Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 205 - 198: I Swear in the Name of Infertility!

Chapter 205: Chapter 198: I Swear in the Name of Infertility!

Two martial artists originally had an arrogant look on their faces and did not take the people from the Town Martial Office seriously at all.

However, after hearing Zhang San’s words, they both felt a chill running down their spines.

"Why do I feel a chill on my spine?"

"I feel it too, as if something is blowing cold air behind me."

At this moment, Zhang San glanced at them and said with a smile, "You two should not overthink it..."

Although the two indeed breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was just their imagination, their look at Zhang San was still full of wariness.

"Behind you two, there really are ghosts blowing air."

The two turned around abruptly and indeed found two small ghosts, less than four feet tall, dressed in green clothes and with chicken feet, blowing air at them with wicked smiles.[Note 64]

Seeing the ghosts behind them, the two screamed in terror.

As the two screamed, the breath from their mouths became visible.

Each ghost took a deep breath, and their figures suddenly grew to over a meter tall, laughing heartily as they turned and walked away.

At this moment, the two martial artists were terrified, their faces turning pale.

Zhang San saw that Wen Ruchu, who was sticky like a sticking plaster, was also nearby, so he waved to Wen Ruchu to slap these two people a few times.

Wen Ruchu walked over with an unhappy expression.

Now, Wen Ruchu’s principle was, if Zhang San asked him to do something, he would definitely not do it properly; if Zhang San didn’t ask, he would insist on doing it!

Zhang San asking him to slap these two somewhat frightened martial artists was probably to wake them up and continue the interrogation.

I will just do it contrary to your wish.

Thus, although Wen Ruchu raised his hand high, the slap that fell was not forceful.

Many people present noticed that Wen Ruchu’s slap was too perfunctory.

So much so that the slapped martial artists realized, why is he raising his hand high and then letting it fall gently?

We never heard about having our own people undercover at the Town Martial Office, did we?

The other still-panicked martial artist came to his senses only after being lightly slapped by Wen Ruchu, realizing that he had been scared out of his wits, and then got another faint slap from Wen Ruchu.

He looked at Wen Ruchu with a puzzled face and sneered, "Didn’t you eat?"

Wen Ruchu became unhappy then.

I lightly hit you, saving you the pain, and you don’t appreciate me at all, but mock me instead?

Smack—

Wen Ruchu’s slap this time was full of power, slapping three teeth out of the other’s mouth.

But Wen Ruchu was still not relieved, and backhanded another slap.

During this period, although Wen Ruchu felt he had learned a lot and grown on Chuan-Yu Road, he had also suffered a lot of injustice.

Who am I?

The eldest son and grandson of the Head of Wen Family, who would inherit the Wen Family business and become the most powerful minister of Great Sui!

But now, I am being toyed with by someone like Zhang San, the Acting Military Chief, on Chuan-Yu Road, even mocked by characters like you who are nothing but cannon fodder.

Smack, smack, smack—

All the anger that Wen Ruchu had accumulated during this time was completely unleashed now.

The beaten martial artist immediately begged for mercy, but the more he begged, the harder Wen Ruchu hit.

In the end, the martial artist got furiously angry.

"Do you have any idea who the hell I am? How dare you hit me with such brutality!"

Wen Ruchu paused for a moment, subconsciously stopping his hand with caution.

Indeed, this period had made Wen Ruchu much calmer than when he was in the Capital.

However, in the next instant, Wen Ruchu realized and angrily said, "Do you know who I am?"

Slap—

As he spoke, Wen Ruchu slapped the other person’s face again.

This slap directly made the other’s head buzz.

The other looked at Wen Ruchu with bloodshot eyes filled with rage and roared, "I am a trusted aide of Governor Chen Jingxue of Hezhou! Chen Jingxue, do you know him? A mighty Governor of a province! Are you afraid now?"

Slap!

In response, Wen Ruchu jumped up and viciously slapped him again.

This time, the force of the slap was so great that it deformed the other’s head.

As the kneeling martial artist slowly fell to the ground, his companion panicked.

When Governor Chen had sent them, he hadn’t said this task was worth dying for!

Wen Ruchu looked at the body on the ground and, still not feeling quite satisfied, kicked it twice.

"I’m the eldest grandson of the prestigious Wen Family. Even a mere Governor wouldn’t dare be arrogant in front of me, and yet you dare to act wildly before us? Well, why don’t you get up and continue acting wildly?"

The other martial artists kneeling on the ground were terrified and immediately started kowtowing towards Zhang San.

"I’ll talk, I’ll talk, I’ll say anything."

Zhang San laughed.

This was the effect he wanted.

He just hadn’t expected Wen Ruchu to be so forceful today.

"Step back, Wen Ruchu. Now, brother, you tell us, what did Governor Chen Jingxue of your house order you to do?"

The martial artist sighed resignedly and said, "Governor Chen ordered us to spread rumors, or rather, to disseminate the current situation of the Dragon Serpent Gang, claiming their gang leader is almost dead, and they’re still infighting. It’s a ripe opportunity."

"Then... then connect with twenty-four families affiliated with the Dragon Serpent Gang, and find some greedy martial artists. After all, many martial artists aren’t living well and rarely have opportunities. If we could take down the Dragon Serpent Gang this time, everyone could get a substantial share of the spoils."

Zhang San nodded.

It seemed close to what he had previously speculated: on the surface, the twenty-four families wanted revenge, thus they united and gathered many other ’justice’ warriors, but in reality, they were all driven by someone in the background.

The goal seemed to be to create chaos within the Dragon Serpent Gang.

And once the Dragon Serpent Gang was in chaos, someone could take the opportunity to step in and then search for the ledger.

The people of the Wen Family were here, so it definitely wasn’t the Wen Family stoking the fires.

Combining this with the intelligence previously obtained by Xu in prison, it wasn’t hard to deduce that the ultimate instigator was someone from the Crown Prince’s side.

It was very likely sent by the Crown Prince’s Horse Washer from the Capital.

And this Chen Jingxue was likely just a tool.

"What about your other accomplices?"

The kneeling martial artist continually shook his head frantically and said, "There are no other accomplices, because Governor Chen was worried that too many people might expose us, so it was just the two of us brothers. Originally, there was one more, but he was too busy showing off his fierceness on the battlefield and got pierced by the Town Martial Office’s flying sword."

Zhang San looked at Wen Ruchu beside him and then at the kneeling martial artist, and coldly said, "Really no other accomplices?"

The martial artist desperately nodded and said, "No more. Really no more. I swear! I swear by... by... by my infertility! If I’m lying, I’ll get home and my wife will get pregnant!"

Zhang San hadn’t expected the man to take it so far.

But just then, a martial artist hurriedly ran over to report to Zhang San.

"Military Chief Zhang, we’ve just discovered that martial artists have secretly infiltrated the Dragon Serpent Gang!"

The moment he heard this, the martial artist who had been swearing his assurances promptly fainted.

========

[Note 64]Reference Explanation

This mention of the little imp in green clothes with chicken feet is from "Zi Bu Yu, Volume Fourteen," known as the Soul-hooking Ghost.