Royal Gold Magistrate

Five days had passed.

A thick stack of promotional flyers arrived from Taoyuan County, several thousand pages in total.

On them was a vivid drawing of Shopkeeper Chen, his face honest and simple, giving a thumbs up with one hand while pinching a pastry in the other. Above was an advertising slogan.

“Chen’s General Store, the abbot of Fuyun Temple has blessed the entire shop! Buy early for longevity, buy late for a discount.”

Below was a line of tiny text that read: “Advertisement for reference only, please refer to the actual product.”

Setting this advertising slogan truly shocked Fang Zheng.

He had originally intended to have the artist draw a picture for Chen’s General Store first, but unexpectedly, Shopkeeper Chen jumped out and asked for his face to be drawn.

Then he personally designed this advertising slogan.

Fang Zheng couldn’t help but admire the old man for still having star dreams at his age and daring to drag down the entire Fuyun Temple for the sake of getting rich.

It could be said he had quite some guts!

To show respect, Fang Zheng followed his plan. After the artist finished the painting, he sent it back to Taoyuan County to make woodblock prints.

After all, it was his own turf, so everything was at cost price.

Then, the honest face of Shopkeeper Chen was pasted on the backs of each sanitation team member, who also shouldered the responsibility of being a repeating machine.

They continuously recited the advertising slogan.

As the sanitation team members began walking the streets one by one to promote, Fang Zheng’s investigation into the evil forces also yielded some clues.

According to the spies’ reports, the few small gangs in the district had now been successfully beaten into disarray by the most powerful Lord Ji Er.

Aside from a few stray cats and dogs, they would probably all be merged before long.

Of course, this result was not outside Fang Zheng’s expectations, and it also saved him a lot of trouble.

After all, brothels and gambling dens were one of the most profitable places anywhere.

This Lord Ji Er was naturally skilled to have taken down these two big chunks of fat, so it was normal for him to swallow up the others.

After pinpointing Lord Ji Er’s hideout, Fang Zheng set off with a group of petty officials, Li Yuanzhao, and Brother Biao.

The stronghold was brazen, actually disguised as a brothel.

Who knows if it was a brothel he opened himself or if he forcibly occupied someone else’s.

But none of that mattered anymore. The entire group of villains was now standing at the door.

Many of the petty officials seemed eager to give it a go.

Everyone knew that Mr. Fang and Young Master Li were the ones who could really speak up in the North City Garrison.

They had to take this opportunity to perform well.

However, when they reached the door, everyone was quickly disappointed. Fang Zheng only ordered them to surround the brothel.

He only entered with Li Yuanzhao and Zhang Biao.

Upon entering, they discovered that this place with a brothel sign had actually become an empty shell.

There were basically no people inside. When they entered, only a heavily made-up middle-aged woman greeted them.

Seeing the three-person combination was a bit strange, she said disdainfully, “What are you three here for?”

Fang Zheng paid no attention and said indifferently, “Excuse me, I request an audience with Lord Ji Er.”

The middle-aged woman snorted. “You think you can see Lord Ji Er just because you want to? You can see him if you let that young man beside you play with Sister for a bit.”

Li Yuanzhao looked at Fang Zheng, then pointed at himself in surprise. “Me?”

“That’s right! You! This auntie likes them tender!”

Fang Zheng’s eyelids twitched upon hearing this.

Damn, this was the most wild woman he had encountered since transmigrating. No wonder she was mixed up with the underworld.

She spoke so directly.

Li Yuanzhao’s face turned red for a moment, and he stammered, unable to speak.

“Alright, alright! Stop flirting here. Hurry up and have Lord Ji Er come out to see me,” Fang Zheng said impatiently.

The middle-aged woman laughed angrily. “Who the hell are you? You dare to have Lord Er come down to see you?”

“Go report to him quickly. Tell him I’m here to kill his whole family.”

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman’s expression changed. She was about to curse back viciously when Zhang Biao punched a hole through the table beside him, then withdrew his fist expressionlessly.

The middle-aged woman was startled, then carefully ran upstairs.

Before long, an angry person appeared at the top of the stairs, followed by a few sturdy underlings.

Fang Zheng took a glance. It was a thin, petite middle-aged man with a beard.

Then he shouted loudly towards the top of the stairs, “Is the one who came Lord Ji Er?”

Lord Ji Er was stunned for a moment and also carefully sized up the three people below.

However, his eyes quickly turned serious when he saw Zhang Biao.

An expert… This was a true expert!

“That’s right! I wonder what brings you few gentlemen here?”

Li Yuanzhao was a bit excited. He put one foot on the table and said with an imposing air, “Of course it’s to punish evil and promote good! Ji, you are guilty of countless crimes. This young master is here today to teach you a lesson!”

Hearing this, Lord Ji Er laughed angrily. “Damn little brat! Who gave you the guts? Men, tie up these three for me!”

“Wait a moment!”

“This humble one’s surname is Fang. The commoners in the district all call me Mr. Fang. This one beside me is Young Master Li. Lord Ji Er can call him Young Master Li.”

“………..”

Mr. Fang? Young Master Li?

These two were not to be provoked!

But what were they here for? Could it be that he had offended someone he shouldn’t have recently?

Lord Ji Er began racking his brain, but no matter what, he couldn’t think of who he had offended.

So his eyes flashed, and he said ingratiatingly, “So it’s Mr. Fang and Young Master Li. Forgive this humble one for being short-sighted. I’m truly sorry…”

Then he signaled to the people beside him with his eyes.

The underlings understood and quickly brought back a package of silver. Lord Ji Er then took the silver and slowly walked to the table in front of Fang Zheng, setting down the silver.

He spoke, “Mr. Fang, I have long admired you! You and Young Master Li are truly young heroes! I wonder what advice you have for coming here this time?”

Fang Zheng directly ignored the silver and paced as he said, “A child once asked me if people should be greedy or not.”

“I said they shouldn’t.”

“Tell me, what’s the point of being greedy for the measly coppers of children and beggars?!”

“If you want to be greedy, you should have grand, extraordinary greed!”

“But Lord Ji Er, are you trying to brush me off with this paltry sum of silver?”

“………..”