Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 379 - 358: Zhang San, a Man of Great Magnanimity!

Chapter 379: Chapter 358: Zhang San, a Man of Great Magnanimity!

Zhang San returned to the prison, greeted Li Moxian with a clasped fist salute, then leaned in and whispered, "I just discussed with Han Mingshi, the Head of the Han family. To show that they haven’t colluded with the Heavenly Punishment Sect, they are willing to have sixty members from their family leadership join the Town Martial Office."

Vermilion Bird glanced at Zhang San and said coldly, "Just sixty people? Are they all from the Spiritual Platform Realm?"

Zhang San said with a smile, "They are all interrogation experts."

Upon hearing this, Vermilion Bird stood up from the ground in astonishment.

The Town Martial Office suppressed various martial forces throughout the world and did not lack powerful combatants, but they were short of expert interrogators.

Sometimes high-value intelligence could be extracted from the mouths of captured Martial Artists, which was not only about reducing casualties but sometimes could even lead to winning without fighting.

Sixty expert interrogators would be a tremendous asset to the Town Martial Office!

At this moment, even the ever-calm Li Moxian looked at Zhang San with eyes full of delight.

"However, since I’m the one bringing the people, I have a request. Twelve of them must go to the Chuan-Yu Road where I am stationed. If I get transferred elsewhere in the future, these people must follow me. The remaining forty-eight people, Chief Li, you can arrange as you see fit," Zhang San said.

"How dare you!" Vermilion Bird roared at Zhang San, "Do you think you have a say in the personnel arrangements of the Town Martial Office?"

Zhang San glared back, angrily retorted, "Why can’t I have a say in the people I brought back? I’m only asking for one-fifth. If I didn’t help the Town Martial Office, I could take all of them to Chuan-Yu Road just the same! Chief, tell me, doesn’t Zhang San contribute enormously to the Town Martial Office?"

Li Moxian stood up, nodded slightly, and said with a smile, "This time, Zhang San indeed made a significant contribution to the Town Martial Office. I will give special approval right now, and you, Zhang San, will be the first and only Military Chief of the Town Martial Office who is not from the Spiritual Platform Realm!"

Zhang San was taken aback and asked, "Is there no cultivation resources or something like that?"

"If we gave you cultivation resources, wouldn’t you be able to reach the Spiritual Platform Realm immediately? That wouldn’t highlight the uniqueness of you being the first and only non-Spiritual Platform Realm Military Chief, would it?"

Zhang San looked at Li Moxian’s smiling figure turning away and felt that Li Moxian was stingy.

...

In the Han family’s council hall, Han Baiwen was sitting upright to the left of the main seat above.

Han Mingshi was sitting to the right of the main seat with a worried expression.

Beneath them were all the Elders and important descendants of the Han family, all anxiously waiting.

"Family Head, didn’t Zhang San say he would quickly bring back Han Yanqiu? How come he has not returned yet?"

"Family Head, we’re not rushing you, but we’re concerned because we haven’t seen Han Yanqiu return. We’re afraid! We’re worried that this matter isn’t over yet," said another.

In the last twenty years, the Town Martial Office had extinguished countless martial forces and Aristocratic Families.

The Han Family had many descendants who traveled abroad and had formed ties with various martial forces. Although they had no direct experience of the Town Martial Office’s ruthlessness, many had witnessed scenes littered with corpses.

At this moment, the courtyard door was pushed open, and Zhang San walked in, supporting Han Yanqiu, who was clasping his thigh tightly.

Seeing his son return, Han Yanqiu’s father immediately rushed up to him.

"My son! You’ve finally come back... What’s wrong with your legs?"

"Legs... legs... it’s at the root of the thigh, not anywhere else," Han Yanqiu replied.

Han Yanqiu’s father glared at Zhang San and angrily said, "Zhang San, how did you look after my son..."

Slap!

Zhang San raised his hand and gave Han Yanqiu’s father a hefty slap!

"Look carefully, that’s a wound from the horn of a Xiezhi! As a man of Legalism, doesn’t Han Yanqiu know the capabilities of the Divine Beast Xiezhi? I told him there was a Xiezhi, yet he still didn’t tell the truth. What could I have done? Should I have gotten him some iron underwear to wear?"

Han Yanqiu’s father fell silent instantly.

He had been worried about his son, and coupled with Zhang San’s promise of help, instinctively treated Zhang San as one of the Han family and spoke rudely without thinking.

Now that Zhang San had slapped him, he was suddenly jolted back to reality.

It was Zhang San who had saved his son and the entire Han family, and he immediately knelt down to Zhang San.

However, Zhang San paid him no attention, looked at the still empty main seat above, and conscientiously sat down in it.

"Han Mingshi, have those sixty interrogation experts already reported to the Town Martial Office?" Zhang San asked.

"Thirty-five people from our family have already gone, and some are temporarily not in the Capital. We have sent people to hurry them, and they should all be able to return tomorrow and then report to the Town Martial Office," Han Mingshi answered.

Zhang San nodded satisfactorily, then spoke to Han Yanqiu, "Remember, you must report to the Town Martial Office every day to let them know you are still in the Capital. Otherwise, if the Crown Prince turns on us Han Family in the future, and you are not around, then the Han Family will be left holding the bag, you understand?"

"Yes," Han Yanqiu responded.

Although Han Yanqiu felt extremely aggrieved, he now understood that the situation was beyond him and no longer had the opportunity or ability to confront Zhang San.

Zhang San waved his hand, and people helped Han Yanqiu down.

Zhang San looked at all the important members of the Han family present and said, "You should be aware of my true identity by now, but this identity is limited to our internal knowledge. Do not spread it outside, not even mention it to other members of the Han family, understand? Otherwise, if someone comes to trouble me in the future, they will also trouble you, the Han family. Even, the other three families within Legalism will isolate you because of me. Sometimes, I might even have to sacrifice the interests of the Han family to appear fair to those three families."