandits, no! They’re even worse than bandits!" One prisoner said.

Lin Fei nodded, clearly, this city wasn’t as good as it seemed, its prosperity wasn’t as it appeared.

"Alright, since you’re new here, just sleep over there. How long will you be kept here?" At this moment, the leader of the prisoners asked.

Lin Fei chuckled, "Should be about ten days to half a month, I’m not too sure, maybe the prison head will forget about me, and I won’t get out."

Upon hearing Lin Fei’s words, the prisoners laughed, but suddenly, a gust of energy rushed towards Lin Fei’s face.

Without saying a word, Lin Fei leaned back, and a palm wind condensed with True Qi swept over his head, crashed into a thick steel plate, making a loud noise.

Immediately, prison guards outside came and knocked on the door, speaking, "You better not cause trouble, or you’ll be punished immediately!"

Upon hearing this, the prisoner leader chuckled, shouted out, "It’s okay, boss, we’re just practicing some punches, no problem, no problem."

"Better not cause trouble!" The prison guard said, knowing they were bullying the newcomer but still not intervening, as this was the rule here.

"Alright, kid, just squat over there! Don’t annoy me, you’re blocking my air standing at the door." The prisoner leader said impatiently to Lin Fei.

Lin Fei chuckled, nodded, walked towards the direction of the chamber pot and urine basin but did not get too close.

"Hey, the boss asked you to stand to the side, not there, someone is already there, hurry up, hurry up!" A prisoner shouted at Lin Fei.

However, at this time, Lin Fei walked towards him.

"What do you want? Rebellion?" That prisoner said coldly.

Lin Fei chuckled, "I’m just thinking of changing places with you, what’s the matter? Do you disagree?"