Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 236 - 227: Zhang San, Your Weakness is...

Chapter 236: Chapter 227: Zhang San, Your Weakness is...

The handle of the pot. The handle of the pot. The handle of the pot.

Walking in the golden rain, Zhang San realized he couldn’t collect the rainwater, so he gave up the idea and instead relied on it to rapidly cultivate.

At that time, the Power of the Five Elements continuously circulated around his True Core, making his robust True Core even more stable.

However, just at that moment, the sound of galloping horse hooves approached from the distance.

Though the number of hooves was not many, Zhang San still guessed who it was.

He immediately used his Blade Intent on his True Core.

The Bamboo Breaking and Mending Technique allowed his True Core to become even more powerful and solidified, although Zhang San wasn’t quite sure of the benefits of a solidified True Core just yet.

But it was certain to be beneficial.

As his True Core suffered a heavy blow, Zhang San suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

By then, the sound of horse hooves from behind had also drawn nearer.

Zhang San slowly turned around and glanced at the few people behind him.

As expected, it was Wen Ruchu, Uncle Liu, and several other martial artists from the Wen Family.

Zhang San frowned, looking utterly surprised.

"If I’m not mistaking, Wen Ruchu, you should be escorting some goods a hundred miles northeast of Fuling City right now. Who gave you the boldness to come back!?"

Zhang San’s roar frightened the Wen family’s horses into stepping back several paces, and one of the martial artists even failed to control his horse properly, falling off and ending up in a sorry state.

Wen Ruchu coldly stared at Zhang San and roared, "Do you know that Hu Feipan is dead!?"

Wen Ruchu had already prepared a response in his heart; if Zhang San said he knew, he would accuse him of being the murderer!

If Zhang San said he didn’t know, then he’d still accuse him of being the murderer!

Perfect!

Zhang San nodded slightly, then suddenly glared at Wen Ruchu and harshly said, "Of course I know he’s dead, and I also know that it was you who killed him!"

"It was just..."

Wen Ruchu had just uttered three words when he realized his line had been stolen by Zhang San.

And just then, Wang Ziteng and Big Head Wang arrived with their men.

Ling and Fang Cunzai also arrived from other directions.

"Military Chief Zhang, Governor Hu was murdered early this morning when he left his home, and then the civilians cannibalized his body, leaving no bones behind. Thus, we temporarily cannot determine the cause of death. But it likely relates to last night’s attack by the Heavenly Punishment Sect,"

Big Head Wang recited the lines that Zhang San had scripted for him earlier.

Wang Ziteng also quickly reported, "Military Chief Zhang, should we call back the military chiefs who are still waiting in ambush?"

Zhang San sighed helplessly and waved his hand.

Wang Ziteng immediately dispatched a Qiongqi to send the message.

At this moment, Wen Ruchu, although still unsure of what was happening, vaguely felt that he had been tricked.

Zhang San gestured to everyone and, pointing towards the direction of their residences, led the group back.

By late morning, the other military chiefs dispatched by Zhang San returned to Fuling City with the main force.

"Zhang San, didn’t you say that people from the Heavenly Punishment Sect would catch up and then we could ambush them? Where are they?" Sun Wushuang, although not angry, naturally spoke loudly and straightforwardly, so her tone felt quite angry.

After all, since assisting Zhang San, Sun Wushuang had not been without her share of accomplishments.

In just less than a month, her contributions and rewards had exceeded those of the previous two years.

If this ambush on the Heavenly Punishment Sect had succeeded, it definitely would have meant another raise.

In the end, from dusk till dawn, all they ended up waiting for was a Qiongqi sent by Wang Ziteng to call them back.

The other military chiefs also didn’t understand, but seeing Sun Wushuang speaking up, no one said anything else.

Once everyone had gathered, Zhang San looked at Wen Ruchu and asked, "Why didn’t you follow the original plan and deliver the crucial intelligence about the Heavenly Punishment Sect to the Capital, but instead turned back midway?"

After reflecting all morning, the now very composed Wen Ruchu...

When Zhang San caused trouble, he calmly stood up and took out some important intelligence from the storage ring, opening it in front of everyone.

