Chapter 198: Pierced Through the Shoulder Blades for Public Display

An ancient saying goes, "If something is abnormal, there must be a demon; if a person is abnormal, there must be a knife."

This Wulitu, a Yuanshan person, alone, strangely offering such a big bargain, made the guard unable to react for a while.

He was stunned for a long time before using his little finger to pick his ear and said:

"What did you just say?"

"The refined rice I sell, twenty-five catties for one tael of silver, and I deliver it to your door."

"Then you are not a fool, a coward, a thing with shit in its brain..."

The guard hadn't read many books and grew up in a pile of miscellaneous soldiers, so his mouth was naturally very dirty.

Plus, now as long as they are Ming Song people, they will inevitably hate the ancestors of the Yuanshan people for eight generations.

So even if his brain was still a bit slow, what he said was even more tooth-grinding than a curse.

Hearing this, Wulitu finally couldn't maintain the demeanor of an envoy and gritted his teeth:

"You grass-mouse-born lamb, cave-rabbit thing, shut up!

In short, I am giving your master..."

Just then.

A figure rushed out of the main hall of the office and slapped Wulitu hard on the face.

Sending this "B-Superior" eighth-rank Baturu cultivator from the grassland flying more than ten steps away without any power to fight back.

After falling to the ground, his head seemed to be lying facing the sky, but his back was facing upwards.

If it were an ordinary person, in such a strange position, their neck would have already broken into several sections, losing their life.

But although Wulitu was unconscious, his mouth was still opening and closing, obviously still breathing.

"This is a madman who ran from Yuanshan to provoke our Ming Song Southern Kingdom.

Since he's not dead, use a thin steel cable to pierce his shoulder blades and tie him under the lighthouse on the wharf for public display.

What a thing.

Daring to use such a clumsy alienation tactic to deal with me, Zhang Gui.

It's simply looking down on my IQ!"

As he spoke, Zhang Gui's anger grew stronger.

He stepped forward and kicked Wulitu away like a football,

"In the current situation, selling twenty-five catties of refined rice for one tael of silver, why don't you go to heaven!"

He spat out this bad breath.

Afterwards, he returned to the main hall refreshed.

By dusk, Ding Chengqi, who had finished serving porridge, came to report:

"Heir Apparent, the porridge factory today is scattered, using a total of thirty shi of non-glutinous rice..."

"Alright, alright, don't tell me about these miscellaneous things.

In short, limit it to one hundred shi of non-glutinous rice every day, you can use it, I guarantee you will have an inexhaustible supply."

Zhang Gui waved his hand indifferently:

"By the way, Chengqi, others now love to call me 'Great General' to show respect.

But why do you always call me 'Heir Apparent'?"

"Heir Apparent, please listen, they call you 'Great General' because you now have the status of the Heir Apparent of the Stone Corpse King of the Ming Song vassal state.

Equivalent to a first-rank official of the imperial court.

The rank is comparable to the Prime Minister who 'regulates yin and yang' and the Great General who 'commands the world's troops.'

And you are a military general, so if they want to flatter you, they naturally have to call you 'Great General.'

I call you 'Heir Apparent' because according to the 'soldiers follow the general' established by the Taizu Zhao Zhusha.

You opened the Zhihai Town as a barbarian general.

Since I am an official under your curtain, my status actually turned into a barbarian soldier and general.

But you were an opening general at that time, and no matter how high your status was, you didn't have the qualification to 'call yourself lonely.'

So we were still in a 'General and Subordinate' relationship.

But now you have become the Stone Corpse King Heir Apparent, with a dragon on your chest, and a separate country.

My relationship with you has turned into 'Monarch and Subject.'

Naturally, I should call you 'Heir Apparent' to show respect.

Just like the staff of Prince Zhen's 'Traveling Residence' called him 'Prince Zhen'."

Zhang Gui looked at Ding Chengqi, paused for a while, and suddenly laughed,

"Big Ding, you are indeed a strange person whose inside and outside are completely opposite.

Although you don't admit that the national fortune of the Ming Song Kingdom has dissipated by half when things come to a head,

In reality, you have already thought about not even being a 'Ming Song person.'

Do you have so much confidence in me?"

Ding Chengqi opened his mouth and said nervously:

"Heir Apparent, please listen, no, I really didn't just cling to you now, I mean, I mean..."

The status voluntarily changed, and the original superior-subordinate relationship became half-true and half-false "monarch-subject difference."

And accompanying the monarch is like accompanying a tiger.

Even someone as smart as Ding Chengqi was at a loss for how to respond for a moment.

Finally, having no other choice, thinking of Zhang Gui's nature of always being straightforward when talking about things and reasoning.

He gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, saying as if telling the truth:

"Actually, this humble official doesn't have much confidence in you, Heir Apparent.

Thinking about how much power you can seize in the chaotic situation of the Ming Song Southern Kingdom.

After all, in an age of great contention, dragons and snakes rise, and luck is greater than talent, ability, and power.

And although you, Heir Apparent, are indeed the strange man I have ever seen with the first divine cluster exploration, first cultivation talent, and first momentum of rise.

But I am just a frog at the bottom of a well who lived in Zhihai Town, where I couldn't even eat pork often before the port opened.

How high can the gold content of the first in my eyes be?

Tsk tsk tsk, gold content, gold content, what a fitting description.

Heir Apparent, in terms of 'word creation' alone, you are also the first I have ever seen."

"Go down, don't count the granary where you store grain anymore.

To avoid being hard to cover up."

"This humble official knows, I will go down to prepare everything for serving porridge tomorrow."

"And you just 'de ba de ba' said I am this first, that first.

It shows honesty, but don't do it in the future."

Ding Chengqi didn't say anything else upon hearing this, just knelt down solemnly.

But before he could pay respects, he heard Zhang Gui say again:

"Don't kneel or kowtow to me in the future.

If you really want to be my subject, don't do this."

Ding Chengqi climbed up from the ground without objection,

"Yes."

He turned and strode out of the office of the Dragon Tiger Curtain Office.

"Time and momentum, I originally planned to completely isolate the forces in Zhihai Town from the Zhenlong Kingdom.

But in the future, I can't watch their whole family wait for death in fear.

And not to mention others, Ding Chengqi is indeed capable and loyal enough.

Speaking of loyalty, these people in the Dragon Tiger Curtain Office in Zhihai Town have all withstood the test of loyalty in the secret struggle between Prince Zhen's 'Traveling Residence' and me last time.

I shouldn't give up on them even more.

At the very least, I must move their families to the Zhenlong Kingdom.

And Amu, Aunt, and Cousin, staying in the Eastern Continent is becoming more and more dangerous, how should I persuade Amu..."

Zhang Gui, who stayed in the main hall, looked at the night outside the door, thinking jumpily in his heart.

Finally decided that since he had already handled the most troublesome things in Zhihai Town, Ding Chengqi could handle the remaining miscellaneous affairs.

He should hurry back to Pingyang Town to see how his old mother is doing.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 199 =====