Eternal Life from Taking Care of Master's Wife-Chapter 338 - 20: Terrifying Divine Techniques, Zhou Chen’s Might, Eight-Character Government Office Opens to the South (3)
Zhou Chen was in a great mood, ready to act on behalf of justice and draw his blade to help.
...
Yunshen County.
This is a small county town near Yunmeng Lake, right next to where Zhou Chen tested the Two Realms Saber.
Yunshen County Government Office.
A disheveled and wounded young woman knelt in the main hall of the County Government Office, tears streaming down her face:
"I beg the County Magistrate to help a common woman like me..."
"What grievance do you have?"
The County Magistrate, with a black mole at the corner of his mouth and small eyes scanning the young woman, asked casually.
"I accuse Wu Kun, the eldest son of the Wu Family, of instructing his thugs to injure my husband and..."
The young woman wept, unable to continue.
But the County Magistrate and the surrounding constables’ eyes lit up.
The County Magistrate asked loudly:
"And what else?"
"And... he also raped me, I beg the County Magistrate to seek justice for me..."
The young woman, with tears in her eyes, pitifully sobbed.
The County Magistrate’s eyes gleamed as he continued asking:
"How did Wu Kun rape you?"
"Ah... this..." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
The young woman hesitated, unsure how to describe such a matter.
"Without details, how can we proceed?"
The County Magistrate chuckled, and two constables immediately stepped forward to lift the young woman in front of the County Magistrate.
The County Magistrate raised his hand and caressed the young woman’s tear-streaked cheek:
"Is it like this?"
The young woman was terrified, tried to turn away, but was held in place by the two constables, unable to evade.
"Isn’t it like this? Or is it like this?"
The County Magistrate’s hand slid downwards, reaching for the young woman’s ample bosom.
"No... please, County Magistrate, have some decency..."
The young woman struggled and protested loudly.
Of course, she knew the Government Office was corrupt; even if she suffered an injustice, she wouldn’t come here.
Because entering the Government Office, one would come out with their skin peeled.
But she truly had no other path.
This was her only way.
Unfortunately, this path was already blocked.
The County Magistrate had long received bribes from Wu Kun and never intended to uphold justice; even without the bribes, he wouldn’t offend the Wu Family for a commoner.
"If it’s not like that, maybe like this?"
The County Magistrate’s Lu Shan’s Claw reached under the young woman’s skirt.
The young woman wanted to plead, wanted to escape, but it was no use; instead, it elicited laughter from the County Magistrate and the constables.
Clearly, they had done this many times.
"No..."
Just as the young woman’s clothes were about to be removed, a flash of blade light appeared in the hall, dazzling and blinding.
Instinctively, the young woman closed her eyes and, upon reopening them, was left dumbfounded.
The County Magistrate and a dozen constables were all dead, with only half of their bodies remaining, the other half completely vanished.
On the ground, there were two big characters:
[Zhou Chen!]
"Ah!"
The young woman screamed and ran out of the Government Office in a panic.
Terror-stricken, she discovered.
The entire Government Office was filled with the corpses of governmental constables.
Unknowingly to her.
The prominent Wu Family of the county had been cleaved in two by a single stroke; apart from the maidservants and similar people, the rest were split into two halves, with only half their bodies remaining!
Yunshen County was in an uproar.
Zhou Chen stood in the air, overlooking the whole Yunshen County, and nodded in satisfaction.
Unfortunately, no matter how sharp his blade, he couldn’t eliminate all the evil in the world.
Situations like this.
Are all too common.
The Eight-Character Government Office opens facing south, if you have the right but no money don’t come in.
It’s not just the Government Office.
The influential families, landlords, local tyrants, gangs, sects, similar events are too numerous to count.
Zhou Chen is not a savior, not even a nice person.
But upon seeing such things, he felt uneasy, so he slashed down, and his heart felt at ease.
"Time to wrap up and go make money!"
With a flicker, Zhou Chen disappeared from Yunshen County.
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Yunmeng City.
"What? My family was annihilated?"
The Wu Family’s youngest son, Wu Zhifan, employed by the Salt Gang, sprang up and, with a group of twenty, raced towards Yunshen County.
At the same time.
At the Salt Gang Headquarters.
"Reporting to the Gang Leader, we’ve just received news that both Yunshen County Government Office and the Wu Family were wiped out. Zhou Chen’s name was left at the scene, and Wu Zhifan is leading people to take revenge!"
"What? Zhou Chen?"
Qiao Beiming stood up abruptly; the destruction of a small county office and the Wu Family in Yunshen County didn’t concern him much.
But anything involving Zhou Chen was of great importance.
Even if this Zhou Chen wasn’t the one he knew.
"Instruct all the elders and tributors in the gang to head to Yunshen County; anyone from the Wu Family, capture them first and ask questions later!"
"I’ll go ahead!"
Finished speaking, Qiao Beiming immediately headed towards Yunshen County.
Moments later.
Qiao Beiming arrived at the Wu Family residence, looked at the slash marks that ran through the entire house, and couldn’t help but feel a chill up his spine, as if his skin was being cut.
"How terrifying!"
Especially when looking at the half-bodied corpses, an even deeper awe and fear settled in.
Afterwards.
He went to the County Government Office to inspect, and found everyone was killed with a single move.
He immediately gathered the Salt Gang members in Yunshen County to learn more.
"Either it’s the Champion Marquis or some terrifying knight passing by..."
However, Qiao Beiming leaned more towards the notion that this Zhou Chen was indeed the Champion Marquis Zhou Chen he knew.
Given Zhou Chen’s current status and standing.
Who would dare leave behind such an intriguing name?
Not afraid Zhou Chen would come for retribution?
"Gang Leader, a fisherman just reported seeing a god, no, a powerful figure, slash Yunmeng Lake open from above. The lake split a thousand feet wide, half of the lake’s water vanished, and all aquatic life in the remaining half, including demon beasts, died without a single mark on their bodies!"
A subordinate from the Salt Gang reported hurriedly.
"Truly terrifying!"
Qiao Beiming was both amazed and envious, knowing that person was most likely the Champion Marquis Zhou Chen.
The once small boy had now become a towering figure.
A presence he could only look up to.
"Arrest Wu Zhifan and execute him publicly; as for the other wrongdoers from the Wu Family, hunt down any that slipped through!"
Qiao Beiming immediately instructed:
"Also send two people to secretly protect the woman wronged by Wu Kun, find someone to treat her husband’s injuries, and take care of their needs!"
"Yes, Gang Leader!"
...
Outside the county town.
The frantically arriving Wu Zhifan, before having a chance to understand the real culprit and seek revenge, was caught by Salt Gang experts and taken to the execution ground for beheading.
"No, why are you arresting me?"
"I demand to see the Gang Leader!"
Wu Zhifan shouted loudly, but there was no response.
One by one, the Salt Gang experts sneered.
Dying without knowing the cause, truly foolish.
Rushing for revenge without even clarifying the perpetrator?
Can you truly avenge?
"In your next life, keep your eyes wide open when choosing your fate!"
A Salt Gang elder patted Wu Zhifan’s face, coldly saying:
"Execute!"
"No..."
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