From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Get out if you're not going to buy!"

Chapter 1538 Eight Cleans Roast Suckling Pig on the Street

“If there’s no shortage of sizes, I will definitely buy it.”

Despite Pig Two's rude remarks, Ba Jing remained calm and composed, smiling as he spoke.

"We sell cloth, we won't shortchange you an inch!"

Big Pig stopped Little Pig, forcing a smile, but inwardly he suspected that this guy might be someone sent by a high-ranking official from the Kingdom of Zhu Zi to cause trouble.

Their bolt of cloth was indeed not four zhang long, but only three zhang six chi five cun.

People who buy a piece of alumina yarn rarely take measurements; most just use it to make clothes, only discovering later that it's too small...

They could also be said to have been greedy buyers who kept the money for themselves.

After all, they were the only ones in Zhu Zi Kingdom who could sell Jiangzhen silk, so even if those officials suffered losses, they could only keep it to themselves.

otherwise--

How dare a mere mortal go up that ridge to seek trouble with the Zhu family's textile workshop?

However, they couldn't make a scene in this city.

"What if it's missing an inch?"

Ba Jing asked with a smile.

"If it's even an inch short, I'll cut my head off!"

Seeing that Ba Jing wouldn't let it go, Pig Big lost his good temper and said fiercely.

"it is good!"

Bajie had been waiting for these words. He grabbed a piece of cloth, shook it, and threw it away. He then took out a measuring tape, measured it, and found it to be only 36 feet and 5 inches long.

People on the street gathered to watch, and they all saw this scene. They couldn't believe that the Zhu family's shop was selling cotton yarn that was out of size.

"You fucking rip me off, huh?"

The pig was furious.

But Ba Jing argued vehemently, saying, "Look, your cloth is out of size! And you just said that if it's even an inch short, you'll cut off your own head."

Pigsy blushed and was about to retort when he saw Ba Jing draw his sword and swing it down on the cloth, cutting all the silk fabric in the shop in half.

"you--"

Pig Big and Pig Two were furious and were about to attack when they caught a glimpse of a streak of light. They felt dizzy and saw their own headless bodies.

pat!

Two enormous human heads fell to the ground and rolled onto the street, transforming into two chubby wild boar heads, terrifying the pedestrians on the street.

"Murder!"

"Run!"

Before long, all the pedestrians outside Zhu's shop had fled.

Ba Jing set fire to the shop run by the monster—because the Zhu family's shop was separate from other shops, it wouldn't cause the entire street to be set ablaze.

After doing all this, Bajing hurriedly led Pingping away from this troublesome place and headed east to ask passersby for directions. They found another weaver and purchased cloth from them.

This weaver family has no male members, only an old woman. There are hundreds of weavers in this area, but they only came here because they saw that this old woman was all alone and gave her some kindness.

Seeing that guests had arrived, the old woman got up to greet them and introduced her family's fabrics: "Although my family's fabrics are not as good as the Zhu family's fine silk, they are still the second best."

Bajing originally intended to offer goodwill, but after picking up a piece of cloth to examine it, he found it to be quite good and asked, "Old lady, your craftsmanship is so excellent!"

"Now I alone cannot weave such fine cloth."

The old woman looked worried. "These fabrics were all woven by my husband, son, and me."

Now I've lost my husband and my son, and I'm all alone.

I had intended to keep these fabrics as keepsakes, but people need to eat...

Now that I am old and frail, my eyesight is not what it used to be, and the cloth I weave is often wrinkled. There are hundreds of weavers here, and I simply cannot sell it.

There was nothing we could do.

I had no choice but to sell the cloth that my husband, son, and I had woven together, to earn some money to buy myself a coffin.

Hearing of the old woman's pitiful state, Pingping felt a little sad and asked, "Did the old woman's husband and son get into trouble with the law and get arrested?"

"That's not the case."

The old woman shook her head. "The reason is that my husband was greedy. He heard that the Zhu family's weaving factory was able to weave Jiangzhen yarn because a red-clothed fairy gave them a jade shuttle. So he took advantage of the night to leave the city and go to the Zhu family's mansion on the western ridge, intending to steal the jade shuttle."

But he never came back.

I visited him many times, and each time I was told that he had abandoned his wife and children to marry into the Zhu family. My heart ached terribly; I felt that my husband had been bewitched by a demon from the mountain, and that he had raised our son hoping he would go to the mountain to seek revenge.

"Your son went there and never came back?"

Pingping guessed that the old woman's son was probably in grave danger and had already been eaten by a monster.

"Not really."

The old woman sighed, "My son went to the mountain, but he came back. He has given up the idea of ​​avenging his father and only wants to inherit the family business."

But I was blinded by hatred and asked him to lead the other weavers who also wanted to find the jade shuttle to the mountain to fight the demon and find my husband.

But after that, there was no further news of them.

I also went to that ridge to look, but I didn't find anyone. However, I found many human bones in a dry ravine, and judging from their tattered clothing, they belonged to the weavers.

