Chapter 130 - 85: Not Outer Gang, But Better Than Outer Gang

Chapter 130: Chapter 85: Not Outer Gang, But Better Than Outer Gang

So, he needed to think of a way.

Zheng Jun already had a plan in mind. He turned around and fetched Great Yu’s Imperial Sword, which he had casually tossed into the cabinet. He slightly unsheathed it, and a cold gleam flared. "The Imperial Sword of Former Yu has great collectible value."

A young master of Bozhou’s Cai Clan like Cai Xun would surely understand the value of such an item. Would trading this sword to the Cai Family in exchange for them settling this matter work?

"My current ties with the Cai Family are actually already quite deep," Zheng Jun thought to himself. "They shouldn’t mind smoothing this over for me. Other matters can be negotiated as well. Didn’t I reveal so much of my ’talent’ just for a moment like this?"

With this in mind, Zheng Jun planned to take the Imperial Sword to the County Captain’s Mansion and negotiate with Cai Xun.

However, just as Zheng Jun stepped out the door, he sensed Bo Zhangjiu’s aura from afar. He wasn’t in a hurry. Instead, he brought two chairs out from the house, casually took out a pot of tea, and exerted force with his palm. True Qi surged as he slowly began to brew the tea. The tea had already been boiled previously and had just gone a bit cold; Zheng Jun simply needed to heat it up with his True Qi.

More than ten breaths later, Bo Zhangjiu landed on the ground. Seeing Zheng Jun like this, Bo Zhangjiu couldn’t help but feel a little surprised. He subconsciously asked, "Did you know I was coming?"

"I sensed your aura, Senior Brother, the moment you appeared on this street." Zheng Jun was extremely calm. He then handed over a cup of tea. "Please sit, Senior Brother."

Bo Zhangjiu sat down, took off his mask, and took a small sip of the tea, only to frown. He wondered, "What kind of garbage tea is this?"

However, he didn’t voice this complaint. Instead, he coughed lightly, put his mask back on, and slapped a bag onto the table. "This is your reward silver for this month. The Garrison Command reported that you’ve been going overboard recently. Slaughtering those gentry everywhere in the name of the Black Mountain Thieves is a bit too much."

"Senior Brother, it’s all for our Great Chu," Zheng Jun said casually. "Our Great Chu rose to power in the south and has shallow roots in the north. If we start an uprising, these gentry won’t answer our call anyway. Rather than leaving them be, it’s better to replace them with our own people."

"You sure have a way with words." Hearing Zheng Jun say this, Bo Zhangjiu didn’t refute it. After all, compared to himself, Zheng Jun—someone who had never had any real ties to Great Chu—acted more like a loyal subject of Great Chu.

After a moment of silence, Bo Zhangjiu continued, "I’ve suppressed these matters. The people on the mountain will also cooperate with you and admit that these incidents are related to them. Just don’t cause any more trouble... Also, the Regent wants to see you in a few days."

"The Regent wants to see me?" Zheng Jun couldn’t help but be surprised. "When and where?"

"The Regent will come looking for you on his own, so rest assured," Bo Zhangjiu sighed. "The Regent is the sixth son of Prince Yu, a member of our Great Chu’s Imperial Family. We have urged him to take the throne several times, but he has refused them all, saying, ’Without even a single Commandery or county, wouldn’t proclaiming myself Emperor invite ridicule?’ Therefore, he took the title of ’Regent’ and governs everything under that name."

Zheng Jun nodded indifferently.

"While this Regent is certainly mysterious, I’m currently a die-hard loyalist of Great Chu, so it doesn’t matter," Zheng Jun thought. "At worst, I’ll just put on the facade of a loyal minister and make this Regent think he has met his Zhuge Liang. Who knows, I might even thrive like a fish in water. As for who I really am? Sima, of course... Never mind, Sima Yi’s reputation is a bit too foul."

With that said, Bo Zhangjiu stood up and instructed, "Since that’s settled, if anything else comes up, go to the grain shop and find me using the secret signal..."

Before Bo Zhangjiu could finish, Zheng Jun hurriedly interrupted, "Senior Brother, now that you mention it, I actually do have a matter to discuss with you."

"Hmm?" Bo Zhangjiu felt a trace of a chill. He couldn’t shake the feeling that whatever this kid Zheng Jun had in mind was going to be major. "What is it?"

"A small matter." Zheng Jun smiled faintly, revealing two rows of pearly white teeth, and said to Bo Zhangjiu, "It’s just that today I heard those gentry and strongmen were gathering to discuss how to deal with me, so I went over and slaughtered three Qi Storage Martial Artists."

Hearing Zheng Jun’s words, Bo Zhangjiu gasped sharply. "In the same Realm, fighting one against three, and killing them all?" he thought. "Is this nominal Junior Brother of mine already unrivaled among those in the same Realm?"

Although it was a bit tricky, it was much lighter than he had imagined. Bo Zhangjiu immediately said, "It’s a small matter. I’ll take a trip up the Black Mountain later and have the people there cooperate to pin it on the Black Mountain Thieves..."

Before Bo Zhangjiu could finish, Zheng Jun continued, "Out of the three Qi Storage Martial Artists I killed, only Guo Ping was a ’Village Hero.’ Of the remaining two, one was a disciple of the Vast Sea Sect, which doesn’t matter since I already have a grudge against them. The other one might be a bit more troublesome. He was a Copper Seal Patrol from the Pingzhang Commandery’s Six Gates. Senior Brother, you can handle this, right?"

Bo Zhangjiu was left speechless.

"You killed a Copper Seal Patrol?" He felt momentarily exasperated. "The Great Zhou hasn’t fallen yet, and the Divine Martial Emperor hasn’t passed away either."

Zheng Jun replied, "It was an accident. I didn’t expect him to die from just two slashes... Senior Brother, I’ll be more careful in the future."

Bo Zhangjiu fell silent.

"I’ll do my best to cover this up. However, it shouldn’t be a big deal. Just insist to the death that you didn’t know his identity. After all, the Great Righteous King is genuinely charging toward Bozhou. The Prefect is definitely aware of your performance, so he won’t do anything to you."

Bo Zhangjiu took a deep breath and continued, "This Prefect of Pingzhang Commandery just took office three months ago, and his Cultivation is only at the Outer Gang Realm. He is one of the weaker Prefects among the Commanderies in Bozhou. There aren’t many people he can rely on, so you just need to run him in circles for a bit.

"Also, aren’t you about to become the son-in-law of the Cai Family? If you get the Cai Family to exert some effort, there basically won’t be any issues."