Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 255 - 246: What If the Villain Also Surrenders?

Chapter 255: Chapter 246: What If the Villain Also Surrenders?

After safely taking Zhang Peng away, many local officials immediately came to inquire from Zhang San what exactly had happened to Zhang Peng.

But they were all turned away by Wang Ziteng.

"Brother San, there aren’t many martial artists in Zhang Peng’s residence either. It looks like no one will come to intercept him. Shall we move on to the next place now?"

Zhang San nodded.

The reason they had captured Zhang Peng first was that they knew Zhang Peng himself was useless and easy to deal with.

But just then, loud laughter came from a distance.

Wang Ziteng hurried over and caught the Qiongqi that flew in from afar.

"Brother San! Chen Fei has escaped!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang San was startled!

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly as he asked, "Are you sure he has escaped?"

Seeing the expression on Zhang San’s face, Wang Ziteng asked, "Brother San, there’s something odd about you! Shouldn’t you be very upset?"

Zhang San paused for a moment and countered, "Who says being upset must involve a pained expression? Can’t I be upset with a smile? I’m not truly happy, you know? My smile is just my camouflage, do you understand?"

Wang Ziteng didn’t understand either, and Wang Ziteng was also rebuked by Zhang San to the point where he dared not ask any more questions.

Then, Zhang San immediately ordered, "Everyone listen up, except for those escorting Zhang Peng back, all other martial artists follow me to chase down Chen Fei!"

Big Head Wang immediately reminded, "Brother San, you mean capture."

"That’s what I said, capture!"

"You just said chase down and kill!"

"Capture!"

"Right, I must have heard wrong."

Wang Ziteng glanced at Big Head Wang, and the two understood that Brother San intended to kill this Governor Chen Fei.

Clearly, this Chen Fei was no good person.

Otherwise, Brother San’s murderous intent wouldn’t have been so blatantly obvious.

Early the next morning, just as Zhang San and his group were about to catch up with Chen Fei, they suddenly spotted another troop approaching from a distance.

Zhang San took a careful look and immediately waved toward the other side.

The leader on the opposite side also paused upon seeing Zhang San.

The person was Xu.

"What are you guys doing here?" Xu was shocked to see Zhang San here.

Zhang San said with a smile, "There’s a Governor named Chen Fei who was originally a martial artist wanted by the Town Martial Office. He climbed the ranks using wealth accumulated through murder and looting, and even had Bai Yucheng help remove his name from the Town Martial Office’s wanted list. This guy has a bunch of martial artists under him, and now he’s on the run. We’re chasing him. Xu, what about you guys..."

Xu gave a wry smile and said, "We’re chasing someone named Chen Yue. It looks like he might be Chen Fei’s brother."

Zhang San laughed heartily and said, "That makes things easier. After all, it’s all credit, let’s share it. Come on, let’s get both of them!"

Xu was taken aback and quickly said, "Zhang San, we need to capture them alive."

Zhang San nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, "Right, what I meant just now was to capture both of them! Yes, that’s what I meant!"

Although Zhang San said this laughingly, Xu sharply caught the killing intent in Zhang San’s eyes.

The two squads joined together and continued onward, Xu pulled aside Big Head Wang and asked, "What’s going on?"

Big Head Wang grimaced and whispered, "This Chen Fei must have committed too many bad deeds over the years, so it seems like Brother San wanted to kill him."

Xu furrowed his brows and said in a low voice, "Hold back a bit later. You know Kaihuang’s decree was to capture and then escort them back to the Capital."

Big Head Wang asked, "Isn’t it said that if they resist or something, we can execute them on the spot?"

Xu shook his head and replied, "You don’t understand the complexities of human relationships here. Kaihuang can say to kill, and if Kaihuang truly lets us kill, then killing wouldn’t be an issue. But in the current situation, if we bring them back and those officials aren’t dead, and then someone dies by our hands during the capture, do you think the powers behind those officials won’t target us for revenge?"

