Loan Wusheng

Chapter 96 How dare you embezzle my money?

"I, Zheng Jun, pay my respects to Lord Tang!"

Zheng Jun bowed down without any hesitation, his voice loud and powerful.

"No need to be polite, no need to be polite."

County Magistrate Tang smiled faintly, took Zheng Jun's arm, and walked towards the county magistrate's mansion with Zheng Jun, acting like his confidant.

The soldiers guarding the gate of the county magistrate's mansion were terrified and began to whisper to each other.

There was only one thing they were talking about.

That is to say, who is this General Zheng that he deserves such attention from the county magistrate!

Inside the county magistrate's mansion, Zheng Jun had already been welcomed to his seat and sat next to County Magistrate Tang. This made Zheng Jun a little confused, so he decided to wait and see.

He had never met the Magistrate of Tang County before, so why did he show such importance to him?

Could it be that this Tang County Magistrate also has some thoughts?
"Zheng Sanlang is a young hero. I wonder how many brothers he has in his family?"

Tang Yu was in a friendly mood and did not discuss business matters with Zheng Jun at all. Instead, he asked about family matters.

"To be honest with you, Lord Tang, I am the youngest son in the family. I have an older sister and an older brother. My brother went to the Black Mountain to collect herbs a few years ago and has not been seen since then..."

Zheng Jun didn't know the reason, so he could only answer honestly: "As for brothers in the clan, it's just that the clan is dying out. There are only my uncle and my family. My uncle has three sons and one daughter. The eldest son is one year older than me, and he is my second son. Five years ago, my uncle committed some taboos, and his whole family was sent to Yunzhou as exiles. We haven't heard from him since."

Zheng Jun's nickname "Sanlang" naturally came from the clan.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the ranking of brothers was not based on gender, but only on those of the same clan, that is, cousins.

Zheng Jun is the third oldest among his cousins, so naturally he is Zheng Sanlang.

"Alas, such a small matter has ruined the family!" County Magistrate Tang sighed, "I will send someone to Yunzhou to investigate. If there is such news, bring him back and let you brothers reunite."

Magistrate Tang is still beating around the bush.

Zheng Jun was also very patient and chatted with the Tang County Magistrate.

After chatting for half an hour, they finally got back to the point: "The Black Mountain Fort was established this time to guard against the Black Mountain Bandits, especially Lu Hao... Sanlang, are you sure you can stop the Black Mountain Bandits for me?"

Zheng Jun patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, Lord Tang, with me here, the Black Mountain Bandits will never dare to come down the mountain!"

Don’t worry about whether he can get down the mountain or not. At this time, you must appear confident!

“Alas, if it was just Lu Hao, there would be no need to worry, the main thing is…”

Magistrate Tang began to tell the story.

When Zheng Jun heard that Lu Hao was at the peak of the outer Gang realm, had magic, and had killed outer Gang warriors at least ten times, Zheng Jun smiled slightly.

When Zheng Jun heard that Lu Hao was on good terms with the outer demons, and perhaps two or three of them would charge forward with him, his smile faded.

When Zheng Jun heard that Lu Hao had become a prince of King Dayi and a general, and that King Dayi Zhang Bengong might send his men to help, he could no longer laugh. Instead, his scalp tingled.

No, man.

How many are these?
Lu Hao, who is at the peak of the outer gang, and two or three demons who are comparable to those at the peak of the outer gang.

There is also the trusted general of King Dayi Zhang Bengong.

At least there should be three peak Wai Gang warriors, and four or five Wai Gang warriors, right? !

Now you expect me to bring 1800 people to stop these people?
Zheng Jun gritted his teeth and looked at County Magistrate Tang, who did not feel anything wrong and said, "There are still seven Wai Gang warriors in the four counties. If you add the Pacification Office, there will be eleven Wai Gang warriors..."

"If there is anything wrong, Sanlang can issue a transfer order to have the county magistrates and county lieutenants take action together! Besides, the general flag of the Pacification Division is not there to eat and do nothing, he must take action."

Zheng Jun couldn't help but take a deep breath when he heard this.

He has gained a basic understanding of it these days.

County magistrate and county lieutenant.

Although they are outer Gang warriors, they are usually at the first level of outer Gang.

He is in the outer first level, and his methods are relatively weak.

Almost the same as Yuan Yi Zhenren.

The outsiders of the sects in the martial arts world often fight against each other alone.

But where do these county magistrates and county lieutenants in the court have any experience in single combat?
Although some of them retreated from the Yunzhou front line.

But their role in Yunzhou is similar to that of the squad leader in Zheng Jun’s Black Mountain Guard.

They are all providing true energy to His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan and the great general of Yunzhou. How can there be any one-on-one experience?
Only the general flag of the Zhenfu Division has experience in fighting.

The general flag of the Pacification Division is far less powerful than the demons.

If these eleven together can stop two, it would be good enough.

Moreover, it is still unknown whether there are any evil spies like Meng Xian among them, or whether there are any who secretly surrendered to King Dayi!
There is one more crucial thing.

Why should these county magistrates and county lieutenants obey my orders?

