Chapter 32 The Students of the Imperial Academy

Inside the alley...

Qin Shandao lay on the ground, covered in blood.

He was breathing heavily, his eyes revealing intense resentment!

Why?

Why are you doing this to me!

I've already come all the way to the Imperial College, and they still won't let me go!

Suddenly, I felt a pain in my hand.

But the ringleader stepped on his hand.

"Young Master Qin, I'm sorry, we're just doing our job for money."

"Don't resent us. Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor. You should know who is targeting you."

"We only want your arm!"

The ringleader crouched down and explained softly...

Qin Shandao's clenched teeth gradually loosened, and the resentment in his eyes slowly faded...

Now that things have come to this, what else can he do?

His family wanted to deal with him, so he had no choice but to accept his fate!

"Bring me a knife."

The ringleader stretched out his hand, and one of his men immediately handed him a machete.

"Young Master Qin, I've specially sharpened this knife; it's very sharp and won't cause you much pain!" the leader of the thugs explained softly.

Just as he raised his hand, ready to strike, a loud shout came from afar...

"Which bastard dares to bully the people of our Imperial Academy!"

Swish...

About twenty thugs turned around at once.

Fang Yi'ai and Cui Shenji arrived together, both wielding wooden sticks and exuding a murderous aura.

However, upon seeing more than twenty adults, the two couldn't help but swallow hard...

“Yiai, go ahead.”

Why don't you go?

"You know martial arts."

"Really? How come I didn't know that myself?"

"You can do somersaults."

"They still can't beat more than twenty people!"

After a brief murmur, their fierce demeanor vanished, and they were reduced to cowards in the blink of an eye.

"Is this your classmate?"

The leader of the thugs sneered and looked at Qin Shandao with a mocking expression.

Qin Shandao was also stunned.

He never imagined that the person who would come to his rescue would be Choi Shin-ki, the one who slapped himself in the butt.

"Take care of them."

The leader of the thugs waved his hand dismissively, thinking they were just two little brats who could be easily subdued.

"You can't touch them!"

Qin Shandao mustered all his strength to speak: "I am just a son of a concubine. If you touch me, no one will bother you."

"But they are different!"

"One is the eldest son of the Cui family of Qinghe, and the other is the eldest son of the Prime Minister."

“If you touch them, there will be no place for you in the entire Chang'an... no, in the entire Tang Dynasty.”

The leader of the thugs frowned and decisively stopped his men.

"Just keep them under control, don't hurt them!"

To prevent further accidents, the ringleader raised his knife again: "Thank you for the advice, Young Master Qin, but it's my duty, and it can't change your fate!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the leader of the thugs suddenly swung his hand downwards.

Whoosh...

The cleaver swung down, creating a whooshing sound.

Qin Shandao closed his eyes and clenched his teeth.

Just as he resigned himself to his fate, he heard a loud bang and some shards landed on his face.

But his own hand felt no pain.

Opening his eyes, he saw the thug staring at him with a sinister expression.

"Luckily, I wasn't too late."

Wei Shuyu walked over step by step with a sullen face.

"Big Brother is awesome!"

"Big brother is so domineering."

Choi Shin-ki and Bang Yi-ae immediately transformed into devoted fans...

"Another one?"

This time, the ringleader was unusually solemn.

Because this young man in front of him, with just a broken porcelain bottle, managed to deflect his full-force slash.

That force is terrifying.

"Go! Take them down!"

The leader of the thugs was getting anxious. They had already attracted three people, and if they dragged it out any longer, who knew what other unexpected things might happen? They had to finish the job quickly.

Just as he was about to raise his knife again, he heard hurried footsteps in the distance.

"Godbase, I'm here..."

As Wang Xiu's voice rang out, a group of little kids came running over from afar.

Upon closer inspection, there were no fewer than thirty people!

They were all around ten years old, dressed in fine clothes, yet still very young.

They carried wooden sticks, bricks, and various other weapons.

