Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 179 - 173 - Each Parent of the Governor has One on Average

Chapter 179: Chapter 173 - Each Parent of the Governor has One on Average

"Brother San, why are we using Deputy Officer Lu Qingquan’s flag?" Wang Ziteng didn’t quite understand.

Before Zhang San could speak, Big Head Wang explained, "Our rank is too low, and even Brother San is just a Ninth Rank Scattered Official. But if we come in the name of Deputy Officer Lu, though still not of equal rank, it would be higher, and perhaps if there’s some important public affairs, the other party would find it inconvenient to refuse."

Wang Ziteng nodded in realization, and then noticed that lately Big Head Wang seemed to have really gotten smarter.

"Brother Wu, how come you seem a lot smarter than before?"

Big Head Wang smiled honestly and said in a low voice, "I don’t know."

Zhang San on the side said, "It must be because his brain got smarter after being jabbed with a sword. Brother Liu, you should give it a try too."

Wang Ziteng’s face was full of black lines, and at this moment, someone informed the three of them that the Governor had requested their presence.

After the three of them entered, they saw the Governor who had previously refused to let them proceed with the land and shop transfer, sitting in the grand hall where he conducted official business.

Zhang San bowed with his hands clasped in front of him.

"Town Martial Office’s Zhang San (Wang Ziteng/Wang Junwu) pays respect to Governor Shi."

It has to be said, having a Governor with the surname Shi made addressing him feel somewhat explosive.

Governor Shi sat aloofly on high, casting a cold glance over the three men.

"Where is Lu Qingquan?"

"This matter is instructed by Officer Lu himself for us to carry out, as the Chuan-Yu Road has been quite restive lately and Officer Lu is spread too thin."

Zhang San’s tone was very polite, after all, the power was in the hands of the Governor, and it would be best if they could persuade him to process the matter smoothly.

"Since it isn’t Lu Qingquan himself, how do I know that you three are from the Town Martial Office?"

"Moreover, the price for your business deal seems too low, doesn’t it? Do you know how prosperous my Fuzhou is?"

"Cast your eyes across the entire realm of Fuzhou— which family doesn’t have fifty taels of gold? With that little money you have, you want to buy land? I think you’re taking advantage of the situation to embezzle!"

Although Wang Ziteng was born into the Wang Family and had seen money, he couldn’t help but feel a bit restrained upon hearing Governor Shi’s words.

"Governor Shi, every household in Fuzhou has fifty taels of gold?"

"Of course! Under my governance, it is very normal for the people to be prosperous, isn’t it?"

"But... well..."

"What but? Let me tell you, this fifty taels of gold for every household – I’ve had it calculated. Averaging it out, every Fuzhou family does have fifty taels."

Zhang San couldn’t help but twist his mouth and said, "Governor Shi, we naturally believe that with you here, Fuzhou’s economy is thriving, and the people are wealthy. It’s not that we doubt the average doesn’t hold fifty taels per household. It’s just that after all, it’s an average, it only means there are wealthy people in Fuzhou, but it can’t represent everyone is wealthy, nor can it represent that the value of land and shops is high."

Zhang San knew, if the price was too high, then the government office would take a cut of the tax.

I myself didn’t plan to make money on this deal, and I should let you profit from it?

However, when Governor Shi heard this, he slapped the table and shouted angrily, "Audacious! Under my jurisdiction, is there room for you to question? Moreover, from the beginning, I suspected whether you were really from the Town Martial Office. I fear someone might be impersonating Town Martial Office martial artists. Come, someone!"

At Governor Shi’s shout, seven or eight burly men immediately charged in from outside.

Of course, these men of the Primordial Qi Realm, Zhang San could knock them flat on the ground with a single chopstick, making them call him daddy’s daddy and granddad’s granddad.

But the problem was that bullying such people was meaningless.

"Governor Shi, hold on a moment, I have a way to prove we are the martial artists from the Town Martial Office."

Governor Shi let out a scornful laugh, "How do I know your tokens aren’t forged? Besides, even if it were real tokens, I have no means to check them here. Naturally, I should let you impostors say whatever you want!"

Zhang San said with a smile, "It’s not about tokens, but another method."

As he spoke, Zhang San performed the Ghost Summoning Method.

It wasn’t long before they heard the clanking of iron chains outside the main hall.

Then, an old man and an old woman were dragged in by two green-faced, ferocious ghosts.

Upon seeing the disheveled old man and then glancing at the emaciated old woman beside him, Governor Shi suddenly knelt on the ground.

"Grandfather, Grandmother, how could it be you? Aren’t you long gone from this world?"

The old woman, seeing her son, tears streaked down her face as she cried and said, "My child! Your mom and your granddad were being punished down below, but upon hearing that you’d provoked some important figure up here, they brought us over! Who have you messed with?"

At that moment, even though Governor Shi, kneeling on the ground, still couldn’t be sure whether Zhang San and the others were from the Town Martial Office, he knew that Zhang San didn’t need to claim they were martial artists from the Town Martial Office; if Zhang San claimed he was his grandfather, he would have to acknowledge it.

"I was wrong, the three of you. I let myself be confused by ghosts and wrongly troubled you. I... I was just playing a joke on you. Someone, go quickly and get the deeds and store transfer procedures done for the three of them!"

In the main hall, six out of the eight burly men had fainted from fear, leaving two kneeling on the ground and crawling out to call for people to handle the affairs.

After all, it was their first time seeing ghosts in broad daylight, and they were utterly unprepared.

"Your mom and your granddad are still suffering punishment down below, so don’t cause us trouble in the Realm of the Living anymore, understand?"

Upon hearing this, Governor Shi immediately knelt and kowtowed to admit his error to his parents.

But as he raised his head, he suddenly noticed the old man’s face.

"No, that’s not right! Who are you?"

As he spoke, Governor Shi stood up from the ground and pointed at the old man as he shouted, "You’re not my grandfather! Speak up, who are you? Aha! Zhang San, so it was you who arranged for these people to deceive me. And those two green-faced, ferocious ghosts behind you are also impersonators you hired, aren’t they?"

Zhang San scoffed coldly and continued to watch the drama unfold with arms folded.

Seeing her son question his own father like this, the old woman slapped him across the face.

SMACK!

"You unfilial son, how could you not recognize your own father!"

Governor Shi’s face swelled from the slap as he roared, "How my grandfather looks, don’t I know that!"

The old woman also roared back, "Who your birth grandfather is, don’t I know that! Otherwise, why do you think we’re being punished down below?"

With that single statement, the case was cracked.

It dawned on Governor Shi that the old man before him, whom he had never seen masked, was indeed his biological father.

At that moment, Zhang San asked, "Since they are your birth parents, I have a question. On average, does that make them one each?"

Governor Shi’s face changed.

I’ve already agreed to process your paperwork, so why do you still have to bully me with the average joke!

The old man, hearing Zhang San’s question, sighed sadly.

"To be frank, on average, there are no eggs!"

"Right now, I am undergoing castration as a punishment down there! They cut it off and then let it grow back before cutting it off again. Look, it hasn’t grown back yet."

Saying so, the old man was even eager to show Zhang San.

"There’s no need, really no need."

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[Note 60]Reference explanation

The plot of bringing the parents’ ghosts to Governor Shi in this Chapter is borrowed from the story of Liu Gen Summoning Ghosts in "In Search of the Supernatural."