Turbid World: Martial Arts Master of the Republic of China Era, I Cultivate Immortality!

"Crouching Tiger..."

Zhao Zheng repeated himself to himself, then asked Master Tianyi with some curiosity, "Uncle-Master, this Crouching Tiger wasn't entirely established by the New People's Government, was it?"

Although his history was bad, and it got even worse after he came to this ambiguous world, he also knew that the term "Crouching Tiger" originated in the Western Han Dynasty.

The term "卧虎" (Wohu) first appeared in the "Biography of Cruel Officials" in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, and was used to describe the strictness of law enforcement and the bravery in battle.

"good……"

Master Tianyi glanced at Zhao Zheng with surprise in his eyes. He then looked at Han Lu, but did not explain further. He simply said, "Restore the Han system," and then frowned and hummed in agreement.

"What's wrong, Uncle-Master?"

"fine……"

Master Tianyi shook his head and stopped his divination. Zhao Zheng didn't ask any further questions, but got up because the steward said that he had found it.

……

No. 7, Qintang Road, South of the City.

Led by the steward Lu Bo and others, Zhao Zheng and his two companions arrived at a courtyard that was more respectable than Zhang Daqi's.

"This is it!"

The maid, Crescent Moon, carrying a lantern, nervously hid behind a guard who had followed them, pointing at the courtyard.

Finally, she added, "This scoundrel stole the clothes I gave to my sister and then let his sister wear them..."

Because Master Han's mother was a Buddhist, the Han family would give each servant a new set of clothes every year when the seasons changed.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Han family is in the fabric business. That dress was one that Yueya had changed out of five years ago, but it was stolen by Erlaizi, a notorious local thug, before she could give it to her sister.

Because of this, Crescent Moon's family even had a fight with this scoundrel. They did have a fight, but they didn't end up fighting, so she always remembered this dress.

In addition, her clothes had a hole in the sleeve from her father's pipe that he had accidentally burned, and she had patched it up, so she remembered it even more clearly.

"Go and knock on the door!"

Looking at the eerily quiet courtyard, Steward Lu Bo frowned and pointed at one of the servants who had come with him.

The servant who was called turned pale, his legs trembling with fear. This was a snake demon, a man-eating snake demon!

"I'll do it."

Seeing this, Zhao Zheng stepped forward, and the steward, Lu Bo, quickly stepped forward to stop him, though he was unsuccessful.

"You should go too!"

Master Tianyi said to Xiang Yu, who had no sense at all, with a hint of annoyance. Xiang Yu grumbled and ran over.

"Open the door!"

Zhao Zheng called out a few times, and Xiang Yu called out a few times, but there was no response. The two looked at each other and Xiang Yu rolled up his sleeves and said.

"Junior brother, move aside!"

"..."

Seeing Xiang Yu about to dismantle the door, Zhao Zheng reached out and gently pushed the door, which wasn't locked at all.

With a creak, the door opened!

Xiang Yu paused in his action of rolling up his sleeves, then lowered them with a blank expression. He noticed that Daoist Tianyi behind him gave him a disdainful look before quickly following Zhao Zheng into the courtyard.

The three guards who came with the steward, Lu Bo, also quickly rushed into the courtyard with great awareness. Lu Bo, who was walking in the middle, squinted and glanced at the servants who were deliberately walking slowly.

After a while,

The inner room of Er Laizi's house.

In the inner room, which resembled a slaughterhouse, Daoist Tianyi frowned deeply, his face looking very unwell, while Xiang Yu beside him was pale.

The three caregivers were also slightly pale, but the steward, Lu Bo, looked fine. He just frowned slightly as he glanced at the servants who had run out to vomit, and then said to Daoist Tianyi.

"Taoist Master, was this also the work of that snake demon?"

"Judging from the changes in the residual energy, it was indeed the work of the snake demon that Ah Zheng killed. However, you don't need to worry too much. There should only be one snake demon, and Ah Zheng also killed that one..."

Knowing why Steward Lu Bo had come along, Daoist Tianyi spoke up. Seeing Steward Lu Bo's relieved expression, he frowned and glanced at Zhao Zheng, whose face remained calm.

Zhao Zheng's expression remained unchanged, as calm as when he arrived, and his eyes showed no emotion whatsoever.

Looking at Zhao Zheng's expression, Daoist Tianyi began to suspect that the people lying in segments on the ground were not people killed by the snake demon, but some kind of humanoid animal.

"Uncle-Master, why are you looking at me like that?"

Zhao Zheng asked curiously, and Daoist Tianyi shook his head and said it was nothing. Xiang Yu, his face slightly pale, suppressed his nausea and said...

"Junior brother, don't you find this disgusting?"

"good!"

"..."

I think you're really good!

Xiang Yu thought to himself, while the three guards noticed Zhao Zheng's calmness and couldn't help but feel admiration.