He was staring menacingly at the twenty-odd thugs.

That's not the scariest part. What's truly terrifying is that behind these kids are a large number of guards and servants!

Each of them was armed with blades and spears!

The ringleader was dumbfounded...

What the hell did I do to offend this deity?

"Go! Drive them back!"

To become the leader of a gang of thugs, he was certainly no pushover.

In this situation, we can't get anywhere without paying a price.

If Qin Shandao's hand is chopped off, he will still have a chance to leave.

However, Qin Shandao's words completely extinguished his idea of ​​breaking through...

"They are all students of the Imperial Academy."

Students of the Imperial Academy?

If these people are all talented young people, then the ringleader is not to be feared.

But it was precisely because they were just kids that the ringleader was terrified...

There are two types of people who want to study at the Imperial College.

Firstly, one must be exceptionally talented and can only enter school after reaching the age of fourteen.

Secondly, sons of officials of the third rank or above, or top-ranking nobles.

These children looked to be under fourteen years old.

Therefore, the conclusion is that they were all the sons of high-ranking officials.

"Brothers, let's go! Take them down!"

With reinforcements, Choi Shin-ki became bolder.

With a wave of his hand, he took the lead and charged forward with a roar.

He picked up a stick and swung it left and right, just like a fierce general who could kill any god or Buddha in his way.

The other friends were also incredibly excited.

They love gang fights the most.

They were all like they'd been injected with adrenaline, yelling and shouting as they got to work.

The thugs are suffering inside; they're all spoiled brats, and there's no way they'll fight back.

If we were to damage these little devils, who knows what the consequences would be?

They lay face down on the ground, hands covering their heads, letting them beat them.

In no time, all the thugs were beaten to the ground.

Only the ringleader, who controlled Qin Shandao, was able to survive.

"Let him go."

Wei Shuyu pushed through the crowd and stepped forward.

"If I let him go, who will let me go?" The leader of the thugs tightly blocked Qin Shandao in front of him.

His men could beg for mercy, but he couldn't.

Intending to murder the son of a duke is a serious crime.

Once they surrender, they'll basically spend the rest of their lives in prison.

"You're just a hoodlum from Chang'an, how dare you attack the son of a duke?"

"Even if we let you go, do you think the mastermind behind it will let you go?"

The ringleader's pupils constricted sharply.

Only then did he realize his predicament.

"Just surrender obediently, reveal who's behind it all, and you'll be a hero again in a few years."

As Wei Shuyu spoke, he suddenly turned to Cui Shenji and asked, "How many years in prison is this crime?"

To everyone's surprise, Choi Shin-ki shook his head: "Skinning, tendon-pulling, slow slicing, dismemberment..."

*Smack*

Wei Shuyu smacked him on the head with his other hand.

"Shut up."

"You're the one who asked me that."

Choi Shin-ki covered his head in grievance.

"I can make the decision: reveal who's behind this, and I'll spare your life," Wei Shuyu declared domineeringly.

The ringleader was tempted.

He was just doing his job for money; why should he go against these noble sons if he could live a good life?

"I don't want to go to jail."

The ringleader began to bargain.

"You think you can leave without paying a price?"

Even if I agree to it, do you believe it yourself?

Wei Shuyu's question truly stunned the ringleader.

Attacking the son of a duke is a serious crime. If we just let him go, what if others follow suit?

How can the lives of the sons of noble families be guaranteed?

Even if Wei Shuyu agrees, the other nobles will not let him go.

"If I confess to being the mastermind, will I get a lighter sentence?"

After hesitating for a long time, the ringleader finally chose to back down.

As Wei Shuyu said, since we've already been caught, the worst that can happen is that we have to spend a few years in prison.

Compared to dying far from home, spending a few years in prison doesn't seem like such a big deal.

"You can't tell!"

Just then, Qin Shandao suddenly spoke up, interrupting their conversation.

This sudden scene left everyone dumbfounded.

"Let me go, and you can leave. I won't bother you."