Chapter 184 - 102: Slaying Jin Ye, Blade Shocks the County Magistrate!

Chapter 184: Chapter 102: Slaying Jin Ye, Blade Shocks the County Magistrate!

Even if the County Magistrate flew into a rage, Zheng Jun was unafraid.

He no longer felt much fear toward the First Layer of the Outer Gang. Even against a martial artist at the Second Layer of the Outer Gang, he might still be able to put up a fight.

As for the eight counties in Pingzhang Commandery, the County Magistrates were all at the First Layer of the Outer Gang. Only the most prosperous Jiuyang County, closest to Jinzhou, had a County Magistrate at the Second Layer of the Outer Gang.

Meng Xian of Black Mountain County was an exception. The Cultivation Realm he displayed to the public was the First Layer of the Outer Gang, but his true identity was an undercover spy for the Northern Demon Court, and his actual strength had reached the Third Layer of the Outer Gang.

Meanwhile, Gu Chengqi, Commander of the Black Mountain County Garrison Command, was stationed at the Garrison Command closest to Black Mountain. Therefore, the Commander there had historically always been at the Second Layer of the Outer Gang. Relying on his rich combat experience, he was able to fight the Third Layer Outer Gang Meng Xian to a draw.

Therefore, an anomalous event like someone reaching the Peak of the Outer Gang... Zheng Jun believed it would not happen to the County Magistrate of Langkang County.

"I, Zheng Jun, hold absolute sway over the county-level units within the Great Continent Court!"

In the Chief Clerk’s office at the Langkang County Government Office.

Jin Ye sat in his chair, taking a deep breath as he calculated his silver taels and wealth.

"It’s not enough. It’s still not enough."

His eyes completely bloodshot, Jin Ye counted the silver notes. There were only a little over three hundred taels, and a sudden headache struck him. With just this little bit of money, how could he avenge his murdered daughter?! That Thief Zheng from Black Mountain County had killed his only daughter. This enmity was absolutely irreconcilable!

Naturally, Jin Ye would think of every possible way to exact revenge on Zheng Jun! She was the precious jewel left to him by his prematurely deceased wife. With her dying just like that, how could Jin Ye ever find peace?!

Over the years, Jin Ye had amassed over a thousand silver taels through embezzlement, bribery, and oppressing the commoners. A few days ago, he had spent one thousand five hundred taels outright to hire the Gang Leader of the Liuhe Sect, having them intercept and kill Zheng Jun on the official road of Langkang County. The Liuhe Sect did this kind of thing often. Since Jin Ye had put up the money, the Liuhe Sect Gang Leader took the job.

But neither Jin Ye nor the Liuhe Sect Gang Leader expected Zheng Jun to be so formidable. It wasn’t until the Liuhe Sect Gang Leader was dead that the news of Zheng Jun slashing True Man Yuan Yi reached Jin Ye’s ears. Later, after much inquiry, he learned that General Han Hu from the commandery city had been beaten by Zheng Jun until his arrogance was utterly crushed...

This made Jin Ye even more unwilling to resign himself to it. Why? Why should the scumbag who murdered his daughter get to live so comfortably?!

Jin Ye’s Cultivation Realm was only at Qi Storage. Although he was in the same realm as Zheng Jun, he had evaluated the situation and concluded he was absolutely no match for Zheng Jun. Thus, he had thought of saving money to hire assassins. Unfortunately, he didn’t seem to have much money. If he wanted to hire an Outer Gang Martial Artist, the cost wouldn’t be a mere one thousand five hundred taels.

"I still need to make those useless fools from the Three Squads extort some silver immediately!" he muttered.

Jin Ye thought viciously, "The Fast Shift operates outside; they can find excuses to arrest people and throw them into the major prison. The Strong Shift manages the prison, making it the best place to extort money! I’ll just have them demand money from the prisoners. If they don’t pay up, they won’t get any food. Let’s see how long they can last!

"As for the Black Shift, they can withhold the transit permits of those merchants. Without spending money, they can forget about passing through!"

In his mind, he had already devised another scheme to scrape together more gold. Fleecing the commoners wouldn’t yield many silver taels, of course, but no matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. Jin Ye didn’t dare to extort the truly powerful local tyrants and landlords.

Though he didn’t come from a powerful background himself, after becoming Chief Clerk, he naturally learned just how terrifying those tycoons could be. That was why he had married his daughter into the wealthy Yan Family of Black Mountain County. However, he never expected she would run into such a jinx...

At this thought, Jin Ye felt like shedding tears again.

"KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!"

Right at that moment, the sound of knocking suddenly came from outside Jin Ye’s door.

"Who is it?"

Jin Ye glanced at the sky. It was almost time to get off work. His expression immediately darkened, cursing inwardly at the lack of tact. He wondered why they couldn’t wait until tomorrow to discuss work right at closing time.

However, right after Jin Ye spoke, before he could even react, the room door collapsed.

A valiant youth in a black shirt, wearing a saber, appeared before his eyes. This valiant youth had a tall and straight posture, genuinely possessing the bearing of a young hero. Even the currently hot-tempered Jin Ye couldn’t help but feel that this boy was extraordinary. Behind him followed a young Female Knight of the Jianghu, wearing plain clothes and sporting a ponytail. She looked beautiful and quite capable.

Thus, Jin Ye took a deep breath to calm himself and asked, "Who are you?"

"Zheng Jun of Black Mountain County."

Wearing his saber, Zheng Jun looked calmly at Jin Ye. After observing his Cultivation Realm, he felt rather disappointed. He continued, "Chief Clerk Jin, you tried to kill me time and time again, yet you don’t even recognize my face?"

"Zheng Jun?!"

Upon hearing this name, Jin Ye instantly knew why Zheng Jun was here. He immediately gritted his teeth, his eyes seemingly ready to split with rage. "So it’s you, you scumbag! Pay with your life for my daughter!"

With that said, he prepared to charge forward.

However, Zheng Jun raised his hand and instantly hurled a Ring-Headed Saber at Jin Ye.

Feeling the incoming Evil Qi, the hairs on Jin Ye’s body stood on end. In the next second, the Ring-Headed Saber embedded itself straight into the chair right in front of him.

Jin Ye froze. This Ring-Headed Saber was none other than the very weapon he usually used for his martial arts practice.

In an instant, the lingering fear within Jin Ye was entirely consumed by blazing fury! He thought, "What does this little thief mean by this? Because my weapon wasn’t on me, he specifically brought my weapon over?!"

"According to a secret report, Jin Ye, the Chief Clerk of Langkang County, has secretly colluded with the Black Mountain Bandits, exchanging intelligence with the intent to subvert the Great Zhou’s rule in Pingzhang Commandery."

Zheng Jun yawned, completely unfazed by Jin Ye’s rage. He casually remarked, "After your conspiracy was exposed, you flew into a rage out of humiliation and tried to silence me, only to be slashed by me on the spot... Chief Clerk Jin, are you satisfied with this?"