The 18th year of the Da Yong reign: The beginning of the story involves rescuing revolutionaries.

Looking at the old woman's face, which resembled orange peel, Wang Zhile asked, "Where did this person come from?"

"I found it on the road. Oh, don't worry, it's absolutely clean and doesn't have a tail," Pei Jing said, waving his hands repeatedly to assure him.

"Sure, sure, let's not stand outside any longer, let's go inside and talk." Wang Zhi smiled even more broadly and turned to enter through the gate.

The old woman was so happy that she chuckled like a hen. She led the blond-haired girl through the door, and before entering, she straightened her posture and glared at the gang member who had blocked her way earlier.

As soon as she entered the gang's gate, the old woman Pei Jing's thieving eyes began to dart around.

She looked closely at the corridor and pillars inside the gate, at the flowers and trees, and patted the girl's hand, whispering, "Girl, your aunt has found you a good family. You should thank me."

As they spoke, their pace slowed. Seeing that Chief Wang had gone a little too far, they dared not delay any longer and quickly took his hand and walked a few steps faster.

Inside the Hall of Gathering Righteousness, after everyone had entered, Wang Zhi waved his hand, signaling Afu to close the door.

The spacious room was suddenly reduced to only four people.

At this moment, Wang Zhi took his seat above, and Afu stood to the side, looking at the couple standing in the center. The girl was quiet and didn't make a fuss, following along peacefully.

"Sit down, Afu, have some tea," Wang Zhi invited.

"Hey, hey." Pei Jing immediately sat down carefully, holding the teacup with one hand and the maid's hand tightly with the other, and didn't forget to thank Master Fu.

She picked up her teacup, about to drink, when Wang Zhi suddenly spoke up: "I, the gang leader, have a few questions for you. Answer them truthfully, and you'll be well rewarded."

After saying that, Afu nodded knowingly and took out a piece of silver and placed it on Pei Jing's table.

The old woman immediately picked up the silver, rubbed it on her clothes, looked at it, and happily stuffed it into her bosom, saying, "Don't worry, Chief Wang, I will definitely tell you everything I know."

After questioning her carefully, Wang Zhi learned that Pei Jing had picked up the girl near the Zhaoyang City train station, but she knew nothing about her parents or where she lived.

After asking about the girl's background, Wang Zhi stood up, took a few steps forward, and spoke casually, as if chatting with someone:

"Pei Jing, right? You've been out here for so many years, and you've probably flirted with a few people. Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean anything by it. I just hadn't heard of you before, and I was worried you might have done something wrong." Wang asked casually.

When asked about this, the old woman proudly raised her chin and said, "So that Chief Wang knows, everyone in the underworld calls me Aunt Tao. I've traveled all over the country, and over the years, I've had more than a hundred girls. So many old widowers have relied on the girls I seduced for the rest of their lives. So many courtesans have become top-tier courtesans. So many peasants who couldn't have sons in their lives have relied on me to take care of their sons in their old age and see them off in death."

The more Wang Zhi listened, the wider his smile grew, until finally he said, "Alright, alright, let me see this girl." With that, he beckoned, and the old woman released her grip and slapped the girl's bottom. The girl, as if she had been scolded on the road, obediently walked forward.

Wang Zhi carefully examined the child's face, which was clean and neat, and nodded repeatedly: "Not bad, not bad."

After saying that, he casually covered the girl's eyes with his left hand.

Just as Pei Jing was still wondering, he heard Wang Zhi's voice, sharp as ice, say, word by word, "You really deserve to die." As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of cold light appeared! It was Wang Zhi's long sword that suddenly came out of its sheath, drawing a sharp arc from bottom to top.

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A spurt of blood shot out, dripping into the teacup, creating a red ring that eventually engulfed the entire cup of tea.

"Uh..." The old woman made a hoarse sound, her eyes wide with shock as she looked at Wang Zhi: "Why...why?" Her body gradually leaned forward.

"Because I hate human traffickers the most." Wang Zhi swung his sword and sheathed it. He clearly felt the little girl tremble in his arms for a moment, then quickly calm down.

The old woman's body fell heavily to the ground.

At the very moment the old woman died.

Ding--

Wang Zhi's vision blurred, and a line of text appeared before him.

[Punishing evil and eliminating wickedness, executing the kidnapper Pei Jing; character biography search in progress; dropped items generated.]

