Zhou Cang glanced at the adjutant standing next to him, wanting to hear his opinion first. Then he continued to lower his head and examine the two pills in his hand. These things were actually still warm.
The adjutant is from the same clan as Zhou Cang. He has been with him since he joined the army. He is a confidant. Basically, there is no need to avoid him in anything.
"Sir, Zhang Yan doesn't look like an ordinary citizen. He doesn't talk, behave or think like him. He's a wealthy man, and he seems to be very good at dealing with people. In addition, he probably wants to get in touch with you when he comes here.
Came here seeking asylum.”
"Asylum? How many dudes are there?"
"It should be more than that."
"Huh? Do you know something?" Zhou Cang sensed something unusual from his adjutant's words, raised his head again, and waited for the other party's answer.
"Sir, before Zhang Yan came in, I asked him about his identity. My original intention was to see if there was anyone impersonating him. But instead, he used the incriminating document signed by you just yesterday as his identity certificate instead of his household registration number.
He also said that the official in charge of registration at the local government said that it would take the day after tomorrow at the earliest to complete the formalities for him.
According to the rules of the local government, although people like Zhang Yan who return to their place of origin after being exonerated are indeed more troublesome than the general relocation procedure, it will definitely not take a few days to go through it. It is not that Zhang Yan has been in a similar situation before.
, registration was completed on the same day. Therefore, my subordinates thought that Zhang Yan was in serious trouble, and it was probably related to his previous crime."
The smile on Zhou Cang's face turned cold when he heard this. He had previously learned from Lin Zedong's letter that there might be something fishy about the case of Zhang Yan being exiled from the army, because a person with a dignified academic background would go there inexplicably.
Setting fire to kill a person who has nothing to do with you? Let alone doing such a thing in one of your own shops? It doesn't make sense at all.
Do you want to take care of it? For Zhou Cang, it is far from that level. So he did not understand it in depth, thinking that he would wait until he met Zhang Yan himself to see if he needed to be kind and seek good luck.
Now the adjutant's words almost woke up the case on Zhang Yan's back. There must be something fishy in it, and most of it has something to do with someone in the local Yamen of Langyuan City.
Originally, if we think about this matter in the direction of "Zhang Yan was wrongly accused", it is not difficult to find some clues from it.
Who has the ability to hide the truth?
Who has the ability to convict someone of innocence?
Now there is another person who refuses to register and chooses to delay. All the circumstances point to the local government office in Langyuan City. And he should be someone with a high status in it.
Zhou Cang nodded and said: "You are right. Zhang Yan is indeed different from ordinary people in the city. But he is a person of the miscellaneous academic background. It is normal to be different, otherwise wouldn't it be a fake?
But in your opinion, do we need to protect what he wants?"
The adjutant thought for a moment and replied: "Your Excellency is the number one military official in Langyuan City. Is there anything else that I can't protect here? I don't think so. As for whether to take action, it depends on your Excellency personally."
I have made up my mind, and my subordinates dare not speak falsely."
Zhou Cang did not feel dissatisfied and lowered his head again to look at the two pills in his palm.
As his adjutant said, as long as he did not commit a major legal crime, Zhou Cang never thought that he could not protect anyone in Langyuan City. Even if he faced Wu Yuan, the highest-ranking person in the local government, he would not show any weakness.
.After all, the army and the local area are two separate lines. Each of them is in charge of his own affairs, but they also check and balance each other. They can give face to the other party, or of course they can choose not to.
To put it bluntly, whether to protect or not to protect depends on whether it is cost-effective. In other words, whether Zhang Yan's value to Zhou Cang is worthy of him having to compete with a powerful person in the local government.
"Find someone to try this bone-strengthening pill and see how effective it is." Zhou Cang took a bone-strengthening pill and threw it to the adjutant beside him, and at the same time ordered him to find someone to test the medicine.
"Hey, if your Majesty allows me, I would like to be the one to test the medicine." After receiving the medicine, the adjutant bowed to ask for orders. He had already made plans in this regard.
Zhou Cang was taken aback for a moment and said with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that this thing will ruin your stomach?"
"I'm not afraid, my subordinate. That Zhang Yan is a person from the miscellaneous school lineage, and his methods are unpredictable. It is normal that I have never seen him before. But since he dared to take two pills, it is obvious that he is leaving one rich one for you to test medicine.
It can be seen that you are full of confidence. Hehe, sir, please let your subordinates follow you this time. Although my cultivation is not high in the middle stage of Kaiyuan Realm, I can barely serve as a reference for you. Please give me your permission.
"As he said that, he bowed to the end.
Zhou Cang smiled and waved his hand and said, "Okay, if you are willing to take the risk, then give it a try."
"Thank you, sir!"
The adjutant didn't waste any time. Since he had permission to take a bone-strengthening pill first, he took it orally immediately, then sat on the chair next to him and closed his eyes to feel the changes in his body.
Zhou Cang also stood up from his seat and walked to his adjutant. Although he didn't think Zhang Yan would use poison to harm him, he still needed to take necessary care, just like he didn't take the medicine directly but asked someone to test it. No
Because of doubt, but simply caution.
If the adjutant showed that something was wrong, he would immediately reverse the vitality in the adjutant's body, expel all the food the adjutant had eaten, and then send him to a doctor for treatment. Of course, if that were the case, Zhang Yan would definitely die.
After a while, Zhou Cang found that his adjutant began to sweat all over his body, and his skin turned red. Soon, a wisp of white air came out of his head, as if something in his body was evaporating.
This made Zhou Cang immediately think of the way a warrior looks when taking Jingu Powder, which is similar.
"It works." Zhou Cang concluded in his heart.
After another meal, the adjutant opened his eyes again, covered in sweat.
"how?"
"Sir, it works! I feel the same as when I take Jingu Powder. But the difference is that Jingu Powder is a tonic, and this Bone Strengthening Pill seems to stimulate the existing potential of the muscles and bones, which is based on cultivation. With Zhang Yan
It is consistent with the saying "the higher the cultivation level, the greater the effect". Moreover, the effect of the medicine has not been completely exhausted at this time, and it will continue to affect the whole body. It is estimated that it will take about five or six days to be fully absorbed."
Zhou Cang's eyes flashed with light, and he asked urgently: "How much can you gain based on your feelings?"
"Hmm... From a rough impression, I think the gain will not be less than 1.5%, but it will not exceed 20%." The adjutant considered it for a moment before saying.
"One and a half percent?!" Zhou Cang felt his heart tremble suddenly. He thought it was just a little more strength of the muscles and bones, like Jingusan. But the adjutant said "150%" instead of "a few more points".
If this is applied to Zhou Cang himself and it can gain 15%, then...
Zhou Cang didn't hesitate. Since he was curious, he tried it himself and swallowed the remaining one.