Normally, when officials from the City Guard Department caught thieves, they would tie them up and bring them back for interrogation. But Chen Cheng's method—knocking out all the thieves, tying them into a single line, and dragging them back like a hunter with a string of prey—was far too unorthodox. It was simply unheard of.
However, neither the Great Yu Law nor the City Guard Department's regulations forbade such an action. Based on the principle that what is not prohibited is permitted, Chen Cheng had done nothing wrong. On the contrary, by capturing the thieves, he was acting in accordance with the law and his actions were perfectly legitimate.
For Ji Jingbei to suddenly rush out and criticize Chen Cheng was completely unjustified. It only exposed his own superficiality and his malicious intent to deliberately make things difficult for Chen Cheng.