In terms of position, he was a military general and they were civil servants.

The Great Zhou did not have the habit of using military force to control civil power.

According to the level of cultivation, I am a Qi-accumulating warrior, and they are external Qi warriors.

Although he killed Master Yuan Yi, he proved that he also had external fighting power.

but……

Gather energy and command external energy?

It's still unpleasant after all.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jun felt his scalp tingling.

Seeing Zheng Jun's expression, County Magistrate Tang nodded, and then whispered, "I heard that Sanlang is going to marry the ninth daughter of the Cai family? This is a big deal, I wonder if Sanlang can talk to his in-laws and ask the Cai family to give some assistance and come to our Pingzhang County to help?"

So that's why you came here!
Seeing this, Zheng Jun immediately nodded and said, "Mr. Tang, I will try my best."

After hearing what Zheng Jun said, Magistrate Tang heaved a sigh of relief.

He let Zheng Jun be the team leader because, on the one hand, he really had no spare external force.

On the other hand, it is also because of the relationship with the Cai family.

Your brother-in-law is here, can you find two outsiders to help?
You can't just watch your son-in-law die, can you?

As for whether the Cai family would send someone, Zheng Jun was not sure.

But the regent of Nanchu said that he would give himself credit.

I hope it can really be delivered.

Zheng Jun took a deep breath and sniffed.

Be it the Regent of Nanchu or the Cai family, Zheng Jun could only pretend that they no longer existed.

Putting your hopes on others is not taking yourself seriously.

Now I have to make the worst-case scenario plan. I am alone and have to face the demons and Lu Hao on the Black Mountain!
With this in mind, Zheng Jun clasped his fists and said, "Lord Tang, the four counties are close to Black Mountain. There are many spies from Black Mountain Bandits in the counties. Can you allow me to act at my own convenience and capture the spies first if I find them?"

"Well."

After hearing this, County Magistrate Tang pondered for a moment and said happily: "As long as you can hold the Black Mountain defense line, you can capture all the civil officials below the eighth rank; the military officials except the county lieutenant are up to you!"

"Thank you, Lord Tang!"

Zheng Jun clasped his fists.

Below the eighth rank, that is, excluding county magistrates and county secretaries.

The chief clerk and the registrar were both of the ninth rank.

They are all objects that you can dispose of at will.

Zheng Jun breathed a sigh of relief. With the promise from Magistrate Tang, Zheng Jun could openly follow the same method in the other three counties, killing the gentry and dividing the land.

Hey, wait a minute.

Wouldn’t that make him the Righteous King Zhang Bengong?

Zheng Jun was stunned.

After King Dayi Zhang Bengong started his rebellion, his slogan was "equal distribution of wealth and equal distribution of land".

King Dayi hasn't arrived yet, but our side has already been divided... It's really hard to say.

At this moment, County Magistrate Tang suddenly thought of something and said in a friendly manner, "Oh, Sanlang has killed the spy Meng Xian and the wanted guy Yuan Yi. There is a reward of silver and two top-grade martial arts to be claimed. It's not easy to come to this county town, so claim the reward and martial arts first."

After that, County Magistrate Tang called his staff and said, "Old Wang, take Sanlang to Liuyingbi and find two martial arts!"

"Yes."

The aide surnamed Wang nodded and looked at Zheng Jun: "General Zheng, please." "Thank you, Lord Tang, and thank you, Mr. Wang."

Zheng Jun also thanked him very humbly and politely, then followed the aide named Wang towards the "shadow wall".

The three words "shadow wall" sounded new, but Zheng Jun had never heard of them before.

And Wang's staff member was introducing Zheng Jun to the side.

It turned out that they were worried that after the county magistrate's mansion was breached, the thieves would be able to obtain all the martial arts stored in the mansion. Therefore, in the libraries in the county town and the state capital, the martial arts were stored in the shadow walls. Only by inputting the corresponding true energy could a certain martial art be revealed.

Each type of true qi is different, and the martial arts displayed are also different.

If thieves attack, all they have to do is destroy the shadow wall.

When you regain the city next day, you can go to the state capital to make a copy.

If there is no copy in the provincial capital, you can go to the capital to copy it next day.

If there is nothing in the capital... then there is no point in copying it, the Great Zhou will be destroyed.

Zheng Jun couldn't help feeling a little regretful when he learned this.

He thought he could get it for free.

After all, I just need to get it and take a look.

You can directly print the Great Dao Martial Book.

My original plan was to read every book after entering the library, and try to get as many for free.

In this way, Zheng Jun's dream of getting something for free was shattered.

Under the guidance of Wang's staff, Zheng Jun also entered a heavily guarded courtyard.

In this courtyard, besides some bookshelves, there were two people sitting here.

An old woman with gray hair was sitting on a small stool, breaking garlic cloves.

Opposite the old woman, there was a middle-aged scholar who looked rather sloppy. He was also cracking garlic, but he seemed to be calculating something in his mouth.

"You two, Zheng Sanlang, who has made great contributions, is here. You can pick two top-grade martial arts books."

