“This young master just likes dealing with smart people.” A strong dragon does not fight the local snake; know when to stop.

However, when William Carter perfectly pieced together the shredded paper, Lord Miller couldn’t help but curse with a darkened face, “That ungrateful beast! Even if you’re Head Constable Brooks’s own cousin, I’ll skin you alive.”

Chapter 8: The Might of the Martial King

“Alice Foster is Head Constable Brooks’s own cousin?” That was an unexpected discovery.

Luckily, I didn’t go straight to Head Constable Brooks just now, otherwise, who knows how things would have turned out.

“Don’t worry, Head Constable Brooks is a man of integrity. Take my official letter and go find him right away, arrest Alice Foster first.” Michael Miller wrote the order with a serious face and stamped it with his official seal.

With Lord Miller’s letter, Head Constable Brooks was so furious he smashed the table with his palm.

It was easy enough for a cousin to invite another cousin for a drink. Faced with irrefutable evidence, Alice Foster fell to his knees before his cousin and cried, “Cousin, please let me go, I was blinded by greed. And I’m addicted to gambling, Samuel Thompson has his eyes on me. If I don’t pay up, he’ll take your cousin-in-law and niece as collateral. The brothel is a place that eats people alive, but I can’t pay it back, it’s a thousand taels…”

“You beast!” Head Constable Brooks immediately kicked and broke Alice Foster’s ribs.

“Even a single Flying Centipede is more than we can handle, let alone with the The Thompson Family involved. Sir, this is a tough situation.” Head Constable Brooks looked at Michael Miller with a gloomy face.

“Samuel Thompson is ambitious and ruthless, wanting to use the Flying Centipede to wipe out the top family in Tianyang, the The Harris Family, and then come after our The Carter Family.

But by doing so, Lord Miller will inevitably be dragged in, and Samuel Thompson won’t leave you any way out either, Lord Miller.

On principle, I’ll discuss this with my father.

When the time comes, we’ll cooperate with the authorities to eradicate the The Thompson Family. However…” William Carter paused and looked at Michael Miller.

“Rest assured, from now on, the The Carter Family is a friend of mine, Michael Miller.” Michael Miller made his position clear, then wrote a letter and handed it to Head Constable Brooks, saying, “Take my letter and rush to Hai’an County, go directly to Chief Constable Andrew King.”

“Son, you’re putting the The Carter Family on the fire.

Even if we help the authorities wipe out the The Thompson Family, the The Harris Family won’t suffer any losses.

Our family will definitely lose some experts, but for now, this is the only way.

At least, we have Lord Miller’s help.” Edward Carter frowned deeply after hearing this.

“I’ll make sure the The Harris Family gets a taste of their own medicine first.” A cold glint flashed in William Carter’s eyes.

“How will you do that?” Edward Carter was taken aback.

“For the sake of the The Carter Family, we’ll have to sacrifice Grace King and Anna Bolton from Wild Boar Ridge.

Lord Miller has already spread the word overnight that tomorrow he’ll be checking on the unmarried women in each village and town under his jurisdiction, planning to gather them together for protection.

This way, we’ll force the snake out of its hole.

After the Flying Centipede commits the last two cases, he’ll fulfill his promise to Samuel Thompson, and then the The Harris Family will be in trouble.

We’ll cooperate with the authorities and seize the opportunity to capture Samuel Thompson and the Flying Centipede.” William Carter said.

“Did you tell Lord Miller about the ‘Miqiu Map’?” Edward Carter asked.

“No! I just made up another reason.” William Carter shook his head and looked at his father, “But about the Miqiu Map, is the Martial King’s secret treasure real?”

“That’s just a legend, but there is a record of it in our The Carter Family’s ancestral records.” Edward Carter thought for a moment and said, “It’s a story from many years ago. They say someone discovered the treasure map of the Martial King of Miqiu River, known as the ‘Miqiu Map.’

At the time, it caused a huge bloody storm.

To seize the map, over a hundred factions, including the royal families of the five kingdoms, got involved. The death toll was in the millions—it was a catastrophe.

Later, some said it was all a scam, that someone wanted to become the king of the martial world.

After that, the martial world was devastated and took centuries to recover.

As time passed, people gradually forgot about this earth-shattering scam.”

“Does the Miqiu River really have such influence?” William Carter was skeptical.

“Of course. The Martial King of Miqiu River stood at the pinnacle of martial strength in his time.

Back then, when he wielded his Fangtian Halberd, it was like a rainbow streaking across the sky. With one strike, he supposedly carved out a river.

That’s the origin of the ‘Fangtian River’ that flows through the five kingdoms of Yan, Zhao, Qi, Chu, and Qin. Some say his Fangtian Halberd was actually a divine brush.

Otherwise, how could the Fangtian River form a massive pentagon around the five kingdoms and then disappear deep underground, never to be seen again?

Such a powerful divine ability seems to have surpassed human limits.

So, no one could resist the allure of his secret.” Edward Carter said.

“For such a huge river to flow underground, there must be a source. It can’t just vanish, right?” William Carter was so shocked his jaw nearly dropped.

You know, the Fangtian River is said to be a hundred li wide, with raging waters. Even the Yangtze, the longest river in China, would look like a little earthworm in comparison.

How could so much water just disappear underground?

“Whether you believe it or not, I don’t either. Many experts who didn’t believe in this legend tried to follow the river underground to uncover the secret, but none ever returned.