An Ape of Divine Power

Chapter 3

"Are you the county magistrate?" Pan Qiang saw him get a table of delicious food and thought of the poor people outside, so he concluded that he was not a good officer and asked angrily.

"Yes, I am. How should I address you, sir?" Ding Yuan said with a bashful smile. Seeing that he came with bad intentions, Ding Yuan showed a murderous look on his face. He was a little timid and couldn't figure out his background at the moment. He thought that he should ask about his background first before making any plans.

"I was ordered by the emperor to go to the Divine Dragon Fund to exterminate the demons, and I passed by this county today. I found countless victims of starvation and dead bodies all over the place. I want to ask the county magistrate, His Majesty has given an imperial decree to wage war, why there are so many people starved to death on the streets in your county?" Pan Qiang became even angrier when he saw his face. He didn't want to beat around the bush with him and directly asked.

When Pan Qiang saw so many guards coming in with Pan Qiang, he thought that they were officials like generals. He was scared with sweat all over his head and didn't know what to do. But now hearing his self-introduction, Pan Qiang knew that he was just a general with the same rank as his. However, he didn't dare to do anything to him. He breathed a sigh of relief at once. Because of his relationship with Ding Ning, he didn't take Pan Qiang seriously. So he returned to the chair, picked up a pair of chopsticks, picked up a pig's ears, and slowly ate it. While eating, he took a sip of wine from the table and said arrogantly, "Oh, I was originally the former general. I'm sorry that I didn't recognize you! Today you rashly broke into the county government office with the army. I don't know who ordered you to do that. How dare you to ignore me and the law of the imperial court. Do you want to rebel?"

"Rebel? You treacherous official dare to complain first! Nowadays, people outside live in the wild and countless people starve to death on the street. But you, magistrate, not only don't open the warehouses to provide relief, but also ignore the lives of the people here. Even if I kill you today and report it to the emperor afterward, you deserve to die!" Panqiang saw that he didn't take himself seriously and was so arrogant, so he couldn't help but get furious and wanted to kill him immediately with a knife. But on second thought, it was a great taboo to kill an official of the imperial court, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart and threaten him loudly.

"Pan Qiang, I'm giving you a good show today. Don't be ungrateful. Listen carefully. I'm the student of the Minister of War, Ding. If you dare to hurt me, I can guarantee you will die a miserable death. I'm accompanied by a beauty and delicious food today. I'm in a good mood, so I won't argue with you about the trespassing in the Chang'an Office. If you are smart, you'd better hurry up and get your people away from me in order not to ruin my good mood. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless. I'll report this to the Minister, and you won't be able to escape!" Ding Ning thought that they were both at the seventh-level official rank, but he said arrogantly and wanted to kill himself. He was so angry that he immediately brought out the official Ding Na, wanting to give him a blow to make him retreat. However, he happened to offend Pan Qiang. As soon as he finished, he scolded, "You're not a treacherous official, but a treacherous minister's student. Even if I scolded him in front of the treacherous minister, what can he do about it? I can't kill you today, which can be regarded as a good thing for the local people." After saying that, in a rage, he pulled out the sword on his waist and was going to chop Ding Ning's head. At this time, a soldier behind him stopped him.

"General, you don't have to argue with this kind of treacherous official. Killing him will dirty your sword. Besides, it's hard to explain to Lord Ding. If he blames you again and gossips in front of the emperor, isn't it..." Hearing Ding Yuan's words, the soldier was also very angry. Seeing Pan Qiang pull out his sword to kill him, he quickly stopped him.

The soldier was named Liu Zhen, and he was the commanding officer of the army. He was of Level Nine, and Fang Erjiu was in his prime. He had fine features and looked very upright. If you looked closely, he did not look like a soldier. He was a scholar, and because he was intelligent and thoughtful, he was very popular with Pan Qiang and treated him like his own son. Pan Qiang listened to him, and thought it over. Although he was not afraid of Ding Qiang, his wife was still in the capital, so he had scruples. He gave Ding Yuan a fierce stare and then put the knife back into the sheath.

Ding Yuan was frightened when he saw Xiao Chen coming at him with the knife. He closed his eyes and was ready to die. But after hearing Liu Zhen's words, he knew that Xiao Chen had scruples and dared not kill him. So he immediately became bold again. He laughed and provoked Xiao Chen, "What? Lord Pan, are you afraid? I'm sure that you don't have the courage to kill me. It's a felony to kill an official of the Imperial Court privately. If you don't believe me, you can try. What can you do to me? Ha! Ha! Ha!"

