From a slave to the Great Qian Martial Saint

"Greetings, Magistrate."

The somewhat disjointed shouts caused the guests, who had initially been watching the spectacle, to suddenly kneel down on the ground.

Although it was a flower-adorning banquet, Chen Yu's family was poor and he was looked down upon, so most of the guests were ordinary people from the city. The county magistrate was the head of the county; how could they dare not kneel?

Of course, there were also those who didn't kneel.

Besides his brother-in-law Wu Debiao, there were also instructors and Chen Yu.

"This humble official greets Your Excellency, the County Magistrate."

Even an instructor is a ninth-rank official, so normal greetings are sufficient.

"Student Chen Yu pays his respects to the County Magistrate."

Chen Yu was a scholar who was exempt from kneeling before officials, but he still bowed deeply in fear.

Then there were Cui Nong and Chen Shi. Cui Nong stood inside the door, and being a woman, she naturally went unnoticed. But Chen Shi, standing there with his tall and straight posture, was quite conspicuous.

"Who are you! Why don't you kneel before me!"

County Magistrate Wei Shouren glanced at Chen Shi and reprimanded him in a deep voice.

He served as the magistrate of Gegang County for many years. Although he was only a seventh-rank official, he held absolute power in the area, acting like a local emperor. As a result, he developed a strong sense of official arrogance.

Upon hearing this rebuke, the kneeling guests couldn't help but tremble.

"Hmph, you think you're worthy of making me kneel?"

Chen Shi glanced at Wei Shouren, snorted disdainfully, and his eyes also held a hint of murderous intent.

Wu Debiao dared to act lawlessly entirely because of Wei Shouren's protection!

When Chen Shi's father was swindled out of his family fortune by Wu Debiao, he went to the yamen to file a complaint. However, Wei Shouren not only failed to handle the matter impartially, but also directly accused his father of false accusation, gave him thirty strokes of the cane, and threw him out of the county yamen.

Completely losing hope, the father threw himself into the river to end his life.

It can be said that Wei Shouren was one of the murderers who killed his father and enslaved Chen Shi!

"Brother-in-law, he's the second son of the Chen family, the one I told you about before..."

Immediately afterwards, Wu Debiao came over and whispered something to Wei Shouren.

After listening, Wei Shouren nodded slightly, as if he remembered.

Then he snorted coldly and looked at Chen Shi with disdain.

He's been away for two years, learned some martial arts, and now he thinks he can get revenge and finally hold his head high? He must have read too many stories; he's incredibly naive.

He was drinking and having fun with his two concubines at the yamen when he suddenly heard someone deliver a message saying that his brother-in-law, Wu Debiao, had been beaten.

His wife, whom he had married many years ago, had aged and lost her beauty, and Wei Shouren had not entered her house for many years, but his relationship with his brother-in-law, Wu Debiao, was getting better and better.

The reason is simple: Wu Debiao can do things for him that he can't do himself, and he will definitely get a share of the money that Wu Debiao extorted.

Everyone knows that Wu Debiao is his brother-in-law; beating Wu Debiao means he doesn't take him seriously.

Katsuoka Prefecture will not tolerate the existence of such an awesome person!

Even though his newly acquired concubine was already half-undressed, Wei Shouren didn't care and immediately summoned a group of yamen runners to come over.

I thought he was someone important, but he's just a kid.

"Guards, make him kneel down!"

Wei Shouren's face turned cold, and he let out a cold shout.

Immediately afterwards, a group of yamen runners rushed over, holding fire and water sticks, and were about to strike Chen Shi on the inside of his knees.

"Let's see who dares!"

Chen Shi stood still, then suddenly let out a loud shout.

He reached into his robes and pulled out his martial arts badge, displaying it to the crowd.

With Chen Shi's martial arts skills, dealing with these yamen runners wouldn't be much more difficult than dealing with Wu Debiao's thugs. However, since they were county yamen runners, it wasn't appropriate to directly attack them.

"This is……"

Everyone was shocked to see Chen Shi's martial arts badge.

Chen Yu and Chen Wangshi, in particular, rubbed their eyes vigorously, their faces full of surprise.

