Promise!

Chapter 65, Ah Q
In recent months, Zhuang Yutang has been in high spirits.

More than half a year ago, the bastard half-brother in his mind, who was also the father of Zhuang Jin's predecessor, died in the chaos, and his property and two shops were taken back.

——Yes, in Zhuang Yutang's eyes, it was about taking back his own things. In his and Zhuang Yuyong's eyes, the old man was deceived by the pillow talk of his bastard brother's biological mother, that bitch, and was so confused that he gave away a share of the property. He and Zhuang Yuyong were the legitimate son and the main wife. After the death of that bastard brother, it was only natural for them to take it back.

It was also because he took back the real estate and two shops and sold them for more than 300 taels of silver, which he divided equally with his younger brother Zhuang Yuyong. It happened that a position was vacant after the chaos, so he used it to make arrangements and was promoted from a third-class clerk to a second-class clerk, thus entering a higher rank.

The process of recovering the property was smooth under the suppression of him and his brothers in the Medicine King Gang, both in the black and white worlds.

The relatives of that bastard brother? On his father's side, that brother was just a bastard, born to another wife that the old man married. They were the legitimate relatives, so the clan elders naturally stood on their side.

And that bastard's wife's family... what good family could a bastard marry into? Although she wasn't like that bastard's brother's mother, who was a prostitute who was redeemed, she was still just marrying an orphan.

As for other friends, needless to say, when a person dies, the light goes out and the friends forget about him. Those people are just ordinary families, at most slightly well-off. Who would risk the destruction of their family for the sake of the family of a dead friend to confront them?
The only thing that is not perfect is...

Whenever Zhuang Yutang thought about it, he felt a little angry. His bastard brother's wife, that bitch, was quite scheming. She let his bastard brother's evil child go and then jumped into the well to die, causing them to lose a lot of money.

That day, Zhuang Yutang was about to leave the yamen when a beggar suddenly came up to him and said, "Master, someone asked me to give you this letter. They said you will regret it if you don't read it."

"what?"

When Zhuang Yutang heard this, he was a little confused and unconvinced, but he still opened the letter and took a look. Just this one look made his wrist tremble, and his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly asked the beggar who the person who delivered the letter was. When the beggar could not tell him, he rewarded the other party with a few copper coins and left in a hurry.

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That night, Zhuang Yutang called his younger brother Zhuang Yuyong over and told him about Zhuang Jin.

"What? That bastard participated in the Shen family's martial arts recruitment, entered the Shen family, and now has become a formal warrior and broken through the three classics?!"

Zhuang Yuyong's voice trembled. As a warrior, he knew what this meant.

Take himself for example, he was stuck at the bottleneck of the second meridian for many years. Only after taking advantage of the Zhuang Jin family, he got a share of money and bought a herb that was the main ingredient of the Shuluo Pills that he had long set his eyes on, and only then was he able to break through to the third meridian.

In just a few months, Zhuang Jin reached the same level as him. What a concept!
That kind of talent is probably not even good enough to describe as excellent. It is already close to the highest level, a peak unknown to most warriors.

Zhuang Yuyong felt a deep-seated fear and subconsciously complained, "Brother, I said at the beginning that we must find that evil creature and eradicate it completely, but after a few days without finding it, we lost our patience and gave up."

"Alas, weren't we anxious to smooth over our connections and move up? Not just me, but you, weren't we also thinking about breaking through as quickly as possible?"

Zhuang Yutang sighed, "Besides, that bastard's father is dead, his mother is gone too, and we've taken over his house and shop. I even cancelled his household registration. I thought he wouldn't be a big deal, but who could have imagined this would happen..."

Cancelling your household registration is a truly ruthless move. Generally speaking, without your household registration, many things become difficult to accomplish. For example, government officials require you to show your household registration and sign a contract when hiring workers, and guests staying at inns also need your household registration (in practice, only larger inns do this; most inns offer a fee for staying).

To put it bluntly, if you don’t have a household registration, the government won’t care even if you die.

