Chapter 18

Zhou Yaoyang's troops surround the Long estate.
Bao'er and Zhang Ma help bring Chen's mother inside the house.
Chen defeats and beheads the sergeant.
Zhou Weiqing, the Savage Marquis, arrives. But Chen shows him a jade tablet signed by Yun Qi, signifying Chen was part of the alchemist guild, which was above the empire's laws. Chen threatened to report Zhou if Zhou's soldiers did not clean up the mess around the house, and Zhou is forced to oblige.