I Can See the Book of Life and Death Chapter 105: Small Changes

The underground river demon incident has officially come to an end.

All the middle and high-level members of the Grain Ship Gang who were involved in this incident were arrested, and the leader of the Grain Ship Gang was implicated along with his entire clan. This is the bottom line of Daxia.

Any incident related to demons, and any human who allies with demons will be treated as a demon.

There is only one standard for dealing with demons: kill them without mercy and eradicate them completely!

All the demons are dead, but their bodies are still there, which does not affect the assessment of merit. The only problem is the incident in the Jinyiwei prison.

However, both the Six Gates and the Embroidered Uniform Guard had official explanations, saying that they were deliberately playing the long game to catch the big fish, specifically to find the traitors among the human race.

And they did find it, the big fish, the grain ship gang.

This is a great achievement. As for the more than ten jailers who died in the Jinyiwei prison, well, when the report was submitted, the death toll was reported as three.

Well, there are six more deaths that were reported in the previous round of reports.

The underground river environment is quite complex and there are many monsters.

It is reasonable that eight Jinyiwei colleagues died in that round of round-up.

Zhang Mingtu heard that the families of more than ten jailers in the Jinyiwei prison had received generous rewards. Well, it was not just heard. When he was traveling in Jianyi, he specifically took care of them. Those more than ten people had bought real estate and had a lot of land under their names.

Zhang Mingtu had no idea how the negotiations were conducted.

But this matter has been perfectly concluded at the official level.

Many people from all sides worked together to smooth things over, as no one wanted the matter to have too many unsatisfactory aspects.

Both the Jinyiwei and the Liushenmen hope that this achievement can be genuine and have as few stains as possible.

The county government also didn't want this matter to become a big deal.

After all, under their rule, dozens of demons reproduced silently, which was a huge mistake.

If the Six Gates and the Embroidered Uniform Guards were cooperated with, the whole incident would be packaged quite well. The official would cooperate with the Six Gates and the Embroidered Uniform Guards, secretly investigate for many years, play the long game to catch big fish, and then take down dozens of demons in one go.

This is definitely a big deal and a great achievement.

They did not have a detailed investigation report, but the Six Gates and the Embroidered Uniform Guard were top-notch in investigating this matter, and the same was true for falsification. After all, they could tell who was falsifying at a glance, and could make a fake thing look indistinguishable from the real thing.

Not to mention that the Jinyiwei also have detailed maps of underground rivers, detailed information about monsters, and detailed battle plans.

How can this indicate they were unaware of this beforehand? They clearly put a tremendous amount of effort, time, and energy into investigating and carrying out this matter. You cannot simply defame their innocence out of thin air.

Well, that's how it ended.

But the aftermath of the incident is still spreading.

…

"What are you doing?"

In the house purchased by Zhang Mingtu, Wang Mazi placed ten taels of silver on the table and bowed respectfully to Zhang Mingtu.

"You've helped me a lot, and it was difficult to repay you before. Now that I'm the hall master, I have some extra money, so I'm giving you this as a small token of my gratitude. I hope you'll accept it!"

Zhang Mingtu looked up and glanced at Wang Mazi. His clothes were more luxurious than before. He used to wear coarse linen clothes, but now he wore cotton clothes.

Although both are clothes worn by ordinary people, cotton clothes are more high-end than linen clothes.

"The grain ship gang hasn't collapsed yet?"

Zhang Mingtu asked with a little surprise. With what the Grain Ship Gang had done, especially what their leader had done, it was impossible for the government to allow the Grain Ship Gang to continue to exist.

Collaborating with demons and rebelling are of the same nature.

"Some fell, but new ones have emerged. We peasants always need a gang to protect us."

Wang Mazi said it as a matter of course, without any care, and even had a hint of joy on his face.

If his original gang had not collapsed and all the middle and senior level figures had not been wiped out, he would not have been able to make a name for himself.

Now that he had practiced martial arts and had strengthened his muscles and bones, his boxing skills were pretty good, so he stood out in the new gang and became the leader.

"So how do you live?"

"It's still the same as before. We're still responsible for transporting money and grain, carrying heavy bags at the dock. Most of the grain ship gang's ships have stayed here..."

Zhang Mingtu was stunned. He changed some things, but it seemed like nothing had changed.

The world is still the same world, and Jianyi is still the same Jianyi.

However, he was not discouraged. He deeply understood that the ecological inertia of this era was extremely strong. Without the ambition, courage, and corresponding strength to break the old world and create a new one, everything would return to its original state.

The environment's self-repairing ability is too strong. Unless someone can find a new path, everything will go back to the original path.

After all, the original path has been proven to be viable.

"You came here just to tell me this?"

"I would also like to ask the young master to teach me martial arts."

Wang Mazi bowed again respectfully, quite politely, without any difference from before because of the change in his status.

He was even more respected than before. He had enrolled in many martial arts schools. After his status and identity changed, the owners of many martial arts schools were more enthusiastic towards him and were more dedicated in teaching him martial arts.

He was taught by the best and most capable instructor in the martial arts school.

But even the best martial arts instructor in the martial arts school is far inferior to Zhang Mingtu's guidance.

Before the comparison, Wang Mazi didn't have a very deep impression. Now that his status is different and he makes another comparison, he notices the difference more and more, and therefore his attitude towards Zhang Mingtu becomes more respectful.

"My guess should be correct. This should be a young master from a large family. I don't know why he stayed in Jianyi. I must do my best to make friends with him."

Zhang Mingtu didn't care what Wang Mazi was thinking, and in just a few words he explained the relevant situation thoroughly.

He has been practicing martial arts for dozens or even hundreds of years. His talent is almost as poor as Wang Mazi's, or even worse. He has experienced all the difficulties in practice that Wang Mazi encountered.

Just a few words made Wang Mazi suddenly enlightened.

When Wang Mazi finished practicing martial arts and was about to leave, Zhang Mingtu stopped him.

"Do you know about the Baby Tower?"

"Know a little!"

Wang Mazi nodded, not knowing why the young master suddenly asked this.

"If there are any babies who died in the baby towers in these nearby areas, don't worry about them. For those who are still alive, please help me raise a group of them and let them grow normally in their original parents' homes..."

Wang Mazi was stunned, not knowing why the master mentioned this, but he was used to obeying orders, so he didn't ask any more questions, nodded, and turned to leave.

Before he turned around, a silver note worth one hundred taels flew through the air like lightning and landed right in front of his chest. He instinctively caught it, and when he saw it clearly, he wanted to put it down, but then he heard Zhang Mingtu's cold voice.

"Go!"