Bang!
Zhong Kui slammed his fist heavily onto the table, sending the expensive tea set crashing to the floor in a clatter and shattering it to pieces.
"Did that little bastard Zhong Kai's subordinate really say that?" Furious, Zhong Kui grabbed the person beside him by the collar, his face twisted with rage.
"Yes." The man Zhong Kui had nearly strangled to death spoke in terror, then trembled as he said, "But, General, those base residents are causing trouble and demanding compensation."
"Compensate my ass!" Zhong Kui roared, then abruptly changed his tune. "Calculate the losses. If it isn't much, pay them off and send them away."
But shortly after Zhong Kui finished speaking—
"General! This is bad!" Another person suddenly rushed in frantically. "Another group of base residents is causing trouble. They said one of your combat force experts got into a fight with General Zhong Kai's personal guard and destroyed all their homes!"
"What?!" Zhong Kui's eyes flew wide open. "Now it's Zhong Kai's personal guard? Then why the hell are those damn residents coming to me?"
"Apparently, apparently General Zhong Kai's side also..." The messenger had barely started before Zhong Kui cut him off.
"What kind of general is he?!" Zhong Kui's fury had already shifted entirely onto Zhong Kai. In the struggle for power, everything else had to be set aside, and he had no patience to hear the truth of the situation. "I'm the only general in Jinyang!"
"Yes, yes!" The man nodded repeatedly, then asked helplessly, "Then... those people?"
"Fuck!" Zhong Kui cursed. "This mess was caused by Zhong Kai. He should be the one..."
But before Zhong Kui could finish—
"General! This is bad!"
A third messenger rushed in in panic, but before he could organize his words, Zhong Kui's face had already