The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 105 Zhang San's Experience

"Master Zhiyi, why are you imprisoned here too? Did you offend someone outside as well?"

Zhang San, who was worried about being retaliated by the Fatui and asked to be imprisoned for a month, was dumbfounded when he saw Zhiyi being sent to prison by the Qianyan Army. Wasn't he just imprisoned for one night? Why were people from the General Affairs Department also imprisoned?

"Me? Because of murder."

Zhiyi found a clean corner and sat down. He had lost his usual demeanor. The blood on his clothes had solidified into a dark red color. His messy hair covered his eyes, making it difficult to see what he was thinking. The two prisoners around him immediately stayed away from Zhiyi when they heard that he was a murderer. On the contrary, Zhang San did not dislike Zhiyi at all and sat down next to him.

"Who did Lord Zhiyi kill? Tell me, Old Zhang. I might even recognize him."

"Scar Liu."

"Oh my god, Master Zhiyi, you are doing a great service to the people. Scar Liu is not a good guy. How come you are imprisoned even though you are doing a good deed? Who is the blind man who sent you here? Tell me his name. I will have a good talk with him when I, Zhang San, get out."

"Yanfei."

"Ahem, well, Lord Zhiyi, first of all, I'd like to make it clear that I'm not afraid of that bitch Yan Fei, it's just that I recently made an appointment with my friend in Mondstadt to go on an adventure, so I may not have time to bother her, haha, hahaha."

After laughing awkwardly twice, Zhang San no longer mentioned helping Zhiyi vent his anger. For a moment, the prison fell into deathly silence. After an unknown amount of time, Zhang San spoke.

"Master Zhiyi, you are a good person."

"I used to be an orphan. I've been learning all the tricks since I was little. There's nothing I can't do, and I've never been caught."

At this point, Zhang San thought of his glorious deeds in the past and a look of pride appeared on his face. Seeing Zhiyi raised his head slightly, Zhang San continued.

"As I get older, I am gradually getting married. Seeing my peers around me have wives, I want to have one too, but I don't have money."

"I am also lucky. Two years ago, Lady Keqing of Yuhengxing was promoting a policy of reclaiming wasteland. I worked hard to reclaim a few plots of land in order to find a wife."

"After registering with the General Affairs Department, before I could even plant the seeds, a group of foreign merchants came to buy our land. They offered a very high price and even treated the people who were cultivating the land with me to a meal. I don't know why, but I suddenly felt that those merchants were not good people, so I sneaked to Liyue Harbor and spent the night there."

"That was the night when the monsters attacked there, and all the people who were cultivating the fields with me died."

A flash of fear passed through Zhang San's eyes, and Zhiyi began to become serious. The monster-injuring incident two years ago caused quite a stir in Liyue Harbor. The investigation result at that time was a monster riot. Now it seems that this matter is far from as simple as imagined.

"I've strayed off topic. Actually, Master Zhiyi, I just want to tell you that my intuition about people is always quite accurate. Whether it's the brothers around me or my friend Mond, my intuition tells me that they are all people worth making friends with."

"And you, Lord Zhiyi, when we first met, you gave me the impression of being a good person, but your feeling of being a good person made me a little uncomfortable."

"But now, all the discomfort is gone, Master Zhiyi, how about we become sworn brothers? When I get out, I'll take my brothers to kidnap you from prison, and then we'll go to Mondstadt to develop. When we get to Mondstadt, I'll make you a West Wind hunting bow, and I'll make you a sacrificial bow. We'll grow bigger and stronger and create more glory, and directly spread our name out of Mondstadt."

"So Master Zhiyi, don't regret it. Come here. I have some candy I brought from outside, and it has apple flavor."

Zhang San put his arm around Zhiyi's shoulders and began to fantasize about the wonderful life in the future, such as buying two pieces of Mora meat and eating one and throwing away the other, drinking cider given by angels, and wearing pure cotton clothes.

Zhiyi asked himself, did he really regret it? Maybe a little bit, killing someone in public might completely ruin his chance of getting the Tianshu Star he had always dreamed of, but he couldn't bear to see the evildoer who had knocked down the last pillar of support for a child go unpunished.

Even if the child would not be as poor as him before he grew up, the lack of love in his heart could not be filled by a rich material life. He is now in his twenties and still thinks of his parents every night when he goes to sleep. Once upon a time, he also had a complete family. "Zhiyi, you can go now. Scar Liu's crime of colluding with the Fatui has been confirmed. You are acquitted."

"Who are you? You're so annoying. Believe it or not, Uncle Zhang will beat you up."

A cold female voice echoed in the prison. Zhang San stood up unhappily. He had finally met a smart person. He wanted to trick Zhiyi into joining his adventure group as a military advisor.

"Oh? Beat me? I remember you said you did a lot of stealing when you were young, right? Looks like you need to add some more time to your sentence."

Looking in the direction where the voice came from, after a blur, a graceful figure slowly appeared in front of the prison gate. Seeing the familiar blue bracelet on the person's hand, Zhang San was startled and collapsed to the ground, trembling.

"Blue, blue devil!"

"Ok?"

"Pah, what blue devil? It turns out to be the leader of Ye Lan."

Zhang San hurriedly slapped himself a few times. When he was captured by Ye Lan, he accidentally heard Ruo Jin calling Ye Lan's name. Having witnessed Ye Lan's interrogation methods, Zhang San naturally remembered the name of this blue devil clearly. Not only him, he also ordered his brothers to remember this name. If they met someone with this name in the wild, they should run as far as they could.

"I don't have time to bother you today. Zhiyi, come out. Someone is waiting for you outside."

Hearing that someone was waiting for him outside, Zhiyi slowly stood up and left the prison with Ye Lan. Looking at the backs of Ye Lan and Zhiyi disappearing around the corner, Zhang San took a deep breath. Fortunately, the blue devil had no time today, otherwise he would be in trouble again.

Following Ye Lan all the way to a quiet room, Ye Lan looked Zhi Yi up and down and said with surprise in her tone.

"I didn't expect that a scholar like you would actually kill someone. You are quite brave. No wonder Uncle Tian thinks highly of you."

"I won't waste any more time talking nonsense. You now have two choices. First, you can leave the prison and return to the General Affairs Department to continue working as a junior clerk, and then slowly climb up."

"Second, go to Xumi to carry out a secret mission. After you complete the mission and come back, both Tianquan Star and Yuheng Star will nominate you as the next Tianshu Star."

"I have to remind you here that the second option is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will die, and it will be a nameless death. You must think carefully before making your choice."

Ye Lan played with the dice in her hand. If Zhiyi didn't choose the second one, she would have to go to Xumi herself. Well, wouldn't she have to study like crazy recently to pretend to be a scholar? Ningguang was getting better and better at ordering people around, even though she was still on vacation.

"I choose the second one."

Zhiyi chose the second option without even thinking about it. Ye Lan raised her eyebrows and looked at Zhiyi with a different look. Although this answer was within her expectations, she agreed too decisively.

"Although I don't know what the secret mission you mentioned is, Miss Ye Lan, if there really is someone more suitable than me in Liyue, you wouldn't have found me."

"I have nothing to worry about. Since Liyue needs me, I will contribute to Liyue."

Based on Ye Lan's many years of experience, everything Zhiyi said was from the bottom of his heart. Combined with the intelligence she had collected about Zhiyi, it would not be a bad thing if this person became Tianshu Star.

"Since you have agreed, I will tell you the content of the mission directly. Your mission is to investigate the current situation of Little Auspicious Grass King and find out what the Ministry of Education is planning in secret."

(End of this chapter)