Chapter 160 - 94: A Storm Is Brewing, Undercurrents Surging

Chapter 160: Chapter 94: A Storm Is Brewing, Undercurrents Surging

The County Captain wouldn’t go out of his way to cause trouble for him just over a fiancée.

However, the man definitely wouldn’t be very friendly toward him either. If there were a chance to kick him while he was down, the County Captain would certainly take it.

As for Second Young Master Yan, whose exact name Zheng Jun didn’t know, the man was already married. His wife’s maiden family was a prominent clan in Langkang County, and his father-in-law was the Chief Clerk of Langkang County.

Zheng Jun had already sent the Tongzhou Association to gather information. That Chief Clerk of Langkang County only had this one daughter. Having killed her, Zheng Jun had naturally drawn the man’s absolute hatred.

However, Zheng Jun didn’t regret it at all.

The daughter of the Langkang County’s Chief Clerk wasn’t particularly good-looking. Normally, if she found any village girls displeasing to the eye, she would have their faces disfigured. Furthermore, after Second Young Master Yan abducted the wife of Yan Ying, the current Village Chief of Nangang Town, it was this venomous woman who had drowned the poor victim in a well.

Such a person deserved to be killed!

If it weren’t for the fact that the Great Zhou Court was still in power, Zheng Jun would have already charged into Langkang County and chopped up that Chief Clerk too, just to eliminate any future threats.

"Actually, I could find some time to take a trip to Langkang County, put on the mask of a Dark Guard, and swap out my blade," Zheng Jun suddenly realized. "He’s just an ordinary Martial Artist in the Qi Storage Realm, after all. Slaughtering him would be as easy as butchering a chicken. He’s not worth worrying about."

As for the other prominent families, they all had their own marriage alliances.

After all, these landowners generally wouldn’t marry ordinary commoners. It was all about mutual interests. Your family marries into mine, and mine into yours. Within Pingzhang Commandery, they colluded with one another to amass wealth together.

"With these parasites around, Pingzhang Commandery can never be governed well!"

Zheng Jun took a deep breath, feeling that his list of enemies was constantly growing.

But it didn’t matter. Having come to this Yanfu World, he ought to rely on the Three-foot Cyan Blade in his hand to wipe out all enemies!

With that thought in mind, Zheng Jun returned to the Zheng Mansion.

As soon as he arrived, he saw Qingdai waiting in the main courtyard alongside the other six girls. Seeing his return, Qingdai stepped forward and curtsied gracefully. Her pretty face was brimming with joy as she congratulated him. "Congratulations, Young Master, on slashing that Old Thief Yuan Yi to death! For a Qi Storage Martial Artist to slash an Outer Gang expert to death—and two of them at that! Your feats are more than enough to make your name renowned throughout Pingzhang Commandery and Bozhou!"

"You girls," Zheng Jun chuckled lightly before adding, "I got four doses of Condensing Gang Powder from the County Captain. Qingdai, do you know what medicinal meals and baths to pair with this Condensing Gang Powder?"

"The Aunties have taught us, so please rest assured, Young Master. From Blood Refining to Outer Gang, we sisters know how to handle all the medicines. We just don’t know much about matters concerning Acupoint Opening Martial Artists." A rather confident expression appeared on Qingdai’s pretty face. Blinking, she giggled and said, "Once you reach the Acupoint Opening stage, Young Master, please don’t chase us sisters away."

"Don’t worry. As long as I, Zheng Jun, have a bite to eat, you’ll have a bowl to wash."

Zheng Jun smiled faintly, then stepped back into his room to regulate his breathing.

Qingdai didn’t react at first, but after carefully mulling over his words, she suddenly froze. Feeling slightly bashful and annoyed, she muttered, "The Young Master really knows how to boss people around! Shouldn’t it be ’you’ll have some soup to drink’? How did it become ’a bowl to wash’?"

After her brief moment of annoyance, Qingdai quickly began making arrangements, preparing the medicinal bath and meals to aid Zheng Jun in absorbing the Condensing Gang Powder. At the same time, she took a deep breath, solemnly sought out Forsythia, and spoke to her with absolute frankness, "Send out the secret signal tonight. Have someone deliver a message back to the hall.

"The Young Master possesses extraordinary methods. After slashing True Man Yuan Yi, an Outer Gang Martial Artist of the Vast Sea Sect, to death, he only sustained minor wounds. Judging from the street rumors and the reaction of the Garrison Command, the Young Master must have slashed him to death entirely single-handedly. And unlike Meng Xian, True Man Yuan Yi wasn’t already injured."

Forsythia nodded and was just about to make the arrangements, but Qingdai seemed to remember something else and added, "Right, add this sentence. Tell them... the Cai Family’s Third Young Master prepared four doses of Condensing Gang Powder for the Young Master, so our hall can’t just keep doing nothing! We should send the Young Master something too! Doesn’t the hall still have some Earth Evil Qi? It’ll just slowly dissipate if left sitting there, so we might as well give it to the Young Master."

Hearing this, Forsythia couldn’t help but shoot Qingdai a surprised look. "Sister Qingdai, matters of resource allocation have nothing to do with us, right? Aren’t we just supposed to serve the Young Master well and secretly observe his potential?"

Shaking her head, Qingdai continued, "Secretly observe what? Among us sisters, I’m the only one who has practiced martial arts and possesses some Blood Refining skills. The rest of you are just ordinary girls, right? How could our every move possibly be kept hidden from an outstanding figure like the Young Master?

"The hall sent us here to serve him, which means our destinies are now tied to his. If he falls, we fall; if he rises, we rise. If the Young Master soars to great heights in the future, we’ll be able to ride his coattails to success!

"But if the Young Master meets a premature end, do you really think we’ll have a good outcome even if we return to the hall? We’ll just end up like those old maidservants, stuck in the pharmacy brewing medicines all day. That is absolutely not the kind of life I want to live!

"Therefore, while we still have some say with the hall, we need to urge them to provide the Young Master with more support!"

Suddenly, Qingdai lowered her voice and said, "Do you still remember what Auntie Apothecary said when she was drunk before we came here? Look at how our Young Master conducts himself. In the future, he might even be crowned king of his own domain! Then, we could serve as Female Officials in the Prince’s Mansion. Some of us might even be lucky enough to constantly stay by his side and become Concubines! Only then will we truly break free from our predetermined destinies!"

Upon hearing Qingdai’s words, Forsythia’s eyes gradually brightened. "Understood, Sister Qingdai! I’ll go send the message right now!"

"You little fool, why send it now? Prepare the medicinal bath and meals for the Young Master first! Once that’s done, then you can send the message!"