Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 246 - 237: This is not a ledger!

Chapter 246: Chapter 237: This is not a ledger!

After Zhang San left, Ling did not meet up with him but chose to follow from behind instead.

After all, if there was any other danger, they could rush over to rescue him immediately.

Xia Chenglong also considered whether to secretly follow Zhang San for a while to ensure his safety.

After all, it was very likely that Zhang San now had the account book left by Bai Yucheng in his hands, and that book probably contained records of many people taking bribes.

Therefore, many people now wanted to find Bai Yucheng’s account book and destroy it.

So, Zhang San was still in great danger.

Just that he saw some people from the Town Martial Office secretly following behind, including those who were on good terms with Zhang San. With them around, Xia Chenglong naturally felt reassured.

After Zhang San returned to the Town Martial Office, he handed Wen Ruchu over to the martial artists of the Wen Family.

The martial artists of the Wen Family were startled to see Zhang San coming, thinking that Wen Ruchu had messed up Zhang San’s good deed, and that Zhang San was here to settle accounts with them.

But they then discovered that Zhang San, carrying a person on his shoulder like a dead pig, dumped him on the ground. Upon closer inspection, they realized the one who looked like a dead pig was their own young master. The few martial artists exchanged glances.

Everyone knew that their young master had once again failed to best Zhang San.

But it was all right, considering their young master had never won against Zhang San from the time he started on Chuan-Yu Road until now.

Then, several people helped Wen Ruchu back to his room, changed his clothes, fed him some pills to recover from his injuries, and waited outside for Uncle Liu to return.

After all, Uncle Liu was the backbone of the Wen Family’s group that had come.

Little did they know that their Uncle Liu was already waiting for them a step ahead on the Yellow River Road.

After sending Wen Ruchu back, Zhang San went to see Third Miss Gan.

"Big Sister, I’m back," said Zhang San as he walked into Third Miss Gan’s room with a proud look on his face, but Third Miss Gan coldly glanced at him and asked with a smiling voice, "Those three thousand taels, are you going to pay them yourself?"

Zhang San then remembered that he had promised to compensate the people from Iron Hawk Gate with three thousand taels, as compensation for the deaths of their seven martial artists.

"Um... can our Town Martial Office advance the money first? Then deduct it from my monthly salary bit by bit!"

Third Miss Gan looked at Zhang San with a cold face. After all, as the Acting Military Chief, Zhang San’s monthly salary was only five taels of gold, amounting to sixty taels a year.

Three thousand taels of gold would deduct fifty years of his monthly salary!

It really depended on his salary as to when he could repay it.

"Wen Ruchu and his apprentice warriors are also under you and will be deducted along with you. Here’s the approval note, you’ll go give it to Lu Qingquan later, and your salaries will be deducted together."

Zhang San chuckled, took the approval note, and then took out a treasure scroll from the Gluttonous Bag and handed it to Third Miss Gan.

"Big Sister, do you want to take a look at this? This is my battle achievement!"

Third Miss Gan uttered an "oh," took the treasure scroll, executed a technique on it, and with a snap, opened the scroll.

"Is this Bai Yucheng’s account book? With this thing, we can finally close the case of Bai Yucheng’s past affairs and even..."

Third Miss Gan’s words halted halfway as she began to look very seriously at the treasure scroll in her hands.

Curious, Zhang San asked, "Are the accounts so shocking? Big Sister, I see your eyes almost falling into..."

Slap—

Third Miss Gan suddenly rolled up the treasure scroll and smacked Zhang San’s head with it.

"You haven’t looked at this before, have you?"

Zhang San nodded and softly said, "I never opened it; naturally, I haven’t seen it."

Third Miss Gan tossed the treasure scroll into Zhang San’s arms and said coldly, "Then you take it back and take a good look. Don’t forget to find me the account book! Next time if you can’t find the account book, don’t come looking for me!"

Bang!

After saying that, Third Miss Gan kicked Zhang San out of her room.

The martial artists outside saw what happened but dared not make a peep. They acted as if they hadn’t seen anything and immediately went about their duties.

And Zhang San, picking up the treasure scroll from the ground, curiously muttered to himself, "Could it be wrong?"

Zhang San had wanted to tell Third Miss Gan about releasing Lv Dagen, but now, he thought better of it since he was likely to get another beating if he went back in.

Besides, that kick had landed squarely on his True Core, causing some cracks to form again.

Just great.

Helplessly, Zhang San could only clutch his belly as he went to see Lu Qingquan, handed him the official document, then disingenuously let some blood trickle from the corner of his mouth, letting Lu Qingquan also know that he hadn’t found the ledger left by Bai Yucheng.

In truth, Zhang San knew there was no need for Third Miss Gan to kick him, but her booting him out of the room with one kick was precisely to show the other martial artists in the Town Martial Office that he still hadn’t found the ledger.

After all, while many people weren’t aware of his search for the ledger on the surface, both the Wen Family and the Crown Prince’s people were in the know.

Who could guarantee there weren’t any spies among them in the Town Martial Office?

Third Miss Gan’s kick, which sent Zhang San flying out, was meant to keep those lurking predators from making a move on him for the time being.

After all, there was no point in targeting him when the goods hadn’t been found yet.

Afterward, Zhang San sought out Wang Ziteng to have him make arrangements to send Lv Dagen away and have him leave Chuan-Yu Road.

Having dealt with these trifles, Zhang San finally returned to his room.

Sitting on the bed, leaning back, he suddenly thought of something.

"Shadow, I’m done with my tasks here, so you go back and rest up. Copy those books as quickly as you can. I appreciate your hard work. Once I find the ledger, then I’ll contact you to submit everything together," he said.

Zhang San wasn’t averse to earning merits, but today he just didn’t feel like moving. He just wanted to figure out: This thing isn’t the ledger, is it?

Driven by curiosity, Zhang San opened the treasure scroll that had been deciphered by Third Miss Gan.

At first glance, something seemed off.

But when Zhang San took a closer look, he realized...

This is seriously not right!

The reason this scroll was called a treasure scroll lay in the very high-grade material of the scroll it was written on; although Zhang San couldn’t tell what it was, the material of the scroll was thick and felt like fabric.

The ink used for the characters was different from the background color.

Clearly a fine item.

But the content inside...

How could it be a storybook?

Indeed, the treasure scroll in Zhang San’s hands was a storybook recorded in the form of a scroll.

Zhang San guessed there must be some catch to it, so he read the entire story on the treasure scroll word for word, line by line, without skipping any section.

In the end, Zhang San was certain: This was definitely just a storybook.

It told the tale of an Earth God who dared to defy the Jade Emperor and all the gods in Heaven, causing chaos in the celestial realm! Eventually, the Jade Emperor had to call upon the Buddha to suppress the Earth God. The Buddha captured the Earth God and took him to Spirit Mountain, casting him into the furnace in an attempt to burn him alive.

But although the Earth God’s physical body was destroyed, his soul endured, wandering freely and omnipresent.

In the end, even the Buddha was helpless against him.

The Jade Emperor had no choice but to issue a decree for the construction of Earth God shrines throughout the mortal world, dividing the Earth God into countless avatars worshipped by the people everywhere, thus preventing further upheaval in Heaven.[Note 75]

Zhang San, having finished the story, was utterly baffled.

What kind of mythological power fantasy is this? Even my Monkey Brother wasn’t this formidable!

To think that such a storybook was locked up by Bai Yucheng with a technique.

Bai Yucheng, are you sick in the head?

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[Note 75]Reference Explanation

This story is cited from "The Primordial Earth Treasure Scroll," which does indeed exist, and the story synopsis that was cited is actually a tale from within the book itself.