Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 204 - 197: You are surrounded, surrender immediately!_2

Chapter 204: Chapter 197: You are surrounded, surrender immediately!_2

Zhang San nodded slightly.

Seeing Zhang San nod, the martial artist who had just spoken let out a sigh of relief, feeling that having dared to "speak out for justice" in front of the leader of the Town Martial Office, they would have something to boast about after leaving the Dragon Serpent Gang.

Spurt—

Suddenly, Zhang San drew his Horizontal Blade and slit the throat of the self-satisfied martial artist.

The martial artist’s eyes bulged, not understanding why Zhang San had nodded to his words moments ago, only to...

Zhang San sighed helplessly and said, "Don’t hold a grudge against me; if you must blame someone, blame your parents. After all, even if they didn’t kill you with their own hands, they’re still related to your death! If it weren’t for them giving birth to you, how could you have been killed?"

As he spoke, Zhang San grabbed the collar of the martial artist and pulled him closer, wiped the blood off the Horizontal Blade with the shoulder of the man’s shirt, and then tossed the body onto the ground nearby.

"This is the end for those who cause trouble without reason! Now, does anyone else feel they need to seek revenge against the Dragon Serpent Gang?"

Upon these words, the entire place fell silent.

Meanwhile, the eleven Pond Masters of the Dragon Serpent Gang in the distance all breathed a sigh of relief.

They were thankful that everyone had cooperated when Zhang San arrived.

Even one of the Pond Masters asked in a low voice, "Should we prepare some food for the gentlemen of the Town Martial Office?"

"Good idea!"

"Hurry, get the disciples to prepare the food! Quick!"

And as the members of the Dragon Slaying Alliance were sorted out, the twenty-four martial artists who were flying the flag of revenge, and some martial artists who claimed to be just, were quickly separated.

Zhang San summoned the representatives of the twenty-four families, and then called over the eleven Pond Masters.

"I’ve already told you who the enemies of your twenty-four families are, and although the matter involves the Dragon Serpent Gang, your real enemies are not the Dragon Serpent Gang. Every debt has its debtor. Do you twenty-four families have any questions?"

Many of the twenty-four families lowered their heads.

It wasn’t a matter of having no questions; even if they had any, no one dared to voice them.

Just as Zhang San was about to continue speaking, a woman stepped forward and bowed to Zhang San.

"Old Master Zhang of the Town Martial Office, my husband was invited out with all our family’s fortune, but ended up killed by the Mysterious Soldiers Sect. Now that you from the Town Martial Office have destroyed the Mysterious Soldiers Sect, and I heard that the people of the Mysterious Soldiers Sect have all been taken by your Town Martial Office, how is my vengeance to be settled?"

Seeing someone take the lead, especially a widow, the other five families whose enemies were the Mysterious Soldiers Sect also stole glances at Zhang San.

After all, with the Mysterious Soldiers Sect gone, everything had been annexed by the Town Martial Office.

Logically speaking, it made perfect sense for the Town Martial Office to offer compensation.

Zhang San scoffed and said, "Sect Leader Xie Dezhao of the Mysterious Soldiers Sect has escaped, and there are also three Elders and over seventy disciples of the Mysterious Soldiers Sect on the loose. I have already prepared portraits of these people and details of their abilities for you all. You can seek your revenge against them."

As he spoke, Zhang San actually took out six booklets from the Gluttonous Bag and handed them over.

The woman was dumbfounded, having thought that as a widow, she could play on sympathy and then morally blackmail the Town Martial Office into gaining some benefits.

Little did she expect that she wouldn’t get a thing from Zhang San.

"Furthermore, these people are all wanted criminals by the Town Martial Office. If you capture them, you can bring their corpses to our Town Martial Office branches to claim the reward. Consider this a subsidy from the Town Martial Office for you widows."

The widow was utterly stunned at this statement!

Before she could even utilize her moral blackmailing skills, he had already played a card of widespread beneficence?

What kind of subsidy for a widow is that? It’s simply the reward one is supposed to get after killing someone!

