Royal Gold Magistrate

Choose your mother! Are you even human?

Chen Dasheng’s inner voice was screaming.

What kind of nightmare was this? Where did Shen Zhaoxuan find these two monsters?

Cold sweat beaded on Chen Dasheng’s forehead. After a moment’s hesitation, he asked uncertainly, “Do you dare to fight me barehanded?”

Without a word, Zhang Biao immediately took off his coat and threw it to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Nie Zheng’s eyes lit up at the sight.

Good heavens, how heavy was that coat? Another fierce warrior!

What a lucky day to stumble upon such treasures!

Seeing this, Chen Dasheng immediately took his stance and shouted, “Come on!”

Zhang Biao approached step by step. Chen Dasheng felt each step pounding in sync with his heartbeat.

His alertness was at its peak.

When Zhang Biao entered his attack range, Chen Dasheng pounced without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Biao did a spin on the spot, snake-like footwork bringing him behind Chen Dasheng.

Then Chen Dasheng felt his pants being yanked down.

His hands instinctively went to pull up his pants, leaving him wide open!

Seeing this, Zhang Biao unleashed a flurry of punches to Chen Dasheng’s groin without mercy.

Chen Dasheng screamed for a second before passing out.

The battle was over!

The entire crowd fell into silence.

Not a peep was heard…

Nie Zheng, shocked, looked at Fang Zheng and pointed at Zhang Biao: “This… this… this…”

Fang Zheng explained with a smile, “I heard Chen Dasheng was impervious to blades and spears, so that was the only place to hit!”

Nie Zheng nodded after hearing this. So that’s how it was… There were indeed many extraordinary people in the civilian world who could train to be impervious to weapons.

But no matter how strong this skill was, it couldn’t be trained in the groin area, so attacking the weak point was the most correct choice.

Indeed, what a talent!

Suddenly, Nie Zheng’s expression turned a bit ambiguous. He leaned close to Fang Zheng’s ear and whispered, “Lord Fang, I wonder if you could spare these two men…”

“Oh, these two were sent by His Majesty to protect me.”

“………….”

Heh, trying to snatch my men? Dream on!

At this moment, the entire crowd was still immersed in silent shock, every man feeling a sympathetic chill in his lower regions.

Seeing this, Fang Zheng raised both hands and shouted, “Brother Biao is awesome!!”

The people from Taoyuan County immediately followed suit: “Brother Biao is awesome!!”

Although the Self-Reliance Sect followers didn’t know who Brother Biao was, hearing their own people shouting like this, they started to join in.

In an instant, shouts of “Brother Biao is awesome!” filled the sky.

The morale of the Iron Robe Sect across the field plummeted to its lowest!

The vice leader of the sect fell into panic.

Their boss had been taken down, and the opposition had official troops backing them. How could they continue this fight??

Seeing the confusion on the other side, Fang Zheng waved his hand behind him. Immediately, several people from the crowd came forward carrying a long ladder.

They set it up steadily in front of the Iron Robe Sect crowd.

Fang Zheng rode his horse to the ladder, where someone handed him a megaphone.

He dismounted and started climbing.

He had barely climbed a few rungs when he almost fell off due to a misstep, but fortunately, Zhang Biao was supporting him from below.

When he reached the top of the ladder, Fang Zheng sat down, raised the megaphone, and prepared to give a speech.

Below, Nie Zheng watched in confusion.

What was he trying to do? Sometimes on the battlefield, to strike at the enemy’s morale, such tactics were used.

But they had already won, what more did he want to say?

Fang Zheng took a deep breath, brought the megaphone to his mouth, and shouted loudly, “Brothers!! Brothers!!”

“This official is Fang Zheng, the Deputy Prefect of Jianjiang! Now your leader has lost!”

“According to our previous agreement, all of you now belong to the Self-Reliance Sect!!”

The Iron Robe Sect followers below immediately burst into an uproar. Everyone knew they had lost, but it was damn rare for an official to call them brothers!

And this official turned out to be the leader of the Self-Reliance Sect! How could they fight against the government now?

“Family members, please be quiet and listen to me!!”