Inside, there were only four big characters — "You’ve been fooled!"

"Zhang San, is this what you call important intelligence?"

As he spoke, Wen Ruchu threw the piece of paper on the ground, glaring at Zhang San.

However, at that moment, everyone present looked at Wen Ruchu as if he were a fool.

Even Ximen Jinxing couldn’t help himself.

"Young Master Wen, do you think it’s possible that this so-called important intelligence was meant to lure the people of Heavenly Punishment Sect out of Fuling City? And these four words were originally intended for the sect members to see?"

At that time, Military Chief Hua snorted coldly.

After all, he had stayed up all night the previous night and felt his liver was not doing well; he was already very upset.

Now knowing that the plan that could have earned him merit was ruined by this young man, he was even more irritable and said, "Young Master Wen, do you think all these people stayed up late and set up an ambush in the wilderness just to wait for you to return to Fuling City and let the Heavenly Punishment Sect realize it was all a trap?"

At that time, the other military chiefs also began expressing their dissatisfaction.

Everyone had camped out in the open, all to ambush the Heavenly Punishment Sect at night.

But the bait had run back!

Who wouldn’t be angry about that?

At that moment, Wen Ruchu’s sweat started to pour.

Initially, he had wanted to come and confront Zhang San, but now since everything Zhang San did seemed justified, it could only mean that he himself had disobeyed orders and disrupted the Town Martial Office’s plan.

Zhang San raised his hand, and everyone immediately quieted down.

"I kept the full plan from you to make it more convincing, but then you came back on your own accord, which led to the Town Martial Office’s plan to ambush the Heavenly Punishment Sect falling apart. We’ve all been busy for so long, and now such a great achievement has been lost, I can understand your frustration. But..."

As he spoke, Zhang San’s tone shifted, and he said coldly: "After all, the Town Martial Office hasn’t suffered much loss. However, because Wen Ruchu returned with his men on his own accord, making the Heavenly Punishment Sect realize it was a trick, they gave up leaving Fuling City and last night, in desperation, killed a fourth-rank governor! This was a high-ranking official of Great Sui! And all because you, Wen Ruchu, were in Fuling City! I will report this truthfully. You had better write a letter to the Wen Family to prepare your grandfather ahead of time."

At that moment, Wen Ruchu realized the magnitude of the disaster he had caused.

Disobeying orders and causing the death of a governor, all blame was placed on his head.

No!

He had originally come to Chuan-Yu Road to infiltrate the Town Martial Office with the Wen Family’s influence, but now, not only had the infiltration failed, but the Wen Family might also suffer because of him.

Wen Ruchu shook his head, believing there must be a way to resolve this.

Did none of these military chiefs see anything wrong with Zhang San?

Military Chiefs!

Yes!

Suddenly pointing at Zhang San, Wen Ruchu shouted angrily, "It was clearly you who didn’t inform me of the plan, leading to this issue."

Zhang San sneered, "I am the Acting Military Chief of the Town Martial Office, and you are just a martial artist under me. Why should I share my plans with you?"

"Because you have a guilty conscience! Zhang San, don’t think that I don’t know your secrets! You have a major problem!"

Zhang San sneered, "Well then, tell me, what problem do I, Zhang San, have?"

"You... you... you deceive your superiors and delude your subordinates!"

As he spoke, Wen Ruchu turned to look at Xu beside him and yelled, "He’s not human! He’s a living dead! All this time, it has been you, Zhang San, covering up for Xu! Keeping him is a major threat to the Town Martial Office! Yes... I discovered this secret, and then you sent me away, which made me suspicious of your motives! Therefore, all blame should fall on you! Especially for harboring a living dead! Zhang San, you won’t escape this blame!"

At that moment, the atmosphere in the hall turned ice-cold.

Many military chiefs stared at Xu, their eyes filled with an inexplicable fear and panic.

Some had even placed their hands on their horizontal blades, ready to strike.

"Zhang San, you dare say you didn’t know that Xu was a living dead?"

At that time, all focus was on Zhang San.

The atmosphere was tense, cold as ice after the rain.