Chen Shi has turned out to be a military man!

Then his brows furrowed again, and his gaze towards Chen Shi held a hint of resentment. Why did he have to pull it out today of all days? Wasn't he deliberately trying to steal Chen Yu's thunder?

Fortunately, he was just a ninth-rank martial artist.

Chen Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. A ninth-rank martial artist was not higher in status than a scholar like himself.

"Ninth rank, humph."

Glancing at Chen Shi's waist tag, Wei Shouren showed no fear, but instead gave a contemptuous sneer.

He had already guessed it.

Since he was able to defeat Wu Debiao, he must already be a martial artist.

But a mere ninth-rank military officer is only equivalent to a scholar, and is utterly insignificant in front of the county magistrate.

"According to the laws of the Great Qian Dynasty, a ninth-rank military officer shall not kneel before an official, nor be subjected to punishment."

Chen Shi said coldly, his face serious.

After the product testing this year, the new seventh-rank martial arts waist tokens have been issued, but Yun'er immediately took them.

When Chen Shi was awarded the ninth rank last year, he showed his waist badge to Yun'er and jokingly said that he would give her an even better one in the future.

Chen Shi made a joke at the time, but he never expected Yun'er to take it seriously and remember it to this day.

After all, it was his own words, and besides, things were no longer the same between him and Yun'er, so Chen Shi gave the seventh-rank martial artist's waist token to Yun'er.

Although this old land was only of the ninth rank, it was equivalent to the privileges of a scholar, and it was sufficient for the time being.

"A mere ninth-rank martial artist dares to be so insolent before me, his master! Beat him!"

Wei Shouren's gaze darkened, and he once again gave a loud order.

"Wei Shouren! How dare you disregard the laws of the Great Qian Dynasty!"

Chen Shi shouted angrily and glared at Wei Shouren.

"The Great Qian Law? Boy, I'll show you today that in Gegang County, my word carries more weight than the Great Qian Law. What are you standing there for? Give him a good beating!"

Wei Shouren gave another contemptuous sneer and once again shouted orders at the yamen runners.

Chen Shi frowned instantly; Wei Shouren's lawlessness was beyond his expectations.

Seeing the constables raise their fire and water sticks again, his face immediately darkened.

Since Wei Shouren doesn't follow the rules, he can do the same; that would actually make things easier!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Shi prepared to take action.

Bang! Bang!

"Good news! Good news! Good news for Master Chen!"

Just then, a gong sounded outside the door, followed by a drawn-out shout.

Good news?

Everyone was taken aback; it seemed like good news had arrived.

But that's not right.

As he pondered, the shouts grew closer, and he saw a messenger already at the door.

The so-called messenger was a special errand boy who delivered good news.

"The good news from Master Chen has arrived. Which one of you is the host?"

The messenger stood at the door and shouted into the room again.

This is truly good news!

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Chen Yu's good news had arrived a few days ago, and the red paper on the door frame was still pasted up. Why was it being delivered again?

Chen Wangshi and Chen Yu exchanged a glance, equally confused, and then went to the door.

"The official has reported the wrong number; the good news about my son arrived a few days ago."

"Have we arrived?"

The person making the report was taken aback, and then surprised.

"That shouldn't be the case. The good news was sent out from the government office and traveled at full speed. How could there be another copy that arrived a few days earlier?"

"The government office?"

Chen Wangshi was also taken aback and said in a puzzled tone.

"Shouldn't it have been issued by the county school?"

"County school?"

The person reporting the enrollment widened their eyes, wondering what this had to do with the county school, and then couldn't help but verify it again.

"Excuse me, is this the residence of Lord Chen Shi?"

"Chen Shi?"

Chen Wangshi was completely confused; what did this have to do with Chen Shi?

He turned his head to look at Chen Shi, who was standing in the yard, and nodded subconsciously.

"That's right!"

The messenger breathed a sigh of relief, then mustered all his strength and shouted loudly.

"Great news! Great news! Your esteemed lord, Chen Shi, has been assessed as a seventh-rank military officer and conferred the title of Military Lieutenant!"

What!

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes widened in shock.