Three beams of white light, visible only to the King, emanated from the corpse.

Did they kill someone and get loot?

At the same time, Wang Zhi's character panel appeared in front of him.

Character: Wang Zhi.

Identity: Leader of the Daxing Gang in Liuzhou County, and head of the Wang family, a prominent local clan.

Cultivation level: Commoner Realm, internal energy flows freely, body covered in copper skin, impervious to swords and blades, muscles and bones resonate, energy flows smoothly.

Cultivation Technique: Golden Essence Technique (Slightly Accomplished), a white-quality cultivation technique. Internal energy is solidified, and circulating Qi can slightly enhance defense. Experience value: 41/22/100.

Martial Arts: Inch Heart Fist (Slightly Accomplished), a white-quality martial art, a common fist technique, with a bit more structure than street fighting, experience points 88/100. Death Gate Blade (Slightly Accomplished), a white-quality martial art, a common blade technique, consisting of five moves, focusing on a fierce offensive style, experience points 77/100.

The experience points materialized his past cultivation, Wang Zhi thought to himself, and then looked intently at the corpse.

The three floating white lights are respectively [Roster], [A Worn Token], and [Swift Legs].

With a thought, three beams of white light shot into Wang Zhi's brow.

Three items floated silently in the sea of ​​consciousness.

A tattered token: It was obtained by Pei Jing, the kidnapper, from a corpse by chance. The front is engraved with the character "jade," which seems to be related to Yu Liangxiao of the Dayong Dynasty.

Wang Zhi knew that Yu Liangxiao was the intelligence organization of the Dayong Dynasty.

I don't know what use it will have yet, so I'll keep it for now.

Swift Legs: Pei Jing's only skill, a white-quality martial art, a lightness technique that increases running speed.

This is a materialization of Pei Jinghui's martial arts. Wang Zhi didn't mind at all. He was in need of lightness skills, so he used it without hesitation. Immediately, the martial arts section of the panel had an additional "Flying Legs": 1/10 experience points, initial stage.

The roster, known as the "Rat's Way," records the acquaintances of Pei Jing who are also acquaintances with the same guild of kidnappers.

Useless, Wang Zhi crushed the roster, which instantly turned into one experience point. Without hesitation, Wang Zhi added it to the [Golden Essence Technique], bringing its experience points to 42.

Having played games, he naturally knew that all items dropped by monsters could be converted into experience points: 1 point for white quality and 10 points for blue quality.

Of course, not every kill will drop items; you need to kill a wicked person, and that person can't be too ordinary.

The fact that three white lights could burst out shows that this human trafficker, known in the underworld as Aunt Tao, was not exaggerating; she was indeed a habitual criminal who had committed numerous evils.

With that in mind, Wang Zhi put away the panel, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind—that county magistrate's head might not be collected by the Xinzhong Association.

"Afu, check what's on this woman's body?" Wang Zhi instructed.

"Ah, yes." Afu seemed to be greatly surprised before he realized what was happening. He stepped forward and found several more banknotes from the Datong Piao Bank on Pei Jing's body, as well as a bag of money containing seven or eight taels of loose silver and a few silver dollars.

Just as Wang Zhi had predicted, these ordinary things remained on the corpse and did not turn into white light.

Wang Zhi squatted down, pulled the little girl over, removed his left hand from her blindfold, and asked, "What's your name? Where do you live?"

He thought he had smiled kindly enough, but unfortunately the girl was like a mute, just opening her mouth without making a sound and not answering anything.

He wasn't omniscient; the original game's storyline didn't mention that the girl had ended up in his hands. If it were the original Wang Zhi, the girl would most likely have been sent to a brothel.

Unable to get any further answers from his questions, Wang Zhi had no choice but to give up. He guessed that the girl had been traumatized by her experiences that day. Wang Zhi called in two of his men to take the girl away for some tea and snacks, and to take the body with them.

Just as the little girl turned around, a fleeting, barely perceptible worry flashed in her eyes, then vanished in an instant.

Once only he and Master Fu remained in the vast Hall of Righteousness, the latter hesitated for a long time before finally speaking up: "Chief, why did you kill this kidnapper? He was just a nobody. Was it a double-cross?"

He couldn't understand it. His gang leader seemed to have changed these past few days, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what had changed.

Wang Zhi patted Li Quanfu on the shoulder: "Afu, those who stay in the water are fish, we are humans, we need to get ashore."