Seeing that the widow remained silent, Zhang San directly ignored her and turned his head to look at the eleven Pond Masters.

"But after all, this matter arose because of your Dragon Serpent Gang, and if you don’t give something in return, it wouldn’t be quite right," he said.

The Pond Masters of the Dragon Serpent Gang immediately clasped their hands and said, "Military Chief Zhang, rest assured, as long as we can afford it, we will definitely pay!"

The representatives of the twenty-four families, although they did not know why the Dragon Serpent Gang was so amiable towards Zhang San, were pleased to see the Dragon Serpent Gang willing to pay.

After all, who wouldn’t be happy to receive additional compensation?

"Logically, you should compensate these twenty-four families with a certain amount of gold and silver to make up for their losses, but considering they established the Dragon Slaying Alliance to attack the Dragon Serpent Gang, causing numerous casualties and significant damage to the Dragon Serpent Gang’s buildings, a moral compensation to them would square things away with what the twenty-four families should compensate you for. How about that?"

"We will follow whatever Military Chief Zhang decides."

All eleven Pond Masters answered in unison.

The twenty-four distinctly displeased representatives on the other side couldn’t dare make a peep.

"For the sake of your two factions’ dispute, my Town Martial Office had to deploy over a thousand people, which really is..."

"Our Dragon Serpent Gang is willing to give twenty thousand taels of gold as a small compensation to the brothers and sisters of the Town Martial Office."

Zhang San hadn’t expected the Pond Masters of the Dragon Serpent Gang to answer so eagerly.

Moreover, ten taels of gold per person, and the remaining few thousand taels for himself, the price was quite fair.

"Alright, if the representatives of the twenty-four families have no issues, then sign the letter of understanding now. From here on out, you can’t trouble the Dragon Serpent Gang because of this matter. Similarly, the Dragon Serpent Gang cannot seek vengeance against any of the twenty-four families because of today’s events. If there are no problems, come and sign."

The job of the Town Martial Office is not just about fighting and killing but also about quelling disputes between martial forces.

Otherwise, if martial forces fought every day, innocent bystanders would be easily caught in the crossfire.

After watching both parties sign, Zhang San finally felt reassured and had his people take away the representatives of the twenty-four families, along with their family members and some friends they had invited.

And then, there were those who insisted on stepping in as the champions of justice.

Soon after, Big Head Wang came to Zhang San and said, "Brother San, there are about three hundred martial artists remaining, and also some who saw that things were going south and escaped early on."

Zhang San waved his hand and said, "Aside from those with stronger abilities who should continue to be pursued, let the weaker ones go. Then investigate thoroughly, mainly to find out who summoned them here and who proactively contacted the twenty-four families. Among these people, there must be a big fish!"

Big Head Wang immediately understood what Zhang San meant.

"Rest assured, Brother San, I’ll interrogate them right away."

That very night, under the hazy moonlight, Zhang San was drinking by the side of Drunken Moon Lake when Big Head Wang and Wang Ziteng approached with two martial artists whose faces were somewhat deformed from beating.

"Brother San, these two are very suspicious and also extremely arrogant," they said.

Zhang San glanced at the two men, who obviously had been beaten quite badly already.

"You guys too, it’s just interrogation, why do you have to hit so hard? Just because someone made a mistake, does that mean they are no longer human? That they no longer deserve any dignity?"

The two martial artists hardly expected that the person leading the Town Martial Office this time would be someone so reasonable.

One of the martial artists shouted, "See? Your boss has spoken, hurry up and untie me!"

The other also bellowed, "Exactly! Bow down and apologize to us now, and you might be spared. You can’t afford to offend the people backing us!"

At that moment, Zhang San motioned for Big Head Wang and Wang Ziteng to come closer and, in a voice low enough yet still audible to everyone present, said, "Hit them on the body, so the injuries don’t show on their faces. It’s best to target places like the crotch, areas they’d be ashamed to expose. Later on, when they can’t show the injuries, they’ll have no way to prove you were violent during the interrogation. Got it?"

The expressions of the two martial artists, which had been smug just a moment before, now congealed like the icy moonlight in the night.