The king's aide stepped forward and showed a token.

After seeing the token, the two of them said "hmm" and then threw a book to Zheng Jun: "Catalog, pick two books."

Zheng Jun took the book, opened it and was stunned.

This is actually a directory.

There are nearly a thousand kinds of martial arts recorded on it!

Martial arts are also classified into categories such as internal strength, swordsmanship, light skills, horizontal training and so on.

In addition, there are three levels of registration: upper grade, lower grade, and miscellaneous grades.

Zheng Jun looked directly at the higher-level martial arts, starting with the swordsmanship.

Among these sword techniques, Zheng Jun actually saw the Treading Waves sword technique.

"The Wave-Taking Sword Technique is also there?"

Zheng Jun immediately understood that this top-grade martial art was of the same level as the Talang Sword Technique.

So Zheng Jun looked down one by one.

Lingxiao sword technique, Yicui sword technique, Lixian sword technique, dragon and tiger double kill...

Dazzling and bizarre.

It also includes the origin of this sword technique.

For example, the Lingxiao swordsmanship comes from the Lingxiao sect, a martial arts sect in Bozhou.

It's just that the Lingxiao Sect refused to submit to the royal court, and five hundred years ago, it was crushed by the Great Zhou court. From then on, all of its skills became the property of the Great Zhou court.

The same is true for most other knife techniques.

Some of them were founded by people in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Zheng Jun took a look and didn't find the Seven Killing Sword Technique that he wanted, so he finally chose the Lingxiao Sword Technique, which had a better-sounding name.

And then, Zheng Jun planned to find a light skill to improve his body movement.

While flipping through the pages, he suddenly came across a technique called archery.

Gravel Frenzy Arrow.

"Archery?"

Zheng Jun couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Archery is a rare and unique skill.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were few people who used bows and arrows as weapons. The same was true in the military. Unless they were elite troops, ordinary guards had few archers, only a small number of ordinary archers.

Because there is a more realistic problem.

That is, only martial artists who accumulate qi can attach their true qi to weapons in combat.

Therefore, if there are only archers in the Blood Refining Realm, they can only use conventional archery and are restricted by the quality of the bow.

If the bow is of better quality, it can naturally shoot farther.

If the bow is of poor quality, it will break when pulled and will be completely useless.

Therefore, only elite troops would raise hundreds of energy-accumulating archers and thousands of blood-refining archers, who would shoot thousands of arrows at the same time and deal a huge blow to the enemy directly.

But for the Black Mountain Guards, they are already squad leaders and team leaders after refining blood, and the archers use ordinary Xi Wuhan... I am afraid that after one round of shooting, even the Qi-accumulating armor cannot be shot down, and the person will be killed directly.

Moreover, practicing archery is very difficult.

Every arrow costs money.

But it costs a fortune to practice it.

Therefore, the martial art of archery is rare.

But Zheng Jun didn't expect to see a door here.

For a moment, Zheng Jun was in a dilemma.

Should I learn this archery skill or find a light Kung Fu?
“Even if I use Qinggong, it is not as good as the body movement of the peak outer Gang, and the opponent may not be unable to use Qinggong. Only the top-level Qinggong can help me, otherwise it is useless!”

Zheng Jun made up his mind and chose the Stone Crushing Frenzy Arrow without hesitation: "I am more suitable for archery when I join the army and fight. Besides, I have the Dao Wushu, which can save me the trouble of practicing. I can just shoot the arrow and kill the enemy!"

Zheng Jun's final choice was the 'Stone Crushing Arrow' and the 'Sky-High Sword Technique'.

Seeing Zheng Jun's choice, the old woman stood up without any hesitation and transferred her true energy to a black stone in front of Zheng Jun.

After a while, the pattern appeared.

Zheng Jun stood in front of him and suddenly felt a spiritual energy entering his mind. His brain began to become unprecedentedly active, and it seemed that it had recorded the two exercises.

"After you go back, copy it by hand."

The sloppy man who looked like a scholar said casually: "The effect of the shadow wall is only for one day. As time goes by, the skills recorded in your mind will gradually be forgotten. If you forget, you have to make merit again and come here to read it again."

"After copying, you must not disclose it! The Pacification Department will synchronize the skills you exchanged. If someone around you suddenly uses these two martial arts, you will be punished."

After hearing what the sloppy man said, Zheng Jun nodded, but had no intention of going back to copy it.

because……

[New martial arts that can be prepaid have been added: Lingxiao Sword Skill (Great Mastery), Stone-Breaking Frenzy Arrow (Great Mastery). ]

After exhaling, Zheng Jun raised his hand to say goodbye, and went to the warehouse with Wang's staff to collect the silver.

But something went wrong when collecting the money.

Zheng Jun only got 3,764 taels and 5 cents.

There are zeros and wholes.

The official in charge of the treasury saw this and could only stammer, "General Zheng, this silver... well, there is something wrong."

Zheng Jun knew what had happened without him saying anything.

He just asked calmly: "Who embezzled my money?"

The voice was calm, but it contained murderous intent.

How dare you embezzle my money?!
It really goes against him!