At this point, the old woman wept, lamenting, "My son must be among them! But there are so many bones, I cannot find him..."

Since then, there have been many weavers and few sons in this area. The other weavers dared not let their children take revenge, and only sought to live a good life, but also inherited the family business. Only I am an old woman in this family.

"It was my obsession that ruined my son!"

"Hey~"

Ba Jing sighed, spent some money, and without even measuring, bought two bolts of cloth. Then he bid farewell to the old woman and went to the Huitong Hall with Pingping.

They had barely returned to the inn and hadn't even had a chance to tell Jiang Liu what had happened on the street when soldiers burst in, surrounded the seven men, and shouted, "Outsiders! You ungrateful wretch! How dare you kill someone in the street? Come with us to see His Majesty and be punished!"

Ba Jing and Ping Ping wanted to explain, but Jiang Liu stopped them, saying, "Don't waste your breath on such officials. As the ancients said, 'Every drink and every bite is preordained.'"

Although you have rid the people of a scourge, this is still the Kingdom of Zhu Zi. Come with us to see the king so that we can prove your innocence.”

When Ba Jing saw that Jiang Liu was inside the meeting hall but knew about what was happening outside, he was shocked but also understood. So he calmed down, did not argue with the officials, put down the cloth, and went to the palace with Jiang Liu and the others to meet the emperor.

The king was pale and ill, but he was not a wise ruler. He said bluntly, "Guards! Drag these foreigners who are killing people and setting fire to shops in the street out and execute them."

"Wait a minute!"

Jiang Liu's voice boomed like thunder, deafening and startling the guards who had stepped forward. Instead of bowing to the king, the guards chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, you accuse us of murder and arson. Do you have any witnesses or evidence? If you judge us without proof, wouldn't you be a foolish ruler to condemn us based on a single statement?"

When someone publicly called him a tyrant, the king's illness was cured by half, and his complexion even became "rosy". He angrily said, "You scoundrel, how dare you!"

So be it.

"I am a wise ruler; I will make you all die with complete submission."

Afterwards, he ordered his men to bring up the corpses of the two pig demons that Ba Jing had killed, and he also ordered his men to summon the people who had seen Ba Jing committing the crime on the street.

"With both witnesses and physical evidence, what else do you have to say?" the king demanded.

"Your Majesty must be seeing things, otherwise how could you not tell the difference between a human and a pig?"

Jiang Liu's smile deepened even more.

Upon hearing this, the king was stunned. He bent down to look, but all he saw were two roast suckling pigs, bearing no resemblance whatsoever to humans…

Chapter 1539 Not Dragon Urine, But Pig Urine

"Why are there two roast suckling pigs?"

Smelling the aroma of pork, the king was stunned, then became furious and said to the guards, "You are deceiving the king! How dare you bring out a roast suckling pig? It is not yet time for dinner!"

"If we're going to have a meal, why must it be in the imperial court?"

The guards hurriedly knelt down, kowtowing and begging for mercy, saying, "Your Majesty, how could we dare to deceive you? It's just that the Zhu family's shop only has two roast suckling pigs!"

"Such a thing is true?"

The king was filled with doubt and uncertainty.

Why is Your Majesty so surprised?

Jiang Liu said, "The two pigs in the Zhu family shop, Pig Da and Pig Er, were both mountain pig spirits that had eaten countless people. Now that my junior brother has killed them, eliminating two monsters for the people of Zhu Zi Kingdom, you don't thank us but want to kill us instead. What kind of logic is that?"

The king, no longer surprised, quickly rose and thanked them, saying, "Thank you to the foreign sorcerers for removing the evil spirits from our country!"

The king then arranged a banquet and invited dancers to celebrate with everyone.

After several rounds of drinks...

The king, who was ill and looked unwell, said, "Please forgive me, seven monks, but I am weak and should not drink too much."

"Your Majesty's illness is nothing to worry about, as long as it is cured."

Jiang Liu did not hesitate.

"Can a sorcerer cure this?"

The king was overjoyed, "The imperial physicians in my palace have tried countless medicines, but none of them have been able to cure the illness."

“What’s so difficult about a mere ailment? My junior brother has been eating mountain herbs since childhood and knows all kinds of plants. He’s the best at curing diseases.” Jiang Liu pushed Zhu Bajie out.

"Brother, don't trick me! How could I possibly cure illnesses?"

Since being banished to the mortal realm, Pigsy was mistakenly reborn as a pig. In his youth, he did indeed eat all sorts of herbs from the mountains and recognized medicinal plants, but to ask him to cure illnesses—

He only remembered a few formulas he had learned during his cultivation years ago.

If we really want him to treat the patient, we'll have to see how tough the patient's life is!

“Bajie, don’t be modest. You were able to see the words on the banners in Zhu Zi Foreign Land, which means you have already achieved some success in your cultivation. You know that all illnesses in the human body are caused by blocked Qi. How could you not know how to treat illnesses?” Jiang Liu reminded him.