Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 307 - 295: We Are All Our Own People

Chapter 307: Chapter 295: We Are All Our Own People

At that moment, the martial artist from the Wen Family was just preparing to jump down from the rooftop.

He was completely dumbfounded by Zhang San’s shout, "There’s an assassin!"

What baffled him even more was that from all directions, an unknown number of people suddenly surged out.

There were guards from Daxing City who had already been patrolling nearby, after all, a murder had occurred at Qu Pond Fang, and there were still six bodies floating in the sky that hadn’t come down; they definitely needed to patrol this area closely.

There were also some martial artists arranged by the Government Office of the Magistrate of Metropolitan prefecture in this area.

There were even some Array Masters who were irritable and unable to sleep at night.

In an instant, before the Wen Family’s martial artist had time to choose a direction to escape, a wheel disk made of talismans flew in from somewhere and struck him on the buttocks, sending him flying.

Just as he had landed and ran a few steps away,

a loud boom sounded. The wall next to him was smashed by a Plum Blossom Bright Silver Hammer, and another one was whistling towards him.

The Wen Family martial artist hurriedly dodged, avoiding a fatal blow, but was still struck by the hammer on his back, causing him to spurt out a mouthful of blood.

At that moment, two martial artists rushed out onto the street to block his path.

After these two emerged, they realized that he was actually one of their own.

However, on the other side of the street, city guards with torches had already rushed over.

The two knew that if this man were exposed, the Wen Family would be in danger.

Thus, one person thrust out his long sword and directly pierced the throat of the Wen Family martial artist who was just about to cry out for help.

The other person then brought down his large knife horizontally with a forceful slap.

Thud—

The poor Wen Family martial artist, who just fell from the roof and was finally relieved to see his own people, ended up dying even quicker.

Ximen Jinxing had just caught up when he found out the man was killed.

At this time, Zhang San also pushed open the gate of his own courtyard and walked out.

Meanwhile, people from the Government Office of the Magistrate of Metropolitan prefecture, city guards, and even the Array Masters who had just come out to help, all rushed over.

A large crowd surrounded the body on the ground, and Zhang San almost couldn’t squeeze in.

At this moment, Ximen Jinxing asked the two martial artists who had just acted, "Who are you?"

The two looked at each other, uncertain of how to answer; they couldn’t just say they were from the Wen Family sent to monitor Zhang San and seize an opportunity to strike, could they?

Just then, another martial artist from the Wen Family squeezed through from behind and pulled the two men backwards, then bowed with a cupped fist towards Ximen Jinxing, Zhang San, and the other people present.

"I am Wen Baonan from the Wen Family. We are here under the orders of Young Master Wen Ruyu at the site of the Floating Corpse Case. Unexpectedly, we encountered an assassin. It was the fault of my subordinates, striking without mercy or interrogation, killing the assassin."

Zhang San smiled and waved his hand, saying, "No harm done. Just before the assassin struck, he had already confessed. He said he was from the Wen Family, and that the Head of the Wen Family, Wen Chudao, misunderstood that I, Zhang San, caused the death of his eldest son, Changsun Wen Ruchu, and had ordered anyone from the Wen Family who could kill me, Zhang San, to become the next Head of the Wen Family."

Upon hearing Zhang San’s words, Wen Baonan’s face immediately turned white.

"The man is already dead, could our brothers from the Government Office of the Magistrate of Metropolitan prefecture and city guards help to search the body, to see if there’s anything on him that can prove his identity or the like?"

At this time, Wen Baonan bowed with a cupped fist towards Zhang San and said, "Military Chief Zhang, please don’t misunderstand, there must be someone trying to frame the Wen Family. Who here does not know that although my family’s Wen Ruyu is from the Town Demon Office, he hit it off with Military Chief Zhang immediately. A person from the Wen Family would never commit such an act! This is a setup, a framing, an utterly unjust defamation!"

At that moment, the city guards searched the body on the ground and found a piece of paper stained with blood.

A martial artist from the Government Office of the Magistrate of Metropolitan prefecture unfolded the paper and saw its contents.

"This man...seems to be from your Wen Family."

As the martial artist spoke, he handed over the paper to Wen Baonan for a look.

Wen Baonan was dumbstruck at the sight of those characters.

"I asked you to just keep an eye on Zhang San, you should have just used your eyes. Why the hell did you start writing essays?"

"You were never this diligent in school, how come you’ve grown up to love learning!?"

"Military Chief Zhang, this... this..."

At that moment, Wen Baonan really couldn’t smooth things over.

On the other hand, Zhang San burst into laughter upon seeing that piece of paper, promptly folding it and handing it to the person next to him to pass around for everyone to see.

Then, Zhang San patted Wen Baonan on the shoulder, comforting him, "It’s okay, I believe in the Wen Family."

Hearing this, Wen Baonan didn’t know whether Zhang San genuinely meant what he said, but it alleviated the awkwardness at the scene quite a bit.

Zhang San continued, "However... I accidentally offended the Crown Prince before, and even though the Crown Prince promised he wouldn’t seek revenge, wouldn’t send people to assassinate me, but..."

Upon hearing this, many present at the scene didn’t dare to make a sound; they even started holding their breaths.

Some even quietly moved back to maintain a distance from Zhang San.

Are you kidding me? Didn’t you just arrive at the Capital yesterday?

You’ve already managed to offend the Crown Prince so quickly?

You must be here to usurp the throne, right?

"But logically speaking, the Crown Prince is the future Emperor, a man of his word. It shouldn’t be the Crown Prince sending someone to impersonate your Wen Family. At least, I don’t think so."

"But now, someone pretending to be from the Wen Family has tried to assassinate me. Those who know might think someone is trying to frame your Wen Family, those who don’t might think the Wen Family is trying to assassinate me to frame the Crown Prince."

"But you see, my friend, I believe your Wen Family is innocent!"

Zhang San said, while patting Wen Baonan’s shoulder very warmly.

But at that moment, Wen Baonan felt like his brain was on fire.

How many people had this Zhang San offended?

How am I going to explain this when I get back?

Who am I, where am I, why the hell did I step forward just now?

Someone save me...

"Rest assured, I will prove your Wen Family’s innocence in the future, truly. I had a great relationship with Wen Ruchu. Even now, I still remember how strong my relation with Wen Ruchu was. You guys have no idea..."

Zhang San cheerfully put his arms around the vacant-eyed Wen Baonan, boasting to the people around him.

"When Wen Ruchu first arrived at our Town Martial Office on Chuan-Yu Road, someone secretly sneaked into the archive room that very night..."

The crowd couldn’t help but be startled. What the hell was going on?

"Then the next day, Wen Ruchu insisted on interrogating a captured criminal, and as soon as he entered, the criminal died."

At this, the surrounding crowd was even more shocked.

Are you sure you’re on good terms with Wen Ruchu?

Zhang San laughed and said, "Of course, I sorted that matter out for him in the end. Now, hardly anyone in the Town Martial Office knows what really happened back then. You tell me, with such a good relationship with Wen Ruchu, to say he was harmed by me, to say the Wen Family wants to kill me, isn’t that just blatant slander?"

Wen Baonan, wiping sweat from his forehead, nodded in agreement.

"Don’t worry, we’re all on the same side! I, Zhang San, guarantee your Wen Family won’t get into any trouble!"