After playing around with a few kids for a while, he heard the pangolin say that someone was looking for him.
When Li Chang'an walked into the hall, he found Zhang Jiadi sitting in a chair waiting for him with a fishing rod.
"Brother Yu Jie, hahaha, when did you get back? You didn't even tell me!"
Li Chang'an felt happy to see Zhang Jiadi, whom he hadn't seen for half a year.
This acting head of the Confucian school was dispatched to Sichuan after the rains stopped to inspect and punish corrupt officials there.
"Brother Haoran, it's been a long time!"
Looking at Li Chang'an, whose body was completely drained and whose steps were unsteady, Zhang Jiadi's face also showed a long-lost smile.
In the past six months, he has cracked down on a large number of corrupt officials and killed many, many people.
Sometimes Zhang Jiadi didn't even know if he could still be considered a scholar.
Because in the past six months, the term he heard most often was executioner.
There are too many to kill, there's no way to kill them all.
Even if a batch of corrupt officials is executed, another batch will appear; they can never be completely eradicated.
No matter how cruel the methods he used, those people still dared to use their power to harm the people.
Peeling off skin and tendons, cutting into countless pieces, cannot quell the desires in people's hearts.
Looking at the people of Shu, Zhang Jiadi understood one thing.
Learning literature cannot save the world.
Violence must be met with violence.
To deal with bad people, you have to be worse than them.
Evil people need to be dealt with by other evil people.
This principle has changed him in many ways.
Not only did I get tanned, but my mind was also no longer as innocent as before.
Looking at his thin body, Li Chang'an couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder.
"You've lost weight, but you look much more energetic. Stay for dinner tonight, let's have a meal together as brothers."
Zhang Jiadi smiled and nodded in agreement.
After thinking for a while, he continued, "Eunuch Wang is back too. Why don't we invite him over for a drink tonight?"
"After we parted ways in Lingnan last year, we promised to drink together again next time, but we've never had the chance."
Li Chang'an paused for a moment upon hearing this.
In fact, he and Wang Zhongxian were the two people who lived closest to each other.
But now, we've drifted further and further apart.
Since the Yan Song case, the two of them have only maintained a nodding acquaintance.
After thinking for a moment, Li Chang'an nodded and agreed.
"You haven't been back for half a year, have you? Come on, let me show you around the new city I built."
After saying that, he put his arm around Zhang Jiadi and walked out.
"Let me tell you, this city took me half a year and involved the efforts of over a million people to build."
"Although it's only half-built, you can already see some things."
Along the way, the two only discussed the new city and did not mention anything about Shu.
Li Chang'an knew what had happened there, but he wouldn't ask.
He didn't know how to comfort this once gentle and refined top scholar.
He didn't know what had led Zhang Jiadi to kill nearly 100,000 people in Sichuan.
Moreover, tens of thousands of them died from torture.
Half a year, more than 180 days.
That means thousands of people died at Zhang Jiadi's hands every day.
This achievement in killing is almost surpassing Li Chang'an's.
Many people in the court impeached him, and if it weren't for the Confucian sages and his own protection, he would probably have been imprisoned by now.
As I walked out of the palace, a middle-aged man approached me with a fishing rod.
Upon seeing him, Zhang Jiadi introduced him, saying, "This is a friend I met in Sichuan. He saved my life from many assassination attempts in the martial arts world."
Li Chang'an sized him up and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.
"Greetings to this righteous man!"
The middle-aged man quickly waved his hand: "In front of Your Highness, I dare not call myself a righteous man. My surname is He, Your Highness can just call me Xiao He."
"Moreover, Lord Zhang is wholeheartedly devoted to the people, which I greatly admire. It's just a pity that I am only a martial artist, possessing great martial arts skills but unable to help the people."
"Now that I have met Lord Zhang, who is dedicated to the country and the people, I feel that my ambitions have found a place to go. I dare not call myself a savior."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Jiadi waved his hand and spoke.
"Brother Haoran, don't underestimate this Hero He. He is the number one expert in Shu, the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect—He Qiang, the Heavenly Emperor!"
Upon hearing Zhang Jiadi's introduction, He Qiang quickly said that he was unworthy of such an honor.
He was considered a strong figure in Shu Mountain, but compared to the Ming Dynasty, he was still somewhat lacking.
At most, he's on par with Qiao Feng of the Beggars' Sect.
Qiao Feng of the Beggars' Sect is now the number one lackey of this immortal disciple.
Many chivalrous people and outlaws in the martial arts world praised Qiao Feng.
It is not the fault of a gentleman to say that he was born in a small country.
Now, Chief Qiao is following the immortal disciple, traveling everywhere to uphold justice and serve the country and its people. Even though he came from a humble background, he can still be called a great hero of his generation.
Even Zhang Zhenren praised him, saying that Qiao Feng, as a Liao person, did better than some Han people.
In no time, Qiao Feng's fame spread throughout the country.
Many chivalrous people regard Qiao Feng as their role model.
To be honest, someone who has reached his level in martial arts has no further ambitions.
If I keep practicing, this is all I'll ever get.
His talent has reached its peak.
The only thing that interested these top-tier terrestrial immortals was their reputation.
Qiao Feng's current fame has made many people envious.
But they didn't dare to go directly to Li Chang'an.
After all, this disciple of a deity was too powerful; the four great martial arts legends all avoided him.
A few months ago, Li Chang'an said he was going to visit those four martial arts legends.
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