From the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry to Hunting Sins and Becoming Saints

Chapter 96 Departure 1

"There's nothing else to do. Just proceed step by step. In a few days, once the infrastructure is built, the people will naturally know what we're doing. However, I'll have to trouble everyone to work hard during this period."

014 stood up and said, "Let the clerks in Gaoyang County get familiar with the new way of doing things, and let everything be based on actual data."

"Because of my duty, I dare not complain of hardship."

Pang Hai responded, "The magistrate has also indicated that he will fully comply with the new regulations, so you don't need to worry."

"To kill someone, you must first destroy their spirit. Now that the important business is done, I need to deal with my personal grudges."

014 Organize the notes on the desk: "Bring Qi Tian over here, I want to talk to him."

……

Half an hour later, Qi Tianfang was taken from Longtan Prison to 014's office.

Inside the room, 014 sat behind a peachwood table without saying a word, while Qi Tianfang was being held down by two county soldiers, wearing wooden shackles and kneeling on the ground in an extremely humiliating posture. He looked very miserable and had no trace of the former high and mighty family head's prestige.

And so, 014 ignored him, focusing solely on the establishment of the Gaoyang County Chamber of Commerce. Qi Tianfang, with a tight band around his neck suppressing his martial arts physique, squatted awkwardly for nearly half an hour before finally unable to hold back and asking:

"I accept that the victor is king and the loser is villain. But you, Celestial Official, have seen it all. What's the point of humiliating me like this?"

014 glanced up at him, waved for the county soldiers holding him down to leave, and after the door closed, said calmly, "I thought you could hold out a little longer."

Qi Tianfang remained silent.

"Promise me two things, and I'll preserve some of your Qi family's bloodline—no, to be precise, I'll temporarily keep you alive," 014 said, raising his head with a blank expression.

Qi Tianfang paused for a few seconds, then suddenly laughed: "Isn't this redundant? Given my current situation, do I even have the right to negotiate with you? Let alone two conditions, even twenty or two hundred, I would agree to them."

"Alright, the first condition is that you go and clean the toilet now. Starting tomorrow, you will be responsible for collecting the night soil from both streets. You will not have any helpers and are not allowed to use any tools other than the cart and the toilet. I will check after you finish collecting."

If you fail, do you know the consequences? Plenty of brothels prefer people from your family, especially those who were once high and mighty but have now fallen from grace.

014 said viciously, "The second condition is that all the people in charge of your family who are still alive must go to the brothel to wash their loincloths. They can only wash them by hand, and they can't even use soap. I won't check this, but I will have the Sun family send someone to check."

The old man's face gradually changed, and his expression became inscrutable. It wasn't that he was reacting to 014's extremely insulting words.

He had considered many reasons why the other party had asked him to come, but he never imagined that it was for this reason.

"Let me be frank with you, with your abilities, I actually have better options and choices."

Whether it's carrying cut timber, digging canals, or chiseling boulders, these are all good forms of hard labor that will greatly accelerate the construction of Gaoyang County.

014 said calmly, "But I just want you to do the most despicable things. It makes me happy, and that's why I chose to join the Abyss Academy."

Qi Tianfang remained silent; he completely failed to understand what 014 was thinking.

"What if I choose not to agree?"

Qi Tianfang asked.

014 did not answer, but simply got up, came to Qi Tianfang, and showed him the two lists in his hand.

When Qi Tianfang saw the two lists, he was utterly desperate. The first list included all the women and children of the Qi family, including infants. The second list included all the brothels, large and small, in Gaoyang County and even Hangzhou Prefecture.

"You who are in charge, choose the extreme humiliation and bear all the sins, or be executed by slow slicing and let your own women and children fall into endless hell. The choice is yours."

After saying that, 014 shouted to the door, "Someone, take Qi Tianfang to the prison and let him have a good talk with his relatives."

"Even if you die like this, how many people can you take revenge on? With your physique, you are too weak to even kill a chicken, and you can't even practice martial arts. You can only frame some small fry. The real big shots can easily find new henchmen."

"Come with me, and I will give you real revenge, not just this petty squabble."

As Qi Tianfang was led away with a blank expression, 014 seemed to hear again the mysterious person who had brought him into the Abyss Academy.

"You are not lying, sir. There are indeed things that are easier to take revenge and kill than force, but it is not enough now, not enough. We must demonstrate more value."

Only then can we take revenge on more, higher-ranking beasts, bringing them crashing down from their pedestals, and then, after utterly humiliating them, squeezing out every last drop of value before executing them.

014's eyes were bloodshot, a mixture of indescribable excitement and hostility.

……

These past few days have probably been the busiest days of Fu Que's life. On the one hand, he has to fulfill Hu Liangyu's orders and has no choice but to work hard at night. On the other hand, he also has to cooperate with 014 to complete the transformation and reorganization of the fishermen's mutual aid association.

But the good thing is that things have been moving in a positive direction. After several days of roundtable meetings among the gang leaders, the specific details were finally finalized.

014 gave them everything they were entitled to, and even handed over most of the businesses that the Qi family and other factions originally owned to Mo Dao and his group to manage. However, the methods changed quite a bit. Instead of focusing on collecting protection fees and dividing up territory, they focused on saving the country through industry.

Fu Que wasn't entirely clear on the specifics; it was all handled and communicated by Mo Tong. However, judging from Mo Dao and the others' reactions, they seemed quite satisfied with the outcome. Not only were their past sins wiped clean, but they also received substantial rewards. From now on, they could walk in the sunlight without constantly worrying about being investigated.

Ten days later, after a period of busy work, Fu Que's affairs were basically over.

Congratulations!

"Thank you, doctor."

Hu Liangyu smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, stuffed a full-sized, high-quality silver ingot into the sleeve of the doctor at Huichuntang, then politely saw the other party out. As soon as he turned around after closing the courtyard gate, his expression changed: "Alright, this is none of your business, you can go wherever you want."

"Hey Uncle Hu, you've changed your tune way too fast! I'm just a deliveryman, aren't I?"

Fu Que stuffed a cleaned white radish into his mouth, took a bite, glanced at the room, and said with a wry smile.

"You can't reason with a damned devil. Why not just get out of here and enjoy your peaceful life? Out of sight, out of mind."

Hu Liangyu waved his hand.

Just as Fu Que was about to say something, a soft knock came from outside the courtyard.

Who is it?

Fu Que went up and opened the courtyard gate, where he found a boatman official.

"Lord Fu Que, the Heavenly Official requests your presence."

"The boatman said softly."