"You son of a b***h! I'll kill you even at the cost of my life today! I hate you from my mind!" Pan Qiang saw that he was already afraid and stopped when he thought about it. He didn't expect that he dared to laugh at him again at this moment and didn't put him in his eyes. Killing intent rose again, and he reached out to pull out the sword.

###Chapter4,The Hero Saves a Beauty

"Ah!" Before he pulled out his knife, a soldier standing next to him had just listened for a long time. Then he saw that the general he respected most in his life was angry with such a villain. He immediately became angry. He pulled out the saber at his waist and chopped Ding Yuan's arm. Immediately blood splashed. Ding Yuan's arm was cut off from his shoulder. Ding Yuan screamed and sat down on the ground. "You... you dare to hurt me. I will never forgive you. I will report it to Lord Ding and punish you!"

"You son of a b***h! I won't change my name! Zhang Wu, go to sue that old thief! If I'm afraid, I won't be a good man!" The soldier who cut Ding Yuan off saw that his arm was broken and he still dared to speak like this. He admired Zhang Wu's courage and was reluctant to tell him his name.

"Brother Zhang, you're in big trouble now!" Liu Zhen saw that he had injured Ding Yuan with a knife and said quickly.

"General, I really can't stand this f*****g official's attitude to you, so I attacked you in anger. Now I have caused you a big trouble. Please kill me in case I get you into trouble in the future." When Zhang Wu heard Liu Zhen's words at this time, he suddenly came to his senses and knew that this time he had implicated Pan Qiang. He felt very guilty in his heart and quickly knelt on the ground, holding a bloody knife in his hands and saying.

"Please stand up, Brother Zhang. I don't blame you for helping me save my anger. We're officials in the same court and have fought on the battlefield for more than ten times. We're as close as brothers, so don't say such words anymore." Pan Qiang's anger was immediately relieved when he saw Ding Yuan's arm cut off. Thinking of this, he had no choice but to resign himself to fate and hurriedly help him up.

"Thank you for sparing my life, general. However, I thought that if this person was not killed, he would be a scourge in the future. If it was really as he said and Ding I went to complain to him, wouldn't the consequences be unimaginable? We might as well kill him right now. If the emperor asks us in the future, we would only say that he disobeyed His Majesty's decree and violated him, causing the people to sacrifice their lives. That's why we eliminated the evil for the people, Your Honor." Zhang Wu was very grateful that Pan Qiang did not blame him. Thinking of the relationship between the dog officials and Ding I, he couldn't help but feel a little frightened and quickly suggested.

"It's... it's a serious matter to assassinate an official of the imperial court. What should we do if the emperor blames us?" Pan Qiang also felt reasonable after listening to his words, but he had scruples in his mind and did not know what to do.

"General, Brother Zhang is right. This disaster has already arisen. If we don't kill him, I'm afraid that he will gossip about it in front of the old villain Ding. It's better to kill him to avoid trouble later." Hearing Zhang Wu's words, Liu Zhen also thought that this plan was feasible and hurriedly advised him.

"Well, today I will eliminate the evil for the people. Don't blame me for being cruel. I blame you for having a short life and being unkind. I'm the most shameless person to make people and gods angry and not tolerate by the people!" Pan Qiang had no time to care after hearing Liu Zhen's words. He pulled out the official's sword at his waist and stabbed Ding Yuan in the chest.

"Ah!" Ding Yuan screamed. Suddenly, blood flowed from his chest and his life was in danger. It was a pity that he didn't even know why he had lost his life. He died with his eyes open.

At this time, the two women who had accompanied Fan Baitian saw what had happened. They were frightened to death and lay paralyzed on the ground. They stared at the sword in Pan Qiang's hand, afraid that two transparent holes would appear on their bodies.

"My lord, these two women are definitely not good people. Why don't we just play it by ear..." At this moment, a soldier came in from behind.

"Please spare our lives, milord! We're all civil girls, but we were kidn*pped by this damned official and he was forced to serve us. Please spare my daughter, my lords! We're like our new parents!" The two women were so scared that they burst into tears when they heard that someone had suggested killing them. They crawled to the ground and kowtowed to Pan Qiang, begging for mercy.

"Are you speaking the truth? Quick, tell us if anyone else has been kidn*pped by that damned official? Listen carefully. If you're wrong, I'll make a hole in your body." Liu Zhen threatened when he saw the two women kneeling on the ground begging for mercy. He knew that Pan Qiang's heart was softened and he couldn't bear to kill them.

"Yes! Yes! Yesterday, he kidn*pped two more women and locked them in the inner room. Those two women would rather die than submit, so he didn't succeed and was still locked up in the room." An older woman saw Liu Zhen ask and was afraid that she would not answer slowly, so she hurriedly said with fear.