Chapter 113: The Ultimate as One

The overly heavy testimony, told by one who had experienced it firsthand, made Zhang Gui's expression grave.

"My parents would rather have starved to death than boil my older sister, younger sister, and me to eat.

Later, people from the 'Benevolent People Society' came; they watched those adults die with their own eyes, yet they took us in.

After that, I ate a few days of full meals.

First my older sister disappeared, then my younger sister.

But I don't hold a grudge; whoever can save our lives is the greatest benevolent person under heaven.

My mind is still fairly sharp; when told to learn to read, I learned to read, and when told to learn to serve people, I focused on currying favor.

Finally, one day, I met my older sister again.

We were going to go to the south, a place with beautiful water and fertile fields, to put down roots together.

It was so good, those days were truly so good!

I never knew I was so close to my older sister, and missed my younger sister so, so much.

But just as we were about to depart, my older sister suddenly disappeared again.

I secretly asked around, inquiring in every way, only to find out she had been, been, been defiled by a drunken Silver Mountain Guard.

She went a bit mad and became a defective product.

She wasn't worth ten taels of gold anymore, hahahaha..."

Speaking to the crucial part, Zhao Sanshi's spirit seemed to lose control, and he suddenly began to laugh wildly.

Yet even so, his voice remained low, and his mouth opened and closed very little, making his face appear doubly distorted.

Zhang Gui knew the reason for this.

It was only because he had once ordered that the people in the bottom hold of the alchemical sea ship that had teleported over must not be disturbed, and that one must act with caution.

"To be unwilling to violate my will even when going mad—people who violate human physiological common sense like this are truly strange."

He looked down at the youth who was curled up in a ball, and said slowly:

"That's enough, I know what you wish for in your heart.

Your sisters are currently in an unknown state of life or death, so I cannot promise you anything.

But the 'Benevolent People Society'—one day, I will surely exterminate them to fulfill your wish!"

The words fell.

The True Dragon soldiers and dock workers who had come from the 'Benevolent People Society' as slaves all prostrated themselves in silence, kowtowing in worship.

The truth of their hearts, the sincerity of their intentions.

It made one feel as if they were in that distant era of antiquity where 'divine grace was like the sea, and divine might was like a prison'!

A poor, ignorant background;

An age of less than twenty years;

A past of being reduced to a slave whose life and death were not his own, and a present of having received salvation, along with a seemingly bright future!

A country composed entirely of such people.

An enlightened, benevolent monarch who founded this country!

The great Chang Sheng Tie Mu is, of course, 'divine might like a prison' in the hearts of the Yuanshan people.

In the eyes of the True Dragon people, who are a small nation with few people, does Zhang Gui not also have the image of 'divine grace like the sea'?

And this is also the reason why he has always used the young slaves he saved with his own hands to serve as the main body of the citizenry...

At the end of June, on the vast and boundless Yuanluan Ocean.

The heat brought by the 'Ape Wind' became even more intense, and there was more and more wind and rain.

This day, another hurricane descended upon the sea area around Zhihai Town, tossing it for two full days.

It was not until late at night that the raging wind and rain finally turned into a gentle breeze and fine drizzle.

At this time, a cargo ship of an alternative style suddenly appeared at the deserted dock, in an empty berth.

And Zhang Gui, holding a Western whale-skin umbrella, deliberately dressed in a simple Western-style formal suit and wearing a narrow-brimmed flat cap.

Carrying a pine wood cane in his other hand and gesturing at a few Southern Red water fingers, appeared on the deck of that cargo ship.

In the tax office on the shore.

Six tax clerks who should have been awake all night were all secretly sleeping because the storm made it impossible to patrol.

One of them was woken up by the urge to urinate at night; when he went to get the chamber pot, he suddenly discovered the hurricane was gone and hurriedly woke his peers.

They had a share of the taxes collected by the public, so they didn't actually want to be truly lazy.

Hurriedly wiping their faces, putting on their wide-brimmed rain hats, and hanging up their 'wind scoops'.

Each taking their own ship entry registers, the six of them stepped out quickly to start checking for omissions.

One middle-aged man with a flat head and a short chin came to the port section he was in charge of.

At a glance, he saw Zhang Gui's cargo ship.

Not to mention the size, just the style was very eye-catching.

"That must be a Western merchant, right? You are coming to our Zhihai Town for the first time..."

"Don't you even recognize who I am?"

"Ah, My Lord, you, your attire is truly rare, I haven't seen you pass by before.

This small one has offended you, it is a capital crime, a capital crime."

He spoke with fear and trepidation, but he knew his General's nature was benevolent and he didn't like to quibble, so he wasn't actually too afraid in his heart.

And Zhang Gui naturally wouldn't show off his power to punish his subordinates over a tiny matter, so he waved his hand and said:

"That's enough, get up.

I just rented a ship back from the edge of the Eastern Inner Sea, from the territory of the Western He people.

The sailors on the ship are also not people from our Eastern He Continent.

Their rules are that they cannot leave the ship.

You go find someone to send some palatable food and drink for them to eat and drink."

"Yes."

The middle-aged man with the flat head and short chin hurriedly agreed and rushed off to call people to make arrangements.

Zhang Gui jumped off the ship and stepped through the rain to the 'Xinglong Inn' in the dock market.

Behind the front desk, the shopkeeper was dozing off.

Outside the counter, the attendant on duty was forcing himself to stay awake, keeping his eyes wide open.

Seeing a strange guest dressed in a weird way suddenly run in in the middle of the night while it was still raining.

His muddled brain couldn't help but shudder, and the hair on his back stood up.

Trembling, he went to call the shopkeeper, "There, there is a guest here.

Shopkeeper Cai, a guest, there is a guest."

Zhang Gui entered the inn and saw the attendant suddenly trembling as if possessed, unable to speak clearly; for a moment, he didn't think it was his own problem.

He opened his mouth and said: "That's enough, I'm not staying at the inn, I'm here to find someone.

Didn't the Qingdou Academy book your inn?

There is a scholar named Zhang Jiujiang staying in that room, or you go call him."

He wandered around the Zhihai Town dock area all day and was the owner here; even if he were a traveling merchant, he would have a deep impression, let alone a resident merchant.

The attendant recognized who the visitor was from his voice to his face, hurriedly pushed the shopkeeper hard, and then knelt on the ground,

"This commoner pays respects to the Dragon Tiger Great General."

A fief is ultimately not as good as the True Dragon national territory, where Zhang Gui can be molded and shaped at will.

It is only right and proper for a commoner to kowtow and pay respects on the territory of a Fourth Rank local official; not kowtowing would be contrary to common sense.

Therefore, he didn't waste any words and waved his hand, saying:

"That's enough, get up, Zhang Jiujiang is staying..."

Suddenly, a voice sounded excitedly from above, "I have been waiting for you every day, waiting for you every day.

Today I felt you were coming, and sure enough, you have returned."

Zhang Gui looked up and happened to see his little friend's unfocused eyes and dark circles.

He said in surprise:

"What is wrong with you? It's not like the provincial examination is tomorrow, how did you stay up until you look like this?"

Zhang Jiujiang took big strides and 'deng deng deng' came down the stairs;

He explained: "First, I was worried about your safety;

Second, bad news kept coming, so hasn't 'time aged me'?

How about you, how did the matter go? If it's difficult to do, you must not force it."

Zhang Gui showed his little friend a confident smile with eight teeth, but did not make a sound.

He just tilted his head, signaling to go out and talk.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 114 =====