The steward, Lu Bo, did the same. After a while, everyone left the inner room and came to the courtyard. Zhao Zheng looked at the maid Yueya, who had not entered the room, and said.

How many people are in his family?

"There are three people in the family. Erlaizi's father died early, and his mother raised him and his sister..." Crescent Moon said.

Her eyes curiously glanced at the still-lit candlelight in the inner room, but remembering the pale faces and vomiting of the servants earlier, she immediately abandoned the idea.

"Hmm? According to what's on the ground..."

Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhao Zheng paused, deciding it was better not to describe the scene, and said, "Judging from this, this scoundrel's mother isn't dead, or perhaps she was eaten by the snake demon..."

It is certain that there were two dead: one was Erlaizi, who was on the floor and wall in the inner room, and the other was probably Erlaizi's sister, who was inside the snake demon's belly.

At least in Zhao Zheng's opinion, Er Laizi's sister's left forearm must have gone into the snake demon's belly.

"Has she gone into hiding?"

Xiang Yu spoke up, and Daoist Tianyi looked at the courtyard in front of him and said, "Let's search it." Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, almost turning Er Laizi's house upside down, they still couldn't find Er Laizi's mother.

"Maybe she went to visit relatives. I heard from others that she has relatives on the west side of the bridge..." Crescent Moon said at this moment.

"That……"

Butler Lu Bo looked at Zhao Zheng and the other two, and Daoist Tianyi said, "You can go back now. We'll handle the rest!"

"good……"

Butler Lu Bo didn't stand on ceremony and quickly led the caregivers and servants away. Once Lu Bo and the others were far away, Daoist Tianyi frowned and looked at Zhao Zhengdao.

Why do I feel like you're not angry at all?

He was referring to Zhao Zheng's calmness when he saw the horrific scene in the inner room. If Zhao Zheng hadn't stayed in his sight the whole time, he would have thought that Zhao Zheng had been replaced by some kind of demon.

"Does getting angry help?"

"..."

Master Tianyi was taken aback, while Xiang Yu, who was still angry about the snake demon killing people, looked slightly confused.

"Didn't you hear what Crescent Moon said on the road? That scoundrel was an absolute villain, why should I be angry because of his death?"

Zhao Zheng looked at the two Daoist Tianyi, who had fallen silent, with some confusion. He paused, looked into the inner room where the candlelight was still burning, and said with unusual calmness.

"In my opinion, it's actually a good thing that Er Laizi, a petty thief who bullies his neighbors, is dead."

The courtyard was quiet for a moment. Xiang Yu subconsciously nodded in agreement, but when he saw Daoist Tianyi looking at him, his expression immediately turned serious.

Master Tianyi withdrew his gaze, looked at Zhao Zheng, and frowned, saying, "I can understand if you're not angry, but why aren't you furious?"

"Yes, but I've already calmed down from my anger!"

Zhao Zheng spoke, and in a fit of anger, he was angry for a moment, and then nothing more. Of course, he still had these emotions in his heart, but they were somewhat faint.

"???"

No, what does "finished being angry" mean?

Master Tianyi looked bewildered and was about to speak again when he heard a panicked shout from a middle-aged woman.

"Who are you, and what are you doing in my house...?"

The person who came was none other than Zhang Lishi, the mother of Erlaizi. Seeing Zhang Lishi holding a hoe and pointing it at them warily, Master Tianyi explained the reason for the matter.

Zhang Li's mood also began to change...

Doubt, vigilance, disbelief, shock...

Stunned, heartbroken, crying uncontrollably

Fainting, conscious, fainting

Cry, cry, cry...

In just a few minutes, Zhang Lishi experienced the ups and downs of her life. Her eyes were red from crying as she sat at the door of the inner room, speaking in a hoarse voice.

"My dear Lai'er, my little darling..."

"The dead cannot be brought back to life, please accept my condolences..."

Master Tianyi offered words of comfort with a complex expression, and Xiang Yu also spoke up to offer his condolences. Zhao Zheng frowned as he looked at the weeping Zhang Li Shi.

Under the astonished gazes of Master Tianyi and his companion, he took out several ten-yuan silver notes from his pocket and stuffed them into Zhang Li's hand.

"Let's go back."

Zhao Zheng said, "Anyway, for the time being, Zhang Lishi will not let them dispose of Erlaizi's body."

As for whether anything else needs to be dealt with, he had already asked Master Tianyi, and there was nothing else in the courtyard that needed to be dealt with.

Master Tianyi nodded, and after saying something to Zhang Li, the three of them left the courtyard. As soon as they stepped out of the gate, Xiang Yu turned his head to look at the courtyard, then turned back to look at Zhao Zhengdao with curiosity.

"Junior brother, weren't you just saying it was a good thing that Er Laizi died? Then why did you leave money for his mother?"

"His mother isn't him. Besides, don't you all feel sorry for her? She lost her children in a single day..."

"..." x2

Well-reasoned and irrefutable...