Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 223 - 216: The thing is, it’s not that we won’t do it...

Chapter 223: Chapter 216: The thing is, it’s not that we won’t do it...

As Zhang San cast Xiezhi’s Questioning, he could see through the words spoken by Hu Feipan, which were true and which were false.

At this moment, from Zhang San’s perspective, he could see a Xiezhi phantom around him. The phantom was quite blurry, except for a single sharp horn that was distinctly clear.

Now, this horn was pointing directly at Hu Feipan’s heart.

Should Hu Feipan lie, the Technique would detect it, and the Xiezhi’s horn would extend and pierce Hu Feipan’s heart.

Of course, there was no actual harm, and even these images were only visible to Zhang San himself.

After all, Xiezhi’s Questioning was merely an interrogation method, not a combat technique.

"Military Chief Zhang can rest assured; as the Governor of Fuling City, how can I not help when Town Martial Office comes seeking assistance!"

As Hu Feipan finished speaking, the straight horn of the Xiezhi phantom pierced directly into his heart.

Zhang San continued to ask, "This person is utterly ruthless. I wonder if Governor Hu has recently obtained any information on this person, or perhaps clues related to him?"

Hu Feipan pondered briefly, then shook his head with a look of regret, saying, "No."

The Xiezhi phantom pierced the heart a second time!

"Then, if Governor Hu receives any intelligence about this criminal, please contact the Town Martial Office at once, given that this person is very dangerous."

"Of course!"

The Xiezhi phantom pierced the heart a third time!

Zhang San was truly exasperated. After all that talk, not a single truth, huh?

"I think it’s better this way, Governor Hu. Why don’t you issue an order now to dispatch some people to join us from the Town Martial Office for a comprehensive search?"

The fake smile on Hu Feipan’s face began to subtly diminish.

"This matter, ah, it’s not that I won’t handle it, but nothing is certain in any case. Can’t something be done? It’s not like that either. What we are talking about is human effort! We can find a way, right? Here’s the thing, Military Chief Zhang, a bit later, later on, right, later when you look then, we’ll handle this matter for you, alright?"

Although Zhang San had rarely used Xiezhi’s Questioning before, this was the first time he had seen the Xiezhi continuously shaking its head.

What the heck did he even say in all this time?

Since he genuinely couldn’t understand what Hu Feipan was saying — though each word was human speech, put together they made no sense at all.

Thus, Zhang San could only join Hu Feipan in his feigned laughter.

After a moment of feigned laughter, Zhang San said, "If that’s the case, then I’ll entrust the search within Fuling City to Governor Hu. I will take my brothers from the Town Martial Office to search outside the city. We hope Governor Hu can give us a pass, otherwise, we cannot afford the cost of entering and leaving the city gates repeatedly."

Sizing up the situation, although Hu Feipan did not know exactly how many people the Town Martial Office had brought, it likely wasn’t many, otherwise, they wouldn’t have asked for his help in conducting searches.

Moreover, even though all Martial Artists from the Town Martial Office had very low ranks, in reality, the Town Martial Office held military power and authority, which was why their official ranks were kept low as a control strategy by Kaihuang.

So, there was no need to offend these people.

"Writing a pass is too troublesome; I’ll just notify the city gate guards right now. As long as they belong to the Town Martial Office, let them pass without hindrance!"

Zhang San immediately thanked him with a bow and the two exchanged a feigned smile.

After leaving the Governor Mansion, Zhang San turned to Big Head Wang and asked, "What do you think of this Hu Feipan?"

Big Head Wang shook his head, remarking, "Utterly hypocritical; I feel none of his words can be trusted."

Although Zhang San didn’t say anything, he felt the same way.

However, through Xiezhi’s Questioning, Zhang San could confirm that this Governor Hu did know Lv Dagen, and perhaps Lv Dagen was even in his custody.

However, after all, the other party was a Governor, a distinguished Fourth Rank of the Great Sui Dynasty’s Imperial Court. Could he really bring people over in the middle of the night to plunder his entire family, forcing him to hand over the person?

Of course not!

I, Zhang San, am a law-abiding and excellent Martial Artist from the Town Martial Office. How could I engage in the demonic practices that only the Heavenly Punishment Sect would resort to!

That’s right!

Only the Heavenly Punishment Sect would do such a thing.

"Big Head Wang, send someone to issue a reward for the capture of the former deputy leader of the Dragon Serpent Gang, Lv Dagen. The reward amount... ten taels of gold?"

Upon hearing this reward amount, Big Head Wang was taken aback.

"Isn’t that a bit too little?"

"Then make it eight taels of gold, for good luck. As you post it, send all people of the Town Martial Office to gather all the Martial Artists in Fuling City. I need their help."

Big Head Wang immediately went to handle it.

Meanwhile, Wang Ziteng also brought people to find accommodations.

After all, Zhang San and his group, numbering in the hundreds, couldn’t possibly sleep on the main street.

Most of the inns in Fuling City had gone out of business and closed down.

This indeed allowed some wealthy people to pick up quite a few bargains, with some even owning properties all along the street.

Thus, Wang Ziteng rented half a street’s worth of residences and inns to accommodate everyone from the Town Martial Office.

Upon hearing the report from his subordinates, Zhang San nodded in satisfaction, instructing everyone to first gather all the Martial Artists, have all the Martial Artists live together with the people from the Town Martial Office, and then he went strolling down the streets with Little Fox.

Fuling City was a large city, but its population was not very large, only about fifty thousand.

However, looking at the shops on both sides of the street, it was far from developed, even impoverished.

It was then that Zhang San heard a conversation among a few Martial Artists in a nearby tavern.

"Have you heard? People from the Town Martial Office are here and they’re gathering us together, saying there’s something they need our help with."

"Forget it! I’ve heard that this time it’s Zhang San who’s come. You guys know who Zhang San is, right?"

"I just came out of seclusion recently. Who is this Zhang San? Is he that impressive?"

"Impressive? This man stormed into the Pure Stream Sword Sect alone, sneaked into the Female Sect Master’s boudoir at night, just tell me, who else is there in Chuan-Yu Road?"

The people present were all taken aback upon hearing this.

"Extinguished the Mysterious Soldiers Sect, suppressed the Dragon Serpent Gang, just tell me, who else is there on Chuan-Yu Road?"

At this moment, Little Fox also heard the conversation of the Martial Artists inside and turned her head to look at Zhang San.

Zhang San smiled awkwardly and explained, "That night I was just there to study Runes, honestly, Kong Yuting and I were nothing but innocent."

Little Fox nodded very trustingly.

But her heart was filled with a sense of crisis.

She needed to master Transformation quickly and also learn some ways to charm Zhang San.

Otherwise, even if I were to transform, I would only be starting on the same line as them. If they have any tricks, they might steal my Zhang San away!

Zhang San continued wandering the streets for a while and finally found a small mirror in a clothing store. With no one watching, he secretly took out a small abacus, dialed a string of numbers, whispered a word very softly, and then left.