“Don’t worry! The Self-Reliance Sect is a loving family, and we are all part of it. Unity, mutual assistance, and friendship are our slogans. We need followers like you who have ideals and dare to strive! Join the Self-Reliance Sect, and let’s take on the responsibility of building the great Jing Dynasty together!!”

The people below started to ponder Fang Zheng’s words.

It sounded confusing, with talk of family and love, and building the great Jing… but what did that have to do with them?

“Look at the brothers around you! You’re wearing rags! Eating thin porridge and salted vegetables! Tell me, do you want to keep living like this?!”

“No!!” The people from Taoyuan County quickly chimed in from behind.

The Iron Robe Sect followers were simple, honest civilians. They might not have understood the previous statement, but they certainly understood this one.

Who would want to wear rags and eat thin porridge and salted vegetables?

Small-scale responses of agreement began to emerge from below.

Fang Zheng continued loudly, “Then do you want to eat meat and fish every day and have new clothes every month?!”

“Yes!!”

Before their own people could chime in, the Iron Robe Sect followers shouted first, their voices rising in a tidal wave below.

“Think about it, you’ve been following Chen Dasheng for so long! Have you eaten and drunk well? Look at Chen Dasheng, he’s fat and sturdy!”

“You eat bran while he eats meat!! Can such a person share your joys and sorrows? Tell me loudly, can he?!”

This time, fewer people responded, with a scattered chorus of “No” echoing back.

Fang Zheng wasn’t in a hurry. He continued shouting, “Follow me!! Each of you will have a bright future!”

“Guaranteed employment! Guaranteed allocation! In the future, every one of you will eat meat and fish!”

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out small cloth bags he had prepared earlier from his chest. Each bag was bulging.

Fang Zheng untied a bag and scattered its contents downwards.

For those too far to reach, he simply threw the money bags to Zhang Biao, who flung them far, raining money from the sky.

A shower of copper coins mixed with a few silver pieces flew towards the Iron Robe Sect followers. Below, a scramble immediately broke out!

The Self-Reliance Sect followers behind saw this and felt a bit envious.

“Now, tell me loudly, has Chen Dasheng ever given you money like this?!”

“No!!!”

Immediately, a deafening response rose again!

“Very good! Join us! From now on, we are one family! In the future, none of you will worry about food or clothing! Each of you will be covered in money!”

“Follow me! Let your parents regain their youth, let your children reclaim their dreams, let your women bloom with tenderness, let your blood stir with passion once more!!”

Below, the Iron Robe Sect followers who had just finished picking up money were beside themselves with excitement, howling and shouting.

Such a large group gathered together had completely lost their senses, utterly failing to notice that the Self-Reliance Sect across from them was also in rags.

Fang Zheng smiled slightly, turned to face the Self-Reliance Sect followers, and shouted, “Brothers!! Don’t be anxious! The Iron Robe Sect was once our enemy, and I’m giving them several hundred taels of silver like this!! Those loyal to me will get thousands or tens of thousands of taels in the future! If you understand, applaud!!!”

In reality, the scattered money didn’t even amount to twenty taels, with copper coins making up 90%.

But no one was going to count it anyway!

The Taoyuan people instinctively started to applaud.

Hearing they could earn so much money, the Self-Reliance Sect followers immediately fell into a frenzy, applauding wildly. Some followers, overly immersed in the fantasy, even shed tears of excitement.

Those loyal to you will get thousands or tens of thousands of taels in the future! Then I’ll be loyal to you too!!

The Iron Robe Sect followers also went crazy, clapping enthusiastically.

In an instant, the entire field was engulfed in a sea of applause and joy!

Many soldiers in the military formation looked enviously at those refugee sect followers, with some even starting to clap quietly.

How nice… They’re really generous, handing out hundreds of taels just like that. When will we ever get to scatter some silver…

“Uh… this… this… this…” Nie Zheng’s mind went blank as he watched Fang Zheng.

What was going on?! You’re actually a cult leader?!

This Fang Zheng was indeed exactly as His Majesty had described, not a normal person at all!

No wonder His Majesty didn’t want to execute him… But would such a person really not cause trouble…