Big Head Wang suddenly realized.

He indeed hadn’t considered that aspect.

"Anyway, try to hold back Zhang San a bit later."

Soon, everyone chased down to a village, and everyone stopped their steps.

"Everyone stop here. I’ll scout ahead."

As he spoke, Zhang San used the Ghost Summoning Method to call upon spirits in the vicinity.

Soon, about thirty not-so-large evil ghosts appeared.

Zhang San ordered them to go and scout inside Ding Family Village and then to come back and report.

About a quarter of an hour later, the evil ghosts began returning one after another.

Listening to the description of these evil ghosts, everyone couldn’t help but frown.

The Chen brothers, Chen Fei and Chen Yue, were indeed hiding here, along with over a hundred of their men, most of whom were Martial Artists of the True Core Realm with strong combat capabilities.

Moreover, these people had gathered all the villagers of Ding Family Village in a few places. Clearly, once the people from Town Martial Office forced their way in, they would use these villagers as hostages.

Originally, Xu felt that Zhang San’s constant desire to kill Chen Fei was somewhat incomprehensible, but at this moment, Xu even felt that this bastard deserved to die!

"Zhang San, what now? The other side has over two hundred villagers as hostages. A forceful attack is out, but waiting seems no better. We might even end up in danger ourselves," Wang Ziteng said, his brows tightly knit.

Zhang San gave a wry smile and explained, "The fourteen Governors we are trying to apprehend are certainly not without powerful backgrounds or strength. Even someone like Chen Fei, who climbed up by bribing his way, must have clung to some connections. By then... Let’s not even discuss how he will make use if these relations once he returns to the Capital. Just within Chuan-Yu Road, I am not sure if someone will come to rescue him. After all, some people dared to attack even the Acting Military Chief of the Town Martial Office in broad daylight."

"But..." Wang Ziteng said with a tight frown, "If we attack forcefully, it endangers the villagers. Continuing to wait doesn’t seem like a good idea either. We might even end up in danger ourselves."

Zhang San looked towards the location of Ding Family Village and the direction of the wind, and spoke in a low voice, "Big Head Wang, take some men and start a fire for barbecuing; just get some scents into the smoke. There’s only one requirement, the smoke must blow into Ding Family Village."

Then, Zhang San gave a glance at Xu and Luo Liangfeng and others behind him.

"Later, as soon as the smoke blows through the village, I will send spirits to coordinate with you. Then, you use your methods to draw out the souls of all the villagers. Make sure it’s covert, and keep their souls intact."

Finally, Zhang San looked at Xu and Wang Ziteng and said coldly, "Once all the villagers are down, and they no longer have any hostages, that’s our time to fight. But we must draw them out of the village, as it could easily harm the villagers otherwise."

Everyone nodded and immediately began to act.

Within less than a quarter hour, the entire village was engulfed in smoke.

Amidst the coughing, Chen Fei and his men discovered that all the villagers were dead, each devoid of breath, which enraged them immensely.

"I thought I was ruthless enough, but it seems the people from the Town Martial Office are even more ruthless, poisoning everyone directly!"

Chen Fei’s brother, Chen Yue, asked, "Brother, what should we do now?"

"What else can we do? The hostages are gone. Let’s get out. We can continue using our Qi to resist in this smoke, but soon we might not even have Qi to fight with!"

Quickly, Chen Fei and Chen Yue, leading the hundred plus Martial Artists, all walked out of the village.

Zhang San and Xu also stepped forward.

"You guys from the Town Martial Office really are ruthless! To deal with us brothers, you directly poisoned over two hundred people in the village."

Zhang San sneered and retorted, "Suppose I hadn’t used poison, would you have spared these two hundred people? Suppose we didn’t make a move, would you have surrendered willingly?"

Chen Fei’s eyes flickered as he suddenly thought of something and said with a smile, "Surrender? That’s not impossible!"

Zhang San: ???