But the Shen family didn't care about these restrictions on household registration. To be frank, let alone the household registration rules of the government, even the government, in the one prefecture and seven counties of southern Yunnan, might not be able to overshadow the Shen family! First, the national conditions of Daqian. In this world where extraordinary power exists, the royal family and extraordinary families, aristocratic families, wealthy families, and powerful families jointly rule the world; second, truth exists within the range of power projection. The one prefecture and seven counties of southern Yunnan are too far away from the emperor, but very close to the Shen family!
"It's too late to say anything now. Let that evil creature become powerful. Let's think about how to deal with it!"

After these words were spoken, both of them fell silent. They had offended a top genius who had already fulfilled some of his potential. If they had not had a feud with Zhuang Jin of having his mother killed and his family destroyed, which would have been a life-and-death feud, they would have done their utmost to resolve the situation and keep the peace as long as there was even the slightest possibility.

"Brother, you know there's no way we can reconcile. If we let that bastard break through the fourth meridian, we'll all die...Brother, you don't think that bastard will let us go, do you?"

Zhuang Yuyong looked over, and after seeing the other party nod, a ruthless look appeared on his face. "That evil creature must be eliminated as soon as possible. This matter should be done as soon as possible. Now that I have broken through the three classics and made two friends in the same realm, it would be best if I could find a way to kill him in the next two days..."

"I've inquired about it. That evil creature was awarded the opportunity to choose his own job in April when he was learning martial arts in the Shen family. Since the first month of this year, he has been hiding in the Shen family headquarters and has not left the outer courtyard for the past two months." Zhuang Yutang said.

In fact, Zhuang Jin had been there and killed Hou Yong, but he didn't know that.

"Uh..." Zhuang Yuyong was stuck after listening to this. He didn't have the confidence to rush to the Shen family headquarters and kill Zhuang Jin. That wouldn't be reckless, it would be seeking death!
"That little bastard is obviously on guard against us!"

Zhuang Jin's steadiness made him irritated, but he was helpless: "I can only keep an eye on him. Next month, he probably won't choose another place for the mission. However, after the optional mission is over the month after the month, it's unlikely that he will be assigned to the Shen family headquarters again. The medicinal fields outside the city are probably small, so the most likely location is north of the city. Then there will be a chance."

"That's all it can do."

Zhuang Yutang sighed. To be honest, after hearing this news, he felt that Zhuang Jin was like a turtle or hedgehog. He was really troublesome.

He thought for a moment and then raised a question out of concern: "What if that evil creature breaks through again in the next two months..."

"impossible!"

Zhuang Yuyong spoke decisively. Hearing that possibility, a huge fear arose in his heart, but he quickly dispelled it. He explained to Zhuang Yutang, as if trying to convince himself, "Brother, you're not a warrior, so you don't know the ins and outs of this. From the third to the fourth classic, that's the first major bottleneck we warriors encounter. Even for those with excellent talent, it's normal to be stuck for a year or two."

"We've given him a high estimate. It will take two to three months to complete the accumulation, and another two to three months to break through the bottleneck from the third to the fourth economic zone. In total, it will take another five to six months."

Zhuang Yutang nodded after hearing this and felt relieved. This meant they still had time.

"However," Zhuang Yuyong's expression turned serious. "This is our last chance. If we can't eliminate that evil creature before he breaks through the fourth meridian, then we'll all die!"

As soon as these words were spoken, an extremely depressing atmosphere filled the air, making it almost hard to breathe.

Zhuang Yutang and Zhuang Yuyong both knew what was going on and knew that what they did was cruel and ruthless. If Zhuang Jin really turned the tables, not only would they not die a good death, but even their entire families would be affected!
After a long while, Zhuang Yutang finally let out a breath and comforted him, "Don't be too optimistic. There is still good news. For example, the person who passed on my news is obviously a disaster in the Shen family. He has offended people and made great enemies. Maybe before we can take action, the little beast will die!"

All I can say is that everyone has the spirit of Ah Q, and subconsciously thinks about things in a positive way.

However, if Guo Jun, who secretly passed the information and placed his hopes on the two of them, knew that Zhuang Yutang and Zhuang Yuyong were also counting on him to kill Zhuang Jin alone, he would probably look puzzled and spit in the faces of these two guys.

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(End of this chapter)