"What, what are you doing?"
"Innocent civilians?" Fang Zhiyi asked with a half-smile. "You call them innocent civilians? Do innocent civilians brandish swords and spears?"
Gongsun Hu remained stubborn. "Don't think you can threaten me with a blade just because you are the Commander's brother. I am a Battalion Commander of the imperial court, and I will definitely report today's matter!"
"Zhiyi!" Tang Zhilin was also a bit dazed. What was going on here?
But then his mouth dropped open, because blood began to gush from Gongsun Hu's neck. Unable to speak any longer, the man simply clutched his neck in panic, continuously making a gurgling sound.
The scene fell silent. The soldiers who had just killed the rebels looked at Fang Zhiyi with nervous expressions.
"Brothers, you all just killed the rebels and established military merits. Is that right or not?" Fang Zhiyi asked as he watched Gongsun Hu slowly collapse.
The soldiers looked at each other. After a long moment, one man stepped forward, holding his sword backhanded, and cupped his fists in salute. "To answer my Lord, yes!"
Fang Zhiyi turned to look at him, his eyes full of appreciation. "But what if someone doesn't want you to claim your merits, and even speaks up for the rebels? What should be done?"
"Kill!"
"That's right." Fang Zhiyi tossed the blade in his hand to the soldier who had saluted. "What evidence is needed to exterminate rebels? Look, the rebels murdered this... uh... Battalion Commander." He glanced at the clothes of Gongsun Hu, who was lying on the ground.
"This is the best evidence."
Everyone present was stunned.
A pure frame-up?
No, not exactly a frame-up. These people had indeed wielded weapons against the government troops, but Battalion Commander Gongsun...
"Everyone present today will be promoted by one rank. Brother, just pick someone you trust to be the next Battalion Commander." Fang Zhiyi clapped his hands.
Tang Zhilin recovered from his shock. "Is... is this okay?"
He also disliked Gongsun Hu, but Fang Zhiyi had just murdered a Battalion Commander in front of so many eyes. How could this be treated as a trivial matter?
However, upon hearing Fang Zhiyi's words, the soldiers' eyes lit up. Who wanted to be a lowly grunt for their entire life?
Fang Zhiyi looked at them as well. "From today onwards, you are the trusted aides of the Commander. You know what needs to be done."
"This humble servant is willing to serve the Commander, braving ten thousand deaths without hesitation!"
"I will go through fire and water for the Lord, braving ten thousand deaths without hesitation!"
"Me too!"
Fang Zhiyi pointed at the last guy. "Come on, say that again."
"My Lord, I'm uneducated..."
Fang Zhiyi turned and left for a moment. When he returned, he was carrying a bag of silver, which had been searched out from Zhu Qingqing's room. He immediately handed the silver to Tang Zhilin, winking at him. "Brother, you know what to do, right?"
Tang Zhilin finally fully processed what had just happened. Looking at the silver in his hands and then at the eager eyes of the subordinates around him, he said in a deep voice, "There is a share for everyone! Come and get it!"
The soldiers' eyes were filled with excitement. Promotions and money to take, who wouldn't be happy?
By now, they had completely forgotten about the dead Battalion Commander Gongsun.
Fang Zhiyi watched all this with satisfaction. After today, these men would be Tang Zhilin's die-hard loyalists. If anyone tried to leak today's events, the others would tear them to pieces without hesitation.
However, thinking about what was to come, Fang Zhiyi felt a bit of a headache. "Weren't we supposed to enjoy life? Weren't you supposed to bring me along for wealth and glory?"
Little Hei laughed. "A beautiful life always requires you to build it with your own hands."
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
